Mineral mining and processing; use of certain chemicals prohibited. Prohibits any miner or other person from using cyanide, a cyanide compound, or sulfuric acid in any mineral mining or processing operation.

Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for violations of criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions in cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercial sex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.

Study; State Corporation Commission; tree-trimming practices of electric utilities; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission to study the adequacy of tree-trimming practices of electric utilities to ensure reliable electric service in the Commonwealth and to reports its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by the first day of the 2024 Regular Session.

School boards; school building maintenance reserves. Requires each local school board to establish and include in any multiyear capital improvement plan or substantially similar document that it adopts a school building maintenance reserve target of at least 1.5 percent of the replacement value of such building in order to avoid major replacement costs in the future. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. School boards; school building maintenance reserves. Requires each local school board to establish and include in any multiyear capital improvement plan or substantially similar document that it adopts a school building maintenance reserve target of at least 1.5 percent of the replacement value of such building in order to avoid major replacement costs in the future. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.

Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.

Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) of the Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH), regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engineer. The bill requires the Department to report the final regulations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by November 1, 2023.

Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena. Adds entertainment arena to the definition of public facility for the purpose of allowing a locality to collect all sales tax revenues generated by transactions at such a facility, provided that a locality owns the facility, wholly or partly, and contributes to financing its construction. The bill also allows a municipality to issue bonds to finance a public facility on or after July 1, 2023, but prior to July 1, 2026, and provides that a municipality is entitled to all sales tax revenues generated by transactions generating revenues in connection with the development and construction of such public facility, in addition to transactions taking place in such public facility.

Public schools and public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number required. Requires each local school division that issues student identification cards for any grade level, kindergarten through grade 12, and each public institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to clearly and conspicuously include on one side of each student identification card the telephone number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) and to annually review the telephone number for accuracy and currency. The bill provides that each new student identification card and any replacement student identification card issued by any school division or by any public institution of higher education must comply with the provisions of the bill beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Public schools and public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number required. Requires each local school division that issues student identification cards for any grade level, kindergarten through grade 12, and each public institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to clearly and conspicuously include on one side of each student identification card the telephone number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) and to annually review the telephone number for accuracy and currency. The bill provides that each new student identification card and any replacement student identification card issued by any school division or by any public institution of higher education must comply with the provisions of the bill beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.

Alcoholic beverage control; grounds for suspension or revocation of license; exception. Allows a licensee to employ a person who has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude if (i) except for violations involving the adulteration of food, drink, or other substances with the intent to kill or injure or the administering or attempting to administer poison in food, drink, or certain other substances with the intent to kill or injure, two years have elapsed following the conviction and the person has completed and been released from the term of any probation or parole, if applicable, or (ii) the licensee has obtained written approval for such employment from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and, in instances in which the person has not completed or been released from the term of any probation or parole, the Authority has consulted with the person's probation and parole officer. Alcoholic beverage control; grounds for suspension or revocation of license; exception. Allows a licensee to employ a person who has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude if (i) except for violations involving the adulteration of food, drink, or other substances with the intent to kill or injure or the administering or attempting to administer poison in food, drink, or certain other substances with the intent to kill or injure, two years have elapsed following the conviction and the person has completed and been released from the term of any probation or parole, if applicable, or (ii) the licensee has obtained written approval for such employment from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and, in instances in which the person has not completed or been released from the term of any probation or parole, the Authority has consulted with the person's probation and parole officer.

Campaign finance; mandatory electronic filing for all candidates. Requires all candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically with the State Board of Elections. The bill provides an exemption for any candidate who is incapable of accessing the technology necessary to make such filings.

Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center). The bill permits Old Dominion University to provide medical and health sciences education and related research through the teaching hospitals and related health care and health maintenance facilities at the Health Sciences Center and contains provisions relating to the operations of the Health Sciences Center, including provisions relating to cooperative arrangements and joint ventures.

Liability for sale of alcohol to impaired customer; injury to another person due to operation of vehicle while intoxicated. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee that sells alcohol to a customer who subsequently injures another by driving while impaired if the consumption of the alcohol caused or contributed to an injury to person or property while the customer operated a motor vehicle.

Living organ donors; unpaid leave; civil penalty. Requires that an employer that employs 50 or more employees provide eligible employees, defined in the bill, with (i) up to 60 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor and (ii) up to 30 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as a bone marrow donor. The bill requires the employer to restore the employee's position following the leave, to continue to provide coverage for the employee under any health benefit plan during the leave, and to pay the employee any commission earned prior to the leave. The bill prohibits the employer from taking retaliatory action against the employee for taking organ donation leave. The bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce its provisions and provides for civil penalties for violations of its requirements.

Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness. Provides that, in a civil case only, a person to whom an attorney-issued subpoena is directed may be released from compliance with such subpoena by the attorney who issued the subpoena or a person acting on such attorney's behalf. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness. Provides that, in a civil case only, a person to whom an attorney-issued subpoena is directed may be released from compliance with such subpoena by the attorney who issued the subpoena or a person acting on such attorney's behalf. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services; workgroup; statewide strategic plan; report. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to convene a workgroup to study and develop recommendations for implementing a statewide strategic plan to guide legislation to make Virginia the best state for veterans. The Commissioner or his designee shall serve as chairman and be responsible for conducting the meetings of the workgroup, developing key performance indicators that can be compared with those of other states in determining veterans' quality of life, and reporting the workgroup's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services; workgroup; statewide strategic plan; report. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to convene a workgroup to study and develop recommendations for implementing a statewide strategic plan to guide legislation to make Virginia the best state for veterans. The Commissioner or his designee shall serve as chairman and be responsible for conducting the meetings of the workgroup, developing key performance indicators that can be compared with those of other states in determining veterans' quality of life, and reporting the workgroup's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology.