Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB839
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Electric utilities; recovery of costs; rate adjustment clause proceedings; construction or acquisition of certain facilities. Provides that in any proceeding regarding petitions for a rate adjustment clause, the State Corporation Commission may, as an alternative to a rate adjustment clause, authorize recovery of any proposed cost through the utility's rates for generation and distribution services, if the Commission, in its discretion, determines that such cost recovery better serves ratepayers while still providing the utility the opportunity to recover its costs and earn a fair rate of return. Additionally, the bill prohibits the Commission from approving the recovery of costs related to the construction or acquisition of generation facilities powered by sunlight or onshore or offshore wind, or energy storage facilities, that are constructed or acquired by a Phase I or Phase II Utility after July 1, 2022, unless the Commission determines that the construction or acquisition of such facilities is (i) necessary to maintain the reliability or security of electric service to customers or meet the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program requirements established in this section and (ii) is the lowest-cost option to maintain the reliability or security of electric service to customers or meet the RPS program requirements.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB847
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. Certain portions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. Certain portions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB859
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and if the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2024. Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and if the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB898
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Possession of certain naturally occurring hallucinogens or psychoactive substances; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses peyote, ibogaine, psilocybin, or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses such substances is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Possession of certain naturally occurring hallucinogens or psychoactive substances; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses peyote, ibogaine, psilocybin, or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses such substances is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB901
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Individual income tax; late payment penalty. Provides that the Department of Taxation shall not assess a late payment penalty to the entire tax or to any unpaid balance of the income tax owed by an individual unless and until the taxpayer fails to file his return by the time fixed by law for filing a return or by the time prescribed pursuant to a filing extension, as applicable. Under current law, the late payment penalty is assessed at the time a return is received by the Department if payment is not made in full when due.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB921
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Prescribing controlled substances; practitioner-patient relationship; telemedicine. Provides that a prescriber may establish a practitioner-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances via synchronous interaction with a patient and for the purpose of prescribing Schedule VI controlled substances via asynchronous interaction. The terms "synchronous interaction" and "asynchronous interaction" are defined in the bill.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB930
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Human research; research involving minors; requirements. Establishes additional requirements for human research involving a minor as a human subject, defined in the bill, including requirements related to review of proposed and continuing research by institutional review boards and requirements related to parental consent to human research involving a minor.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB943
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Health insurance; retail community pharmacies. Requires a carrier to administer its health benefit plans in a manner consistent with certain requirements and to include such requirements in its provider contracts addressing the provision of pharmacy benefits management. The bill provides that (i) a covered individual is permitted to fill any mail order-covered prescription, at the covered individual's option, at any mail order pharmacy or network participating retail community pharmacy under certain conditions; (ii) the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager is prohibited from imposing a differential copayment, additional fee, rebate, bonus, or other condition on any covered individual who elects to fill his prescription at an in-network retail community pharmacy that is not similarly imposed on covered individuals electing to fill a prescription from a mail order pharmacy; and (iii) the pharmacy benefits manager is required to expressly disclose to the carrier in the contract if the pharmacy benefits manager retains all or a greater portion of a drug manufacturer's rebate amount or any additional direct or indirect remuneration from any third party for drugs dispensed through the pharmacy benefits manager-owned mail order pharmacy than the pharmacy benefits manager does for drugs dispensed through a retail community pharmacy. The bill also removes the exemption for a self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plan under provisions regulating pharmacy benefits managers.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB98
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to reports of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and local departments of social services; (iii) notice requirements related to findings by local departments and central registry entries; and (iv) an appeals process to contest the findings of a local department related to substantiated reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB981
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Certain health professions; licensure by endorsement. Requires the Boards of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing to grant an application by endorsement to any applicant who is licensed, certified, or registered in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession upon submission of evidence satisfactory to such board. Currently, the Boards of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing are authorized but not required to grant a license, certification, or registration by endorsement for applicants wishing to practice regulated professions.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR457
Introduced
10/13/22
Refer
10/13/22
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
2/3/23
United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states. Makes application to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR458
Introduced
11/4/22
Refer
11/4/22
Constitutional amendments (first reference); General Assembly and local elected officials; term limits. Limits members of the Senate to three consecutive terms and members of the House of Delegates to six consecutive terms. The amendments provide that the limits apply to terms of service beginning on and after the start of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly. The amendments also limit officials elected to any county, city, town, or constitutional office to three consecutive terms, except for persons elected to the office of the clerk of the court, who are limited to two consecutive terms. These limits apply to terms of service in county, city, town, and constitutional offices beginning on and after January 1, 2026. Both amendments provide that service for a partial term does not preclude serving the allowed number of full terms.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR459
Introduced
11/21/22
Refer
11/21/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; 16-year-olds permitted to vote. Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement that a voter shall be 18 years of age, any person who is 16 years of age or older and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be permitted to register to vote and to vote in local elections.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR460
Introduced
11/23/22
Refer
11/23/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR461
Introduced
11/29/22
Refer
11/29/22
Study; JLARC; Compensation Board funding for the offices of certain constitutional officers; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study Compensation Board funding for the offices of certain constitutional officers and to review the trends and trajectory of general fund support in the state budget for the offices of certain constitutional officers, the metrics by which support is determined, the equity of such state support considering the needs of the various localities, and the degree to which localities are supplementing the Commonwealth's funding.