Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1365
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/15/23
Local regulation of materials recovery facilities. Provides that an ordinance adopted by a locality that would prevent or prohibit the disposal of garbage, trash, or refuse does not include any facility-generated waste residue from a materials recovery facility, as defined in the bill, that has been issued a permit by the Department of Environmental Quality. Local regulation of materials recovery facilities. Provides that an ordinance adopted by a locality that would prevent or prohibit the disposal of garbage, trash, or refuse does not include any facility-generated waste residue from a materials recovery facility, as defined in the bill, that has been issued a permit by the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1366
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Virginia Cannabis Incubator Project. Establishes a framework for the creation of the Virginia Cannabis Incubator Project in the Commonwealth. The bill creates a regulatory structure for such Incubator Project to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill has a delayed effective date pending legalization of the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cannabis in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1367
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
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
Child abuse or neglect; definition; independent activities. Clarifies that no child whose parent or other person responsible for his care allows the child to engage in independent activities without adult supervision shall for that reason alone be considered to be an abused or neglected child, provided that (i) such independent activities are appropriate based on the child's age, maturity, and physical and mental abilities and (ii) such lack of supervision does not constitute conduct that is so grossly negligent as to endanger the health or safety of the child. The bill provides that such independent activities include traveling to or from school or nearby locations by bicycle or on foot, playing outdoors, or remaining at home for a reasonable period of time. Child abuse or neglect; definition; independent activities. Clarifies that no child whose parent or other person responsible for his care allows the child to engage in independent activities without adult supervision shall for that reason alone be considered to be an abused or neglected child, provided that (i) such independent activities are appropriate based on the child's age, maturity, and physical and mental abilities and (ii) such lack of supervision does not constitute conduct that is so grossly negligent as to endanger the health or safety of the child. The bill provides that such independent activities include traveling to or from school or nearby locations by bicycle or on foot, playing outdoors, or remaining at home for a reasonable period of time.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1368
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Department of Human Resource Management; health insurance coverage for employees of multijurisdictional community services boards. Adds employees of community services boards that serve more than one locality to the definition of "state employee" for the purpose of allowing such employees to be eligible for the health insurance coverage provided to state employees by the Department of Human Resource Management.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1369
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Virginia Retirement System; Judicial Retirement System; increased retirement allowance for judges, assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth, and public defenders. Increases, for the purposes of determining benefits provided under the hybrid retirement program, the retirement multiplier from one percent to 1.7 percent for assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth and public defenders appointed on or after July 1, 2023, who are participants in the hybrid retirement program. The bill also increases, for the purposes of determining benefits provided under the Judicial Retirement System, the retirement multiplier from one percent to 1.7 percent for judges appointed on or after July 1, 2023, who are participants in the hybrid retirement program and who are at least 55 years of age at the time of appointment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1370
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Vetoed
5/12/23
Electric utilities; pilot program for underground transmission or distribution lines; additional projects. Adds one project to the existing pilot program for underground transmission lines. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to approve one additional application filed between January 1, 2023, and October 1, 2023, as a qualifying project to be constructed in whole or in part underground, as a part of the pilot program. The bill requires that the added qualifying project be a newly proposed 230-kilovolt underground line and that (i) an engineering analysis demonstrates that it is technically feasible to place the proposed line, in whole or in part, underground; (ii) the governing body of each locality in which a portion of the proposed line will be placed underground indicates, by resolution, general community support for the project and that the governing body supports the transmission line to be placed underground; (iii) a project has been filed with the Commission or is pending issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by October 1, 2023; (iv) the estimated additional cost of placing the proposed line, in whole or in part, underground does not exceed $40 million or, if greater than $40 million, the cost does not exceed 2.5 times the cost of placing the same line overhead, assuming accepted industry standards for undergrounding to ensure safety and reliability; if the public utility, the affected localities, and the Commission agree, a proposed underground line whose cost exceeds 2.5 times the cost of placing the line overhead may also be accepted into the pilot program; (v) the public utility requests that the project be considered as a qualifying project under the pilot program; and (vi) the primary need of the project is for purposes of grid reliability or grid resiliency or to support economic development priorities of the Commonwealth, including the economic development priorities and the comprehensive plan of the governing body of the locality in which at least a portion of line will be placed, and not to address aging assets that would have otherwise been replaced in due course. Electric utilities; pilot program for underground transmission or distribution lines; additional projects. Adds one project to the existing pilot program for underground transmission lines. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to approve one additional application filed between January 1, 2023, and October 1, 2023, as a qualifying project to be constructed in whole or in part underground, as a part of the pilot program. The bill requires that the added qualifying project be a newly proposed 230-kilovolt underground line and that (i) an engineering analysis demonstrates that it is technically feasible to place the proposed line, in whole or in part, underground; (ii) the governing body of each locality in which a portion of the proposed line will be placed underground indicates, by resolution, general community support for the project and that the governing body supports the transmission line to be placed underground; (iii) a project has been filed with the Commission or is pending issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by October 1, 2023; (iv) the estimated additional cost of placing the proposed line, in whole or in part, underground does not exceed $40 million or, if greater than $40 million, the cost does not exceed 2.5 times the cost of placing the same line overhead, assuming accepted industry standards for undergrounding to ensure safety and reliability; if the public utility, the affected localities, and the Commission agree, a proposed underground line whose cost exceeds 2.5 times the cost of placing the line overhead may also be accepted into the pilot program; (v) the public utility requests that the project be considered as a qualifying project under the pilot program; and (vi) the primary need of the project is for purposes of grid reliability or grid resiliency or to support economic development priorities of the Commonwealth, including the economic development priorities and the comprehensive plan of the governing body of the locality in which at least a portion of line will be placed, and not to address aging assets that would have otherwise been replaced in due course. Additionally, the bill adds one project to place underground an electric distribution mainline as part of a transportation infrastructure improvement project incorporating transit that has been initially accepted for partial funding of at least $250 million pursuant to a federal program. The bill provides that such project is qualified to be placed underground if (a) the estimated additional cost of placing the proposed mainline, in whole or in part, underground does not exceed $40 million or, if greater than $40 million, the cost does not exceed 2.5 times the cost of placing the same line overhead, assuming accepted industry standards for undergrounding to ensure safety and reliability; if the public utility, the affected localities, and the Commission agree, a proposed underground line whose cost exceeds 2.5 times the cost of placing the line overhead may also be accepted into the pilot program and (b) the public utility requests that the project be considered as a qualifying project under this section. The provisions of the bill related to the underground distribution mainline expire on July 1, 2028.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1371
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Alcoholic beverage control; brewery licensees; tied house exception. Creates an exception to the tied house restriction on the retail sale of beer by allowing brewery licensees to sell no more than 5,000 barrels of beer per year to retail licensees for resale. Current law only allows the holder of a brewery license to sell directly to retail licensees under certain conditions.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1372
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Special license plate; women veterans. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of women veterans bearing the legend SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1373
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Institutions of higher education; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required. Directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring that a trauma-informed human trafficking awareness and prevention training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students as a part of such institution's first-year orientation program. The bill also directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies to provide such a human trafficking awareness and prevention training program as a part of their first-year orientation programs.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1374
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Water control; agricultural exemptions; terracing. Establishes a definition for "terrace" as used in the agricultural exemptions to the prohibition on land-disturbing activities in the Stormwater Management Act and the Erosion and Sediment Control Law. The bill provides that such exemptions do not apply to any activity that involves bringing onto the property more than 5,000 cubic yards of fill material in any 12-month period or raising the ground surface more than three feet above the existing ground surface.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1375
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education; prohibition on boycotting Israel; civil penalty. Prohibits public bodies from entering into a contract in excess of $100,000 with any contractor having more than an average of 10 employees for the previous 12 months that boycotts Israel. The bill requires any such contractor seeking to contract with a public body under the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act to certify in writing that it will not, during the performance of the contract, boycott Israel. The bill provides that any contractor that violates the provisions of the bill shall be debarred from contracting with all public bodies of the Commonwealth until it can prove that it no longer boycotts Israel. Such contractor is also subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to three times the amount of the contract. Public bodies are required to maintain and report to the Department of General Services, for inclusion in a publicly available online database, a list of contractors that violated the prohibition and have been debarred. The bill also prohibits public institutions of higher education from boycotting Israel and directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish guidelines that require (i) any entity under the control of the governing board to certify in writing that it shall not boycott Israel; (ii) a quarterly review and report by the governing board of all such entities to determine whether any such entity has boycotted Israel; (iii) appropriate penalties for any entity that has boycotted Israel; and (iv) all written certifications, quarterly reports, and penalty information to be sent to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for inclusion in a publicly available online database. Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education; prohibition on boycotting Israel; civil penalty. Prohibits public bodies from entering into a contract in excess of $100,000 with any contractor having more than an average of 10 employees for the previous 12 months that boycotts Israel. The bill requires any such contractor seeking to contract with a public body under the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act to certify in writing that it will not, during the performance of the contract, boycott Israel. The bill provides that any contractor that violates the provisions of the bill shall be debarred from contracting with all public bodies of the Commonwealth until it can prove that it no longer boycotts Israel. Such contractor is also subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to three times the amount of the contract. Public bodies are required to maintain and report to the Department of General Services, for inclusion in a publicly available online database, a list of contractors that violated the prohibition and have been debarred. The bill also prohibits public institutions of higher education from boycotting Israel and directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish guidelines that require (i) any entity under the control of the governing board to certify in writing that it shall not boycott Israel; (ii) a quarterly review and report by the governing board of all such entities to determine whether any such entity has boycotted Israel; (iii) appropriate penalties for any entity that has boycotted Israel; and (iv) all written certifications, quarterly reports, and penalty information to be sent to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for inclusion in a publicly available online database.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1376
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Stormwater management and erosion and sediment control; agreement in lieu of plan; farm buildings and agritourism activities; small construction activity. Includes farm buildings, any building or structure used for agritourism activity, and any related impervious surface, including roads, driveways, and parking areas, in the respective definitions of an agreement in lieu of a plan in the stormwater management and erosion and sediment control laws. Current laws define an agreement in lieu of a plan to cover only single-family residences. The bill also requires the State Water Control Board to establish by regulation a procedure by which a registration statement shall not be required for coverage under the General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities for a small construction activity, defined in the bill, involving a single-family detached residential structure.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1377
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1378
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Use, display, or concealment of firearm in committing certain felonies; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of a separate felony if he carries about his person any pistol, shotgun, rifle, or other firearm that is hidden from common observation while committing or attempting to commit certain other felonies. The bill also increases from three to five years for a first offense and from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1379
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Local and regional correctional facilities; provision of medical services; waiver of sovereign immunity. Waives sovereign immunity for health care providers employed by localities or by local or regional correctional facilities to provide medical services to prisoners for a claim of wrongful death or injury resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of such medical services. This bill is in response to Patterson v. City of Danville, 875 Va. S.E.2d 65 (2022).