Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR522
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Department of Energy; impacts of data center development; report. Directs the Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on Virginia's environment, economy, energy resources, and ability to meet carbon-reduction goals.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR523
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at certain comprehensive community colleges; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of waiving tuition and mandatory fees for Virginia students who attend Mountain Empire Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, and Virginia Highlands Community College and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2023.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR524
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); environmental justice. Establishes that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to follow the principles of environmental justice in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies and to ensure that no population, especially minority, low-income, or historically economically disadvantaged communities, faces higher levels or greater impacts of pollution and climate change than other populations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR525
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; STARR Alert Program; alert program to notify vehicle repair shops of nearby reported traffic incidents. Directs the Department of Transportation to study the need for an alert program, to be known as the STARR Alert Program, to notify vehicle repair shops of nearby reported traffic incidents and crashes and to (i) investigate the cost of implementing such a program; (ii) collect traffic incident data; (iii) investigate the effect of such a program on vehicle repair shops; (iv) investigate the effect of such a program on the Department of State Police procedures and practices; and (v) determine an appropriate alert radius from a reported traffic incident site to vehicle repair shops and the feasibility of widespread use of such a program in all areas of the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR526
Introduced
1/10/23
Study; Department of Social Services; marijuana possession or use as justification for removal of child or denial of custody or visitation; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to study marijuana possession or use as justification for removal or denial of custody or visitation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR527
Introduced
1/10/23
Engrossed
1/16/23
Enrolled
1/19/23
Passed
1/19/23
Commending Ann Pesiri Swanson.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR528
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; State Corporation Commission; Outage Data Initiative Nationwide; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder workgroup and study the Commonwealth's participation in the Outage Data Initiative Nationwide.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR529
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; affordable housing; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development, in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Authority, to study ways to increase affordable housing options for public servants on publicly owned property.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR530
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Study; JLARC; magistrates; report. Directs the Joint Study; JLARC; magistrates; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to, by November 30, 2024, study the magisterial system in the Commonwealth in order to analyze its effectiveness, compare the organization and use of magistrates in the Commonwealth to that of other states with both similar and dissimilar magisterial systems, and those without magisterial systems, and provide suggestions for improving the magisterial system in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC is directed to (i) define the term "magistrate" as it is used in the Commonwealth and by other states that use the same or a similar term; (ii) determine which states use magistrates in a role or function comparable to the Commonwealth and compare the role or functions and workloads of such magistrates to magistrates in the Commonwealth; (iii) determine the methods of selection, methods of oversight, and the term lengths, if any, of magistrates in other states that use magistrates in a role or function comparable to the Commonwealth; (iv) determine which states do not have magistrates and identify in such states who performs the functions of that of a magistrate; (v) determine in which states the role or functions performed by magistrates differ significantly from the role or functions performed by magistrates in the Commonwealth and analyze (a) the difference in the role or functions performed by such magistrates in other states as well as the difference in education and training requirements for such magistrates in other states, (b) where such magisterial role or function falls within such other states' judicial or justice system and the overall workload for and effectiveness of such magisterial role or function, and (c) any potential limitations with such magisterial role or function in such other states as compared to the magisterial system in the Commonwealth; and (vi) provide recommendations for the improvement or reorganization of the magisterial system in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR531
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); personal property tax; exemption. Provides that property owned by a chartered organization and used solely for the purpose of supporting one or more scouting units holding a charter issued by the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States of America shall be exempt from state and local taxation.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR532
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia 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 HJR533
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty. Expands the current tax exemption for real property available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR534
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Study; Department of Education; enhancing the usage of augmented reality and virtual reality technology in K-12 classrooms and curricula; use of augmented reality and virtual reality in special education; report. Requests the Department of Education to study ways to enhance the usage of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology in the classroom and curricula for grades K-12 and how AR/VR technology can be used to improve and enhance education for students with certain disabilities and learning impairments.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR535
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Study; Joint Commission on Technology and Science; extreme differences in life expectancy; use of technology for monitoring and resolving. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (Commission) to study potential technological approaches to monitoring and resolving extreme differences in life expectancy in Virginia, including by examining (i) data sources for life expectancy variation, drivers of such variation, and technological solutions for monitoring efforts to reduce variation; (ii) technological and policy solutions for areas that are most affected; (iii) remedies, mitigation, and their cost; (iv) the degree of certainty that exists regarding data on impacts on life expectancy and alternative actions; and (v) necessary technical resources and their cost. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to provide technical assistance to the Commission and directs the Commission to accept scientific and technical assistance provided by the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR536
Introduced
1/11/23
Engrossed
1/16/23
Enrolled
1/26/23
Passed
1/26/23
Celebrating the lives of Randall Blevins, Fernando Chavez-Barron, Lorenzo Gamble, Tyneka Johnson, Brian Pendleton, and Kellie Pyle.