Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 13)
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1400
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic device services or products prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits the sale of algorithmic device services or products, as defined in the bill, for the purpose of setting or recommending the amount of rent to be charged to a tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit. The bill also prohibits a person engaged in the business of providing algorithmic device services or products for the purpose of advising a landlord of the amount of rent that such landlord may consider charging a tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit from using nonpublic competitor data, defined in the bill, pertaining to residential properties in the Commonwealth in algorithmic calculations. A violation of such prohibited practices is considered an unfair deceptive trade practice for which the Attorney General may cause an action to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2654
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; penalties.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1397
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, explosives or concealed weapons by persons adjudicated delinquent; penalty. Provides that the prohibition on the possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons applies to persons previously adjudicated delinquent. The bill requires that persons who were previously adjudicated delinquent of a violent felony are subject to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and two years for any other felony within the prior 10 years.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1396
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2026. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2656
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Temporary funding of federal park operations. Authorizes the Governor to provide funding and execute necessary agreements to allow the temporary operation of any Virginia property controlled by the National Park Service in the event of a federal government shutdown. Such authority shall be contingent on the U.S. Department of the Interior executing an agreement which authorizes the Commonwealth to operate such property. The bill states that the funds may come from the State Park Conservation Resources Fund, voluntary donations, funds allocated to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, or other sources. However, the bill clarifies that no funds originally allocated from the general fund shall be used to operate a federal park for more than 21 days without the approval of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2663
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Enrolled
2/17/25
Chaptered
5/2/25
Passed
5/2/25
Electricity consumption tax; rate adjustments. Increases the electric utility consumption tax's special utility tax rates for commercial and industrial consumer electricity consumed per month (i) in excess of 2,500 kWh but not in excess of 50,000 kWh and (ii) in excess of 50,000 kWh. This bill is identical to SB 1336.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1413
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Public school buildings; indoor air quality; inspection and evaluation. Establishes several enumerated requirements for local school divisions to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including providing for an inspection and evaluation program at least once every two years and an industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation at least once every four years. This bill is identical to HB 2618.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1415
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase of testing kits during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat; exemption. Clarifies that the current exemption from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act for the purchase of personal protective equipment by the Governor for private, nongovernmental entities during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared includes communicable disease testing kits and associated safety equipment and supplies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2661
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Public schools; student enrollment; recruitment prohibited. Prohibits any school board, school board member, or school board employee from recruiting or otherwise incentivizing a student who resides outside of the local school division to enroll in a public school in such local school division.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2668
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Enrolled
2/19/25
Vetoed
3/24/25
Elections; procedures for removal of electoral board members and general registrars. Allows the State Board of Elections to remove any member of an electoral board or general registrar by a recorded two-thirds majority vote of all its members after a public hearing on related matters. The bill provides that any such removal or any removal proceedings instituted against an electoral board member or general registrar by the State Board shall be based on neglect of a clear ministerial duty of the office, misuse of the office, or incompetence in the performance of the duties of the office, or an unambiguous indication of a future refusal or failure to carry out the duties of the office where such refusal or failure is likely to have a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office. Such decision shall be final and not subject to appeal. The bill also allows an electoral board to remove a general registrar by a unanimous vote of all its members after a public hearing on related matters. A registrar who is so removed may file an appeal to the State Board. The bill provides that any such removal or any removal proceedings instituted against a general registrar by the electoral board shall be based on the same standards as required for removals by the State Board.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2640
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Department of Education; development of guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning; public health emergencies. Provides for the Department of Education to develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning. Such guidelines and information shall include (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the bill requires each K-12 school in the Commonwealth to include as a component of its annual safety audit a review of the school's plan for school closures during public health emergencies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to SB 1380.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SR209
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Engrossed
1/14/25
Passed
1/14/25
Nominating a person to be elected as the Auditor of Public Accounts.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2648
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
State Corporation Commission; time frame for completion of certain transmission lines proceedings. Requires the State Corporation Commission to complete proceedings regarding the approval of certain transmission lines of 138 kilovolts or more that are located in Planning District 1, 2, or 3 within nine months.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1398
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Assault and battery; campus police officers; penalty. Adds campus police officers to the definition of law-enforcement officer for the crime of assault or assault and battery on a law-enforcement officer.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2638
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Vetoed
3/24/25
Conservation and replacement of trees during development process. Expands certain existing local government authority to conserve or replace trees during the development process by expanding such authority statewide. The bill allows localities to establish higher tree canopy replacement percentages based on density per acre. The bill also alters the current process for granting exceptions to a local ordinance by altering a provision that requires the granting of an exception when strict application of the ordinance would result in unnecessary or unreasonable hardship to the developer and requiring that the locality concur with such alteration. The bill permits localities to monitor and assess the condition and coverage of tree canopies at development sites during the time period up to 20 years' maturity of the planted trees. The bill contains technical amendments.