HB14
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Ware |
Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc. |
Summary:
Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements.
Provides that an employer's account shall not be relieved of charges relating to an erroneous payment if the Virginia Employment Commission determines that (i) the employer has failed to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information related to the claim and (ii) the employer has established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests, as described in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests. The bill provides that upon the Commission's third determination, and for each subsequent determination, within the applicable review period that an employer failed to respond timely or adequately to such a request, the employer shall be considered to have waived all rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights. The bill requires a deputy examining a claim to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. The provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to SB 381.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/7/2024 - Enrolled 3/7/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB14ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/8/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB14ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 2/28/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 2/28/2024 - Senators: Ebbin, Surovell, Peake 3/1/2024 - Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 3/8/2024 - Signed by President
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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HB212
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Watts |
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. |
Summary:
MEI 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 disclosure statement submitted by the business seeking incentives. The Commission is required to consider (i) whether such statement specifies the number and percentage of diverse directors who identify as female or as representing a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or cultural minority in the country of the business's principal executive offices and (ii) whether the business commits to annually updating and submitting such statement. This bill is identical to SB 393.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB212ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB212ER) 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 4/17/2024 - House sustained Governor's veto
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/7/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 3/7/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 3/7/2024 - Senators: Pekarsky, Lucas, Locke 3/8/2024 - Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB393 (Pekarsky) - MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
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HB309
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Hope |
Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry shall establish. |
Summary:
Department of Forestry; Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan required.
Requires the Department of Forestry, in coordination with a Technical Advisory Committee composed of stakeholders, to develop a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan no later than November 1, 2026, and update such plan at least once every five years thereafter. The bill requires the Department to post and maintain on its website the most recent version of the Plan and to submit the Plan to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than November 30, 2026, and following any update to such plan. This bill is identical to SB 461.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB309ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB309ER) 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/7/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 3/7/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 3/7/2024 - Senators: Marsden, Salim, French 3/9/2024 - Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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HB496
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Garrett |
Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee, requirements. |
Summary:
Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee; requirements.
Requires a hauler, as defined in the bill, to (i) register with the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) transfer all waste tires to a transfer station, material recovery facility, landfill with a solid waste permit as required by law, or waste tire end user. The bill expands the purpose of the Waste Tire Trust Fund to include paying the costs of implementing the waste tire disposal requirements of haulers and funding research, studies, and demonstration projects that stimulate the growth of existing and emerging markets for waste tires. The bill also increases the tire recycling fee from $0.50 to $2 beginning July 1, 2024, and directs the Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/12/2024 - Committee on Appropriaitons substitute agreed to 24106992D-H2 2/12/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB496H2 2/13/2024 - Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 1-A) 2/13/2024 - VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N 1-A) 2/13/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB496H2)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/14/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed 2/14/2024 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources 2/26/2024 - Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) 2/26/2024 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 2/27/2024 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N 1-A)
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HB960
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Lopez |
Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit. |
Summary:
Historic rehabilitation tax credit; maximum amount of tax credit.
Increases from $5 million to $7.5 million, beginning in taxable year 2025, the maximum amount of the historic rehabilitation tax credit, including amounts carried over from prior taxable years, that may be claimed by a taxpayer in any taxable year. This bill is identical to SB 556.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/6/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 19-N) 3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB960ER) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 2/28/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 2/28/2024 - Senators: Williams Graves, Surovell, Locke 3/7/2024 - Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB556 (Williams Graves) - Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
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HB1085
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Rasoul |
PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources. |
Summary:
Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Health; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report.
Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS maximum containment level, as defined in the bill, exceedances. In such circumstances, the bill provides that the Department is required to develop and implement a plan to prioritize and conduct PFAS assessments for identifying significant sources of PFAS in such public water system's raw water source or sources. The bill requires any facility, if deemed by the Department to be a potentially significant source of PFAS in the public water system's raw water source, (i) to perform and promptly report the results of quarterly discharge monitoring for one year and (ii) to report to the Department, within 90 days after being directed by the Department, its manufacture or use of PFAS. The bill establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to assist the Department and VDH in its PFAS-related efforts and requires the Committee to meet at least two times per year through June 30, 2027. The bill requires the Department to annually report certain information to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1. This bill incorporates HB 245 and is identical to SB 243.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Enrolled 2/28/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1085ER) 2/28/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1085ER) 2/28/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/21/2024 - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) 2/22/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) 3/2/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB243 (McPike) - PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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HB1105
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Carr |
Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, affordable dwelling unit policy incentives. |
Summary:
Housing; Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report.
Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. To be eligible for a grant from the Program, a locality is required to make a change to its zoning policies to allow for by-right development that is expected to further the goal of creating and maintaining mixed-income communities, affordable housing, and moderately priced housing, as those terms are defined in the bill. The Department of Housing and Community Development is required to establish certain guidelines for the Program and to notify eligible localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than September 1, 2024. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/7/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 96-N 1-A) 3/7/2024 - House acceded to request 3/8/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1105S1) 3/9/2024 - No further action taken 3/9/2024 - Failed to pass in House
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) 3/7/2024 - Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) 3/7/2024 - Senate requested conference committee 3/7/2024 - Conferees appointed by Senate 3/7/2024 - Senators: Rouse, Carroll Foy, Craig
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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HB1404
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Ward |
Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, definitions, report. |
Summary:
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established; disparity study report.
Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42 percent of certified small SWaM business utilization in all discretionary spending by executive branch agencies and covered institutions in procurement orders, prime contracts, and subcontracts, as well as a target goal of 50 percent subcontracting to small SWaM businesses in instances where the prime contractor is not a small SWaM business for all new capital outlay construction solicitations that are issued. The bill provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWaM business utilization rate by three percent per year until reaching the 42-percent target level or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rate. In addition, the bill provides for a small SWaM business set-aside for executive branch agency and covered institution purchases of goods, services, and construction, requiring that purchases up to $100,000 be set aside for award to certified small SWaM businesses.The bill creates the Division of Procurement Enhancement within the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity for purposes of collaborating with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, the Department of Transportation, and covered institutions to further the Commonwealth's efforts to meet the goals established under the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program, as well as implementing initiatives to enhance the development of small businesses, microbusinesses, women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses in the Commonwealth.Finally, the bill requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to conduct a disparity study every five years, with the next disparity study due no later than January 1, 2026. The bill specifies that the study shall evaluate the need for enhancement and remedial measures to address the disparity between the availability and the utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses. This bill incorporates HB 716.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
4/17/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N 1-A) 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled bill text (HB1404ER2) 4/17/2024 - Signed by Speaker as reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Enacted, Chapter 834 (effective - see bill)
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/5/2024 - Read third time 3/5/2024 - Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President 4/17/2024 - Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) 4/17/2024 - Signed by President as reenrolled
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
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HJ30
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Sullivan |
Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools. |
Summary:
Study; State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; performance-based regulatory tools; competitive service providers; report.
Requests the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to study performance-based regulatory tools for investor-owned electric utilities and the impact of competitive service providers in the Commonwealth.
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Last Five Actions:
2/12/2024 - VOTE: Block vote adoption (97-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - Taken up 3/6/2024 - Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108526D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ30ER)
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/5/2024 - Read third time 3/5/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 3/5/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24108526D-S1 3/5/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ30S1 3/5/2024 - Agreed to by Senate with substitute by voice vote
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Related Bills:
SJ47 (Surovell) - Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools.
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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HJ43
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Lopez |
Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage. |
Summary:
Study; Board of Veterinary Medicine; shortage of large animal veterinarians; report.
Directs the Board of Veterinary Medicine, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, to complete a two-year study of the shortage of large animal veterinarians, with technical assistance provided by relevant stakeholders, including a member of the House of Delegates and a member of the Senate of Virginia, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively.
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Last Five Actions:
2/12/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107212D-H1 2/12/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ43H1 2/12/2024 - Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) 2/12/2024 - VOTE: Block vote adoption (97-Y 0-N) 3/5/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ43ER)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/13/2024 - Referred to Committee on Rules 3/1/2024 - Reported from Rules 3/4/2024 - Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) 3/5/2024 - Read third time 3/5/2024 - Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
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Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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