SB506
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Surovell |
Higher educational institutions, public; duties and powers of governing board. |
Summary:
Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; powers and duties; legal counsel; scope of employment.
Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall have authority over the employment of all legal counsel for the institution, including decision-making authority in the commencement or termination of any legal counsel, the employment of outside legal counsel, the oversight and management of any legal counsel, and the appointment of a general counsel to serve as the chief legal officer of the institution. The bill provides that the chief legal officer and the vice president or similarly situated executive officer of such institution shall, under the direction of the governing board of such institution, conduct the legal affairs of and provide legal advice and representation for such institution on any matter that the governing board determines to be in the interest of the institution. The bill clarifies the scope of the involvement of the Attorney General in the legal affairs of public institutions of higher education, providing that the Attorney General may only provide legal service to a public institution of higher education upon request of the governing board of such institution or upon the governing board's decision to delegate all authority in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill permits the governing board of any public institution of higher education with less than 7,500 full-time students to delegate all authority over legal counsel conferred pursuant to the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides that the approval of the Attorney General shall be required for any legal settlement involving consideration in excess of $5 million. The bill also clarifies the duties of the governing board of each public institution of higher education in its collective capacity and of the members of such governing board in their individual capacities.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24108008D-H1 2/28/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB506H1 2/28/2024 - Passed House with substitute (51-Y 49-N) 2/28/2024 - VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) 3/6/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB506ER) 3/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB506ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 4/17/2024 - Passed by for the day
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Higher Education
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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SB79
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Favola |
Government buildings, certain; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. |
Summary:
Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools.
Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes infrastructure for renewable energy systems. The bill also requires the Department of Energy to convene a work group to make recommendations on how to implement renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2026.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/20/2024 - Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) 2/20/2024 - Committee substitute printed 24107927D-H1 2/20/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/21/2024 - Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay 2/26/2024 - Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/9/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) 2/9/2024 - Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 2/9/2024 - Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) 2/16/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB79S2) 2/21/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB79H1)
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Related Bills:
HB1456 (Carr) - Solar-ready roofs for certain gov't bldgs.; net-zero energy consumption bldg. design for schools.
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SB5
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Stanley |
STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program; established. |
Summary:
STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program established.
Establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing (STEM+C) Competition Team Grant Program to encourage interest in STEM+C-related subject areas and support STEM+C-related extracurricular team-building activities in public schools in the Commonwealth by providing grants for use in establishing or supporting STEM+C competition teams.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24108265D-H1 2/28/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5H1 2/28/2024 - Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Enrolled 3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5ER) 3/6/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB5ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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SB27
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Stanley |
Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established. |
Summary:
Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program;established.
Establishes the Public School Trades Incentive Fund (the Fund) and the Public School Trades Incentive Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing grants on a competitive basis from the Fund to any school board that seeks to (i) restore high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials or (ii) create or restore middle school programs that encourage and recruit students to participate in high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Program and to establish such rules and procedures relating to applications and awards as it deems appropriate, provided that the Department considers and gives appropriate weight to certain criteria for grantees. The bill requires any grantee to use Program funds only for equipment.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/13/2024 - Placed on Calendar 2/13/2024 - Read first time 2/13/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/15/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education 2/26/2024 - Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/1/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 2/1/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24106504D-S1 2/1/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB27S1 2/2/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) 2/13/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB27S1)
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SB234
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Hashmi |
Parking Lot Solar Development Program; established, report. |
Summary:
Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program; report.
Establishes the Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in Chesterfield County and Richmond City through grants. The bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to administer such program, to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for solar projects funded through such program, and to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the administration of the program for the preceding fiscal year.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/15/2024 - Placed on Calendar 2/15/2024 - Read first time 2/15/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/16/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources 2/26/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/8/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107146D-S1 2/8/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB234S1 2/9/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) 2/9/2024 - Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) 2/9/2024 - Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
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Related Bills:
HB367 (Reid) - Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Program and Fund; established, report.
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SB455
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Marsden |
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, report. |
Summary:
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund established; report.
Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants for projects that conserve or enhance wildlife corridors prioritized by the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan and associated wildlife crossing infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Director of Wildlife Resources to administer the Fund and to consult with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Wildlife Resources on disbursing moneys from the Fund. The bill also requires the Director to submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1 of each odd-numbered year concerning funding of the Fund, the awarding of grants from the Fund, and the progress of projects funded by the Fund, including data on the use of project infrastructure by wildlife.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/13/2024 - Placed on Calendar 2/13/2024 - Read first time 2/13/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/15/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources 2/26/2024 - Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/1/2024 - Committee amendments agreed to 2/1/2024 - Engrossed by Senate as amended SB455E 2/1/2024 - Printed as engrossed 24102046D-E 2/2/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) 2/2/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB455E)
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SB556
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Williams Graves |
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 HB 960.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Conferees appointed by House 2/28/2024 - Delegates: Lopez, Mundon King, Bloxom 3/6/2024 - Conference report agreed to by House (80-Y 18-N) 3/6/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 18-N) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB556ER) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 3/31/2024 - Impact statement from TAX (SB556ER)
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Related Bills:
HB960 (Lopez) - Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
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SB151
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Suetterlein |
Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, renewal, etc. |
Summary:
Department of Motor Vehicles; fees.
Reduces the fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card without a photograph from $10 per year with a $20 minimum fee to $2 per year with a $10 minimum fee. This bill is identical to HB 1224.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24108038D-H1 2/28/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB151H1 2/28/2024 - Passed House with substitute block bote (97-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Enrolled 3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB151ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/8/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB151ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB1224 (Runion) - Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, etc.
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SB240
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McPike |
Property tax; exemption for surviving spouses of armed forces members who died in the line of duty. |
Summary:
Property tax exemption; surviving spouses ofarmed forces members who died in the line of duty.
Expands thereal property tax exemption that is currently available to the survivingspouses of soldiers killed in action to the surviving spouses ofsoldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determinationfrom the U.S. Department of Defense. This bill is enabling legislationfor a constitutional amendment to be presented during the November2024 general election.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/27/2024 - Read second time 2/29/2024 - Read third time 2/29/2024 - Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 2/29/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) 3/5/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/5/2024 - Enrolled 3/5/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB240ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 3/12/2024 - Impact statement from TAX (SB240ER)
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SB593
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McPike |
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. |
Summary:
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumaticstress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurredby law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/15/2024 - Read first time 2/15/2024 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 2/20/2024 - Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) 2/20/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/26/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/9/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 2/9/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107248D-S1 2/9/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB593S1 2/9/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 2/9/2024 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Related Bills:
HB1226 (Rasoul) - Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.
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SB644
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Perry |
Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving. |
Summary:
Unpaved secondary highway funds.
Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation. This bill is identical to HB 74.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/28/2024 - Committee amendment agreed to 2/28/2024 - Engrossed by House as amended 2/28/2024 - Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) 3/6/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/6/2024 - Enrolled 3/6/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB644ER) 3/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB644ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB74 (Reid) - Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.
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SB43
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Favola |
Persons with disabilities; creates a helpline program within disAbility Law Center of Virginia. |
Summary:
Persons with disabilities; disAbility Law Center of Virginia; helpline program.
Establishes a helpline program within the disAbility Law Center of Virginia for persons with disabilities. The bill provides that such program may receive and respond to questions regarding state-operated programs that provide services to persons with disabilities and directs the disAbility Law Center of Virginia to publicize a toll-free phone number and web-based portal for receiving questions and the procedures for contacting the helpline program.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/15/2024 - Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 2/20/2024 - Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) 2/20/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/20/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources 2/26/2024 - Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/1/2024 - Read second time 2/1/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 2/1/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24106231D-S1 2/1/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB43S1 2/2/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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SB590
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Deeds |
Community services boards; emergency services and core of services. |
Summary:
Community services boards; core of services.
Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (iii) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (iv) peer support and family support services, (v) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, and (vi) care coordination services. The bill removes language that conditions the duty of community services boards to provide case management services on the availability of funding. The bill further requires community services boards to provide any such services (a) to every adult who has a serious mental illness, child who has or is at risk of serious emotional disturbance, and individual who has a substance use disorder and (b) in a timely manner and at a location that is near the individual. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, for most provisions.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) 2/22/2024 - Committee substitute printed 24107986D-H1 2/22/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/23/2024 - Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources 2/26/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/12/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107340D-S1 2/12/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB590S1 2/12/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 2/12/2024 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 2/26/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB590H1)
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Related Bills:
HB885 (Watts) - Community services boards; core of services.
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SB291
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Roem |
Court-appointed guardians; training, powers and duties. |
Summary:
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services;training; powers and duties of guardian; annual reports by guardians;information required.
Directs the Department for Aging and RehabilitativeServices to develop and provide training for court-appointed guardiansby July 1, 2025. The bill requires a court-appointed guardian andany skilled professional retained by such guardian to perform guardianshipduties to complete the initial training developed by the Departmentwithin four months after the date of qualification of such guardian.Under the bill, guardians appointed prior to July 1, 2025, must completesuch training by January 1, 2027. The bill further requires a guardianto include in his annual report to the local department of social services a statement as to whether such training has been completed.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/27/2024 - Read second time 2/28/2024 - Read third time 2/28/2024 - Passed House (100-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Enrolled 3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB291ER) 3/4/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB291ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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SB320
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Roem |
WIC applicants; DH to provide information to food banks regarding providing assistance. |
Summary:
Department of Health; WIC applications; information.
Directs the Department of Health to provide information, resources,and education to food banks regarding providing assistance to individuals completing a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) application.The bill also directs the Department of Health to explore strategies to support the outreach and education efforts for food banks pursuant to the bill and report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services by November 1, 2024.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/15/2024 - Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 2/20/2024 - Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) 2/20/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/20/2024 - Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay 2/26/2024 - Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/2/2024 - Committee amendment agreed to 2/2/2024 - Engrossed by Senate as amended SB320E 2/2/2024 - Printed as engrossed 24101535D-E 2/5/2024 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 2/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB320E)
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Social Services
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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