Virginia Del. Rae Cousins (D)

VA - Courts of Justice (House)

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VA - Education (House)

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VA - Courts of Justice Subcommittee #4 (House)

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VA - Firearms (House)

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VA - HB837 Juvenile and domestic relations district court; recording of proceedings.

VA - HB1494 Length of Stay Guidelines & Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center; DJJ's work group to study, report.

VA - HB2225 Commonwealth Savers Plan; Access Fund established, report.

VA - HR750 Commending Virginia Union University.

VA - HB1495 Film and television industry; apprenticeship program.

VA - HB1405 Prisoners; Department of Corrections- and jailer-issued identification.

VA - HB2223 Legal representation of indigent defendant; abolition of fees.

VA - HB2221 Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification, report.

VA - HB2234 Transportation Trust Fund; extends limitation on personal liability for loss in investments.

VA - HB2243 Uniform Trust Code; expands certain specific powers of trustee.

VA - HB2415 Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer.

VA - HB2244 Standards of Quality; measurement of student educational performance and academic achievement.

VA - HB2222 Restraints on juveniles; use in court prohibited, exceptions.

VA - HB2240 Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report.

VA - HB2237 Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing.

VA - HB2239 Public facilities, certain; entitlement to sales tax revenues, extends sunset.

VA - HB2229 Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow.

VA - HB2236 Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses.

VA - HR818 Commending Waller and Company Jewelers.

VA - HB2233 Extreme Weather Relief Act; established.

VA - HB2235 Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant.

VA - HB1492 Trauma-informed training and education; work group to study.

VA - HB33 Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics.

VA - HB158 Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.

VA - HB286 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on.

VA - HB721 Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.

VA - HB969 Child tax credit; creates a credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.

VA - HB1284 Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers, definitions.

VA - HB1446 Real property tax; assessment of real property used for affordable housing.

VA - HB1594 Average teacher salary in the Commonwealth; national average.

VA - HB1597 Firearms; secure storage, penalties.

VA - HB1598 First-time Homebuyer Grant Program; established.

VA - HB1606 Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator.

VA - HB1607 Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.

VA - HB1610 Accounts receivable; TAX, et al., to analyze pervasiveness of outstanding accounts, etc.

VA - HB1611 Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience.

VA - HB1612 Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; maximum reimbursement rate; vendors providing care outside of normal business hours.

VA - HB1614 Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services.

VA - HB1616 Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.

VA - HB1617 Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents.

VA - HB1619 Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

VA - HB1620 Department of Labor and Industry; work group to evaluate workplace violence.

VA - HB1621 Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; nonvoting, advisory representatives.

VA - HB1623 Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; name change, expiration repealed.

VA - HB1625 Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers.

VA - HB1628 Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited.

VA - HB1630 Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph.

VA - HB1635 Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff.

VA - HB1638 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policy.

VA - HB1641 State plan for medical assistance services and health insurance; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.

VA - HB1642 Artificial intelligence-based tool; definition, use of tool.

VA - HB1643 Traffic violations, certain; dismissal for proof of compliance with law.

VA - HB1649 Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency.

VA - HB1657 Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records.

VA - HB1660 Trigger activator; definition does not include semi-automatic replacement trigger, etc., penalty.

VA - HB1661 Deferred or installment payment agreements; universal minimum payments.

VA - HB1663 Public schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection.

VA - HB1665 Fines, restitution, forfeiture, etc.; criminal and traffic cases, itemized statement.

VA - HB1679 SOL; Bd. of Education shall prioritize incorporation of assessments in languages other than English.

VA - HB1686 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions.

VA - HB1694 Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc.

VA - HB1699 Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations.

VA - HB1701 Income tax; housing opportunity tax credit; sunset extended.

VA - HB1708 Access to Housing Task Force; report.

VA - HB1709 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord obligations, access of tenant to broadband services.

VA - HB1710 Department of Medical Assistance Services; reimbursement rates for Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; work group; report.

VA - HB1716 Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

VA - HB1717 Earned income tax credit.

VA - HB1718 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.

VA - HB1719 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement.

VA - HB1723 Assistance w/food access, etc.; methods to improve participation in fed. public assistance programs.

VA - HB1726 Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; definitions, contracted defense facility, penalty.

VA - HB1736 Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Va. Center for; created, etc.

VA - HB1738 Veterans or military service members; deaths by suicide.

VA - HB1757 Compensation of court-appointed counsel.

VA - HB1758 Surplus real property; prioritization of disposition for affordable housing.

VA - HB1759 Post-release job search assistance services; DOC, et al., to provide.

VA - HB1760 Mental health for children 5 yrs. of age or younger; DBHDS, et al., to develop screening, etc.

VA - HB1761 Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices.

VA - HB1771 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.

VA - HB1776 Relief; Grimm, Marvin Leon, Jr., compensation for wrongful incarceration.

VA - HB1793 Captain Matthew "Chevy" Chiaverotti Memorial Bridge; designates bridge over I-264 in VA. Beach.

VA - HB1794 Elections; primary dates, presidential year primaries.

VA - HB1797 Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.

VA - HB1843 Legal holidays; replaces Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

VA - HB1844 Baby Food Protection Act; testing and labeling requirements for toxic heavy metals.

VA - HB1864 Garnishments; automatic exemption, accounts with depository institution.

VA - HB1867 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.

VA - HB1869 Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties.

VA - HB1870 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic device services or products prohibited; civil penalty.

VA - HB1876 Capitol Sq. or building owned/leased by the Commonwealth, carrying firearm/explosive material, etc.

VA - HB1877 Barrier crimes; peer recovery specialists; screening requirements.

VA - HB1892 Children with disabilities; annual individualized education program planning process; dual enrollment courses; certain parental notification required.

VA - HB1893 State plan for medical assistance services; recovery residences; work group; report.

VA - HB1894 State correctional facilities; cell and facility conditions, temperature monitoring.

VA - HB1904 Certified nurse midwives, licensed certified midwives, etc.; coverage for nursery services.

VA - HB1910 Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods.

VA - HB1914 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts.

VA - HB1921 Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties, effective date.

VA - HB1922 Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, report.

VA - HB1923 Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc.

VA - HB1928 Minimum wage.

VA - HB1929 Pregnancy mobile application; promoting awareness of gov't. maternal & infant health programs, etc.

VA - HB1932 Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course.

VA - HB1934 Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources.

VA - HB1935 Income Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.

VA - HB1940 International licensure and certification; regulations.

VA - HB1945 School boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility.

VA - HB1954 Public school funding and staffing; special education students, support services positions.

VA - HB1959 Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups.

VA - HB1972 Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice.

VA - HB1973 Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.

VA - HB1977 Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.

VA - HB1979 Wage garnishment; recovery of certain improper payment, etc., state tax debt.

VA - HB1980 Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.

VA - HB2002 Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data.

VA - HB2012 Film industry community zones; local designation.

VA - HB2018 Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure.

VA - HB2025 Wildlife corridors or crossings; action plan and programs.

VA - HB2029 Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled individuals.

VA - HB2049 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for purchase of motor vehicle child restraint device.

VA - HB2055 Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide.

VA - HB2064 Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.

VA - HB2083 Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period.

VA - HB2087 Electric utilities; transportation electrification, definitions.

VA - HB2089 Collective bargaining; individual home care providers.

VA - HB2102 Pregnant individuals; DMAS to seek federal authority to implement presumptive eligibility, etc.

VA - HB2108 Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on tax credit.

VA - HB2112 Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties.

VA - HB2118 Public schools; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system.

VA - HB2125 State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ.

VA - HB2133 Health insurance; coverage for breast examinations for high-risk individuals.

VA - HB2134 American Indians, Va. recognized tribes, and federally recognized tribes; definitions, sovereignty.

VA - HB2136 Public Utility Ombudsman,Office of the; established, effective date.

VA - HB2153 Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations.

VA - HB2158 DOC; functional literacy program for inmates, etc.

VA - HB2165 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, etc.

VA - HB2175 Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.

VA - HB2178 Discharging preproduction plastic; regulation, requirements.

VA - HB2180 Child tax credit; Virginia adjusted gross income.

VA - HB2195 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation and inspections, report.

VA - HB2196 Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report, effective date.

VA - HB2198 Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; licensure, regulation.

VA - HB2201 Public schools; temporarily employed teachers, rules and requirements, extension of time limitation.

VA - HB2204 Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries.

VA - HB2208 Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors, report.

VA - HB2218 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods.

VA - HB2276 Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.

VA - HB2277 Elections administration; duties of local electoral board, certification of election, civil penalty.

VA - HB2328 Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth.

VA - HB2341 Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

VA - HB2346 Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct.

VA - HB2356 Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements, RPS-eligible source work, penalties.

VA - HB2371 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.

VA - HB2430 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.

VA - HB2446 Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign.

VA - HB2467 Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; oversight of local and regional jails, powers and duties.

VA - HB2469 Overtime for certain employees; domestic service workers and live-in domestic workers.

VA - HB2485 Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market, penalties.

VA - HB2490 Small business set-asides; Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to study.

VA - HB2495 Firefighters and emergency medical services providers; collective bargaining.

VA - HB2500 Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund; established.

VA - HB2501 Driver communication improvement program; DMV to develop and implement program.

VA - HB2515 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure.

VA - HB2520 Virginia military forces; preliminary protective orders, etc.

VA - HB2526 Housing and Community Development, Board of; increases membership.

VA - HB2531 Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.

VA - HB2538 Public education; early childhood care and education, funding formula calculations.

VA - HB2539 Dental care services for pregnant women; state plan for medical assistance services, report.

VA - HB2555 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence, sunset.

VA - HB2561 Employee protections; minimum wage and overtime wages, civil actions, misclassification of workers.

VA - HB2590 Virginia STEP Grant Program; established.

VA - HB2610 State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve

VA - HB2611 Health insurance; coverage for cancer follow-up testing, report.

VA - HB2617 Women's Health, Commission on; established, report.

VA - HB2618 Public school buildings; indoor air quality, inspection and evaluation.

VA - HB2630 Trees; replacement during development process in localities, tree canopy fund.

VA - HB2631 Firearms; purchase, at least five day waiting period, penalty.

VA - HB2640 Virtual or online learning; development of guidelines and information, public health emergencies.

VA - HB2654 Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; creates a tiered system of penalties.

VA - HB2675 Retail Sales and Use Tax; media-related exemptions, sunset.

VA - HB2691 Relief; Duffy, Keshawn Clarence, compensation for wrongful incarceration.

VA - HB2692 Custodial interrogations; false statements to a child prohibited, inauthentic replica documents.

VA - HB2736 Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility.

VA - HB2749 Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence.

VA - HB2756 Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements, effective date.

VA - HB2764 Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives.

VA - HB2783 Placing Nazi symbols or emblems on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty.

VA - HR481 Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder.

VA - HR567 Commending the Greater Rappahannock (VA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.

VA - HR570 3North; commemorating its 25th anniversary.

VA - HR577 Commending Jon Phillip Lugbill.

VA - HR585 Commending Grant Holloway.

VA - HR591 Commending SUFF.Impact.

VA - HR592 Celebrating the life of Demonté Lamont Tillery.

VA - HR593 Celebrating the life of William Eugene Goodman, Jr.

VA - HR661 Celebrating the life of Warren Marcelous DePriest, Sr.

VA - HR663 Celebrating the life of Dr. Wilbert L. Jenkins.

VA - HR667 Commending the Virginia Union University football team.

VA - HR674 Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard.

VA - HR676 Celebrating the life of Michael Gregory Brown.

VA - HR677 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis.

VA - HR684 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Wilson E. Shannon.

VA - HR685 Celebrating the life of Kimaun Tyrese Ewell.

VA - HR686 Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid.

VA - HR714 Commending Clint Mitchell, Ed.D.

VA - HR749 Celebrating the life of Clarence Stewart Preston.

VA - HR751 Commending the Omicron Chi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

VA - HR752 Commending Shaboozey.

VA - HR753 Commending Penelope Nowell-Shortt.

VA - HR754 Commending Curtis O. Porter.

VA - HR853 Commending Khadijeh Aslankhani.

VA - HR856 Celebrating the life of Clarice Lorine Jordan.

VA - HR859 Commending Dr. Charles W. Sydnor, Jr.

VA - HR861 Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S.

VA - HR884 Commending the Vietnamese American community.

VA - HJ1 Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).

VA - HJ2 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.

VA - HJ9 Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons.

VA - HJ14 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition.

VA - HJ21 Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy.

VA - HJ25 Historically black colleges and universities; joint subcommittee to study challenges faced, etc.

VA - HJ435 Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day; designating as first Monday in March 2025.

VA - HJ440 Public school libraries; JLARC to study removal of books.

VA - HJ444 Virginia's campaign finance laws; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.

VA - HJ447 Statewide food desert mapping tool; Virginia Commission to End Hunger to establish, report.

VA - HJ465 Commending Shenandoah University.

VA - HJ466 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; designating as May 2025 and in each succeeding year.

VA - HJ490 Celebrating the life of John Lee Orrock.

VA - HJ494 Commending the Historic St. John's Church.

VA - HJ510 Commending the Gloucester County Branch of the NAACP.

VA - HJ512 Commending the Roanoke Star.

VA - HJ533 Celebrating the life of Stella Dikos.

VA - HJ537 Commending Elizabeth S. Kostelny.

VA - HJ562 Commending Wesley Housing.

VA - HJ564 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III.

VA - HJ580 Commending Ross A. Mugler.

VA - HJ584 Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill.

VA - HJ597 Celebrating the life of Charles C. Pace.

VA - HJ598 Commending Colette Sheehy.

VA - HJ600 Commending Christian Tabash.

VA - HJ603 Commending the Paris 2024 Team USA Olympians from the University of Virginia.

VA - HJ607 Commending Thomas Heilman.

VA - HJ616 Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle.

VA - HJ620 Commending NORTH of the JAMES magazine.

VA - HJ626 Celebrating the life of Benjamin Pollard Alsop Warthen.

VA - HJ630 Celebrating the life of Bonnie Sue Neighbour.

VA - HJ634 Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti.

VA - HJ644 Commending the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia.

VA - HJ649 Celebrating the life of Stewart Hamilton Gamage.

VA - HJ656 Commending Anne Cochrane Pace.

VA - HJ657 Celebrating the life of David Charles Gompert.

VA - HJ659 Commending Mekhi Becton, Sr.

VA - HJ660 Celebrating the life of Patricia W. Lovelace.

VA - HJ661 Commending Kimberly Ann Bobo.

VA - HJ662 Celebrating the life of Michael Gregory Brown.

VA - HJ679 Commending United Methodist Family Services.

VA - HJ680 Commending the Combat Antisemitism Movement.

VA - HJ684 Celebrating the lives of Loudoun County community members aboard American Airlines Flight 5342.

VA - HJ699 Celebrating the life of Cheryl Hydrick Guedri.

VA - HJ701 Celebrating the life of Joan Woltz Robins.

VA - HJ703 Commending Deborah D. Oswalt.

VA - HJ704 Celebrating the life of Collie Burton III.

VA - HJ705 Celebrating the life of Thomas Knapp Stone.

VA - HJ706 Celebrating the life of Louise Stuart Tabb Whipple.

VA - HJ707 Commending Melvin Carter.

VA - HJ708 Celebrating the life of Cloyd Kent Titus, M.D.

VA - HJ709 Celebrating the life of Joseph Haynes Monk.

VA - HJ710 Commending Barry Eugene DuVal.

VA - HJ728 Commending Heman Bekele.

VA - SJ363 Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority.

VA - SJ370 Commending Linda Ford.

VA - SJ371 Commending Hoda Kotb.

VA - SJ381 Commending Sally Bell's Kitchen.

VA - SJ408 Commending the United States Army.

VA - SJ410 Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

VA - SJ434 Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D.

VA - SJ441 Commending the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

VA - SJ445 Celebrating the life of Matthew Charles Obenshain.