Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1307
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/13/23
University of Virginia; board of visitors; membership. Expands the membership of the University of Virginia board of visitors to include two nonvoting advisory members consisting of one faculty member of the University and one staff member of the University. The advisory faculty member shall be selected by the University faculty and the advisory staff member shall be selected by the University staff in the manner deemed appropriate by the faculty and staff, respectively.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1308
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Vetoed
5/12/23
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguous acres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy the acreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1309
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; allow local public bodies to hold virtual meetings. Allows local public bodies, except for boards with the authority to deny, revoke, or suspend a professional or occupational license, to hold all-virtual public meetings in accordance with the other provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill limits the requirement that public bodies do not convene all-virtual public meetings consecutively or more than twice per year to state public bodies.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1310
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Personal information of judges and magistrates; penalty. Prohibits the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any active or retired federal or Virginia justice, judge, or magistrate who has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth that the Commonwealth not publish such information; such demand shall be effective until rescinded by such judge, justice, or magistrate. The bill adds active or retired federal or Virginia justices, judges, and magistrates to the list of people for which an enhanced punishment applies for the crime of using such person's identity with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass. The bill also adds active and retired magistrates to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to his residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of his street address on the lists of registered voters. The bill removes state and federal judges and justices from the definition of "public official." As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1311
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act. Raises from $100,000 to $500,000 the cap for an award pursuant to the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1312
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/8/23
Electric vehicle charging stations; requirement for certain developments. Provides that any locality may by ordinance require electric vehicle charging stations as part of subdivision or site plan approval for a development containing commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential uses with a density of seven residential dwelling units per acre or greater. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. Electric vehicle charging stations; requirement for certain developments. Provides that any locality may by ordinance require electric vehicle charging stations as part of subdivision or site plan approval for a development containing commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential uses with a density of seven residential dwelling units per acre or greater. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1313
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; private contracts; payment of subcontractors. Clarifies certain definitions throughout the Code for consistency between public and private construction contracts. The bill updates the notice required when a general contractor withholds all or a part of the amount invoiced by a subcontractor in a public construction contract and when an owner withholds payment from a general contractor to include language specifically identifying the contractual noncompliance, the dollar amount being withheld, and the lower-tier subcontractor responsible for the contractual noncompliance.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1314
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
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
Judgment or order for pregnancy and delivery expenses. Provides that in the event that the initial petition for the establishment of parentage is commenced within six months of the live birth of a child, the judgment or order shall, except for good cause shown or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, apportion between the legal parents, in proportion to the legal parents' gross incomes, as used for calculating the monthly child support obligation, (i) the mother's unreimbursed pregnancy and delivery expenses and (ii) those reasonable expenses incurred by either parent for the benefit of the child prior to the birth of the child.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1315
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Localities, public and private schools, institutions of higher education, and employers; face coverings. Prohibits any locality, school board, division superintendent, school principal, private school, institution of higher education, or employer from adopting, implementing, or enforcing any policy, rule, or order related to COVID-19 that requires individuals to wear a face covering.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1316
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Elections; conduct of election; election results; post-election forensic audits. Provides for the conduct of a forensic audit of an election in a county or city upon the request of certain officials or upon the petition of a group of residents of the locality in question. The purpose of an audit is to determine the accuracy and legality of the election in question. The bill provides that an audit includes a review of all materials, equipment, and procedures used during any part of the election, including ballots, pollbooks, voting machines, and routers. The bill requires that the audit be open to the public and states that the auditing process may include participation by residents. The results of the audit are to be presented to a jury of local residents who have the power to declare the election valid or invalid. The bill also gives the State Inspector General the power and duty to conduct an audit of the 2020 general election and requires him to produce a report of his findings.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1317
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Elections; voter registration; lists of registered voters; provided at cost to registered voters. Provides that the Department of Elections must provide the list of registered voters for any district in which he resides to any registered voter of the Commonwealth for a reasonable charge not to exceed its actual cost incurred in supplying the requested list.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1318
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Special license plates; BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation bearing the legend BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1319
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Absentee voting; return of absentee ballots; drop-off locations. Repeals the provisions of law providing for the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB132
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Local regulation of smoking; outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. Allows localities to designate smoking areas within 100 feet of sports fields, recreation centers, and playgrounds in outdoor parks. The bill requires signs regarding designated smoking areas to be posted at the entrances to such parks.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1320
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and Program; report. Codifies the Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, originally created in the 2021 Appropriation Act, and establishes the Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Program to carry out the purposes of the Fund. The Program shall provide grants and loans to community development financial institutions and other similar entities for the purpose of providing financing to small businesses, housing development and rehabilitation projects, and community revitalization real estate projects in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to oversee the Fund and Program and to (i) identify qualified recipients of funding; (ii) ensure that grants and loans promote housing and community development, capital access, housing access, and small business support; (iii) ensure that qualified recipients emphasize microfinancing, defined as financing to small businesses in amounts of $100,000 or less, in using program funds; and (iv) utilize Program funds to promote collaborative and cooperative projects with public and private sector partners. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report on the use and impact of funding provided.