Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1484
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by the public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building. Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by the public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1485
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Natural gas utilities; retail supply choice. Allows every person access to distribution service or retail natural gas from a natural gas company authorized to provide natural gas service to the area where the service will be received. The bill prohibits a public entity from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or any other requirement that limits or prohibits customers from acquiring natural gas service and supply from both utility and non-utility gas companies. The bill prohibits public entities from denying building permits solely based on a proposed utility provider and directs public entities to ensure that all applicable permits and fees are reasonable, as compared to other utility providers, and do not restrict an applicant's ability to use the services of an authorized utility provider.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1486
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
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
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Retired judges temporarily recalled to service; per diem compensation. Raises from $200 to $400 the per diem compensation for any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission who is retired and who is temporarily recalled to service. Retired judges temporarily recalled to service; per diem compensation. Raises from $200 to $400 the per diem compensation for any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission who is retired and who is temporarily recalled to service.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1487
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Alkaline hydrolysis; registration; regulations. Establishes a registration requirement for alkaline hydrolysis providers. The bill defines alkaline hydrolysis and adds alkaline hydrolysis and hydrolyzed remains to statutes dealing with cremation and cremains. The bill grants the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers the power to inspect alkaline hydrolysis providers and their operations. The bill requires the Board of Funeral Directors to consult with the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Health, and representatives of wastewater treatment facilities and funeral service associations to promulgate regulations related to alkaline hydrolysis. Alkaline hydrolysis; registration; regulations. Establishes a registration requirement for alkaline hydrolysis providers. The bill defines alkaline hydrolysis and adds alkaline hydrolysis and hydrolyzed remains to statutes dealing with cremation and cremains. The bill grants the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers the power to inspect alkaline hydrolysis providers and their operations. The bill requires the Board of Funeral Directors to consult with the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Health, and representatives of wastewater treatment facilities and funeral service associations to promulgate regulations related to alkaline hydrolysis.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1488
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill also removes the substantial risk order registry for the entry of orders issued.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1489
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition. Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1490
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Selling, giving, or distributing a substance containing fentanyl; penalties. Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substance he knows or should know contains two milligrams or more of any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to another person without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given, or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder of the first degree by poison. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift, or distribution results in the death of the other person from his use of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold, gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the first degree by poison.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1491
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management; contract requirements. Excludes construction management contracts involving infrastructure projects from the requirement that no more than 10 percent of the construction work be performed by the construction manager with its own forces and that the remaining 90 percent of the construction work be performed by subcontractors of the construction manager.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1492
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area; exceptions for State Police officers. Adds an exception for off-duty State Police officers and retired State Police officers to the prohibition on carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area; exceptions for State Police officers. Adds an exception for off-duty State Police officers and retired State Police officers to the prohibition on carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1493
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Moves the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (the Board of Visitors) from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Education to under the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the responsibilities of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Moves the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (the Board of Visitors) from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Education to under the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the responsibilities of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1494
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Procedure for disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys by three-judge circuit court. Provides that any former attorney who has had his license revoked and filed a petition for reinstatement with the Virginia State Bar may elect and demand that such reinstatement proceedings be conducted by a three-judge circuit court. The bill also provides that a decision from a three-judge circuit court convened to sit for disciplinary matters or reinstatement proceedings may be appealled to the Court of Appeals and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Under current law for disciplinary matters, the appeal is to the Supreme Court. Procedure for disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys by three-judge circuit court. Provides that any former attorney who has had his license revoked and filed a petition for reinstatement with the Virginia State Bar may elect and demand that such reinstatement proceedings be conducted by a three-judge circuit court. The bill also provides that a decision from a three-judge circuit court convened to sit for disciplinary matters or reinstatement proceedings may be appealled to the Court of Appeals and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Under current law for disciplinary matters, the appeal is to the Supreme Court.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1495
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/10/23
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
Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs. Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1496
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Natural gas utility facility replacement projects; exemption from planning, subdivision of land, and zoning provisions. Revises the definition of "natural gas utility facility replacement project" to specify that such projects are subject to the provisions that govern construction and repair permits within right-of-way lines of public roadways but are exempt from the provisions that govern planning, subdivision of land, and zoning.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1497
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; proprietary records and trade secrets; Fort Monroe Authority. Excludes from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act trade secrets, proprietary information, or financial information supplied by an individual or a private or nongovernmental entity to the Fort Monroe Authority for the purpose of complying with the obligations of any lease, easement, license, permit, or other agreement, whether of a commercial or residential real estate nature, pertaining to the use or occupancy of any portion of Fort Monroe. The bill provides that in order for such trade secrets, proprietary information, or financial information to be excluded, the applicant shall (i) invoke this exclusion upon submission of the data or other materials for which protection from disclosure is sought, (ii) identify with specificity the data or other materials for which protection is sought, and (iii) state the reasons why protection is necessary.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1498
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility. Extends eligibility for the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program to the lineal and collateral descendants of persons who were residing in jurisdictions in Virginia in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation between 1954 and 1964 and whose educations were affected by the school closings. Currently, only persons who resided in such jurisdictions at the time of the school closings are eligible for the program.