2017 Legislative Session
Updated: Mar 13

Checkout the legislation Senator Dunnavant was involved with during the 2017 session. You can even click on each bill to learn more!
Chief Patron
SB 1009 Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances.
SB 1025 Payment of estimated taxes by certain public service corporations; repeal.
SB 1026 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
SB 1028 Immunizations; posting of reports on individual school's website. - Stricken at the Request of the Patron
SB 1029 Virginia taxable income; deduction for personal exemptions.
SB 1229 Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.
SB 1232 Opioids; limit on amount prescribed, extends sunset provision.
SB 1234 Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to develop a passport credit program.
SB 1241 Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. - Rolled into SB 1060, which was passed into law
SB 1244 Glucagon; administration by emergency medical services providers.
SB 1245 Public education; economics education and financial literacy.
SB 1401 Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; lot owner representation on association board.
SB 1403 Controlled substances; use of FDA-approved substance upon publication of final rule, etc.
SB 1561 Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.
SB 1566 Certificate of Public Need program; established, report.
Incorporated Co-Patron
Co-Patron
HB 1453 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
SB 800 Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply.
SB 848 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
SB 996 Public schools; student discipline. - Stricken at Request of the Patron
SB 1418 Electric utilities; costs of pumped hydroelectricity generation and storage facilities.
SB 1449 Red Tape Reduction Commission; established, report. - Failed to pass in the House Appropriations Committee.
Budget Bills
0#3s - Change in personal exemption amounts
131#1s - Academic and Career Plans - ROI
132#2s - Plan to Move Private Educational Placements Funding from CSA to DOE
144#1s SCHEV - Standardize Financial Aid Award Letters/Website Options
284#5s Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Agency Oversight
300#2s ED Care Coordination Technology Solution
306#7s Merge Medicaid Managed Care Programs
306#12s Increase Nursing Facility Payments
306#28s Medicaid Workgroup on Eligibility Processes
306#32s Federal Medicaid Changes and Block Grant Subcommittee
348#4s Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
348#5s Alzheimer's Association Chapters
398#1s Henrico Drug Court
Checkout the budget bills here: https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/mbramendment/2017/1/S97