I am excited to share some of the bills that I have filed so far! Each bill is attached with a link to their page on the Virginia Legislative Information System (LIS) website where you can follow each bill as they make their way through the General Assembly.
Health Care:
House Bill 1945:
Directs each school board to consider developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services on school property during regular school hours with parental permission. While telehealth access benefits everyone, it is especially helpful to communities where patients have to drive a long distance for care.
Education:
House Bill 1936:
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish an index of each training in which any public elementary and secondary school teacher in the Commonwealth is required to participate, to allow us to better understand the frequency, subject and total hours we expect our educators to spend on annual training.
House Bill 2032:
Increases the financial support the state provides to local school divisions to support English language learners. This bill also requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a data collection process related to English language learner expenditures, student English proficiency levels, and to identify other options to support English language learners.
House Bill 2053:
Requires the Department of Education to conduct a baseline audit of each education preparation program compliance with requirements of the Virginia Literacy Act to ensure our new teachers are ready to teach reading.
Gun Violence Prevention:
House Bill 2055:
This bill requires that parents of students who are assessed as at-risk of suicide be given information regarding existing safe firearm storage laws. Firearm based suicides make up more than 50% of youth suicides and this bill would provide a further spread of critical information to counter youth suicides.
Good Governance:
House Bill 1912:
Increases various dollar amounts relating to wills, estates, trusts, fiduciaries, guardianships of minors, and guardianships of incapacitated persons to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index.
House Bill 1913:
Stipulates that a clerk of a circuit court will not assess separate recording and indexing fees for one document, such as a record of a mortgage.
Affordable Housing:
House Bill 2054:
Allows localities to negotiate affordable assisted living housing, allowing lower income elderly people more opportunity to live in an assisted living facility.
Voting Rights:
House Bill 2056:
Gives a local option to expand early voting hours This option makes it easier for local governments to go beyond the established minimum for early voting to best suit their communities.