Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2208
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Failed
2/25/23
Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that as used in the Code of Virginia, "race," "religion," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "racial, religious, or ethnic animosity" shall include animosity toward the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "race," "religious conviction," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; and "race," "religion," or "ethnic and national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity. Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that as used in the Code of Virginia, "race," "religion," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "racial, religious, or ethnic animosity" shall include animosity toward the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "race," "religious conviction," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; and "race," "religion," or "ethnic and national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2209
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Pavement sealants containing a high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; prohibition; civil penalty. Permits a locality to prohibit the sale and distribution of any pavement sealant that contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations greater than one percent by weight on or after July 1, 2023, except that a retailer may continue to sell any existing inventory that remains in stock on that date. The bill allows a local governing body to prohibit the use of such sealants beginning July 1, 2024, and subject any person who violates either prohibition to a civil penalty of $250, to be paid into the Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB221
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education. The bill clarifies that nothing in the foregoing provisions of the bill shall be construed to establish any new course or credit requirements for students. STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education. The bill clarifies that nothing in the foregoing provisions of the bill shall be construed to establish any new course or credit requirements for students.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2210
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bill also requires the Department to ensure that all program information is made available in a manner that is accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations, free of charge and to ensure that information obtained by the program remains confidential and is not disclosed for any purpose not related to the administration of the program or any purpose related to civil immigration enforcement unless the subject of the information consents to such disclosure or the requesting agency presents a valid judicial order, subpoena, or warrant. Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bill also requires the Department to ensure that all program information is made available in a manner that is accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations, free of charge and to ensure that information obtained by the program remains confidential and is not disclosed for any purpose not related to the administration of the program or any purpose related to civil immigration enforcement unless the subject of the information consents to such disclosure or the requesting agency presents a valid judicial order, subpoena, or warrant. The bill also requires the Department to (a) establish a workgroup composed of individuals with experience conducting outreach to individuals who are eligible for the program established by the bill to advise and assist the Department in carrying out marketing and outreach activities required by the bill and (b) seek all federal waivers and other approvals necessary to maximize federal financial participation in the cost of carrying out the program established by the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2211
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. Requires that applicants for licensure to practice professional nursing who are graduates of a nursing education program in a foreign country have (i) graduated or be eligible to graduate from a licensing board-approved RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program or have graduated from an approved foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program and (ii) if a graduate of a foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program not taught in English or if English is not the applicant's native language, successfully passed an English proficiency examination. The bill requires the Board of Nursing to (a) identify multiple approved entities to provide language examinations and multiple approved entities to evaluate and verify credentials earned from a nursing education program in a foreign country and (b) make the list of approved entities publicly available on the Board of Nursing website.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2212
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Elections administration; State Board of Elections duties; required election and voter participation information on the Internet. Requires the State Board of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board and local electoral boards; (ii) how and where to register to vote; (iii) how and where to vote, including information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their polling place; and (iv) any laws, regulations, policies, or forms pertaining to any of the information in (i), (ii), and (iii). The website must also allow a voter to review any information about himself that is kept in the statewide voter registration database. The bill also requires that (a) at a minimum, the State Board provide a version of its website in which all required parts are translated into any language that is spoken by a language minority group; (b) any page that is linked to a translated page shall also be translated; and (c) all translated portions of the website be reviewed for accuracy, with appropriate updates made prior to the start of early voting for every primary and general election held in Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2213
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Electric utilities; planned service outages; notice to customers. Requires an electric utility to issue a notice of a planned service outage, defined in the bill, to each affected customer at least 24 hours in advance of the planned service outage. The bill requires the electric utility to make reasonable attempts to minimize the inconvenience to affected customers, consistent with safety and security considerations. The provisions of the bill do not apply to unplanned or unscheduled interruptions in service, an interruption in service pursuant to a tariff or agreement approved by the Commission, or a curtailment or interruption of service to customers under an interruptible rate classification when the curtailment or interruption of service occurs pursuant to the affected customer's service agreement.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2214
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures; resource protection areas; locality to send notice. Requires the owner of residential real property located in the Commonwealth who has actual knowledge that the property contains a resource protection area established under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to disclose such fact to the purchaser of such property on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website. The bill also requires any locality that is subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to send, on a yearly basis, to every owner of real property containing a resource protection area written notice informing the owner of the importance of such fact and the penalties that may be imposed by the locality for a violation of any zoning, subdivision, or other ordinance adopted in accordance with the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2215
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Long-term care insurance; rate increases; notice requirements. Requires an insurer of long-term care insurance policies to issue a written notice to each policyholder of the insurer's filing for a rate increase with the State Corporation Commission within 60 days of making such filing. Additionally, the bill requires the insurer to (i) if the Commission denies the rate increase, issue a written notice to each policyholder of the Commission's final decision to deny the rate increase or (ii) if the Commission approves the rate increase, issue a written notice to policyholders of the rate increase at least 90 days before its effective date that includes certain information. The bill requires the Commission to consider, to the extent practicable, how the rate increase will impact policyholders in reviewing requests to increase long-term care insurance rates. Long-term care insurance; rate increases; notice requirements. Requires an insurer of long-term care insurance policies to issue a written notice to each policyholder of the insurer's filing for a rate increase with the State Corporation Commission within 60 days of making such filing. Additionally, the bill requires the insurer to (i) if the Commission denies the rate increase, issue a written notice to each policyholder of the Commission's final decision to deny the rate increase or (ii) if the Commission approves the rate increase, issue a written notice to policyholders of the rate increase at least 90 days before its effective date that includes certain information. The bill requires the Commission to consider, to the extent practicable, how the rate increase will impact policyholders in reviewing requests to increase long-term care insurance rates.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2216
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Health insurance; mental health benefits; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis stabilization units. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mobile crisis response services, defined in the bill, and support and stabilization services provided in a residential crisis stabilization unit, defined in the bill, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities, regardless of any difference in billing codes. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to convene a stakeholder work group to examine network standards for mobile crisis response services and the current availability of mobile crisis response services in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the work group to make recommendations regarding (i) the definition and standards of care for mobile crisis response services and short-term residential crisis stabilization services as they apply to the commercial insurance market, including balance billing protections; (ii) the licensure or accreditation required for such services in the Commonwealth; and (iii) how cost-sharing and deductibles will be addressed as part of accessing such services for commercially insured individuals. The bill requires the Commission to report the findings of the work group to the Health Insurance Reform Commission and the Governor no later than September 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2217
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Interagency task force on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretaries of Education and Labor to convene a task force of relevant state agencies who house Title I, II, and III programs and the state's Registered Apprenticeship program, as well as representatives from the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, the Virginia Association of Workforce Directors, and organized labor, to consider possible alternatives for the alignment of Titles I, II, and III funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The task force shall include in its review the challenges, opportunities, and costs for each considered reorganization model. The task force shall also consult with the Virginia representative from the U.S. Department of Labor and consider the December 2021 Workforce System Evaluation report submitted to the Governor and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development. The Secretaries of Education and Labor shall submit their executive summary and report by June 30, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2218
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
School crossing zones; speed decrease; Planning District 8. Authorizes the governing body of a county in Planning District 8 to decrease the speed limit in a school crossing zone if the school board having jurisdiction over such school passes a resolution requesting the decrease of the speed limit in such school crossing zone. Current law authorizes such governing bodies to increase or decrease such speed limits after justification for the increase or decrease has been shown by an engineering and traffic investigation. The bill provides that the authority to increase and decrease such speed limits applies on highways in the state highway system.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2219
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Health records privacy; consumer-generated health information. Requires certain entities that collect, gather, or use consumer-generated health information, defined in the bill, to take reasonable measures to safeguard such aggregated health data, including (i) adopting technical and organizational measures to ensure that consumer-generated health information is not linked to any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; (ii) committing not to attempt to re-identify or associate the aggregated health data with any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; and (iii) requiring that recipients of all transfers of aggregated health data uphold the same commitments. The bill provides civil remedies for violations of consumer-generated health information privacy. Health records privacy; consumer-generated health information. Requires certain entities that collect, gather, or use consumer-generated health information, defined in the bill, to take reasonable measures to safeguard such aggregated health data, including (i) adopting technical and organizational measures to ensure that consumer-generated health information is not linked to any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; (ii) committing not to attempt to re-identify or associate the aggregated health data with any individual, household, or device used by an individual or a household; and (iii) requiring that recipients of all transfers of aggregated health data uphold the same commitments. The bill provides civil remedies for violations of consumer-generated health information privacy.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB222
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Installment agreements for payment of taxes. 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 all other taxes 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. Installment agreements for payment of taxes. 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 all other taxes 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.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2220
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
GO Virginia grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2025, the sunset date of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants. GO Virginia grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2025, the sunset date of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants.