Virginia General Assembly Bills and Issues

SB87

Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators.
Chief Patron: Bill Stanley
Status: Passed

SB91

Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at ODU; renames as Virginia Health Sciences at ODU.
Chief Patron: Louise Lucas
Status: Passed

SB99

Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.
Chief Patron: Bill Stanley
Status: In Senate

SB122

School boards; student diabetes care and management in schools, division wide plan required.
Chief Patron: Jeremy McPike
Status: Passed

SB128

Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.
Chief Patron: Schuyler VanValkenburg
Status: Passed

SB188

Stillbirth Support Grant Program; established.
Chief Patron: Angelia Williams Graves
Status: Killed

SB207

SUDP; Office of Chief Medical Examiner, protocol in referring cases involving manner of death, etc.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: Killed

SB212

Schedule VI controlled substances; TPA-certified optometrists permitted to sell and dispense.
Chief Patron: Jennifer Boysko
Status: Passed

SB235

Va. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; electronic filing, review of claims.
Chief Patron: Christopher Head
Status: Killed

SB288

Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.
Chief Patron: Lashrecse Aird
Status: Passed

4 Close Floor Votes

SB291

Health, State Board of, regulations; standards for levels of neonatal care.
Chief Patron: Lashrecse Aird
Status: Passed

SB292

Local health directors; evaluation criteria, reports.
Chief Patron: Lashrecse Aird
Status: Killed

SB293

Richmond Internatl. Airport; discontinuing use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting materials, report.
Chief Patron: Lashrecse Aird
Status: Passed

SB309

Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: Passed

SB332

Medical marijuana; administration to terminally ill patients.
Chief Patron: Barbara Favola
Status: Passed

SB359

Health care; decision-making, end of life, penalties.
Chief Patron: Jennifer Boysko
Status: Killed

SB374

Newborn screening; VDH regulations to include Gaucher disease.
Chief Patron: Jennifer Boysko
Status: Killed

SB398

Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program and Fund; filing of claims.
Chief Patron: Russet Perry
Status: Passed

SB405

Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships.
Chief Patron: Louise Lucas
Status: Passed

SB411

Youth Health Protection Act; established, civil penalty.
Chief Patron: Mark Peake
Status: Killed

SB536

Medical malpractice actions; limitation on recovery, prejudgment interest.
Chief Patron: Mark Obenshain
Status: Passed

Close Floor Vote

SB625

Medical Education Service Grant Program; established, report.
Chief Patron: Creigh Deeds
Status: Killed

SB633

Emergency medical services and medical support; VDH to publish resources regarding large events.
Chief Patron: Kannan Srinivasan
Status: Passed

SB672

Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program; created.
Chief Patron: Aaron Rouse
Status: In Senate

SB675

Emergency medical services; distribution of certain funds to localities.
Chief Patron: Aaron Rouse
Status: In Senate