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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Feb. 2, 2022 | VA | HB 4 | Requires School Principals to Report Student Misdemeanors to Law Enforcement | Bill Passed - House (59 - 40) |
Feb. 3, 2006 | VA | HB 45 | Death Penalty Age Restrictions | Bill Passed - House (63 - 34) |
Feb. 19, 2024 | VA | HB 46 | Requires Individuals Named Under Protective Orders to Hand Over Firearms | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Jan. 26, 2024 | VA | HB 46 | Requires Individuals Named Under Protective Orders to Hand Over Firearms | Bill Passed - House (51 - 44) |
March 1, 2012 | VA | HB 462 | Requires an Ultrasound Prior to an Abortion | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 35) |
Feb. 28, 2012 | VA | HB 462 | Requires an Ultrasound Prior to an Abortion | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19) |
Feb. 14, 2012 | VA | HB 462 | Requires an Ultrasound Prior to an Abortion | Bill Passed - House (63 - 36) |
Feb. 20, 2012 | VA | HB 48 | Authorizing Physical Force Against Intruders | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 16) |
Feb. 9, 2012 | VA | HB 48 | Authorizing Physical Force Against Intruders | Bill Passed - House (70 - 28) |
April 19, 2006 | VA | HB 493 | High School Baccalaureate Ceremonies | Veto Override Failed - House (60 - 36) |
April 11, 2011 | VA | HB 5001 | Legislative Redistricting | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 17) |
May 23, 2006 | VA | HB 5002 | 2006-2008 Biennium Budget | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 8) |
April 12, 2006 | VA | HB 5002 | 2006-2008 Biennium Budget | Bill Passed - House (64 - 29) |
March 25, 2014 | VA | HB 5002 | 2014-2016 Biennium Budget | Bill Passed - House (68 - 31) |
April 28, 2011 | VA | HB 5005 | Redistricting for State Senate and House | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (63 - 7) |
Sept. 8, 2020 | VA | HB 5013 | Repeals Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers | Bill Passed - House (49 - 45) |
Sept. 4, 2020 | VA | HB 5013 | Repeals Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers | Bill Failed - House (47 - 48) |
Feb. 3, 2010 | VA | HB 502 | Expanding Death Penalty Eligibility to Accomplices | Bill Passed - House (74 - 24) |
Oct. 2, 2020 | VA | HB 5029 | Establishes a Felony Charge for Officers that Fail to Intervene When Witnessing Unlawful Deadly Force | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 17) |
Aug. 28, 2020 | VA | HB 5029 | Establishes a Felony Charge for Officers that Fail to Intervene When Witnessing Unlawful Deadly Force | Bill Passed - House (55 - 42) |
Oct. 16, 2020 | VA | HB 5043 | Authorizes Mental Health Experts to Accompany Police Officers | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (26 - 12) |
Sept. 10, 2020 | VA | HB 5043 | Authorizes Mental Health Experts to Accompany Police Officers | Bill Passed - House (57 - 39) |
Oct. 2, 2020 | VA | HB 5047 | Prohibits Price-Gouging during a Declared State of Emergency | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 43) |
Oct. 1, 2020 | VA | HB 5047 | Prohibits Price-Gouging during a Declared State of Emergency | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5049 | Prohibits the Acquisition and Use of Military Property by Law Enforcement Agencies | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 17) |
Sept. 10, 2020 | VA | HB 5049 | Prohibits the Acquisition and Use of Military Property by Law Enforcement Agencies | Bill Passed - House (54 - 42) |
March 11, 2010 | VA | HB 505 | Authorizing Concealed Firearms in Establishments that Serve Alcohol | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 27) |
March 10, 2010 | VA | HB 505 | Authorizing Concealed Firearms in Establishments that Serve Alcohol | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15) |
Sept. 25, 2020 | VA | HB 5052 | Establishes Juneteenth Day as a Legal Holiday | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 0) |
Oct. 2, 2020 | VA | HB 5069 | Prohibits Use of Chokeholds by Law Enforcement Officers | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Sept. 4, 2020 | VA | HB 5069 | Prohibits Use of Chokeholds by Law Enforcement Officers | Bill Passed - House (55 - 43) |
Feb. 15, 2022 | VA | HB 509 | Repeals "Red Flag" Gun Law | Bill Passed - House (52 - 47) |
Oct. 2, 2020 | VA | HB 5093 | Expands the Violation of a Pandemic-Related Executive Order to Include a Fine | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (59 - 37) |
Sept. 25, 2020 | VA | HB 5093 | Expands the Violation of a Pandemic-Related Executive Order to Include a Fine | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17) |
Oct. 1, 2020 | VA | HB 5098 | Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 16) |
Sept. 4, 2020 | VA | HB 5098 | Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report | Bill Passed - House (55 - 43) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5099 | Prohibits No-Knock Search Warrants | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 16) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5099 | Prohibits No-Knock Search Warrants | Conference Report Adopted - House (56 - 41) |
Sept. 4, 2020 | VA | HB 5099 | Prohibits No-Knock Search Warrants | Bill Passed - House (56 - 41) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5104 | Increases Employment Assessment and Review Requirements for Law Enforcement Hiring | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 5) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5104 | Increases Employment Assessment and Review Requirements for Law Enforcement Hiring | Conference Report Adopted - House (55 - 35) |
Sept. 4, 2020 | VA | HB 5104 | Increases Employment Assessment and Review Requirements for Law Enforcement Hiring | Bill Passed - House (54 - 42) |
Oct. 16, 2020 | VA | HB 5106 | Requires Landlords to Establish Payment Plans for Tenants Prior to Eviction | Conference Report Adopted - House (57 - 42) |
Sept. 25, 2020 | VA | HB 5106 | Requires Landlords to Establish Payment Plans for Tenants Prior to Eviction | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 16) |
Oct. 7, 2020 | VA | HB 5108 | Amends the Makeup of the Criminal Justice Services Board | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 41) |
Oct. 2, 2020 | VA | HB 5108 | Amends the Makeup of the Criminal Justice Services Board | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Nov. 9, 2020 | VA | HB 5109 | Amends Existing Law Enforcement Officer Training and Qualifications | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Nov. 9, 2020 | VA | HB 5109 | Amends Existing Law Enforcement Officer Training and Qualifications | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 39) |
Sept. 10, 2020 | VA | HB 5116 | Requires Public and Private Employers to Provide Paid Quarantine Leave | Bill Passed - House (54 - 44) |
Oct. 1, 2020 | VA | HB 5146 | Authorizes a Person to File a Petition Requesting Expungement in Certain Circumstances | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 16) |
Sept. 9, 2020 | VA | HB 5146 | Establishes a Process for Automatic Expungement of Criminal Records for Certain Convictions | Bill Passed - House (59 - 37) |
Oct. 14, 2020 | VA | HB 5148 | Establishes a 4-Level Earned Sentence Credit Classification System | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 18) |
Sept. 10, 2020 | VA | HB 5148 | Establishes a 4-Level Earned Sentence Credit Classification System | Bill Passed - House (54 - 41) |
March 1, 2016 | VA | HB 516 | Requires Parental Review of Explicit School Books | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 17) |
Feb. 9, 2016 | VA | HB 518 | Authorizes Students to Transfer from Certain Schools | Bill Passed - House (57 - 42) |
Feb. 10, 2010 | VA | HB 53 | Ban on Required Human Microchip Implantation | Bill Passed - House (88 - 9) |
Feb. 29, 2016 | VA | HB 560 | Amends Brandishing Conviction to Include Intent to Induce Fear | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 17) |
Feb. 9, 2016 | VA | HB 560 | Amends Brandishing Conviction to Include Intent to Induce Fear | Bill Passed - House (68 - 32) |
March 1, 2006 | VA | HB 568 | Flat Tax on Communication Services | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 11) |
Jan. 26, 2006 | VA | HB 568 | Flat Tax on Communication Services | Bill Passed - House (62 - 35) |
Feb. 26, 2024 | VA | HB 571 | Amends Educational Curriculum Parental Consent Standards Regarding Sexually Explicit Material | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 18) |
Feb. 13, 2024 | VA | HB 571 | Amends Educational Curriculum Parental Consent Standards Regarding Sexually Explicit Material | Bill Passed - House (55 - 40) |
April 28, 2022 | VA | HB 573 | Reduces the Statute of Limitations for Actions of Healthcare Service Contracts | Veto Override Failed - House (48 - 52) |
March 7, 2022 | VA | HB 573 | Reduces the Statute of Limitations for Actions of Healthcare Service Contracts | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (87 - 9) |
Feb. 13, 2012 | VA | HB 576 | Amends Teacher Contract and Evaluation Policies | Bill Passed - House (55 - 43) |
Feb. 6, 2020 | VA | HB 582 | Amends State Collective Bargaining Laws Relating to Right to Work Protections | Bill Passed - House (54 - 45) |
Feb. 29, 2016 | VA | HB 587 | Prohibits Removal of War Monuments | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 17) |
Feb. 5, 2024 | VA | HB 597 | Establishes the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act | Bill Passed - House (53 - 45) |
Feb. 24, 2020 | VA | HB 618 | Specifies that Gender Related Crimes are Associated with Hate Crimes | (24 - 16) |
Feb. 26, 2020 | VA | HB 618 | Specifies that Gender Related Crimes are Associated with Hate Crimes | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 43) |
Feb. 3, 2012 | VA | HB 62 | Prohibits State Funding for Abortion | Bill Passed - House (64 - 35) |
March 4, 2020 | VA | HB 623 | Repeals the State Statutory Same-Sex Marriage Ban and Amends State Gender-Neutral Terms | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 43) |
March 3, 2020 | VA | HB 623 | Repeals the State Statutory Same-Sex Marriage Ban and Amends State Gender-Neutral Terms | (24 - 16) |
Feb. 9, 2010 | VA | HB 629 | Asbestos Lawsuit Restrictions | Bill Passed - House (49 - 48) |
Jan. 30, 2014 | VA | HB 63 | Authorizes Home-Schooled Students to Participate in Public School Interscholastic Programs | Bill Passed - House (60 - 39) |
March 5, 2020 | VA | HB 66 | Limits the Cost of Insulin to $50 Per 30-Day Supply | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 16) |
Feb. 23, 2022 | VA | HB 670 | Establishes Independent Policing Auditor to Oversee Civilian Law Enforcement Oversight Groups | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19) |
Feb. 15, 2022 | VA | HB 670 | Establishes Independent Policing Auditor to Oversee Civilian Law Enforcement Oversight Groups | Bill Passed - House (65 - 35) |
April 19, 2006 | VA | HB 673 | Commonwealth Transportation Board | Veto Override Failed - House (58 - 40) |
Jan. 30, 2020 | VA | HB 674 | Authorizes Removing Firearms from Persons Posing Substantial Risk | Bill Passed - House (52 - 46) |
Jan. 31, 2024 | VA | HB 688 | Amends To-Go Alcohol Sale Laws to be Permanently Legal | Bill Passed - House (81 - 18) |
Feb. 12, 2024 | VA | HB 698 | Authorizes Legal Recreational Cannabis for Adults | Bill Passed - House (52 - 48) |
Feb. 3, 2014 | VA | HB 706 | Authorizes Legislators to Hire Counsel to Represent Virginia in Court | Bill Passed - House (65 - 32) |
Feb. 15, 2022 | VA | HB 753 | Exempts Certain Religious Organizations from Following Nondiscrimination Laws | Bill Passed - House (54 - 45) |
March 9, 2010 | VA | HB 756 | Allocating Offshore Drilling Royalties | Signed - Executive |
Feb. 22, 2010 | VA | HB 756 | Allocating Offshore Drilling Royalties | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19) |
Feb. 8, 2010 | VA | HB 756 | Allocating Offshore Drilling Royalties | Bill Passed - House (71 - 26) |
Feb. 6, 2024 | VA | HB 759 | Increases the Cap for Gross Sales of Pickles and Other Acidified Vegetables | Bill Passed - House (94 - 2) |
Feb. 3, 2016 | VA | HB 766 | Authorizes Individual with Restraining Order to Carry Concealed Gun without Permit | Bill Passed - House (68 - 29) |
Feb. 16, 2016 | VA | HB 773 | Prohibits Discrimination Based on Certain Religious Beliefs | Bill Passed - House (56 - 41) |
Feb. 13, 2006 | VA | HB 782 | Second-Degree Murder Charges | Bill Passed - House (83 - 16) |
March 11, 2016 | VA | HB 8 | Establishes Virtual Public School | Conference Report Adopted - House (60 - 36) |
March 11, 2016 | VA | HB 8 | Establishes Virtual Public School | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17) |
March 7, 2020 | VA | HB 812 | Prohibits Unlicensed Individuals to Deal Firearms from Purchasing More Than One Gun in a 30-Day Period | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 19) |
March 5, 2020 | VA | HB 812 | Prohibits Unlicensed Individuals to Deal Firearms from Purchasing More Than One Gun in a 30-Day Period | Conference Report Adopted - House (51 - 48) |
April 20, 2016 | VA | HB 815 | Amends Death Penalty Procedures | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 16) |
April 20, 2016 | VA | HB 815 | Amends Death Penalty Procedures | Bill Passed - House (59 - 40) |
March 11, 2016 | VA | HB 815 | Amends Death Penalty Procedures | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 17) |
March 11, 2016 | VA | HB 815 | Amends Death Penalty Procedures | Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 32) |
Feb. 10, 2016 | VA | HB 815 | Amends Death Penalty Procedures | Bill Passed - House (62 - 33) |