Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 145)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1292
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Virginia State Crime Commission, shall identify a suitable locality to administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that focuses on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services, (ii) utilizing a multidisciplinary response team to coordinate assessment and treatment for victims of sex trafficking, and (iii) designing an alternative to an arrest protocol. The bill provides that the goal of the program is to reduce the arrest of sex trafficking victims, reduce demand for commercial sex exploitation by focusing on buyers, and establish high-quality education, alternative employment opportunities, and life skills for victims. Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Virginia State Crime Commission, shall identify a suitable locality to administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that focuses on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services, (ii) utilizing a multidisciplinary response team to coordinate assessment and treatment for victims of sex trafficking, and (iii) designing an alternative to an arrest protocol. The bill provides that the goal of the program is to reduce the arrest of sex trafficking victims, reduce demand for commercial sex exploitation by focusing on buyers, and establish high-quality education, alternative employment opportunities, and life skills for victims.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1293
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/10/23
Bicycles; exemptions to certain traffic control devices; local ordinances. Authorizes the local governing body of any county, city, or town to by ordinance authorize a bicyclist to treat a stop light as a stop sign and a stop sign as a yield right-of-way sign, provided that certain safety measures are observed. Bicycles; exemptions to certain traffic control devices; local ordinances. Authorizes the local governing body of any county, city, or town to by ordinance authorize a bicyclist to treat a stop light as a stop sign and a stop sign as a yield right-of-way sign, provided that certain safety measures are observed.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1294
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Retail sales and use tax; exemptions; data centers. Removes the June 30, 2035, sunset on the local sales and use tax exemption for data centers.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1295
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Public institutions of higher education; duties of governing boards; curriculum transparency. Directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to (i) adopt policies or guidelines for soliciting industry input in the institution's program review processes and curriculum development at the unit or department level and (ii) develop procedures for incorporating the attainment of industry credentials into the institution's existing degree programs to increase degree relevancy and ensure more seamless pathways from higher education to the workforce.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1296
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Grand larceny and certain property crimes; penalties. Reduces from $1,000 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill reduces the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. The bill also provides that any person convicted of a second larceny offense shall be confined in jail not less than 30 days nor more than 12 months and that for a third or any subsequent offense, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1297
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
In-person visitation policies and procedures at certain In-person visitation policies and procedures at certain facilities. Requires hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices or hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, and intermediate care facilities to establish certain in-person visitation policies and procedures. The bill (i) requires that such policies include screening, personal protective equipment, and other infection control protocols for visitors; (ii) prohibits such policies from requiring the visitor to provide proof of immunization or vaccination; (iii) requires such policies to allow consensual physical contact between the visitor and the resident, client, or patient of the facility; (iv) authorizes the resident, client, or patient to designate an essential caregiver and establishes requirements related to essential caregivers; (v) requires that such policies allow unrestricted in-person visitation under certain circumstances; (vi) provides that the policies and procedures may require visitors to agree in writing to follow such policies and procedures; (vii) authorizes facilities to suspend in-person visitation of specific visitors for violations of such agreement; (viii) requires facilities to make their in-person policies and procedures available to the Department of Health for review when applying for initial licensure, licensure renewal, or change of ownership; and (ix) requires facilities and the Department of Health to make their in-person visitation policies and procedures easily accessible from their websites.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1298
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/26/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering liquefied petroleum gas during a qualifying emergency. Provides that when a qualifying emergency, as defined in the bill, is in effect, a residential customer who can demonstrate that he has less than a 24-hour supply of petroleum gas in his liquefied petroleum gas container shall make a good faith effort to procure delivery of liquefied petroleum gas from the owner of the container. If the owner is unable to fulfill the customer's good faith request within 24 hours, the bill allows the customer to have an emergency supplier fill, refill, or otherwise deliver liquefied petroleum gas into the customer's container. Under current law, it is a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person except the owner or other person authorized by the owner to fill or refill a liquefied petroleum gas container with liquefied petroleum gas.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1299
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Temporary detention; release of detained individual. Permits the director of a facility where a person is awaiting transport to the facility of temporary detention pursuant to a temporary detention order to release the person if an employee or a designee of the local community services board, in consultation with the person's treating physician, (i) conducts an evaluation of the person, (ii) determines that the person no longer meets the commitment criteria, (iii) authorizes the release of the person, and (iv) provides a discharge plan.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1300
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Refer
2/13/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Engrossed
2/25/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Department of Education; Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports Research and Implementation Center; Trauma Learning Modules; modifications; report. Directs the Department of Education to collaborate with the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports Research and Implementation Center (VTSS-RIC) to modify the existing Trauma Learning Modules provided by VTSS-RIC to incorporate (i) the definitions of "childhood trauma" and "trauma-informed" provided in the bill and (ii) information and guidance on concepts including (a) the impacts of childhood trauma on a child's physical, emotional, and behavioral development and health; (b) the importance of mental health and wellness; (c) how to foster a trauma-informed classroom environment; (d) how to recognize the signs of childhood trauma in students; (e) how to respond when a student informs a teacher of a traumatic experience or exhibits signs that such student has had a traumatic experience; and (f) when and how to contact support services or other resources outside the classroom to ensure any student who has experienced trauma receives the necessary support. The bill requires the Department and the VTSS-RIC to provide the report required pursuant to the bill to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2023. Department of Education; Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports Research and Implementation Center; Trauma Learning Modules; modifications; report. Directs the Department of Education to collaborate with the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports Research and Implementation Center (VTSS-RIC) to modify the existing Trauma Learning Modules provided by VTSS-RIC to incorporate (i) the definitions of "childhood trauma" and "trauma-informed" provided in the bill and (ii) information and guidance on concepts including (a) the impacts of childhood trauma on a child's physical, emotional, and behavioral development and health; (b) the importance of mental health and wellness; (c) how to foster a trauma-informed classroom environment; (d) how to recognize the signs of childhood trauma in students; (e) how to respond when a student informs a teacher of a traumatic experience or exhibits signs that such student has had a traumatic experience; and (f) when and how to contact support services or other resources outside the classroom to ensure any student who has experienced trauma receives the necessary support. The bill requires the Department and the VTSS-RIC to provide the report required pursuant to the bill to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1301
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services. Requires each managed care health insurance plan licensee (licensee) to (i) provide a sufficient number and mix of services, specialists, and practice sites to meet covered persons' mental health care needs; (ii) ensure that covered persons have telephone access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to responsible and knowledgeable mental health care practitioners capable of assessing the covered persons' conditions and, as necessary, providing for appropriate services; and (iii) incorporate strategies into its access procedures to facilitate utilization of the licensee's mental health care services by covered persons with physical, mental, language, or cultural barriers. The bill requires a licensee to cover out-of-network mental health care services to a covered person if (a) the licensee does not have a mental health care provider within its network capable of providing mental health care services to the covered person; (b) the majority of the licensee's mental health care providers within 25 miles of a covered person or, if appropriate for the covered person, available via telemedicine who have experience treating the general age group of a covered person are no longer accepting new patients or have wait-lists to receive care; or (c) the licensee does not have a mental health care provider within 25 miles of a covered person or, if appropriate for the covered person, available via telemedicine who (1) has experience or expertise in treating patients who share the emotionally distressing experiences, defined in the bill, or demographics of the covered person seeking care and (2) is capable of providing care within the next 31 days. The bill provides that a licensee may require certain verification that the mental health care services are related to an emotionally distressing experience but is prohibited from requiring proof of a criminal proceeding. Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services. Requires each managed care health insurance plan licensee (licensee) to (i) provide a sufficient number and mix of services, specialists, and practice sites to meet covered persons' mental health care needs; (ii) ensure that covered persons have telephone access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to responsible and knowledgeable mental health care practitioners capable of assessing the covered persons' conditions and, as necessary, providing for appropriate services; and (iii) incorporate strategies into its access procedures to facilitate utilization of the licensee's mental health care services by covered persons with physical, mental, language, or cultural barriers. The bill requires a licensee to cover out-of-network mental health care services to a covered person if (a) the licensee does not have a mental health care provider within its network capable of providing mental health care services to the covered person; (b) the majority of the licensee's mental health care providers within 25 miles of a covered person or, if appropriate for the covered person, available via telemedicine who have experience treating the general age group of a covered person are no longer accepting new patients or have wait-lists to receive care; or (c) the licensee does not have a mental health care provider within 25 miles of a covered person or, if appropriate for the covered person, available via telemedicine who (1) has experience or expertise in treating patients who share the emotionally distressing experiences, defined in the bill, or demographics of the covered person seeking care and (2) is capable of providing care within the next 31 days. The bill provides that a licensee may require certain verification that the mental health care services are related to an emotionally distressing experience but is prohibited from requiring proof of a criminal proceeding. The bill requires a licensee, for any covered person seeking mental health care services that has self-harm or suicidal ideation, to cover any associated out-of-network care such that the covered person shall not be responsible for any additional costs incurred by the licensee for such services, other than any applicable copayment, coinsurance, or deductible. The bill requires a licensee to accept verification from the associated out-of-network provider that the mental health care services provided were related to the covered person's self-harm or suicidal ideation and prohibits a licensee from imposing any additional requirements to verify that the covered person was seeking care related to self-harm or suicidal ideation.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1302
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment; mental or physical conditions resulting from intoxication. Clarifies that when a mental or physical condition appears to be a result of intoxication, a licensed physician who has attempted to obtain informed consent of an adult person for treatment of such mental or physical condition appearing to be a result of intoxication may seek an order from the magistrate or court in the jurisdiction where the respondent is located authorizing temporary detention of the adult person in a hospital emergency department or other appropriate facility for testing, observation, or treatment, provided that certain conditions are met.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1303
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Expungement and sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition; defendant with a disorder or disability. Provides that a defendant with a disorder or disability, as defined in the bill, may file a petition that requests the sealing of the criminal history record information and court records of a Class 4 felony conviction or deferred and dismissed disposition. Under current law, Class 4 felony convictions or deferred and dismissed dispositions are ineligible to be sealed. The bill also provides that when a conviction or deferral and dismissal has been sealed, the defendant of such sealed record is a defendant with a disorder or disability, and the Governor granted the defendant a simple pardon for the commission of the crime or offense that was sealed, such conviction or deferral and dismissal shall be considered to be otherwise dismissed for purposes of expungement.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1304
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Court-appointed counsel; requests for additional compensation; determination by judge. Requires the presiding judge or chief judge of a circuit or district court, when reviewing a request from court-appointed counsel for additional compensation exceeding existing statutory limits, to provide, in writing, the reason for a determination that such request for additional compensation is not justified.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1305
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/25/23
Engrossed
1/30/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions. Requires farm buildings and structures where the public is invited to enter and that are used for storage, handling, production, display, sampling, or sale of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, or silvicultural products produced on the farm and that are exempt from the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the building code) to have (i) portable fire extinguishers, (ii) a simple written plan in case of an emergency, and (iii) a sign posted in a conspicuous place upon entry that states that the building is exempt from the provisions of the building code. The bill also directs the Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to meet at least four times between the 2023 and 2024 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly and provides guidance to the Committee on topics to be considered related to fire safety and the welfare of the general public. Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions. Requires farm buildings and structures where the public is invited to enter and that are used for storage, handling, production, display, sampling, or sale of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, or silvicultural products produced on the farm and that are exempt from the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the building code) to have (i) portable fire extinguishers, (ii) a simple written plan in case of an emergency, and (iii) a sign posted in a conspicuous place upon entry that states that the building is exempt from the provisions of the building code. The bill also directs the Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to meet at least four times between the 2023 and 2024 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly and provides guidance to the Committee on topics to be considered related to fire safety and the welfare of the general public.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1306
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County. Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County.