HB 84 Mineral mining and exploration; public notification.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 45.2 a chapter numbered 13.1, consisting of sections numbered 45.2-1305 and 45.2-1306, relating to mineral mining and exploration; public notification.

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Summary as introduced:
Mineral mining and exploration; public notification. Requires an explorer conducting any mineral exploration activities, as those terms are defined in the bill, prior to the start of such activities, to (i) publish a notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality where the exploration activity will occur at least once a week for two successive weeks, (ii) notify the governing body of such locality at least 15 days in advance of such activity, and (iii) notify all individual residences and properties within 500 yards of the property lines where the exploration activity will take place at least 15 days in advance of such activity. The bill requires such notices to include certain information related to the exploration activity.

HB 132 Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, report, sunset clause.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 67, consisting of sections numbered 30-430 through 30-437, relating to Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2026.

HB 164 Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4328 of the Code of Virginia, relating to preference for local products and firms by localities.

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Summary as introduced:
Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities. Allows localities to give a procurement preference to a higher bid that includes local products and firms so long as the bid price is not more than 10 percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

HB 216 Impounding structures, certain; variances to general permit requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-605.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Conservation and Recreation; variances to general permit requirements for certain impounding structures; hazard potential classifications study; report.

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Summary as introduced:
Department of Conservation and Recreation; variances to general permit requirements for certain impounding structures; hazard potential classifications study; report. Requires the Soil and Water Conservation Boardto develop a process by which an owner may submit a request only to the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a temporary or permanent variance to the general permit requirements for certain impounding structures for its review and consideration. The bill directs the Department to study issues relating to hazard potential classifications for impounding structures in the Commonwealth and report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1, 2024. The bill also directs the Department to advise the Governor and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources of any variances to the general permit requirements granted by the Department.

HB 220 Water facilities; staffing; of licensed operators.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-172.1 and by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 a section numbered 62.1-44.19:3.5, relating to water facilities; staffing; licensed operators.

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Summary as introduced:
Water facilities; staffing; licensed operators. Requires sewage treatment works, classified waterworks, and classified water treatment facilities to employ a licensed operator. The bill establishes protocol for an unexpected vacancy of the licensed operator position. The bill also permits remote monitoring of the facility by the licensed operator upon a demonstration of adequate monitoring technology.

HB 242 Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation, exceptions to contractual terms.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4302.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal. Removes the prohibition on a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to any liability provisions contained in a Request for Proposal for information technology. The bill also requires an offeror to state any exception to any contractual terms or conditions in writing at the beginning of negotiations, which exception shall be considered during negotiations, but prohibits the public body from basing the scoring or evaluation on such exceptions when selecting offerors for negotiations. Current law only prohibits a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to the liability provisions of the Request for Proposal. This bill is a recommendation from the Public Body Procurement Work Group.

HB 264 Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-324 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements.

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Summary as introduced:
Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish each successive year.

HB 285 Uniform Statewide Building Code; exempts plans and specifications for bus shelters.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 36-98.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Uniform Statewide Building Code; bus shelters.

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Summary as introduced:
Uniform Statewide Building Code; bus shelters. Exempts plans and specifications for bus shelters that do not exceed 256 square feet that are to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state money and that will be constructed on state-owned property from the Department of General Services’ review process required by the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill authorizes the local building official of the locality in which the state-owned property is located to conduct the review process within 60 days of the applicant’s initial submission of the plans and specifications for such bus shelter.

HB 311 Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4303 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on the Commonwealth’s electronic procurement system.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on the Commonwealth’s electronic procurement system. Mandates that all public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth’s statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA. Current law only imposes such requirement on state public bodies.

HB 322 Cosmetology Compact; established.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-700.1, relating to Cosmetology Compact.

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Summary as introduced:
Cosmetology Compact. Establishes the Cosmetology Compact upon the enactment of substantially similar legislation in the seventh Member State, defined in the bill. The bill creates a multistate license in furtherance of the objectives of providing opportunities for the uninterrupted practice of cosmetology between Member States and supporting the relocation of military members and their spouses by enabling such continuation of practice.

HB 323 Interstate Massage Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 30 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 8, consisting of a section numbered 54.1-3044, relating to Interstate Massage Compact.

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Summary as introduced:
Interstate Massage Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Interstate Massage Compact. The Compact allows massage therapists who (i) possess an active, unencumbered license in the compact member state in which they reside; (ii) have completed at least 625 hours of massage therapy education; (iii) have passed the national licensing examination; and (iv) have no disqualifying criminal history to be granted a multistate license that authorizes them to practice in all compact member states. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh member state.

HB 324 PA Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2953.1, relating to PA Licensure Compact.

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Summary as introduced:
PA Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the PA Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible physician assistants to practice in Compact-participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later.

HB 326 Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 37 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 3, consisting of a section numbered 54.1-3709.4, relating to Social Work Licensure Compact.

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Summary as introduced:
Social Work Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Social Work Licensure Compact. The Compact allows social workers who have or are eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the compact member state where they reside to apply for a multistate license. After verifying eligibility, the social worker is granted a multistate license that authorizes practice in all other compact member states. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh member state.

HB 328 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 22.1 a chapter numbered 28, consisting of a section numbered 22.1-381, relating to Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.

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Summary as introduced:
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, the purpose of which is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of 10 state members.

HB 334 Boiler and pressure vessel operators; certification by localities.

A BILL to repeal § 15.2-910 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators by localities.

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Summary as introduced:
Certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators by localities. Repeals an existing statute that allows localities by ordinance to require certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators.

HB 341 Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of employment of older Virginia residents.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-4302.2 and 2.2-4324 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of employment of older Virginia residents.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of employment of older Virginia residents. Allows public bodies to include as a factor that will be used in evaluating a Request for Proposal the proposer’s participation in programs that employ Virginia residents age 55 or older. The bill also provides that in the case of a tie bid between two or more bidders-both of which are eligible for a preference as a bidder for goods produced in Virginia or goods, services, or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations-an additional preference shall be given to any bidder that participates in such programs.

HB 374 Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, report, sunset clause.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 67, consisting of sections numbered 30-430 through 30-437, relating to Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2026.

HB 471 Uniform Statewide Building Code; multifamily residential housing construction projects.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 36-99.10:2, relating to Uniform Statewide Building Code; multifamily residential housing construction projects; electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards.

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Summary as introduced:
Uniform Statewide Building Code; multifamily residential housing construction projects; electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations for electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards for multifamily residential housing construction projects consisting of more than 25 residential dwelling units. The standards shall require a developer of such multifamily residential housing construction projects to ensure that at least 25 percent of the available parking spaces are electric vehicle charging ready during the design and construction process. Landlords, condominium unit owners’ associations, and property owners’ associations shall be authorized to negotiate with electric vehicle charging providers with respect to the installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and any related revenue sharing. The bill also requires the Board to promulgate such regulations by January 1, 2025, and provides that such regulations shall only apply to any new multifamily residential housing construction projects approved by a locality after January 1, 2025.

HB 567 Electric vehicle charging stations; requirement for certain developments.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2295.3, relating to electric vehicle charging stations.

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Summary as introduced:
Requirement for electric vehicle charging stations for certain developments. Provides that any locality may by ordinance require electric vehicle charging stations as part of subdivision or site plan approval for a development containing commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential uses with a density of seven residential dwelling units per acre or greater. The bill contains a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

HB 716 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; disparity study.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1605, 2.2-1610, and 2.2-4310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; disparity study.

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Summary as introduced:
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; disparity study. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to conduct a disparity study every five years, the next due no later than January 1, 2026. 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.

HB 722 Regulatory Budget Program; established, report.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-1501.2, relating to Department of Planning and Budget; Regulatory Budget Program established; report.

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Summary as introduced:
Department of Planning and Budget; Regulatory Budget Program established; report. Directs the Department of Planning and Budget to establish a Regulatory Budget Program under which each executive branch agency subject to the Administrative Process Act shall reduce overall regulatory requirements by 30 percent by January 1, 2027. The bill requires the Department to report to the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules on the status of the Program no later than October 1 of each year, beginning October 1, 2025. Finally, the bill provides that the Department, in consultation with the Office of the Governor, shall issue guidance for agencies regarding the Program and how an agency can comply with the requirements of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2027.

HB 747 Artificial Intelligence Developer Act; established, civil penalty.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 57, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-603 through 59.1-608, relating to Artificial Intelligence Developer Act established; civil penalty.

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Summary as introduced:
Artificial Intelligence Developer Act established; civil penalty. Creates operating standards for developers and deployers, as those terms are defined in the bill, relating to artificial intelligence, including (i) avoiding certain risks, (ii) protecting against discrimination, (iii) providing disclosures, and (iv) conducting impact assessments and provides that the Office of the Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill related to operating standards for deployers have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

HB 950 Energy efficiency standards; more stringent energy efficiency requirements.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-987, relating to energy efficiency standards; more stringent energy efficiency requirements.

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Summary as introduced:
Energy efficiency standards; more stringent energy efficiency requirements. Allows a locality by ordinance to create and require stretch codes, as defined in the bill, as energy efficiency standards that are in addition to or more stringent than those in the Uniform Statewide Building Code, and use them as an alternative means of compliance with a locality’s building requirements. The bill requires periodic review of the codes and allows the locality to make amendments.

HB 990 Employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibited.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-28.7:11, relating to prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action; civil penalty.

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Summary as introduced:
Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. The bill also provides for civil penalties for violations not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation, and $4,000 for a third or subsequent violation.

HB 1000 Environmental Justice Task Force; establishes, report.

A BILL to establish the Environmental Justice Task Force; report.

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Summary as introduced:
Environmental Justice Task Force; report. Establishes the Environmental Justice Task Force for the purpose of furthering environmental justice in the Commonwealth, consisting of the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Secretary of Transportation, or their designees. The bill requires the Task Force to advise the Governor and state agencies of the Commonwealth on environmental justice issues, particularly as such issues relate to minority and low-income communities. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2024, regarding its activities.

HB 1022 Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal licensure.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 9.1-116.01, relating to universal licensure for certain law-enforcement officers.

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Summary as introduced:
Universal licensure for certain law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sworn federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer with at least three years of experience whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who has not had a break in service of more than three years, and is leaving the transferring agency in good standing, shall be eligible for employment within the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.

HB 1028 Affordable housing; assisted living facilities.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2305.2, relating to affordable housing; assisted living facilities.

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Summary as introduced:
Affordable housing; assisted living facilities. Allows localities that have adopted an affordable housing program to require that affordable rental units be included for any proposed licensed assisted living facility that is the subject of an application for a special exception or special use permit. Such ordinance shall apply to applications approved on or after January 1, 2025.

HB 1052 Local government; alternative and conventional onsite sewage systems.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Health; local government; alternative and conventional onsite sewage systems.

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Summary as introduced:
Department of Health; local government; alternative and conventional onsite sewage systems. Requires the Board of Health to establish a procedure for the Department of Health to prepare and submit a quarterly report to each local government that provides an accurate record of private properties categorized by the presence of an alternative or conventional onsite sewage system within each such local government.

HB 1092 Uniform Statewide Building Code; amending Code, local building officials.

A BILL to direct the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Uniform Statewide Building Code to prohibit lifetime appointments of local building officials.

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Summary as introduced:
Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; local building officials. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Uniform Statewide Building Code and corresponding regulations to remove any authority for local building departments to appoint local building officials for permanent terms. The bill requires the Board to require local building departments to appoint such officials for a term not to exceed 10 years and to only reappoint such officials after holding a performance evaluation.

HB 1113 Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting, limitations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4303.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Increases from $6 million to $15 million the maximum threshold above which the sum of all jobs performed in a one-year job order contract term shall not exceed. The bill also increases the maximum threshold amount for any individual job order from $500,000 to $1.5 million. Finally, the bill increases from two to four the number of additional one-year terms for which job order contracts may be renewable and the bill shall only apply to contracts entered into on or after the bill’s effective date.

HB 1116 Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, certain construction projects.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4303 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects. Allows a public body to establish purchase procedures, if adopted in writing, not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for single or term contracts for non-transportation-related construction projects if the aggregate or the sum of all phases is not expected to exceed $400,000. Current law places the limit at $200,000.

HB 1273 Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding;required criteria in invitations to bid.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4302.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.

HB 1425 Uniform Statewide Building Code; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority exemption.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 36-98.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Uniform Statewide Building Code; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority exemption.

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Summary as introduced:
Uniform Statewide Building Code; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority exemption. Exempts railway tunnels and bridges owned by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority from the Uniform Statewide Building Code and the Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act. The bill requires the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to report annually to the State Fire Marshal on the maintenance and operability of installed fire protection and detection systems in its railway tunnels and bridges.

HB 1440 Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts; project labor agreements.

A BILL to repeal § 2.2-4321.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works projects; project labor agreements.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts; project labor agreements. Removes the statutory authority for any public body, including any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects.

HJ 24 Dillon Rule; joint subcommittee to study.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the Dillon Rule. Report.

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Summary as introduced:
Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a one-year study of the Dillon Rule and its impact on Virginia’s localities.

SB 157 Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-324 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements.

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Summary as introduced:
Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish each successive year.

SB 200 Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to advertisement of legal notices; website.

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Summary as introduced:
Advertisement of legal notices; website. Allows a locality to advertise legal notices on the locality’s website instead of, or in addition to, publishing such notices in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.

SB 207 Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal licensure.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 9.1-116.01, relating to universal licensure for certain law-enforcement officers.

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Summary as introduced:
Universal licensure for certain law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sworn federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer with at least three years of experience whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who has not had a break in service of more than three years, and is leaving the transferring agency in good standing, shall be eligible for employment within the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.

SB 242 Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation, exceptions to contractual terms.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4302.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms.

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Summary as introduced:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal. Removes the prohibition on a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to any liability provisions contained in a Request for Proposal for information technology. The bill also requires an offeror to state any exception to any contractual terms or conditions in writing at the beginning of negotiations, which exception shall be considered during negotiations, but prohibits the public body from basing the scoring or evaluation on such exceptions when selecting offerors for negotiations. Current law only prohibits a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to the liability provisions of the Request for Proposal. This bill is a recommendation from the Public Body Procurement Work Group.

SB 554 Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; waterworks and wastewater works operators.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; waterworks and wastewater works operators; reciprocal licensing.

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Summary as introduced:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; waterworks and wastewater works operators; reciprocal licensing. Requires the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals, upon application, to recognize current and valid licenses or certificates issued by a neighboring state, defined in the bill, as fulfillment of qualifications for licensure as a waterworks and wastewater works operator in the Commonwealth if there are no pending investigations or complaints, no disqualifying criminal records, and no discipline imposed by another state.

SB 621 Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 25 of Title 2.2 an article numbered 14, consisting of sections numbered 2.2-2565 through 2.2-2570, relating to Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset.

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Summary as introduced:
Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset. Creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the Governor on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations based on its findings. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.

If you have any questions, please contact Paul Battaglia, AIA at pbattaglia@aiava.org