Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least four years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least 10 years during active duty service.

Study; Department of Education; enhancing the usage of augmented reality and virtual reality technology in K-12 classrooms and curricula; use of augmented reality and virtual reality in special education; report. Requests the Department of Education to study ways to enhance the usage of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology in the classroom and curricula for grades K-12 and how AR/VR technology can be used to improve and enhance education for students with certain disabilities and learning impairments.

Sports betting; adjusted gross revenue. Gradually reduces the exclusion from a sports betting permit holder's adjusted gross revenue, on which it is taxed, all cash and the cash value of merchandise paid out as winnings to bettors, and the value of all bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers, by limiting such exclusion from adjusted gross revenue to no more than 2.5 percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024; no more than 2.25 percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025; no more than two percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026; and no more than 1.75 percent of the total amount of all sports betting wagers placed with that permit holder each month on and after July 1, 2026. The bill also provides that a permit holder, through the first 12 months of sports betting activity, may exclude from adjusted gross revenue the value of allowable bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers. After the first 12 months of sports betting activity, a permit holder's adjusted gross revenue is subject to the aforementioned determination.

Elections; conduct of election; election results; post-election forensic audits. Provides for the conduct of a forensic audit of an election in a county or city upon the request of certain officials or upon the petition of a group of residents of the locality in question. The purpose of an audit is to determine the accuracy and legality of the election in question. The bill provides that an audit includes a review of all materials, equipment, and procedures used during any part of the election, including ballots, pollbooks, voting machines, and routers. The bill requires that the audit be open to the public and states that the auditing process may include participation by residents. The results of the audit are to be presented to a jury of local residents who have the power to declare the election valid or invalid. The bill also gives the State Inspector General the power and duty to conduct an audit of the 2020 general election and requires him to produce a report of his findings.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; effect of criminal convictions on licensure; data to be included in biennial report. Provides for consideration of certain factors to be made by any regulatory board through an individualized assessment prior to denying an application for licensure, certification, or registration for any occupation or profession regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation where such denial was made in whole or in part upon the existence of the applicant's criminal record. The bill requires, beginning July 1, 2026, the Department to include certain data related to the criminal history of applicants to each regulatory board in its biennial report. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; effect of criminal convictions on licensure; data to be included in biennial report. Provides for consideration of certain factors to be made by any regulatory board through an individualized assessment prior to denying an application for licensure, certification, or registration for any occupation or profession regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation where such denial was made in whole or in part upon the existence of the applicant's criminal record. The bill requires, beginning July 1, 2026, the Department to include certain data related to the criminal history of applicants to each regulatory board in its biennial report.

Appointment of guardian ad litem; requested information, records, or reports from individual or entity. Requires any individual or entity with information, records, or reports relevant to a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding, including any (i) health care provider, local school division, or local department of social services; (ii) criminal justice agency, unless such disclosure would impede an ongoing criminal investigation or proceeding; and (iii) financial institution, investment advisor, or other financial services provider, to provide, upon request from the appointed guardian ad litem, such information, records, or reports to the appointed guardian ad litem. The bill also requires certain financial institutions, in cooperation with an investigation of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult, to make available any financial records or information relevant to such investigation upon request from any court-appointed guardian ad litem who has been appointed by the court to represent such adult. The bill immunizes such financial institutions from civil or criminal liability for providing such financial records or information, provided that such financial institutions did not engage in gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses. Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; warranty of habitability. Prohibits a landlord from waiving, either orally or in writing, his duty to maintain a fit premises and requires a landlord to include in every rental agreement the terms and conditions governing such duty.

Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County. Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County.

Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. Establishes the Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide up to $56 million in grants between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2035, to a qualified company that engages in the manufacture and distribution of precision plastic products in an eligible county and that between June 1, 2022, and December 31, 2035, is expected to make a capital investment of at least $1 billion and create at least 1,761 new full-time jobs related to or supportive of its business.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in partnership with the State Crime Commission, shall administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that shall focus on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services and (ii) establishing programs and protocols to aid victims of sex trafficking. The bill provides that the goal of the program shall be to reduce arrest of sex trafficking victims regardless of age, reduce demand for commercial sex exploitation by focusing on buyers, and establish high-quality residential care, education, alternative employment opportunities, and life skills for victims.

Trespass; other person lawfully in charge of the property; locality. Provides that the maintenance code official of a locality is considered a person lawfully in charge of real property that has been declared a derelict building, unless the owner of such property objects, for the purpose of posting a sign or signs to prohibit any person to go upon the premises of such property without the authority of law. Trespass; other person lawfully in charge of the property; locality. Provides that the maintenance code official of a locality is considered a person lawfully in charge of real property that has been declared a derelict building, unless the owner of such property objects, for the purpose of posting a sign or signs to prohibit any person to go upon the premises of such property without the authority of law.

Nurse practitioners; practice authority upon licensure. Removes the requirement that nurse practitioners, other than a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of certified nurse midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist, who meet certain conditions may practice without a practice agreement only if they have completed the equivalent of at least five years of full-time clinical experience as a licensed nurse practitioner. The bill also removes patient care team requirements for nurse practitioners. The bill removes the existing provision allowing a physician to serve as a patient care team physician on a patient care team with up to 10 nurse practitioners licensed in the category of psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, thus limiting any patient care team physician to a patient care team with no more than six nurse practitioners.

Department of Housing and Community Development; statewide housing needs assessment and plan; annual reports by certain localities. Adds to the powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development the responsibility to conduct a comprehensive statewide housing needs assessment at least every five years, to develop a statewide housing plan and update such plan at least every five years, and to provide annual updates to the General Assembly regarding meeting the goals of such plan. The bill requires Virginia localities with a population greater than 3,500 to submit annual reports summarizing any local housing policies, ordinances, or processes affecting the development and construction of housing during the preceding fiscal year to the Department by September 1 for publication on the Department's website.

Study; restrictions on legal and illegal electronic gaming activities; joint committee established; civil penalty; report. Increases the maximum amount for the civil penalty for gambling devices in unregulated locations and changes the distribution of moneys received from the monthly tax required for each skill game machine. The bill provides for the operation and regulation of electronic gaming activities under the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, extending the prior regulatory scheme to July 1, 2024. The bill also directs the Authority to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and provides for the establishment of a joint committee composed of 10 members from the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on General Laws to study the regulation of all electronic gaming in the Commonwealth. Study; restrictions on legal and illegal electronic gaming activities; joint committee established; civil penalty; report. Increases the maximum amount for the civil penalty for gambling devices in unregulated locations and changes the distribution of moneys received from the monthly tax required for each skill game machine. The bill provides for the operation and regulation of electronic gaming activities under the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, extending the prior regulatory scheme to July 1, 2024. The bill also directs the Authority to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and provides for the establishment of a joint committee composed of 10 members from the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on General Laws to study the regulation of all electronic gaming in the Commonwealth.