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.

Certain electrical generating facilities; competitive procurement. Provides that in any petition by a Phase I or Phase II Utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate an electrical generating facility that generates electric energy derived from sunlight, such utility shall demonstrate that the proposed facility was subject to competitive procurement or solicitation.

Virginia Resources Authority; purpose; community development and housing projects. Adds community development projects related to the production and preservation of housing, including housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, to those projects that the Virginia Resources Authority may finance. The bill directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist the Authority with determining which local governments are to receive grants from the Authority for such projects.

Assault firearms; age requirement; penalty. Provides that in order to purchase an assault firearm a person must be 21 years of age or older. The bill expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.

Testing persons charged with certain crimes for sexually transmitted infections. Provides that as soon as practicable following arrest, or following indictment, arrest by warrant, or service of a petition in the case of a juvenile, the attorney for the Commonwealth may request after consultation with any complaining witness, or shall request upon the request of the complaining witness, that any person charged with certain specified crimes be requested to submit to testing for sexually transmitted infections, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that if the person charged refuses to submit to testing or the competency of the person to submit to testing is at issue, a court finding probable cause that the complaining witness was exposed to body fluids of the person charged in a manner that may transmit a sexually transmitted infection shall order such testing. The bill also provides that the results of such tests shall not be admissible as evidence in any criminal proceeding.

Solar and energy efficiency projects for low-income and moderate-income Virginians. Allows the Clean Energy Advisory Board to advise the Director of Department of Energy (Director) to apply to certain federal loan guarantees or grant funds to facilitate the development of solar energy, storage, and energy efficiency projects. The bill expands the Low to Moderate Income Solar Loan and Rebate Fund to extend grants in addition to loans or paying rebates to electric customers who complete solar installations or energy efficiency improvements subject to certain requirements provided in the bill. The bill adds an additional criteria for an applicant of the Low to Moderate Income Solar Pilot Program to satisfy in order to be eligible for a grant, loan, or rebate. Finally, the bill extends the time that the Director is required to respond to an application of such program from 30 to 60 days. Solar and energy efficiency projects for low-income and moderate-income Virginians. Allows the Clean Energy Advisory Board to advise the Director of Department of Energy (Director) to apply to certain federal loan guarantees or grant funds to facilitate the development of solar energy, storage, and energy efficiency projects. The bill expands the Low to Moderate Income Solar Loan and Rebate Fund to extend grants in addition to loans or paying rebates to electric customers who complete solar installations or energy efficiency improvements subject to certain requirements provided in the bill. The bill adds an additional criteria for an applicant of the Low to Moderate Income Solar Pilot Program to satisfy in order to be eligible for a grant, loan, or rebate. Finally, the bill extends the time that the Director is required to respond to an application of such program from 30 to 60 days.

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.

Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scooters to follow the pedestrian Walk signal at an intersection when traveling in the direction of the signal, provided that they yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk traveling in the same direction. The bill provides that a person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter may not start to cross a highway in the direction of a Don't Walk signal, but such person who has partially completed his crossing on the Walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island and remain there while the Don't Walk signal is showing. Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scooters to follow the pedestrian Walk signal at an intersection when traveling in the direction of the signal, provided that they yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk traveling in the same direction. The bill provides that a person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter may not start to cross a highway in the direction of a Don't Walk signal, but such person who has partially completed his crossing on the Walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island and remain there while the Don't Walk signal is showing.

Medical cannabis program; transition from Board of Pharmacy to Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. Transfers oversight and administration of the Commonwealth's medical cannabis program from the Board of Pharmacy to the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and is identical to

Modified utility vehicles. Authorizes operation of modified utility vehicles, defined in the bill, on public highways with less than four travel lanes where the maximum speed limit is no greater than 55 miles per hour and on public highways with four or more travel lanes where the maximum speed limit is no greater than 35 miles per hour. The same registration and insurance requirements applicable to passenger cars apply also to modified utility vehicles. The bill contains equipment requirements for modified utility vehicles.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Nancy Beth Firestone.

Virginia Antitrust Act; disgorgement and other forms of equitable monetary relief. Provides that (i) any person threatened with injury or damage to his business or property by reason of a violation of the Virginia Antitrust Act or (ii) the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth, the attorney for the Commonwealth or county attorney on behalf of a county, the city attorney on behalf of a city, or the town attorney on behalf of a town may institute actions and proceedings for injunctive relief, disgorgement, and other forms of equitable monetary relief as the court deems appropriate. The bill contains technical amendments.

Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. The bill also requires an advertisement that is an independent expenditure or that expressly advocates for the passage or defeat of a referendum to contain a disclaimer providing the names of the advertisement sponsor's three largest contributors.

Conformity of the Commonwealth's taxation system with the Internal Revenue Code; emergency. Advances Virginia's date of conformity with the Internal Revenue Code from December 31, 2021, to December 31, 2022. The bill enacts Chapters 6 and 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, Special Session I. The bill contains an emergency clause.