Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR234
Introduced
1/6/23
Engrossed
1/12/23
Enrolled
1/16/23
Passed
1/16/23
Celebrating the life of Wilbert McKinley Bland, Sr.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR235
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states. Makes application to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR236
Introduced
1/7/23
Engrossed
1/12/23
Enrolled
1/16/23
Passed
1/16/23
Celebrating the life of Francis E. Zehr.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR237
Introduced
1/8/23
Engrossed
1/12/23
Enrolled
1/16/23
Passed
1/16/23
Commending the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR238
Introduced
1/8/23
Engrossed
1/19/23
Enrolled
1/23/23
Passed
1/23/23
Commending Vivian Cheatham.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR239
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/13/23
Study; Compensation Board; funding for deputy sheriffs; report. Requests the Compensation Board to study the feasibility and fiscal impact of including a locality's total square mileage when calculating funding for deputy sheriffs and to issue a report by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR24
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; necessity for and feasibility of creation of a unified gaming commission; report. Establishes an eight-member, one-year joint subcommittee to study the necessity for and feasibility of the creation of a unified gaming commission to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR240
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Study; Department of Energy; impacts of data center development; report. Directs the Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on Virginia's environment, economy, energy resources, and ability to meet carbon-reduction goals. Study; Department of Energy; impacts of data center development; report. Directs the Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on Virginia's environment, economy, energy resources, and ability to meet carbon-reduction goals.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR241
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/17/23
Passed
2/17/23
Study; Office of the Children's Ombudsman to continue study of legal representation in child dependency cases; report. Directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to continue its work group convened pursuant to Chapter 305 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022 to consider issues relating to the Commonwealth's model of court-appointed legal counsel in child dependency cases and to make recommendations for legislative and budgetary changes to address such issues to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice by November 30, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR242
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR243
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/17/23
Passed
2/17/23
Study; Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; membership increase. Increases the membership of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding from 11 to 13 by adding two local elected officials from separate regions of the Commonwealth representing Virginia's flood-prone communities. The resolution also replaces the existing member of the Joint Subcommittee who is a local official representing Virginia's flood-prone communities with a local official representing an area impacted by coastal flooding. Study; Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; membership increase. Increases the membership of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding from 11 to 13 by adding two local elected officials from separate regions of the Commonwealth representing Virginia's flood-prone communities. The resolution also replaces the existing member of the Joint Subcommittee who is a local official representing Virginia's flood-prone communities with a local official representing an area impacted by coastal flooding.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR244
Introduced
1/9/23
Engrossed
1/19/23
Enrolled
1/23/23
Passed
1/23/23
Commending Ann Pesiri Swanson.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR245
Introduced
1/9/23
Engrossed
1/12/23
Enrolled
1/16/23
Passed
1/16/23
Commending Viki Wellershaus.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR246
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/13/23
Study; Department of Education; feasibility of expanding waiver of teacher licensure requirements for certain hard-to-fill educator positions; report. Requests the Department of Education to study options for and the feasibility of expanding the criteria for granting a waiver of teacher licensure requirements for certain hard-to-fill educator positions, such as advanced or specialized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and computer science classes. In conducting its study, the Department shall (i) review the current law on granting a waiver of teacher licensure requirements; (ii) consider options for expanding the criteria for granting a waiver of teacher licensure requirements, with a focus on removing barriers to employing individuals to teach hard-to-fill elective and non-core courses, such as advanced or specialized STEM and computer science classes; and (iii) make recommendations on policies for granting a waiver of teacher licensure requirements, including amendments to the current law or pertinent regulations.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR247
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/13/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); tax and finance; exempt property; affordable housing tax exemption. Amends the Constitution of Virginia by providing that the General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to provide for the exemption from local real property taxation, or a portion thereof, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of real estate owned and occupied by persons of low income or low financial worth.