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Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1039

Introduced
1/8/23  
Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) of the Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH), regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engineer. The bill requires the Department to report the final regulations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by November 1, 2023.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1040

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/30/23  
Engrossed
2/2/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Report Pass
2/14/23  
Enrolled
2/22/23  
Chaptered
3/21/23  
Employer use of use of employee's social security number; prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from using an employee's social security number or any derivative thereof as such employee's identification number or including an employee's social security number or any number derived thereof on any identification card or badge, any access card or badge, or any other similar card or badge issued to such employee. The bill imposes a civil penalty of up to $100 for any knowing violation of the prohibition. Employer use of use of employee's social security number; prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from using an employee's social security number or any derivative thereof as such employee's identification number or including an employee's social security number or any number derived thereof on any identification card or badge, any access card or badge, or any other similar card or badge issued to such employee. The bill imposes a civil penalty of up to $100 for any knowing violation of the prohibition.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1041

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/19/23  
Engrossed
1/23/23  
Division superintendents; certain localities; qualifications. Provides that the Board of Education shall require any candidate for division superintendent of a local school division serving a locality with a population greater than 140,000 people to have (i) a master's degree and relevant endorsements or a doctorate degree in an education-related field and (ii) at least five years of instructional, administrative, and supervisory experience in education, with no exceptions or substitutes for senior leadership experience in non-education fields. The Board of Education may substitute certain requirements for education-specific endorsements, degrees, or educational, administrative, or supervisory experience for a certain amount of experience in senior leadership positions outside of the education field only for local school divisions serving a locality with a population not exceeding 140,000 people.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1042

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/18/23  
Engrossed
1/23/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Report Pass
2/9/23  
Engrossed
2/14/23  
Engrossed
2/16/23  
Enrolled
2/21/23  
Chaptered
3/16/23  
Common Interest Community Board; enforcement power over continuing violations of common interest community associations. Allows the Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman, upon receiving any notice of a final adverse decision issued by a common interest community association, to either (i) refer such final adverse decision to the Common Interest Community Board for further review of whether such decision is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations or (ii) make a determination of whether such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations. If the Office determines that such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations, the bill requires the Office to promptly notify the governing board, and if applicable the common interest community manager, of the association of such determination. If the Common Interest Community Ombudsman receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation within one year of such determination, the Office shall refer the matter to the Board. The bill also requires the Office to maintain data on referrals made to the Board. Common Interest Community Board; enforcement power over continuing violations of common interest community associations. Allows the Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman, upon receiving any notice of a final adverse decision issued by a common interest community association, to either (i) refer such final adverse decision to the Common Interest Community Board for further review of whether such decision is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations or (ii) make a determination of whether such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations. If the Office determines that such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations, the bill requires the Office to promptly notify the governing board, and if applicable the common interest community manager, of the association of such determination. If the Common Interest Community Ombudsman receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation within one year of such determination, the Office shall refer the matter to the Board. The bill also requires the Office to maintain data on referrals made to the Board. Finally, the bill provides that if, within one year of issuing a determination that an adverse decision issued by a common interest community association is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations, the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation, the Director must refer the repeat violation to the Board.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1043

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/26/23  
Engrossed
1/30/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/15/23  
Refer
2/15/23  
Report Pass
2/17/23  
Engrossed
2/24/23  
Engrossed
2/24/23  
Enrolled
3/7/23  
Chaptered
3/23/23  
Public education; student mental health and counseling; definitions; licensure requirements. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a public or private community mental health services provider that sets forth parameters for the provision of mental health services to public school students enrolled in the local school division by such provider. The bill requires the memorandum of understanding to be available to each school board no later than the beginning of the 2023–2024 school year. The bill also permits, in order to fill vacant school psychologist positions, any local school board to employ, under a provisional license issued by the Department of Education for three school years with an allowance for an additional two-year extension, clinical psychologists licensed by the Board of Psychology, provided that any such individual makes progress toward completing the requirements for full licensure as a school psychologist during such period of employment. Finally, the bill defines the terms "direct counseling" and "program planning and school support" for the purpose of the provision of law that requires each school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1044

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/19/23  
Engrossed
1/23/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/15/23  
Enrolled
2/23/23  
Chaptered
3/22/23  
Public schools and public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number required. Requires each local school division that issues student identification cards for any grade level, kindergarten through grade 12, and each public institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to clearly and conspicuously include on one side of each student identification card the telephone number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) and to annually review the telephone number for accuracy and currency. The bill provides that each new student identification card and any replacement student identification card issued by any school division or by any public institution of higher education must comply with the provisions of the bill beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Public schools and public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number required. Requires each local school division that issues student identification cards for any grade level, kindergarten through grade 12, and each public institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to clearly and conspicuously include on one side of each student identification card the telephone number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) and to annually review the telephone number for accuracy and currency. The bill provides that each new student identification card and any replacement student identification card issued by any school division or by any public institution of higher education must comply with the provisions of the bill beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1045

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/19/23  
Engrossed
1/23/23  
School boards; school building maintenance capital target. Requires each local school board to establish and include in any multiyear capital improvement plan or substantially similar document that it adopts a school building maintenance capital target of at least 1.5 percent of the replacement value of such buildings on average to avoid major replacement costs in the future. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. School boards; school building maintenance capital target. Requires each local school board to establish and include in any multiyear capital improvement plan or substantially similar document that it adopts a school building maintenance capital target of at least 1.5 percent of the replacement value of such buildings on average to avoid major replacement costs in the future. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1046

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/18/23  
Engrossed
1/23/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/17/23  
Engrossed
2/22/23  
Engrossed
2/22/23  
Engrossed
2/23/23  
Enrolled
3/7/23  
Chaptered
3/26/23  
Definition of law-enforcement officer; fire marshal with police powers; report. Provides that fire marshals who have been appointed with police powers are included in the definition of law-enforcement officer that applies in numerous applications in the Code. The bill contains a reenactment clause that applies to these amendments to the Code and directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group composed of various stakeholders to examine and make recommendations on the inclusion of fire marshals with police powers in such definition of law-enforcement officer. The bill provides that the work group shall complete its work and submit its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023. Definition of law-enforcement officer; fire marshal with police powers; report. Provides that fire marshals who have been appointed with police powers are included in the definition of law-enforcement officer that applies in numerous applications in the Code. The bill contains a reenactment clause that applies to these amendments to the Code and directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group composed of various stakeholders to examine and make recommendations on the inclusion of fire marshals with police powers in such definition of law-enforcement officer. The bill provides that the work group shall complete its work and submit its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1047

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/24/23  
Engrossed
2/1/23  
Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, "franchisor" includes a supplier, as defined in the bill, who authorizes or permits, under a franchise, a dealer to use a trademark in connection with the sale, consignment, or distribution of motor fuel. Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, "franchisor" includes a supplier, as defined in the bill, who authorizes or permits, under a franchise, a dealer to use a trademark in connection with the sale, consignment, or distribution of motor fuel.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1048

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/31/23  
Engrossed
2/2/23  
Research and development expenses tax credits. Creates a step-rate reimbursement structure for the major research and development expenses tax credit in an amount equal to (i) ten percent, up to the first $1 million, of the difference between (a) Virginia qualified research and development expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year and (b) 50 percent of the average Virginia qualified research and development expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the three taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the credit is being determined and (ii) five percent of such difference in excess of $1 million. Beginning in taxable year 2023, the bill also (a) imposes an annual per taxpayer major research and development expenses tax credit cap of $300,000, except that such cap increases to $400,000 if the Virginia qualified research was conducted in conjunction with a public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, (b) reduces from $24 million to $16 million the aggregate cap on the major research and development expenses tax credit granted for each fiscal year, and (c) increases from $7.77 million to $15.77 million the aggregate cap on the research and development expenses tax credit granted for each fiscal year beginning in taxable year 2023. Research and development expenses tax credits. Creates a step-rate reimbursement structure for the major research and development expenses tax credit in an amount equal to (i) ten percent, up to the first $1 million, of the difference between (a) Virginia qualified research and development expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year and (b) 50 percent of the average Virginia qualified research and development expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the three taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the credit is being determined and (ii) five percent of such difference in excess of $1 million. Beginning in taxable year 2023, the bill also (a) imposes an annual per taxpayer major research and development expenses tax credit cap of $300,000, except that such cap increases to $400,000 if the Virginia qualified research was conducted in conjunction with a public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, (b) reduces from $24 million to $16 million the aggregate cap on the major research and development expenses tax credit granted for each fiscal year, and (c) increases from $7.77 million to $15.77 million the aggregate cap on the research and development expenses tax credit granted for each fiscal year beginning in taxable year 2023.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1049

Introduced
1/8/23  
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Housing Development Authority; statewide housing needs assessment and plan; annual report on spending. Directs the Virginia Housing Development Authority (HDA) to annually report to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and House Committee on Appropriations and the Virginia Housing Commission certain information regarding the current Resources Enabling Affordable Community Housing program or any future program that reinvests HDA's net earnings into affordable housing initiatives. The bill adds to the powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development the responsibility to conduct a comprehensive statewide housing needs assessment at least every five years, to develop a statewide housing plan and update such plan at least every five years, to provide annual updates to the General Assembly regarding meeting the goals of such plan, and to collect and publish certain zoning information collected from Virginia localities. The bill requires localities to respond to inquiries of the Department regarding the collection of such zoning information upon request.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1050

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/31/23  
Engrossed
2/3/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/15/23  
Enrolled
2/23/23  
Chaptered
3/24/23  
Permit for coal ash landfill storage; provision of public water supply. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from approving an application for a new coal ash landfill permit if the facility boundary is located within one mile of an existing residential area that is not served by municipal water supply, unless the owner or operator of the coal ash landfill has offered to provide, at its expense, (i) municipal water supply service for such residential area and (ii) any requested service connections for residential properties in existence at the time such permit application is filed. The bill requires any such owner or operator of a coal ash landfill offering to provide such municipal water supply service or requested service connections to make such offer in writing to any resident located within one mile of the facility boundary and in coordination with the municipal water supply service authority in which the coal ash landfill will be located. Permit for coal ash landfill storage; provision of public water supply. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from approving an application for a new coal ash landfill permit if the facility boundary is located within one mile of an existing residential area that is not served by municipal water supply, unless the owner or operator of the coal ash landfill has offered to provide, at its expense, (i) municipal water supply service for such residential area and (ii) any requested service connections for residential properties in existence at the time such permit application is filed. The bill requires any such owner or operator of a coal ash landfill offering to provide such municipal water supply service or requested service connections to make such offer in writing to any resident located within one mile of the facility boundary and in coordination with the municipal water supply service authority in which the coal ash landfill will be located.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1051

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
2/2/23  
Engrossed
2/6/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/16/23  
Enrolled
2/24/23  
Vehicles left on private property; public utility company and broadband provider service vehicles; removal or towing. Allows public utility company or broadband provider service vehicles to be left temporarily on private property without the consent of the property owner, provided that service or maintenance is being conducted by an employee of the company or provider on the property and such vehicle does not block the entry or exit of the property. The bill prohibits removal or towing of such vehicle for a period of 72 hours. Vehicles left on private property; public utility company and broadband provider service vehicles; removal or towing. Allows public utility company or broadband provider service vehicles to be left temporarily on private property without the consent of the property owner, provided that service or maintenance is being conducted by an employee of the company or provider on the property and such vehicle does not block the entry or exit of the property. The bill prohibits removal or towing of such vehicle for a period of 72 hours.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1052

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/12/23  
Engrossed
1/16/23  
Refer
2/10/23  
Report Pass
2/15/23  
Engrossed
2/21/23  
Engrossed
2/25/23  
Engrossed
2/25/23  
Enrolled
3/7/23  
Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure; teacher licensure, recruitment, and retention. Directs the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to advise the Board of Education and submit recommendations on policies related to helping school divisions more effectively recruit and retain licensed teachers. The bill also requires the Board of Education to extend for at least one additional year, but for no more than two additional years, a teacher's three-year provisional license upon receiving from the division superintendent (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year during the original three-year provisional license for which such teacher was actually employed and received a filed performance evaluation. Current law requires satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year of the original three-year provisional license in order to be eligible for such an extension. Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure; teacher licensure, recruitment, and retention. Directs the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to advise the Board of Education and submit recommendations on policies related to helping school divisions more effectively recruit and retain licensed teachers. The bill also requires the Board of Education to extend for at least one additional year, but for no more than two additional years, a teacher's three-year provisional license upon receiving from the division superintendent (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year during the original three-year provisional license for which such teacher was actually employed and received a filed performance evaluation. Current law requires satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year of the original three-year provisional license in order to be eligible for such an extension.
VA

Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB1053

Introduced
1/8/23  
Refer
1/8/23  
Report Pass
1/17/23  
Engrossed
1/20/23  
Campaign finance; mandatory electronic filing for all candidates. Requires all candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically with the State Board of Elections. The bill provides an exemption for any candidate who is incapable of accessing the technology necessary to make such filings.

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