Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices; establishment on the campus of certain public institutions of highereducation. Requires, for any general election, at least one votersatellite office to be established on the campus of any baccalaureatepublic institution of higher education that has more than 3,000 enrolledstudents. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia to report each year to the State Board of Electionsthe number of enrolled students, as defined by the bill, at eachbaccalaureate public institution of higher education and requiresthe State Board to use this number to determine which institutionsmeet the enrollment threshold for requiring an on-campus voter satelliteoffice for the general election held the following year. The governingbody of a county or city where a baccalaureate public institutionof higher education meeting the enrollment threshold is located,or the general registrar serving such county or city, shall collaboratewith the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to selecta location for the establishment and operation of a voter satelliteoffice on such institution's campus. The location selected shallbe within the student activity center on the institution's campus,unless such placement creates an undue burden on the operation ofsuch institution, in which case the location selected shall be centrallylocated on the institution's campus.
Del. Irene Shin
Sponsored bills
Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures; report. Directs the State Health Commissioner to reestablish the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality, and outcomes for all birthing people in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities. This bill reestablishes the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures that concluded on December 1, 2023. This bill was incorporated into HB 781.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Department of Environmental Quality; enforcementof regulations; Clean Water Act; cooling water intakes at power plants.Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to promptly enforcefederal regulations implementing a provision of the federal CleanWater Act for cooling water intakes at power plants to reduce negativeimpacts on fish populations in the waters of the Commonwealth.
Stillbirth Support Grant Program. Establishesthe Stillbirth Support Grant Program for the purpose of providinggrants to individuals who delivered a stillborn child, as definedby the bill, to assist with out-of-pocket costs associated with suchdelivery. Under the bill, an application for such a grant must besubmitted within the same calendar year as such delivery of a stillborn child occurs.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that everyindividual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom andthat the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about allmatters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, orotherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified bya compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictivemeans. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individualfor exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom orfor aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unlessjustified by a compelling state interest.
Commending Major General Timothy P. Williams,VNG.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.