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House Labor and Commerce Committee

Chair: Ward, Jeion A.

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01/21/2025 ½ hour after adjournment of House

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House Committee Room A - 008

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(804) 698-1816 (Ali) ; (804) 698-1838 (Kinzer)

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Block 1

Bill(s)	Patron
HB2003	Laufer	Electric utilities; regional transmission entities; annual report.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 56-577 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-579.1, relating to electric utilities; regional transmission entities; annual report.
Fiscal Impact
Last Five Actions: 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 1/18/2025 - Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2003) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Related Bills: HB109 (Sullivan) - Electric utilities; regional transmission entities, annual report.
Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
HB2084	Shin	SCC regulatory proceeding; reasonable classifications of customers by public utilities.
Summary: A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to conduct a regulatory proceeding to ensure reasonable classifications of customers by public utilities.
Last Five Actions: 1/7/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 4-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 4-N)

SUB#2 REPORT

Bill(s)	Patron
HB1667	Jones	Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 40.1-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older.
Last Five Actions: 1/3/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/10/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
HB1725	Delaney	Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 59.1-200, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 58, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-607 through 59.1-611, relating to Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties.
Fiscal Impact
Last Five Actions: 1/10/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Committee substitute printed 25104995D-H1 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
HB1766	Martinez	Unemployment compensation; increase weekly benefit amounts; report.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 60.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unemployment compensation; increase weekly benefit amounts; work group; report.
Last Five Actions: 1/5/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/13/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
HB1767	Martinez	Unemployment benefits; maximum duration.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§Â§ 60.2-602 and 60.2-619, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to unemployment benefits; duration.
Last Five Actions: 1/5/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
HB1933	LeVere Bolling	Workers' compensation; throat cancer.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 65.2-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; throat cancer.
Last Five Actions: 1/6/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Related Bills: SB920 (Salim) - Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from throat cancer.
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
HB1951	Wachsmann	Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress, anxiety, or depressive disorders, dispatchers.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 65.2-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; dispatchers.
Last Five Actions: 1/6/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (7-Y 0-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (7-Y 0-N)
HB2060	Krizek	Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 65.2-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
Last Five Actions: 1/7/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Related Bills: SB1301 (McPike) - Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.
Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)

SU#3 REPORT

Bill(s)	Patron
HB1779	Sullivan	Carbon-free energy or clean energy; definition of fusion energy.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact Â§ 1-208.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to carbon-free energy or clean energy; fusion energy; definitions.
Fiscal Impact
Last Five Actions: 1/13/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) 1/19/2025 - Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1779) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
HB1935	LeVere Bolling	Income Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.
Summary: A BILL to direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish an Income Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; report.
Last Five Actions: 1/6/2025 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
HB2113	Herring	Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program; established, sunset, report.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 17 of Title 45.2 an article numbered 4, consisting of a section numbered 45.2-1918, relating to Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program; established.
Last Five Actions: 1/14/2025 - Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 1/15/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting (Voice Vote) 1/16/2025 - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N) 1/20/2025 - Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)

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