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Current Year General Assembly Session
| Bill Number | Patron | Bill Title |
| HB22 | Helmer | VMI; removes certain authority, disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports. |
| HB48 | Reid | Department of Health; suicide prevention; at-risk populations; work group; report |
| HB54 | Sullivan | Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. |
| HB56 | Feggans | Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers, eligibility. |
| HB61 | Ward | Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established. |
| HB67 | Feggans | Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. |
| HB85 | Laufer | State Council of Higher Education; Virginia-specific postsecondary transition counselor certificate program; development and establishment. |
| HB131 | Simon | Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students |
| HB132 | Simon | Board of Education; requirements for graduation with an advanced studies diploma; simultaneous completion of International Baccalaureate diploma and advanced studies diploma; approval of alternatives for certain credit requirements; regulations |
| HB138 | Simonds | Public high schools; personnel; career coach required |
| HB186 | Williams | Professions and occupations; barbers and cosmetologists; estheticians; permanent make-up specialty licensure; licensure by endorsement. |
| HB206 | Keys-Gamarra | College partnership laboratory schools; transparency. |
| HB265 | Tata | Grants for certain students at public institutions of higher education; qualifications. |
| HB271 | Krizek | Virginia Gaming Commission established; penalties |
| HB287 | Simonds | Institutions of higher education; eligibility for in-state tuition for citizens of federally recognized Virginia tribes |
| HB310 | Feggans | Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act established; report. |
| HB332 | Rasoul | Teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools |
| HB363 | Dougherty | Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Act; Regional Innovation Fund; Commonwealth Commercialization Fund; matching funds. |
| HB383 | Bennett-Parker | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement. |
| HB389 | Askew | Marine Resources Commission; fisheries climate adaptation plan; report. |
| HB404 | Reid | Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; parameters. |
| HB413 | Guzman | Board of Education; Board of Nursing; High School Certified Nurse Aid Training and Certification Program established; requirements; report. |
| HB414 | Guzman | Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program |
| HB417 | Guzman | Public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; in-state tuition eligibility; children of certain active duty members and veterans. |
| HB423 | Rasoul | Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. |
| HB427 | LeVere Bolling | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; uniform, comprehensive data information system; information on self-identified students who are parents. |
| HB428 | LeVere Bolling | High school graduation requirements; alternative pathway to standard diploma established; report. |
| HB430 | LeVere Bolling | Institutions of higher education; educational authorities, centers, committees, funds, institutions, and partnerships; New College Institute; board of directors; membership and composition. |
| HB436 | LeVere Bolling | Public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fees charged to Virginia students. |
| HB463 | Cohen | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions; meetings; quorum and electronic communication. |
| HB468 | Cohen | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; model transition IEP; report. |
| HB471 | Cohen | Public institutions of higher education; financial aid and assistance; transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities; eligibility for state-supported financial aid programs. |
| HB502 | McAuliff | Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; fixed in-state tuition rates. |
| HB522 | Willett | Virginia Private College Preservation and Maintenance Fund and Program established. |
| HB551 | Anderson | Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; accreditation of nondegree workforce training programs. |
| HB626 | Callsen | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. |
| HB663 | Willett | Public institutions of higher education; financial assistance; Medical Education Loan-for-Service Fund and Program established; report. |
| HB693 | McAuliff | Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; workforce development programs; apprenticeship program |
| HB696 | Zehr | Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exceptions for highway rest areas and government stores. |
| HB707 | Hayes | State government; transaction of public business; prohibited website domains. |
| HB709 | Hayes | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions of general application to public bodies; personnel contact information. |
| HB780 | Callsen | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; appointment and composition of members; powers and duties; legal counsel. |
| HB785 | Austin | Teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools.Charitable gaming; conduct of athletic event drawings. |
| HB791 | Austin | Charitable gaming; conduct of athletic event drawings. |
| HB814 | Reaser | Virginia African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board established; report. |
| HB815 | Downey | Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships |
| HB877 | Rasoul | Public high school students; opportunity to earn transferable meta-major associate degree during high school to reduce college debt. |
| HB882 | Sullivan | Innovative Internship Fund and Program; local government employers and matching funds. |
| HB932 | Simon | Revision of Title 30. |
| HB939 | Franklin | Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; Richard Bland College; boards of visitors; membership; student representative. |
| HB955 | Guzman | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data. |
| HB990 | Garrett | Certain public institutions of higher education; enrollment limitations in incoming freshman classes; Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program established. |
| HB1001 | Tran | Commonwealth Savers Plan; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Virginia College Access and Affordability Scholarship Fund established; work group; report |
| HB1023 | Walker | Part-time or adjunct instructors in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credentials; career and technical education subjects or courses. |
| HB1039 | Carr | Department of Education; College and Career Ready Virginia Program; administration; advisory committee and work group composition. |
| HB1041 | Carr | Department of Corrections; functional literacy program for inmates; data sharing and tracking; salary schedules for teachers; Virginia Prison Education Task Force established; report. |
| HB1071 | Laufer | Public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; training on emergency substantial risk orders and substantial risk orders. |
| HB1085 | Webert | New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions |
| HB1095 | Singh | High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required; opt-out; exemption. |
| HB1098 | Singh | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; work group; study; uniform acceptance of credit earned through participation in certain volunteer or public service organizations; report |
| HB1099 | Singh | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; work group; best practices for student-athlete name, image, and likeness deal transparency; report. |
| HB1158 | Walker | Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report. |
| HB1161 | Tran | Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; dissemination of personal information to federal government; civil penalties. |
| HB1188 | Thomas | Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report. |
| HB1193 | Scott | High school students; postsecondary opportunities; concurrent enrollment. |
| HB1242 | Oates | K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports; civil cause of action. |
| HB1260 | Shin | Public elementary and secondary schools and public institutions of higher education; certain federal immigration investigation and enforcement activities; certain notifications and prohibitions. |
| HJ7 | Helmer | Study; Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; high school graduates; optional service year program; report. |
| HJ9 | Helmer | Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; offering reduced rate in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to dependents of public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth; report. |
| HJ27 | LeVere Bollin | Study; JLARC; public institutions of higher education; options to improve affordability for students; report. |
| HJ32 | Laufer | Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; artificial intelligence use policies in place at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; report. |
| HJ49 | Cohen | Study; SCHEV; public institutions of higher education; inclusive postsecondary education programs; report |
| SB22 | Locke | Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training. |
| SB25 | Carroll Foy | Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset. |
| SB56 | Roem | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for responding to requests; charges; posting of notice of rights and responsibilities. |
| SB79 | Diggs | Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for rest areas |
| SB91 | Lucas | Public institutions of higher education; Old Dominion University; Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center renamed as Virginia Health Sciences. |
| SB92 | Roem | Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers. |
| SB97 | Roem | Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; establishment of student meal plan credit donation program. |
| SB102 | Stanley Jr. | School boards; courses of instruction; high school courses or dual enrollment programs for certification as a certified nurse aide, emergency medical technician, or firefighter; establishment permitted; requirements |
| SB167 | Van Valkenburg | Public institutions of higher education; financial aid review and consolidation; Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program and Fund; Virginia Commonwealth Award established. |
| SB174 | Pekarsky | Virginia Student Teacher Scholarship Program established; report |
| SB195 | Aird | Virginia Gaming Commission established; penalties |
| SB196 | Williams Graves | Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. |
| SB203 | Suetterlein | Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment; three-year licenses; established. |
| SB238 | Head | Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; authority to establish campus police department. |
| SB265 | Stanley | Autumn's Law; elementary and secondary schools; institutions of higher education; aggravated bullying and cyberbullying unlawful; policies and procedures; penalty. |
| SB274 | Locke | Educational and cultural institutions; Recognition and restoration of status of Hampton University as a land-grant university; Hampton University Land-Grant Restoration Fund established; requirements. |
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