Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 10)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1473
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Land use plans; zoning; notice. Alters the notice requirements related to local government adoption of land use plans and zoning ordinances by no longer requiring the notice to contain a descriptive summary of the proposed action but continues to require the locality to identify in the notice the place or places within the locality where copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, or amendments may be examined. Furthermore, such notice must include the street address or tax map parcel number of the parcels as well as the approximate acreage subject to the action. With regard to notice of proposed zoning actions, the bill also (i) removes the requirement to state general usage and density of the proposed zoning action and (ii) eliminates the requirement for an extra public hearing when land is zoned to a more intensive use classification than was contained in the previous public notice.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1474
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who provides information relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedings preliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless ordered by a court, to disclose his residence address, home telephone number, or any personal information concerning his family. The bill also provides that any law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witness in a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information concerning his family unless it is determined by the court that such evidence is relevant to the case.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1475
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) receives home instruction; (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two consecutive academic years; (iii) is in compliance with immunization requirements; (iv) is a person of school age for whom public school is free; (v) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current academic year; (vi) is an amateur who receives no compensation but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental, and social benefits of the activity; (vii) complies with all disciplinary rules and is subject to all codes of conduct applicable to all public high school athletes; and (viii) complies with all other rules governing awards, all-star games, maximum consecutive semesters of high school enrollment, parental consents, physical examinations, and transfers applicable to all high school athletes. The bill provides that no local school board is required to establish a policy to permit students who receive home instruction to participate in interscholastic programs. The bill permits reasonable fees to be charged to students who receive home instruction to cover the costs of participation in such interscholastic programs, including the costs of additional insurance, uniforms, and equipment. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1476
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Auditor of Public Accounts; civil penalty for local noncompliance. Provides that localities and localities' constitutional officers shall be subject to monetary penalties for failure to comply with various deadlines for preparing local financial audit reports and submitting such reports to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1477
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/20/23
Refer
1/24/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Corporations; filing and meeting requirements. Eliminates the requirement that a document filed with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act include the terms, including the preferences, rights, and limitations, of each class or series of shares. The bill changes the timeframe during which a corporation must make available for inspection the shareholders list prepared for a shareholders' meeting from two business days after notice of such shareholders' meeting through such shareholders' meeting to five business days after notice of such shareholders' meeting through the close of business on the last business day before such shareholders' meeting. Finally, the bill eliminates the requirement that a corporation make available for inspection at either an in-person shareholders' meeting or a remote shareholders' meeting the list of shareholders entitled to vote at such shareholders' meeting.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1478
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Crimes by gangs. Provides that the definition of "predicate criminal act" includes all violent felony offenses for purposes of predicate criminal acts for street gangs. The bill also increases various penalties for gang crimes.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1479
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Employer-provided childcare tax credit. Creates a tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for qualified childcare expenses, as defined by the bill, incurred by a small business, as defined by the bill, in the amount of 20 percent of such business's aggregate monthly payments made for such expenses in the preceding taxable year. The amount of the credit allowed to a taxpayer shall not exceed $300,000 per taxable year.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1480
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish an EITE customer exemption pilot program for non-bypassable charges in certain provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act related to generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources and development of offshore wind capacity. The bill defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companies that engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage, and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federal agencies. The bill requires the EITE Pilot Program to commence no later than January 1, 2024, and to have an initial aggregate customer load of 150 to 200 megawatts based on each participating customer's load during the previous calendar year. The State Corporation Commission shall also submit a report to the Governor, the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on the status of the EITE Pilot Program by March 31, 2025. The EITE Pilot Program terminates on January 1, 2028. Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish an EITE customer exemption pilot program for non-bypassable charges in certain provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act related to generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources and development of offshore wind capacity. The bill defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companies that engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage, and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federal agencies. The bill requires the EITE Pilot Program to commence no later than January 1, 2024, and to have an initial aggregate customer load of 150 to 200 megawatts based on each participating customer's load during the previous calendar year. The State Corporation Commission shall also submit a report to the Governor, the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on the status of the EITE Pilot Program by March 31, 2025. The EITE Pilot Program terminates on January 1, 2028.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1481
Introduced
12/30/22
Refer
12/30/22
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Taxation of corporations; apportionment; Internet root infrastructure providers. Provides that Internet root infrastructure providers, defined in the bill, that meet certain criteria and choose to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority may use a hybrid sales factor in their income apportionment calculations when filing Virginia corporate income tax returns. The bill is effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, provided that the provider and the Authority enter into an MOU no later than December 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1482
Introduced
12/31/22
Refer
12/31/22
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any city and certain towns to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1483
Introduced
12/31/22
Refer
12/31/22
Study; Secretary of Commerce and Trade; effects of daylight saving time on the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to study the effects of the Commonwealth's continued observance of daylight saving time under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 and the potential consequences of a decision to use either standard time or daylight saving time year-round in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1484
Introduced
12/31/22
Refer
12/31/22
Report Pass
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Provides an exemption from local sales and use tax beginning July 1, 2023, for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. The bill also provides an allocation of state revenues to fund the distribution to localities for funding that would have been distributed to them absent the exemption created by the bill. Under current law, such products are exempt from state sales and use tax but are subject to the standard local rate of one percent.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1485
Introduced
1/1/23
Refer
1/1/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date. Changes the contingency for the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to allow consideration of a combination of point or nonpoint source pollution reduction commitments other than agricultural best management conservation practices when determining whether the Commonwealth's commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan have been satisfied. The bill advances from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, the contingency effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan and requires the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress and make recommendations toward the implementation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. The group is required to submit its first annual report by July 1, 2024, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry and Natural and Historic Resources are required to jointly review such report by July 1, 2025. The bill also requires soil and water conservation districts to report to the Department of Conservation and Recreation recommendations for improving the disbursement of funding and for program efficiencies that would expedite disbursal of funds provided through the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund and prohibits certain regulatory actions from being imposed on agricultural practices prior to July 1, 2028, provided that reasonable progress is being achieved and a detailed plan has been developed for reaching the needed number of voluntary incentivized practices.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1486
Introduced
1/1/23
Refer
1/1/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Engrossed
2/10/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Personal property tax; farm machinery and farm implements. Expands the list of certain farm machinery and farm implements that a locality may exempt from personal property taxes to include (i) motor vehicles used primarily for agricultural purposes, (ii) privately owned trailers primarily used by farmers in their farming operations, and (iii) season-extending vegetable hoop houses used for in-field production of produce. The bill states that a locality that exempts motor vehicles or privately owned trailers pursuant to these provisions shall not collect any unpaid tangible personal property taxes, including interest or penalties, that are owed to the locality as of July 1, 2023. Any such unpaid taxes shall be stricken from the books of the treasurer. Personal property tax; farm machinery and farm implements. Expands the list of certain farm machinery and farm implements that a locality may exempt from personal property taxes to include (i) motor vehicles used primarily for agricultural purposes, (ii) privately owned trailers primarily used by farmers in their farming operations, and (iii) season-extending vegetable hoop houses used for in-field production of produce. The bill states that a locality that exempts motor vehicles or privately owned trailers pursuant to these provisions shall not collect any unpaid tangible personal property taxes, including interest or penalties, that are owed to the locality as of July 1, 2023. Any such unpaid taxes shall be stricken from the books of the treasurer.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1487
Introduced
1/2/23
Refer
1/2/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Meetings of local governing body; live broadcast and archive. Requires localities to provide a live video broadcast of public meetings of the local governing body and to archive such broadcasts on their websites.