Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant; watercraft. Allows the owner of a self-storage facility, in the case of a stored watercraft for which an occupant has been in default for more than 60 days, to have such watercraft towed in lieu of conducting a public sale of such watercraft.

Filing of tax returns or payment of taxes by mail. Provides that a remittance of a tax return or a tax payment shall be deemed to have been timely received if, through no fault of the taxpayer, no postmark is affixed or the postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears no date and such tax return or payment is received within five days of the due date. The bill also provides that no penalty or interest shall be imposed (i) if a taxpayer provides evidence that a tax return filing or a tax payment was timely by producing a United States Postal Service Certificate of Mailing, or other proof of mailing, showing such return was filed or such payment was made on time or (ii) if a taxpayer's failure to file a return or to pay a tax to a locality was the fault of the United States Postal Service. Filing of tax returns or payment of taxes by mail. Provides that a remittance of a tax return or a tax payment shall be deemed to have been timely received if, through no fault of the taxpayer, no postmark is affixed or the postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears no date and such tax return or payment is received within five days of the due date. The bill also provides that no penalty or interest shall be imposed (i) if a taxpayer provides evidence that a tax return filing or a tax payment was timely by producing a United States Postal Service Certificate of Mailing, or other proof of mailing, showing such return was filed or such payment was made on time or (ii) if a taxpayer's failure to file a return or to pay a tax to a locality was the fault of the United States Postal Service.

Absentee voting; unsolicited absentee ballot applications; required information; penalty. Requires any organization sending an application for an absentee ballot to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter to include with the application instructions on completing the application and submitting it to the appropriate general registrar. The bill requires a statement that the application is not being sent by any state or local government official or agency to be printed on the envelope containing the application or on the first page of any enclosed materials. The bill specifies that organizations are required to use the information provided in the list of registered voters acquired by such organization from the Department of Elections pursuant to relevant law and that a violation of this requirement is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires the Department of Elections to ensure, when providing such list to such organization for purposes of sending unsolicited applications, that no voter is included on such list if such voter has applied for an absentee ballot on or before the date such list is requested. Finally, the bill provides that no application for an absentee ballot sent to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter may be pre-populated with information that the applicant is required to provide. Absentee voting; unsolicited absentee ballot applications; required information; penalty. Requires any organization sending an application for an absentee ballot to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter to include with the application instructions on completing the application and submitting it to the appropriate general registrar. The bill requires a statement that the application is not being sent by any state or local government official or agency to be printed on the envelope containing the application or on the first page of any enclosed materials. The bill specifies that organizations are required to use the information provided in the list of registered voters acquired by such organization from the Department of Elections pursuant to relevant law and that a violation of this requirement is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires the Department of Elections to ensure, when providing such list to such organization for purposes of sending unsolicited applications, that no voter is included on such list if such voter has applied for an absentee ballot on or before the date such list is requested. Finally, the bill provides that no application for an absentee ballot sent to a registered voter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voter may be pre-populated with information that the applicant is required to provide.

Localities; record of legal settlement or judgment; disclosure. Requires localities to retain a public record of certain legal settlements and judgments and requires the record of such amount to be subject to disclosure if requested pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Temporary detention; release of detained individual. Permits the director of a facility where a person is awaiting transport to the facility of temporary detention pursuant to a temporary detention order to release the person if an employee or a designee of the local community services board, in consultation with the person's treating physician, (i) conducts an evaluation of the person, (ii) determines that the person no longer meets the commitment criteria, (iii) authorizes the release of the person, and (iv) provides a discharge plan.

Absentee voting; annual absentee voter list. Eliminates the permanent absentee voter list and provides for an annual absentee voter list by which any eligible voter who annually files an application and is enrolled on the list receives an absentee ballot for any election in which he is eligible to vote in the ensuing calendar year. The application for the annual absentee voter list requires, at a minimum, the voter to provide his printed name, his date of birth, and the last four digits of his social security number.

Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem; appeals. The bill specifies that any attorney appointed to represent a child or parent, guardian, or other adult at a hearing in the juvenile and domestic relations district court may continue representation upon appeal to the circuit court unless relieved or replaced in the manner provided by law. Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem; appeals. The bill specifies that any attorney appointed to represent a child or parent, guardian, or other adult at a hearing in the juvenile and domestic relations district court may continue representation upon appeal to the circuit court unless relieved or replaced in the manner provided by law.

Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board member terms; local or regional public guardian and conservator programs; staff to client ratio. Extends to four years the terms of all members of the Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board currently appointed by the Governor to three-year terms. The bill also eliminates the requirement that each local or regional public guardian and conservator program develop a plan, in consultation with the local circuit court and sheriffs, where appropriate, to provide advance notice to the court when the program falls below or exceeds the ideal range of staff to client ratios in order to assure continuity of services.

Comprehensive plan; strategies to address resilience. Encourages localities to consider strategies to address resilience in their comprehensive plans.

Consumer finance companies; short-term loan providers; licensee requirements. Requires a consumer finance company or a short-term loan provider to include as part of every loan application a question regarding whether the potential borrower has been approached, including via telephone or electronic means, by any person to send money in consideration of receiving money via a government or lottery organization. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.

Employment; training and education; sexual harassment and workplace discrimination. Requires each employer with 50 or more employees, including the Commonwealth and its agencies, institutions, and political subdivisions, to provide annual interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment and workplace discrimination by January 1, 2024. The bill includes specific training and education requirements for supervisory and nonsupervisory employees, seasonal and temporary employees who are hired to work for less than six months, and migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. The training and education required under the bill must be provided by an educator or human resources professional with knowledge and expertise in the subject matter and must include a method for employees to electronically save a certificate of completion of such training and education. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to make online courses for the required training available on its website beginning January 1, 2024.

Commonwealth Transportation Board; regulation authority. Provides that the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make regulations for the use of systems of state highways includes the use of devices in the right-of-way of such highways for law-enforcement purposes. The bill authorizes the Department of State Police or chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to install, maintain, and operate devices for law-enforcement purposes on highways maintained by VDOT. The bill requires that all data collected by such devices be purged and not retained later than 30 days after collection unless such data is being used in an active law-enforcement investigation. The bill prohibits the use of such data to enforce speed limits, traffic regulations, tolling requirements, or high-occupancy vehicle requirements. Commonwealth Transportation Board; regulation authority. Provides that the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make regulations for the use of systems of state highways includes the use of devices in the right-of-way of such highways for law-enforcement purposes. The bill authorizes the Department of State Police or chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to install, maintain, and operate devices for law-enforcement purposes on highways maintained by VDOT. The bill requires that all data collected by such devices be purged and not retained later than 30 days after collection unless such data is being used in an active law-enforcement investigation. The bill prohibits the use of such data to enforce speed limits, traffic regulations, tolling requirements, or high-occupancy vehicle requirements.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy; conditions. Provides that, except for any increase in rent that occurs after the first year of a lease with a term longer than one year, a rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the tenant agrees to pay any increase in rent during the term of a written lease unless such increase is agreed to in a separate, written document signed by the tenant and the landlord that includes (i) the new amount of rent to be charged to the tenant, (ii) the date upon which the rent increase becomes effective, and (iii) any additional terms or benefits to the tenant agreed to as consideration for such increase in rent.

Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics. The foregoing provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2024 Session of the General Assembly. Finally, the bill establishes a work group for the purpose of advising the Board of Education on the criteria for and the process of procuring the goods and services necessary to implement the Portal and requires such work group to submit a report containing its findings and any recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.

Common Interest Community Board; enforcement power over continuing violations of common interest community associations. Allows the Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman, upon receiving any notice of a final adverse decision issued by a common interest community association, to either (i) refer such final adverse decision to the Common Interest Community Board for further review of whether such decision is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations or (ii) make a determination of whether such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations. If the Office determines that such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations, the bill requires the Office to promptly notify the governing board, and if applicable the common interest community manager, of the association of such determination. If the Common Interest Community Ombudsman receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation within one year of such determination, the Office shall refer the matter to the Board. The bill also requires the Office to maintain data on referrals made to the Board. Common Interest Community Board; enforcement power over continuing violations of common interest community associations. Allows the Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman, upon receiving any notice of a final adverse decision issued by a common interest community association, to either (i) refer such final adverse decision to the Common Interest Community Board for further review of whether such decision is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations or (ii) make a determination of whether such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations. If the Office determines that such final adverse decision conflicts with relevant laws or Board regulations, the bill requires the Office to promptly notify the governing board, and if applicable the common interest community manager, of the association of such determination. If the Common Interest Community Ombudsman receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation within one year of such determination, the Office shall refer the matter to the Board. The bill also requires the Office to maintain data on referrals made to the Board. Finally, the bill provides that if, within one year of issuing a determination that an adverse decision issued by a common interest community association is in conflict with relevant laws or Board regulations, the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation receives a subsequent notice of final adverse decision for the same violation, the Director must refer the repeat violation to the Board.