Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals.
In plain English Requires two electric utilities to fund energy assistance and weatherization programs for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals through 2038, among other changes.
Official synopsis: Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. Amends annual funding commitments for the purposes of the annual pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals conducted by Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company. Under…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1123) · 2026-05-14
New College Institute; reconstitution of Institute as West Piedmont Higher Education Center, etc.
New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609) · 2026-04-13
Uniform, comprehensive data information system; info on self-identified students who are parents.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; uniform, comprehensive data information system; information on self-identified students who are parents. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include in its uniform, comprehensive data information system information on self-identified students who are parents, as…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796) · 2026-04-13
Electric utilities; definitions, integrated resource plans, report.
Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. The bill (i) extends the…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607) · 2026-04-13
Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.
Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any enrollee or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless…
Became lawFiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB424) · 2026-04-13
Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission.
Phase I and Phase II Utilities; electric grid utilization metrics. Requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of grid utilization metrics by October 15, 2026, which petition may be consolidated with the integrated resource plan filing for Dominion…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611) · 2026-04-13
Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit.
Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit. Provides that at any point prior to the commencement of an adjudication hearing on a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, the court, upon request of the child with consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613) · 2026-04-13
Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery.
Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery. Amends provisions related to an employer's offset for recovery in certain actions brought under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The bill requires that lifetime medical award benefits and ongoing indemnity award benefits shall remain in full force…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923) · 2026-04-13
Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.
In plain English Establishes a task force to study barriers to energy efficiency programs for low-income Virginians and recommend improvements by September 2027.
Official synopsis: Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540) · 2026-04-13
Celebrating the life of Sincere B. Allah.
Became lawBill text as passed House and Senate (HJ153ER) · 2026-04-09
Newborn screening; evaluation of disorders for inclusion, process for considering other disorders.
Newborn screening; process for evaluation of disorders for inclusion. Directs the Department of Health to establish a process for considering the addition of disorders to the Commonwealth's newborn screening program that are not included on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, which process shall include criteria and a…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) · 2026-04-08
Pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement for remote monitoring services.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote monitoring services through pregnancy and postpartum for high-risk pregnant patients; reimbursement. Expands provision for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine to include high-risk pregnant persons through 12 months postpartum. The bill directs the…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391) · 2026-04-08
DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content.
Department of Education; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content; applicability; construction. Amends current law requiring the Department of Education to develop model policies and each school board to adopt policies consistent with the Department's model policies for ensuring parental notification of…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321) · 2026-04-06
Insurance; standards of conduct for public adjusters, unauthorized practice of public adjusting.
Insurance; standards of conduct for public adjusters; unauthorized practice of public adjusting. Prohibits any person who does not hold a valid public adjuster license from soliciting, investigating, negotiating, adjusting, or providing advice to a policyholder, in relation to a first party claim arising under an…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142) · 2026-04-06
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends of sunset provision.
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extension of expiration date. Extends the expiration date of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2029. This bill is identical to SB 682.
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0140) · 2026-04-06
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