Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	GA	Governor	updated
2025 Priority Bills
campaign finance	HB 2165 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use...	Cole(D)	Passed Passed House 99-Y, 0-N	Passed Passed Senate 40-Y, 0-N		Approved Chapter 535 (Effective 07/01/26)	3/27/25
justice	HB 2222 Support	Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. more... Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary (a) to prevent physical harm to such juvenile or another person, ...	Cousins(D)	Passed (96-0)	Passed (37-Y 1-N)		Approved	3/27/25
climate	HB 2346 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hernandez(D)	Passed 71-Y 27-N	Passed Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)	Agreed Sgined by President and Speaker	Approved Governor's recommendation received by House	5/3/25
campaign finance	SB 945 Support	Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. more... Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. ...	DeSteph (R)	Passed Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)	Passed Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)		Approved Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (Effective 07/01/25)	3/22/25
campaign finance	SB 1002 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use. ...	Boysko(D)	Passed Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)	Passed Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)		Approved	3/27/25
voting	SB 1044 Support	Elections; election results; reporting; provisional ballots. more... Requires the general registrar of each locality to report to the Depart of Elections for each precinct in his locality the total number of provisional ballots cast, the number of those provisional ballots determined to be valid by the electoral board, and the results of such valid provisional ballots by voters assigned to such precinct....	Roem(D)		Passed Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)		Approved	3/26/25
climate	SB 1100 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hashmi(D)	Passed 70-Y 26-N	Passed Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)	Agreed House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)	Approved Governor's recommendation received by Senate	5/3/25
justice	SB 1255 Support	Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. more... Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary ....	Bagby(D)	Passed (95-Y 0-N)	Passed (39-Y 0-N)		Approved	3/27/25

No. of bills: 8

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Dillon Rule. Restricts local government authority to enact ordinances.

Conference Committee. A temporary committee w. members from both the House and Senate, tasked with reconciling differences in legislation that passed both chambers.

Continued/Carried over. Action taken in an even-numbered year to postpone the consideration of a measure until the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Crossover. The last day for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move forward for consideration in the opposite chamber. If a bill does not move forward, it is "Left" (dead).

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Failed to report. Defeated. The rejection of a motion to 'report' a bill to the full chamber.

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Reported. The approval of a measure by the majority of the committee. The legislation may be reported by the committee with or without amendments. A bill may also be reported and referred to another committee.

Stricken. Legislation removed from a committee's docket, frequently at the request of the patron.

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