Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1410
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Public institutions of higher education; duties of governing boards; development of policies expanding protection of academic freedom. Directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop policies and institutional regulations increasing protections of academic freedom and freedom of expression in higher education.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1411
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to analyze and report on options for allowing law enforcement officers to return to work as law-enforcement officers after retirement and continue to receive their retirement benefits. Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to analyze and report on options for allowing law enforcement officers to return to work as law-enforcement officers after retirement and continue to receive their retirement benefits.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1412
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
American Revolution 250 Commission; report. Changes the American Revolution 250 Commission, established in 2020, from an executive branch advisory commission to a legislative branch commission. The bill provides that members previously appointed to the Commission shall continue to serve pursuant to their original appointments. The bill also creates the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Fund. The bill extends the Commission's sunset date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2032.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1413
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Motion for the disclosure of expunged records in a civil case. Provides that in an action for damages against a locality or a law-enforcement officer arising out of or relating to charges where a petition for the expungement of police and court records for such charges is pending or where the records have been expunged, any party to such action may file a motion in the court in which the action is pending, or in the court where the petition for the expungement was or is pending, for the release of the expunged records for use in the civil litigation, and, upon motion and for good cause shown, such police and court records shall be ordered to be released and the relevant penalties relating to disclosure of such expunged records shall not apply. Motion for the disclosure of expunged records in a civil case. Provides that in an action for damages against a locality or a law-enforcement officer arising out of or relating to charges where a petition for the expungement of police and court records for such charges is pending or where the records have been expunged, any party to such action may file a motion in the court in which the action is pending, or in the court where the petition for the expungement was or is pending, for the release of the expunged records for use in the civil litigation, and, upon motion and for good cause shown, such police and court records shall be ordered to be released and the relevant penalties relating to disclosure of such expunged records shall not apply.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1414
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund; established. Establishes the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund to receive funds from a direct settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order relating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid abatement or remediation, excluding funds designated for transfer to the Opioid Abatement Authority. The bill provides that such funds shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General. Moneys in the Fund shall be administered pursuant to the appropriation act and shall be used solely for the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or for any other approved purposes described in a related settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order. Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund; established. Establishes the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund to receive funds from a direct settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order relating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid abatement or remediation, excluding funds designated for transfer to the Opioid Abatement Authority. The bill provides that such funds shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General. Moneys in the Fund shall be administered pursuant to the appropriation act and shall be used solely for the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or for any other approved purposes described in a related settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1415
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Opioid impact reduction. Allows any person to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, provided that certain other conditions enumerated in current law are met. The bill removes training requirements related to the possession and administration of naloxone. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections to collaborate to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for the distribution of naloxone throughout the Commonwealth and allows such agencies to begin implementation of the plan to the extent the agencies are able to do so with existing resources. The bill requires the Department of Health to provide a report on the development of the comprehensive statewide naloxone plan, including the resources needed to fully implement the plan, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by September 1, 2023. The bill directs the Department of Health to begin the development of a Commonwealth opioid impact reduction registry consisting of nonprofit organizations that work to reduce the impact of opioids in the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Corrections to amend its regulations to require that training in the administration of naloxone be provided to every inmate prior to release. Opioid impact reduction. Allows any person to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, provided that certain other conditions enumerated in current law are met. The bill removes training requirements related to the possession and administration of naloxone. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections to collaborate to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for the distribution of naloxone throughout the Commonwealth and allows such agencies to begin implementation of the plan to the extent the agencies are able to do so with existing resources. The bill requires the Department of Health to provide a report on the development of the comprehensive statewide naloxone plan, including the resources needed to fully implement the plan, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by September 1, 2023. The bill directs the Department of Health to begin the development of a Commonwealth opioid impact reduction registry consisting of nonprofit organizations that work to reduce the impact of opioids in the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Corrections to amend its regulations to require that training in the administration of naloxone be provided to every inmate prior to release.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1416
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars. Requires a county or city registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence and to forward such affidavit and supporting evidence to the State Registrar. Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars. Requires a county or city registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence and to forward such affidavit and supporting evidence to the State Registrar.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1417
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Electric utilities; cost recovery; alternative to rate adjustment clause. Provides that in any proceeding regarding petitions for a rate adjustment clause, the State Corporation Commission may, as an alternative to a rate adjustment clause, authorize recovery of any proposed cost through the utility's rates for generation and distribution services, if the Commission, in its discretion, determines that such cost recovery better serves ratepayers while still providing the utility the opportunity to recover its costs and earn a fair rate of return.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1418
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine; in-state presence. Establishes that health care providers are not required to maintain a physical presence in the Commonwealth to maintain eligibility to enroll as a Medicaid provider. Additionally, the bill establishes that telemedicine services provider groups with health care providers duly licensed by the Commonwealth are not required to maintain an in-state service address to maintain eligibility to enroll as a Medicaid vendor or Medicaid provider group.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1419
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Electric utilities; retail competition; renewable energy. Allows individual retail customers of an electric utility to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed supplier. The measure eliminates (i) provisions that prohibit such a purchase from a licensed supplier that is an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive service territory in which the customer is located and (ii) a condition that permits such purchases only if the electric utility serving the applicable exclusive service territory does not offer a tariff for 100 percent renewable energy.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1420
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
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Business park electric infrastructure program. Makes permanent and amends certain provisions of the Code related to the business park electric infrastructure program conducted by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. The bill requires that the program be conducted in the service territory or transmission zone of each Phase I and Phase II Utility and permits costs incurred by the utility in installing the business park electric infrastructure to be recovered pursuant to a rate adjustment clause approved by the State Corporation Commission. The bill also requires a utility to obtain a certificate from the Commission prior to constructing business park electric infrastructure and requires the Commission to institute a rulemaking proceeding by September 1, 2023, to establish requirements for the program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1421
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. Removes the requirement that the adult protective services hotline immediately refer certain reports of alleged adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and removes the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide the adult protective services hotline with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. The bill retains the requirement for the local department of social services to immediately refer such reports to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide local departments of social services with a preferred point of contact for such referrals.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1422
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Certain institutions of higher education; noncredit workforce training program; student grants; reimbursement. Increases from $3,000 to $4,000 the maximum amount for which the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall reimburse an eligible institution of higher education per completed noncredit workforce training program per eligible student pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program. Current law provides that the Council shall reimburse an eligible institution an amount equal to one-third of the cost of the noncredit workforce training program, not to exceed $3,000, per eligible student upon such eligible student's completion of the program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1423
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Income tax; rates and deductions for businesses. Provides an individual income tax deduction for 50 percent of the amount of qualified business income deductible for federal income tax purposes, but excluding the amount of qualified REIT dividends deductible under the same provision of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill also reduces the corporate income tax rate from six percent to five percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1424
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Department of Corrections; possession and administration of naloxone. Adds employees of the Department of Corrections designated by the Director of the Department to the list of persons who are authorized to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. Under current law, the only employees of the Department authorized to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists are those designated as probation and parole officers or as correctional officers.