Rep. Rae Cousins
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Child Care Subsidy Program; categorical eligibility for certain families. [HB-407]
Child Care Subsidy Program; categorical eligibility for certain families. Provides that any family that receives public assistance through Medicaid or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children shall be deemed to categorically satisfy income eligibility requirements to receive assistance through the Child Care Subsidy Program. Child Care Subsidy Program; categorical eligibility for certain families. Provides that any family that receives public assistance through Medicaid or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0286) on 04/02/2024
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Child labor offenses; increases civil penalties. [HB-100]
Child labor offenses; civil penalties. Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the civil penalty for each violation of child labor laws that results in the employment of a child who is seriously injured or dies in the course of employment. The bill also increases from $1,000 to $2,500 the maximum civil penalty for each other violation of child labor laws and provides that such civil penalty shall not be less than $500. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to convene a stakeholder work group to develop education and outreach plans to inform
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0369) on 04/03/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation. [HB-253]
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0689) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; new participants not required to appear in person. [HB-150]
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiring persons applying to participate or renewing their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person. The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implement a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0435) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
School bd. policy; parental notification of responsibility of safe storage of firearms in household. [HB-498]
School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message within 30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, of the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms, statistics relating to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public schools; mental health awareness training. [HB-224]
Public schools; teachers and other relevant personnel; mental health awareness training. Requires each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the applicable school board, employed on a full-time basis to complete mental health awareness training that addresses the needs of youth populations that are at a high risk of experiencing mental health challenges and disorders in accordance with evidence-based best practices developed by the American Psychological Association. Current law requires such teachers and personnel to complete mental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Real property tax; assessment of real property used for affordable housing. [HB-1446]
Real property tax; assessment of real property used for affordable housing. Requires the duly authorized real estate assessor of a locality to appraise affordable rental housing in accordance with the income approach, as described by the bill. The bill provides that, should the duly authorized real estate assessor fail to follow generally accepted appraisal practices, the assessment will not be entitled to a presumption of correctness, and if the owner then successfully appeals such assessment, the locality shall reimburse the owner for attorney
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Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Continued To 2025 With Substitute In Finance (12-y 9-n) on 02/07/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report. [HB-1216]
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 03/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Innovative alternative school transportation; school boards to implement low/no-cost alternatives. [HB-937]
Student transportation; innovative alternatives to school buses. States that the intent of the General Assembly is that school boards encourage the implementation of innovative low-cost or no-cost alternatives to transporting students to and from school on school buses, including organizing or otherwise facilitating, encouraging, or supporting biking or walking school buses whereby groups of students ride bicycles or walk to and from school. Student transportation; innovative alternatives to school buses. States that the intent of the General Assembly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0535) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. [HB-1001]
Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024