General Assembly “Hot Topic” Bills as of the End of the 2025 Virginia Legislative Session

The 2025 General Assembly session adjourned sine die (meaning with no appointed day for resumption) on Saturday, February 22^nd, 2025. This was the 406^th Session of the Virginia General Assembly. 

The Virginia General Assembly has operated since 1619, when it was originally known as the House of Burgesses. Some historians have determined that your Virginia General Assembly is currently the longest continuously operating democratic legislative body in the history of the world. Makes one proud to be a Virginian! 

The 2025 legislative session was a so-called “short session” lasting 6 weeks (or 46 days). Although time was compressed, the legislature introduced 1236 bills in the House and 758 bills in the Senate, for a total of 1,994 bills this year. Of these, just 917 bills passed both chambers and will be sent to the Governor for action. The Governor will have until March 24^th to sign, amend, or veto all bills communicated to him.

While the 2025 session adjourned on Saturday, February 22 ^nd, 2025, that afternoon the General Assembly also gaveled back into the 2024 Special Session and passed HJ 6003 (Del. Charniele Herring). This resolution states, “a bill or joint resolution addressing the impacts upon the Commonwealth, its budget, and its services due to layoffs, firings, or reductions in force by the federal government, changes to federal government programs, actions of the Department of Government Efficiency, and other actions affecting the Commonwealth relating to the federal budget may be offered and considered during the 2024 Special Session I of the General Assembly”. This means the 2024 Special Session I is still in progress and the Speaker of the House may call the legislature back into Session to address changes made at the federal level that impact the state budget and Virginia.

Your Williams Mullen Government Relations Group selected 67 issues that they believe were important this year. Obviously, there are hundreds more bills that are not listed or discussed below. Please note that these descriptions are merely summaries, and thus, by definition, they leave out details. If you want to look at the full language of these bills, each bill number is hyperlinked. To view bills not listed below, click here to visit the Virginia Legislative Information System, where you can access the bill summaries, full bill text and amendments, and legislative history.

Budget:

SB 800 (Sen. L. Louise Lucas) / HB 1600 (Del. Luke Torian) Passed.
Budget Bill

The House and Senate have agreed to a compromise budget proposal, which was passed by each chamber just before they adjourned on Saturday, February 22^nd. In this form, the budget proposal rejected a number of measures introduced at the beginning of the year, including Governor Youngkin’s car tax relief proposal, the elimination of taxes on tips, and the legalization of “skill games.” That being said, however, there are still a number of measures worth noting.

(GF = general funds meaning state funds)

• Item 1 #1c – Directs the Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy to study the data center sales and use tax exemption during the 2025 interim.
• Item 4-14 #2c – Prohibits the Virginia Racing Commission from authorizing a licensee to construct, establish, operate, or own a gaming satellite facility for Historical Horse Racing in any locality (i) that has not passed a referendum authorizing pari-mutuel wagering  on or after July 1, 2018, and (ii) in which no pari-mutuel wagering at satellite facilities on historical horse racing was authorized by the Commission on or before January 1, 2025, the Commission shall not authorize a licensee to construct, establish, operate, or own a satellite facility until a referendum approving the question is held on or after July 1, 2025.
• Item 101 #10c – Provides an additional $20 million in FY2025 and reduces by $50 million in FY2026 in funding for the Virginia Business Ready Sites Grant Program.
• Item 102 #1c – $55.0 million GF over the biennium in operational support to support inflationary costs and high demand programs at Virgina’s public universities (including $20.0 million in additional support for HBCU partnerships).
• Item 102 #5s – Provides $15.0 million GF the first year for a rental assistance pilot program to encourage housing stability.
• Item 109 #1c – Provides $1.5 million to the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Fund.
• Item 109 #2c – Provides $1 million for the Solar Interconnection Grant Program.
• Item 125 #3s – Provides $222.9 million GF to raise the support cap to the prevailing ratio of 27.89 positions per 1,000 students.
• Item 125.10 #3s – Provides $25.0 million GF to support an employer cost-share pilot program to provide additional early childhood education slots.
• Item 125 #4s – Provides $52.8 million GF to provide a special education add-on.
• Item 125 #5s – Provides $134.4 million GF for a $1,000 bonus in the current fiscal year for teachers and school support staff that requires no local match (in addition to the planned salary increase of 3.0 percent for FY 2026 in Chapter 2).
• Item 258 #1c - Provides an income tax rebate of $200 per filer ($400 for joint filers).
• Item 280 #1s – Provides $25.0 million GF the first year for grants to support critical drinking water infrastructure projects.
• Item 359 #3c – Provides an additional $50 million for the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.
• Item 469 #1s – Provides $83.1 million for a 1.5 percent bonus for a state and state-supported local employees (in addition to the planned salary increase of 3.0 percent for FY 2026 in Chapter 2).
• $15.0 million GF the first year to support training for industry-based credentials in high demand occupations.
• $15.0 million GF the second year for need-based undergraduate aid at public universities.

Insurance:

HB 1628 (Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra) / SB 1154 (Sen. Mark Obenshain) Passed. 
Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited.
Prohibits a homeowner’s insurance claim from being assigned or transferred to another party. The purpose of the bill is to help prevent possible fraud. 

Real Estate Disclosures:

HB 1706 (Del. David Bulova) / SB 1210 (Sen. Stella Pekarsky) Passed.
Va. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware.
Provides the purchaser of a home access to a website where information on aircraft noise from nearby airports is published.

Broadband:

HB 1709 (Del. Debra Gardner) Failed.
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord obligations access, of tenant to broadband services.
When a broadband provider goes into multi-family housing to provide broadband, the landlord usually demands payment from all the units.  Some tenants who don’t want broadband want to avoid paying.  This bill prohibits a landlord from charging tenants for broadband service.  

Healthcare:

HB 1724 (Del. Karrie Delaney) Passed.
Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review.
Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. The bill requires the newly created Board to conduct an affordability review of any prescription drug product, including what the Board deems to be “high out-of-pocket costs”.  The bill also creates a stakeholder council for the purpose of assisting the Board in making decisions related to drug cost affordability.  The bill requires the Board to annually report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, beginning on December 31, 2026.  The bill also requires Virginia Health Information to provide the Board with access to certain pricing data reported by manufacturers. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
A very similar bill passed in the 2024 Session but was vetoed by the Governor. 

HB 1725 (Del. Karrie Delaney) Passed.
Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties.
Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to restrict methods of debt collection such as interest or late fees.  The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill has a delayed enactment of July 1, 2026.

HB 1902 (Del. Rodney Willett) Passed.
Board of Health; Department of Health Professions; Prescription Monitoring Program; overdose information.
Directs the Board of Health to report patient level data on patients who overdose on opioids to the Department of Health Professions for use in the Prescription Monitoring Program. The bill requires practitioners to obtain such data when prescribing opioids.

HB 2099 (Del. Michelle Maldonado) Passed.
Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.
Creates provisions related to a health insurer’s prior authorization process, including a requirement for the insurer to communicate to a provider decision’s related to requests for prior authorization in timeframes stated in the bill. 

HB 2119 (Del. Wendell Walker) / SB 1203 (Sen. Christopher Head) Passed. 
Certificate of public need; task force to develop recommendation for expedited applications & review.
Requires the State Health Commissioner to direct the State Health Services Plan Task Force to develop recommendations for establishing an expedited application and review process for certain projects for which a certificate of public need is required if such projects are located in areas that are rural and/or meet certain poverty thresholds according to census bureau data.

HB 2610 (Del. Katrina Callsen) / SB 875 (Sen. Aaron Rouse) Passed.
State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator.
Requires the state Medicaid agency, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to select and contract one pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) should they receive necessary federal approval to do so.  Currently every managed care organization (MCO) administering Medicaid benefits uses its chosen PBM. The bill directs DMAS to engage an independent consultant to evaluate this potential change and provide a report back to the General Assembly by December 15, 2025. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.  

HB 2738 (Del. Mark Sickles) Passed.
Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Requires health insurance coverage to provide coverage for mental health and substance use disorder benefits for children, adolescents, and adults and requires such coverage to apply the definitions of "generally accepted standards of mental health or substance use disorder care" and "medically necessary" provided in the bill for any determination of medical necessity, prior authorization, or utilization review under such coverage.

SB 838 (Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg) Passed.
Recovery residences; certification required penalty, report.
Changes the existing civil penalty for a violation of law related to the operation of recovery residences to a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill allows the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to issue provisional certification to certain recovery residences. The bill also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to (i) make recommendations related to oversight and transparency for recovery residences and (ii) develop credentialing guidelines for recovery residences. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2025. 

SB 843 (Sen. Barbara Favola) Passed.
Remote patient monitoring patients with chronic conditions, report. 
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop a plan and estimate costs for expanding eligibility criteria under Medicaid for remote patient monitoring for individuals with chronic conditions and to report such plan and cost estimate to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025.

SB 1135 (Sen. Jennifer Boysko) Passed.
Crystalline polymorph psilocybin; regulations for prescribing, etc.
Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations that allow for prescribing, dispensing, possessing, and using the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin upon approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and following rescheduling by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

SB 1379 (Sen. Laschrese Aird) Passed.
Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative; established, report, effective clause. 
Establishes the Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative for the purpose of coordinating, maximizing the efficiency of, and facilitating cancer clinical research and treatment efforts across the Commonwealth.

Data Centers:

HB 1601 (Del. Josh Thomas) / SB 1449 (Sen. Adam Ebbin) Passed.
Siting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility.
Prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a data center, a locality may require a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on water, agricultural resources, parks, registered historic sites, and forestland. The bill also authorizes a locality to examine the sound profile of the facility.

HB 2084 (Del Irene Shin) Passed. 
Public utilities certain; SCC shall determine if using reasonable classifications of customers 
Directs the State Corporation Commission to determine whether Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company are using rates, tolls, charges, or schedules that contain reasonable classifications of utility customers. In making this determination, the SCC shall consider whether new or separate customer classifications, such as data center customers, are reasonable.

SB 1047 (Sen. Danica Roem) Passed.
Demand response programs; Dept. of Energy to evaluate & assess benefits, and recommendations.
Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess benefits, impacts, best practices, and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to report back to the General Assembly by November 1, 2025.

Employer Liability:

HB 1730 (Del. Karrie Delaney) / SB894 (Sen. Russet Perry) Passed.
Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims.
Allows certain employers to be vicariously liable for acts of its employees in an action for personal injury or death by wrongful act brought by a “vulnerable victim.”  The bill provides that its provisions shall apply only to a cause of action that accrued on or after July 1, 2025.

Electric Vehicles:

HB 1791 (Del. Rip Sullivan) Passed. 
Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.
Establishes the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in certain localities and on or near eligible public land.

Professional Licensure:

HB 1835 (Del. Bill Wiley) Passed.
Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.
Requires professional geologists to be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Currently, the Commonwealth only has a voluntary certification program. Any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025 will be granted a license. Any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Energy:

HB 1883 (Del. Katrina Callsen) / SB 1040 (Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg) Passed.
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements.
Amends renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy, including (i) the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of 3MW or less and (ii) the date by which 75 percent of such requirements shall be met with resources located in the Commonwealth. This legislation also removes the requirement for a solar or wind generation facilities to have a capacity of no less than 50KW to qualify for a third-party power purchase agreement under a pilot program.

HB 2126 (Del. Rip Sullivan) / SB 1190 (Sen. Creigh Deeds) Failed. 
Virginia Energy Facility Review Board established; localities; comprehensive plan and local ordinances related to siting of critical interconnection projects; planning district commissions; regional energy plans; Virginia Clean Energy Technical Assistance Center established.
Establishes the Virginia Energy Facility Review Board to conduct critical interconnection reviews, conduct analysis and study policy options, review regional energy plans, local comprehensive plans, and local solar and storage ordinances and to facilitate the responsible siting of critical interconnection projects in the Commonwealth. The bill also establishes the Virginia Clean Energy Technical Assistance Center to serve as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource and to provide technical assistance to state agencies, planning district commissions, localities, the Review Board and other public and private entities in matters related to critical interconnection projects. The bill requires the Center to collaborate with the Review Board to issue the regional energy report and to establish model local ordinances.

HB 2090 (Del. Irene Shin) Passed. 
Multi-family shared solar program; amends requirements for a shared facility, etc.
Amends the existing multi-family shared solar program to include facilities that are located on a rooftop of a commercial building that shares a common or adjacent substation of the investor-owned utility with the multi-family shared solar subscriber. This legislation also adds minimum bill requirements for the multi-family shared solar program.

HB 2037 (Del. David Bulova) Passed.
Land development; solar canopies in surface parking areas.
Provides that a locality may adopt an ordinance requiring the installation of a solar canopy over nonresidential surface parking areas with 100 parking spaces or more. Localities shall allow for deviations from the requirements of the ordinance when its strict application would prevent the development of uses and densities otherwise allowed by the locality's zoning or development ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

HB 2113 (De. Charniele Herring) Passed. 
Solar Interconnection Grant Program; established, sunset, report. 
Establishes the Solar Interconnection Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to public bodies to offset costs associated with the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid.

HB 2346 (Del. Phil Hernandez) / SB 1100 (Sen. Ghazala Hashmi) Passed.
Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program.
Requires Dominion Energy Virginia to establish a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by December 1, 2025. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand.

HB 2426 (Del. Katrina Callsen) Passed.
Small renewable energy projects; amends definition, permit by rule.
Clarifies that a permit by rule (PBR) for a small renewable energy project includes interconnection facilities. The bill requires that the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Corporation Commission enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the provisions of the bill.

HB 2438 (Del. Candi Mundon King) / SB 1114 (Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg) Failed.
Solar facilities; local regulation, special exceptions.
Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria to be included in a local ordinance, such as specifications for setbacks, fencing, solar panel height, visual impacts, and grading, and a decommissioning plan for solar energy equipment and facilities, unless otherwise permitted by right. Even with new standards for local siting ordinances, nothing in this legislation required a locality to approve any new project.

HB 2537 (Del. Rip Sullivan) / SB 1394 (Sen. Lamont Bagby) Passed.
Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports.
The State Corporation Commission shall have discretion to require (i) Appalachian Power to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045, and (ii) Dominion Energy to construct, acquire, or procure at least 5,220 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. The bill requires the Department of Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Department of Fire Programs to convene a work group to create model ordinances for energy storage for use by localities. The Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality are also directed to convene a work group to develop recommendations and financial incentives related to the development of long-duration energy storage projects. Finally, the legislation directs the Department of Energy to engage with PJM in reviewing market conditions related to energy storage resources and permits Dominion Energy to propose a partnership with institutions of higher education to deploy energy storage resources.

Labor:

HB 1921 (Del. Jeion Ward) Passed.
Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties, effective date.
Dramatically expands provisions of the Code that currently require paid sick leave. This legislation effectively mirrors current requirements for paid sick leave for home health workers to now cover all employees of private employers as well as state and local governments.   

HB 1922 (Del. Jeion Ward) Passed.
Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, report.
Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42% of certified small SWaM business utilization in all discretionary spending by executive branch agencies and covered institutions in procurement orders, prime contracts, and subcontracts. This legislation also establishes a goal of 50% subcontracting to small SWaM businesses in instances where the prime contractor is not a small SWaM business for all new capital outlay construction solicitations that are issued. The bill provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWaM business utilization rates by 3% per year until reaching the 42% target or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rates. In addition, the bill provides for a small SWaM business set-aside for executive branch agency and covered institution purchases of goods, services, and construction, requiring that purchases up to $100,000 be set aside for award to certified small SWaM businesses.

HB 1928 (Del. Jeion Ward) Passed.
Minimum wage.
Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2027.  The bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish an adjusted state hourly minimum wage by October 1, 2027.

HB 2482 (Del. Paul Krizek) / SB 962 (Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy) Passed.
Va. Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements.
Requires that for any capital outlay project, a public body shall require at least 8% of total labor hours to be performed by apprentices. Upon a written determination made in advance by (i) the Governor, his designee, or the relevant department, agency or institution or (ii) the local governing body, this requirement may be waived or adjusted if there is a demonstrated lack of availability of apprentices in specific geographic areas or if there is a disproportionately high ratio of material costs to labor hours that makes the required minimum level of apprentice participation not feasible. The legislation has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

SB 917 (Sen. Scott Surovell) Passed.
Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives.
Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees.

SB 1132 (Sen. Jennifer Boysko) Passed.
Prospective employees; prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history.
Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range.

SJ 721 (Sen. Ryan McDougle) / HJ 450 (Del. Chad Green) / HJ 492 (Del. Israel O’Quinn) Failed.
Constitutional amendment; right to work.
Proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would provide that it is unlawful for any person, corporation, association, or the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions to deny or attempt to deny employment to any person because of such person's membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee organization.

Environment:

HB 2050 (Del. David Bulova) Passed.
Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels PFAS in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. 

HB 2233 (Del. Rae Cousins) / SB 1123 (Sen. Jennifer Boysko) Failed.
Extreme Weather Relief Act; established.
Establishes the Extreme Weather Relief Program, which charges “fossil fuel extractors” or “crude oil refiners” a penalty for producing certain covered greenhouse gases in the past. The bill also establishes the Extreme Weather Relief Fund into which the cost recovery payments from responsible entities are deposited and used to pay for extreme weather relief projects.

Artificial Intelligence:

HB 2094 (Del. Michelle Maldonado) Passed. 
High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use, civil penalties.
Creates requirements for the development, deployment, and use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, defined in the bill, and civil penalties for noncompliance, to be enforced by the Attorney General. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Toll Relief:

HB 2368 (Del. Candi Mundon King) / SB 1463 (Sen. Kannan Srinivasan) Failed.
Toll relief; maximum charges.
Limits to $200 per month the tolls charged to residents of the Commonwealth via electronic toll collection devices for the use of toll bridges, toll ferries, toll tunnels, or toll roads in the Commonwealth. 

Cannabis:

HB 2485 (Del. Paul Krizek) / SB 970 (Sen. Aaron Rouse) Passed.
Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market, penalties.
Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all marijuana licenses on September 1, 2025, but provides that no retail sales may occur prior to May 1, 2026.

HJ 497 (Del. Paul Krizek) Passed. 
Joint commission to oversee transition of the Commonwealth into a retail cannabis market established; report. 
Establishes a joint commission to oversee the transition of the Commonwealth into a retail cannabis market. The joint commission shall expire on July 1, 2028.

Paid Family Leave:

HB 2531 (Del. Briana Sewell) Passed.
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. 

Gaming:

SB 982 (Sen. Scott Surovell) Failed.
Casino gaming; eligible host localities.
Adds Fairfax County to the list of localities eligible to host a casino in Tysons Corner.   

Mobile Telephone Data Retention:

SB 1012 (Sen. Scott Surovell) Failed.
Motor vehicle collisions; collection of certain mobile telephone data, collision reports.
Requires that a law-enforcement officer include on any collision report the mobile telephone number, mobile telephone provider, and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number for any driver involved in a motor vehicle collision. The bill allows an attorney who has certified that he represents a person injured in a motor vehicle collision to request in writing that the mobile telephone provider preserve for a period of four years from the date of such collision certain information related to the mobile telephone of such alleged tortfeasor. 

Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC):

SB 1163 (Sen. Ryan McDougle) Failed.
Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio, sunset.
Reduces the current 45% food-to-beverage ratio for restaurants with monthly food sales of at least $4,000   to 30%. The bill requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data and report back to the General Assembly. This legislation has a sunset of July 1, 2027.

Affordable Housing:

SB 1313 (Sen. Jeremy McPike) Passed. 
Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.
Authorizes any locality to establish an affordable housing dwelling unit program. Current law restricts such authorization to Albemarle County, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Henrico County, Loudoun County, Prince William County and the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, and Fairfax.

Workers’ Compensation:

SB 1299 (Sen. Jeremy McPike) Failed.
Workers' compensation; compensation to dependents or beneficiaries of an employee killed.
Provides that if an employee's death results from an accident compensable under the workers' compensation program, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid certain compensation to certain family members, dependents, or beneficiaries of the deceased employee under certain circumstances as described in the bill.