Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1529
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Right to life tax credit. Allows a refundable income tax credit of $250 for each birth of a dependent member of a taxpayer's household that occurs in taxable years 2023 through 2027. The credit is only available to a family with an annual household income that is not in excess of 400 percent of the current poverty guidelines and is subject to an aggregate cap of $25 million per taxable year. Credits shall be allocated on a pro rata basis if applications exceed such aggregate cap.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1530
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Standardized, Uniform, and Comprehensive Collaborative Exchange School Support (SUCCESS) Program; development and implementation. Requires the Department of Education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop a plan to establish and implement the Standardized, Uniform, and Comprehensive Collaborative Exchange School Support (SUCCESS) Program for the purpose of improving the collaboration between comprehensive community colleges and high schools in the Commonwealth and increasing access for high school students to opportunities for earning postsecondary credits toward completion of an associate's degree or credential by (i) maximizing technology and sharing resources between high schools and community colleges to allow instructional staff at community colleges to more easily teach high school students; (ii) providing transportation for high school students to and from their respective high schools and the community colleges at which they are participating in a dual enrollment program; (iii) standardizing the core curricula and the award of postsecondary credits for work completed through a dual enrollment program; and (iv) improving access to opportunities to earn postsecondary credits towards completion of an associate's degree or credential and increasing the ability of high school students to complete such degree or credential either prior to graduating from high school or more efficiently and quickly thereafter, with a focus on degrees or credentials in health care-related fields. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to report on their progress in developing the plan for the SUCCESS Program to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2023, and to implement the SUCCESS Program by the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year. Standardized, Uniform, and Comprehensive Collaborative Exchange School Support (SUCCESS) Program; development and implementation. Requires the Department of Education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop a plan to establish and implement the Standardized, Uniform, and Comprehensive Collaborative Exchange School Support (SUCCESS) Program for the purpose of improving the collaboration between comprehensive community colleges and high schools in the Commonwealth and increasing access for high school students to opportunities for earning postsecondary credits toward completion of an associate's degree or credential by (i) maximizing technology and sharing resources between high schools and community colleges to allow instructional staff at community colleges to more easily teach high school students; (ii) providing transportation for high school students to and from their respective high schools and the community colleges at which they are participating in a dual enrollment program; (iii) standardizing the core curricula and the award of postsecondary credits for work completed through a dual enrollment program; and (iv) improving access to opportunities to earn postsecondary credits towards completion of an associate's degree or credential and increasing the ability of high school students to complete such degree or credential either prior to graduating from high school or more efficiently and quickly thereafter, with a focus on degrees or credentials in health care-related fields. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to report on their progress in developing the plan for the SUCCESS Program to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2023, and to implement the SUCCESS Program by the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1531
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; Department of Health; Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative; hospital regulations; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to facilitate strengthening collaboration on neonatal and perinatal care of women and infants to positively impact maternal and child health care outcomes in the Commonwealth. The work group shall submit a report of its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2023. Secretary of Health and Human Resources; Department of Health; Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative; hospital regulations; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to facilitate strengthening collaboration on neonatal and perinatal care of women and infants to positively impact maternal and child health care outcomes in the Commonwealth. The work group shall submit a report of its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1532
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Protective orders; extensions and continuances; penalty. Provides that if a petitioner files a written motion requesting a hearing to extend a permanent protective order, the court may issue an ex parte protective order until the extension hearing, which shall be held within 15 days of the issuance of such ex parte protective order and may be held after the expiration of the permanent protective order. If the respondent fails to appear at the extension hearing because the respondent was not personally served with such motion, a new date for the extension hearing shall be given and the judge may extend the ex parte preliminary protective order until the new date. The bill also provides that if the respondent was personally served, where the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that a continuance is necessary to meet the ends of justice or the respondent shows good cause, the court may continue the extension hearing and such ex parte preliminary protective order shall remain in effect until the extension hearing.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1533
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility. Allows a pharmaceutical processor that has obtained a permit to operate a pharmaceutical processing facility from the Board of Pharmacy to establish, if authorized by the Board, one additional location for the cultivation of cannabis plants, which must be located within the same health service area as the pharmaceutical processing facility. The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to consider certain factors in determining whether to authorize an additional cultivation location. Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility. Allows a pharmaceutical processor that has obtained a permit to operate a pharmaceutical processing facility from the Board of Pharmacy to establish, if authorized by the Board, one additional location for the cultivation of cannabis plants, which must be located within the same health service area as the pharmaceutical processing facility. The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to consider certain factors in determining whether to authorize an additional cultivation location.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1534
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Collection and reporting of data related to adults charged with a criminal offense punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment; Virginia Longitudinal Data System. Allows the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to contribute the statewide and locality-level data it collects on adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by incarceration to the Virginia Longitudinal Data System administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1535
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Smyth-Washington Regional Industrial Facilities Authority; dissolution. Dissolves the Smyth-Washington Regional Industrial Facilities Authority upon the request of the Authority's board of directors and satisfaction of the statutory requirements for the dissolution of regional industrial facilities authorities.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1536
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Charter; City of Norton; municipal elections; boundaries; school board. Makes several changes to the charter for the City of Norton to reflect the city's shift from May to November municipal elections. Other changes update the city's boundary description and remove outdated provisions related to an appointed school board.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1537
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the act of assembly from the 2022 Session that repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County effective November 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1538
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
State plan for medical assistance services; pharmacy services. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide reimbursement when the services provided for by the state plan for medical assistance services are services by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern (i) performed under the terms of a collaborative agreement as defined in relevant law and consistent with the terms of a managed care contractor provider contract or the state plan or (ii) related to services and treatment in accordance with relevant law. State plan for medical assistance services; pharmacy services. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide reimbursement when the services provided for by the state plan for medical assistance services are services by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern (i) performed under the terms of a collaborative agreement as defined in relevant law and consistent with the terms of a managed care contractor provider contract or the state plan or (ii) related to services and treatment in accordance with relevant law.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1539
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Practice of dentistry; botulinum toxin injections. Provides that, in addition to the possession and administration of botulinum toxin injections for dental purposes, a dentist may possess and administer botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes, provided that the dentist has completed training and continuing education in the administration of botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes. The bill requires the Board of Dentistry, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, to amend its regulations to establish training and continuing education requirements for dentists related to the administration of botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes and requires the Board of Dentistry to amend its regulations to remove botulinum toxin injections from the list of procedures requiring additional certification. Practice of dentistry; botulinum toxin injections. Provides that, in addition to the possession and administration of botulinum toxin injections for dental purposes, a dentist may possess and administer botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes, provided that the dentist has completed training and continuing education in the administration of botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes. The bill requires the Board of Dentistry, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, to amend its regulations to establish training and continuing education requirements for dentists related to the administration of botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes and requires the Board of Dentistry to amend its regulations to remove botulinum toxin injections from the list of procedures requiring additional certification.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1540
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offer to consumer; exemptions. Exempts extended service contract providers, and their affiliates, regulated by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and insurers or entities regulated by Title 38.2 (Insurance) from provisions of law governing automatic renewal and continuous service offers to consumers. The bill also amends the definition of "automatic renewal" to mean a plan or arrangement in which a paid subscription or purchasing agreement is automatically renewed at the end of a definite term for a subsequent term of more than one month. Current law does not specify the length of the subsequent renewal term.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1541
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
State Corporation Commission; certain electricity transmission projects. Directs the State Corporation Commission to issue its final order for certificates of public convenience and necessity regarding certain projects no later than 270 days after the filing date by a utility. For such projects filed by a utility prior to January 1, 2023, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to issue its final order for certificates of public convenience and necessity within 90 days of the bill's effective date.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1542
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; certain firearm-related offenses; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of certain felony offenses involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and reduces enhanced earned sentence credit to zero for a person who receives a felony conviction for an offense that occurred while a prisoner in a local, state, or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof. Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; certain firearm-related offenses; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of certain felony offenses involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and reduces enhanced earned sentence credit to zero for a person who receives a felony conviction for an offense that occurred while a prisoner in a local, state, or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1543
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Casino gaming; eligible host localities.