| VA | SB886 | Engross
Sine Die | Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1189 | Engross
Sine Die | Disability insurance; disability arising out of childbirth. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing short-term disability income protection coverage whose policies provide covera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1088 | Engross
Sine Die | Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1083 | Engross
Sine Die | Shared solar programs; Phase I Utility; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of a Phase I Utility to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1112 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1047 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, "franchisor" includes a supplier, as defined in the bill, who authorizes or permits, under a franchise,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1136 | Engross
Sine Die | Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB815 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; definitions. Expands the definition of "motor vehicle" in the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act to include a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds that is bought or used...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1101 | Engross
Sine Die | Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1266 | Engross
Sine Die | Public utilities; shared solar; minimum bill. Provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the State Corporation Commission is required to establish, provides considerations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1447 | Engross
Sine Die | State Corporation Commission; limitations on disconnection of State Corporation Commission; limitations on disconnection of utility service by certain utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct a proceeding for the purpose of esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB984 | Engross
Sine Die | Electric utilities; net metering. Provides that a contract that provides for the ownership, maintenance, or operation of an electrical generating facility by a third party through a lease agreement with fixed monthly payments does not constitute the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB957 | Engross
Sine Die | Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | SB1037 | Engross
Sine Die | Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2003 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2217 | Intro
Sine Die | Interagency task force on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretaries of Education and Labor to convene a task force of relevant state agencies who house Title I, II, and III programs and the state's Registered Apprenticeship pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1580 | Intro
Sine Die | State Corporation Commission vacancy; extensions. Provides that, in the event of a vacancy on the State Corporation Commission, certain provisions requiring the Commission to act on a filing by an electric utility within less than 12 months from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1503 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; provider contracts; timeframe for provider to request appeal. Requires every carrier to provide at least 60 days following notice to a health care provider of any findings of an audit conducted by the carrier during which such healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1855 | Intro
Sine Die | Consumer Protection Act; PFAS chemicals in children's products. Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or manufacturing for sale of a children's product that the supplier knows or has reason to know contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1616 | Intro
Sine Die | Workplace violence policy required for certain employers; civil penalty. Requires any employer of 100 or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy no later than January 1, 2024. The bill includes requirements for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2206 | Intro
Sine Die | Proton therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage. Requires that a health insurance carrier consider (i) coverage for proton radiation therapy by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental health coverage or (ii) a recommendation of prot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2311 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; renewable energy; eligible sources for renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that for the purpose of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, renewable energy includes energy from nuclear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2485 | Intro
Sine Die | Operators of automated teller machines and similar electronic terminals; registration required. Requires an operator of an automated teller machine (ATM), cash-dispensing machine, or similar electronic terminal to register by July 1, 2024, with the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2355 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Energy; stakeholder work group; consumer protection regulations regarding solar energy generation facilities; report. Directs the Department of Energy to convene a stakeholder work group to develop recommendations for consumer protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1716 | Intro
Sine Die | Safety and Health Codes Board; mental health resources. Directs the Safety and Health Codes Board within the Department of Labor and Industry to include mental health resources from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services on th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1505 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; provider contracts; audits. Prohibits a health insurance carrier, in conducting an audit of a provider, from reviewing any claim that was paid more than six months prior to the date of the audit. The bill prohibits a carrier from se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1538 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; doula care services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2213 | Intro
Sine Die | Electric utilities; planned service outages; notice to customers. Requires an electric utility to issue a notice of a planned service outage, defined in the bill, to each affected customer at least 24 hours in advance of the planned service outage. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2363 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, "refiner" includes a supplier of motor fuel or any affiliate of such supplier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2366 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for the diagnosis of and treatment for infertility and standard fertility preservation procedures. Requires health insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2356 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening. Requires health insurers to provide coverage for examinations and laboratory tests related to colorectal cancer screening in accordance with the American Cancer Society guidelines for colore...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2473 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Labor and Industry; workplace poster for veterans benefits and services. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Services, to create a poster describing benefits and services availab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1986 | Intro
Sine Die | Stormwater management regulations; enterprise data center operations. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require certain stormwater management techniques for land disturbances related to the construction, expansion, or op...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2089 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1905 | Intro
Sine Die | Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers; back, hip, knee, and neck injuries. Establishes a workers' compensation presumption for back, hip, knee, and neck injuries that cause the death or disability of law-enforcement officers, as defined in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2148 | Intro
Sine Die | Employment discrimination; employee notification of federal and state statute of limitations. Requires an employer who receives an employee complaint alleging sexual assault, harassment, or any other form of discrimination for which the employee may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1669 | Intro
Sine Die | Minimum wage; employees younger than the age of 18. Requires employers to pay employees younger than the age of 18 wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $9.00 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1520 | Intro
Sine Die | Railroad safety. Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on both sides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibiting trains that exc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1988 | Intro
Sine Die | Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands provisions of the Code that currently provide paid sick leave for home health workers to cover all employees of private employers and state an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1596 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund established; Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1670 | Intro
Sine Die | Electric utilities; schedule for rate review proceedings. Provides that, in lieu of the triennial review proceedings required under current law, Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power will be subject to biennial reviews of their rates, terms,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1715 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Labor and Industry; work group to evaluate workplace violence. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to convene a work group for the purpose of evaluating the prevalence of workplace violence in the Commonwealth, including its ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2035 | Intro
Sine Die | Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1854 | Intro
Sine Die | State Corporation Commission; offshore wind energy development; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to submit a report regarding the status of offshore wind energy projects approved by the Commission no later than December 31, 2023, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1999 | Intro
Sine Die | Right to Contraception Act. Sets out statutory protections for an individual's right to access and a health care provider's right to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception. The bill prohibits measures that sin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1761 | Intro
Sine Die | State Corporation Commission; Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed Industries work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group for the purposes of assessing the competitiveness of manufacturers in energy-intensive trade-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1815 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for breast examinations. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill provides that such ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2283 | Intro
Sine Die | Disconnection suspensions for certain utilities; residential customers; report. Suspends electric, gas, water, or wastewater utilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB2115 | Intro
Sine Die | Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Makes permanent provisions of the Code that expired on July 1, 2022, relating to unemployment compensation. The bill provides that when a claimant has had a determination...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| VA | HB1853 | Intro
Sine Die | Public utilities; shared solar; minimum bill. Provides that the minimum bill a subscriber to a shared solar program is required to pay, which under current law the State Corporation Commission is required to establish, may include the basic customer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
