Rep. Rodney Willett
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District HD-073
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 137
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Consumer lending; replaces references to payday loans with term "short-term loans." [HB-789]
Consumer lending. Replaces references to payday loans with the term "short-term loans." The measure caps the interest and fees that may be charged under a short-term loan at an annual rate of 36 percent, plus a maintenance fee; increases the maximum amount of such loans from $500 to $2,500; and sets the duration of such loans at a minimum of four months, subject to exceptions, and a maximum of 24 months. Short-term loan licensees are required to make a reasonable attempt to verify a borrower's income and may not collect fees and charges that exceed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap1215) on 04/22/2020
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Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty. [HB-874]
Holding handheld personal communications devices while Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0250) on 03/10/2020
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Health insurance; payment to out-of-network providers. [HB-901]
Health insurance; payment to out-of-network providers. Provides that when a covered person receives covered emergency services from an out-of-network health care provider or receives out-of-network services at an in-network facility, the covered person is not required to pay the out-of-network provider any amount other than the applicable cost-sharing requirement. The measure also establishes a standard for calculating the health carrier's required payment to the out-of-network provider of the services, which standard is the lower of the market-based
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/07/2020
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Higher educational institutions; sexual violence policies, immunity from disciplinary action. [HB-913]
Institutions of higher education; sexual violence policies; immunity from disciplinary action; certain students who make reports. Requires the governing board of each nonprofit private institution of higher education and each public institution of higher education except the Virginia Military Institute to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap1041) on 04/10/2020
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Economic development programs; reporting requirements. [HB-935]
Economic development programs; reporting requirements. Clarifies the due dates for plans and reports to be prepared and submitted by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to various individuals and repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Commerce and Trade provide an annual report on the effectiveness of economic development programs in the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0591) on 04/02/2020
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Military service members and veterans; expediting issuance of credentials to spouses, application. [HB-967]
Professions and occupations; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses of military service members. Provides for the expedited issuance of credentials to the spouses of military service members who are (i) ordered to federal active duty under Title 10 of the United States Code or (ii) veterans who have left active duty service within one year of the submission of an application to a board if the spouse accompanies the service member to the Commonwealth or an adjoining state or the District of Columbia. Under current law, the expedited review
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0028) on 03/02/2020
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"Virginia, the Home of My Heart" by Susan Greenbaum; designating as the official state folk song. [HB-98]
Official emblems and designations; state song. Designates "Virginia, the Home of My Heart" by Susan Greenbaum as the official state folk song.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Continued To 2021 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/04/2020
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Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required. [HB-980]
Provision of abortion. Expands who can perform first trimester abortions to include any person jointly licensed by the Board of Medicine and Nursing as a nurse practitioner acting within such person's scope of practice. The bill eliminates all the procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a pregnant person's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion; however, the bill does not change the requirement that a pregnant person's informed written consent first be obtained. The bill removes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0898) on 04/09/2020
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Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc. [HB-99]
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord's out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant's status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant's low credit score.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0388) on 03/23/2020
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United States Constitution; ratifies and affirms Equal Rights Amendment. [HJR-1]
Constitution of the United States; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States that was proposed by Congress in 1972. The joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj1er) on 01/27/2020