Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1788
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Sale or transfer of firearms; microstamping-enabled firearms; penalties. Provides that it is unlawful for any licensed dealer in firearms to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any firearm manufactured on or after July 1, 2025, unless such firearm has been verified as a microstamping-enabled firearm, as defined in the bill. The bill also makes it unlawful for any person to modify such microstamping-enabled firearm or microstamping component with the intent to prevent the production of a microstamp. The bill makes a first violation punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor and a second or subsequent violation punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1789
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Health insurance credits for certain local officials and employees. Increases the amount of monthly health insurance credits received by retired constitutional officers and their employees with a minimum of 15 years of creditable service from $1.50 to $1.75 per month per year of creditable service not to exceed $52.50 per month beginning July 1, 2024. Health insurance credits for certain local officials and employees. Increases the amount of monthly health insurance credits received by retired constitutional officers and their employees with a minimum of 15 years of creditable service from $1.50 to $1.75 per month per year of creditable service not to exceed $52.50 per month beginning July 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1790
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Tax credit for electric vehicle charging equipment. Creates a tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for expenses incurred in connection with installing qualified electric vehicle charging equipment in the Commonwealth in an amount equal to 30 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing such equipment during the taxable year. The bill provides that the tax credit shall not exceed $1,000 for such equipment purchased for nonfarm use and $3,000 for such equipment purchased for use on a farm or ranch. The bill specifies that in order to qualify for the credit, a taxpayer must be (i) an owner and operator of a farm or ranch, as defined by ยง 3.2-6400, that is engaged in the commercial production of agricultural products or (ii) an individual.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1791
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Veterans' Behavioral Health Services Grant Matching Fund; established. Creates the Veterans' Behavioral Health Services Grant Matching Fund for the purpose of providing matching funds to local nonprofit organizations to establish and expand community behavioral health programs to serve service members, veterans, and their families. The Fund is administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1792
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment; mental or physical conditions resulting from intoxication. Clarifies that when a mental or physical condition appears to be a result of intoxication, a licensed physician who has attempted to obtain informed consent of an adult person for treatment of such mental or physical condition appearing to be a result of intoxication may seek an order from the magistrate or court in the jurisdiction where the respondent is located authorizing temporary detention of the adult person in a hospital emergency department or other appropriate facility for testing, observation, or treatment, provided that certain conditions are met.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1793
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles; optional transmission of information. Provides that customers of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be presented with the option to have their relevant information transmitted to the Department of Elections for voter registration purposes in accordance with federal law. Currently, this information is transmitted unless the DMV customer specifically declines to have such information transmitted.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1794
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
High school student transcripts; certain test High school student transcripts; certain test scores optional. Prohibits any high school student transcript from including any test record, including scores, of any standardized test used for the purpose of college admissions, including any SAT or ACT test but excluding any Standards of Learning test, except upon the request of a high school student or the student's parent that such a test record be included on the student's high school transcript.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1795
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Abortion; born alive infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts to terminate a pregnancy to (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of a human infant who has been born alive following such attempt as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age and (ii) take all reasonable steps to ensure the immediate transfer of the infant who has been born alive to a hospital for further medical care. A health care provider who fails to comply with the requirements of the bill is guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be subject to disciplinary action by the Board of Medicine. The bill also requires every hospital licensed by the Department of Health to establish a protocol for the treatment and care of a human infant who has been born alive following an attempt to terminate a pregnancy and for the immediate reporting to law enforcement of any failure to provide such required treatment and care.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1796
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Officers of election; eligibility of persons preregistered to vote. Allows any person who has preregistered to vote to serve as an officer of election.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1797
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Renewable energy; offshore wind development. Provides that for the life of offshore wind facilities constructed by a Phase II Utility, customers shall be held harmless for any shortfall in energy production below an annual net capacity factor of 42 percent, as measured on a three-year rolling average and as determined by the State Corporation Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1798
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000, beginning July 1, 2023, to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying neighborhoods with major sources of pollution or hazardous waste and identifying objectives and policies to reduce health risks in such neighborhoods, to promote civic engagement by residents of such neighborhoods, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of such neighborhoods.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1799
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Opioid Abatement Authority; membership. Increases from 11 to 13 the membership of the Opioid Abatement Authority board of directors by adding two representatives of the addiction and recovery community.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1800
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health (a) the number of executive staff members, including all administrative staff directly reporting to the chief executive officer of such institution, employed by such institution or any educational foundation associated with such institution and the salary and compensation of each such executive staff member and (b) the total value of any contract with any outside individual or entity to provide lobbying services for the institution; (ii) record video of each meeting of the full board and its committees and make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence a link that permits any member of the public to livestream each meeting of the full board and its committees and, within 10 business days after the date of any meeting of the full board or any of its committees, view video recordings for each such meeting; and (iii) prior to any vote to enter into or renew a contract for the employment of the chief executive officer of the institution, hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for written, virtual, and in-person public comment on such contract at least 120 days prior to any such meeting at which it will vote to enter into or renew such contract and provide notice of such public meeting in accordance with relevant law. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence and present annually to the governing board of the institution an annual report regarding foundations associated with the institution setting forth foundation expenses that includes the percentage of expenditures used for government relations and lobbying activities and compensation of the chief executive officer and the total expenditures used for executive or administrative compensation for each department. Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health (a) the number of executive staff members, including all administrative staff directly reporting to the chief executive officer of such institution, employed by such institution or any educational foundation associated with such institution and the salary and compensation of each such executive staff member and (b) the total value of any contract with any outside individual or entity to provide lobbying services for the institution; (ii) record video of each meeting of the full board and its committees and make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence a link that permits any member of the public to livestream each meeting of the full board and its committees and, within 10 business days after the date of any meeting of the full board or any of its committees, view video recordings for each such meeting; and (iii) prior to any vote to enter into or renew a contract for the employment of the chief executive officer of the institution, hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for written, virtual, and in-person public comment on such contract at least 120 days prior to any such meeting at which it will vote to enter into or renew such contract and provide notice of such public meeting in accordance with relevant law. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence and present annually to the governing board of the institution an annual report regarding foundations associated with the institution setting forth foundation expenses that includes the percentage of expenditures used for government relations and lobbying activities and compensation of the chief executive officer and the total expenditures used for executive or administrative compensation for each department.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1801
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. Allows any person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere he may lawfully carry a handgun openly within the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1802
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Food product sales; waive government inspection. Exempts from certain inspection and permitting requirements food products that are otherwise permitted by state law and are sold either at a farmers market or on the premises where such products were grown or produced. Consumers purchasing exempt food products will sign a waiver provided by the seller that includes information about the products and the producers of such products.