Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB144
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Admissibility of statements of a deceased or incompetent party. Repeals the "dead man's statute," which provides that no judgment shall be entered against a person incapable of testifying based upon the uncorroborated testimony of the adverse party.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1440
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1441
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Development of offshore wind capacity; cost recovery. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in conducting its review of requests for cost recovery by a Phase II Utility for costs associated with generating facilities utilizing energy derived from offshore wind, to give due consideration to the economic development benefits of the project for the Commonwealth, including capital investments and job creation, arising from project construction and operation and the manufacture of wind turbine generator components and subcomponents. The bill also accelerates the timeline from 2034 to 2032 for public utilities to construct or purchase one or more offshore wind generation facilities located off the Commonwealth's Atlantic shoreline or in federal waters and interconnected directly into the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1442
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/8/23
Conduct of election; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded; extension to 10 days. Extends the period of time a locality has to forward its abstract of votes to the State Board of Elections before a law-enforcement officer is sent to obtain the abstract to 10 days for any election. Under current law, such time period is six days for a state primary election and seven days for any other election. Conduct of election; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded; extension to 10 days. Extends the period of time a locality has to forward its abstract of votes to the State Board of Elections before a law-enforcement officer is sent to obtain the abstract to 10 days for any election. Under current law, such time period is six days for a state primary election and seven days for any other election.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1443
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Office of the Children's Ombudsman; recommendations for establishment of Parents Advocacy Commission; report. Directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group to study and make recommendations for the establishment of the Parents Advocacy Commission. The bill directs the work group to report such recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1444
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Board of visitors of Radford University; reduced rate tuition charges; students who reside in and are domiciled in the Appalachian region. Permits the board of visitors of Radford University to charge reduced rate tuition to any student enrolled at Radford University who resides in the Appalachian region, as defined in relevant federal law, is domiciled in the Appalachian region, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges at a public institution of higher education in the Appalachian region and such entitlement is based on circumstances that when applied to a student who resides in the Commonwealth would result in entitlement to in-state tuition, provided that reduced rate tuition for students who reside in and are domiciled in the Appalachian region shall not be set below the in-state tuition rate for Virginia students attending Radford University.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1445
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement officers; part time. Provides that an employee of a political subdivision or of the Commonwealth who (i) is compensated on a salaried or hourly basis; (ii) works at least 20 hours per week; and (iii) is employed as a law-enforcement officer shall be considered a full-time employee for purposes of participation in the Virginia Retirement System.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1446
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Department of Veterans Services; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; data collection. Allows the Department of Veterans Services to contract with any hospital in the Commonwealth that furnishes the treatment option of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy to any veteran in the Commonwealth who has been certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the United States Armed Forces as having post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. The Department shall include in any contract with such hospital to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy the requirement that data be collected to assess the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans and any other information deemed relevant by the Department.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1447
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/9/23
State Corporation Commission; limitations on disconnection of State Corporation Commission; limitations on disconnection of utility service by certain utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct a proceeding for the purpose of establishing regulatory limitations on the authority of an investor-owned electric utility, natural gas utility, water utility, wastewater utility, or electric cooperative subject to regulation by the Commission to disconnect service to any customer for the nonpayment of bills or fees during a statewide emergency declared by the Governor in response to a widespread communicable disease of public health threat, during temperature weather extremes, or on a Friday, weekend, state holiday, or day immediately preceding a state holiday. The bill requires the Commission to ensure that such regulations are effective by November 1, 2023. The bill encourages certain utilities not subject to regulation by the Commission to adopt an internal operating policy to suspend service disconnections for nonpayment of bills or fees for 30 days in the case of a statewide emergency declared by the Governor in response to a widespread communicable disease of public health threat and to avoid disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees on a Friday, weekend, state holiday, or day immediately preceding a state holiday or during temperature weather extremes.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1448
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Engrossed
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Norfolk State University and Virginia State University; reduced rate tuition charges for certain students. Permits the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors and the Virginia State University Board of Visitors to charge reduced rate tuition to any non-Virginia student who has completed at least 30 credit hours of coursework and is enrolled in a program at the relevant institution that leads to employment in a high-demand field, as determined by the board of visitors of the relevant institution based on data compiled and provided by the Virginia Office of Education Economics. The bill provides that in the event that a non-Virginia student who was charged reduced rate tuition at the relevant institution in accordance with the provisions of the bill withdraws from the program that leads to employment in a high-demand field and enrolls in a program that does not lead to employment in a high-demand field, such student will forfeit eligibility for such reduced rate tuition charge and shall be charged tuition at the full rate for non-Virginia students. The bill further provides that any non-Virginia student at Norfolk State University or Virginia State University who was initially enrolled in a program that does not lead to employment in a high-demand field but withdraws from that program and enrolls in a program that does lead to employment in a high-demand field may be charged reduced rate tuition in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1449
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Judicial Retirement System; creditable service and contributions; extended absence; emergency. Provides that the entire amount of time a judge is on an extended absence for more than three months shall be subtracted from his years of creditable service toward retirement benefits and that no employer contributions shall be made at any time during such extended absence period. The bill provides exceptions for an extended absence that is due to a medical condition, disability, active duty military leave, or family emergency when the existence of such an exception is certified under the penalty of perjury and submitted to the Virginia Retirement System and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause. Judicial Retirement System; creditable service and contributions; extended absence; emergency. Provides that the entire amount of time a judge is on an extended absence for more than three months shall be subtracted from his years of creditable service toward retirement benefits and that no employer contributions shall be made at any time during such extended absence period. The bill provides exceptions for an extended absence that is due to a medical condition, disability, active duty military leave, or family emergency when the existence of such an exception is certified under the penalty of perjury and submitted to the Virginia Retirement System and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1450
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Richard Bland College; governance. Removes the authority of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to supervise, manage, and control Richard Bland College and establishes the 12-member board of visitors of Richard Bland College to generally direct the affairs of Richard Bland College, including appointing all teachers and fixing their salaries, providing for the employment of other personnel as required, and caring for and preserving all property belonging to Richard Bland College.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1451
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Income tax; rates and deductions. Lowers the top income tax rate from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024. The bill also raises the standard deduction to $9,000 for single individuals and $18,000 for married persons for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024, but before January 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1452
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Certificate of public need exemption; nursing home facility in Amherst County. Directs the State Health Commissioner to accept and review applications and issue a certificate of public need for a new 90-bed nursing home facility, given the unique and extenuating circumstances of this potential facility, provided that such facility is located on the property of the former Central Virginia Training Center (CVTC) in Amherst County and is owned by the Commonwealth as of July 1, 2023. Establishes requirements for the sale of CVTC, in the event that the CVTC property is declared surplus to the needs of the Commonwealth, including requirements that must be met by the offeror and information that must be included in the property sale request for offer. Certificate of public need exemption; nursing home facility in Amherst County. Directs the State Health Commissioner to accept and review applications and issue a certificate of public need for a new 90-bed nursing home facility, given the unique and extenuating circumstances of this potential facility, provided that such facility is located on the property of the former Central Virginia Training Center (CVTC) in Amherst County and is owned by the Commonwealth as of July 1, 2023. Establishes requirements for the sale of CVTC, in the event that the CVTC property is declared surplus to the needs of the Commonwealth, including requirements that must be met by the offeror and information that must be included in the property sale request for offer.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1453
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required. Requires each local school board to develop a plan for the placement, care, and use of an automated external defibrillator in every public elementary and secondary school in the local school division and to place an automated external defibrillator in every public elementary and secondary school in the local school division. Under current law, such a plan is optional and there is no requirement for each school board to place an automated external defibrillator in every public elementary and secondary school in the local school division. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Education to compile and make publicly available on its website by August 1, 2024 a list of available public and private programs, grants, or funding sources for fulfilling the requirements of the act.