Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2088
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Personalized license plates; references to Confederacy or persons who committed treason. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to amend the Personalized License Plate Issuance Guidelines to prohibit the issuance of any personalized license plate that makes reference to the Confederacy or any persons who committed acts of treason against the United States and to cancel any personalized license plate issued by the Department that makes reference to the Confederacy or any persons who committed acts of treason against the United States.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2089
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any prescribed contraceptive drug or contraceptive device. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee. The provisions of the bill apply to health insurance contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2090
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Standards of Quality; funding to support achievement of at-risk students. Requires, in addition to the positions supported by basic aid, state funding to be provided to support the achievement of at-risk students, based upon the concentration of students identified as eligible for federal free or reduced lunch, as provided in the general appropriation act, in each school division.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2091
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment of mental or emotional disorder. Adds an exception to the right of parental access to a minor child's health records if the furnishing to or review by the requesting parent of such health records would be reasonably likely deter the minor from seeking care. Under the bill, a minor 16 years of age or older who is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capable of giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of giving consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder. The bill provides that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder does not include the capacity to (i) refuse treatment for a mental or emotional disorder for which a parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor has given consent or (ii) if the minor is under 16 years of age, consent to the use of prescription medications to treat a mental or emotional disorder.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2092
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Nonprofit corporations; residential address. Provides that a nonprofit corporation with a registered office at a residential address shall be permitted, in any filing submitted to the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act that requires the residential address of the nonprofit corporation or the residential address of its registered agent or any board members, to submit a post office box address instead of a residential address as part of such filing. The bill prohibits the Commission from disclosing any such residential address without prior approval from the nonprofit corporation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2093
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Refer
1/24/23
State plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment; cranial prostheses. Provides for the payment under the state plan for medical assistance services of medical assistance for cranial prostheses furnished to a patient when the patient's attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner certifies in writing the medical necessity of such prostheses as part of a proposed course of rehabilitative treatment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2094
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Adult wellness screening; sickle cell anemia or sickle cell trait. Requires that every adult in the Commonwealth be subjected at the time of his annual physical examination to screening tests for the disease of sickle cell anemia or the sickle cell trait. Under the bill, any adult who objects on religious grounds is not required to receive such screening tests.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2095
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans; Potomac River. Requires the State Water Control Board to recognize service areas for water utilities in the Commonwealth that use the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct drought evaluation region. The bill requires the Board to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Water Supply and Drought Awareness Response Plan: Potomac River System (the Metropolitan Washington Plan) into the existing drought evaluation and response plans that are applicable to the Potomac River drought evaluation region. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that further recognize the localities that include any portion of the service area of a water supply utility in the Commonwealth that uses the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct regional planning area. The bill requires such regulations to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Plan. The bill provides that the incorporation of such provisions shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Governor during a declared drought emergency.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2096
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Noxious weeds; invasive plant species; report. Removes the current prohibition on the movement, transportation, delivery, shipment, or offering for shipment of any noxious weed into or within the Commonwealth without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and grants the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services the authority to adopt regulations governing the conditions under which a permit will be required for such actions. The bill also adds requirements related to invasive plant species, including directing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to create an invasive plant species list and update it quadrennially. The bill directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convene the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group to develop industry resources and recommendations to be submitted to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations. Noxious weeds; invasive plant species; report. Removes the current prohibition on the movement, transportation, delivery, shipment, or offering for shipment of any noxious weed into or within the Commonwealth without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and grants the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services the authority to adopt regulations governing the conditions under which a permit will be required for such actions. The bill also adds requirements related to invasive plant species, including directing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to create an invasive plant species list and update it quadrennially. The bill directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convene the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group to develop industry resources and recommendations to be submitted to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2097
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Treatment services for sexual assault survivors; emergency contraception; provision by health care providers, payment from fund. Requires the State Board of Health to adopt regulations that provide for the administration of emergency contraception by health care providers to survivors of sexual assault if the survivor requests it. The bill modifies the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund so that it pays for such emergency contraception.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2098
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
Common interest communities; Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; authority of association to suspend right to use certain facilities. Authorizes the board of directors of an association organized pursuant to the Property Owners' Association Act and the unit owners' association organized pursuant to the Virginia Condominium Act to suspend a member's or unit owner's, respectively, access to certain facilities for any violation of the declaration or rules and regulations for which the member or unit owner, or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees, is responsible. Current law allows the board of directors or unit owners' association to suspend such access only for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60 days past due. Common interest communities; Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; authority of association to suspend right to use certain facilities. Authorizes the board of directors of an association organized pursuant to the Property Owners' Association Act and the unit owners' association organized pursuant to the Virginia Condominium Act to suspend a member's or unit owner's, respectively, access to certain facilities for any violation of the declaration or rules and regulations for which the member or unit owner, or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees, is responsible. Current law allows the board of directors or unit owners' association to suspend such access only for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60 days past due.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2099
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
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
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Livable home tax credit. Increases from $1 million to $2 million, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the aggregate cap of tax credits allowed by the livable home tax credit in a fiscal year. The bill increases from $500,000 to $1 million, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the amount of credits allocated by the Department of Housing and Community Development to each of (i) the purchase or construction of new residences and (ii) the retrofitting and renovation of existing residences. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $6,500, beginning in taxable year 2023, the maximum amount of livable home tax credits an individual may claim in a taxable year.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2100
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Accessory dwelling units. Establishes authority and requirements for localities in the development and use of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). An ADU is defined in the bill as an independent dwelling unit on a single-family dwelling (SFD) lot with its own living, bathroom, and kitchen space. An ADU may be within or attached to an SFD or in a detached structure on a lot containing an SFD. An ADU may include, but is not limited to, basements, attics, flats, guest houses, cottages, and converted structures such as garages and sheds. The bill specifies that an ADU is not permitted in cases where it would violate historic preservation rules, deed restrictions, or property owners' association rules.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2101
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Administrative Process Act; Department of Wildlife Resources; guidance documents; endangered species. Directs that certain guidance documents developed and used by the Department of Wildlife Resources relating to threatened and endangered species shall expire on December 31, 2023, unless such documents are filed for publication with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations and made available for public comment pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) by November 1, 2023. Administrative Process Act; Department of Wildlife Resources; guidance documents; endangered species. Directs that certain guidance documents developed and used by the Department of Wildlife Resources relating to threatened and endangered species shall expire on December 31, 2023, unless such documents are filed for publication with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations and made available for public comment pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) by November 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2102
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Vehicle exhaust systems; equipment. Prohibits (i) the sale or offering for sale of any mechanical or electronic device that creates or amplifies noise emitted by a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter that is louder than the noise emitted by the motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter as originally manufactured and (ii) the operation of a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter equipped with any such device. The bill prohibits the issuance of a safety inspection approval sticker on any vehicle equipped with such a device or other unlawful muffler.