HOUSING:
- HB 2175 (Del. Clark) / SB 1136 (Sen. Boysko) Anti-Rent Gouging: Allowing localities to limit abusive rent increases for tenants.
- Supporting the Allies for Housing Action coalition’s priorities, including housing affordability, healthy housing, eviction prevention, and tenants’ rights.
WORKER PROTECTIONS:
- HB 1980 (Del. Hernandez) / SB 1103 (Sen. Hashmi) Preventing heat illness for workers.
- HB 1625 (Del. McClure)Including farmworkers and temporary workers in our minimum wage laws.
CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM:
- HB 2217 (Del. Callsen) / SB 1227 (Sen. Aird) Ensuring those who will receive a court-appointed attorney have access to them before their first appearance in court and stopping those who cannot afford an attorney from being charged for one (as part of the Virginia Pre-Trial Coalition).
- SB 1191 (Sen. Deeds) Making pre-trial data more readily available by sharing it with the Virginia Longitudinal Data System (as part of the Virginia Pre-Trial Coalition).
- HB 2223 (Del. Cousins) Eliminating the practice of charging indigent people for exercising their Constitutional right to an attorney.
- HB 1665 (Del. Jones/Cherry) Creating transparency in court billing by requiring the court to provide an itemized bill listing the breakdown of the fines and fees they owe.
- SB 778 (Sen. Locke) Creating a minimum age where children can be charged in the juvenile justice system (being led by RISE for Youth).
IMMIGRATION:
- SB 1302 (Sen. McPike) Allowing Driver Privilege Cards and time-limited duration licenses to mirror the time duration of driver’s licenses.
EDUCATION:
- Supporting the Fund Our Schools coalition’s priorities, including increasing public-school funding, supporting the youth facing the highest barriers to education, increased school-based mental health supports, and creating safe and restorative environments for every student.
HEALTHCARE:
- Budget Amendment (Sen. Deeds) Expanding emergency Medicaid to cover cancer treatment and working to increase Medicaid appeal timeframes (being led by Virginia Poverty Law Center).
- Budget Amendment (Sen. Hashmi & Del Tran) Insurance coverage for all children regardless of immigration status (being led by Healthcare for All Virginians and The Commonwealth Institute).
DEFENSIVE:
LAJC will oppose bills that try to roll back rights or otherwise harm communities we serve in the 2025 Session, including any attempt to expand youth criminalization and incarceration, decrease safety or rights for Virginia immigrant communities, reduce access to quality affordable healthcare for low-income communities, limit who has access to bail, and increasing policing of low-income communities.
