Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 161)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2011
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/3/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship. Allows a family member or descendant of a deceased person buried in a cemetery that is located on private property to petition the circuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property. The bill provides that such family member or descendant may prove kinship to the court through official documentation or nonofficial documentation, such as obituaries, family Bibles or other documents with family signatures, journals or letters of the deceased person interred on the private property, family photographs, or other documentation deemed by the court to be reliable. The bill requires, upon satisfactory showing of proof of kinship, a private property owner to allow such family member or descendant, within two generations of immediate family descent, reasonable access to the property for the purpose of interment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1216
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. Requires transportation network company (TNC) insurance to maintain the same minimum uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage as is currently required by law for all motor vehicle insurance policies of $30,000 for bodily injury per person, $60,000 for bodily injury per accident, and $20,000 for property damage, whether or not there is a passenger in the vehicle. The bill also prohibits TNC insurance underinsured motorist coverage from being set off by another policy from incidents arising when there is a passenger in the vehicle. Current law requires uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for TNCs at $1 million when a passenger is in the vehicle. The bill repeals expired provisions related to TNC insurance coverage.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1956
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Training standards; magistrates. Requires every magistrate to observe a law-enforcement officer who is employed by a law-enforcement agency within the magistrate's jurisdiction while such officer is engaged in his official duties for a minimum of six hours annually and submit proof of observation by June 30 to the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1163
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/8/23
Community revitalization fund; Accomack County. Adds Accomack County to existing provisions that allow the City of Richmond to establish a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration. The community revitalization fund shall be exclusively composed of appropriated local moneys.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1881
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/8/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees. Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250. Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees. Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1923
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Admission of minors to mental health facility for inpatient treatment. Increases from 14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age requiring the consent of a minor prior to his admission to a mental health facility for inpatient treatment upon the joint application of such minor and the consent of such minor's parent. The bill also increases from younger than 14 years of age to younger than 16 years of age the maximum age for admission of a minor to a mental health facility for inpatient treatment upon application and with the consent of such minor's parent. The bill also increases from 14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age for a minor who objects to his admission to a mental health facility or is incapable of making an informed decision to be admitted to such mental health facility for up to 120 hours upon the application of such minor's parent. The bill also adds addiction as a reason for a minor to be admitted to a mental health facility for inpatient treatment.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1867
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Retirement System; prior service or membership credit. Allows a member of the Virginia Retirement System who is a teacher to receive at no cost up to four years of service credit for prior active duty military service in the armed forces of the United States.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1905
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers; back, hip, knee, and neck injuries. Establishes a workers' compensation presumption for back, hip, knee, and neck injuries that cause the death or disability of law-enforcement officers, as defined in the bill, who have completed five years of service and are required to wear a duty belt, as defined in the bill, as a condition of employment.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1936
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Establishment of Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program and Fund. Directs the Department of State Police to establish the uniform standards for the creation of the Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program. The bill requires the Department to (i) inform local law-enforcement agencies of the policies and procedures to be used for the Program, (ii) provide guidelines to participating local law-enforcement agencies on implementation of the Program, and (iii) establish a formula for determining any monetary incentive for a surrendered firearm. The bill clarifies that participation in the Program by a local law-enforcement agency is voluntary. The bill also directs the Department to establish the Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Fund, a nonreverting fund to be used solely for the purposes of development and implementation of the Program.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2007
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Enrolled
2/16/23
Chaptered
3/26/23
Passed
3/26/23
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of fee policy. Requires a public body to make available upon request and post on its website or otherwise publish a written policy (i) explaining how the public body assesses charges for accessing or searching for requested records and (ii) noting the current fee charged, if any, by the public body for accessing and searching for the requested records.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1206
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; emergency. Overrides a provision in the appropriation act that required a certain approval from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to disbursement of funds to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority. The bill contains an emergency clause. Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; emergency. Overrides a provision in the appropriation act that required a certain approval from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to disbursement of funds to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority. The bill contains an emergency clause.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1220
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Designating the "Dominic 'Nick' J. Winum Memorial Bridge." Designates the U.S. Route 211 westbound bridge that crosses over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in Page County the "Dominic 'Nick' J. Winum Memorial Bridge."
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1198
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/23/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Enrolled
3/7/23
Chaptered
3/21/23
Passed
3/21/23
Drug Control Act; prohibition of distribution of hypodermic needles; exception. Provides an exception to the prohibition of distribution of hypodermic needles for the distribution of hypodermic needles that are designed to be used with a reusable injector pen for the administration of insulin.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1226
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Liability for sale of alcohol to an underage person. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee who sells alcohol to an underage person who was visibly intoxicated if the consumption of the alcohol caused or contributed to an injury to person or property while the underage person operated a motor vehicle. The plaintiff must prove such negligence by a clear and convincing evidence standard.
VA
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1202
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/1/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
In-state tuition eligibility; certain non-Virginia students who are members of the Virginia National Guard. Declares eligible for in-state tuition at a public institution of higher education, regardless of domicile, any non-Virginia student who is a member of the Virginia National Guard and who is eligible pursuant to relevant law for a grant in the amount of the difference between the full cost of tuition and any other educational benefits for which he is eligible as a member of the Virginia National Guard.