Virginia Legislature | 2023 | Regular Session | Adjourned Sine Die
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SB1299 | 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 desi... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| HB1682 | Weapon of terrorism; definition; penalty. Includes any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, as a weapon of terrorism for the purpose of defining terrorism... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB1150 | Obsolescence of 2011 district descriptions; legal boundaries. Repeals Code provisions related to the 2011 decennial redistricting, including descriptions of the districts enacted in that cycle, that are obsolete as a result of the 2021 decennial redi... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB1455 | Civil disturbance; local curfew; penalty. Enables the chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to enact a curfew under certain circumstances during a civil disturbance. The bill clarifies that such action in cities shall be in concurrence with the... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB1531 | Secretary of Health and Human Resources; Department of Health; Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative; hospital regulations; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to facilitate strengthening collaborat... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB1514 | General registrars; petition for removal. Provides for the removal of a general registrar by the circuit court upon a petition signed by a majority of the members of the State Board of Elections or a majority of the members of the local electoral boa... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB784 | Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel. Provides that the prohibition on a retired justice or judge appearing as counsel in any court in the Commonwealth shall not apply when either (i) (a) the retired judge or justice has been retired for... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| HB2411 | Attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a court-appointed attorney receives for representation during emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions from $75 to $120 fo... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| HB1628 | Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits; use of funds. Permits the Department of Environmental Quality to use the Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund for purposes other than the purchase of mitigation bank credits, as set out in ... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| SB839 | 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 responsibilit... | 2023-03-13 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Kaye Kory [D] | 341 |  |
| Del. Nadarius Clark [D] | 277 | |
| Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D] | 274 | |
| Del. Sam Rasoul [D] | 250 | |
| Del. Patrick Hope [D] | 227 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Bryce Reeves [R] | 161 | |
| Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D] | 153 | |
| Sen. Barbara Favola [D] | 129 | |
| Sen. John Cosgrove [R] | 129 | |
| Sen. Creigh Deeds [D] | 127 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Courts of Justice | 89 | |
| Health, Welfare and Institutions | 76 | |
| Rules | 68 | |
| Appropriations | 66 | |
| Commerce and Energy | 65 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Appropriations | 53 | |
| Privileges and Elections | 13 | |
| Rules | 13 | |
| Judiciary | 11 | |
| General Laws and Technology | 9 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB842 | Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility; procedures. Provides a petition process for a person serving a sentence for any conviction or a combination of any convictions who remains incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility and ... | Bill Text |
| HB1508 | Virginia Education Success Account Program; establishment. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Virginia Education Success Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certai... | Bill Text |
| SB903 | Tetrahydrocannabinol; hemp products; packaging, labeling, and testing; penalties. Limits the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that can be included in a hemp product or industrial hemp extract to 0.3 percent and two milligrams per package. The bil... | Bill Text |
| HB2432 | Sage's Law; Minors and students self-identifying as a Sage's Law; Minors and students self-identifying as a gender different from biological sex; counseling; parental notification; parental care. Requires any person licensed as administrative or inst... | Bill Text |
| HB1387 | 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... | Bill Text |
| HB1464 | Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, which would be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Aut... | Bill Text |
| SB930 | Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal condition to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controll... | Bill Text |
| SB960 | Youth Health Protection Act established; civil penalty. Creates Youth Health Protection Act established; civil penalty. Creates the Youth Health Protection Act (the Act), which makes it unlawful for any individual to provide gender transition procedu... | Bill Text |
| HB1606 | Antisemitism. Provides that the Commonwealth adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism set forth ... | Bill Text |
| HB1461 | 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... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB842 | Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility; procedures. Provides a petition process for a person serving a sentence for any conviction or a combination of any convictions who remains incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility and ... | Bill Text |
| HB1688 | Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Requires a controller or processor to obtain verifiable parental consent, defined in the bill, prior to registering any child with the operator's product or service or before collecting, using, ... | Bill Text |
| HB1395 | Rights beginning at conception. Provides that life begins at conception and each person is accorded the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Virginia, and the laws of the ... | Bill Text |
| HB1387 | 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... | Bill Text |
| HB2432 | Sage's Law; Minors and students self-identifying as a Sage's Law; Minors and students self-identifying as a gender different from biological sex; counseling; parental notification; parental care. Requires any person licensed as administrative or inst... | Bill Text |
| HB1526 | Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight. Expands several provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act, enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly, effective with the 2024–2025 school year, and current... | Bill Text |
| SB1026 | Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Requires an operator, defined in the bill, to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to registering any child with the operator's product or service or before collecting, using, or disclosing ... | Bill Text |
| HB1508 | Virginia Education Success Account Program; establishment. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Virginia Education Success Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certai... | Bill Text |
| HB2195 | Department of Workforce Development and Advancement created; consolidation of the Commonwealth's workforce development policies and programs; report. Creates the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement (the Department) to administer workf... | Bill Text |
| SB1391 | Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict property managed by a Virginia realtor. Provides that a locality may not restrict by ordinance any short-term rental property manage... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Regular Session | 3029 | 944 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | 1st Special Session | 363 | 330 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | Regular Session | 3143 | 1735 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 2nd Special Session | 228 | 222 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 1st Special Session | 1033 | 907 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | Regular Session | 1940 | 77 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 488 | 236 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | Regular Session | 3911 | 2154 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | 1st Special Session | 160 | 74 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | Regular Session | 3332 | 1864 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
