Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 144)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1277
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
High school students; academic credit for certain work experience and fine arts programs; guidelines. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines and policies permitting any high school student in grades 11 and 12 to earn one-half standard unit of credit per semester for employment in certain fields or industries or participation in certain fine arts programs in which such student works or participates a certain minimum number of hours per week for each week of the semester, as determined by the Board. The bill requires the Board to collaborate with and seek input from the Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Department of Education and a representative from the Virginia Coalition for Fine Arts Education in developing and implementing guidelines and policies for awarding academic credit for participation in certain fine arts programs.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1278
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt rent stabilization provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance, described in the bill as the maximum amount a landlord can increase a tenant's rent during any 12-month period, in effect at the time of the increase. The bill sets such allowance as equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index for the region in which the locality sits, states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year, and requires the locality to annually by June 1 publish such allowance on its website. Certain facilities, as outlined in the bill, are exempt from any such ordinance. The bill also requires such ordinance to provide a procedure by which a landlord may apply for an exemption from the rent stabilization provisions in situations where the net operating income generated by the rental facility has not been maintained due to escalating operating expenses or for other appropriate reasons as established by the locality. Finally, the bill provides that a locality may establish a civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set out in the ordinance that shall not exceed $2,500 per separate violation.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1279
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids. Clarifies that licensure by the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians is not required for a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization engaged in the business of selling prescription hearing aids, defined in the bill as a hearing aid that is not an over-the-counter hearing aid, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of prescription hearing aids.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1280
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
4/12/23
Public institutions of higher education; degree programs; integration of internship or work-based learning experiences; policies. Directs the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to adopt policies requiring that participation in an internship or work-based learning experience be integrated into a student's degree program so as not to extend the time to complete the degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of the policies required pursuant to the bill. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, contingent upon a determination by the work group convened pursuant to the bill that the adoption of such policies is logistically and fiscally viable for each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. Public institutions of higher education; degree programs; integration of internship or work-based learning experiences; policies. Directs the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to adopt policies requiring that participation in an internship or work-based learning experience be integrated into a student's degree program so as not to extend the time to complete the degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of the policies required pursuant to the bill. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, contingent upon a determination by the work group convened pursuant to the bill that the adoption of such policies is logistically and fiscally viable for each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1281
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/23/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Board of Education; Passport dual enrollment courses; course credit; guidelines. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for prioritizing to the maximum extent practicable dual enrollment programs, including the Passport Program, the Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program, the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program, and other courses that allow high school students to receive credit toward the completion of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in the Virginia Community College System. The bill provides that such guidelines shall include recommendations on how to direct prioritization of funding to such programs. The bill requires the Department of Education to convene a stakeholder work group, consisting of representatives from the Virginia Education Association, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, and the local school boards, to make recommendations on policies for the prioritization of such dual enrollment programs and requires such recommendations to be submitted to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1282
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Provides that in the program established by a court to provide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work, work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as work performed for a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage, is added as an option for earning such credits during imprisonment at a state, local, or regional correctional facility. The bill makes offering such option for community service work or work performed while incarcerated mandatory. The bill provides that a person who is performing work performed while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received for such work performed while incarcerated. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1283
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Assault firearms; age requirement; penalty. Provides that in order to purchase an assault firearm a person must be 21 years of age or older. The bill expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1284
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Abortion prohibited; exceptions; penalty. Provides that life begins at conception and no abortion is authorized or shall be performed on an unborn child except when (i) a physician determines, in reasonable medical judgment, that a medical emergency exists, defined in the bill such that the abortion is performed to save the life of the mother, or (ii) the probable gestational age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or less and the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest in which an official police report has been filed alleging the offense of rape or incest and such abortion is performed by a licensed physician in a hospital. The bill provides that any person who performs an unlawful abortion is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1285
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Health insurance; catastrophic plans. Authorizes health carriers to offer catastrophic plans on the individual market and to offer such plans to all individuals. The measure provides that a catastrophic plan is deemed to provide an essential health benefits package and to meet certain requirements of federal law. A catastrophic plan is a high-deductible health care plan that provides essential health benefits and coverage for at least three primary care visits per policy year. Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended, catastrophic plans satisfy requirements that health benefit plans provide minimum levels of coverage only if they cover individuals who are younger than 30 years of age or who qualify for a hardship exemption or affordability exemption. The measure requires the Commissioner of Insurance to apply to the federal government for a State Innovation Waiver allowing the implementation of the provision allowing catastrophic plans to be offered on the individual market to all individuals. The provision will become effective 30 days after the Commissioner notifies certain persons that the request has been approved.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1286
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Virginia Community College System; duties of State Board for Community Colleges; standardization of health care-related programs. Directs the State Board for Community Colleges to develop and implement a plan to standardize across all comprehensive community colleges the courses offered for health care-related degree, credential, or licensure programs, excluding any registered nursing programs. The bill requires such plan to include procedures and criteria for (i) standardizing such courses by name, curriculum, coursework, quality, academic rigor, and standard of evaluation; (ii) awarding credit toward the completion of any such health care-related program; and (iii) standardizing the manner in which academic and clinical hour credits are awarded for such courses to ensure that they are stackable and transferrable across all comprehensive community colleges.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1287
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/18/23
Engrossed
1/20/23
Refer
2/10/23
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools. Adds Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville to the list of qualifying localities that, under current law, are authorized to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, with the revenue from such tax used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1288
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support. Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1289
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The bill adds specialized student support positions to the list of employees that may return to work with a six-month break in service and specifies that the employer shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contributions to VRS. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service for all classes of employees. Finally, the bill requires VRS to submit a report regarding options for employing certain enumerated positions part-time during the required six-month break in service period. Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The bill adds specialized student support positions to the list of employees that may return to work with a six-month break in service and specifies that the employer shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contributions to VRS. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service for all classes of employees. Finally, the bill requires VRS to submit a report regarding options for employing certain enumerated positions part-time during the required six-month break in service period.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1290
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
School Choice Educational Savings Accounts. Permits the parents of qualified students to apply to the local school division in which the qualified student resides for a one-year, renewable School Choice Educational Savings Account that consists of a monetary amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the qualified student resides. The bill sets out the education-related qualifying expenditures for which the parent of a qualified student may use the funds in the savings account, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks and instructional materials at (i) a private elementary or secondary school located in the Commonwealth, (ii) certain nonpublic online learning programs, and (iii) institutions of higher education and requires the Department of Education to establish certain policies, procedures, and processes relating to the savings accounts.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1291
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Enrolled
2/21/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
False emergency communication to emergency personnel; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly report, or cause another to report in reliance on intentionally false information provided by such person, a false emergency communication to any emergency personnel that results in an emergency response. False emergency communication to emergency personnel; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly report, or cause another to report in reliance on intentionally false information provided by such person, a false emergency communication to any emergency personnel that results in an emergency response. The bill also provides that it is a Class 6 felony if such false emergency communication results in an emergency response and any person suffers a serious bodily injury as a direct and proximate result of the false emergency communication and a Class 5 felony if any person is killed as a direct and proximate result of the false emergency communication. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of such false emergency communication shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such false emergency communication.