Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1458
Introduced
12/23/22
Refer
12/23/22
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1459
Introduced
12/23/22
Refer
12/23/22
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Retired state law-enforcement officers; retention of badge. Provides that on and after July 1, 2023, upon the retirement of a state law-enforcement officer who is not a State Police officer, the employing department or agency shall, upon request of the retiree, award the retiree his badge or other insignia of his office for permanent keeping, provided that the employing department or agency has the badge or insignia mounted in such a manner that it will be impossible for anyone to display such badge or insignia upon his person. Under current law, only a State Police officer may keep a mounted badge or insignia after his retirement.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1460
Introduced
12/23/22
Refer
12/23/22
Income tax; subtraction for low-income military veterans with a permanent service-connected disability. Provides an income tax subtraction for the military retirement income received by a veteran who has been rated with a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability for taxable years on and after January 1, 2023. The bill provides that the subtraction is available only to those taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income is not greater than 150 percent of the federal poverty level for a four-person household.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1461
Introduced
12/23/22
Refer
12/23/22
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities. Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1462
Introduced
12/25/22
Refer
12/25/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms; photo identification. Removes the provision that prevents a firearms dealer from selling or otherwise transferring a firearm to a prospective purchaser until 30 days after the date of issue of the prospective purchaser's original or duplicate photo identification.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1463
Introduced
12/27/22
Refer
12/27/22
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $1,530,653 to Michael Haas, who was wrongly convicted of forcible sodomy.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1464
Introduced
12/27/22
Refer
12/27/22
Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on July 1, 2024, and, beginning July 1, 2023, allows certain pharmaceutical and industrial hemp processors, pending establishment of the retail market, to cultivate, manufacture, and sell cannabis products to persons 21 years of age or older. Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on July 1, 2024, and, beginning July 1, 2023, allows certain pharmaceutical and industrial hemp processors, pending establishment of the retail market, to cultivate, manufacture, and sell cannabis products to persons 21 years of age or older.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1465
Introduced
12/27/22
Refer
12/27/22
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee established. Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish and maintain the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee to enable collaboration among prevention and treatment providers and operators of legal gaming in the Commonwealth on efforts to reduce the negative effects of problem gambling.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1466
Introduced
12/28/22
Refer
12/28/22
Special provisions involving voluntary anti-forced labor and child slavery certifications for sales of low emissions and electric motor vehicles in the Commonwealth of Virginia; remedies for Attorney General when sufficient supply of EV and LEV vehicles are not available.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1467
Introduced
12/28/22
Refer
12/28/22
Elections; voter identification containing photograph Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; availability of absentee voting in person; return of absentee ballots. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to do so in person up to and including the day of the election and limits the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to members of a uniformed service on active duty, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and their spouses and dependents. The bill limits the period during which absentee voting in person is available from 45 days preceding the date of the election to the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday immediately preceding the date of the election. The bill requires that absentee ballots returned by mail be returned to the office of the general registrar by the close of polls on election day and be postmarked on or before the Saturday preceding the date of the election. The bill eliminates the use of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots. The bill requires absentee ballot applications to contain the last four digits of the applicant's social security number and provides that the failure of an absentee ballot to include a witness signature is a material omission, rendering the ballot void.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1468
Introduced
12/29/22
Refer
12/29/22
Rabies vaccination of companion animals; maximum charge. Provides that no licensed veterinarian, licensed veterinary technician, or other employee under the direction of such veterinarians shall (i) charge a fee or impose other costs for a rabies vaccination exceeding $20 or (ii) require additional services alongside such vaccination.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1469
Introduced
12/29/22
Refer
12/29/22
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Enrolled
2/14/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Motor vehicle dealers; franchise agreements; sale or lease of new motor vehicles. Provides that the threat to withhold incentive payments or the right to participate in incentive programs is included in the existing prohibition on any vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch coercing or attempting to coerce a dealer into entering into an agreement. The bill prohibits vehicle manufacturers, factory branches, distributors, or distributor branches from taking certain listed actions related to direct contact with buyers or lessees or coercing or requiring a dealer to allow such actions in the franchise agreement. The bill prohibits and makes void any provisions of a franchise agreement or similar agreement authorizing a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to unilaterally amend the franchise agreement or similar agreement. The bill provides that the existing prohibition on a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch owning, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle dealership includes any dealership of a new line-make established by a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or subsidiary thereof or a company affiliated through ownership of the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch of at least 25 percent of the equity of the company. The bill provides that the existing requirement that manufacturers, factory branches, distributors, or distributor branches provide the cost of initiation, update, change, or maintenance of each accessory or function of the vehicle that may be initiated, updated, changed, or maintained by the manufacturer or distributor through over-the-air or remote means shall be the cost at the time of the new motor vehicle sale.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1470
Introduced
12/29/22
Refer
12/29/22
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Provides that a person who is eligible for the real property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses is entitled to a refund, retroactive to his date of eligibility, of taxes paid during the period of exemption, excluding interest or penalties. Under the bill, the refund is exempt from the statute of limitations for applications for correction of an assessment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1471
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/20/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Health insurance; electronic prior authorization and disclosure of certain information; out-of-pocket costs; report. Requires each health insurance carrier, beginning July 1, 2025, to establish and maintain an online process that (i) links directly to all e-prescribing systems and electronic health record systems that utilize the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard and the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Real Time Benefit Standard; (ii) can accept electronic prior authorization requests from a provider; (iii) can approve electronic prior authorization requests (a) for which no additional information is needed by the carrier to process the prior authorization request, (b) for which no clinical review is required, and (c) that meet the carrier's criteria for approval; (iv) links directly to real-time patient out-of-pocket costs for the office visit; and (v) otherwise meets the requirements for contracts between carriers and participating health care providers. The bill prohibits a carrier from (a) imposing a fee or charge on any person for accessing the required online process who is required to do so or (b) accessing, absent provider consent, provider data via the online process other than for the enrollee. The bill also requires carriers, no later than July 1, 2024, to provide contact information of any third-party vendor or other entity the carrier will use to meet the requirements of the bill to any provider that requests such information. The carrier may post such information on its website to meet such requirement. Health insurance; electronic prior authorization and disclosure of certain information; out-of-pocket costs; report. Requires each health insurance carrier, beginning July 1, 2025, to establish and maintain an online process that (i) links directly to all e-prescribing systems and electronic health record systems that utilize the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard and the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Real Time Benefit Standard; (ii) can accept electronic prior authorization requests from a provider; (iii) can approve electronic prior authorization requests (a) for which no additional information is needed by the carrier to process the prior authorization request, (b) for which no clinical review is required, and (c) that meet the carrier's criteria for approval; (iv) links directly to real-time patient out-of-pocket costs for the office visit; and (v) otherwise meets the requirements for contracts between carriers and participating health care providers. The bill prohibits a carrier from (a) imposing a fee or charge on any person for accessing the required online process who is required to do so or (b) accessing, absent provider consent, provider data via the online process other than for the enrollee. The bill also requires carriers, no later than July 1, 2024, to provide contact information of any third-party vendor or other entity the carrier will use to meet the requirements of the bill to any provider that requests such information. The carrier may post such information on its website to meet such requirement. The bill requires participating health care providers, beginning July 1, 2025, to ensure that any e-prescribing system or electronic health record system owned by or contracted for the provider to maintain an enrollee's health record has the ability to access, at the point of prescribing, the electronic prior authorization process established by a carrier and real-time patient-specific benefit information, including out-of-pocket costs and more affordable medication alternatives made available by a carrier. The bill provides that a provider may request a waiver of compliance for undue hardship for a period not to exceed 12 months. The bill requires any carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager to provide real-time patient-specific information to enrollees and contracted providers for the office visit, including any out-of-pocket costs and more affordable medication alternatives or prior authorization requirements, and to ensure that the data is accurate. The bill requires that such cost information data be available to the provider at the point of prescribing in an accessible and understandable format, such as through the provider's e-prescribing system or electronic health record system that the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager or its designated subcontractor has adopted that utilizes the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard and the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Real Time Benefit Standard from which the provider makes the request. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, establish a work group to assess implementation and develop recommendations for electronic prior authorization and real-time cost benefit information for prescription drugs, to evaluate and make recommendations to establish a process for electronic prior authorization for surgery and other procedures, and to evaluate and make recommendations to establish an online process for a real-time link at the point of prescribing for any available prescription coupons. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Education and Health and the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Health, Welfare and Institutions annually by November 1 and shall make its final report by November 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1472
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Emergency medical services agencies; ordinances or resolutions; designation as emergency response agencies. Requires that ordinances or resolutions establishing an emergency medical services agency specify the geographic boundaries of the agency's primary service area within the locality. The bill also directs that emergency medical services agencies that respond to medical emergencies be a designated emergency response agency and be recognized as an integral part of the official public safety program of the locality with responsibility for providing emergency medical response.