Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm. Creates a civil cause of action against a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis of a minor for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the minor's possession and use of a firearm if it can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the minor came into possession of such firearm because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm.

Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any prescribed contraceptive drug or contraceptive device. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee. The provisions of the bill apply to health insurance contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2024.

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.

Electric utilities; planned service outages; notice to customers. Requires an electric utility to issue a notice of a planned service outage, defined in the bill, to each affected customer at least 24 hours in advance of the planned service outage. The bill requires the electric utility to make reasonable attempts to minimize the inconvenience to affected customers, consistent with safety and security considerations. The provisions of the bill do not apply to unplanned or unscheduled interruptions in service, an interruption in service pursuant to a tariff or agreement approved by the Commission, or a curtailment or interruption of service to customers under an interruptible rate classification when the curtailment or interruption of service occurs pursuant to the affected customer's service agreement.

Study; Department of Transportation; exempting certain veterans from paying tolls; review of monthly toll collections; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility and impact of exempting persons with disabled veteran license plates from paying tolls and review the total amount of monthly tolls collected in the Commonwealth.

Income tax; deduction for elderly and disabled individuals. Provides, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, an income tax deduction for individuals who are both 65 years of age or older and permanently and totally disabled.

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations impacting providers; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to review its regulations that impact providers licensed by the Department and develop reforms to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy, and decrease regulatory burdens on providers. The bill requires the Department to report its recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2023.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; universal license recognition. Establishes criteria for an individual licensed, certified, or having work experience in another state to apply to a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and be issued an occupational license or government certification if certain conditions are met.

Highway use fee; reimbursement. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish and administer a process whereby a vehicle owner may contest an assessed highway use fee. The bill requires the Department to reimburse the vehicle owner for any contested highway use fee or portion thereof that was incorrectly collected.

Study; Virginia Community College System; feasibility of pursuing the approval of education preparation programs to be offered by comprehensive community colleges in the Commonwealth; report. Requests that the Virginia Community College System study the feasibility of pursuing the approval of education preparation programs to be offered by comprehensive community colleges in the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2023.

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.

Commending the Honorable Glenn L. Clayton II.

Standards of Learning assessments; English language learner students; parental opt out; parental notification; translation; report. Requires each local school board to ensure that the parent of each English language learner student is notified of the option to not have his child take any Standards of Learning assessment. The bill requires such notification to be made in the parent's preferred language and, in the case of the parent of a high school student, to include a detailed explanation of the implications of such a decision on the student's ability to satisfy high school graduation requirements. The bill also requires the Department of Education to review and make recommendations on the feasibility of translating certain Standards of Learning assessments into native languages predominantly spoken by English language learner students in the Commonwealth and administering such translated assessments to certain English language learner students in lieu of the associated Standards of Learning assessments written in the English language and to submit to the Governor, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, a report containing the findings of its review and its recommendations.

Protect Virginia Grant Fund and Program created. Establishes the Protect Virginia Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, to award grants to establishments licensed by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for the purpose of providing adequate security for such licensed establishments. The bill provides that prior to the close of each fiscal year, the Director of the Department shall determine whether there are any surplus payroll funds and deposit 10 percent of such funds into the Fund. Surplus payroll funds are defined in the bill as moneys that were appropriated to the agencies within the Secretariat of Public Safety and Homeland Security in a fiscal year for the purpose of providing salaries and other compensation to employees of such agencies that will remain unspent due to staffing shortages or the inability to find qualified personnel. Protect Virginia Grant Fund and Program created. Establishes the Protect Virginia Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, to award grants to establishments licensed by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for the purpose of providing adequate security for such licensed establishments. The bill provides that prior to the close of each fiscal year, the Director of the Department shall determine whether there are any surplus payroll funds and deposit 10 percent of such funds into the Fund. Surplus payroll funds are defined in the bill as moneys that were appropriated to the agencies within the Secretariat of Public Safety and Homeland Security in a fiscal year for the purpose of providing salaries and other compensation to employees of such agencies that will remain unspent due to staffing shortages or the inability to find qualified personnel.

Historic rehabilitation tax credit; use for historic school buildings. Extends the historic rehabilitation tax credit to include improvements to or reconstruction of a historic school building. Historic school building is defined in the bill as a certified historic structure or a structure that is at least 50 years old that is a public school or is to be used as a public school. Such historic rehabilitation projects shall be consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Repairs or renovations to windows, doors, structural features, or other projects that are consistent with such standards shall qualify for the credit.