Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1425
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Health insurance; ensuring fairness in cost-sharing. Amends provisions related to rebates provided by carriers and health benefit plans to health plan enrollees by defining defined cost-sharing, price protection rebates, and pharmacy benefits management services. The bill requires that an enrollee's defined cost-sharing for each prescription drug shall be calculated at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 80 percent of all rebates received or expected to be received in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1426
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Administration of controlled substances; emergency medical services providers. Allows persons who are employed or engaged at a medical care facility who have a valid emergency medical services provider certification issued by the Board of Health as a requirement of being employed or engaged at the medical care facility to administer drugs and devices at the medical care facility pursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1427
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Campaign finance; political action committees; certain large pre-election expenditures. Increases the number of scheduled reports for political action committees from four to five and changes the reporting dates for some reports. The bill removes the special reporting requirements for in-state political action committees that file their statements of organization after October 15 in odd-numbered years. The bill requires that all in-state political action committees file a report for any single contribution or expenditure of $1,000 or more made between (i) May 26 and the third Tuesday in June in odd-numbered years and (ii) October 8 and the date of the November general election. Such reports are to be made electronically and must be received by the State Board of Elections by 11:59 p.m. on the following day or, for a contribution received or expenditure made on a Saturday, by 11:59 p.m. on the following Monday. However, the bill requires that any such contribution or expenditure made within the 24 hours prior to the election day be reported and a report thereof received on the day prior to the election. Campaign finance; political action committees; certain large pre-election expenditures. Increases the number of scheduled reports for political action committees from four to five and changes the reporting dates for some reports. The bill removes the special reporting requirements for in-state political action committees that file their statements of organization after October 15 in odd-numbered years. The bill requires that all in-state political action committees file a report for any single contribution or expenditure of $1,000 or more made between (i) May 26 and the third Tuesday in June in odd-numbered years and (ii) October 8 and the date of the November general election. Such reports are to be made electronically and must be received by the State Board of Elections by 11:59 p.m. on the following day or, for a contribution received or expenditure made on a Saturday, by 11:59 p.m. on the following Monday. However, the bill requires that any such contribution or expenditure made within the 24 hours prior to the election day be reported and a report thereof received on the day prior to the election.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1428
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Common interest communities; foreclosure remedy. Prohibits a common interest community association from conducting a foreclosure sale on a lien for unpaid assessments totaling less than $5,000, excluding interest and attorney fees. Current law does not place a limit on the amount of assessments that must be unpaid before a common interest community association may conduct a foreclosure sale on a lien for any such unpaid assessments. The bill also limits interest charged on such unpaid assessments to an annual rate of six percent and prohibits any bill to enforce a lien from being entertained upon such property if the assessments are less than $5,000. Current law prohibits any bill to enforce a lien from being entertained if such real estate is the judgment debtor's primary residence unless the judgment exceeds $25,000.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1429
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Virginia College Savings Plan; hybrid schools; classification. Provides that the Virginia College Savings Plan shall consider any hybrid public-private elementary or secondary school to be a public elementary or secondary school or a private elementary or secondary school such that a beneficiary's account under a qualified tuition program established and maintained by the Plan may be used to cover up to $10,000 in expenses in any taxable year for tuition in connection with the beneficiary's enrollment or attendance at such a hybrid school as permitted pursuant to the relevant provision of § 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1430
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Department of Education; work group on reducing barriers to access to paid work-based learning experiences for English language learner students. Requires the Department of Education to convene a stakeholder work group to make recommendations on reducing barriers to and improving the access of paid work-based learning experiences for English language learner students. Department of Education; work group on reducing barriers to access to paid work-based learning experiences for English language learner students. Requires the Department of Education to convene a stakeholder work group to make recommendations on reducing barriers to and improving the access of paid work-based learning experiences for English language learner students.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1431
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Procedure for removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts. Sets out the procedure by which, and clarifies the reasons for which, an elected officer or officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office may be removed from office. The bill requires, among other things, that the general registrar review the petition for removal of an officer and determine its sufficiency in accordance with the uniform standards approved by the State Board of Elections and that the attorney for the Commonwealth review such petition to determine if valid grounds exist to remove the officer. If the attorney for the Commonwealth is the elected official who is subject to the removal petition, the bill specifies that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia is tasked with appointing an alternate attorney for the Commonwealth to receive such petition. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1432
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Health records privacy; consumer-generated health information. Requires certain entities that collect, gather, or use consumer-generated health information, defined in the bill, to take reasonable measures to safeguard such aggregated health data, including (i) adopting technical and organizational measures to ensure that consumer-generated health information is not linked to any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; (ii) committing not to attempt to re-identify or associate the aggregated health data with any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; and (iii) requiring that recipients of all transfers of aggregated health data uphold the same commitments. The bill provides civil remedies for violations of consumer-generated health information privacy. Health records privacy; consumer-generated health information. Requires certain entities that collect, gather, or use consumer-generated health information, defined in the bill, to take reasonable measures to safeguard such aggregated health data, including (i) adopting technical and organizational measures to ensure that consumer-generated health information is not linked to any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; (ii) committing not to attempt to re-identify or associate the aggregated health data with any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; and (iii) requiring that recipients of all transfers of aggregated health data uphold the same commitments. The bill provides civil remedies for violations of consumer-generated health information privacy.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1433
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and has been elected to a constitutional office to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a fair market price. Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and has been elected to a constitutional office to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a fair market price.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1434
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Public institutions of higher education; use of certain endowment fund investment returns. Declares it the public policy of the Commonwealth that any foundation, investment management company, or other asset manager associated with a public institution of higher education that manages endowment funds of such public institution of higher education with a value exceeding $250 million shall be required to allocate at least 15 percent of the investment returns on such endowment funds back to such public institution of higher education on an annual basis for the purpose of ensuring access to and affordability of attending the institution for students.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1435
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Unemployment compensation; time to file appeal. Reduces from 30 days to 15 days (i) the time after notice of the determination of a claim within which a claimant is required to file an appeal before such determination becomes final and (ii) the time after the date of notification or mailing of an appeal tribunal's decision on an unemployment compensation claim within which a party is required to file a subsequent appeal before such decision becomes final.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1436
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Testing persons charged with certain crimes for sexually transmitted infections. Provides that as soon as practicable following arrest, or following indictment, arrest by warrant, or service of a petition in the case of a juvenile, the attorney for the Commonwealth may request after consultation with any complaining witness, or shall request upon the request of the complaining witness, that any person charged with certain specified crimes be requested to submit to testing for sexually transmitted infections, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that if the person charged refuses to submit to testing or the competency of the person to submit to testing is at issue, a court finding probable cause that the complaining witness was exposed to body fluids of the person charged in a manner that may transmit a sexually transmitted infection shall order such testing. The bill also provides that the results of such tests shall not be admissible as evidence in any criminal proceeding.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1437
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Retirement System; investments; environmental, social, and governance investing restricted. Provides that unless the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System can demonstrate that a social investment, defined in the bill, would provide a superior rate of return compared to a similar investment that is not a social investment with a similar time horizon and risk, neither the Board nor any external fiduciary utilized by the Board may invest or make recommendations regarding state funds for the purpose of social investment on or after July 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1438
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Agricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning January 1, 2023, and requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to compile a report annually with certain information regarding agricultural land that is under foreign ownership and submit such report to the Governor and General Assembly.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1439
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/13/23
Pregnant inmates; facilitation of coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Requires the Department of Medical Assistances Services and the Department of Corrections to coordinate to identify pregnant incarcerated persons in the custody of state correctional facilities who are currently enrolled in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services or who may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and ensure that those persons released on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth or other pregnancy-related care understand the steps necessary to obtain coverage for such care prior to the medical furlough. Pregnant inmates; facilitation of coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Requires the Department of Medical Assistances Services and the Department of Corrections to coordinate to identify pregnant incarcerated persons in the custody of state correctional facilities who are currently enrolled in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services or who may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and ensure that those persons released on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth or other pregnancy-related care understand the steps necessary to obtain coverage for such care prior to the medical furlough.