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Laura Jane Cohen D

Delegate
Virginia House of Delegates District 15
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2025

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On Record (2)

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Office of the Executive Secretary of Virginia; collaboration to review certain conservator annual accounting reports; report. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of Virginia to collaborate with the Standing Committee on Commissioners of Accounts of the Judicial Council of Virginia and the Conference of Commissioners of Accounts to contract with a third party to review a subset of conservator …
Jun 03, 2026 · source · details / share
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State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; guidelines for developing a transition IEP; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), in consultation with the Department of Education and representatives of public institutions of higher education and public secondary schools in the Commonwealth, to develop and submit to the Department of Education for public posting and …
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (8)

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Equity in public school funding and staffing; special education students; at-risk students; annual report. Establishes in Standard of Quality 2 the At-Risk Program and a state-supported add-on for special education students and requires corresponding formulas for the funding of such …
Jun 03, 2026 · details / share
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Department of Social Services; centralized intake system for reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect; response to complaints within 24 hours for children under three years of age. Establishes a centralized hotline for reports and complaints of child abuse …
Jun 03, 2026 · details / share
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Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January …
Jun 03, 2026 · details / share
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Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan. Requires the Bureau of Insurance to select a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the 2028 plan year, or the soonest plan year thereafter as permitted by the Centers for Medicare and …
May 23, 2026 · details / share
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Possession, transportation, or purchase of certain firearms by certain persons; penalty. Provides additional exceptions, outlined in the bill, for persons younger than 18 years of age to possess or transport handguns or assault firearms anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill …
May 23, 2026 · details / share
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Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Expands the option to use ranked choice voting from only elections for county board of supervisors and city councils to any local governing body. The bill requires the State …
May 23, 2026 · details / share
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Appointment of youth representative to local governing body. Allows a local governing body to appoint a youth representative to serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Militia state active duty; cyber-related support. Adds cyber-related support to the list of instances in which the Governor may call forth the militia or any part thereof to state active duty.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share