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Updated Monday, January 29, 2024
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 38 - Clark - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 68 - Bulova - Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce | 02/06/24 |
| HB 70 - Bulova - Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts. | (H) Committee on Appropriations
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(S) Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations | 01/31/24 |
| HB 99 - Green - Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) | 01/29/24 |
| HB 125 - Watts - Special justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary civil admissions. | (H) Committee on Appropriations
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(S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/07/24 |
| HB 133 - Convirs-Fowler - Local gov't; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 141 - Reid - Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Read second time and engrossed | 02/09/24 |
| HB 145 - Reid - Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps; established. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) | 01/29/24 |
| HB 149 - Helmer - Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis product. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce
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(S) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | 01/30/24 |
| HB 159 - Seibold - State correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; use of canines, prohibited acts. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 161 - Seibold - Individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated; disciplinary procedures. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 181 - Feggans - School counselors; decreases public school staffing ratios. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/07/24 |
| HB 187 - Clark - Teachers and support staff; compensation at or above national average salary. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Read first time | 02/09/24 |
| HB 220 - Orrock - Water facilities; staffing of licensed operators. | (H) Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
(S) Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
(S) Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources | 01/31/24 |
| HB 231 - Campbell - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 232 - Campbell - Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus and private police officers. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N) | 01/18/24 |
| HB 249 - Glass - Law-enforcement agencies; use of generative artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. | (H) Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation | (H) Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) | 01/31/24 |
| HB 251 - Glass - Criminal justice agencies; audiovisual surveillance technologies. | (H) Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation | (H) Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) | 01/31/24 |
| HB 265 - Simon - Removal of public officers from office; petition requirements, procedure. | (H) Committee on Privileges and Elections | (H) VOTE: Passage (58-Y 37-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 274 - Helmer - Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability of infertility for firefighters. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 279 - Helmer - Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters. | (H) Committee on Public Safety
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(S) Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology | 02/02/24 |
| HB 280 - Helmer - Insurrections; prohibition from serving in position of public trust, civil penalty. | (H) Committee on Privileges and Elections | (H) Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections | 01/05/24 |
| HB 300 - Ballard - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 321 - McQuinn - Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| HB 328 - Glass - Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact. | (H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2025 in Education | 02/07/24 |
| HB 342 - Hope - Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession by state agencies, guidelines for private employer. | (H) Committee on Health and Human Services | (H) Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB342H1 | 02/09/24 |
| HB 347 - Green - School board employees; civil cause of action against principals, etc. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Courts of Justice | 01/26/24 |
| HB 348 - Ward - Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/09/24 |
| HB 356 - Fowler - Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 386 - Hernandez - Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/07/24 |
| HB 388 - Griffin - Virginia Retirement System; investments, diversity, equity, and inclusion investing restricted. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Stricken from docket by Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) | 01/31/24 |
| HB 423 - McQuinn - Civilian deaths in custody; report. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) Incorporated by Public Safety (HB611-Price) | 02/02/24 |
| HB 454 - Callsen - Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth. | (H) Committee on Appropriations
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(S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/05/24 |
| HB 481 - Garrett - First responders; proof of immunization not required to attend trainings at medical care facilities. | (H) Committee on Health and Human Services | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) | 01/30/24 |
| HB 482 - Garrett - School employees; reports of certain arrests and convictions. | (H) Committee on Education | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N) | 01/23/24 |
| HB 485 - Garrett - School boards; employee criminal history records checks and applications, penalty for noncompliance. | (H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2025 in Education | 02/07/24 |
| HB 555 - Hope - Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, report. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 611 - Price - Civilian deaths in custody; report. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Read first time | 02/09/24 |
| HB 630 - Cherry - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 631 - Cherry - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 680 - Leftwich - Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience. | (H) Committee on General Laws
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(S) Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology | 02/06/24 |
| HB 687 - O'Quinn - Virginia Retirement System; additional service credit for certain teachers and school bus drivers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Stricken from docket by Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) | 02/02/24 |
| HB 726 - Webert - Correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; use of canines, prohibited acts. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) | 01/18/24 |
| HB 737 - Sewell - Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations | 01/30/24 |
| HB 751 - Walker - Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus and private police officers. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB232-Campbell) | 01/18/24 |
| HB 756 - Walker - Firearms or explosive materials; carrying into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) | 01/25/24 |
| HB 761 - Delaney - Public school funding; certain calculations, support services positions. | (H) Committee on Education | (H) Incorporated by Education (HB624-Rasoul) | 01/31/24 |
| HB 780 - Callsen - Collective bargaining by public employees; public transportation providers. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Incorporated by Labor and Commerce (HB1001-Tran) | 01/30/24 |
| HB 801 - Rasoul - Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; free telephone calls. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 806 - Rasoul - Employee designation and payment policies; nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| HB 867 - Earley - Local government employees; expression of certain opinions protected. | (H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 885 - Watts - Community services boards; core of services. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) | 02/02/24 |
| HB 891 - Kent - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) | 01/29/24 |
| HB 933 - LeVere Bolling - Alzheimer's disease and dementia; training for dispatchers, firefighters, etc. | (H) Committee on Public Safety | (H) VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| HB 938 - LeVere Bolling - Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, lockout exception, etc. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce
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(S) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | 02/06/24 |
| HB 1001 - Tran - Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations | 01/30/24 |
| HB 1019 - Wilt - Health insurance; localities to allow local employees to participate in their group insurance pgms. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1043 - Sickles - Virginia Firefighting Personnel and Equipment Grant Program; established, report. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) | 01/31/24 |
| HB 1049 - Batten - Firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; recruitment and professional development. | (H) Committee on Rules | (H) Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Rules | 02/01/24 |
| HB 1065 - Hodges - Community services boards; quarterly stakeholder meetings. | (H) Committee on Health and Human Services | (H) Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) | 02/01/24 |
| HB 1095 - Oates - Commonwealth information security; requirements of state public bodies. | (H) Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) | 01/29/24 |
| HB 1152 - Cordoza - Teachers; compensation at or above national average, various annual salary adjustments. | (H) Committee on Education | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 01/10/24 |
| HB 1153 - Cordoza - Benefits consortium; governing bodies of three or more cities, counties, or school boards to form. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1193 - Earley - Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) | 01/25/24 |
| HB 1226 - Rasoul - Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/09/24 |
| HB 1258 - Milde - Employee protections; discipline for political activity or affiliations prohibited. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Tabled in Labor and Commerce (11-Y 10-N) | 02/06/24 |
| HB 1284 - Askew - Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Printed as engrossed 24105166D-E | 02/09/24 |
| HB 1312 - Orrock - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers. | (H) Committee on Appropriations
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(S) Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 1355 - Tran - Information Technology Access Act; numerous organizational changes to Act. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1366 - Delaney - Social services, local departments of; employee criminal background checks. | (H) Committee on Health and Human Services
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(S) Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | 02/06/24 |
| HB 1378 - Kent - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, apprenticeship programs. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) | 01/30/24 |
| HB 1390 - Cole - Human Resource Management, Department of; disclosure of certain information. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Continued to 2025 in General Laws | 02/08/24 |
| HB 1392 - Jones - Local government; employee insurance programs. | (H) Committee on Labor and Commerce | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1396 - Hope - Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1401 - Clark - Va. Law Officers' Retirement System; adds firefighters employed by Department of Military Affairs. | (H) Committee on Appropriations
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(S) Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 1438 - Wiley - Juvenile detention specialists; enhanced retirement benefits. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2025 in Appropriations | 02/05/24 |
| HB 1452 - Askew - State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Read first time | 02/11/24 |
| HB 1529 - Cordoza - General registrars; term of office and exception from general early retirement provisions. | (H) Committee on Privileges and Elections | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 8-N) | 02/09/24 |
| HB 1537 - Gardner - JLARC; Department of Human Resource Management's Grievance Procedure Manual, report. | (H) Committee on Rules | (H) Continued to 2025 in Rules | 02/01/24 |
| SB 88 - Locke - Law-enforcement officers & jail officers; various changes to provisions related to decertification. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 104 - Lucas - Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 105 - Lucas - National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program & Fund; eligibility, incentive grant awards. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 114 - Peake - Local tax credits; emergency services providers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 7-N) | 01/23/24 |
| SB 127 - VanValkenburg - School counselors; public school staffing ratios, increases specialized student support positions. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB105-Lucas) (15-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 177 - Favola - Employee designation and payment policies; nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 222 - McGuire - Commonwealth information security; requirements of state public bodies. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | 02/07/24 |
| SB 328 - Jordan - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 374 - Boysko - Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered | 02/06/24 |
| SB 391 - Pekarsky - Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. | (S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 396 - McDougle - Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance for certain judges. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 401 - Durant - Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read second time and engrossed | 02/09/24 |
| SB 456 - Marsden - Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 458 - Marsden - Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 466 - Obenshain - Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus and private police officers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/08/24 |
| SB 472 - Obenshain - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB328-Jordan) (15-Y 0-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 485 - Carroll Foy - Employee protections; employer-sponsored meetings on political matters, civil action. | (S) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (S) Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) | 02/05/24 |
| SB 487 - Aird - Artificial intelligence by public bodies; prohibitions. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 529 - Jordan - Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. | (S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (S) Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (SB391-Pekarsky) (11-Y 0-N) | 01/19/24 |
| SB 542 - Bagby - Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, lockout exception, etc. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) | 02/05/24 |
| SB 548 - Craig - Virginia Retirement System; return to work, break in service. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 590 - Deeds - Community services boards; core of services. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 593 - McPike - Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 622 - Pillion - Virginia Retirement System; additional service credit for certain teachers and school bus drivers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Stricken at request of Patron in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | 02/06/24 |
| SB 623 - Lucas - Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) | 01/31/24 |
| SB 630 - McGuire - Public safety officer; dispatcher, Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | 02/07/24 |
| SB 648 - Perry - Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | 01/31/24 |
| SB 650 - Rouse - Emergency Response Toxic Exposure Grant Fund and Program; created, report, reenactment clause. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/09/24 |
| SB 736 - McDougle - Clerks' offices; days of operation, of clerks' authority to close office. | (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (S) Printed as engrossed 24105101D-E | 02/09/24 |
| SJ 9 - Sturtevant - Teacher retention, etc.; JLARC to study effect of salaries, employment benefits, etc. | (S) Committee on Rules | (S) Failed to report (defeated) in Rules (Voice Vote) | 01/26/24 |
| SJ 17 - Reeves - General Assembly; JLARC to study salaries and expenses of legislators. | (S) Committee on Rules | (S) Agreed to by Senate by voice vote | 01/31/24 |
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