Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1368
Introduced
7/18/22
Refer
7/18/22
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Department of Taxation; policies and procedures; work group. Directs the Department of Taxation to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the Department's current policies and procedures in order to determine options for a mechanism for tax practitioners to provide feedback to the Department on an ongoing basis. Department of Taxation; policies and procedures; work group. Directs the Department of Taxation to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the Department's current policies and procedures in order to determine options for a mechanism for tax practitioners to provide feedback to the Department on an ongoing basis.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1369
Introduced
7/18/22
Refer
7/18/22
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/14/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Installment agreements for payment of taxes; report. Installment agreements for payment of taxes; report. Requires the Tax Commissioner to offer to enter into an installment agreement with any individual taxpayer under which the taxpayer may satisfy his entire tax liability over a payment term of up to five years. The bill maintains the current law for corporate taxpayers whereby the Tax Commissioner may enter into a written agreement with any taxpayer under which such taxpayer is allowed to satisfy his entire tax liability in installment payments if the Tax Commissioner determines that such agreement will facilitate collection. The bill also removes the power under which the Tax Commissioner may alter, modify, or terminate an installment agreement if it is determined that the financial condition of the taxpayer has significantly changed or if the taxpayer fails to provide a financial condition update upon request. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to convene a working group to study current federal and state policies concerning installment agreements and to make recommendations by November 15, 2023, regarding how the Commonwealth's policies may better align with the installment agreement policies adopted by the Internal Revenue Service.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1370
Introduced
8/31/22
Refer
8/31/22
Landfill siting; proximity to private wells. Prohibits the siting of a new municipal solid waste landfill within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1371
Introduced
9/9/22
Refer
9/9/22
Education Savings Account Program established; Education Education Savings Account Program established; Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Establishes the Education Savings Account Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, whereby the parent of any individual who is a resident of the Commonwealth and who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school may apply for an Education Savings Account for his child into which the Department of Education deposits certain state and local funds and from which the parent makes certain enumerated qualifying expenses to educate his child in a setting and a manner other than full-time education in a public school. The bill requires the Program to be fully implemented prior to the beginning of the 2023–2024 school year. The bill also increases the value of the Education Improvement Scholarships income tax credit for a donation to a scholarship foundation from 65 percent to 100 percent of the donation. The bill removes the aggregate limit on tax credits per year, which under current law is $25 million, and removes individual minimum and maximum required donation amounts. The bill raises the threshold for students to qualify for scholarships from 300 percent of the current poverty guidelines to 1,000 percent of free or reduced-price lunch standards or, for eligible students with a disability, from 400 percent of the current poverty guidelines to 1,200 percent of such standards. The bill grants scholarship foundations the discretion to determine what expenses may be funded by tax-credit-subsidized scholarships. Under current law, such expenses are limited by statute. The bill expands eligibility for scholarships to any student who is a resident of the Commonwealth and eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth. Current law restricts eligibility to certain categories of students. The bill removes the requirement that scholarship-funded schools report test results of scholarship-funded students. The provisions of the bill pertaining to the Education Improvement Scholarships income tax credits apply starting with taxable year 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1372
Introduced
9/15/22
Refer
9/15/22
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards for vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1373
Introduced
10/13/22
Refer
10/13/22
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another eligible host city, the governing body of any such city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question until the other eligible host city has had a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed the date of the 2023 regular general election unless a court of competent jurisdiction sets an alternative date, to hold a local referendum on the same question.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1374
Introduced
10/13/22
Refer
10/13/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required. Provides that a person may maintain a civil action against an individual for trafficking in persons whether or not an individual has been charged with or convicted of certain alleged violations.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1375
Introduced
10/17/22
Refer
10/17/22
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobacco surcharge. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1376
Introduced
10/17/22
Refer
10/17/22
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Amateur radio operators; amber lights. Removes the prohibition on using lit amber lights on vehicles used or operated by federally licensed amateur radio operators in certain situations while such vehicles are in motion.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1377
Introduced
10/17/22
Refer
10/17/22
Report Pass
1/13/23
Engrossed
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Voter registration; cancellation for persons known Voter registration; cancellation for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote; deadline. Requires the general registrar to cancel the voter registration of persons known by him to be deceased or disqualified to vote within seven days of discovering that the person is no longer entitled to be registered. Current law directs the general registrar to cancel a voter's registration for certain reasons and on the basis of certain information; the bill retains those requirements.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1378
Introduced
11/2/22
Refer
11/2/22
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
1/26/23
State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicle emissions standards. Repeals the requirement that the State Air Pollution Control Board implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. The bill prohibits the Board from adopting or enforcing any model year standards related to control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including low-emission vehicle and zero-emission vehicle standards pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act and prohibits the Commonwealth from requiring any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine to be certified as compliant with model year standards related to the control of emissions adopted by California for which a waiver has been granted pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1379
Introduced
11/4/22
Refer
11/4/22
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (i) maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or a substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all printed and audiovisual materials, as defined in the bill, that are contained in the school library; (ii) identify each item in such catalog by title, author, and such other identifying features or information as the principal or his designee deems appropriate; (iii) identify with a prominent notation in such catalog each item that contains graphic sexual content, as defined in the bill; (iv) make such catalog available to any parent of a student enrolled in the school; (v) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to restrict his child's access to any item in such catalog that is identified as containing graphic sexual content; and (vi) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to request a graphic sexual content review by school administrators for any item in such catalog that is not so identified. Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (i) maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or a substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all printed and audiovisual materials, as defined in the bill, that are contained in the school library; (ii) identify each item in such catalog by title, author, and such other identifying features or information as the principal or his designee deems appropriate; (iii) identify with a prominent notation in such catalog each item that contains graphic sexual content, as defined in the bill; (iv) make such catalog available to any parent of a student enrolled in the school; (v) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to restrict his child's access to any item in such catalog that is identified as containing graphic sexual content; and (vi) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to request a graphic sexual content review by school administrators for any item in such catalog that is not so identified.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1380
Introduced
11/7/22
Refer
11/7/22
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and the removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1381
Introduced
11/7/22
Refer
11/7/22
Marine Resources Commission; regulations for the management of menhaden. Removes the restriction preventing the Marine Resources Commission from adopting regulations for the management of menhaden outside of the time period between October 1 and December 31.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1382
Introduced
11/7/22
Refer
11/7/22
Declawing cats; prohibition; civil penalty. Makes unlawful the practice of declawing cats except as necessary for a therapeutic purpose, as defined in the bill, and creates a civil penalty of $500 for the first violation, $1,000 for the second violation, and $2,500 for the third or any subsequent violation. The bill also entitles any animal control officer, humane investigator, or state or local law-enforcement officer to bring a civil action for a violation of this section.