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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 1985: Child support orders; date of conception.

Child support orders; date of conception. Provides that any child support order is retroactive to the date of the conception of the child. Under current law, such support order is retroactive to the date of the filing of an action for the establishment of such support order. The bill specifies that its provisions will only apply to child support orders entered for children conceived on or after July 1, 2025.
Ian Lovejoy (R) · 4 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2299: Computer trespass; Class 6 felony when committed against elementary and secondary schools, etc.

Computer trespass; elementary and secondary schools; school board; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for the offense of computer trespass when such offense is committed against any public, private, or religious elementary or secondary school or any school board.
Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill expands criminalization by making school computer trespass a Class 6 felony, increasing penalties without reform focus.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationProtects school computer systems via felony penalties, supporting educational infrastructure security and safety.85% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyClassifies unauthorized school computer access as felony, enhancing cybersecurity protections for educational institutions.90% confidence
Mark Earley (R) · 4 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 1984: Data centers; sitings near parks, schools, and residential areas.

Siting of data centers; parks, schools, and residential areas. Requires that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center, as defined in the bill, be approved only for areas that are one-quarter mile or more from federal, state, or local parks, schools, and property zoned or used for residential use.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentRequires data centers to be 1/4 mile from parks, protecting natural areas from potential environmental impacts like pollution or habitat disruption.85% confidence
Ian Lovejoy (R)
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 1927: Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement. Expands provision for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine to include all pregnant and postpartum persons. Under current law, only high-risk pregnancies are covered.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExpands Medicaid reimbursement for remote monitoring, increasing state spending on maternal health services per bill's coverage expansion.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands telemedicine reimbursement for all pregnant/postpartum patients, increasing coverage beyond current high-risk-only restriction.95% confidence
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2121: Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act; established, civil penalty.

Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act established; civil penalty. Requires a developer of an artificial intelligence system or service to apply provenance data to synthetic digital content that is generated by such developer's generative artificial intelligence system or service and requires a developer to make a provenance application tool and a provenance reader available to the public. The bill requires a controller of an online service, product, or feature to retain any available provenance data and requires a capture device to include a provenance application tool by default. The bill grants the Attorney General the exclusive authority to enforce such provisions and impose civil penalties pursuant to the bill. Under certain circumstances, the Attorney General may offer a developer an opportunity to cure a violation before imposing such civil penalties. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires AI developers to add provenance data to synthetic content, enhancing transparency and consumer protection against misinformation.90% confidence
Michelle Maldonado (D) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2194: Juvenile detention specialists; enhanced retirement benefits.

Pensions; enhanced retirement benefits for juvenile detention specialists. Permits political subdivisions participating in the Virginia Retirement System to provide retirement benefits comparable to the benefits provided to state police officers to juvenile detention specialists. The bill applies only to service earned as a juvenile detention specialist on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time juvenile detention specialist before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProvides enhanced retirement benefits comparable to state police for juvenile detention specialists, expanding employment benefits for this worker group.95% confidence
Delores McQuinn (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 1554: Funding for deputy sheriffs.

Funding for deputy sheriffs. Provides that the minimum number of deputies funded by the Compensation Board shall be one deputy per 1,500 persons or one deputy for every 25 square miles, whichever is greater. Under current law, the funding is fixed at one deputy per 1,500 persons only. The provisions of the bill apply to counties and cities without a police force.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases minimum funding requirements for deputy sheriffs, advancing public safety budget allocation by expanding coverage thresholds beyond current fixed ratio.90% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeFunds deputy sheriffs with adjusted staffing ratios, directly supporting law enforcement resource allocation per bill summary.95% confidence
Wren Williams (R)
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2262: Income tax, state; establishes organ donation leave tax credit.

Income tax; organ donation leave tax credit. Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2029 for a taxpayer that is a private employer, as defined by the bill, for certain costs incurred during a period of organ donation leave received by an organ donor employee.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesEstablishes a nonrefundable tax credit for employers, providing tax relief under state tax policy.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareTax credit incentivizes employers to provide organ donation leave, improving access to transplant services and supporting healthcare utilization through employee benefits.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill provides tax credit to employers for organ donation leave costs, encouraging expanded worker benefits under employment standards.95% confidence
Karrie Delaney (D)
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2345: Child day-care facility investment and child day-care expense reimbursement; income tax credits.

Child day-care facility investment and child day-care expense reimbursement tax credits. Allows a taxpayer to claim a nonrefundable income tax credit for 25 percent of amounts incurred for eligible child day-care expenses of the taxpayer's employees that are either paid directly by the taxpayer or reimbursed by such taxpayer to the taxpayer's employees during the taxable year. The bill also increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount for which a taxpayer may claim a credit for establishing a child day-care facility for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026. Finally, approval of applications for the credits shall be limited to those that are assumed to result in no more than $200,000 of credits in any fiscal year. Under current law, such limit is $100,000.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesCreates 25% nonrefundable tax credit for business day-care expenses, increasing credit limit to $50k. Provides tax relief for employers supporting childcare, advancing fiscal support for working families.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProvides tax credit for employer-paid childcare expenses, reducing employee costs and supporting work-life balance for workers.92% confidence
Chris Obenshain (R)
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2191: Standards of Learning and programs of instruction; recognition of dangers and victims of communism.

Dangers and victims of communism; recognition; Standards of Learning and programs of instruction. Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Day and requiring such day to be suitably observed in each public elementary and secondary school in the Commonwealth as a day honoring the approximately 100 million individuals who have fallen victim to communist regimes around the world and to be suitably observed by a public exercise in the Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor may designate in such proclamation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to include in the history and social science Standards of Learning in grades six through 12 and each school board to emphasize in its Standards-aligned program of instruction in grades six through 12 the study of the dangers of communism.
Nick Freitas (R)
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2580: Income tax, state; disability income.

Virginia income tax subtractions; disability income. Allows an individual who claims an income tax subtraction for disability income to also claim an income tax deduction for taxpayers age 65 and older.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllows additional tax deductions for disability income and seniors, providing targeted tax relief to specific income groups.90% confidence
A.C. Cordoza (R) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

HB 2582: Real property tax; amends definition of permanently and totally disabled.

Real property tax; permanent and total disability; definition. Amends the definition of "permanently and totally disabled" for the purposes of real property tax exemptions to include those individuals who are blind or have uncorrectable vision loss that interferes with daily activities.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExpands real property tax exemption for visually impaired disabled, providing tax relief and reducing state tax revenue for qualifying residents.95% confidence
A.C. Cordoza (R) · 2 co-sponsors
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