Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps; established. Establishes the Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps for the purposes of attaining and retaining public elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students seeking to obtain teaching degrees and certifications at participating institutions and requiring such students upon completion of their degree or certificate to fill teaching positions for one year for each year of scholarship receipt at a high-need school, as defined pursuant to federal law. The bill also creates the Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps Scholarship Fund and Program for the purpose of funding such scholarships at the participating institutions of Longwood University, Norfolk State University, Radford University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Finally, the bill establishes the 12-member Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps Commission to administer the Program and directs the Commission to begin meeting on or after September 1, 2023, and to establish the parameters for the Program and award the first scholarships prior to the beginning of the 2024–2025 academic year. Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps; established. Establishes the Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps for the purposes of attaining and retaining public elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students seeking to obtain teaching degrees and certifications at participating institutions and requiring such students upon completion of their degree or certificate to fill teaching positions for one year for each year of scholarship receipt at a high-need school, as defined pursuant to federal law. The bill also creates the Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps Scholarship Fund and Program for the purpose of funding such scholarships at the participating institutions of Longwood University, Norfolk State University, Radford University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Finally, the bill establishes the 12-member Virginia Teacher Residency Training Corps Commission to administer the Program and directs the Commission to begin meeting on or after September 1, 2023, and to establish the parameters for the Program and award the first scholarships prior to the beginning of the 2024–2025 academic year.

Officers of election; eligibility of persons preregistered to vote. Allows any person who has preregistered to vote to serve as an officer of election.

Farm use placards. Delays from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the date by which vehicles claiming a farm use exemption are required to obtain a farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and display such placard at all times. The bill provides that the requirement to display a farm use placard only applies to pickup or panel trucks and sport utility vehicles. The bill removes certain requirements on the application for a farm use placard, prohibits requesting additional information on such application, and prohibits disclosure of application information. The bill authorizes the use of an agricultural or horticultural vehicle for disposing of incidental refuse and a seasonal transportation vehicle for driving to a storage house, packing plant, or market regardless of distance. The bill clarifies that the exemption for transporting back to a farm essential food includes procuring a meal for a farmer or his employees and that such exemption applies while engaged in authorized farm vehicle uses. The bill exempts vehicles required to obtain a farm use placard from the motor vehicle sales and use tax and authorizes localities to exempt such vehicles from personal property tax.

Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000, beginning July 1, 2023, to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying neighborhoods with major sources of pollution or hazardous waste and identifying objectives and policies to reduce health risks in such neighborhoods, to promote civic engagement by residents of such neighborhoods, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of such neighborhoods.

Administration of government; rights of state and local employees; freedoms of conscience and expression. Protects local government employees from being penalized by their employer for expressing their opinion regarding a current or proposed regulation, rule, policy, position, or other action or purpose of a public body at an open meeting of such public body during the time designated for public comment when such employees are speaking on their own behalf as members of the public. The bill exempts from such protection expressions made by state government employees during a public meeting of a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly or State Corporation Commission.

Securities; digital token exemption; decentralized autonomous organizations. Provides an exemption from securities registration requirements for issuers or sellers of digital tokens, as defined in the bill, under certain circumstances. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to develop a form and submission process for an issuer or seller of digital tokens to file a notice of intent with the Commission. The bill also creates a regulatory framework for decentralized autonomous organizations, which are a form of limited liability company, and provides that the entity seeking to become a decentralized autonomous organization must file its articles of organization with the Commission in order to seek a certificate of organization. The bill permits a limited liability company to elect to become a decentralized autonomous organization with management vested in its members or smart contracts and contains requirements for its articles of incorporation and operating agreements. The bill also contains provisions governing the relationships and rights of members of a decentralized autonomous organization and for the dissolution of a decentralized autonomous organization. Securities; digital token exemption; decentralized autonomous organizations. Provides an exemption from securities registration requirements for issuers or sellers of digital tokens, as defined in the bill, under certain circumstances. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to develop a form and submission process for an issuer or seller of digital tokens to file a notice of intent with the Commission. The bill also creates a regulatory framework for decentralized autonomous organizations, which are a form of limited liability company, and provides that the entity seeking to become a decentralized autonomous organization must file its articles of organization with the Commission in order to seek a certificate of organization. The bill permits a limited liability company to elect to become a decentralized autonomous organization with management vested in its members or smart contracts and contains requirements for its articles of incorporation and operating agreements. The bill also contains provisions governing the relationships and rights of members of a decentralized autonomous organization and for the dissolution of a decentralized autonomous organization.

High school student transcripts; certain test High school student transcripts; certain test scores optional. Prohibits any high school student transcript from including any test record, including scores, of any standardized test used for the purpose of college admissions, including any SAT or ACT test but excluding any Standards of Learning test, except upon the request of a high school student or the student's parent that such a test record be included on the student's high school transcript.

MEI Project Approval Commission; review procedures. Adds to the incentive packages for economic development, film, and episodic television projects that require MEI Project Approval Commission (the Commission) review and approval any incentive package in which one of the incentives being sought includes a cash payment of more than $3.5 million from any fund prior to any performance metrics being met by the proposed project. The bill clarifies that in calculating whether the value of proposed incentives exceeds $10 million and thus requires review under current law, the value of existing nondiscretionary tax credits, tax incentives, and grants shall not be considered, with the exception of the sales tax exemption for data centers and the motion picture tax credit. In addition, the bill provides that economic development projects that propose to relocate or expand operations in one area of the Commonwealth while closing or reducing operations in another area of the Commonwealth shall be subject to Commission review only if the value of the proposed incentives exceeds $2.5 million. MEI Project Approval Commission; review procedures. Adds to the incentive packages for economic development, film, and episodic television projects that require MEI Project Approval Commission (the Commission) review and approval any incentive package in which one of the incentives being sought includes a cash payment of more than $3.5 million from any fund prior to any performance metrics being met by the proposed project. The bill clarifies that in calculating whether the value of proposed incentives exceeds $10 million and thus requires review under current law, the value of existing nondiscretionary tax credits, tax incentives, and grants shall not be considered, with the exception of the sales tax exemption for data centers and the motion picture tax credit. In addition, the bill provides that economic development projects that propose to relocate or expand operations in one area of the Commonwealth while closing or reducing operations in another area of the Commonwealth shall be subject to Commission review only if the value of the proposed incentives exceeds $2.5 million. The bill also requires state agencies and political subdivisions that have significant involvement in a proposed individual incentive package to verify the job creation and investment data before they are presented to the Commission. Finally, the bill allows the Commission to also review potential economic development projects that are not required to be presented to the Commission that would be financed through entitlements to sales taxes or through personal or corporate income tax incentives or modifications.

Parental access to minor's medical records. Prohibits denial of parental access to the medical records of such parent's minor child, unless federal law requires the minor child's consent.

Newborn screening; Krabbe disease and other lysosomal storage disorders. Requires that newborn screening tests required to be performed on every infant born in the Commonwealth must include screening for Krabbe disease and other lysosomal storage disorders for which a screening test is available.

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.

Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. Allows any person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere he may lawfully carry a handgun openly within the Commonwealth.

Small modular reactor plant revenue-sharing agreement among certain localities. Requires the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise and the City of Norton to enter into a perpetual revenue-sharing agreement regarding advanced nuclear technologies and an advanced nuclear reactor to be located in one of these localities. The measure establishes the percentage of the revenue to be allocated to each locality and provides that the host locality shall retain the remaining six percent of the revenue. The bill requires any direct costs of infrastructure improvements incurred by the host locality for purposes of the small modular reactor plant or facility to be allocated among the localities in the same proportion as the revenues from the plant or facility. Small modular reactor plant revenue-sharing agreement among certain localities. Requires the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise and the City of Norton to enter into a perpetual revenue-sharing agreement regarding advanced nuclear technologies and an advanced nuclear reactor to be located in one of these localities. The measure establishes the percentage of the revenue to be allocated to each locality and provides that the host locality shall retain the remaining six percent of the revenue. The bill requires any direct costs of infrastructure improvements incurred by the host locality for purposes of the small modular reactor plant or facility to be allocated among the localities in the same proportion as the revenues from the plant or facility.

Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program established. Establishes the Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth that seeks to establish or expand a nuclear education program, defined in the bill as an instructional program that leads to a degree or credential that specifically supports the nuclear power industry, including nuclear engineering and nuclear welding. The bill permits the Council to establish such rules, policies, and procedures as it deems necessary for the administration of the Program, including rules, policies, and procedures for Program applications and grant awards.

Community corrections alternative program. Requires defendants to enter into and complete the community corrections alternative program ("CCAP") after (i) a recommendation from the Department of Corrections ("Department"), (ii) a determination by the court that the defendant will benefit from the community corrections alternative program and is capable of returning to society as a productive citizen following successful completion of the program, and (iii) the defendant would otherwise be committed to the Department. The bill provides that if the defendant is removed from the program for intractable behavior or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of probation, the court shall show cause the defendant to show cause why his probation and suspension of sentence should not be revoked. Community corrections alternative program. Requires defendants to enter into and complete the community corrections alternative program ("CCAP") after (i) a recommendation from the Department of Corrections ("Department"), (ii) a determination by the court that the defendant will benefit from the community corrections alternative program and is capable of returning to society as a productive citizen following successful completion of the program, and (iii) the defendant would otherwise be committed to the Department. The bill provides that if the defendant is removed from the program for intractable behavior or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of probation, the court shall show cause the defendant to show cause why his probation and suspension of sentence should not be revoked. The bill also directs the Parole Board to require violators to enter into and complete CCAP upon the same above conditions; the Parole Board may revoke parole or mandatory release and recommit the violator upon removal from the program by the Department for intractable behavior or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of parole or mandatory release. Current law allows defendants/parole violators to be placed on probation conditioned upon entry and successful competition of CCAP and directs the court to require a defendant to show cause why his probation and suspension of sentence should not be revoked on the grounds of his voluntary withdrawal from the program.