Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act. Raises from $100,000 to $500,000 the cap for an award pursuant to the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to include in its annual report (i) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (ii) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (iii) the disciplinary action taken against such judge by the Commission. The bill provides that the provisions of this act shall apply only to disciplinary actions taken on or after July 1, 2023. Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to include in its annual report (i) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (ii) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (iii) the disciplinary action taken against such judge by the Commission. The bill provides that the provisions of this act shall apply only to disciplinary actions taken on or after July 1, 2023.

Localities, public and private schools, institutions of higher education, and employers; face coverings. Prohibits any locality, school board, division superintendent, school principal, private school, institution of higher education, or employer from adopting, implementing, or enforcing any policy, rule, or order related to COVID-19 that requires individuals to wear a face covering.

Individual income tax; brackets, deductions, and exemptions. Makes numerous changes to individual income tax brackets, deductions, and exemptions for individuals. The bill increases the standard deduction to $9,650 for individuals and $19,300 for married persons for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2026. The bill creates a seven percent income tax bracket for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, for income in excess of $600,000. The bill adjusts the amount of the standard deduction, personal and other individual exemptions and deductions, the filing threshold, and income tax brackets to the annual change in the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U).

Child tax credit. Creates a refundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for individuals whose households include dependents younger than the age of 18. The bill provides that the amount of the credit will be equal to $500 for an individual or married persons filing a joint return whose family Virginia adjusted gross income, as defined in the Code, does not exceed $100,000. The bill provides that if the amount of such credit exceeds the taxpayer's liability for the taxable year, the excess shall be refunded by the Tax Commissioner within 90 days after the filing date of the income tax return on which the taxpayer applies for such refund. Child tax credit. Creates a refundable tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for individuals whose households include dependents younger than the age of 18. The bill provides that the amount of the credit will be equal to $500 for an individual or married persons filing a joint return whose family Virginia adjusted gross income, as defined in the Code, does not exceed $100,000. The bill provides that if the amount of such credit exceeds the taxpayer's liability for the taxable year, the excess shall be refunded by the Tax Commissioner within 90 days after the filing date of the income tax return on which the taxpayer applies for such refund.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; annual review of medication and treatment for sickle cell disease; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct an annual review of all medications and forms of treatment for sickle cell disease, and services for enrollees with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease, that are eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations by November 15 each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health and to the Joint Commission on Health Care. Department of Medical Assistance Services; annual review of medication and treatment for sickle cell disease; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct an annual review of all medications and forms of treatment for sickle cell disease, and services for enrollees with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease, that are eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations by November 15 each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health and to the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Special license plates; military service; unremarried surviving spouses. Authorizes unremarried surviving spouses of persons eligible to receive a special license plate for military service to also receive such special license plates. The law currently authorizes this for certain types of military service.

Personalized license plates; references to Confederacy or persons who committed treason. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to amend the Personalized License Plate Issuance Guidelines to prohibit the issuance of any personalized license plate that makes reference to the Confederacy or any persons who committed acts of treason against the United States and to cancel any personalized license plate issued by the Department that makes reference to the Confederacy or any persons who committed acts of treason against the United States.

Prescription drug price transparency; manufacturer reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that a drug manufacturer submit to the Department of Health's contracted nonprofit data services organization all information included in the manufacturer's annual consolidation report on Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K or any other public disclosure in order for the manufacturer's prescription drug reporting obligations to be fully satisfied.

Voter registration; registering in person up to and including the day of the election; limited to certain persons. Provides that only members of a uniformed service, as defined in relevant law, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and spouses or dependents of such members or persons are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records in person up to and including the day of the election. Under current law, any person who is qualified to register to vote is entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records up to and including the day of the election.

Public school pupil participation on certain teams and in certain clubs; parental consent and notification. Provides that the prior written consent of the parent of a public school pupil is required for the pupil to participate on any school-sponsored athletic or academic team or in any extracurricular club that meets before, during, or after regular school hours and that either is officially recognized by the school or meets on school property. The bill requires the school to notify any such parent of any such pupil when the pupil participates on any such team or in any such club without the required prior written consent of the parent.

Department of Environmental Quality; stormwater management and erosion and sediment control plans; gravel access roads; electric utilities. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to include specifications regarding certain activities for stormwater management and erosion and sediment control related to the installation of permanent gravel access roads by an electric utility in the next publication of the Department's Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook (the Handbook). The bill permits any electric utility that complies with such specifications to be deemed to satisfy the water quantity technical criteria in the Stormwater Management Act. The bill further allows, until the effective date of the next publication of the Handbook, any new permanent gravel access road associated with the construction and maintenance of electric transmission lines by an electric utility to be deemed to have satisfied the required water quantity technical criteria if certain requirements are met.

Information to certain defendants; services of community services boards. Requires general district courts, juvenile and domestic relations district courts, and circuit courts, in cases in which a defendant is found not guilty of any offense after a trial at which evidence of the defendant's mental condition at the time of the alleged offense was introduced, to make available to the defendant information regarding services provided by the community services board and how such services may be accessed. The bill requires each community services board to develop, regularly update, and make available to such courts in the same locality information regarding the services provided by the community services board and information about how to access such services.

Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; renewable energy; eligible sources for renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that for the purpose of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, renewable energy includes energy from advanced nuclear technology or hydrogen. The bill classifies electric-generating resources that generate electric energy derived from advanced nuclear technology or hydrogen located in the Commonwealth or physically located within the PJM region as renewable energy portfolio standard program sources.

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; surplus payroll funds. Directs the Chief Medical Examiner to pay into a special fund any amount of surplus payroll funds that will remain unspent at the end of each quarter of each fiscal year. The bill defines "surplus payroll funds" as payroll funds appropriated to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for salaries and compensation that at the end of each quarter of each fiscal year will remain unspent due to personnel vacancies. Such funds are to be deposited in the Medical Examiner Compensation Fund, created by the bill, to be used to make technological upgrades or provide temporary pay, recruitment or retention bonuses, or overtime pay to Office personnel. The bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to establish a written policy for making disbursements from the Fund and for the State Health Commissioner to approve the policy. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; surplus payroll funds. Directs the Chief Medical Examiner to pay into a special fund any amount of surplus payroll funds that will remain unspent at the end of each quarter of each fiscal year. The bill defines "surplus payroll funds" as payroll funds appropriated to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for salaries and compensation that at the end of each quarter of each fiscal year will remain unspent due to personnel vacancies. Such funds are to be deposited in the Medical Examiner Compensation Fund, created by the bill, to be used to make technological upgrades or provide temporary pay, recruitment or retention bonuses, or overtime pay to Office personnel. The bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to establish a written policy for making disbursements from the Fund and for the State Health Commissioner to approve the policy.