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SB350PassVirginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Permits a complainant who has not received a notice of the right to file a civil action from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Law or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, regardless of wh...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)
HB4VetoPlastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Provides that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax shall receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula fo...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1069PassLiquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification and directory; penalties. Requires every manufacturer of liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products that are sold for retail sale in the Commonwealth to certify to the Attorney General that (...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828)
HB1195VetoPurchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least five days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal hi...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB628PassCasino gaming; eligible host cities. Amends the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth by replacing Richmond with Petersburg. The bill also provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holds a local referendum...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0798)
HB1467VetoBaccalaureate public institutions of higher education; boards of visitors; membership. Requires the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to include two nonvoting, advisory representatives ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1539VetoAbortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; prohibited practices under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB972VetoProhibiting inquiry into the immigration status of defendant; notification of consequences. Requires that at the initial court hearing for any misdemeanor or felony, the court shall advise the defendant of the following: The outcome of criminal proce...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB212VetoMEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. Requires the MEI Project Approval Commission to consider, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, a board diversity disclosur...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB454VetoCarrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1505PassIntercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness. Makes several changes to existing provisions of law relating to compensation of a student-athlete at a public or private institution of higher education in the Co...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837)
HB958VetoCommission on Civic Education; model guidance on student participation in the work of local school boards. Requires the Commission on Civic Education, in conjunction with such stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to create and provide to each local ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB260PassVirginia Public Procurement Act; Virginia resident preference. Provides preference as it relates to procurement for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia and then a bidder whose goods are produced in the United States. For the procurement of goods b...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)
HB285PassUniform Statewide Building Code; bus shelters. Delegates enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code to the local building official for bus shelters that do not exceed 256 square feet that are to be constructed for transit agencies receiving s...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806)
SB274VetoPrescription 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...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB1272PassVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of the signed written rental agreement to the tenant within 10 business days of the effective date of the rental agreement and to...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831)
SB582PassPurchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products; retail tobacco products and liquid nicotine tax; penalties. Prohibits Internet sales of liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products, except to a retail dealer, and prohibits the sale of retail...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
SB80VetoDecreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction; report. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing qualifying educational activities, maintaining verifiable employmen...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB446PassAbandoned or derelict aircraft. Provides that an airport has a lien on an abandoned or derelict aircraft, defined in the bill, on its property for all fees and charges for the use of the airport by such aircraft and for all fees and charges incurred ...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
HB519VetoBoard of Medicine; unprofessional conduct. Prohibits the Board of Medicine from taking disciplinary action against a doctor based on the alleged provision or receipt of abortion care that is not prohibited under the laws of the Commonwealth, regardle...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB634VetoState Corporation Commission; powers and duties. Provides that in proceedings before the State Corporation Commission relating to the regulation and oversight of utilities, the Commission shall consider public health and safety, the economy of the Co...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB1386VetoFirearms; workplace rules of localities. Provides that any locality that adopts an ordinance prohibiting the public carrying of firearms shall not have workplace rules that are less restrictive than such ordinance. Firearms; workplace rules of local...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB267VetoAssault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minim...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB63VetoCriminal 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...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB565PassEnergy efficiency programs; incremental annual savings. Provides that for the 2029 program year and all subsequent years, "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission det...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)
HB1174VetoPurchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing a handgun or assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB838VetoExpungement of police and court records. Provides that for the purposes of expungement of police and court records the term "otherwise dismissed" means to render a legal action out of consideration in a different way or manner than a nolle prosequi o...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1264VetoJuvenile fines, costs, and fees; traffic infractions; judicial discretion. Provides that any court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or guardian in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related to ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB615PassVirginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose and duties; historically underrepresented students. Expands the purpose of the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to include promoting the partici...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)
HB614VetoCommunity 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...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB603PassPublic elementary and secondary schools; health instruction, certain topics relating to mental health. Requires health instruction provided to elementary and secondary school students to include certain topics relating to mental health that are enume...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812)
SB357VetoAssault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minim...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB1408VetoVoter satellite offices; standards and guidelines for determining number and location. Directs the Department of Elections to develop standards and guidelines for local governing bodies to utilize when determining the number of voter satellite office...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB534PassMotor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changes the deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealership from 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or trans...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)
SB393VetoMEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. Requires the MEI Project Approval Commission to consider, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, a board diversity disclosur...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB243VetoJudicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission or by the Department of Magistrate Servic...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB949VetoHazardous Substance Facility Response Plans; civil penalties. Requires any person that is required to submit a facility response plan under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Worst Case Discharge Plan...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB46VetoFirearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. Provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or house...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1VetoMinimum 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...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB144VetoNolle prosequi or dismissal prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment. Provides that no person who was arrested on a warrant charging him with a felony offense shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is prob...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
HB799VetoConcealed handgun permit applications; fingerprints required by local governments. Requires an applicant for a concealed handgun permit or a renewal of such permit to submit fingerprints as part of the application. The bill provides that any demonstr...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1177VetoVoter registration; list maintenance; data sharing; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Requires the Commissioner of Elections to apply for, enter into, and maintain membership for the Commonwealth in the El...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB906PassPublic utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; consumer protections. Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a ...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824)
HB2VetoPurchase, 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...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
SB115VetoChild abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or consumption of authorized substances. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based onl...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
SB606VetoVoter registration; list maintenance; data sharing; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Requires the Commissioner of Elections to apply for, enter into, and maintain membership for the Commonwealth in the El...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
SB362PassFirst offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or wh...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)
HB782PassVirginia Human Rights Act; timelines for civil actions. Clarifies timelines for civil actions alleging unlawful discrimination under the Virginia Human Rights Act and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The bill requires any civil actio...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)
HB797VetoDemonstrated competence for a concealed handgun permit; firearms instructors and safety programs. Requires that any course, class, or training to demonstrate competence with a handgun as required to obtain a concealed handgun permit must include a li...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
HB1100VetoConservation of trees during land development process. Expands current provisions that provide that certain localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) may, by ordinance, require conservation of trees during the land development process by ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
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