Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1499
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chief executive officer; criteria. Provides that the chief executive officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority may be the individual who holds the title of Vice-President for Health Sciences of Virginia Commonwealth University, or such other title as subsequently established by the University's board of visitors for the chief academic and administrative officer for the Health Sciences Schools of the University. Current law requires the chief executive officer to hold such title. Public institutions of higher education; Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chief executive officer; criteria. Provides that the chief executive officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority may be the individual who holds the title of Vice-President for Health Sciences of Virginia Commonwealth University, or such other title as subsequently established by the University's board of visitors for the chief academic and administrative officer for the Health Sciences Schools of the University. Current law requires the chief executive officer to hold such title.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1500
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Potomac River Fisheries Commission; authority. Repeals the authority of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission in certain areas of the Potomac River to (i) regulate an experimental oyster hatchery program, (ii) regulate the dredging of oysters, and (iii) regulate leasing of the river bottom or water column.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1501
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Department of Environmental Quality regulations; civil penalties; written notice of violation. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality, prior to assessing any civil penalty against any person for an alleged violation of a regulation adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board, the Virginia Waste Management Board, or the State Water Control Board or permit issued by the Department, to inform such person in writing of the alleged violation, the potential penalties, and the actions necessary to achieve compliance and remediate the alleged violation. The Department may allow such person 30 days to take such actions and to provide any additional, relevant facts to the Department, including facts that demonstrate a good-faith attempt to achieve compliance. Department of Environmental Quality regulations; civil penalties; written notice of violation. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality, prior to assessing any civil penalty against any person for an alleged violation of a regulation adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board, the Virginia Waste Management Board, or the State Water Control Board or permit issued by the Department, to inform such person in writing of the alleged violation, the potential penalties, and the actions necessary to achieve compliance and remediate the alleged violation. The Department may allow such person 30 days to take such actions and to provide any additional, relevant facts to the Department, including facts that demonstrate a good-faith attempt to achieve compliance.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1502
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
State taxes; reassessment and refund upon filing of amended return or payment of assessment. Allows a refund or credit on either an actual or projected basis for erroneous tax payments made during the identical period during which any sales or use tax assessment is outstanding on or that is assessed on and after July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1503
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Social Work Advisory Board; established; report. Establishes the Social Work Advisory Board to advise the Governor on efforts to improve the social work profession in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Social Work Advisory Board to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations. Social Work Advisory Board; established; report. Establishes the Social Work Advisory Board to advise the Governor on efforts to improve the social work profession in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Social Work Advisory Board to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1504
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; removal of name and identifying information. Creates an additional process for a person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to have his name and information removed from the Registry through a removal request form submitted to the Virginia State Police if such person is required to register for a single Tier I or Tier II misdemeanor offense and otherwise meets certain eligibility criteria. The bill requires the Virginia State Police to remove from the Registry the name of any person and all identifying information within 30 days of receipt of the removal request form upon determining that such person has met the eligibility requirements. Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; removal of name and identifying information. Creates an additional process for a person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to have his name and information removed from the Registry through a removal request form submitted to the Virginia State Police if such person is required to register for a single Tier I or Tier II misdemeanor offense and otherwise meets certain eligibility criteria. The bill requires the Virginia State Police to remove from the Registry the name of any person and all identifying information within 30 days of receipt of the removal request form upon determining that such person has met the eligibility requirements. The bill directs the Virginia State Police to develop a form for requesting removal from the Registry and make such form available on its website on or before October 1, 2023; such form shall also include information on how to obtain a criminal history record check, the link to the record check form, the cost of the record check, and the address to which the removal request should be returned. The bill also directs the Virginia State Police shall send a letter by first-class mail notifying every person currently on the Registry of the change in the name removal process on or before October 1, 2023. Current law only allows a person to petition the circuit court in which he was convicted or the circuit court in the jurisdiction where he resides for removal of his name and all identifying information from the Registry after such person is eligible.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1505
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Recycling and waste disposal; unpaid fees; lien. Authorizes a locality to recover unpaid charges, including interest, for recycling and waste disposal services. The bill provides that if such charges are combined with real estate taxes, that such action shall constitute a lien against the property identified in the billing, ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid taxes, and authorizes localities to combine billings for recycling and waste disposal charges with billings for water or sewer charges, stormwater charges, real property tax assessments, or other billings.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1506
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Income tax credits; neighborhood assistance act and Income tax credits; neighborhood assistance act and education improvement scholarships. Makes several amendments to the neighborhood assistance act and education improvement scholarships tax credits. The bill increases from $9 million to $25 million beginning in fiscal year 2023 the limit on neighborhood assistance act tax credits approved by the Commissioner of Social Services. When added to the current limit of $8 million on such tax credits approved by the Commissioner of Social Services, the overall limit on such tax credits would be $33 million. The bill provides that the annual allocation of such tax credits among neighborhood organizations shall not rely solely on the amount of credits awarded in the previous year. The bill authorizes scholarship foundations, which are the sole recipient of funding from the issuance of education improvement scholarships tax credits, to receive funding for scholastic assistance, defined in the bill as counseling or supportive services to elementary or secondary school students or their parents in developing a postsecondary academic or vocational education plan, including college financing options for such students or their parents, provided by a scholarship foundation at a public school with which the foundation is under contract. Under current law, scholarship foundations may receive funding from such tax credits only for the purpose of providing scholarships. The bill allows certified public accountants to receive tax credits for donations of accounting services to scholarship organizations and makes decisions of the Department of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the qualification of a scholarship foundation or the awarding of such tax credits subject to judicial appeal; currently, such decisions are final.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1507
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Criminal proceedings; disposition when defendant found incompetent; evaluation for temporary detention. Requires a competency evaluation report, when ordered to determine whether a defendant charged with certain misdemeanors lacks capacity to stand trial, to identify whether the defendant should be evaluated to determine whether he meets the criteria for temporary detention in the event that he is found incompetent but restorable or incompetent for the foreseeable future. The bill allows the court, when an evaluation for temporary detention is recommended, to order the local community services board or behavioral health authority to conduct an evaluation of the defendant and, if the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for a temporary detention order. The bill requires the community services board or behavioral health authority to notify the court, in writing, within 72 hours of the completion of the evaluation. In cases in which the defendant fails or refuses to appear for the evaluation, the bill requires the community services board or behavioral health authority to notify the court of such failure or refusal and requires the court to issue a mandatory examination order and capias directing the local primary law-enforcement agency to transport the defendant to the location designated by the community services board or behavioral health authority for examination. The bill repeals the sunset on the provisions of Chapter 508 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, which also relate to competency and temporary detention evaluations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1508
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies; provisional license. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum period of time during which a person may operate an assisted living facility, adult day care center, or child welfare agency under a provisional license issued by the Commissioner of Social Services.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1509
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Home solicitation sale; definition. Clarifies that the definition of a "home solicitation sale" includes a solicitation of the sale or lease of goods or services in which the seller engages in a solicitation without prior invitation or appointment. The bill excludes from the definition of "home solicitation sale" (i) consumer sales made by an entity regulated by the Bureau of Insurance, an affiliate of any such entity, or a dealer licensed by the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board and (ii) sales made entirely by telephone or electronic means at the initiation of the buyer without any other contact between the buyer and the seller.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1510
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Orders for involuntary outpatient evaluations and services; Orders for involuntary outpatient evaluations and services; evidence of defendant's mental condition. Allows the court, if a defendant is found not guilty of any offense after a trial at which evidence of his mental condition was admitted, to enter an order for an outpatient evaluation of the defendant if the court finds probable cause to believe the defendant meets the criteria for an outpatient evaluation set forth in the bill. The bill requires the court to subsequently enter an order for outpatient services if it finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the defendant has a mental condition, defined in the bill; the defendant engaged in conduct that created a risk of harm to himself or others; the conduct was related to the defendant's mental condition; the defendant is in need of outpatient treatment to prevent a relapse or deterioration of his mental condition; and there is a reasonable likelihood that community-based services for the defendant's mental condition will reduce the risk of harm. The bill imposes a time limit of 180 days on orders for outpatient services and provides processes for rescinding and continuing the order. The bill requires that orders for outpatient services include an outpatient services plan prepared by the community services board or behavioral health authority. The bill also clarifies a defendant's ability to offer evidence regarding his mental condition at the time of the alleged offense in certain circumstances if such evidence tends to show that the defendant did not have the requisite intent required for the offense charged.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1511
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Land use classifications; property qualifications. Allows a property that formerly participated in and continues to meet the qualifications of a state or federal soil and water conservation program but is no longer receiving payments or other compensation as a result of such program to continue to be eligible for designation as real estate devoted to agricultural use and real estate devoted to horticultural use. The bill further states that the presence of noxious weeds or woody growth shall not be the sole basis for denial of a property's designation as real estate devoted to agricultural use. Further, the bill requires that the application form for taxation on the basis of a use assessment allow a landowner who received payments or compensation as a result of the former participation of his property in a state or federal soil and water conservation program, and whose property continues to meet the qualifications of such program but is no longer receiving such payments or compensation, to certify that the land continues to meet the requirements of such program for the purposes of classification. Land use classifications; property qualifications. Allows a property that formerly participated in and continues to meet the qualifications of a state or federal soil and water conservation program but is no longer receiving payments or other compensation as a result of such program to continue to be eligible for designation as real estate devoted to agricultural use and real estate devoted to horticultural use. The bill further states that the presence of noxious weeds or woody growth shall not be the sole basis for denial of a property's designation as real estate devoted to agricultural use. Further, the bill requires that the application form for taxation on the basis of a use assessment allow a landowner who received payments or compensation as a result of the former participation of his property in a state or federal soil and water conservation program, and whose property continues to meet the qualifications of such program but is no longer receiving such payments or compensation, to certify that the land continues to meet the requirements of such program for the purposes of classification.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1512
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments to annually report the number of temporary detention order evaluations completed, the number of temporary detention orders petitioned, the number of individuals evaluated for temporary detention who were determined to not meet the criteria for temporary detention, and the number of individuals under a temporary detention order admitted to a state facility to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025. Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments to annually report the number of temporary detention order evaluations completed, the number of temporary detention orders petitioned, the number of individuals evaluated for temporary detention who were determined to not meet the criteria for temporary detention, and the number of individuals under a temporary detention order admitted to a state facility to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1513
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
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
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership. Adds the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the State Executive Council for Children's Services. The bill also adds a representative from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the state and local advisory team tasked with advising the Council, managing cooperative efforts at the state level, and supporting local community efforts. State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership. Adds the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the State Executive Council for Children's Services. The bill also adds a representative from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the state and local advisory team tasked with advising the Council, managing cooperative efforts at the state level, and supporting local community efforts.