Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1142
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Sports betting; adjusted gross revenue. Reduces the exclusion from a sports betting permit holder's adjusted gross revenue, on which it is taxed, all cash and the cash value of merchandise paid out as winnings to bettors, and the value of all bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers, by eliminating such exclusion for the first 12 months of sports betting activity for a permit holder, and subsequently limiting such exclusion to no more than 1.75 percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month after the first 12 months of sports betting activity for a permit holder. Under current law, pursuant to the 2022 Special Session I appropriation act, after the first 12 months of sports betting activity, a permit holder is prohibited from excluding from adjusted gross revenue any bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers. Sports betting; adjusted gross revenue. Reduces the exclusion from a sports betting permit holder's adjusted gross revenue, on which it is taxed, all cash and the cash value of merchandise paid out as winnings to bettors, and the value of all bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers, by eliminating such exclusion for the first 12 months of sports betting activity for a permit holder, and subsequently limiting such exclusion to no more than 1.75 percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month after the first 12 months of sports betting activity for a permit holder. Under current law, pursuant to the 2022 Special Session I appropriation act, after the first 12 months of sports betting activity, a permit holder is prohibited from excluding from adjusted gross revenue any bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1143
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing. Transfers regulatory control of charitable gaming and historical horse racing from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission, respectively, to the Virginia Lottery, renamed in the bill as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board, renamed as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board, to promulgate regulations necessary for the conduct of (i) historical horse racing, with the assistance of the Virginia Racing Commission, by December 1, 2023, and (ii) charitable gaming, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by July 1, 2024. All relevant regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission shall remain in full force and effect until the effective transfer of such regulations to the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1144
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Appointment of guardian ad litem; requested information, records, or reports from individual or entity. Requires any individual or entity with information, records, or reports relevant to a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding, including any (i) health care provider, local school division, or local department of social services; (ii) criminal justice agency, unless such disclosure would impede an ongoing criminal investigation or proceeding; and (iii) financial institution, investment advisor, or other financial services provider, to provide, upon request from the appointed guardian ad litem, such information, records, or reports to the appointed guardian ad litem. The bill also requires certain financial institutions, in cooperation with an investigation of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult, to make available any financial records or information relevant to such investigation upon request from any court-appointed guardian ad litem who has been appointed by the court to represent such adult. The bill immunizes such financial institutions from civil or criminal liability for providing such financial records or information, provided that such financial institutions did not engage in gross negligence or willful misconduct.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1145
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. Makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. The bill (i) requires excavators to review updates in the 811 positive response system and conduct additional safety verifications before digging, (ii) allows an excavator to schedule a locate request 12 days in advance, (iii) creates a criminal penalty for any person who knowingly and intentionally excavates after being notified by a representative of the Commission of a determination that such excavation constitutes an immediate threat to safety or property and such representative requests that excavation cease, (iv) increases from $2,500 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty for violations of the Act, and (v) updates notification requirements.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1146
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine at early childhood care and education entities; scope. Limits, in the context of early childhood care and education entities, the requirement for the implementation of policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine to child day centers. Under current law, such requirement applies to all early childhood care and education entities, which include child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems serving children younger than the age of five. The bill also requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each family day home provider or at least one other caregiver employed by such provider in the family day home to be trained in the administration of epinephrine and to notify the parents of each child who receives care in such family day home whether the provider stores an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine in the residence or home in which the family day home operates.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1147
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Board of Medicine; continuing education; human trafficking. Requires that, of the hours of continuing education required for renewal of licensure, any licensee of the Board of Medicine may be required by the Board of Medicine to complete up to two hours of continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under the bill, if the Board of Medicine designates a subject area for continuing learning activities or courses, the first subject area shall be on the topic of human trafficking.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1148
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Department of Education; work group on twelfth grade transition planning and assistance online programs. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to evaluate options and make recommendations for online twelfth grade transition planning and assistance programs to be utilized by secondary school students in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1149
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans; Potomac River. Requires the State Water Control Board to recognize service areas for water utilities in the Commonwealth that use the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct drought evaluation region. The bill requires the Board to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Water Supply and Drought Awareness Response Plan: Potomac River System (the Metropolitan Washington Plan) into the existing drought evaluation and response plans that are applicable to the Potomac River drought evaluation region. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that further recognize the localities that include any portion of the service area of a water supply utility in the Commonwealth that uses the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct regional planning area. The bill requires such regulations to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Plan. The bill provides that the incorporation of such provisions shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Governor during a declared drought emergency.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1150
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/20/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Obsolescence of 2011 district descriptions; legal boundaries. Repeals Code provisions related to the 2011 decennial redistricting, including descriptions of the districts enacted in that cycle, that are obsolete as a result of the 2021 decennial redistricting of the Commonwealth and provides that the legal and controlling congressional and state legislative district boundaries are those designated in the block equivalency file and resulting shapefile that are the electronic versions of the districts established pursuant to relevant law. The bill requires the block equivalency files and shapefiles to be maintained and available to the public on the website for the Virginia Redistricting Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. Obsolescence of 2011 district descriptions; legal boundaries. Repeals Code provisions related to the 2011 decennial redistricting, including descriptions of the districts enacted in that cycle, that are obsolete as a result of the 2021 decennial redistricting of the Commonwealth and provides that the legal and controlling congressional and state legislative district boundaries are those designated in the block equivalency file and resulting shapefile that are the electronic versions of the districts established pursuant to relevant law. The bill requires the block equivalency files and shapefiles to be maintained and available to the public on the website for the Virginia Redistricting Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1151
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions and hearings; report. Standardizes the frequency and length of time that notices of certain meetings, hearings, and other intended actions of localities must be published in newspapers and other print media. The notice provisions included in the bill are organized into the following three groups: (i) publication required one week before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; (ii) publication required two consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; and (iii) publication required three consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action. In addition, the bill amends provisions related to the content of notices for zoning ordinances and amendments to such ordinances by removing the requirement that such notices contain a descriptive summary of the proposed action and providing that such notices shall include the street address or tax map parcel number of the parcels subject to the action. In cases where the intended action affects more than 25 parcels, the notice must also include the approximate acreage subject to the intended action. The bill also removes the requirement that notices of proposed amendments to a zoning map state the general usage and density range of the proposed amendment and the general usage density set forth in the applicable part of the comprehensive plan. The bill directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to continue review of the notice requirements throughout the Code of Virginia and requires the Virginia Code Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2023. Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions and hearings; report. Standardizes the frequency and length of time that notices of certain meetings, hearings, and other intended actions of localities must be published in newspapers and other print media. The notice provisions included in the bill are organized into the following three groups: (i) publication required one week before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; (ii) publication required two consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; and (iii) publication required three consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action. In addition, the bill amends provisions related to the content of notices for zoning ordinances and amendments to such ordinances by removing the requirement that such notices contain a descriptive summary of the proposed action and providing that such notices shall include the street address or tax map parcel number of the parcels subject to the action. In cases where the intended action affects more than 25 parcels, the notice must also include the approximate acreage subject to the intended action. The bill also removes the requirement that notices of proposed amendments to a zoning map state the general usage and density range of the proposed amendment and the general usage density set forth in the applicable part of the comprehensive plan. The bill directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to continue review of the notice requirements throughout the Code of Virginia and requires the Virginia Code Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1152
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
Engrossed
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Expedited wetlands permits; Marine Resources Commission. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, in conjunction with local wetlands boards and other affected state and federal agencies, to develop administrative procedures to expedite the processing of applications for wetlands permits from agencies of the United States government, including any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States. Expedited wetlands permits; Marine Resources Commission. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, in conjunction with local wetlands boards and other affected state and federal agencies, to develop administrative procedures to expedite the processing of applications for wetlands permits from agencies of the United States government, including any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1153
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Financial institutions; certain investments by banks permitted. Provides that the prohibition on a bank from investing its funds in certain entities does not prevent a bank from (i) investing in (a) a community development corporation; (b) an entity formed primarily to support community-based economic development; (c) an entity qualifying for the federal new markets tax credit; (d) an entity formed for a predominantly civic, community, or public purpose; (e) an entity making qualified rehabilitation expenditures with respect to a qualified rehabilitated building or certified historic structure, or a similar state historic tax credit program; or (f) a rural business investment company; (ii) engaging in any tax equity finance transaction permissible for a national bank or federal savings association; or (iii) investing, subject to such conditions as the Commissioner of Financial Institutions may prescribe, in any community and economic development entity, community development project, or other public welfare investment.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1154
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Health insurance; provider credentialing; processing of new applications. Requires a health insurance carrier that credentials the physicians, mental health professionals, or other providers in its network to establish reasonable protocols and procedures for processing of new provider credentialing applications. The bill requires that if the carrier accepts applications through an online credentialing system, the carrier must notify a new provider applicant through the online credentialing system that the application is received. If the carrier does not accept applications through an online credentialing system, the bill requires the carrier to provide, within 10 days of receiving an application, notification to the new provider applicant that the application was received. The bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a new provider applicant's application will be deemed complete within 30 days of the carrier receiving the application, unless the carrier has provided notice that the application is not complete. Under the bill, a carrier must approve or deny new provider applicant credentialing applications within 60 days of receiving a completed application and claims submitted according to carrier claims submittal policies must be adjudicated and paid no later than 40 days after the new provider applicant is credentialed and contracted. The bill directs the Virginia Department of Health to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1155
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations impacting providers; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to review its regulations that impact providers licensed by the Department and develop reforms to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy, and decrease regulatory burdens on providers. The bill requires the Department to report its recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1156
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Strangulation by blocking or obstructing the airway of another; penalty. Provides that any person who, without consent, impedes the blood circulation or respiration of another person by knowingly, intentionally, and unlawfully blocking or obstructing the airway of such person resulting in the wounding or bodily injury of such person is guilty of suffocation, a Class 6 felony.