Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2311
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; renewable energy; eligible sources for renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that for the purpose of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, renewable energy includes energy from nuclear and hydrogen power. The bill provides electric-generating resources that generate electric energy derived from nuclear or hydrogen power located in the Commonwealth or physically located within the PJM region as a renewable energy portfolio standard program source.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2312
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders; appeals of State Building Code Technical Review Board decisions; recovery of costs. Defines stop work orders for the purposes of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill provides that if, during an appeal pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Process Act of the State Building Code Technical Review Board's decision with respect to the issuance of a stop work order by a local building official, the court finds in favor of the party that was issued the stop work order, such party shall be entitled to recover its actual costs of litigation, including court costs, attorney fees, and witness fees, from the locality responsible for issuing the stop work order. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2313
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Criminal history record information; dissemination. Allows criminal history record information to be disseminated to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or his designee for individuals who are being evaluated by the Commissioner to determine the individual's sanity at the time of a criminal offense or capacity to stand trial for the purpose of placement, evaluation, treatment, or discharge planning.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2314
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
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Health insurance credits; retired state employees. Increases, beginning July 1, 2024, from $4 per year of creditable service to $4.25 per year of creditable service the amount of each monthly health insurance credit provided by the Commonwealth for the cost of health insurance coverage for any retired state employee. Health insurance credits; retired state employees. Increases, beginning July 1, 2024, from $4 per year of creditable service to $4.25 per year of creditable service the amount of each monthly health insurance credit provided by the Commonwealth for the cost of health insurance coverage for any retired state employee.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2315
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; information about Intellectual/Developmental Disability services; work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene a work group, including representatives of community services boards, local departments of social services, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Arc of Virginia, the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and other relevant stakeholders, to study methods for and develop recommendations for disseminating information about Intellectual/Developmental Disability services. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions by October 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2316
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2317
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
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
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2318
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers; part time. Provides that an employee of a political subdivision or of the Commonwealth who (i) is compensated on a salaried or hourly basis; (ii) works at least 20 hours per week, and (iii) is employed as a law-enforcement officer or correctional officer shall be considered a full-time employee for purposes of participation in the Virginia Retirement System. Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers; part time. Provides that an employee of a political subdivision or of the Commonwealth who (i) is compensated on a salaried or hourly basis; (ii) works at least 20 hours per week, and (iii) is employed as a law-enforcement officer or correctional officer shall be considered a full-time employee for purposes of participation in the Virginia Retirement System.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2319
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Income tax; rates and deductions. Lowers the top income tax rate from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024. The bill also raises the standard deduction to $9,000 for single individuals and $18,000 for married persons for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024, but before January 1, 2026. Income tax; rates and deductions. Lowers the top income tax rate from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024. The bill also raises the standard deduction to $9,000 for single individuals and $18,000 for married persons for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024, but before January 1, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2320
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship; penalty; repeal. Repeals the prohibition on the carrying of a dangerous weapon in a place of worship without good and sufficient reason while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2321
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Investigation prior to release; input from the attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that when the Parole Board is conducting the required investigation to determine if a prisoner will be released on parole the Board must notify the attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction in which an offense occurred for which the prisoner is incarcerated, and the attorney for the Commonwealth may submit his input to the Board regarding the impact that the release of the prisoner will have on the jurisdiction.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2322
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder' law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and dispatchers. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, firefighter, or dispatcher is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill adds dispatchers and correctional officers to the list of individuals for whom the workers' compensation presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder applies. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, for post-traumatic stress disorder and on or after July 1, 2023, for anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, and includes other conditions for compensability. The bill requires employers of law-enforcement officers and dispatchers to provide resilience and self-care technique training beginning July 1, 2023. The bill also adds mental health professionals to certain provisions that currently apply to physicians and surgeons.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2323
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Posting of notices. Provides that if any notice, summons, order, or other official document of any type is required to be posted by a circuit court clerk on or at the front door of a courthouse or on a public bulletin board at a courthouse, it shall constitute compliance with such requirement if the notice, summons, order, or other official document is posted on the public government website of the locality served by the court or the website of the circuit court clerk. The bill further directs the chief judge of the circuit in which the courthouse is situated to approve a location, at or near the principal public entrance to the courthouse, that is conspicuous to the public for the physical posting of such notice. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2324
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Recount elections; recount standards; elections for offices to which more than one candidate can be elected. Directs the State Board of Elections to promulgate standards and instructions for the conduct of recounts in elections for any office to which more than one candidate can be elected. Such standards and instructions shall include which candidates apparently nominated or elected are required to be named in the petition for a recount or served a copy of the petition for a recount.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2325
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Refer
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Agricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning January 1, 2023, and requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to compile a report annually with certain information regarding agricultural land that is under foreign ownership and submit such report to the Governor and General Assembly.