Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 14)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1533
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Public utility regulation; Internet service providers; certificate to furnish broadband service. Provides that Internet service providers are public utilities for the purposes of services and rates that are regulated by the State Corporation Commission. Under the bill, an Internet service provider does not include any agency, municipality, school board, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth that provides broadband service. Beginning January 1, 2024, the bill requires an Internet service provider to seek a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Commission for furnishing broadband service, extending its broadband service, or constructing, enlarging, or acquiring any new facilities for use in the provision of broadband service. The bill directs the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations to establish the requirements and process for an Internet service provider to seek such certificates by January 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1534
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Refer
1/24/23
Loan repayment programs; mental health professionals. Creates a loan repayment program for persons who have worked as mental health professionals in the Commonwealth for at least five years.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1535
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Commercial motor vehicles; driving in left-most lane. Limits the locations where a person may drive a commercial motor vehicle in the left-most lane from those interstate highways having more than two lanes in each direction with a posted speed limit of less than 65 miles per hour to those interstate highways having more than two lanes in each direction with a posted speed limit of less than 55 miles per hour.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1536
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Vetoed
3/27/23
Department of Human Resource Management; Grievance Procedure Manual. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to update the Grievance Procedure Manual to require the Office of Equal Employment and Dispute Resolution to review and issue a written decision when a party is noncompliant with any of the requirements of the grievance procedure. Department of Human Resource Management; Grievance Procedure Manual. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to update the Grievance Procedure Manual to require the Office of Equal Employment and Dispute Resolution to review and issue a written decision when a party is noncompliant with any of the requirements of the grievance procedure.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1537
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Warning devices on school buses; use before proposed stop. Increases the distance before a proposed stop that a school bus must use its warning devices from 100 feet to 200 feet if the lawful speed limit is less than 35 miles per hour and from 200 feet to 500 feet if the lawful speed limit is 35 miles per hour or more.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1538
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Health insurance; doula care services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1539
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/20/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Charter; Town of Farmville. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Farmville in Prince Edward County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1956. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1540
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Fee for solid waste disposal; Prince Edward County. Adds Prince Edward County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the (i) disposal of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in procuring, developing, maintaining, and improving the landfill and for such reserves as may be necessary for capping and closing such landfill in the future and (ii) management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Prince Edward County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard fee rates for certain older and disabled persons based on ability to pay.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1541
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Engrossed
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/20/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Evidence of medical reports, statements, or records; testimony of health care provider or custodian of records in juvenile and domestic relations district court; custody, visitation, placement, and support cases. Provides that in any civil case in a juvenile and domestic relations district court involving the custody, visitation, placement, or support of a child or spouse any party and any guardian ad litem may present evidence as to the extent, nature, and treatment of a party or child and the costs of such treatment and examination by (i) a report or statement from the treating or examining health care provider for his treatment of the party or child or (ii) the bills showing the costs of examination or treatment or records of a treating or examining health care provider for his treatment of a child or party under certain circumstances. The bill requires that such evidence be admitted if the party intending to present such evidence gives the opposing party written notice 30 days in advance of trial. The bill also requires that if any opposing party intends to file a pleading in response to such evidence, such party must do so at least 15 days in advance of trial.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1542
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/15/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; security deposits. Increases from 15 to 30 days the additional time period that a landlord has to provide a tenant with an itemization of damages to the premises and the cost of repair when such damages exceed the amount of the tenant's security deposit and require the services of a third-party contractor. The bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2024, and is identical to
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1543
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Virginia Credit Services Businesses Act; contents of required information statement. Updates the contents of the information statement that a credit services business is required to provide to consumers to reflect changes to federal law. The bill also removes an obsolete provision related to private detectives.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1544
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/12/23
Engrossed
1/17/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Virginia Credit Services Businesses Act; definitions; credit reports. Amends the definitions of "consumer reporting agency" and "credit services business" as they are used in the Virginia Credit Services Businesses Act and requires that the information statement provided to a consumer by a credit services business under the Act include a complete and accurate statement of a customer's right to receive a free copy of the consumer's credit report annually from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1545
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Special conservators of the peace; use of word police on badge. Provides that a court, upon request and for good cause shown, may authorize a special conservator of the peace who meets all requirements for law-enforcement officers and is employed by the Roanoke College Office of Campus Safety or the Dinwiddie Airport and Industrial Authority to use the word "police" on any badge, uniform, or vehicle in the performance of his duties or the seal of the Commonwealth on any badge or credential in the performance of his duties. Special conservators of the peace; use of word police on badge. Provides that a court, upon request and for good cause shown, may authorize a special conservator of the peace who meets all requirements for law-enforcement officers and is employed by the Roanoke College Office of Campus Safety or the Dinwiddie Airport and Industrial Authority to use the word "police" on any badge, uniform, or vehicle in the performance of his duties or the seal of the Commonwealth on any badge or credential in the performance of his duties.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1546
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
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
Virginia Antitrust Act; disgorgement and other forms of equitable monetary relief. Provides that (i) any person threatened with injury or damage to his business or property by reason of a violation of the Virginia Antitrust Act or (ii) the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth, the attorney for the Commonwealth or county attorney on behalf of a county, the city attorney on behalf of a city, or the town attorney on behalf of a town may institute actions and proceedings for injunctive relief, disgorgement, and other forms of equitable monetary relief as the court deems appropriate. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1547
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; cannabis licensees. Deconforms from federal law, as it applies to Virginia medical and recreational cannabis licensees, the prohibition on a deduction for any amount paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business if such trade or business consists of trafficking in a controlled substance prohibited by federal law.