Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 191)

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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2064

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2069

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; purposes; Aid to Localities Grant Program. Increases the assessment on certain insurance companies from one percent to 1.5 percent. The bill provides that the portion of the Fire Programs Fund allocated to localities may be used for the additional purposes of (i) constructing, improving, or expanding fire station facilities; (ii) providing mental health resources for fire personnel; or (iii) hiring additional fire personnel and funding recruitment and retention programs. The bill also prohibits such funds from being used, except as provided, for the purposes of investments, operating expenses, debt repayment, taxes, or fees. The bill also establishes the Aid to Localities Grant Program, to be funded by 0.25 percent of the assessments on insurance companies, for the purposes of providing assistance to local fire departments that are at risk of closing or facing major violations due to the lack of funds needed to be in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SJR258

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Study; JLARC to update its 2016 study of the impact of regulations on Virginia's manufacturing sector; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to update its 2016 study of the impact of regulations on Virginia's manufacturing sector. This bill is a recommendation of the Manufacturing Development Commission.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2127

Introduced
1/7/25  
Telework by local government employees. Establishes a framework for localities to establish and implement a telework policy for local government employees. The bill specifies that such policy shall require all employees applying for telework to submit a standard telework agreement as provided by the locality and shall include provisions requiring (i) department head approval for any telework agreement where one telework day per week is requested, (ii) chief administrative officer approval for any telework agreement where two telework days per week are requested, and (iii) local governing body approval for any telework agreement where more than two telework days per week are requested. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2039

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Department of Criminal Justice Services; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; Virginia Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee; encrypted telecommunications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and the Virginia Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, establish a model policy on the use of encrypted telecommunications by law-enforcement agencies. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish and publish such model policy by January 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2081

Introduced
1/7/25  
Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination. Prohibits any state agency or political subdivision in the Commonwealth from supporting, implementing, recognizing, or utilizing any program, process, or procedure that conveys or denies a benefit, advantage, or privilege to an individual based solely on such individual's race, sex, or ethnicity.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2160

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Report Pass
1/31/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Department of Medical Assistance Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waivers; program rule amendments; direct support professionals. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary approvals to amend the program rules for the Community Living and Family and Individual Supports Waivers to provide for compensation of a direct support professional for a waiver recipient in an acute care hospital under certain circumstances.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2150

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/30/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
2/19/25  
Chaptered
3/18/25  
Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract terms inconsistent with Virginia law. Provides that no public contract for information technology goods and services, as defined by the bill, may contain terms in conflict with Virginia law. The bill also provides that public contracts shall provide for the application of Virginia law and for jurisdiction in the state of Virginia regardless of the terms of the contract. The provisions of this bill only apply to a county, city, town, political subdivision, or public institution of higher education, or to a public body listed as an independent agency in the appropriation act, if its governing body has adopted such provisions as part of its procurement policies and procedures.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1004

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Enrolled
2/13/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers. Changes the applicability of trailer franchise requirements to only apply to new trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 30,000 pounds. This bill is identical to HB 2261.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2048

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Report Pass
1/31/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Virginia Housing Trust Fund; geographic equity impact assessment. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct an annual geographic equity assessment (GEIA) to identify distressed localities that have historically received less investment for housing and economic development. The bill provides that, of the 80 percent of moneys from the Virginia Housing Trust used to provide flexible financing for low-interest loans, no more than 20 percent shall be allocated to a single locality unless such locality has been identified as underserved in the most recent GEIA.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2076

Introduced
1/7/25  
Virginia taxable income; subtractions; volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical services personnel. Provides a state income tax subtraction of $2,000 beginning in taxable year 2026 for bona fide volunteers who perform qualifying services, defined in the bill as volunteer firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, auxiliary police officer services, ambulance services, emergency rescue services, and all training and training-related activities required by law to perform such services.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2108

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Motion picture production tax credit. Increases the aggregate cap on the motion picture production tax credit allocated in each fiscal year from $6.5 million to $8.5 million beginning in fiscal year 2025.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HJR461

Introduced
1/8/25  
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2292

Introduced
1/8/25  
Common interest communities; termination of certain management contracts; transfer of association books and records. Provides that within a reasonable time after termination of a management contract and without additional cost to the association, a common interest community manager shall transfer and release all funds and close bank accounts maintained on behalf of an association.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB2229

Introduced
1/7/25  
Refer
1/7/25  
Report Pass
1/30/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord; rent escrow; relief. Removes the requirement that, prior to the granting of any relief, a tenant shall pay into escrow any amount of rent called for under the rental agreement. The bill requires the tenant, during the pendency of the action, to pay into escrow the amount of rent that becomes due within five days of the date due under the rental agreement, unless or until such amount is modified by a subsequent order of the court. The bill also provides that a failure of the tenant to make timely payments into escrow shall not be grounds for dismissal of the underlying action but may be considered by the court when issuing an order.