Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1908
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Engrossed
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Criminal proceedings; disposition when defendant found incompetent; evaluation for temporary detention. Requires a competency evaluation report, when ordered to determine whether a defendant charged with certain misdemeanors lacks capacity to stand trial, to identify whether the defendant should be evaluated to determine whether he meets the criteria for temporary detention in the event that he is found incompetent but restorable or incompetent for the foreseeable future. The bill allows the court, when an evaluation for temporary detention is recommended, to order the local community services board or behavioral health authority to conduct an evaluation of the defendant and, if the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for a temporary detention order. The bill requires the community services board or behavioral health authority to notify the court, in writing, within 72 hours of the completion of the evaluation. In cases in which the defendant fails or refuses to appear for the evaluation, the bill requires the community services board or behavioral health authority to notify the court of such failure or refusal and requires the court to issue a mandatory examination order and capias directing the local primary law-enforcement agency to transport the defendant to the location designated by the community services board or behavioral health authority for examination. The bill repeals the sunset on the provisions of Chapter 508 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, which also relate to competency and temporary detention evaluations.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1909
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms. Provides that, subject to school board or school administration approval, each local school board shall enter into an agreement to establish an opportunity classroom, or a classroom in which an alternative curriculum is offered, with a requesting party if such party represents more than 20 students and permits such local school board to enter into such an agreement if such requesting party represents fewer than 20 students. The bill provides that a "requesting party" includes (i) a public elementary or secondary school teacher or a group of such teachers in a local school division or (ii) a parent whose child attends a public elementary or secondary school or group of such parents, with the involvement of at least one teacher employed in such local school division. Finally, the bill delineates requirements for such agreements to establish opportunity classrooms relating to funding for classroom instruction and services, provision of transportation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom, and assessments and standards of evaluation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. Public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms. Provides that, subject to school board or school administration approval, each local school board shall enter into an agreement to establish an opportunity classroom, or a classroom in which an alternative curriculum is offered, with a requesting party if such party represents more than 20 students and permits such local school board to enter into such an agreement if such requesting party represents fewer than 20 students. The bill provides that a "requesting party" includes (i) a public elementary or secondary school teacher or a group of such teachers in a local school division or (ii) a parent whose child attends a public elementary or secondary school or group of such parents, with the involvement of at least one teacher employed in such local school division. Finally, the bill delineates requirements for such agreements to establish opportunity classrooms relating to funding for classroom instruction and services, provision of transportation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom, and assessments and standards of evaluation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1910
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Absentee voting; unsolicited absentee ballot applications; required information; penalty. Requires any organization sending an application for an absentee ballot to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter to include with the application instructions on completing the application and submitting it to the appropriate general registrar. The bill requires a statement that the application is not being sent by any state or local government official or agency to be printed on the envelope containing the application or on the first page of any enclosed materials. The bill specifies that organizations are required to use the information provided in the list of registered voters acquired by such organization from the Department of Elections pursuant to relevant law and that a violation of this requirement is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires the Department of Elections to ensure, when providing such list to such organization for purposes of sending unsolicited applications, that no voter is included on such list if such voter has applied for an absentee ballot on or before the date such list is requested. Finally, the bill provides that no application for an absentee ballot sent to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter may be pre-populated with information that the applicant is required to provide. Absentee voting; unsolicited absentee ballot applications; required information; penalty. Requires any organization sending an application for an absentee ballot to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter to include with the application instructions on completing the application and submitting it to the appropriate general registrar. The bill requires a statement that the application is not being sent by any state or local government official or agency to be printed on the envelope containing the application or on the first page of any enclosed materials. The bill specifies that organizations are required to use the information provided in the list of registered voters acquired by such organization from the Department of Elections pursuant to relevant law and that a violation of this requirement is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires the Department of Elections to ensure, when providing such list to such organization for purposes of sending unsolicited applications, that no voter is included on such list if such voter has applied for an absentee ballot on or before the date such list is requested. Finally, the bill provides that no application for an absentee ballot sent to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter may be pre-populated with information that the applicant is required to provide.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1911
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; certain gifts prohibited; foreign countries of concern. Prohibits officers and employees of state and local governments, including legislators or members of their immediate family who may accept such a gift on behalf of the Commonwealth, from receiving a gift with a value exceeding $100 for which the fair market value or a gift of greater or equal value has not been provided or exchanged from foreign countries of concern, defined in the bill.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1912
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Treasury Board; powers and duties. Provides that the Treasury Board shall have the power and duty to make recommendations to the Governor on bonds, public-private partnerships, or other financing arrangements executed by private foundations for housing or other capital projects with respect to which an educational institution that is not a covered institution is obligated to provide financial or other types of support.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1913
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; prohibited contracts; agency-branded marketing materials. Prohibits state agencies from entering into any contract for the purchase of goods that (i) are branded with such state agency's name, logo, insignia, or other designation and (ii) are being purchased for the purpose of advertising, marketing, or promotion.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1914
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Department of Corrections; operations and costs. Establishes a formula for determining the estimated appropriations in a fiscal impact statement of any bill that adds a new felony for which imprisonment or commitment is authorized. The bill also provides that the cost of goods and services sold in stores in state correctional facilities shall not exceed 10 percent of the cost of the typical market rate for such goods and services in major retail stores that are not affiliated with any correctional facility and that the Department shall not receive any commissions or markups from the goods and services sold.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1915
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Tax credit for loss of a stillborn child. Establishes a refundable income tax credit for individual filers or married persons filing jointly for taxable years 2023 through 2027 in an amount equal to $2,000 for the loss of delivering a stillborn child, defined in the bill. The credit may be claimed only in the taxable year in which the stillbirth occurred and only if the child would have become a dependent of the taxpayer.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1916
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Refer
1/23/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties. Makes several changes to the powers and duties of the threat assessment team at each public institution of higher education, including requiring, upon a preliminary determination that an individual poses an articulable and significant threat of violence to others, each such team to (i) obtain any available criminal history record information and health records for such individual; (ii) notify in writing within 24 hours upon making such preliminary determination (a) the campus police department; (b) local law enforcement for the city or county in which the public institution of higher education is located, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual resides, and, if known to the threat assessment team, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual is located; and (c) the local attorney for the Commonwealth in any jurisdiction where the threat assessment team has notified local law enforcement; and (iii) disclose any specific threat of violence posed by the individual as part of such notification, and permitting each such team to invite nonmember representatives from campus to participate in individual cases.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1917
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Public pools; regulations. Directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations governing swimming pools and other water recreational facilities operated for public use, including swimming pools and other water recreational facilities operated in conjunction with a tourist facility or health spa.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1918
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Health insurance; coverage for audio-only telehealth services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning January 1, 2024, for the cost of health care services provided through audio-only telehealth services, defined in the bill as counseling interventions designed to facilitate a patient's achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health and development by a mental health professional delivered to a patient via audio-only means when no other means of real-time two-way audio-visual or other telecommunications or electronic communications are available and operational to the patient or the patient does not have the capability to use such real-time two-way means of communication. The bill requires that prescribing of controlled substances via audio-only telehealth services comply with state requirements for prescribing controlled substances and all applicable federal law. Health insurance; coverage for audio-only telehealth services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning January 1, 2024, for the cost of health care services provided through audio-only telehealth services, defined in the bill as counseling interventions designed to facilitate a patient's achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health and development by a mental health professional delivered to a patient via audio-only means when no other means of real-time two-way audio-visual or other telecommunications or electronic communications are available and operational to the patient or the patient does not have the capability to use such real-time two-way means of communication. The bill requires that prescribing of controlled substances via audio-only telehealth services comply with state requirements for prescribing controlled substances and all applicable federal law.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1919
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Provides that if a person confined in a state correctional facility is pregnant, gives birth during such confinement, is enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services, and would otherwise be eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance for a 24-hour inpatient stay at a medical institution but for the fact that such person's stay was less than 24 hours, the cost of such person's birth shall be covered by state funds. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, identify persons confined in state correctional facilities who are enrolled in or may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and provide information to such persons regarding any steps necessary to obtain coverage for childbirth prior to the person's release on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth. Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Provides that if a person confined in a state correctional facility is pregnant, gives birth during such confinement, is enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services, and would otherwise be eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance for a 24-hour inpatient stay at a medical institution but for the fact that such person's stay was less than 24 hours, the cost of such person's birth shall be covered by state funds. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, identify persons confined in state correctional facilities who are enrolled in or may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and provide information to such persons regarding any steps necessary to obtain coverage for childbirth prior to the person's release on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1920
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Local license taxes and fees; exemptions; blog or online website. Prohibits a county, city, or town from imposing a license fee or levying a license tax on the privilege or right of publishing any blog or online website containing daily or regularly updated news, feature articles, advertisements, or correspondence, provided that such blog or online website employs full time at least one journalist who has a Virginia taxable income.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1921
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Failed
2/25/23
Financial institutions; earned wage access services; licensure requirements; penalties. Prohibits any person from providing earned wage access services without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission. The bill provides for qualifications for licensure, posting of a bond, annual fees, recordkeeping, reporting, and disclosure requirements. The bill authorizes the Commission to investigate and examine applicants and licensees, to suspend and revoke licenses, and to impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for violations of the earned wage access services provisions. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to investigate violations of its provisions and seek damages or other relief allowed by applicable law and specifies that any violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice for purposes of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that any person who engages in earned wage access services without having first obtained a license from the Commission is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill licensure requirements have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025, and the bill requires any person required to be licensed by the Commission to engage in earned wage access services to submit an application for licensure no later than October 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1922
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol; distribution; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, except as authorized in the Drug Control Act. The bill directs the Department of Forensic Science to determine the proper methods for detecting delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol in substances.