Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2013
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; penalty. Makes changes to the definition of a technical violation as it pertains to the revocation of suspension of sentence and probation. The bill also provides that upon a first technical violation, if the court originally suspended the imposition of sentence, the court shall revoke such suspension and again suspend all of this sentence and upon a second or subsequent violation, the court may pronounce whatever sentence might have been originally imposed. The bill also specifies that a violation of a term or condition included in the definition of technical violation shall not be considered a special or specific term or condition for sentencing purposes. Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; penalty. Makes changes to the definition of a technical violation as it pertains to the revocation of suspension of sentence and probation. The bill also provides that upon a first technical violation, if the court originally suspended the imposition of sentence, the court shall revoke such suspension and again suspend all of this sentence and upon a second or subsequent violation, the court may pronounce whatever sentence might have been originally imposed. The bill also specifies that a violation of a term or condition included in the definition of technical violation shall not be considered a special or specific term or condition for sentencing purposes. The bill also provides that the court may fix the period of probation and the period of suspension for up to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imposed for any felony offense and up to two years for an offense punishable as a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor. Currently, the limitation on periods of probation and periods of suspension is up to the statutory maximum period of imprisonment for any offense. The bill also adds the offense of crimes against nature committed on or after July 1, 2023, to the list of offenses for which if some period of the sentence for such offense is suspended, the judge is required to order that period of suspension be for the length of time equal to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2014
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
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
Use of handheld personal communication devices in certain motor vehicles. Clarifies the penalty structure for a first offense and a second or subsequent offense of using a handheld personal communication device in certain motor vehicles, as well as the mandatory fine for a violation within a highway work zone, to accommodate the Supreme Court's case management system. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is declarative of existing law and is identical to
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2015
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty. Provides that any person who, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in the discharge of his duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, pickets or parades in or near a residence occupied or used by such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that the provisions regarding the issuance and service of summons in place of a warrant do not apply to such violations. Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty. Provides that any person who, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in the discharge of his duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, pickets or parades in or near a residence occupied or used by such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that the provisions regarding the issuance and service of summons in place of a warrant do not apply to such violations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2016
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Refer
1/23/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony the court shall appoint two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be the public defender in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established, for the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony the court shall appoint two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be the public defender in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established, for the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2017
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
Charges requiring preliminary hearing for a juvenile 16 years of age or older. Adds to the list of charges for which the juvenile court is required to conduct a preliminary hearing for juveniles 16 years of age or older a charge of entering a dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery, or arson.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2018
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Children's Services Act; information sharing; confidentiality exception. Allows family assessment and planning teams (FAPT) and community policy and management teams (CPMT) to share information with local law enforcement or threat assessment teams established by local school boards if a FAPT or CPMT obtains information from which the team determines that a child poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself or others. Under current law, all information about specific children and families obtained by FAPT and CPMT members must be kept confidential.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2019
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Review of discretionary sentencing guidelines; deferred disposition. Requires the court to (i) review and consider discretionary sentencing guidelines before a deferred disposition in felony cases other than Class 1 felonies and (ii) within five days following a deferred disposition in felony cases, forward the original discretionary sentencing guidelines worksheets with a copy of the court order to the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Under current law, the court is required to review discretionary sentencing guidelines only before imposing sentence in all felony cases other than Class 1 felonies and is required to forward the original discretionary sentencing guidelines worksheets with a copy of the court order to the Commission only following the entry of a final order of conviction and sentence in a felony case.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2020
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
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities; penalty. Prohibits any unmanned aircraft system from (i) dropping any item within the boundaries of or (ii) obtaining any videographic or still image of any identifiable inmate or resident at any state or local correctional facility or juvenile correctional center without consent or authorization. A violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2021
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
School boards; back to school night events; free or reduced price meals applications. Requires each school board to ensure that at any back to school night event in the local school division to which the parents of enrolled students are invited, any such parent in attendance receives prominent notification of and access, in paper or electronic form, or both, to information about application and eligibility for free or reduced price meals for students and a fillable free or reduced price meals application that may be completed and submitted on site. School boards; back to school night events; free or reduced price meals applications. Requires each school board to ensure that at any back to school night event in the local school division to which the parents of enrolled students are invited, any such parent in attendance receives prominent notification of and access, in paper or electronic form, or both, to information about application and eligibility for free or reduced price meals for students and a fillable free or reduced price meals application that may be completed and submitted on site.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2022
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy; conditions. Provides that a rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the tenant agrees to pay any increase in rent during the term of a written lease unless such increase is agreed to in a separate, written document signed by the tenant and the landlord that includes (i) the new amount of rent to be charged to the tenant, (ii) the date upon which the rent increase becomes effective, and (iii) any additional terms or benefits to the tenant agreed to as consideration for such increase in rent.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2023
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; (v) failing or refusing to provide a prospective employee the wage or salary range for the position for which the prospective employee is applying prior to discussing compensation and at any time upon the prospective employee's request; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater; reasonable attorney fees and costs; and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. The bill also provides for civil penalties for violations not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation, and $4,000 for a third or subsequent violation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2024
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Personal information of judges and magistrates; penalty. Prohibits the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any active or retired federal or Virginia justice, judge, or magistrate who has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth that the Commonwealth not publish such information; such demand shall be effective until rescinded by such judge, justice, or magistrate. The bill adds active or retired federal or Virginia justices, judges, and magistrates to the list of people for which an enhanced punishment applies for the crime of using such person's identity with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass. The bill also adds active and retired magistrates to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to his residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of his street address on the lists of registered voters. The bill removes state and federal judges and justices from the definition of "public official." As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2025
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Department of Social Services; school boards; SNAP benefits program parent information sheet; free or reduced price meals application. Requires the Department of Social Services to develop, annually update, and provide to each school board in advance of the start of each school year an information sheet on the SNAP benefits program that sets forth the application process and such other information as the Department deems necessary or appropriate in order to properly inform the parents of students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools of such program and encourage application by those who are eligible. The bill requires each school board to ensure that such information sheet is sent home with each student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division at the beginning of each school year or, in the case of any student who enrolls after the beginning of the school year, as soon as practicable after enrollment. The bill also requires each school board to ensure that a fillable free or reduced price meals application is sent home with each such student at the beginning of each school year or, in the case of any student who enrolls after the beginning of the school year, as soon as practicable after enrollment.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2026
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
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
5/12/23
Passed
5/12/23
Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of Forestry advisory panel; report. Removes the renewable energy requirement for each Phase I and Phase II Utility to retire all biomass-fired electric generating units that do not co-fire with coal by December 31, 2028. The bill provides that biomass-fired facilities may qualify as renewable energy standard eligible sources, provided that they are in operation as of January 1, 2023, and (i) supply no more than 10 percent of their annual net electrical generation to the electric grid or no more than 15 percent of their annual total useful energy to any entity other than the manufacturing facility to which the generating source is interconnected and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing materials harvested in accordance with best management practices or (ii) are owned by a Phase I or Phase II Utility, have less than 52 megawatts capacity, and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing residuals, biowastes, or biomass harvested in accordance with best management practices. The bill directs the Department of Forestry to convene an advisory panel to examine the use of forest-related materials, agricultural-related materials, and solid woody waste materials for biomass-fired electric generating units in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of the advisory panel's findings and any recommendations to the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than December 1, 2024. The bill further directs the Department of Forestry to develop by December 1, 2023, best management practices for the sustainable harvesting of biomass for biomass-fired electric generating units that are subject to the provisions of the bill.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2027
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction. Provides that a guardian shall not restrict an incapacitated person's ability to communicate with, visit, or interact with other persons with whom the incapacitated person has an established relationship, unless such restriction is reasonable to prevent physical, mental, or emotional harm to or financial exploitation of such incapacitated person. Under current law, guardians are directed to not unreasonably restrict any such communication, visitation, or interaction. The bill further requires that the guardian provide written notice to any restricted person stating (i) the nature and terms of the restriction, (ii) the reasons why the guardian believes the restriction is necessary, and (iii) how the restricted person may challenge such restriction in court. The bill provides a procedure by which an incapacitated person or a person whose communication, visits, or interaction with an incapacitated person has been restricted may challenge such restriction in court. Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction. Provides that a guardian shall not restrict an incapacitated person's ability to communicate with, visit, or interact with other persons with whom the incapacitated person has an established relationship, unless such restriction is reasonable to prevent physical, mental, or emotional harm to or financial exploitation of such incapacitated person. Under current law, guardians are directed to not unreasonably restrict any such communication, visitation, or interaction. The bill further requires that the guardian provide written notice to any restricted person stating (i) the nature and terms of the restriction, (ii) the reasons why the guardian believes the restriction is necessary, and (iii) how the restricted person may challenge such restriction in court. The bill provides a procedure by which an incapacitated person or a person whose communication, visits, or interaction with an incapacitated person has been restricted may challenge such restriction in court.