Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB789
Introduced
11/22/22
Refer
11/22/22
Report Pass
1/16/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB790
Introduced
11/22/22
Refer
11/22/22
Towing enforcement. Provides that violations of current law regarding tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators are subject to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill repeals the $150 civil penalty for certain towing violations in Planning District 8.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB791
Introduced
11/29/22
Refer
11/29/22
Establishment of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the SAFE Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older. Establishment of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the SAFE Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB792
Introduced
11/29/22
Refer
11/29/22
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of a driver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous other contexts. The bill establishes a civil penalty for violation of this prohibition by an employer.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB793
Introduced
11/29/22
Refer
11/29/22
Prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19. Provides that licensed health care providers with prescriptive authority may prescribe, administer, or dispense hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19. The bill prohibits the Board of Medicine from initiating a disciplinary action against a licensed health care provider solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19, provided such clinical diagnosis and treatment has been documented in the patient's medical record by such licensed health care provider.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB794
Introduced
11/30/22
Refer
11/30/22
Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB795
Introduced
11/30/22
Refer
11/30/22
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028, the $0.50 per head assessment from the sale of cattle in the Commonwealth that is collected and deposited in the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund to support the activities of the Cattle Industry Board.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB796
Introduced
12/1/22
Refer
12/1/22
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Corporate income tax returns; filing method for affiliated corporations. Removes the requirement that, in order for a group of affiliated corporations to be granted permission from the Tax Commissioner to change their filing status for corporate income tax purposes, for the previous tax year there would have been no decrease in tax liability computed under the proposed election as compared to the affiliated group's former filing method. The bill retains the current requirement that the affiliated group agree to file returns under both the new filing method and the former method and pay the greater of the two amounts for the taxable year in which the new election is effective and for the immediately succeeding taxable year.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB797
Introduced
12/1/22
Refer
12/1/22
Report Pass
1/13/23
Engrossed
1/17/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; membership. Increases from nine members to 11 members the State Board of Local and Regional Jails by requiring (i) the appointment of both a former sheriff and a former superintendent of a regional jail facility where current law requires appointment of only one former sheriff or one former warden, superintendent, administrator, or operations manager of a state or local correctional facility and (ii) the appointment of an additional member who is employed by a public mental health services agency with training in or clinical, managerial, or other relevant experience working with individuals subject to the criminal justice system who have mental illness.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB798
Introduced
12/2/22
Refer
12/2/22
Report Pass
1/13/23
Engrossed
1/17/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Individuals with disabilities; terminology. Replaces various instances of the terms "handicap," "handicapped," and similar variations throughout the Code of Virginia with alternative terms, as appropriate in the statutory context, such as "disability" and "impairment." The bill contains technical amendments. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB799
Introduced
12/4/22
Refer
12/4/22
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/18/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Evidence of medical reports, statements, or records; testimony of health care provider or custodian of records in juvenile and domestic relations district court; custody, visitation, placement, and support cases. Provides that in any civil case in a juvenile and domestic relations district court involving the custody, visitation, placement, or support of a child or spouse any party and any guardian ad litem may present evidence as to the extent, nature, and treatment of a party or child and the costs of such treatment and examination by (i) a report or statement from the treating or examining health care provider for his treatment of the party or child or (ii) the bills showing the costs of examination or treatment or records of a treating or examining health care provider for his treatment of a child or party under certain circumstances. The bill requires that such evidence be admitted if the party intending to present such evidence gives the opposing party written notice 30 days in advance of trial. The bill also requires that if any opposing party intends to file a pleading in response to such evidence, such party must do so at least 15 days in advance of trial.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB800
Introduced
12/15/22
Refer
12/15/22
Report Pass
2/5/23
Refer
2/13/23
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 2 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB801
Introduced
12/4/22
Refer
12/4/22
Report Pass
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/18/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Conservators of the peace; search warrants; military criminal investigative organizations. Provides that a special agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division and United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations shall be a conservator of the peace and may serve a search warrant jointly with a Virginia law-enforcement officer. Under current law, of the federal military investigation offices, only a special agent of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service has this authority. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB802
Introduced
12/5/22
Refer
12/5/22
Report Pass
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Licensure of professional counselors; Counseling Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Counseling Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselors to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and directs the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB803
Introduced
12/8/22
Refer
12/8/22
Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly in any one election cycle. No limits are placed on contributions made by the candidate or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign or by political party committees. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.