VA Legislation | 2023 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1570	Engross Sine Die	Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highway rest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-20 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
HB1430	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; report. Defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-20 Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
HB1458	Engross Sine Die	Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 5-N)
SB806	Engross Sine Die	STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established. Establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing (STEM+C) Competition Team Grant Program to encourage interest in STEM+C-related subject areas and support STEM+C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Tabled in Appropriations (13-Y 7-N)
HB1869	Engross Sine Die	Bills creating certain boards and commissions; required sunset provision. Requires all bills creating a board, council, commission, or other collegial body in the legislative branch to contain a provision for the expiration of such body three years a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Rules (12-Y 4-N)
HB2476	Engross Sine Die	Secretary of Health and Human Resources; State Health Commissioner; website; services and programs available to pregnant women. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the State Health Commissioner to establish, maintain, and annually... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Rules (12-Y 3-N)
HB1574	Engross Sine Die	School board selection; referendum on direct election of school board members by voters; authorization by local governing body. Allows the governing body of a county, city, or town to file a petition with the circuit court of the county or city or of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Defeated by Senate (11-Y 27-N)
HB2412	Engross Sine Die	Geriatric prisoners; conditional release; review hearings. Directs the Parole Board to review annually all petitions for geriatric conditional release. The bill provides that the Parole Board may, however, defer subsequent hearings for up to three ye... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 5-N)
HB2440	Engross Sine Die	Establishment of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission; report. Establishes the 16-member Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission as an advisory commission in the executive branch of state government for the purpose ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Failed to report (defeated) in Rules (7-Y 9-N)
HB1576	Engross Sine Die	School board for the City of Lynchburg; staggered terms in the event of election. Requires, in the event that the school board for the City of Lynchburg is required to be elected by popular vote in accordance with relevant law that permits a voter re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
SB890	Engross Sine Die	Veterans' Teaching Licensure Support Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Veterans' Teaching Licensure Support Fund and Program for the purpose of supporting veterans and service members teaching in a public school in the Commonwealth or pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
SB1333	Engross Sine Die	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 facilit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
SB1493	Engross Sine Die	Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Moves the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (the Board of Visitors) from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Education... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-17 Stricken from docket by Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
HB1858	Engross Sine Die	Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)
HB2391	Engross Sine Die	Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; membership. Makes the Secretary of Finance a permanent member of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission and requires a responsible public entity to submit to the Secretary a copy of any prop... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
HB1816	Engross Sine Die	Dangers and victims of communism; recognition; Standards of Learning and programs of instruction. Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Day and requiring such day to be suit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1893	Engross Sine Die	School boards; websites; posting of certain information required. Requires, prior to the start of each school year, each school board to post on its website in a prominent location and in a format that is easily accessible to the public (i) a list of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
SB1439	Engross Sine Die	Pregnant inmates; facilitation of coverage through state plan for medical assistance services. Requires the Department of Medical Assistances Services and the Department of Corrections to coordinate to identify pregnant incarcerated persons in the cu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
HB1814	Engross Sine Die	Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions; licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs. Removes dispensing of covered substances within a licensed narcotic maintenance treatment program from the list of circumstances exempt from reporting requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
HB1795	Engross Sine Die	Abortion; born alive infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts to terminate a pregnancy to (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB2431	Engross Sine Die	Income tax credits; Neighborhood Assistance Act; Education Improvement Scholarships. Makes several amendments to expand the availability of the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC). The bil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 8-N)
HB1448	Engross Sine Die	Department of Education; recommendations; model policies; selection and removal of public school library materials. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with local school boards, public school librarians, parents of public school stu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
SB885	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; work group; alternative beer distribution program; report. Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to convene ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Stricken from docket by General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
HB1556	Engross Sine Die	Employment of K-9 Detection Teams in public schools permitted. Permits any school board to employ or hire on a contract basis in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division a full-time or part-time K-9 Detection Team, defin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1387	Engross Sine Die	K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; designation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams and sports based on biological sex; student participation in female teams or sports; civil cause of action. Requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB2269	Engross Sine Die	Certain federal pandemic relief funds for public education; certain conditions. Requires any local school division that, as of July 1, 2023, has available and unspent or unobligated federal ESSER formula funds exceeding 20 percent of its total awarde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1461	Engross Sine Die	Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB2358	Engross Sine Die	Employment of school protection officers in public schools. Permits any local law-enforcement agency to employ in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division, pursuant to an agreement with the local school board, a school p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1689	Engross Sine Die	Patient visitation; visitation from clergy members. Requires hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to allow patients to receive visits from clergy members during a declared public health emergency related to a communicable diseas... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1909	Engross Sine Die	Public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms. Provides that, subject to school board or school administration approval, each local school board shall enter into an agreement to establish an opportunity classroom, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB2306	Engross Sine Die	Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requiremen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
HB1379	Engross Sine Die	Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1711	Engross Sine Die	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB1800	Engross Sine Die	Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chair... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB2341	Engross Sine Die	Board of Education; high school graduation; alternative pathways to the advanced studies diploma and associated diploma seals. Directs the Board of Education to establish two pathways to the advanced studies high school diploma, and associated diplom... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1389	Engross Sine Die	Administration of controlled substances for treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbance; parental consent required. Provides that a minor shall not be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to administration of medication for the trea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB2432	Engross Sine Die	Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB2490	Engross Sine Die	Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
HB1507	Engross Sine Die	Public elementary and secondary schools; fundamental right of parents. Requires each school board and employee and agent thereof to seek to ensure that the fundamental right of parents in the care and upbringing of their children is recognized and pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1803	Engross Sine Die	Public elementary and secondary schools; certain opportunities for parental involvement. Requires the opportunities for parental involvement required to be provided by each school board to include the opportunity for parents of students enrolled in t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB1373	Engross Sine Die	Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another el... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)
HB2270	Engross Sine Die	Provision of abortion; right to informed consent. Requires physicians and authorized nurse practitioners to follow certain procedures and processes to effect a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the performance of an abortion. Provisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
HB2495	Engross Sine Die	Establishment of Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program. Establishes the Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of assisting local school divisions to implement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
HB2405	Engross Sine Die	High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student wh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
HB2030	Engross Sine Die	School boards; nonresident student enrollment policies; work group; report. Requires any school board that accepts for enrollment students who reside outside of the local school division to establish and make available to the public policies or regul... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
SB1458	Engross Sine Die	Secretary of Labor; Department of Health Professions; work group to study regulation of temporary staffing agencies; temporary health care staff; report. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration with the Department of Health Professions, to c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-16 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
HB1443	Engross Sine Die	Public school funds; state share for basic aid; basic aid and supplemental basic aid payment limit. Removes the limitation on any school division qualifying for adjustment of state share of aid that capped the sum of the basic aid payment and any sup... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-15 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)
HB2385	Engross Sine Die	Administration of state government; prohibited actions; civil penalty. Prohibits state agencies from entering into a contract for goods or services with a scrutinized company, defined in the bill as any company owned or operated by a foreign adversar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-15 Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 10-N)
HB1474	Engross Sine Die	Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who provides information relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedings preliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless ordered by a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-15 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
SB923	Engross Sine Die	Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program. Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program (the Program) to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services (local boards) in order to avoid foster... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-15 Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)