Subcommittee Meeting Archives

General Government Subcommittee

2024 Interim Meetings:

Upcoming Meetings:
Meetings will be held in the Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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(Please check for updated information as meeting dates and times are subject to change)

Date Time Place Documents
10/15/2024 2:00 p.m.

Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building

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 Agenda

Materials:

 Background on Compensation Board Staffing Standards (Presentation)

 Discussion of 2024 Session Fiscal Impacts - Juvenile Court Fees (Presentation)

 Discussion of 2024 Session Fiscal Impacts - Collective Bargaining (Presentation)

2024 Session Meetings:

Date Time Place Documents
02/27/2024 7:30 a.m. Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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Revised Agenda
02/13/2024 CANCELLED Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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Workgroup Mtg.
02/06/2024 7:00 a.m. Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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Agenda

 Senate Bills:

SB 480  Aird Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.
SB 481 Aird Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses.
SB 494 Aird Live-in domestic workers; overtime pay for certain employees.
SB 625 Bagby Deferred or installment payment agreements; certain benefits, maximum amounts to be paid.
SB 374 Boysko Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation.
SB 633 Deeds Court fines and fees; indigent defendant, waiver of fees.
SB 301 DeSteph Campaign finance, required reports, extension of deadlines and appeal of fines.
SB 197 Diggs Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions.
SB 401 Durant Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
SB 87 Favola Health insurance provider panels; incentives for mental health services.
SB 646 French Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.
SB 242 McPike Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation, exceptions to contractual terms.
SB 573 Obenshain Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund and Program; created and established.
SB 356 Perry Court-appointed counsel; raises limitation of fees that counsel can receive for representation.
SB 315 Salim Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update.
SB 270 Subramanyam Presidential primaries; ranked choice voting.
SB 196 VanValkenburg Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter's registration.
SB 428 VanValkenburg Elections; allows for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting.
SB 606 VanValkenburg Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing.
SB 514 Williams Graves Fines and costs; changes period of limitations for collection.
SB 654 Williams Graves Fines, costs, forfeitures, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.
01/30/2024 7:30 a.m. Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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(updated)

 

Senate Bills:

SB 487

Aird

Use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; prohibitions.

SB 536

Bagby

Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments.

SB 542

Bagby

Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification.

SB 370

Boysko

Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action; civil penalty.

SB 377

Boysko

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

SB 382

Ebbin

Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments; limitations.

SB 91

Favola

Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services.

SB 473

Hackworth

Administrative Process Act; executive branch agencies.

SB 238

Hashmi

Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.

SB 623

Lucas

Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers.

SB 593

McPike

Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters.

SB 215

Perry

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files.

SB 621

Pillion

Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset.

SB 324

Roem

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records.

SB 507

Surovell

Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers.

SB 520

Williams Graves

Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
 
01/23/2024 7:30 a.m. Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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Materials: 

Virginia Retirement System Briefing (Presentation)

Staff Overview of Member Budget Amendments for SB 29 and SB 30 (Presentation)
01/16/2024 7:30 a.m. Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
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Materials: 

Staff Budget Overview of SB 29 and SB 30 (Presentation)

Briefing on Indigent Defense and Commonwealth's Attorneys Study (Presentation)