Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2476
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; State Health Commissioner; website; services and programs available to pregnant women. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the State Health Commissioner to establish, maintain, and annually update a website that provides information about public and private agencies, services, and programs available to pregnant women.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2477
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Care Economy Business Council created; powers and duties; membership. Creates the 12-member Care Economy Business Council as an advisory council in the executive branch of state government to advise the Governor on policy and funding priorities to determine and implement equitable practices to support persons employed in the direct care workforce. The bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2026. Care Economy Business Council created; powers and duties; membership. Creates the 12-member Care Economy Business Council as an advisory council in the executive branch of state government to advise the Governor on policy and funding priorities to determine and implement equitable practices to support persons employed in the direct care workforce. The bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2026.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2478
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Fast Food Industry Workers Standards Board established. Establishes the Fast Food Industry Workers Standards Board as a policy board within the executive branch of government. The Board shall provide advice and standards to meet the needs of fast food industry workers, defined in the bill, to eliminate the low compensation and poor working conditions that impair the health, efficiency, and well-being of fast food industry workers. The bill authorizes the Board to establish certified worker organizations to provide training on the Board's standards for fast food industry workers and such workers' rights under current labor and employment law. The bill also permits localities to establish local fast food industry standards boards within the guidelines established by the Board. The bill requires fast food industry employers to post notices of any standards promulgated by the Board consistent with the Board's requirements for such notices. Finally, the bill prohibits discriminatory or retaliatory termination of fast food industry workers by fast food industry employers.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2479
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
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
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Data centers and cloud computing; sales tax exemption; grant fund. Creates the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund for the purpose of providing grants to qualified companies, defined in the bill as a company, including its affiliates, that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and is expected to (i) make or cause to be made a capital investment of at least $50 billion and (ii) create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs that pay an average annual wage of at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the locality where the job is located. The bill requires that, in order to become a qualified company, a company successfully complete a qualification process that includes an endorsement from the MEI Commission and approval in the appropriation act for the amount of grants that are to be provided. Data centers and cloud computing; sales tax exemption; grant fund. Creates the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund for the purpose of providing grants to qualified companies, defined in the bill as a company, including its affiliates, that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and is expected to (i) make or cause to be made a capital investment of at least $50 billion and (ii) create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs that pay an average annual wage of at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the locality where the job is located. The bill requires that, in order to become a qualified company, a company successfully complete a qualification process that includes an endorsement from the MEI Commission and approval in the appropriation act for the amount of grants that are to be provided. The bill also extends the data center sales and use tax exemption to 2040 for a data center operator that (a) makes a capital investment of at least $35 billion in data centers in the Commonwealth and (b) creates at least 1,000 direct new jobs, of which at least 100 of such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the Commonwealth. Such data center operator shall be eligible for further extension of the sales and use tax exemption to 2050 if the data center operator (1) makes a total capital investment of at least $100 billion, inclusive of the initial $35 billion investment, and (2) creates a total of at least 2,500 direct new jobs, of which at least 100 of such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage in the Commonwealth, inclusive of the 1,000 jobs initially created.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2480
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Home instruction and private school tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for parents or legal guardians of a child who is homeschooled or attends a private school in Virginia. The bill provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of (i) half of the average state Standards of Quality funding per student per year or (ii) the costs incurred for instruction-related materials, courses or programs used in home instruction, or private school tuition and is limited to 1,000 children selected by an application and lottery process developed by the Department of Education. Any savings resulting from the credit of less than a student's full state Standards of Quality funding to an individual or married couple shall be deposited into the School Construction Fund. Home instruction and private school tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for parents or legal guardians of a child who is homeschooled or attends a private school in Virginia. The bill provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of (i) half of the average state Standards of Quality funding per student per year or (ii) the costs incurred for instruction-related materials, courses or programs used in home instruction, or private school tuition and is limited to 1,000 children selected by an application and lottery process developed by the Department of Education. Any savings resulting from the credit of less than a student's full state Standards of Quality funding to an individual or married couple shall be deposited into the School Construction Fund.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2481
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Registered surgical technologist; credentialing. Adds the National Center for Competency Testing as an accepted credentialing organization for registered surgical technologists.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2482
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
State Corporation Commission; certain electricity transmission projects. Directs the State Corporation Commission to issue its final order for certificates of public convenience and necessity regarding certain projects no later than 270 days after the filing date by a utility. For such projects filed by a utility prior to January 1, 2023, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to issue its final order for certificates of public convenience and necessity within 90 days of the bill's effective date.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2483
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Elephants; pain-inflicting training tools prohibited; penalty. Adds elephants to the definition of "dangerous captive animal." The bill also prohibits (i) the use of a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or similar instrument or a tool designed to inflict pain for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of an elephant and (ii) poking an elephant with such an instrument or tool for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of the elephant. A violation is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2484
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Attorney General; White Collar Crime Task Force. Creates in the Department of Law a White Collar Crime Task Force that may investigate and prosecute financially motivated nonviolent felony offenses, including any felony offense related to securities fraud, larceny, receiving stolen goods, embezzlement, fraudulent conversions, bribery, wage theft, or other crimes involving fraud. The Task Force shall consist of at least three assistant Attorneys General, at least one forensic accountant, and at least one investigator. Accordingly, the bill allows the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions for such felony offenses, with the concurrence of the local attorney for the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2485
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Operators of automated teller machines and similar electronic terminals; registration required. Requires an operator of an automated teller machine (ATM), cash-dispensing machine, or similar electronic terminal to register by July 1, 2024, with the State Corporation Commission in accordance with procedures established by the Commission. The bill prohibits registered operators from imposing a fee for the use of its ATM, cash dispensing machine, or similar electronic terminal without first disclosing the fee to the customer and prohibits registered operators from imposing a transaction fee in excess of $3 per transaction or two percent of the gross amount of the transaction, whichever is greater. The bill requires the Commission to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the Attorney General to seek to enjoin violations of the bill's provisions and to seek damages and other relief as allowed by law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2486
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Soft drink companies and bottlers; transfer of business; remedies. Prohibits soft drink companies from unreasonably withholding or delaying consent to any transfer of a bottler's business or the transfer of the stock or other interest in the bottler's business when a proposed transferee bottler meets the soft drink company's material and reasonable qualification requirements. The bill also prohibits soft drink companies from withholding consent to, or in any manner retaining a right of prior approval of, the transfer of a bottler's business to a principal owner of the bottler or a family member. Cases or controversies arising under the requirements of the bill have jurisdiction in the circuit court of the city or county where the bottler has its principal place of business, and the court may grant equitable relief as necessary to remedy the effects of conduct prohibited under the bill. A contract or agreement between a soft drink company and a bottler that purports to waive the requirements of the bill shall be considered void and unenforceable to the extent of such waiver.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2487
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing. Prohibits the use of restorative housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that an incarcerated person who has been placed in restorative housing be offered a minimum of four hours of out-of-cell programmatic interventions or other congregate activities per day aimed at promoting personal development or addressing underlying causes of problematic behavior. The bill also requires the facility administrator to have a defined and publicly available policy and procedure for the process of transitioning an incarcerated person placed in restorative housing out of such housing and back to the general population of the facility.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2488
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Refer
1/27/23
Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Emergency Management and financially managed by the Virginia Resources Authority, for the purpose of making loans and awarding grants to local governments for the purpose of assisting with improvement projects relating to public safety radio and communications infrastructure.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2489
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Responsible Fatherhood Initiative; fatherhood needs assessment; Fatherhood Support Grants Program and Fund established. Requires the Virginia Department of Social Services to contract for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative for the purpose of providing an opportunity for every father in the Commonwealth to be able to obtain information and inspiration that will motivate and enable him to enhance his abilities as a father and establishes requirements for the entities contracting with the Department to implement the initiative. Under the bill, each local board of social services shall undertake certain actions to ensure that the local department of social services is addressing the unique needs of the fathers of children served by the local department. The bill also establishes the Fatherhood Supports Grant Fund, which awards grants to not-for-profit community-based organizations to address the needs of fathers.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2490
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative school located within a local school division that is created as a new public school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing public school and is subject to the student assessment and accountability requirements applicable to other public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts division laboratory schools from certain laws that govern other public schools in the Commonwealth and permits such schools to operate free from specified school division policies and state regulations and be granted flexibility in school scheduling. Finally, the bill establishes the Laboratory School Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools and division laboratory schools. Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative school located within a local school division that is created as a new public school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing public school and is subject to the student assessment and accountability requirements applicable to other public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts division laboratory schools from certain laws that govern other public schools in the Commonwealth and permits such schools to operate free from specified school division policies and state regulations and be granted flexibility in school scheduling. Finally, the bill establishes the Laboratory School Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools and division laboratory schools.