Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2296
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; assess licensing scheme for liquid nicotine; report. Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess (i) a potential licensing scheme for manufacturers, distributors, and retail dealers of liquid nicotine in the Commonwealth and (ii) the most appropriate manner and entity to enforce and administer licensing, age verification, product verification, and advertising restrictions related to the sale of liquid nicotine. The bill requires the Authority to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Finance, and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2297
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028, the $0.50 per head assessment from the sale of cattle in the Commonwealth that is collected and deposited in the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund to support the activities of the Cattle Industry Board.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2298
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Carrying concealed weapons; exceptions; penalty. Removes switchblade knives from and adds stiletto knives to the list of concealed weapons the carrying of which is prohibited in public. Carrying concealed weapons; exceptions; penalty. Removes switchblade knives from and adds stiletto knives to the list of concealed weapons the carrying of which is prohibited in public.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2299
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officer eligibility. Adds conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the definition of "employee" as it relates to the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2300
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Use of handheld personal communications device; commercial dispatch. Exempts from the prohibition on holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle the use of such a device for commercial dispatch purposes, as defined in the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2301
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. Allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2302
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund. Authorizes the Governor to direct funds from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund (Fund) to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for transportation projects determined to be necessary to support major economic development initiatives or to enhance the economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs when recommended by the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Commerce and Trade; these directed funds do not have a specified limit. Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund. Authorizes the Governor to direct funds from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund (Fund) to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for transportation projects determined to be necessary to support major economic development initiatives or to enhance the economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs when recommended by the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Commerce and Trade; these directed funds do not have a specified limit. When funds are directed to such transportation projects or programs from the Fund in excess of $5 million, the bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report, the content of which is designated in the bill, to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations within 30 days of such direction of funds. The bill further requires, for the direction of funds from the Fund in excess of $35 million, that such direction be submitted for review, within 14 days, to the MEI Project Approval Commission. The bill provides that absent a recommendation within the 14-day period that the funds should not be directed, or in the event that the Commission does not provide a recommendation within the 14-day period, the funds shall be directed. The bill authorizes the use of grants, funds directed to the Board, and revolving loans for property acquisition and new or improved infrastructure to support economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs. The bill clarifies that the authority granted related to the Fund cannot be used for otherwise prohibited eminent domain purposes.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2303
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Retirement System; school bus drivers; return to employment. Provides that if a retired school bus driver was employed by a local school division and had a bona fide break in service of at least three months between retirement and employment as a school bus driver in a local school division that identifies and experiences a critical shortage of school bus drivers reaching a vacancy rate that exceeds 20 percent, such person is not required to establish a 12-month break in service that would otherwise be required by law. The critical shortage and vacancy rate of school bus drivers in a local school division are subject to semi-annual reevaluation to determine whether a critical shortage continues to exist and whether the vacancy rate of school bus drivers in the local school division continues to exceed 20 percent. The bill requires an affected local school division to provide an annual report to the General Assembly identifying critical shortages, vacancy rates, and employment of school bus drivers, including those reemployed out of retirement, in the prior year. The bill also requires the Secretary of Education and Secretary of Transportation to convene a work group to identify specific strategies to address bus driver shortages across Virginia local school divisions. Virginia Retirement System; school bus drivers; return to employment. Provides that if a retired school bus driver was employed by a local school division and had a bona fide break in service of at least three months between retirement and employment as a school bus driver in a local school division that identifies and experiences a critical shortage of school bus drivers reaching a vacancy rate that exceeds 20 percent, such person is not required to establish a 12-month break in service that would otherwise be required by law. The critical shortage and vacancy rate of school bus drivers in a local school division are subject to semi-annual reevaluation to determine whether a critical shortage continues to exist and whether the vacancy rate of school bus drivers in the local school division continues to exceed 20 percent. The bill requires an affected local school division to provide an annual report to the General Assembly identifying critical shortages, vacancy rates, and employment of school bus drivers, including those reemployed out of retirement, in the prior year. The bill also requires the Secretary of Education and Secretary of Transportation to convene a work group to identify specific strategies to address bus driver shortages across Virginia local school divisions.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2304
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Motorcycle rider safety training courses. Changes one of the three available types of motorcycle training courses from a sidecar and three-wheeled motorcycle course to a three-wheeled motorcycle course and changes the helmet requirement for motorcycle training courses from a three-quarter shell motorcycle helmet to any lawful motorcycle helmet. The bill removes the specific motorcycle training course requirements for (i) the student-to-instructor ratio, (ii) the students per range at any one time, and (iii) the features of motorcycles used in training and requires such aspects of the motorcycle training course to comply with the recommendations of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, unless otherwise provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Motorcycle rider safety training courses. Changes one of the three available types of motorcycle training courses from a sidecar and three-wheeled motorcycle course to a three-wheeled motorcycle course and changes the helmet requirement for motorcycle training courses from a three-quarter shell motorcycle helmet to any lawful motorcycle helmet. The bill removes the specific motorcycle training course requirements for (i) the student-to-instructor ratio, (ii) the students per range at any one time, and (iii) the features of motorcycles used in training and requires such aspects of the motorcycle training course to comply with the recommendations of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, unless otherwise provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2305
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Certain electrical generating facilities; competitive procurement. Provides that in any petition by a Phase I or Phase II Utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate an electrical generating facility that generates electric energy derived from sunlight, such utility shall demonstrate that the proposed facility was subject to competitive procurement or solicitation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2306
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements issued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of the vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician. Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements issued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of the vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2307
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public school building that a school board should budget for the maintenance and operations of the building and such other standards as the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to solicit the input of relevant stakeholders and the public in developing such recommendations. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1, 2023. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2308
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Conduct of elections; electoral board to meet to ascertain results; permitted period of adjournment. Permits local electoral boards, when meeting after an election to ascertain the results of such election, to adjourn as needed for a period not to exceed seven calendar days from the deadline for timely postmarked absentee ballots to be returned in order to be counted. Under current law, the local electoral boards are permitted to adjourn for a period not to exceed seven calendar days from the date of the election. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2309
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; definitions. Expands the definition of "motor vehicle" in the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act to include a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds that is bought or used primarily for business purposes by a person or certain legal business entities to which not more than five motor vehicles are registered. The bill also adds electronic mail communications to the definition of "notify" or "notification" in the Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2310
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Study; DHCD; opportunities for rural areas of the Commonwealth to upgrade their public water and sewer systems; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study of opportunities for rural areas of the Commonwealth to upgrade their public water and sewer systems. Technical assistance shall be provided by the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.