Va Senate votes to ban discrimination based on hair texture/type/braids/locks/twists, require data on school resource officer discipline/restraint, define music therapy, allow more community service in lieu of court fines, make needle exchanges permanent
Va Senate also votes to repeal old segregation laws, require THC oil potency testing, eliminate race info from divorce papers, allow cremated pet remains in human grave
Va House votes to allow Electronic "your speed is" signs on Route 17, add $5 fee to all VSP tickets to create electronic ticketing system, create Prince William public defender's office, require baby changing stations in new state bathrooms, tweak some teacher licensing
Va Senate votes 31-7 to allow Spotsylvania Co to add a hotel tax
Va House votes 71-28 to ban housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity & to ban localities from discriminating in land use against affordable housing developments
Va House votes 57-41 to impose 10 year moratorium on overhead transmission lines in the I-66 area where lawmakers negotiated partial undergrounding along I-66 in Manassas area
Va House votes 60-38 to require a report on Northern Virginia roads, bridges at risk of recurrent flooding damage
Va House votes 54-41 to ban discrimination in health insurance on basis of gender identity/transgender status
Va House votes to ban discrimination on basis of hair style (texture, type, braids, locks)
Va House votes 88-11 to tighten tougher move over law to apply criminal penalties to people who fail to move over for tow trucks too
Va House votes 95-4 to require annual state report on use of force against students, including restraint/seclusion, detentions, discipline tied to school resource officers
Va House votes 60-38 to require school boards to allow excused absences for mental health reasons
Va House votes 60-39 to require school boards make tampons/pads available to students for free in bathrooms
Va Senate votes 33-7 to outline new regulations for pharmacy benefit managers
Va House votes to require schools provide access for suspended students to all graded work
Va House votes to require archaeologists doing state reviews to actually be archaeologists
Va House votes 64-34 for offshore drilling ban
Va House votes 88-11 for a bill that would set up rolling conformity with federal tax code rather than the annual flurry of emergency bills at start of session
Va House votes 55-43 to set up penalties & investigation system for worker misclassification complaints
Va House also votes to designate industrial hemp extract as something that is approved as a food
Va House votes 73-25 to hand off controversial menhaden fish management
Va House votes to require consideration of wildlife corridors in road projects so that habitats are not split up in way that harms wildlife. Could mean more separated wildlife crossings
Virginia Senate votes 21-19 to repeal 2012 voter ID law; bill goes to House
Redo on Voter ID repeal: Senate votes 21-19 again, bill passes
Va Senate votes 40-0 to repeal intra-family immunity defense that prohibits one parent from suing another for death of child - already had exception making this not apply in car crash deaths, new exception would apply to all wrongful death cases
Va Senate votes 39-0 to regulate/license professional art therapy/therapists
Va Senate votes 38-1 to require local school boards to have mold testing and remediation plans for all buildings built before 1986
Va Senate votes 40-0 to ban surrogacy contracts that require or prohibit abortion or selective reduction
