Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2461
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Secretary of Finance; COVID-19 penalty reimbursements; sunset. Requires all state agencies to report to the Secretary of Finance the total amount of fines, fees, and interest imposed on individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including any withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of an individual's license or certification, resulting from violations of the Commonwealth's COVID-19 practices, guidelines, rules, or operating procedures and any state contracts that were not awarded as a result of noncompliance with the Commonwealth's COVID-19 guidelines. The bill also requires all state agencies to include in such report the fund into which such amounts were deposited. The bill directs the Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries with responsibility for the impacted agencies, to develop a procedure to provide reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations up to the amount of fines, fees, or interest previously paid for such violations. The bill specifies that the procedure developed by the Secretary of Finance shall provide for the reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations of such amounts from the fund into which the original amounts were deposited. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2025. Secretary of Finance; COVID-19 penalty reimbursements; sunset. Requires all state agencies to report to the Secretary of Finance the total amount of fines, fees, and interest imposed on individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including any withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of an individual's license or certification, resulting from violations of the Commonwealth's COVID-19 practices, guidelines, rules, or operating procedures and any state contracts that were not awarded as a result of noncompliance with the Commonwealth's COVID-19 guidelines. The bill also requires all state agencies to include in such report the fund into which such amounts were deposited. The bill directs the Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries with responsibility for the impacted agencies, to develop a procedure to provide reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations up to the amount of fines, fees, or interest previously paid for such violations. The bill specifies that the procedure developed by the Secretary of Finance shall provide for the reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations of such amounts from the fund into which the original amounts were deposited. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2462
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Refer
1/30/23
Certain student loans; default; institutional liability. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop procedures for (i) identifying each individual who has defaulted on any loan agreement that he entered into in order to finance all or any portion of the cost of tuition or mandatory fees to attend the baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which he earned his degree within five years of earning such degree and (ii) determining which such loan defaults qualify for repayment by the baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which the individual earned his degree. The bill requires any individual determined pursuant to such procedures developed by the Council to have a qualifying loan default to be repaid by the baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which he earned his degree a sum sufficient to cover 50 percent of the original principal amount of the loan.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2463
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Failed
2/25/23
State Corporation Commission; members. Increases, until the next expiration of a member's term, the number of members of the State Corporation Commission from three to four. The bill provides that the newest member will serve a term of six years that begins July, 1, 2023. The bill provides that upon the next expiration of a term of a member of the Commission or upon the expiration of the remaining term of a vacancy, whichever occurs earlier, no member shall be elected to fill the expired seat, and the Commission shall consist of three members.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2464
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2465
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Return of prescription drugs past their expiration dates. Permits prescription drugs in full or partial containers to be returned up to six months after the labeled expiration date for full credit or replacement.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2466
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Probation; possession of controlled substance by confidential informant. Provides that the court shall permit a person under the court's supervision to (i) serve as a confidential informant and (ii) possess controlled substances in furtherance of his duties as a confidential informant while under the supervision of law-enforcement officers upon motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth and based on an allegation that such person has information that could assist law enforcement with the interdiction or prosecution of the distribution of controlled substances. The bill bars prosecution of a confidential informant for possession or distribution of controlled substances while the confidential informant is performing his duties under the supervision of law-enforcement officers.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2467
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Purchase of firearms; special identification without a photograph. Provides that to establish personal identification and residence in Virginia for the purposes of purchasing a firearm, a prospective purchaser may present a special identification card without a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to a person with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2468
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Dealership operation by manufacturer; determination of no independent dealer to operate the franchise. Authorizes a previous determination by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles that there was no independent dealer available in the community or trade area to own and operate the franchise in a manner consistent with the public interest to be sufficient grounds for a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or subsidiary thereof to own, operate, or control a subsequent franchise location in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2469
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Department of Education; Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; timeline for Request for Proposal for provider of revised assessments. Prohibits the Department of Education from releasing a Request for Proposal for a provider of revised Virginia Standards of Learning summative assessments of proficiency until after the work group convened for the purpose of developing a plan for the implementation of such revised assessments has submitted its initial iteration of such plan. The bill permits the Department of Education to extend the current state assessment contract until December 31, 2025, to ensure continuity in the administration of the state assessment program. Department of Education; Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; timeline for Request for Proposal for provider of revised assessments. Prohibits the Department of Education from releasing a Request for Proposal for a provider of revised Virginia Standards of Learning summative assessments of proficiency until after the work group convened for the purpose of developing a plan for the implementation of such revised assessments has submitted its initial iteration of such plan. The bill permits the Department of Education to extend the current state assessment contract until December 31, 2025, to ensure continuity in the administration of the state assessment program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2470
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Hunting and fishing licenses.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2471
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
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
General registrars; petition for removal. Provides for the removal of a general registrar by the circuit court upon a petition signed by a majority of the members of the State Board of Elections or a majority of the members of the local electoral board. Currently, a local electoral board may remove a general registrar with a majority vote, while the State Board of Elections may petition the circuit court to remove a general registrar only after petitioning the local electoral board to remove the registrar and the electoral board fails to do so. The bill requires the Virginia Division of Risk Management to assign counsel to the defense of any member of a local electoral board or general registrar subject to a petition for removal, upon that member's or registrar's application.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2472
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
340B Covered Entity Commitment to Good Stewardship Principles Annual Report; definition of covered entity; report. Directs a nonprofit organization, as defined in relevant law, to create a standardized reporting form that requires each covered each hospital described in § 340B(a)(4) of the federal Public Health to disclose certain information about its 340B Drug Pricing Program savings and the use of such savings. Under the bill, each hospital that participates in the 340B Drug Pricing Program shall submit such form, to be known as the 340B Covered Entity Commitment to Good Stewardship Principles Annual Report, to the nonprofit organization annually by February 1 for the previous calendar year. The bill directs the nonprofit organization to post such annual reports on its website. 340B Covered Entity Commitment to Good Stewardship Principles Annual Report; definition of covered entity; report. Directs a nonprofit organization, as defined in relevant law, to create a standardized reporting form that requires each covered each hospital described in § 340B(a)(4) of the federal Public Health to disclose certain information about its 340B Drug Pricing Program savings and the use of such savings. Under the bill, each hospital that participates in the 340B Drug Pricing Program shall submit such form, to be known as the 340B Covered Entity Commitment to Good Stewardship Principles Annual Report, to the nonprofit organization annually by February 1 for the previous calendar year. The bill directs the nonprofit organization to post such annual reports on its website.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2473
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Department of Labor and Industry; workplace poster for veterans benefits and services. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Services, to create a poster describing benefits and services available to veterans and allows employers to request and display such poster in the workplace. The bill enumerates a minimum group of resources the poster shall include, including (i) Department of Veterans Services' programs, contact information, and website address; (ii) substance abuse and mental health treatment resources; (iii) educational, workforce, and training resources; (iv) tax benefits; (v) eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits; (vi) legal services; and (vii) the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2474
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Collection and reporting of data related to adults charged with a criminal offense punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment; Virginia Longitudinal Data System. Allows the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to contribute the statewide and locality-level data it collects on adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by incarceration to the Virginia Longitudinal Data System administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2475
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Sexual battery; clergy; penalty. Expands the offense of sexual battery to include sexual abuse of a complaining witness committed by an accused who was, at the time of the offense, a member of the clergy or similar functionary of a religious organization in a position of trust or authority over the complaining witness, while the complaining witness was 18 years of age or older and under the spiritual care of the accused.