Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. [HB-1277]
Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.
HB-1277: Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Left In Education on 12/04/2020
Health insurance; coverage for mammograms. [HB-579]
Health insurance; coverage for mammograms. Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to provide coverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual has a family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a family history of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammograms from age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50. However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms starts shall be younger than 30 if the covered
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HB-579: Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Labor And Commerce on 12/04/2020
Notaries; satisfactory evidence of identity, persons in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. [HB-1222]
Notaries; satisfactory evidence of identity; persons in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Allows expired state issued driver's licenses or state issued identification cards and expired passports to be used as a means of identification for notarial purposes for individuals residing in nursing homes or assisted living facilities, provided such expired documents expired within five years of the date of use for such identification purposes.
HB-1222: Notaries; satisfactory evidence of identity, persons in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0902) on 04/09/2020
Virginia Defense Force; maximum age for recruitment. [HB-1253]
Virginia Defense Force; maximum age for recruitment. Permits the Adjutant General of Virginia to recruit members to the Virginia Defense Force who are between the ages of 65 and 75. Under current law, the Adjutant General is only permitted to retain existing members of the Virginia Defense Force once they have attained the age of 65.
HB-1253: Virginia Defense Force; maximum age for recruitment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0488) on 03/27/2020
Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. [HB-1277]
Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.
HB-1277: Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 20107646d-h1 on 02/05/2020
Motion picture production tax credit; media-related exemptions, extends sunset provision. [HB-1318]
Motion picture production tax credit; media related exemptions. Extends from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2027, the sunset of the motion picture production tax credit and transfers the certifying authority for the credit from the Virginia Film Office to the Virginia Tourism Authority. The bill also extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2027, the sunset for certain sales tax exemptions related to film production and distribution.
Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria. [HB-1333]
Landlord and tenant; damage insurance in lieu of security deposit. Provides that a landlord may permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage meeting certain criteria in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. The bill also caps the total amount of any combination of security deposit and rental insurance coverage required by the landlord to twice the amount of the periodic rent payment and provides that a tenant who initially opts to provide damage insurance in lieu of a security deposit may, at any time without consent of the landlord,
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HB-1333: Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0998) on 04/09/2020
Physicians; medical specialty board certification options. [HB-1449]
Physicians; medical specialty board certification options. Prohibits requiring maintenance of certification from physicians licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth, as a prerequisite to hospital medical staff membership, employment, malpractice liability insurance coverage, network status, or reimbursement for services provided to a person covered by a health insurance policy.
HB-1449: Physicians; medical specialty board certification options.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Labor And Commerce on 02/11/2020
Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on amount of tax credits. [HB-1533]
Motion picture production tax credit; aggregate cap. Increases beginning in fiscal year 2020 the aggregate limit on the amount of motion picture production tax credits that may be issued from $6.5 million to $13 million annually. The bill provides that the increase to the cap shall be reserved for productions filmed in economically distressed areas of Virginia.
HB-1533: Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on amount of tax credits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Left In Appropriations on 02/11/2020
Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds. [HB-1616]
Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site.
HB-1616: Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0596) on 04/02/2020