AIA Virginia is watching bills placed in this category. Often, we are watching bills because they are of interest and we want to remain informed. When this is the case, it is often another organization taking the lead due to its specific expertise and political relationships. If amendments are introduced that make a bill in this category detrimental to our profession, then it is moved to the SUPPORT or OPPOSE list and we engage. There are some bills that AIA Virginia does not take a position on. An example of this would be bills that define “small business”. Because of the composition of our membership, we would not want to take action that would hurt any of our members.
If you have any questions, please contact Paul Battaglia, AIA at pbattaglia@aiava.org
HB 1561 – Classification of land and improvements for tax purposes; localities.
Status: Failed
HB 1570 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; project labor agreements.
Status: Failed
HB 1579 – License taxes; local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax; sunset.
Status: In Committee
HB 1580 – Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; eligible localities; Planning District 4.
Status: Failed
HB 1616 – Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.
Status: Passed House
HB 1658 – Board of Housing and Community Development; USBC; stakeholder group to evaluate temperature regulation.
Status: Failed
HB 1708 – Access to Housing Task Force; report.
Status: Failed
HB 1743 – License taxes; deduction for out-of-state receipts, effective date, report.
Status: In Committee
HB 1755 – Sales and use tax on services and digital personal property.
Status: Failed
HB 1789 – Procurement; cancellation of bids.
Status: Failed
HB 1822 – Electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines, advanced conductors.
Status: In Committee
HB 1835 – Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.
Status: In Committee
HB 1866 – Corporate income tax; sourcing of sales other than sales of tangible personal property.
Status: Failed
Notes
2025 monitor: would affect various member firms variously; “market-based sourcing” = the destination of the service revenue, rather than where the revenue was earned, is the relevant location, as regards taxation
HB 1963 – Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program; guidance and criteria for awarding grants.
Status: Passed House
HB 2000 – Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of DCR, rights and requirements of dam owners, civil penalty.
Status: Passed House
Notes
2025 monitor: providing multiple technical amendments to improve bill
HB 2024 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; environmental protection and product safety standards.
Status: Passed House
Notes
2025 monitor: generally support approach; intended to apply to specific issue/manufacturer
HB 2046 – High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies, report.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: need to exclude design services? private consultants incorporated into public body through contract
HB 2050 – Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
Status: In Committee
HB 2059 – Virginia’s Great Outdoors Act; land preservation distributions and appropriations.
Status: Failed
HB 2094 – High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use, civil penalties.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: need to exclude design services?
HB 2150 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract terms inconsistent with Virginia law.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: does not apply to pro services as written, but establishes good/useful precedent
HB 2212 – Stormwater management regulations; localities outside Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Status: Failed
HB 2331 – Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; acceptance of signed & sealed plan in lieu of local plan review.
Status: Failed
Notes
2025 monitor: opposed by others; asking for substitute language as geologists and soil scientists are not trained, educated, and tested to prepare site plans; might allow bypass of municipal review, which is a basic requirement for minimum CBPA code compliance; await substitute offered to allay concerns
HB 2426 – Small renewable energy projects; amends definition, permit by rule.
Status: In Committee
HB 2503 – Virginia coordinate systems; federal updates.
Status: Passed House
Notes
2025 monitor: providing clarifications to improve bill
HB 2533 – Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include use of accessory dwelling units.
Status: In Committee
HB 2537 – Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: patrick can have PEs (EE and FPE) included in workgroup
HB 2570 – Uniform Statewide Building Code; installation of natural gas leak detectors in residential building.
Status: Failed
HB 2572 – Direct experience recruitment policy; DHRM to develop a statewide policy.
Status: Incorporated
HB 2588 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited, military spouse-owned businesses.
Status: Failed
HB 2641 – Statewide housing targets; requires localities to increase their total housing stock.
Status: In Committee
HB 2676 – Electric utilities; renewable energy definition and facilities.
Status: Failed
HB 2682 – Building permit and certificate of occupancy processes; work group to identify certain changes.
Status: Failed
HB 2693 – Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities.
Status: Failed
HB 2711 – Water & wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement.
Status: Passed House
HB 2741 – Va. Public Procurement Act; local public bodies to issue an invitation to bid for small purchases.
Status: Failed
Notes
2025 monitor: pro services; lines 67ff, 73ff
HB 2781 – Affordable housing; counties with executive form of government.
Status: Passed House
SB 757 – Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty.
Status: In House
SB 769 – Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice; cookies; consumer consent.
Status: Failed
SB 788 – Workers’ compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
Status: Failed
SB 803 – Workers’ compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
Status: Incorporated
SB 826 – Predetermination for licensing eligibility; prior convictions.
Status: In Committee
SB 839 – Zoning; by-right multifamily development in areas zoned for commercial use.
Status: Failed
SB 857 – Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of DCR, rights and requirements of dam owners, etc.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: providing multiple technical amendments to improve bill
SB 962 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: ensure bill continues to apply to construction/sealed build projects, and excludes professional services
SB 1173 – Virginia coordinate systems; updates several references in Code.
Status: In Committee
Notes
2025 monitor: providing clarifications to improve bill
SB 1180 – Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; powers and duties.
Status: Failed
SB 1214 – High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies, report.
Status: Passed Senate
SB 1218 – Labor and employment; covenants not to compete prohibited, low-wage employees, exceptions, civil pen
Status: In Subcommittee
SB 1299 – Workers’ compensation; compensation to dependents or beneficiaries of an employee killed.
Status: In Committee
SB 1342 – Low income households; Dept. of Energy to identify barriers to reducing energy-related costs.
Status: In Committee
SB 1434 – Solar photovoltaic project; decisions of localities, regional energy plans.
Status: Incorporated
SB 1456 – Income tax, corporate; sourcing of sales other than sales of tangible personal property.
Status: Failed
Notes
2025 monitor: would affect various member firms variously; “market-based sourcing” = the destination of the service revenue, rather than where the revenue was earned, is the relevant location, as regards taxation
SB 1477 – Disaster Assistance Fund; established.
Status: Failed
SB 1491 – School crossing zones; institutions of higher education.
Status: Passed Senate
SJ 260 – Transportation infrastructure; JLARC to study Department of Transportation’s policies and funding.
Status: Failed
Counts: HB: 37 HJ: 0 SB: 18 SJ: 1