Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1168
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Provides that a person who is eligible for the real property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses is entitled to a refund, retroactive to his date of eligibility, of taxes paid during the period of exemption, excluding interest or penalties. Under the bill, the refund is exempt from the statute of limitations for applications for correction of an assessment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1190
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Motor vehicle sales and use tax; definition of sale price. Excludes from the sale price for determining motor vehicle sales and use tax the amount of any credit given by the seller for any motor vehicle taken as a trade-in.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1210
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Historic preservation. Provides that the filing of a historic designation application shall stay a locality from issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark, building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the final decision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any resident of the locality who provided public input on the locality's historic district plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any final decision of the governing body pursuant to such application.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1232
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Behavioral Health Commission; membership. Adds two nonlegislative citizen members who have received or are receiving services from the Commonwealth's behavioral health system, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a local law-enforcement officer serving a jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a behavioral health services provider providing services in the Commonwealth, and one nonlegislative citizen member who is a certified peer recovery specialist or registered peer recovery specialist to the membership of the Behavioral Health Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1246
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard. Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1253
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; licensure by apprenticeship. Requires the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to grant a license to an applicant for licensure by apprenticeship if the applicant has (i) completed an apprenticeship in an occupation that is regulated by a board, and such board grants licensure to individuals in such occupation or an occupation with a similar scope of practice; (ii) passed all requisite examinations; and (iii) paid all applicable fees, as determined by the board. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1295
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Personal property tax; farm machinery and farm implements. Provides that a locality may exempt from tangible personal property taxes certain farm machinery and farm implements, which shall include (i) freezer and refrigeration equipment for storage and sale of on-farm-produced meat, produce, and grain and (ii) season-extending vegetable hoop houses used for in-field production of produce.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1307
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Kratom; prohibited acts; civil penalty. Provides that no person that sells, prepares, manufactures, distributes, or maintains kratom products, as defined in the bill, or advertises, represents, or holds itself out as selling, preparing, manufacturing, distributing, or maintaining kratom products shall prepare, distribute, sell, or expose for sale (i) any kratom product that is includes or is packed with a substance that is not kratom and that affects the quality or strength of the kratom product or that contains any poisonous or otherwise deleterious ingredient; (ii) any kratom product that contains a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than two percent of the overall alkaloid composition of the product or any synthetic alkaloids or other synthetically derived compounds of the kratom plant; (iii) any kratom extract that contains levels of residual solvents that are higher than is allowed in Chapter 467 of current edition of the United States Pharmacopeia; or (iv) any kratom product that does not provide labeling directions necessary for safe and effective use by consumers, including a recommended serving size. The bill provides that any person that violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $100 for a first violation, a civil penalty in the amount of $200 for a second violation, and a civil penalty in the amount of $500 for a third or subsequent violation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1315
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts. Requires, within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or (iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use or possession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing, each division superintendent to notify the parent of each student enrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrant behavior, or unlawful act. School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts. Requires, within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or (iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use or possession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing, each division superintendent to notify the parent of each student enrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrant behavior, or unlawful act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1340
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Department of Criminal Justice Services; Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; court-appointed counsel; training standards for interacting with victims of criminal sexual assault. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth for sensitivity to and awareness of cultural diversity when interviewing, questioning, or examining in any court proceeding a victim of a criminal sexual offense. The bill also provides that to initially qualify to serve as appointed counsel for an indigent defendant in a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court, such attorney shall have completed at least eight hours of MCLE-approved continuing legal education developed by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission on the topic of diversity, racial bias, or cultural sensitivity when interviewing, cross-examining, or representing the victim of a criminal sexual offense.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1354
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of probation and parole records. Provides for an exception to the discretionary release of records of adult persons under investigation or supervision by state probation and parole services by requiring the mandatory release of such records, upon request, to any criminal justice agency, defined in the bill, located within the probation and parole district in which the public body that is the custodian of the requested records is located.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1362
Introduced
1/31/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Short-term rentals; localities' ability to restrict. Clarifies that short-term rentals may be operated in any locality in the absence of an ordinance pursuant to the locality's general land use and zoning authority restricting short-term rentals.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1365
Introduced
7/18/22
Refer
7/18/22
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail. Creates a rebuttable presumption against bail for certain criminal offenses enumerated in the bill and for persons identified as being illegally present in the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who are charged with certain offenses. The bill also requires the court to consider specified factors when determining whether the presumption against bail has been rebutted and whether there are appropriate conditions of release.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1366
Introduced
7/18/22
Refer
7/18/22
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Executive branch agencies; posting of regulations. Executive branch agencies; posting of regulations. Requires all executive branch agencies to post on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at each stage of the regulatory process any agency action that is subject to certain provisions of the Virginia Register Act (§ 2.2-4100 et seq.).
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1367
Introduced
7/18/22
Refer
7/18/22
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Income tax credit; employer contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts. Provides a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for 35 percent of expenses incurred by a business during the taxable year for contributions into a Virginia College Savings Plan account owned by an employee of the business. If the employee receiving the contribution is a qualified employee, as defined in the bill, the bill specifies that the credit shall not exceed $500 annually for each such employee. If the employee receiving the contribution is a qualified employee who is not highly compensated, as defined in the bill, the bill specifies that the credit shall not exceed $1,000 annually for each such employee. The bill provides that the total amount of tax credits available for a calendar year shall not exceed $5 million and that any unused tax credit may be carried over for three years.