Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1232
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center. Clarifies that the deaths of individuals who are or who were, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, receiving services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services must be investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, whether the death of such individual was expected or unexpected. The bill also requires that any report concerning the death of an individual who is receiving services or who, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, received services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services be delivered to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to the State Inspector General. Current law only requires the delivery of autopsy reports. Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center. Clarifies that the deaths of individuals who are or who were, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, receiving services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services must be investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, whether the death of such individual was expected or unexpected. The bill also requires that any report concerning the death of an individual who is receiving services or who, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, received services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services be delivered to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to the State Inspector General. Current law only requires the delivery of autopsy reports.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1233
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/13/23
Engrossed
1/17/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Marijuana; advertising restrictions; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to advertise in or send any advertising matter into the Commonwealth regarding marijuana, marijuana products, or any substance containing a synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol or synthetic derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol other than those that may be legally sold in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that for violations of certain distance and zoning restrictions on outdoor advertising, as set forth in the bill, the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority must give the advertiser written notice to take corrective action and that, if such corrective action is not taken within 30 days, the advertiser is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill establishes numerous restrictions on marijuana advertisements, including provisions that prohibit advertisements from (i) targeting minors; (ii) being placed near schools, playgrounds, and certain other places; (iii) being displayed at a sporting event or on a billboard; (iv) being misleading, deceptive, or false; (v) referencing the intoxicating effects of marijuana; or (vi) promoting overconsumption or consumption by minors.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1234
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Transcranial magnetic stimulation; pilot program. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a pilot program to make electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic stimulation available for veterans, first responders, and law-enforcement officers. The bill requires the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish regulations for the pilot program. Transcranial magnetic stimulation; pilot program. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a pilot program to make electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic stimulation available for veterans, first responders, and law-enforcement officers. The bill requires the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish regulations for the pilot program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1235
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations. Requires qualified organizations that reasonably expect, on the basis of prior charitable gaming annual results or any other quantifiable method, to realize gross receipts of $40,000 or less from all charitable gaming other than raffles, conducted on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year, to register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) on a form prescribed by the Department. Such form shall only require the organization to provide (i) proof of the organization's nonprofit status; (ii) contact information for the chief executive officer of the organization or his designee; (iii) the location, dates, and times of any expected charitable gaming activity; (iv) a description of the general nature of the anticipated charitable gaming activity; and (v) a signed attestation that the organization (a) does not reasonably expect to realize more than $40,000 in gross receipts on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year for the charitable gaming activities listed on the registration form, (b) understands that should the organization exceed the $40,000 threshold, it will be required to file a report of its receipts and disbursements, and (c) understands it shall be required to comply with the law and Department regulations governing charitable gaming. Under current law, any such organization is required to apply for a permit with the Department before conducting any charitable gaming. Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations. Requires qualified organizations that reasonably expect, on the basis of prior charitable gaming annual results or any other quantifiable method, to realize gross receipts of $40,000 or less from all charitable gaming other than raffles, conducted on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year, to register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) on a form prescribed by the Department. Such form shall only require the organization to provide (i) proof of the organization's nonprofit status; (ii) contact information for the chief executive officer of the organization or his designee; (iii) the location, dates, and times of any expected charitable gaming activity; (iv) a description of the general nature of the anticipated charitable gaming activity; and (v) a signed attestation that the organization (a) does not reasonably expect to realize more than $40,000 in gross receipts on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year for the charitable gaming activities listed on the registration form, (b) understands that should the organization exceed the $40,000 threshold, it will be required to file a report of its receipts and disbursements, and (c) understands it shall be required to comply with the law and Department regulations governing charitable gaming. Under current law, any such organization is required to apply for a permit with the Department before conducting any charitable gaming. The bill also provides that any qualified organization may, as part of its annual fundraising event, sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards provided that (1) any such instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards are dispensed by mechanical equipment only; (2) the sale of the same is limited to a single event of no more than seven days per calendar year; (3) any such event is open to the public; and (4) no such organization realizes actual gross receipts of more than $40,000 from the conduct of all charitable gaming other than raffles on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year. Under current law, only athletic associations, booster clubs, or band booster clubs may, as part of their annual fundraising event, sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards. Finally, the bill prohibits the Department from requiring a qualified organization that realizes annual gross receipts of $40,000 or less to file a report of its receipts and disbursements.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1236
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1237
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Legal notices; online publications. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online publication, subject to certain requirements specified in the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1238
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Motor carriers; financial responsibility. Requires motor carriers when operating a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less in intrastate commerce when available to transport property for compensation but not actively transporting such property to be covered by the same financial responsibility requirements as all other motorists. Current law sets such minimum liability requirements at $25,000 per person, $50,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $20,000 for property damage.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1239
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
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; Fund; sunset. Creates in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program Fund. The bill extends the expiration date of the provisions of the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1240
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for property used to produce agricultural products for market in an indoor, closed, controlled-environment commercial agricultural facility. The property exempted includes (i) internal structural components required to create the necessary growing environment for plants, including watering systems, towers for growing plants, and lighting and air systems, and (ii) transparent elements of external structural components of such facilities, including windows, walls, and roofs, that allow sunlight in for the commercial production of agricultural products. The exemption shall not apply to property used in producing cannabis. The bill allows contractors working on behalf of owners of facilities exempt under these new provisions to use the exemption when purchasing materials that would otherwise qualify for the exemption.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1241
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Child Pornography Registry; required information. Requires the Child Pornography Registry to include hash values or other applicable identification method of all known or suspected child pornography obtained during the course of a criminal investigation or presented as evidence and used in any conviction. Under current law, the Registry is required to include copies of such content.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1242
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Geriatric prisoners; conditional release; review hearings. Directs the Parole Board to review annually all petitions for geriatric conditional release. The bill provides that the Parole Board may, however, defer subsequent hearings for up to three years if an initial hearing was held and the petition for conditional release was denied. The bill also requires that, in situations in which a person who is otherwise eligible for parole under current law also files a petition for geriatric conditional release, the Parole Board conduct the reviews for such parole and conditional release at a single hearing.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1243
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/10/23
Abortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; prohibited practices under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services unless the alleged violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill adds obtaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating certain enumerated personal reproductive or sexual health information without the consent of the consumer as a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1244
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act; notifications to victims; Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General, whenever the Attorney General represents the Commonwealth in any criminal appeal, to consult with the victim in the same manner as prescribed by current law for the attorney for the Commonwealth in a felony case. Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act; notifications to victims; Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General, whenever the Attorney General represents the Commonwealth in any criminal appeal, to consult with the victim in the same manner as prescribed by current law for the attorney for the Commonwealth in a felony case.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1245
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Failed
2/25/23
Arrest and return of parolee or felon serving a period of postrelease supervision. Directs the circuit court of the sentencing jurisdiction to initiate proceedings against a felon serving a period of postrelease supervision upon a showing of a violation or probable violation of any of the terms or conditions of his release. Under current law, the Chairman or any member of the Parole Board initiates such proceedings.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1246
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/18/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Emergency medical services agencies; ordinances or resolutions; designation as emergency response agencies. Requires that ordinances or resolutions establishing an emergency medical services agency specify the geographic boundaries of the agency's primary service area within the locality. The bill also directs that emergency medical services agencies that respond to medical emergencies be a designated emergency response agency and be recognized as an integral part of the official public safety program of the locality with responsibility for providing emergency medical response.