Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment; divorce from bed and board. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for being decreed a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment by either party. The bill also repeals the provision allowing for a divorce from bed and board on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment. The provisions of the bill apply to suits for divorce filed on or after July 1, 2023.

Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The bill specifies the language of such notice. The bill also provides that an employer that fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.

Public school students; self-identification as gender other than biological sex; parental contact. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board who, in the scope of his employment, has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is self-identifying as a gender that is different than his biological sex to contact, as soon as practicable and in accordance with Board guidelines, at least one of such student's parents to ask whether such parent is aware of the student's mental state and whether the parent wishes to obtain or has already obtained counseling for such student.

Child day programs; exemption from licensure; certain programs offered by local school divisions. Exempts from the requirement to be licensed by the Board of Education any child day program offered by a local school division that is operated for no more than four hours per day on full instructional days or for more than four hours per day on shortened instructional days or noninstructional days, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are at least three years of age and are enrolled in public school or a preschool program within such school division. Under current law, only a child day program offered by a local school division that is operated for no more than four hours per day, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are at least three years of age and are enrolled in public school or a preschool program within such school division is eligible to be exempt from licensure.

Absentee voting; return of absentee ballots; drop-off locations. Repeals the provisions of the Code providing for the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.

Division superintendents; certain localities; qualifications. Provides that the Board of Education shall require any candidate for division superintendent of a local school division serving a locality with a population greater than 140,000 people to have (i) a master's degree and relevant endorsements or a doctorate degree in an education-related field and (ii) at least five years of instructional, administrative, and supervisory experience in education, with no exceptions or substitutes for senior leadership experience in non-education fields. The Board of Education may substitute certain requirements for education-specific endorsements, degrees, or educational, administrative, or supervisory experience for a certain amount of experience in senior leadership positions outside of the education field only for local school divisions serving a locality with a population not exceeding 140,000 people.

Dissemination of criminal history record information; National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Authorizes the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of screening individuals who are offered or accept employment or will be providing volunteer or contractual services with the National Center.

Interjurisdictional compacts; criminal history record checks. Provides that when an interjurisdictional compact requires criminal history record checks as a condition of participation, the applicable health regulatory board shall require each applicant to submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with his fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information.

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; exception to confidentiality; complainant notification of final decision or action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to provide notice to a complainant of any final decision made or action taken in regards to his filed complaint within 30 days of such decision or action. Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; exception to confidentiality; complainant notification of final decision or action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to provide notice to a complainant of any final decision made or action taken in regards to his filed complaint within 30 days of such decision or action.

Prohibited sales and loans of materials deemed harmful to juveniles; exceptions; repeal. Repeals the exceptions to application of the penalties for unlawfully selling, renting, or loaning to a juvenile or knowingly displaying for commercial purpose certain material that depicts sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse and that is harmful to juveniles where such exceptions are provided in current law for (i) the purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art, book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript material by an accredited museum, library, school, or institution of higher education and (ii) the exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motion picture by any theatre, museum, school, or institution of higher education, either supported by public appropriation or which is an accredited institution supported by private funds. Prohibited sales and loans of materials deemed harmful to juveniles; exceptions; repeal. Repeals the exceptions to application of the penalties for unlawfully selling, renting, or loaning to a juvenile or knowingly displaying for commercial purpose certain material that depicts sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse and that is harmful to juveniles where such exceptions are provided in current law for (i) the purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art, book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript material by an accredited museum, library, school, or institution of higher education and (ii) the exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motion picture by any theatre, museum, school, or institution of higher education, either supported by public appropriation or which is an accredited institution supported by private funds. Any locality that adopted an ordinance pursuant to § 15.2-926.2 that provided exceptions provided in § 18.2-391.1, repealed by the bill, would have to amend such ordinance to reflect no exceptions or repeal such ordinance.

Titling requirements for nonrepairable vehicles; sale to certain auto recyclers. Establishes a process whereby an insurance company can obtain a nonrepairable certificate for a vehicle acquired through the claims process without first obtaining a title or salvage certificate for such vehicle, provided that the insurance company is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate from the insured and has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle, any lien on the vehicle has been satisfied, and the vehicle is being sold to a demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or recycling for scrap.

Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property; petition for entry. Allows an owner or lessee of real property who seeks to improve, repair, or maintain his property to petition the circuit court for a license to enter adjoining property for the purpose of performing the improvements, repairs, or maintenance when the property is so situated that it is impossible to perform the improvements, repairs, or maintenance without entering such adjoining property and permission to enter such adjoining property has been denied. The bill provides that such license shall be granted by the court in an appropriate case upon such terms as justice requires. Any such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, and the licensee shall be liable to the adjoining owner or his lessee for actual damages occurring as a result of the entry.

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.

Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions. Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.

Driver improvement clinics and driver training schools. Lengthens from one year to two years the validity of and increases the cost of licenses and certifications for driver training schools that are third party testers, third party examiners for Class A driver training schools, driver improvement clinics, driver training instructors, and driver training schools, including computer-based driver education providers, and provides for concurrent expirations of licenses and certifications for such schools and their instructors. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, to issue such licenses and certifications for a validity period of between one and 24 months with a fee prorated on a monthly basis to ensure the even distribution of renewals over a calendar year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024, except that the provision of the bill authorizing the issuance of such licenses and certifications by the Commissioner is effective in due course.