Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1113
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Liability for sale of alcohol to impaired customer; injury to another person due to operation of vehicle while intoxicated. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee that sells alcohol to a customer who subsequently injures another by driving while impaired if the consumption of the alcohol caused or contributed to an injury to person or property while the customer operated a motor vehicle.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1114
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Department of Housing and Community Development; powers and duties of the Director; Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator. Instructs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and operate a Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator database to assist localities in marketing publicly owned, privately owned, or publicly and privately owned structures and parcels determined by the locality to be suitable for residential or mixed-use development or redevelopment when the owner or owners have authorized the locality to market the structure or parcels for residential or mixed-use development or redevelopment. Department of Housing and Community Development; powers and duties of the Director; Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator. Instructs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and operate a Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator database to assist localities in marketing publicly owned, privately owned, or publicly and privately owned structures and parcels determined by the locality to be suitable for residential or mixed-use development or redevelopment when the owner or owners have authorized the locality to market the structure or parcels for residential or mixed-use development or redevelopment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1115
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for products made or manufactured in Virginia and the U.S.; recyclable content; report. Provides preference for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia over a bidder who is a resident of any other state in determining the award for any contract for goods, services, or construction under the Virginia Public Procurement Act. The bill requires a state agency to decrease by seven percent the price of any offer for a Virginia end product, defined in the bill, and to decrease by two percent the price of any offer for a U.S. end product, defined in the bill, when evaluating bids for purposes of making an award determination. When the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, after price preferences have been taken into account, is a resident of Virginia and the offer price is within $10,000 or five percent, whichever is less, of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder who is a resident of another state, the Virginia resident shall be given the option to match the price of the nonresident bidder. Current allowance for granting price preferences to Virginia residents is made mandatory by the bill. The bill directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to convene a stakeholder work group to recommend revisions to the recyclable materials tax credit and report on the work group's recommendations by November 1, 2023. This bill is a recommendation of the Manufacturing Development Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1116
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Engrossed
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; powers and duties; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality; report. Provides that the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) has the power and duty to (i) support energy development projects, including pump storage hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen production and uses, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, and advanced wind and solar energy; (ii) promote energy development projects on closed power plant sites, brownfield sites, former coal mine sites, reclaimed coal mine sites, abandoned mine sites lands, and lands adjacent thereto; (iii) promote energy workforce development and energy supply chain development; (iv) identify and work with, through mutually agreed collaborations, the Commonwealth’s research and development partners, in advancing efforts related to energy development in Southwest Virginia; and (v) promote the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane from active, inactive, and abandoned coal mines as a low-carbon intensity feedstock for manufacturing and energy generation projects located in Southwest Virginia. Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; powers and duties; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality; report. Provides that the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) has the power and duty to (i) support energy development projects, including pump storage hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen production and uses, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, and advanced wind and solar energy; (ii) promote energy development projects on closed power plant sites, brownfield sites, former coal mine sites, reclaimed coal mine sites, abandoned mine sites lands, and lands adjacent thereto; (iii) promote energy workforce development and energy supply chain development; (iv) identify and work with, through mutually agreed collaborations, the Commonwealth’s research and development partners, in advancing efforts related to energy development in Southwest Virginia; and (v) promote the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane from active, inactive, and abandoned coal mines as a low-carbon intensity feedstock for manufacturing and energy generation projects located in Southwest Virginia. The bill defines "energy development project" as any activity that generates, produces, or stores energy, any energy efficiency system, and any supporting ancillary activities located within Southwest Virginia and includes interests in land, improvements, and ancillary facilities and research, development, commercialization, and deployment activities designated by the Authority to the nonprofit collaborative. The bill defines "nonprofit collaborative" as a multi-site nonprofit innovative energy technology testbed established as a collaborative effort of the Department of Energy, the Authority, and the Authority's business partners to support the Authority’s purpose through energy technology research, development, commercialization, and deployment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1117
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Possession, purchase, sale, and transportation of catalytic converters; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to sell, offer for sale, or purchase a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to transport from inside the Commonwealth to outside of the Commonwealth a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle with the intent to sell such catalytic converter. The bill provides that a person who is in possession of a catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle is presumed to have criminally obtained such catalytic converter unless the person is an authorized agent or employee acting in the performance of his official duties for a motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle garage or repair shop, or salvage yard that is licensed or registered by the Commonwealth or a person who possesses vehicle registration documentation indicating that the catalytic converter in the person's possession is the result of a replacement of a catalytic converter from a vehicle registered in that person's name.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1118
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Employment of teachers; English as a Second Language Incentive Reward Program and Fund; established. Provides that each local school board shall adopt employment policies and practices designed to promote the employment of highly qualified teachers to effectively serve the educational needs of students who are English language learners, including providing financial support for teachers seeking and obtaining an endorsement in English as a second language pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The bill also establishes the English as a Second Language Incentive Reward Program and Fund for the purpose of awarding incentive grants to public school teachers in the Commonwealth who obtain an endorsement in English as a second language pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The bill provides that the Board of Education shall award to any teacher who obtains such endorsement an initial incentive grant of $5,000 and a subsequent incentive grant of $2,500 each year for the life of the endorsement, with such incentive grants to resume upon renewal of the endorsement. Finally, the bill directs the Board to establish such guidelines as it deems necessary for the administration of the Program and to establish procedures for the award of such incentive grants in the event that the moneys in the Fund are not sufficient to award each eligible teacher the appropriate award amount.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1119
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Telemedicine; continuity of care. Allows for continuity of care through telemedicine when a practitioner with whom a patient has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship is unavailable at the time in which the patient seeks continuity of care. The bill allows another practitioner of the same subspecialty at the same practice group with access to the patient's treatment history to provide continuity of care using telemedicine services until the practitioner with whom the patient has a previously established practitioner-patient relationship becomes available.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB112
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole for persons who were previously ineligible for parole because parole was abolished and to allow for an extension of time for the scheduling of a parole interview for reasonable cause.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1120
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Virginia Employment Commission; attorney authorization; powers. Provides that the Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission may authorize any attorney employed by the Commission to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with the investigation or adjudication of any disputed claim or the administration of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act. The bill permits any party to file a motion to quash any such subpoena prior to the date production is required in a miscellaneous action in circuit court.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1121
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Coal mine methane; capture and beneficial use; Department of Energy to evaluate policy options; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane, defined in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Energy to evaluate policy options to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane and submit a report of its findings by November 15, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1122
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use of funds; conservation easements to nonprofit land trust. Allows grants made from the Open Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund to be used to aid localities in providing funding for projects approved by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to persons conveying conservation easements to nonprofit land trusts so long as such easement has a local coholder, as defined in the bill. In cases where a grant is used to purchase all or part of the value of a property interest, such property interest is required to be (i) compliant with the Open-Space Land Act or (ii) a conservation easement under the Virginia Conservation Easement Act, so long as the holder of such easement is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission or its designated subsidiary entity. If the Land Trust Accreditation Commission accreditation is not available at the time of the grant application for such holder, the Foundation is required to evaluate such holder on a case-by-case basis consistent with its established guidelines. Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use of funds; conservation easements to nonprofit land trust. Allows grants made from the Open Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund to be used to aid localities in providing funding for projects approved by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to persons conveying conservation easements to nonprofit land trusts so long as such easement has a local coholder, as defined in the bill. In cases where a grant is used to purchase all or part of the value of a property interest, such property interest is required to be (i) compliant with the Open-Space Land Act or (ii) a conservation easement under the Virginia Conservation Easement Act, so long as the holder of such easement is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission or its designated subsidiary entity. If the Land Trust Accreditation Commission accreditation is not available at the time of the grant application for such holder, the Foundation is required to evaluate such holder on a case-by-case basis consistent with its established guidelines.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1123
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/19/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases. Provides that the venue for criminal cases involving false statements, representations, or nondisclosures by an employing unit or an individual with regard to an unemployment claim lies in the county or city wherein the statement, representation, or nondisclosure originates or, alternatively, is received by the Virginia Employment Commission. Under current law, the venue for such cases lies solely in the county or city wherein such statement, representation, or nondisclosure is received by the Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1124
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public school building that a school board should budget for the maintenance and operations of the building and such other standards as the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to solicit the input of relevant stakeholders and the public in developing such recommendations. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public school building that a school board should budget for the maintenance and operations of the building and such other standards as the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to solicit the input of relevant stakeholders and the public in developing such recommendations. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1125
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; State Corporation Commission authority; report. Requires electric utilities to petition the State Corporation Commission for relief from the requirements of certain provisions of the Code that mandate the retirement of electric generating units that are coal-fired or emit carbon as a by-product of combusting fuel to generate electricity if such requirements would threaten the reliability or security of electric service to customers. Under current law, such electric utilities are permitted to petition the Commission for such relief if such requirements would threaten the reliability or security of electric service to customers. The bill requires investor-owned electric utilities to submit, by December 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the impact of potential power generation retirements on power generation infrastructure in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to review, by December 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, provisions of the Code related to emissions trading programs, renewable energy generation requirements, and renewable energy portfolio standards and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly with recommendations for revisions to the Code to improve energy reliability, reduce electricity rates, and incorporate available and emerging electric energy generation technologies. Renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; State Corporation Commission authority; report. Requires electric utilities to petition the State Corporation Commission for relief from the requirements of certain provisions of the Code that mandate the retirement of electric generating units that are coal-fired or emit carbon as a by-product of combusting fuel to generate electricity if such requirements would threaten the reliability or security of electric service to customers. Under current law, such electric utilities are permitted to petition the Commission for such relief if such requirements would threaten the reliability or security of electric service to customers. The bill requires investor-owned electric utilities to submit, by December 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the impact of potential power generation retirements on power generation infrastructure in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to review, by December 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, provisions of the Code related to emissions trading programs, renewable energy generation requirements, and renewable energy portfolio standards and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly with recommendations for revisions to the Code to improve energy reliability, reduce electricity rates, and incorporate available and emerging electric energy generation technologies.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1126
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/19/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Department of Labor and Industry; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; notice of disciplinary action; method of delivery to allow for confirmation of delivery. Authorizes the use of commercial delivery services with signed and dated acknowledgment of delivery by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry when providing notice to an employer of any proposed penalty for a violation of a safety or health provision or of the employer's failure to abate a violation of a safety or health provision. Under current law, the Commissioner is authorized to provide such required notices only through certified mail or personal service. The bill also requires the regulatory boards of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to send to any regulant subject to a disciplinary action notice in a manner that allows for confirmation of delivery. The bill removes the current requirement that such notice be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and retains the provision allowing delivery through electronic means, if agreed to by the parties.