Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1024
Introduced
1/7/23
Refer
1/7/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Virginia Public Records Act; confidentiality of certain archived records. Provides that medical and educational records made confidential by law shall remain so after being archived by The Library of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1025
Introduced
1/7/23
Refer
1/7/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Exclusion of witnesses; governmental agencies and other entities. Adds an officer or agent of a partnership, governmental agency, or other entity to the list of persons who are exempt from the rule allowing the exclusion of witnesses during a proceeding in a civil case.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1026
Introduced
1/7/23
Refer
1/7/23
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Requires an operator, defined in the bill, to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to registering any child with the operator's product or service or before collecting, using, or disclosing such child's personal data and prohibits a controller from knowingly processing the personal data of a child for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of such personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer. The bill also amends the definition of child for purposes of the Consumer Data Protection Act to include any natural person younger than 18 years of age.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1027
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Vehicle safety inspection; commercial vehicles; exemption. Provides that a commercial vehicle operating in interstate commerce is exempt from the vehicle safety inspection requirement if, in addition to other criteria, such vehicle is inspected in accordance with the federal requirements for annual inspection by complying with federal periodic inspection requirements. Current law requires annual inspection through self-inspection, a third-party inspection, a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspection, or a periodic inspection performed by any state with a program in order for the vehicle to be exempt.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1028
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Crash reports; inspection by certain persons. Changes the person authorized to inspect a crash report from the present owner of a vehicle or property involved in the crash to the owner of such vehicle or property at the time of the crash.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1029
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads. Provides that if a broadband service provider, in the construction of its works, deems it necessary to cross the works of a railroad company, the broadband service provider is required to submit an application to the railroad company. The bill requires the application to include (i) a license fee; (ii) engineering design plans, construction plans, bore plans, fraction mitigation plans, dewatering plans, rigging and lifting plans, and any other pertinent plans deemed necessary and prepared by a registered professional engineer; (iii) the location of the crossing, including whether it is located in a public right-of-way; (iv) the proposed date of commencement of work; (v) the anticipated duration of the work in the crossing; (vi) the areas in which the project personnel will work; and (vii) the contact information of the broadband service provider's point of contact. The bill requires a railroad company to acknowledge receipt of the application, to request any additional information within 15 days, and to approve the application within 35 days unless the railroad company petitions the State Corporation Commission. Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads. Provides that if a broadband service provider, in the construction of its works, deems it necessary to cross the works of a railroad company, the broadband service provider is required to submit an application to the railroad company. The bill requires the application to include (i) a license fee; (ii) engineering design plans, construction plans, bore plans, fraction mitigation plans, dewatering plans, rigging and lifting plans, and any other pertinent plans deemed necessary and prepared by a registered professional engineer; (iii) the location of the crossing, including whether it is located in a public right-of-way; (iv) the proposed date of commencement of work; (v) the anticipated duration of the work in the crossing; (vi) the areas in which the project personnel will work; and (vii) the contact information of the broadband service provider's point of contact. The bill requires a railroad company to acknowledge receipt of the application, to request any additional information within 15 days, and to approve the application within 35 days unless the railroad company petitions the State Corporation Commission. The bill requires the broadband service provider to bear the cost of any such crossing, including a license fee of $2,000 for each crossing, except that for a crossing over an abandoned section of track the license fee shall not exceed $1,000 and for a crossing of a railroad company's works within a public right-of-way there is not a license fee. Under the bill, the Commonwealth shall grant a right-of-way to any broadband service provider seeking to use the right-of-way for broadband deployment to the extent that the Commonwealth owns any interest in any real property crossed by a railroad or manages any real property not owned by the Commonwealth that is crossed by a railroad. The bill requires the broadband service provider to maintain a general liability insurance policy or railroad protective liability insurance policy that meets certain requirements. The bill also requires a broadband service provider to reimburse the railroad company for direct expenses, not to exceed $5,000, in addition to the license fee. The bill provides that a railroad company may petition the State Corporation Commission within 35 days of receiving an application if it asserts (a) the license fee is not adequate compensation for the specified crossing, (b) the proposed crossing will cause undue hardship on the railroad company, or (c) the proposed crossing will create the imminent likelihood of danger to public health or safety. Under the bill, a broadband service provider may petition the Commission if a railroad company is not in compliance with the requirements of the bill. The bill requires the Commission to adjudicate any such petition within 90 days.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1030
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Public institutions of higher education; duties of governing board; student tuition and fees; requests for certain information. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies and procedures requiring the release to each student or, if such student is a dependent, the parent of each student enrolled at such institution of an itemized list of how such student's individual annual tuition and other mandatory fees are allocated, including the exact amount of such student's tuition and mandatory fees that are used to subsidize financial aid grants and scholarships for other students at such institution. The bill requires such policies and procedures to include a provision allowing any student or the parent of any student to opt out of receiving such itemized list.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1031
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; exception to confidentiality; complainant notification of final decision or action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to provide notice to a complainant of any final decision made or action taken in regards to his filed complaint within 30 days of such decision or action. Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; exception to confidentiality; complainant notification of final decision or action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to provide notice to a complainant of any final decision made or action taken in regards to his filed complaint within 30 days of such decision or action.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1032
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
State subsidy of property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of military members killed in action. Requires the Commonwealth to subsidize local real estate tax relief for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces killed in action when more than one percent of a locality's real estate tax base is lost due to such state-mandated tax relief programs. The bill provides that the Commonwealth will subsidize only that portion of tax-exempt real estate that exceeds the one percent threshold and requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to establish an application process whereby a locality demonstrates that more than one percent of its real estate tax base was lost. Under the bill, the Auditor certifies to the Governor and the General Assembly those localities that are eligible for a subsidy and the Governor includes in the Budget Bill a proposed appropriation of the amount of the state subsidy to be provided to localities certified as eligible localities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1033
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Appointment of guardian ad litem for minor witness. Authorizes a general district court, when the court determines circumstances so require, to appoint a discreet and competent guardian ad litem to represent a minor who is required to testify as a witness in a case before the court. The bill provides that such guardian ad litem shall be compensated for the provision of such services consistent with the rates and procedures set by the Supreme Court of Virginia for compensation of court-appointed counsel. Appointment of guardian ad litem for minor witness. Authorizes a general district court, when the court determines circumstances so require, to appoint a discreet and competent guardian ad litem to represent a minor who is required to testify as a witness in a case before the court. The bill provides that such guardian ad litem shall be compensated for the provision of such services consistent with the rates and procedures set by the Supreme Court of Virginia for compensation of court-appointed counsel.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1034
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Causing a telephone or other device to signal with intent to annoy; emergency communications; penalty. Modernizes the statute prohibiting harassment of emergency personnel in the performance of their duties by causing a telephone to ring to include a prohibition on causing any other device to signal with the intent to annoy, harass, hinder, or delay such emergency personnel.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1035
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Vetoed
5/12/23
Bridges; state of good repair; allocation of funds. Designates bridges with a general condition rating, defined in the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge component as eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges must be structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes the use of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated to extend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The bill changes the funding distribution standard from equitable needs-based distribution, with percentage limits for a given district and a process to exceed such limits when necessary, to needs-based distribution of funding among the highway construction districts. The provisions of the bill apply to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board after June 1, 2024. Bridges; state of good repair; allocation of funds. Designates bridges with a general condition rating, defined in the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge component as eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges must be structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes the use of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated to extend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The bill changes the funding distribution standard from equitable needs-based distribution, with percentage limits for a given district and a process to exceed such limits when necessary, to needs-based distribution of funding among the highway construction districts. The provisions of the bill apply to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board after June 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1036
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/10/23
Virginia Tourism Authority; exemption from personnel and procurement procedures; repeal. Repeals the exemption of the Virginia Tourism Authority from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1037
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/19/23
Refer
2/10/23
Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The bill specifies the language of such notice. The bill also provides that an employer that fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1038
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/16/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Workers' compensation; Department of State Police; State Police Officers' Retirement System; presumption for arson, bomb, and hazardous materials investigators. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological substances and radiological agents, fentanyl, or methamphetamine.