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in committee · Virginia · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1625: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021

Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for such notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat). Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations—including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals—that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states. The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.
Kevin Cramer (R) · 14 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3185: Save Local Business Act

Save Local Business Act This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.
Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentRestricts joint employer liability, making it harder to hold entities accountable for workplace conditions, weakening worker protections.92% confidence
James Comer (R) · 68 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3207: PREPARE Act

Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act or the PREPARE Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 a pre-disaster mitigation program, administered by the Small Business Administration, for disbursing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses for protection of real estate, equipment, inventory, supplies, and materials. The bill also increases the amount for loans to take mitigating actions to protect damaged or destroyed property from possible future disasters.
Joseph D. Morelle (D) · 22 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3183: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body). Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait five months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.
Kathy Castor (D) · 240 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3194: Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Fairness for Farm Workers Act This bill extends overtime pay protections to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2022, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2022, 50 hours in 2023, 45 hours in 2024, and 40 hours in 2025) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2025. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as under current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExtends overtime pay protections to agricultural workers, strengthening wage rights and workplace standards for a historically excluded group.95% confidence
Raúl M. Grijalva (D) · 64 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3227: Demilitarizing Local Law Enforcement Act of 2021

Demilitarizing Local Law Enforcement Act of 2021 This bill eliminates the authority of the Department of Defense to transfer surplus military property to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities.
Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesBill eliminates Department of Defense transfers of military property to law enforcement, defunding a specific government spending program. Restricts a form of government spending as per topic description.85% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill restricts military equipment transfers to law enforcement, reducing militarization and aligning with criminal justice reform goals like enhanced accountability and civil rights protection.90% confidence
Nydia M. Velázquez (D) · 19 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3196: Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021

Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021 This bill allows married couples filing a joint tax return to apply the $2,500 limitation on the tax deduction for student loan interest separately to each spouse.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllows separate tax deductions for married couples, increasing tax relief for middle-income households.95% confidence
Vicky Hartzler (R) · 25 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3172: HELPER Act of 2021

Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder Act of 2021 or the HELPER Act of 2021 This bill establishes a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage assistance to law enforcement officers, elementary and secondary school teachers, firefighters, or other first responders. Specifically, these individuals may be eligible for a one-time mortgage on a primary family residence with no down payment and no monthly mortgage insurance premium.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationDirectly supports K-12 teachers with mortgage assistance, enhancing workforce stability in education85% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingProvides mortgage assistance with no down payment for specific housing professionals, directly funding housing access for eligible groups under HUD program.85% confidence
John H. Rutherford (R) · 88 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3198: Yes In My Backyard Act

Yes In My Backyard Act This bill requires certain Community Development Block Grant program recipients to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development information regarding their implementation of certain land-use policies, such as policies for expanding high-density single-family and multifamily zoning.
Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingBill mandates expansion of high-density zoning policies to increase housing supply, directly advancing affordable housing development through land-use reforms.95% confidence
Derek Kilmer (D) · 24 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3180: Renewable Energy Investment Act

Renewable Energy Investment Act This bill allows taxpayers, including certain pass-thru entities such as partnerships and S corporations, to elect to receive tax excludable payments in lieu of amounts attributable to the tax credits for energy property and for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill replaces tax credits with direct payments for renewable energy investments, providing tax relief via alternative structure while maintaining fiscal incentives.95% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill provides tax incentives for renewable energy investments, directly promoting clean energy adoption through financial mechanisms for eligible entities.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentProvides tax incentives for renewable energy investments, directly promoting clean energy adoption and emission reduction goals per bill summary.95% confidence
Earl Blumenauer (D) · 16 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House May 13, 2021

HR 3216: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create parity for unmarried individuals and heads of household with respect to the temporary 2021 income phaseouts in the child tax credit.

This bill increases the applicable threshold amount for heads of household in 2021 to $150,000 for purposes of the income phaseout in the child tax credit (thus making it equal to the threshold amount for married individuals filing joint tax returns).
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases child tax credit phaseout threshold for heads of household to $150,000, providing tax relief to middle-income families by aligning with married filers' thresholds.95% confidence
Katie Porter (D) · 60 co-sponsors
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