Long-term services and supports screening; authorization to share assessments. Allows completed screenings for long-term services and supports to be shared with local departments of social services. Such screenings may be used to determine eligibility without completion of additional screenings if they are received within 30 days of an individual's application for long-term services and supports.

Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on January 1, 2024, but provides that no marijuana sales may occur prior to January 1, 2025. Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on January 1, 2024, but provides that no marijuana sales may occur prior to January 1, 2025.

Virginia Resources Authority; purpose; community development and housing projects. Adds community development projects related to the production and preservation of housing, including housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, to those projects that the Virginia Resources Authority may finance. The bill directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist the Authority with determining which local governments are to receive grants from the Authority for such projects.

Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of nurse practitioners and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of nurse practitioners and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to being licensed by the Board of Nursing only.

Virginia Port Authority; tax credits and grants. Creates grant programs to replace the barge and rail usage tax credit and the Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on January 1, 2025. The bill also creates a new Port of Virginia Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two component programs: the Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program and the International Trade Facility Grant Program. The bill also moves the sunset date of the existing Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Fund and Program from June 30, 2025, to December 31, 2024.

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. The employer of such individuals shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contribution to VRS. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service for all classes of employees. 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. The employer of such individuals shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contribution to VRS. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service for all classes of employees.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; kratom products. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell or offer for sale (i) any kratom product, defined in the bill, to a person younger than 21 years of age or (ii) any kratom product that does not provide a label listing all ingredients and with the following guidance: "This product may be harmful to your health, has not been evaluated by the FDA, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease." Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; kratom products. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell or offer for sale (i) any kratom product, defined in the bill, to a person younger than 21 years of age or (ii) any kratom product that does not provide a label listing all ingredients and with the following guidance: "This product may be harmful to your health, has not been evaluated by the FDA, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."

Public school buildings and facilities; construction and renovation; renewable energy generation facilities; report. Directs the Commission on School Construction and Modernization, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to develop and make recommendations on strategies to assist interested school divisions with incorporating renewable energy generation facilities in the construction or renovation of school buildings. The bill requires the Commission to report the recommendations to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2023.

Constitutional amendment (first reference); tax and finance; exempt property; affordable housing tax exemption. Amends the Constitution of Virginia by providing that the General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to provide for the exemption from local real property taxation, or a portion thereof, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of real estate owned and occupied by persons of low income or low financial worth.

Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation. Exempts from the Board of Health regulations governing bedding and upholstered furniture any items of bedding or upholstered furniture that are 75 years old or older.

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.

Study; motor vehicle noise; report. Directs the Superintendent of State Police to convene a work group to examine the issue of vehicle noise in the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2023. Study; motor vehicle noise; report. Directs the Superintendent of State Police to convene a work group to examine the issue of vehicle noise in the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2023.

Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Service, through Virginia Rap Back Service, for fingerprint-based criminal history record monitoring; penalty. Requires the Department of State Police to participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next Generation Identification Record of Arrest and Prosecution (Rap) Back Service, through the Virginia Rap Back Service, for the purpose of allowing those agencies and governmental entities that require a fingerprint-based criminal background check as a condition of (i) providing care to (a) children, (b) the disabled, or (c) the elderly or (ii) (a) licensure, (b) certification, (c) employment, or (d) volunteer service to be advised when an individual subject to such screening is arrested for, or convicted of, a criminal offense. The bill provides that fingerprints submitted to the FBI through the Virginia Rap Back Service may be used for future searches, including latent searches. Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Service, through Virginia Rap Back Service, for fingerprint-based criminal history record monitoring; penalty. Requires the Department of State Police to participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next Generation Identification Record of Arrest and Prosecution (Rap) Back Service, through the Virginia Rap Back Service, for the purpose of allowing those agencies and governmental entities that require a fingerprint-based criminal background check as a condition of (i) providing care to (a) children, (b) the disabled, or (c) the elderly or (ii) (a) licensure, (b) certification, (c) employment, or (d) volunteer service to be advised when an individual subject to such screening is arrested for, or convicted of, a criminal offense. The bill provides that fingerprints submitted to the FBI through the Virginia Rap Back Service may be used for future searches, including latent searches. The bill requires the Department to ensure that notification is made to the participating entity, defined in the bill, when an FBI Rap Back report is received. Any unauthorized use of the information submitted to the Service is prohibited; any willful violation with the intent to harass or intimidate another is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Department to promulgate regulations governing the Service and the removal and destruction of records on persons who are deceased or are no longer enrolled in the Service. The bill provides that such regulations shall provide that a participating entity shall disenroll any individual who is deceased or is no longer an individual, as defined in the bill, within 30 days of death or such event that no longer requires such individual to be enrolled in the Virginia Rap Back Service in order to ensure the prompt removal and destruction of records from the Virginia Rap Back Service. The bill authorizes the Department to charge a $12 fee per individual enrolled in the Service, paid by any participating entity enrolling the individual in the Service, and provides that when more than one participating agency enrolls the same individual in the Service, both entities shall be responsible for paying the full cost for maintenance and notification. The bill requires that any fees collected shall be deposited in a special account to offset costs of subscription fees, maintenance fees, and enhancements related to the Criminal and Rap Back Information System. Under current law, the Department maintains an Applicant Fingerprint Database that functions similarly to the Service. The bill transitions the Department from using the Database and requires the Service to be operational no later than July 1, 2025, contingent upon appropriation of funds.

Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk; report. Requires the sheriff executing a writ of eviction to return such executed writ to the clerk of court who issued such writ. The bill further directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to report annually to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the House Committee on General Laws, and the Virginia Housing Commission on the number of executed writs returned during the preceding fiscal year and directs the Virginia Housing Commission to direct an existing stakeholder work group to study for a period of one year a more comprehensive data collection process to track the resolution of writs of unlawful detainers filed in the Commonwealth.

Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk; report. Requires the sheriff executing a writ of eviction to return such executed writ to the clerk of court who issued such writ. The bill further directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to report annually to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the House Committee on General Laws, and the Virginia Housing Commission on the number of executed writs returned during the preceding fiscal year and directs the Virginia Housing Commission to direct an existing stakeholder work group to study for a period of one year a more comprehensive data collection process to track the resolution of writs of unlawful detainers filed in the Commonwealth.