Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order has been transferred to a facility licensed to provide up to 23 hours of crisis stabilization services, the emergency custody order shall be valid for a period not to exceed 23 hours from the time of execution. Currently, all emergency custody orders are valid for a period of up to 8 hours. Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order has been transferred to a facility licensed to provide up to 23 hours of crisis stabilization services, the emergency custody order shall be valid for a period not to exceed 23 hours from the time of execution. Currently, all emergency custody orders are valid for a period of up to 8 hours.

Termination of parental rights of person who committed sexual assault; clear and convincing evidence standard. Provides that the parental rights of a person who has been found by a clear and convincing evidence standard to have committed rape, carnal knowledge, or incest, which act resulted in the conception of a child, may be terminated without the need for the person to have been charged with or convicted of such offense. The bill further provides that the consent of a person found to have committed such an offense is not necessary for the validity of an adoption of such a child.

Licensure and practice of associate physicians. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a two-year license to practice as an associate physician to an applicant who is 18 years of age or older, is of good moral character, has graduated from an accredited medical school, has successfully completed Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, and has not completed a medical internship or residency program. The bill requires all associate physicians to practice in accordance with a practice agreement entered into between the associate physician and a physician licensed by the Board and provides for prescriptive authority of associate physicians in accordance with regulations of the Board.

Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and Program; report. Codifies the Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, originally created in the 2021 Appropriation Act, and establishes the Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Program to carry out the purposes of the Fund. The Program shall provide grants and loans to community development financial institutions and other similar entities for the purpose of providing financing to small businesses, housing development and rehabilitation projects, and community revitalization real estate projects in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to oversee the Fund and Program and to (i) identify qualified recipients of funding; (ii) ensure that grants and loans promote housing and community development, capital access, housing access, and small business support; (iii) ensure that qualified recipients emphasize microfinancing, defined as financing to small businesses in amounts of $100,000 or less, in using program funds; and (iv) utilize Program funds to promote collaborative and cooperative projects with public and private sector partners. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report on the use and impact of funding provided.

Workers' compensation; Department of State Police; State Police Officers' Retirement System; presumption for arson, bomb, and hazardous materials investigators. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological substances and radiological agents, fentanyl, or methamphetamine.

Form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Extends to elections for local and constitutional offices the requirement that candidates who have been nominated by a political party or in a primary election be identified on the ballot by name of their political party. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include bladder and thyroid cancer. The presumption for these cancers does not apply for any individual diagnosed with such a condition before July 1, 2023.

Industrial development authorities; safe and affordable housing; activation status of housing authority. Allows an industrial development authority to promote safe and affordable housing with respect to facilities used primarily for single or multifamily residences regardless of the activation status of the housing authority in such industrial development authority's locality.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from two to three the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twenty-second Judicial District. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

Cigarette delivery sale requirements; definition of cigarette. Defines the term "cigarette" for purposes of cigarette delivery sale requirements.

Corporate income tax returns; filing method for affiliated corporations. Removes the requirement that, in order for a group of affiliated corporations to be granted permission from the Tax Commissioner to change their filing status for corporate income tax purposes, for the previous tax year there would have been no decrease in tax liability computed under the proposed election as compared to the affiliated group's former filing method. The bill retains the current requirement that the affiliated group agree to file returns under both the new filing method and the former method and pay the greater of the two amounts for the taxable year in which the new election is effective and for the immediately succeeding taxable year.

License tax; ownership of dogs and cats. Eliminates the requirement to pay a license tax for owning a dog or cat and eliminates the misdemeanor penalty for failing to pay such license tax.

Certain public institutions of higher education; provision of university housing at no cost to certain students during scheduled intersessions. Requires any public institution of higher education that maintains and operates university housing during scheduled intersessions to provide access to such housing at no cost to any student who is eligible for a certain tuition and fee grant based on his placement in foster care at age 18 and satisfaction of several other enumerated criteria, provided that the student (i) is a registered student for the immediately following academic term and (ii) meets the definitions and conditions of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended.

Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028, the $0.50 per head assessment from the sale of cattle in the Commonwealth that is collected and deposited in the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund to support the activities of the Cattle Industry Board.

Corporate income tax returns; filing method for affiliated corporations. Removes the requirement that, in order for a group of affiliated corporations to be granted permission from the Tax Commissioner to change their filing status for corporate income tax purposes, for the previous tax year there would have been no decrease in tax liability computed under the proposed election as compared to the affiliated group's former filing method. The bill retains the current requirement that the affiliated group agree to file returns under both the new filing method and the former method and pay the greater of the two amounts for the taxable year in which the new election is effective and for the immediately succeeding taxable year.