Rep. Jackie Glass
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification, report. [HB-2221]
Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification; report. Requires that prior to the release or discharge into the community of any prisoner who has been confined for at least 90 days and does not possess a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or social security card, the Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the State Registrar of Vital Records, and any other relevant government agency, shall provide such prisoner with a certified copy of his birth certificate, his social
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor's Substitute Printed (hb2221h2) on 03/24/2025
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Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services. [HB-1977]
Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and intentionally possess in the building of any hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, a (i) firearm, (ii) knife with a blade over three and one-half inches, or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Vetoed By Governor on 03/24/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. [HB-1914]
Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Provides that the instrumentality, political subdivision, or employee responsible for employing the individual who committed an intentional act shall compensate the wrongfully incarcerated individual. Under current law, additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective unless and until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the instrumentality or political subdivision that committed or employed the individual committing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0213) on 03/21/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims. [HB-1730]
Civil actions; liability of employer for personal injury or death by wrongful act. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death by wrongful act brought by a vulnerable victim, defined in the bill, against an employee, a finding that the employee's employer is vicariously liable for such employee's conduct shall be based on several factors, including the likelihood of the employee coming into contact with such vulnerable victim and the employer's failure to exercise reasonable care over the employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Governor's Substitute Printed (hb1730h2) on 03/24/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Income tax; housing opportunity tax credit; sunset extended. [HB-1701]
Income tax; housing opportunity tax credit; sunset extended. Extends the housing opportunity tax credit sunset date from taxable year 2025 to taxable year 2030. The bill also increases the aggregate credit cap across all calendar years from $255 million to $595 billion and imposes an annual aggregate credit cap of $68 million in each calendar year between 2026 and 2030. The bill also provides that of the $68 million in credits authorized per calendar year from 2026 through 2030, 33 percent shall be reserved for qualified projects located in a geographic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/11/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Public school buildings; indoor air quality, inspection and evaluation. [HB-2618]
Public school buildings; indoor air quality; inspection and evaluation. Establishes several enumerated requirements for local school divisions to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including providing for an inspection and evaluation program at least once every two years and an industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation at least once every four years. This bill is identical to SB 1413.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor's Recommendation Received By House on 03/24/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Wage garnishment; recovery of certain improper payment, etc., state tax debt. [HB-1979]
Wage garnishment; state or local tax debt. Provides that the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subject to garnishment to collect delinquent taxes and charges owed to the state or any local government shall not exceed 25 percent of such individual's disposable earnings for that week. The bill contains technical amendments and applies only to garnishments issued on and after January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/11/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Capitol Sq. or building owned/leased by the Commonwealth, carrying firearm/explosive material, etc. [HB-1876]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Permits the governing board of a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy prohibiting the carrying of any firearm, ammunition, or components or combination thereof within any building owned or operated by such public institution of higher education. The bill allows such policy to include security measures that are designed to reasonably prevent the unauthorized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Vetoed By Governor on 03/24/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
School boards; threat assessment teams and procedures, etc. [HB-2679]
School boards; threat assessment teams and procedures; parental notification of student determined to pose a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; provision of certain recognition and response materials required. Requires each division superintendent or his designee to provide materials on recognition of and strategies for responding to behavior indicating that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself or others to the parent or legal guardian of any student who, according to a preliminary determination from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Approved By Governor-chapter 500 (effective 07/01/25) on 03/24/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer. [HB-2415]
Public housing authorities; indigent parties; unlawful detainer. Exempts indigent defendants from having to post an appeal bond in unlawful detainer actions brought by a public housing authority. The bill also amends certain provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to (i) prohibit any landlord that is a public housing authority from requiring a tenant to pay any fees for the maintenance or repair of a dwelling unit unless such repair is necessitated by the tenant's action or omission and (ii) require, if a public housing authority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor's Substitute Printed (hb2415h2) on 03/24/2025