Responsible Fatherhood Initiative; fatherhood needs assessment; Fatherhood Support Grants Program and Fund established. Requires the Virginia Department of Social Services to contract for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative for the purpose of providing an opportunity for every father in the Commonwealth to be able to obtain information and inspiration that will motivate and enable him to enhance his abilities as a father and establishes requirements for the entities contracting with the Department to implement the initiative. Under the bill, each local board of social services shall undertake certain actions to ensure that the local department of social services is addressing the unique needs of the fathers of children served by the local department. The bill also establishes the Fatherhood Supports Grant Fund, which awards grants to not-for-profit community-based organizations to address the needs of fathers.

Midwifery; administration of medication.

Home instruction and private school tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for parents or legal guardians of a child who is homeschooled or attends a private school in Virginia. The bill provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of (i) half of the average state Standards of Quality funding per student per year or (ii) the costs incurred for instruction-related materials, courses or programs used in home instruction, or private school tuition and is limited to 1,000 children selected by an application and lottery process developed by the Department of Education. Any savings resulting from the credit of less than a student's full state Standards of Quality funding to an individual or married couple shall be deposited into the School Construction Fund. Home instruction and private school tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for parents or legal guardians of a child who is homeschooled or attends a private school in Virginia. The bill provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of (i) half of the average state Standards of Quality funding per student per year or (ii) the costs incurred for instruction-related materials, courses or programs used in home instruction, or private school tuition and is limited to 1,000 children selected by an application and lottery process developed by the Department of Education. Any savings resulting from the credit of less than a student's full state Standards of Quality funding to an individual or married couple shall be deposited into the School Construction Fund.

Sexual battery; clergy; penalty. Expands the offense of sexual battery to include sexual abuse of a complaining witness committed by an accused who was, at the time of the offense, a member of the clergy or similar functionary of a religious organization in a position of trust or authority over the complaining witness, while the complaining witness was 18 years of age or older and under the spiritual care of the accused.

Commending David M. Poole.

Confirming Governor's appointments; October 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Glenn Youngkin and communicated to the General Assembly October 1, 2022.

State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership. Adds the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the State Executive Council for Children's Services. The bill also adds a representative from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the state and local advisory team tasked with advising the Council, managing cooperative efforts at the state level, and supporting local community efforts. State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership. Adds the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the State Executive Council for Children's Services. The bill also adds a representative from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the state and local advisory team tasked with advising the Council, managing cooperative efforts at the state level, and supporting local community efforts.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; study of history. Recognizes the importance of teaching the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Probation; possession of controlled substance by confidential informant. Provides that the court shall permit a person under the court's supervision to (i) serve as a confidential informant and (ii) possess controlled substances in furtherance of his duties as a confidential informant while under the supervision of law-enforcement officers upon motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth and based on an allegation that such person has information that could assist law enforcement with the interdiction or prosecution of the distribution of controlled substances. The bill bars prosecution of a confidential informant for possession or distribution of controlled substances while the confidential informant is performing his duties under the supervision of law-enforcement officers.

Dealership operation by manufacturer; determination of no independent dealer to operate the franchise. Authorizes a previous determination by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles that there was no independent dealer available in the community or trade area to own and operate the franchise in a manner consistent with the public interest to be sufficient grounds for a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or subsidiary thereof to own, operate, or control a subsequent franchise location in the Commonwealth.

Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative school located within a local school division that is created as a new public school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing public school and is subject to the student assessment and accountability requirements applicable to other public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts division laboratory schools from certain laws that govern other public schools in the Commonwealth and permits such schools to operate free from specified school division policies and state regulations and be granted flexibility in school scheduling. Finally, the bill establishes the Laboratory School Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools and division laboratory schools. Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative school located within a local school division that is created as a new public school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing public school and is subject to the student assessment and accountability requirements applicable to other public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts division laboratory schools from certain laws that govern other public schools in the Commonwealth and permits such schools to operate free from specified school division policies and state regulations and be granted flexibility in school scheduling. Finally, the bill establishes the Laboratory School Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools and division laboratory schools.

Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility. Extends eligibility for the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program to the lineal and collateral descendants of persons who were residing in jurisdictions in Virginia in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation between 1954 and 1964 and whose educations were affected by the school closings. Currently, only persons who resided in such jurisdictions at the time of the school closings are eligible for the program.

Home solicitation sale; definition. Clarifies that the definition of a "home solicitation sale" includes a solicitation of the sale or lease of goods or services in which the seller engages in a solicitation without prior invitation or appointment. The bill excludes from the definition of "home solicitation sale" (i) consumer sales made by an entity regulated by the Bureau of Insurance, an affiliate of any such entity, or a dealer licensed by the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board and (ii) sales made entirely by telephone or electronic means at the initiation of the buyer without any other contact between the buyer and the seller.

Right to life tax credit. Allows a refundable income tax credit of $250 for each birth of a dependent member of a taxpayer's household that occurs in taxable years 2023 through 2027. The credit is only available to a family with an annual household income that is not in excess of 400 percent of the current poverty guidelines and is subject to an aggregate cap of $25 million per taxable year. Credits shall be allocated on a pro rata basis if applications exceed such aggregate cap.

Celebrating the life of James E. Manicure.