Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1321
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates. Provides, that in any proceeding to establish base rates for Appalachian Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginia conducted by the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), if the Commission determines in its sole discretion that the utility's existing base rates will, on a going-forward basis, either produce (i) revenues in excess of the utility's authorized rate of return or (ii) revenues below the utility's authorized rate of return, then the Commission is required to order any reductions or increases, as applicable and necessary, to such base rates that it deems appropriate to ensure the resulting base rates (a) are just and reasonable and (b) provide the utility an opportunity to recover its costs of providing services over the rate period and earn a fair rate of return.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1322
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/8/23
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000, beginning July 1, 2023, to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying major sources of pollution or hazardous waste and identifying objectives and policies to reduce health risks linked to such sources of pollution or hazardous waste sites, to promote civic engagement by residents, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address healthy communities. Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000, beginning July 1, 2023, to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying major sources of pollution or hazardous waste and identifying objectives and policies to reduce health risks linked to such sources of pollution or hazardous waste sites, to promote civic engagement by residents, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address healthy communities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1323
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Electric utilities; energy efficiency savings targets. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish for Dominion Energy Virginia annual energy efficiency savings targets for customers who are low-income, elderly, disabled, or veterans of military service. The bill requires the Commission, in establishing such targets, to seek to optimize energy efficiency and the health and safety benefits of utility energy efficiency programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia to make best efforts to coordinate such energy efficiency programs with any health and safety upgrades provided through energy efficiency programs authorized by provisions of the Code of Virginia, when reasonably feasible to do so and at the utility's sole discretion. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2031.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1324
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy; to analyze tax credits and economic security payments. Directs the Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy to review and analyze options for a state-level grant program, tax credit, or refund for families, including the expansion of the earned income tax credit, the creation of a state-level child tax credit or child and dependent care tax credit, and the creation of a grant program to provide grants to local social services departments for the provision of monthly economic security payments to families with children. Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy; to analyze tax credits and economic security payments. Directs the Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy to review and analyze options for a state-level grant program, tax credit, or refund for families, including the expansion of the earned income tax credit, the creation of a state-level child tax credit or child and dependent care tax credit, and the creation of a grant program to provide grants to local social services departments for the provision of monthly economic security payments to families with children.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1325
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Refer
2/8/23
Standard of Quality 2; specialized student support position ratio. Amends Standard of Quality 2 by increasing the required number of specialized student support positions from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions. Standard of Quality 2; specialized student support position ratio. Amends Standard of Quality 2 by increasing the required number of specialized student support positions from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1326
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Transit Ridership Incentive Program; funds; improving accessibility and safety. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use up to 30 percent of available funds in the Transit Ridership Incentive Program to support local, regional, and state entities in improving the accessibility of transit bus passenger facilities and improving crime prevention and public safety for transit passengers, operators, and employees. The bill directs the Board to develop guidelines for applications for grants to any local, regional, or state public entity that supports a transit system.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1327
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
Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage on and after July 1, 2024, for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bill also requires the Department to ensure that all program information is made available in a manner that is accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations, free of charge, and to ensure that information obtained by the program remains confidential and is not disclosed for any purpose not related to the administration of the program. Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage on and after July 1, 2024, for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bill also requires the Department to ensure that all program information is made available in a manner that is accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations, free of charge, and to ensure that information obtained by the program remains confidential and is not disclosed for any purpose not related to the administration of the program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1328
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election. Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1329
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
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
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics. The foregoing provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2024 Session of the General Assembly. Finally, the bill establishes a work group for the purpose of advising the Board of Education on the criteria for and the process of procuring the goods and services necessary to implement the Portal and requires such work group to submit a report containing its findings and any recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1330
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/9/23
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1331
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority; comprehensive plan. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. The bill also requires the comprehensive plan of each locality to show the connection between affordable housing and other needs of its residents, such as job creation, educational opportunities, and parks and recreational activities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1332
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
Consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth; permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental, cultural, and historic resources. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Historic Resources, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to establish policies and procedures for consulting with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth when evaluating certain permits and reviews relating to environmental, cultural, or historic resources that potentially impact those federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Secretary of the Commonwealth to designate an Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation to facilitate communication and consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth. The bill codifies Executive Order 82 (2021). Consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth; permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental, cultural, and historic resources. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Historic Resources, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to establish policies and procedures for consulting with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth when evaluating certain permits and reviews relating to environmental, cultural, or historic resources that potentially impact those federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Secretary of the Commonwealth to designate an Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation to facilitate communication and consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth. The bill codifies Executive Order 82 (2021).
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1333
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Solar and energy efficiency projects for low-income and moderate-income Virginians. Allows the Clean Energy Advisory Board to advise the Director of Department of Energy (Director) to apply to certain federal loan guarantees or grant funds to facilitate the development of solar energy, storage, and energy efficiency projects. The bill expands the Low to Moderate Income Solar Loan and Rebate Fund to extend grants in addition to loans or paying rebates to electric customers who complete solar installations or energy efficiency improvements subject to certain requirements provided in the bill. The bill adds an additional criteria for an applicant of the Low to Moderate Income Solar Pilot Program to satisfy in order to be eligible for a grant, loan, or rebate. Finally, the bill extends the time that the Director is required to respond to an application of such program from 30 to 60 days. Solar and energy efficiency projects for low-income and moderate-income Virginians. Allows the Clean Energy Advisory Board to advise the Director of Department of Energy (Director) to apply to certain federal loan guarantees or grant funds to facilitate the development of solar energy, storage, and energy efficiency projects. The bill expands the Low to Moderate Income Solar Loan and Rebate Fund to extend grants in addition to loans or paying rebates to electric customers who complete solar installations or energy efficiency improvements subject to certain requirements provided in the bill. The bill adds an additional criteria for an applicant of the Low to Moderate Income Solar Pilot Program to satisfy in order to be eligible for a grant, loan, or rebate. Finally, the bill extends the time that the Director is required to respond to an application of such program from 30 to 60 days.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1334
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Board of Education; Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting participant code of ethics; development. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a work group to provide recommendations for the development of a code of ethics relating to effective collaboration at Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings among school staff, parents, students, and any other participants with expertise or knowledge of the student. The bill requires the work group to include (i) a facilitator with knowledge and expertise in the scope and mission of the IEP; (ii) the director of the disAbility Law Center or his designee; (iii) representatives from (a) the Legal Aid Justice Center, (b) the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), (c) the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPPA), (d) the Virginia School Counselor Association, (e) the Arc of Virginia or the Virginia Down Syndrome Association, (f) ChildSavers or Communities in Schools of Virginia, (g) community service boards, and (h) the Department; (iv) three representatives from the Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education; (v) four parents, guardians, or caregivers of children with IEPs, with attention to families of color, families for whom English is not the primary language, and families who are economically disadvantaged; (vi) an independent parent advocate; and (vii) one division superintendent. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Department by November 30, 2023. Board of Education; Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting participant code of ethics; development. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a work group to provide recommendations for the development of a code of ethics relating to effective collaboration at Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings among school staff, parents, students, and any other participants with expertise or knowledge of the student. The bill requires the work group to include (i) a facilitator with knowledge and expertise in the scope and mission of the IEP; (ii) the director of the disAbility Law Center or his designee; (iii) representatives from (a) the Legal Aid Justice Center, (b) the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), (c) the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPPA), (d) the Virginia School Counselor Association, (e) the Arc of Virginia or the Virginia Down Syndrome Association, (f) ChildSavers or Communities in Schools of Virginia, (g) community service boards, and (h) the Department; (iv) three representatives from the Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education; (v) four parents, guardians, or caregivers of children with IEPs, with attention to families of color, families for whom English is not the primary language, and families who are economically disadvantaged; (vi) an independent parent advocate; and (vii) one division superintendent. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Department by November 30, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1335
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Fiscal impact statements; formula for estimated appropriations. Establishes a formula for determining the estimated appropriations in a fiscal impact statement of any bill that adds a new felony for which imprisonment or commitment is authorized.