2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1232: Autism Advisory Council; name change, membership, repeals sunset date.

Legislative Summary

Autism Advisory Council; name change; membership; staffing; powers and duties. Provides for the Autism Advisory Council to be reconstituted as a permanent, independently staffed agency in the legislative branch of state government. Currently, the Autism Advisory Council is set to expire on July 1, 2027. The bill repeals that expiration date and renames the agency as the Autism Commission. The bill also modifies the membership of the Commission to more closely align with the membership makeup of other independently staffed legislative agencies and directs the Commission to appoint and employ an executive director and other staff to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104145D
Senate
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on Rules
Senate
1/16/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1232)
Senate
1/17/2025
Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/5/2025
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/17/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance and Appropriations(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Lashrecse Aird
Lashrecse Aird
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/202518.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/16/2025120.0 KB