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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. [HJR-2]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Medicine, Board of; continuing ed. related to implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. [HB-32]
Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Incorporated By Health And Human Services on 01/30/2024
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Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics. [HB-33]
Commissioner of Health; work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and develop recommendations for the reduction of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Polling place; assistance for certain voters, expands definition of disability. [HB-43]
Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of disability. Expands the definition of disability for purposes of providing assistance outside of a polling place to voters with disabilities to include any permanent or temporary disability. Under current law, the disability is limited to a permanent or temporary physical disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 02/02/2024
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement, grace period. [HB-196]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement; grace period prior to termination. Provides that if a landlord owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth, and a tenant named on the rental agreement is 65 years of age or older, the landlord may only terminate the rental agreement and proceed to obtain possession of the premises under the Virginia Residential Landlord and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Incorporated By General Laws on 02/06/2024
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Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. [HB-174]
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0021) on 03/08/2024
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Teachers; criteria for initial renewable licensure for certain individuals. [HB-284]
Board of Education; criteria for initial renewable teacher licensure for certain individuals. Requires the Board of Education to issue an initial renewable license as a teacher to any applicant who (i) is enrolled in an accredited education preparation program at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (ii) is recommended for such licensure by the dean of such education preparation program; (iii) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain a qualifying score on the communication and literacy assessment prescribed by the Board; (iv)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Incorporated By Education on 02/07/2024
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Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. [HB-40]
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Minimum wage and overtime wages; civil actions. [HB-325]
Minimum wage and overtime wages; civil actions. Provides that an employer that violates minimum wage or overtime provisions is liable to the employee for the applicable remedies, damages, or other relief available in an action brought pursuant to the civil action provisions currently available for the nonpayment of wages. Such provisions currently available provide that an employee may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover payment of the wages, and the court is required to award the wages owed, an additional equal amount
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Thomas
Left In Labor And Commerce on 02/13/2024
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Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. [HB-337]
Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. Provides that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center shall only be approved in areas where the data center will (i) have a minimal impact on historic, agricultural, and cultural resources and (ii) not be within one-half mile of a national park, state park, or other historically significant site.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Thomas
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/13/2024