Delegate Cohen's 2024 Legislative Agenda!

Naloxone in Schools: Require all public secondary schools to carry naloxone. Also, allow students older than 16 to carry naloxone on their persons.

Safe Firearm Storage Notification: Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of Virginia's Safe Storage Law.

Virtual Service Facilitator Visits: A bill to allow for virtual visits for service facilitators for those who chose to receive consumer directed disability waiver services.

Native Language Assessments: Allows the development and use of Standard of Learning (SOLs) assessments in native languages other than English for students.

Emergency Evacuation Procedures for Students with Mobility Issues: Revise and update emergency evacuation procedures to maximize the ability for students with mobility impairments to evacuate the building alongside their non-disabled peers.

Nonbinary sex or gender designation option on official documents: Requires all forms or applications to offer any applicant the option of "male," "female," or "nonbinary" when designating the applicant's sex or gender.

Licensed Behavior Analysts in DMAS: A bill to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend in its regulations regarding the definition of "credentialed addiction treatment professional" to include licensed behavior analysts.

Licensed Behavior Analysts in DBHDS: A bill to direct the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend in its regulations regarding the definition of "licensed professional" to include licensed behavior analysts.

CDL Workgroup: Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group to develop and implement a statewide strategy to incentivize and promote the issuance of commercial driver's licenses to qualified applicants in the Commonwealth.

Teachers For Tomorrow Grant Development: Establish and administer the Teachers for Tomorrow Grant Program whereby any school board may apply for a grant in an amount up to $250,000, to encourage high school students in the local school division to pursue careers in teaching.

Careers in Law Enforcement Incentive Grant: Establish and administer the Careers in Law Enforcement Incentive Grant Program whereby any school board may apply for a grant in an amount up to $250,000, to encourage careers in criminal justice and law enforcement.

Substitute Pools for Childcare providers: Creating a subpool for early childcare providers.

IEP+504 Portability for Higher Education: Standardize disability documentation requirements across public colleges and universities in Virginia.

Support for Public Transportation: A bill to amend and reenact § 38.2-4809 of the Code of Virginia to exempt from the insurance premium license tax certain policies procured by surplus lines brokers for the Virginia Railway Express.

Assisted Living Facility Code Clean-up: Adds Assisted Living Facilities to the list of organizations in which a healthcare practitioner can temporarily practice for one 90-day period.

Judicial Council Workgroup A Section 1 bill to direct the Judicial Council to study Conservatorship fees in Virginia and look at restructuring them in complicated cases.