Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR507
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing; local regulation; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development and representatives of the Governor's office, to develop recommended revisions to Chapter 22 (ยง 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia to (i) streamline and enhance predictability in local development review processes and (ii) alleviate the effects of local policies or ordinances that contribute to increased housing costs and constrain the supply of affordable and workforce housing.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR508
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Department of Health and Department of Education; medical forms and medical information collection by summer camps and similar programs; report. Requests the Department of Health and the Department of Education to study medical forms and medical information collection by summer camps and similar programs and to determine the viability of a standardized medical information form for summer camps and similar programs, explore possibilities for streamlining the collection of medical information for such programs, and create a draft universal form for potential use by such programs. The Department of Health and the Department of Education shall complete their meetings by November 30, 2023, and submit their findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR509
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); public schools of high quality; right to access a school-based licensed mental health professional. Provides that each child attending public school has a right to access a school-based mental health professional licensed by the Commonwealth as a licensed clinical social worker or licensed professional counselor, including the right to choose a mental health professional who will not utilize applied behavioral analysis.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR510
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/10/23
Enrolled
2/14/23
Passed
2/14/23
Trisomy Awareness Month. Designates March, in 2023 and in each succeeding year, as Trisomy Awareness Month.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR511
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; offering reduced rate in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to dependents of public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the feasibility and efficacy of offering the dependents of public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth reduced rate in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth for the purpose of improving retention rates of public school teachers in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR512
Introduced
1/10/23
Engrossed
1/16/23
Enrolled
1/19/23
Passed
1/19/23
Commending the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR513
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction, or human composting, facilities as cemetery corporations. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to study the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction, also known as green burial or human composting, facilities as cemetery corporations; to develop recommendations for establishing natural organic reduction facilities in the Commonwealth; and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 30, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR514
Introduced
1/10/23
Engrossed
1/16/23
Enrolled
1/19/23
Passed
1/19/23
Commending Bryna Addair.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR515
Introduced
1/10/23
Engrossed
1/16/23
Enrolled
1/19/23
Passed
1/19/23
Celebrating the life of James D. Campbell.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR516
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; membership increase. Increases the total membership of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding from 11 to 17 by increasing the number of nonlegislative members from three to seven. The additional nonlegislative members include representatives from the environmental, development, and business communities, a certified floodplain manager, and three local elected officials representing three of Virginia's flood-prone communities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR517
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax exemption for new construction of housing. Allows the General Assembly to authorize the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide for the exemption from local real property taxation, or a portion thereof, of real estate on which housing is to be constructed.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR518
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Designates March, in 2023 and in each succeeding year, as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR519
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state interest.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR520
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR521
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure; impact of the Commonwealth joining the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; report. Requests the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to study the impact of the Commonwealth joining the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and report to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2023, its findings and a recommendation regarding whether the Commonwealth should join such compact.