Virginia Legislature | 2024 | 1st Special Session
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB798 | Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery or stalking violation; prohibition period; penalty. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery, assault and battery of a family or household mem... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB805 | Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construc... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB63 | Criminal cases; request for a jury to ascertain punishment. Provides that an accused may withdraw a request for a jury to ascertain punishment up until the commencement of the sentencing proceeding. The bill also provides that counsel for either part... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB614 | Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs b... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB1207 | Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) t... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB99 | Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other pla... | 2024-04-17 Requires 2/3 members present |
| SB514 | Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition... | 2024-04-17 Passed by for the day |
| SB1 | Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 12... | 2024-04-17 Requires 2/3 members present |
| SB373 | Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Und... | 2024-04-17 Requires 2/3 members present |
| HB208 | Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes a locality, beginning July 1, 2024, to adopt a healthy communities strategy as part of its next and any subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan. The bill provides that the locality's s... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Nadarius Clark [D] | 374 |  |
| Del. Marty Martinez [D] | 314 | |
| Del. Rozia Henson [D] | 312 | |
| Del. Irene Shin [D] | 282 | |
| Del. Patrick Hope [D] | 271 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D] | 149 | |
| Sen. Saddam Salim [D] | 140 | |
| Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D] | 137 | |
| Sen. Barbara Favola [D] | 130 | |
| Sen. Adam Ebbin [D] | 119 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Appropriations | 124 | |
| Courts of Justice | 102 | |
| Rules | 96 | |
| Finance | 75 | |
| Education | 54 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Appropriations | 91 | |
| Education and Health | 18 | |
| Commerce and Labor | 18 | |
| General Laws and Technology | 14 | |
| Courts of Justice | 13 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB45 | Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state ho... | Bill Text |
| HB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB212 | Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill g... | Bill Text |
| SB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| HB698 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| HB731 | Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to eliminate the requirement for any individual to take and receive a passing score on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment as a condition of the i... | Bill Text |
| SB448 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| SB149 | Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical As... | Bill Text |
| SB256 | Motor vehicle insurance claims; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company licensed in the Commonwealth to write motor vehicle insurance (i) denies, refuses, fails to pay, or fails to make a timely and reasonable settlement offer to its insured... | Bill Text |
| HB30 | Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ยง 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB45 | Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state ho... | Bill Text |
| SB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB274 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care syst... | Bill Text |
| HB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB278 | Virginia Abortion Care and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act; reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; civil penalties. Establishes the Virginia Abortion Care and Gender-Affirmi... | Bill Text |
| SB212 | Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill g... | Bill Text |
| SB351 | Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by t... | Bill Text |
| SB37 | Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or... | Bill Text |
| SB448 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| SB33 | Supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists; work group; report. Clarifies that supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist requires that a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry is present during an op... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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| 2024 | Regular Session | 3594 | 2071 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | 1st Special Session | 53 | 52 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | Regular Session | 3029 | 1677 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | 1st Special Session | 363 | 330 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | Regular Session | 3143 | 1735 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 2nd Special Session | 228 | 222 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 1st Special Session | 1033 | 907 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | Regular Session | 1940 | 77 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 488 | 236 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | Regular Session | 3911 | 2154 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | 1st Special Session | 160 | 74 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | Regular Session | 3332 | 1864 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
