Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1653
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Earned income tax credit. Allows eligible low-income taxpayers to claim a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year by the taxpayer for the same taxable year.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1654
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared ineligible for state grants or funds. The bill also requires the Department to analyze the submitted data to (i) determine the means by which such information can be used to reduce the number of such deaths and (ii) examine the relationship, if any, between the number of such deaths and the actions of management of such law-enforcement agencies and correctional facilities. Finally, the bill requires the Director of the Department to annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the analysis and interpretation of the data to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning on or before July 1, 2024, and each July 1 thereafter.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1655
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant. Provides that no collection fees, including the fees of any private attorneys or collection agencies, administrative fees, or any other fees related to collection activities, shall be assessed for the collection of any fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, or restitution imposed in a criminal case or in a case involving a traffic infraction (i) for any period during which the defendant is incarcerated and (ii) for a period of 180 days following the date of the defendant's release from incarceration if the sentence includes an active term of incarceration. The bill also extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency for which the clerk of circuit court and district court is required to submit monthly lists of delinquent accounts.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1656
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Study; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1657
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose and duties; historically underrepresented students. Expands the purpose of the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to include promoting the participation of historically underrepresented students, as defined in the bill, in primary and secondary schools in STEM education. The bill expands the duties of the Board to effectuate this additional purpose. Finally, the bill increases from 16 to 24 the nonlegislative citizen membership of the Board and provides that the eight additional members be appointed by the chairmen of the Virginia African American Advisory Board, Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, Latino Advisory Board, Council on Women, Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board, Virginia Indian Advisory Board on State Recognition, Office of New Americans Advisory Board, and Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, with each chairman appointing one member representing the population served by his advisory board subject to the approval of a majority of the members of his advisory board.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1658
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Proposed scope of practice changes; health regulatory board assessment required; report. Directs the General Assembly to submit bills proposing scope of practice changes related to the health professions to the relevant health regulatory board for assessment. The bill provides that the relevant health regulatory board has 24 months to complete its assessment and directs the board to forward a report summarizing its assessment and recommendations to the chairman of the standing committee that requested the assessment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1659
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Education; best practice standards related to the transition of records and transfer of services for students with disabilities. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Education and relevant stakeholders, to develop and disseminate best practice standards for the transition of services and transfer of records for students with disabilities who reach the age of majority.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1660
Introduced
1/8/23
Refer
1/8/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; Fund; sunset. Creates the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program Fund. The bill extends the expiration date of the provisions of the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1661
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Titling requirements for nonrepairable vehicles; sale to certain auto recyclers. Establishes a process whereby an insurance company can obtain a nonrepairable certificate for a vehicle acquired through the claims process without first obtaining a title or salvage certificate for such vehicle, provided that the insurance company is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate from the insured and has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle, any lien on the vehicle has been satisfied, and the vehicle is being sold to a demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or recycling for scrap.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1662
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the grantee's property.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1663
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., and Pearl J. Stanton. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the Stantons' property.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1664
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Refer
1/18/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $250,000, shall be awarded as reimbursable grants to support blue catfish processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop certain guidelines as provided in the bill on behalf of the Governor to facilitate the Program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1665
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Extension of local land use approvals. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the housing crisis and that any extension of approvals outstanding as of July 1, 2020, shall apply to any such approvals granted subsequent to July 1, 2020, that expire prior to July 1, 2025. This provision is declarative of existing law.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1666
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Public schools; unscheduled remote learning days. Provides that when severe weather conditions or other emergency situations have resulted in the closing of any school in a school division for in-person instruction, the school division shall declare an unscheduled remote learning day whereby the school provides instruction and student services that are consistent with guidelines established by the Department of Education to ensure the equitable provision of such services, provided, however, that no school division claims more than 10 unscheduled remote learning days in a school year unless the Superintendent of Public Instruction grants an extension. Under current law, such unscheduled remote learning days are permissive rather than mandatory.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1667
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the housing crisis and that any extension of approvals outstanding as of July 1, 2020, shall apply to any such approvals granted subsequent to July 1, 2020 that expire prior to July 1, 2025.