Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1514
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
General registrars; petition for removal. Provides for the removal of a general registrar by the circuit court upon a petition signed by a majority of the members of the State Board of Elections or a majority of the members of the local electoral board. Currently, a local electoral board may remove a general registrar with a majority vote, while the State Board of Elections may petition the circuit court to remove a general registrar only after petitioning the local electoral board to remove the registrar and the electoral board fails to do so. The bill requires the Virginia Division of Risk Management to assign counsel to the defense of any member of a local electoral board or general registrar subject to a petition for removal, upon that member's or registrar's application.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1515
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
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the Internet. Creates a civil cause of action for any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes on the Internet material harmful to minors, as defined in the bill, and that does not take reasonable steps to verify that the age of a person attempting to access such material harmful to minors is 18 years of age or older. The bill also clarifies the definition of "sexual conduct" so that it is neutral regarding sexual orientation for the purpose of crimes related to prohibited sales and loans to juveniles. Civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the Internet. Creates a civil cause of action for any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes on the Internet material harmful to minors, as defined in the bill, and that does not take reasonable steps to verify that the age of a person attempting to access such material harmful to minors is 18 years of age or older. The bill also clarifies the definition of "sexual conduct" so that it is neutral regarding sexual orientation for the purpose of crimes related to prohibited sales and loans to juveniles.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1516
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Elections; general provisions and administration; guidance to local election officials from third parties. Provides that any election official who receives guidance pertaining to voter registration or the administration of elections from any instrument of the federal government, any civil society group, or any other third party that is not an agent of the Commonwealth shall immediately report such receipt to the Department of Elections and that no election official may implement such guidance without written authorization by the Department.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1517
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Courts of record; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; confidentiality of papers and proceedings; waiver. Removes the confidentiality of the findings of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission) if, upon the conclusion of the Commission's proceedings, the Commission finds that suspension of the subject judge is the most appropriate action or if the subject judge appeals the final determination of the Commission to the Supreme Court. The bill clarifies that any identifying information of any persons other than such subject judge shall be redacted prior to making such information available for public inspection.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1518
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Amends the definition of "Texas Hold'em poker tournament" to include an organized competition of players who (i) pay an initial seating fee for entry into the competition and an additional seating fee up to once every 30 minutes, thereby allowing such players to purchase additional poker chips as needed for use in the competition, and (ii) may be seated at no more than 4 tables consisting of 10 players each simultaneously playing Texas Hold'em poker games. The bill prohibits a qualified organization from charging any initial or additional seating fee in excess of $8 for the conduct of any such Texas Hold'em poker tournament and requires qualified organizations to hire a security officer that is licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to be present during the times that any tournament is being played. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to use at least 30 percent of its gross receipts from the conduct of Texas Hold'em poker tournaments for (a) those lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes for which the organization is specifically chartered or organized or (b) those expenses related to the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or repair of any interest in real property involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. This bill requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to certify that any individual acting as a dealer is 21 years of age or older and defines the required knowledge and skill for such individuals. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to appoint a game manager and post a sign in a conspicuous location at the place where the organization collects of money for chips or seating fees, stating that the game manager is present and outlining the game manager's responsibilities. Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Amends the definition of "Texas Hold'em poker tournament" to include an organized competition of players who (i) pay an initial seating fee for entry into the competition and an additional seating fee up to once every 30 minutes, thereby allowing such players to purchase additional poker chips as needed for use in the competition, and (ii) may be seated at no more than 4 tables consisting of 10 players each simultaneously playing Texas Hold'em poker games. The bill prohibits a qualified organization from charging any initial or additional seating fee in excess of $8 for the conduct of any such Texas Hold'em poker tournament and requires qualified organizations to hire a security officer that is licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to be present during the times that any tournament is being played. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to use at least 30 percent of its gross receipts from the conduct of Texas Hold'em poker tournaments for (a) those lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes for which the organization is specifically chartered or organized or (b) those expenses related to the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or repair of any interest in real property involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. This bill requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to certify that any individual acting as a dealer is 21 years of age or older and defines the required knowledge and skill for such individuals. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to appoint a game manager and post a sign in a conspicuous location at the place where the organization collects of money for chips or seating fees, stating that the game manager is present and outlining the game manager's responsibilities.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1519
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Failed
2/7/23
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan; duties of governing board. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan (the Plan) and amends all relevant references to "college savings trust account" to "education savings trust account." The bill provides that the purpose of the Plan is to enhance the accessibility, affordability, and attainability of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill expands the duties of the governing board (the board) of the Plan to include developing, implementing, and funding programs or partnerships to enhance the accessibility, affordability, and attainability of higher education for underserved and underrepresented communities and students and authorizes the board to develop policies for the funding and review of such programs or partnerships. The bill expands the definition of "current obligations of the Plan" to include any additional benefit or educational access, affordability, and attainability program or partnership developed pursuant to the Plan. The bill further prohibits any officer, director, or member of the board or of any advisory committee to the board from being held personally liable for any loss suffered by the Plan. Finally, the bill provides that any benefit paid on any prepaid tuition contract entered into prior to July 1, 2019, may be supplemented by an additional benefit, subject to the determination and discretion of the board. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1520
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Capital outlay funding. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,664,500 for the state share of certain approved capital project costs and amends 2016 legislation to authorize the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee to meet four times annually rather than quarterly. Capital outlay funding. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,664,500 for the state share of certain approved capital project costs and amends 2016 legislation to authorize the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee to meet four times annually rather than quarterly.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1521
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Failed
2/25/23
Revenue reserves and budgetary amendments. Increases the maximum combined amount in the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the Revenue Reserve Fund from 15 percent to 20 percent of the Commonwealth's average annual tax revenues derived from taxes on income and retail sales for the preceding three years. The bill also increases from five percent to eight percent the estimated amount of general fund revenues that exceed the actual general fund revenues for the immediately preceding fiscal year to trigger additional deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund that shall be included in the Governor's budget recommendations. Revenue reserves and budgetary amendments. Increases the maximum combined amount in the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the Revenue Reserve Fund from 15 percent to 20 percent of the Commonwealth's average annual tax revenues derived from taxes on income and retail sales for the preceding three years. The bill also increases from five percent to eight percent the estimated amount of general fund revenues that exceed the actual general fund revenues for the immediately preceding fiscal year to trigger additional deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund that shall be included in the Governor's budget recommendations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1522
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Data centers and cloud computing; sales tax exemption; grant fund. Creates the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund for the purpose of providing grants to qualified companies, defined in the bill as a company, including its affiliates, that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and is expected to (i) make or cause to be made a capital investment of at least $50 billion and (ii) create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs that pay an average annual wage of at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the locality where the job is located. The bill requires that, in order to become a qualified company, a company successfully complete a qualification process that includes an endorsement from the MEI Commission and approval in the appropriation act for the amount of grants that are to be provided. Data centers and cloud computing; sales tax exemption; grant fund. Creates the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund for the purpose of providing grants to qualified companies, defined in the bill as a company, including its affiliates, that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and is expected to (i) make or cause to be made a capital investment of at least $50 billion and (ii) create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs that pay an average annual wage of at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the locality where the job is located. The bill requires that, in order to become a qualified company, a company successfully complete a qualification process that includes an endorsement from the MEI Commission and approval in the appropriation act for the amount of grants that are to be provided. The bill also extends the data center sales and use tax exemption to 2040 for a data center operator that (a) makes a capital investment of at least $35 billion in data centers in the Commonwealth and (b) creates at least 1,000 direct new jobs, of which at least 100 of such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the Commonwealth. Such data center operator shall be eligible for further extension of the sales and use tax exemption to 2050 if the data center operator (1) makes a total capital investment of at least $100 billion, inclusive of the initial $35 billion investment, and (2) creates a total of at least 2,500 direct new jobs, of which at least 100 of such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the Commonwealth, inclusive of the 1,000 jobs initially created.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1523
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Modification of sentence for marijuana related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2022, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2023, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The bill also allows persons convicted of any felony offense committed prior to July 1, 2022, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2023, and whose sentence may have been enhanced because of a previous felony marijuana offense or without the involvement of marijuana such felony offense conviction or felony sentence enhancement would not have been possible, as the involvement of marijuana was necessary to satisfy the elements of the charged offense or the sentence enhancement, to petition the circuit court for modification of such person's sentence. The bill requires such petition to be filed by July 1, 2025. The provisions of this bill sunset on July 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1524
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/8/23
Charter; City of Virginia Beach; vacancies in office of council member and mayor. Alters the process for filling vacancies in the office of council member and mayor in the City of Virginia Beach by replacing council appointments with special elections. Charter; City of Virginia Beach; vacancies in office of council member and mayor. Alters the process for filling vacancies in the office of council member and mayor in the City of Virginia Beach by replacing council appointments with special elections.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1525
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Wholesome food donation tax credit. Renews the wholesome food donation tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2028. The bill allows any person engaged in the business of farming that donates food crops or wholesome food, defined in the bill, produced by the person in the Commonwealth to a nonprofit food bank to claim a tax credit for the taxable year of the donation in the amount of 50 percent of the fair market value of such donation, not to exceed $10,000 for all such donations made by the person during such year.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1526
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Certificate of public need; certain cardiology-related services; exemption. Exempts from the requirements of a certificate of public need certain outpatient cardiology-related services performed in connection with a Department of Health or Division of Certificate of Public Need pilot program for cardiovascular single specialty use ambulatory surgery centers authorized by an executive order of the Governor that are approved for reimbursement and performed in a facility certified as a Medicare and Medicaid supplier by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Certificate of public need; certain cardiology-related services; exemption. Exempts from the requirements of a certificate of public need certain outpatient cardiology-related services performed in connection with a Department of Health or Division of Certificate of Public Need pilot program for cardiovascular single specialty use ambulatory surgery centers authorized by an executive order of the Governor that are approved for reimbursement and performed in a facility certified as a Medicare and Medicaid supplier by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1527
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
Charitable gaming; definitions; organization; social organization. Amends the definitions of "organization" and "social organization" for the purpose of charitable gaming in the Commonwealth to include (i) an organization (a) established on or before December 31, 1963, as a result of its members being prohibited from joining similar existing organizations because of laws such as the Public Assemblages Act of 1926; (b) that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (c) that is operated, and has always been operated, for community awareness and action through educational, economic, and cultural service activities; and (ii) an organization established on or before December 31, 1977, that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and is incorporated, in part, to raise funds for donation to organizations whose missions include promoting early detection of and public education about and supporting research and treatment options for heart disease and various cancers. Charitable gaming; definitions; organization; social organization. Amends the definitions of "organization" and "social organization" for the purpose of charitable gaming in the Commonwealth to include (i) an organization (a) established on or before December 31, 1963, as a result of its members being prohibited from joining similar existing organizations because of laws such as the Public Assemblages Act of 1926; (b) that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (c) that is operated, and has always been operated, for community awareness and action through educational, economic, and cultural service activities; and (ii) an organization established on or before December 31, 1977, that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and is incorporated, in part, to raise funds for donation to organizations whose missions include promoting early detection of and public education about and supporting research and treatment options for heart disease and various cancers.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1528
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Libraries; acquisition of books and other library matter; electronic literary material. Provides certain restrictions, outlined in the bill, for publishers contracting with The Library of Virginia and other libraries for the purpose of acquiring a license for electronic literary materials.