Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 75)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2446
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Receipt of mail at courthouse. Requires every county and city courthouse to accept mail at the physical address where the courthouse is located.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2447
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices. Prohibits a seller from imposing any fee or charge as a banking fee or supply chain fee in connection with the sale of a good or service if such fee or charge is not communicated or otherwise disclosed to the consumer prior to providing or entering into an agreement to provide such good or service. Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices. Prohibits a seller from imposing any fee or charge as a banking fee or supply chain fee in connection with the sale of a good or service if such fee or charge is not communicated or otherwise disclosed to the consumer prior to providing or entering into an agreement to provide such good or service.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2448
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases; powers of arrest; private police officers. Adds private police officers employed by a private police department to the list of officers that have the powers of arrest without a warrant in certain cases.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2449
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network; disclosure of information. Limits the exception to the requirement that the State Police withhold from public disclosure concealed handgun permittee information submitted to the State Police for purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network provided under current law for any law-enforcement agency, officer, or authorized agent thereof acting in the performance of official law-enforcement duties or an entity that has a valid contract with any local, state, or federal law-enforcement agency for the purpose of performing official duties of the law-enforcement agency to apply only when such permittee information is related to an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution. Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network; disclosure of information. Limits the exception to the requirement that the State Police withhold from public disclosure concealed handgun permittee information submitted to the State Police for purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network provided under current law for any law-enforcement agency, officer, or authorized agent thereof acting in the performance of official law-enforcement duties or an entity that has a valid contract with any local, state, or federal law-enforcement agency for the purpose of performing official duties of the law-enforcement agency to apply only when such permittee information is related to an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2450
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/27/23
Passed
3/27/23
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management; contract requirements. Excludes construction management contracts involving infrastructure projects from the requirement that no more than 10 percent of the construction work be performed by the construction manager with its own forces and that the remaining 90 percent of the construction work be performed by subcontractors of the construction manager.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2451
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Firefighters; training; electric vehicle fires. Directs the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs to develop a training program on the risks of fires in electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage such fires to be completed by all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, and requires the Executive Director to make such training program available by July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, are required to complete such training program. The bill provides that every person engaged in firefighting activities on July 1, 2024, has until December 1, 2025, to complete such training program. Firefighters; training; electric vehicle fires. Directs the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs to develop a training program on the risks of fires in electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage such fires to be completed by all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, and requires the Executive Director to make such training program available by July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, are required to complete such training program. The bill provides that every person engaged in firefighting activities on July 1, 2024, has until December 1, 2025, to complete such training program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2452
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Amends the definition of "Texas Hold'em poker tournament" to include an organized competition of players who (i) pay an initial seating fee for entry into the competition and an additional seating fee up to once every 30 minutes, thereby allowing such players to purchase additional poker chips as needed for use in the competition, and (ii) may be seated at no more than 10 tables consisting of 10 players each simultaneously playing Texas Hold'em poker games. The bill prohibits a qualified organization from charging any initial or additional seating fee in excess of $8 for the conduct of any such Texas Hold'em poker tournament and requires qualified organizations to hire an armed security officer that is licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to be present during the times that any tournament is being played. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to use at least 30 percent of its gross receipts from the conduct of Texas Hold'em poker tournaments for (a) those lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes for which the organization is specifically chartered or organized or (b) those expenses related to the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or repair of any interest in real property involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2453
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Refer
2/1/23
Department of Conservation and Recreation; two-year pilot program; all-terrain power wheelchairs in state parks. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall establish a two-year pilot program beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2025, to enhance accessibility for individuals with limited mobility in Virginia's state parks by providing all-terrain power wheelchairs that may be used by such persons during their visits. The bill permits the Department to choose the locations for the pilot program and enter into a contract for the purchase of all-terrain power wheelchairs to be used in the pilot program. The bill allows the Department to adopt regulations to administer the pilot program and requires the Department to submit a report on the outcomes of the pilot program to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by November 1, 2025.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2454
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Voter registration; monthly list maintenance. Requires the Department of Elections to conduct and complete voter list maintenance monthly using change of address information supplied by the United States Postal Service, except that such list maintenance will not be conducted during the 90 days prior to a federal primary or general election. Following any federal general election, the Department shall, within 30 days of such election, conduct and complete the list maintenance for the period beginning 90 days prior to the federal primary election through the date of the federal general election. The bill requires the Department to transmit the change of address information to the general registrars monthly and to include with such information the date on which it was received by the Department.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2455
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing. Transfers regulatory control of charitable gaming and historical horse racing from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission, respectively, to the Virginia Lottery, renamed in the bill as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board, renamed as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board, to promulgate regulations necessary for the conduct of (i) historical horse racing, with the assistance of the Virginia Racing Commission, by December 1, 2023, and (ii) charitable gaming, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by July 1, 2024. All relevant regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission shall remain in full force and effect until the effective transfer of such regulations to the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2456
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2457
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/6/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Enrolled
2/24/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Public elementary and secondary school teachers; frequency of certain training activities; length of temporary teacher employment. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate more frequently than once every five years in certain training relating to the appropriate management of student conduct and student offenses in violation of school board policies or relating to secure mandatory test violations. The bill also permits, during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, any school board to employ a temporarily employed teacher to fill a vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 180 days during one school year, with certain conditions and limitations. Public elementary and secondary school teachers; frequency of certain training activities; length of temporary teacher employment. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate more frequently than once every five years in certain training relating to the appropriate management of student conduct and student offenses in violation of school board policies or relating to secure mandatory test violations. The bill also permits, during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, any school board to employ a temporarily employed teacher to fill a vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 180 days during one school year, with certain conditions and limitations.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2458
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Charitable gaming; regulations related to electronic devices; prohibited practices. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from promulgating regulations that prohibit devices that (i) display spinning, rotating, or rolling reels or animations, flashing lights, or any other form of enhanced animation or (ii) accept tickets. The bill also repeals the provisions that, under current law, prohibit a qualified organization from using any part of its gross receipts or electronic gaming adjusted gross receipts for any purpose other than (a) gaming expenses; (b) reasonable and proper business expenses; and (c) those lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes for which the organization is specifically chartered or organized, and that prohibit an organization from using any part of its charitable gaming gross receipts for such organization's social or recreational activities. Finally, the bill exempts progressive prizes from certain progressive pull tab games and statewide progressive pull tab games from the provision that places a limit on the amount of any prize money or value of any merchandise an organization may award as a prize from the conduct of certain charitable gaming activities.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2459
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2460
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/3/23
Control of firearms by state agencies; rights of employees. Prohibits state agencies other than the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Virginia Port Authority and public institutions of higher education from adopting any regulation or workplace rule preventing officers or employees of such agencies from storing a lawfully possessed firearm and ammunition in a locked private motor vehicle at their workplace unless the adoption of the regulation is expressly authorized by statute. The bill also provides that any such regulation or rule adopted prior to July 1, 2023, is invalid.