Chief Medical Examiner; Maternal Mortality ReviewTeam; work group; expansion plan; report. Directs the Officeof the Chief Medical Examiner and the Maternal Mortality Review Teamto convene a work group to expand the work of the Maternal MortalityReview Team. The bill directs the work group to develop criteriaand procedures related to the collection of maternal morbidity data.The bill specifies that the Maternal Mortality Review Team's expansionplan shall include certain plans for data collection, data review, and development and implementation of policies and recommendations.The work group is required to report its findings and provide itsplan to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations andHealth, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Financeand Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1, 2025.
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Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records.Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instanceswhere a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that wouldbe a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attainedthe age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date ofthe last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law,such records are open to the public. The bill also provides thatany juvenile court records that may be expunged shall be expungedwhen the juvenile who is the subject of the records has attainedthe age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date ofthe last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law,such juvenile shall have attained the age of 19 years and five yearsshall have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the caseof such juvenile.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Commission on Legislature Modernization; report. Establishes the Commission on Legislature Modernization in the legislativebranch for the purpose of studying the operation and functionality of the General Assembly and identifying ways to make the legislaturemore effective, efficient, responsive, reflective, and transparenton behalf of all Virginians. The Commission will consist of 17 members,which shall include 9 legislators, 6 nonlegislative citizen members,and 2 ex officio members. The Commission shall be convened for aperiod of two years, every 10 years in the year ending in four, andshall terminate after the submission of its final report to the General Assembly at the end of its second year.
Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset. Creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the Governor on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations based on its findings. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. This bill was incorporated into SB 487.
Certain natural gas pipeline expansion unlawful;Planning District 19. Prohibits the increase or expansion ofany natural gas pipeline capacity in Planning District 19 (CraterRegion), whether in new or existing pipelines, that uses existingcompressors powered by natural gas-fired combustion turbines, dieselmotors, or other technology using fossil fuels. Such prohibitionshall apply to all proposed or existing compressors in Planning District19 associated with natural gas pipelines, including those servinginterstate and intrastate pipelines, regardless of size for the purpose of air pollution reduction. The bill requires the State Air PollutionControl Board to ensure that the provisions of the bill are incorporatedinto the Commonwealth's state implementation plan enacted pursuantto the federal Clean Air Act.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the HonorableYvonne Bond Miller's service in the Virginia General Assembly.