Parole Board; decision requirements; annual reports. Requires the Parole Board, prior to making any decision to grant discretionary parole to an inmate, to discuss and debate such decision at a meeting at which all Board members are present. The bill requires, in cases in which the Board grants discretionary parole to an inmate, each Board member to identify his reasoning for such decision at the time such member's vote is cast. The bill requires that parole review hearings include a live interview of the prisoner, which may be conducted in person or by videoconference or telephone, and, absent imminent death or other extraordinary circumstances, prohibits the Board from granting parole to any prisoner who has not received a live interview within the prior calendar year. The bill provides that final discharges may be issued by the Board only upon approval by a majority of Board members and requires the Board to publish an annual report regarding such final discharges, with items specified in the bill. The bill requires the Board to contact the victim of the crime for which the prisoner is incarcerated prior to making any decision to release the prisoner on discretionary parole and allows the victim to present testimony to the Board by virtual means. Under current law, the Board is required to endeavor diligently to contact the victim prior to making such decision. Parole Board; decision requirements; annual reports. Requires the Parole Board, prior to making any decision to grant discretionary parole to an inmate, to discuss and debate such decision at a meeting at which all Board members are present. The bill requires, in cases in which the Board grants discretionary parole to an inmate, each Board member to identify his reasoning for such decision at the time such member's vote is cast. The bill requires that parole review hearings include a live interview of the prisoner, which may be conducted in person or by videoconference or telephone, and, absent imminent death or other extraordinary circumstances, prohibits the Board from granting parole to any prisoner who has not received a live interview within the prior calendar year. The bill provides that final discharges may be issued by the Board only upon approval by a majority of Board members and requires the Board to publish an annual report regarding such final discharges, with items specified in the bill. The bill requires the Board to contact the victim of the crime for which the prisoner is incarcerated prior to making any decision to release the prisoner on discretionary parole and allows the victim to present testimony to the Board by virtual means. Under current law, the Board is required to endeavor diligently to contact the victim prior to making such decision.

Magistrates; appointment and supervision. Gives supervisory control over the magistrate system to the chief circuit court judge and the Committee on District Courts and abolishes magisterial regions. Under current law, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia exercises such authority with a provision for consultation with the chief judges of the circuit courts in the region where the appointment is made.

Celebrating the life of James D. Campbell.

High-occupancy vehicle lanes; pregnant women. Provides that a pregnant woman shall be considered two people for the purposes of determining occupancy in HOV and HOT lanes, provided that she has proof of pregnancy or, if traveling in a lane monitored by a photo-enforcement system, has certified the pregnancy with the Department of Transportation. The bill requires the Department to establish a process whereby a pregnant woman can certify that she is pregnant and have such information linked to her toll collection device, commonly known as an E-ZPass. The bill creates protections for such data.

Disability insurance; disability arising out of childbirth. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing short-term disability income protection coverage whose policies provide coverage for short-term disability arising out of childbirth to, notwithstanding a disability determination or medical necessity requirement, provide for 12 weeks of income protection coverage for a payable benefit of at least 12 weeks immediately following childbirth. The provisions of the bill apply to any such a policy renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2023. Disability insurance; disability arising out of childbirth. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing short-term disability income protection coverage whose policies provide coverage for short-term disability arising out of childbirth to, notwithstanding a disability determination or medical necessity requirement, provide for 12 weeks of income protection coverage for a payable benefit of at least 12 weeks immediately following childbirth. The provisions of the bill apply to any such a policy renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2023.

Extension of land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects. Extends to July 1, 2026, the sunset date for various local land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2023.

Extension of local land use approvals. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the housing crisis and that any extension of approvals outstanding as of July 1, 2020, shall apply to any such approvals granted subsequent to July 1, 2020, that expire prior to July 1, 2025. This provision is declarative of existing law.

Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties. Makes several changes to the powers and duties of the threat assessment team at each public institution of higher education, including requiring, upon a preliminary determination that an individual poses an articulable and significant threat of violence to others, each such team to (i) obtain any available criminal history record information and health records for such individual; (ii) notify in writing within 24 hours upon making such preliminary determination (a) the campus police department; (b) local law enforcement for the city or county in which the public institution of higher education is located, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual resides, and, if known to the threat assessment team, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual is located; and (c) the local attorney for the Commonwealth in any jurisdiction where the threat assessment team has notified local law enforcement; and (iii) disclose any specific threat of violence posed by the individual as part of such notification, and permitting each such team to invite nonmember representatives from campus to participate in individual cases.

Tax credit for loss of a stillborn child. Establishes a refundable income tax credit for individual filers or married persons filing jointly for taxable years 2023 through 2027 in an amount equal to $2,000 for the loss of delivering a stillborn child, defined in the bill. The credit may be claimed only in the taxable year in which the stillbirth occurred and only if the child would have become a dependent of the taxpayer.

Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Provides that if a person confined in a state correctional facility is pregnant, gives birth during such confinement, is enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services, and would otherwise be eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance for a 24-hour inpatient stay at a medical institution but for the fact that such person's stay was less than 24 hours, the cost of such person's birth shall be covered by state funds. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, identify persons confined in state correctional facilities who are enrolled in or may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and provide information to such persons regarding any steps necessary to obtain coverage for childbirth prior to the person's release on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth. Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Provides that if a person confined in a state correctional facility is pregnant, gives birth during such confinement, is enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services, and would otherwise be eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance for a 24-hour inpatient stay at a medical institution but for the fact that such person's stay was less than 24 hours, the cost of such person's birth shall be covered by state funds. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, identify persons confined in state correctional facilities who are enrolled in or may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance services and provide information to such persons regarding any steps necessary to obtain coverage for childbirth prior to the person's release on medical furlough for the purpose of giving birth.

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Commonwealth Council on Aging; membership and staff support. Reduces from 24 to 18 the number of members to be appointed to the Commonwealth Council on Aging by (i) replacing the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the 11 congressional districts of the Commonwealth with the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the eight regions of the Commonwealth identified by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in its Virginia Regional Map (2017); (ii) adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Center on Aging; and (iii) reducing from four to two the number of members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to appoint an executive director to serve as secretary to the Council.

Real estate settlement agents; fees; informed consent. Requires the written consent of the seller's counsel before a settlement agent or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors can collect any fees payable to such settlement agent or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors from a represented seller. Real estate settlement agents; fees; informed consent. Requires the written consent of the seller's counsel before a settlement agent or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors can collect any fees payable to such settlement agent or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors from a represented seller.

School boards; school libraries; contents; online portal for parents. Requires each school board to develop and adopt policies that include a requirement for the school board to (i) develop and maintain an online portal that is accessible by the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division whereby the parent may access a detailed description of the content of and other relevant information about each book contained in the library of the school that his child attends and (ii) email to the parent of a student enrolled in the local school division whenever such student checks a book out of the school library (a) the name of the book and (b) a link to such online portal.

Insurance agents; definitions; private family leave insurance. Expands the definitions of "health agent" and "property and casualty insurance agent" to include that such agents may sell, solicit, or negotiate private family leave insurance. The bill also clarifies that private family leave insurance is not included in either limited lines life and health insurance or limited lines property and casualty insurance as they relate to the definitions of "limited lines life and health agent" and "limited lines property and casualty agent" respectively.

School boards; websites; posting of certain information required. Requires, prior to the start of each school year, each school board to post on its website in a prominent location and in a format that is easily accessible to the public (i) a list of each textbook to be used in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division during that school year and (ii) the Standards of Learning and any associated curriculum framework that correlate with any course or class to be offered in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division during that school year or a link to another source that contains such information.