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VASB1231PassRenewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of Forestry advisory panel; report. Removes the renewable energy requirement for each Phase I and Phase II Utility to retire all biomass-fired electric generating units that do not co-fire with c...
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2023-05-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)
VAHB2026PassRenewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of Forestry advisory panel; report. Removes the renewable energy requirement for each Phase I and Phase II Utility to retire all biomass-fired electric generating units that do not co-fire with c...
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2023-05-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)
VAHB1598PassMedical 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 Auth...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)
VASB895PassAppeals of certain interlocutory decrees or orders; report. Prohibits the appeal of certain interlocutory decrees or orders relating to affirmance or annulment of a marriage, divorce, custody of a minor child, spousal or child support, control or dis...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)
VASB1438PassAgricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning Janu...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)
VAHB2325PassAgricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning Janu...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
VASB788PassMedical 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 Auth...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)
VAHB1842PassEconomic development; Virginia Business Ready Sites Acquisition Fund and Program. Creates the Virginia Business Ready Sites Acquisition Program for the purposes of (i) acquiring sites for the purpose of creating and maintaining a portfolio of project...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)
VASB1124PassBoard of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to ...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)
VASB1085VetoStudy; motor vehicle noise; report. Directs the Superintendent of State Police to convene a work group to examine the issue of vehicle noise in the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Co...
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2023-04-12
Senate sustained Governor's veto (22-Y 18-N)
VAHB2193PassIncome tax; rolling conformity; report. Provides that Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rolling basis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to federal income tax law as soon as Congress enacts them on or after Ja...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)
VAHB2275PassEnergy planning and electric utility oversight. Increases from 10 to 14 the membership of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (the Commission) by adding three nonlegislative citizen members with expertise in ratepayer advocacy and the Attor...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793)
VASB1405PassIncome tax; rolling conformity; report. Provides that Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rolling basis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to federal income tax law as soon as Congress enacts them on or after Ja...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)
VASB1166PassEnergy planning and electric utility oversight. Increases from 10 to 14 the membership of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (the Commission) by adding three nonlegislative citizen members with expertise in ratepayer advocacy and the Attor...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)
VASB1350PassVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; assess licensing scheme for liquid nicotine; report. Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess (i) a potential licensing scheme for manufactu...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)
VAHB2296PassVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; assess licensing scheme for liquid nicotine; report. Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess (i) a potential licensing scheme for manufactu...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)
VASB1280PassPublic institutions of higher education; degree programs; integration of internship or work-based learning experiences; policies. Directs the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to adopt policies requiring tha...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)
VASB903PassTetrahydrocannabinol; 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...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)
VAHB2294PassTetrahydrocannabinol; 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...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)
VAHB1924PassMinimum wage; employees with disabilities. Provides that individuals with disabilities that are paid at subminimum wage pursuant to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and currently excluded from the Virginia Minimum Wage Act shall be excluded from ...
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2023-04-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)
VAHB1963PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; services for individuals with developmental disabilities; financial flexibility; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Commu...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)
VASB945PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; services for individuals with developmental disabilities; financial flexibility; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Commu...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)
VASB1215PassDepartment of Education; stakeholder work group; competitive teacher pay; report. Requires the Department of Education to convene a stakeholder work group no later than August 15, 2023, to consider and make recommendations no later than November 1, 2...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)
VASB927PassState Corporation Commission; work group; health carrier fair business standards. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to convene a work group to develop recommendations for regulatory and legislative changes necessary to im...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)
VASB1397PassHealth Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits plan. Requires that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review the essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a process for such review. The bill requires the Comm...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)
VAHB2199PassHealth Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits plan. Requires that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review the essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a process for such review. The bill requires the Comm...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)
VASB1129PassChesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date. Changes the contingency for the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to allow consideration of a combination of point or nonpoint source pollution reduction c...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)
VAHB2168PassJudicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to include in its annual report (i) the name of any judge who the Commission conclud...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)
VASB1011PassHealth insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuse...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
VAHB2494PassLocal housing policy; report to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Requires any locality with a population greater than 3,500 to submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development summarizing the adoption...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)
VAHB1485PassChesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date. Changes the contingency for the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to allow consideration of a combination of point or nonpoint source pollution reduction c...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)
VAHB1375PassHealth insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuse...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
VASB839PassDepartment 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...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)
VAHB2046PassDepartment 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...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)
VASB1411PassVirginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to analyz...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)
VAHB1630PassVirginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive ...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)
VASB1289PassVirginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive ...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
VASB1479PassVirginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive ...
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2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)
VAHB1411PassVirginia 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 Developm...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)
VAHB1567PassDepartment of Health; perinatal health hub work group; report. Directs the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative, the Virginia Maternal Quality Care Alliance, and Urban Baby Beginnings, to convene a...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)
VAHB2415PassAmerican Revolution 250 Commission; report. Changes the American Revolution 250 Commission, established in 2020, from an executive branch advisory commission to a legislative branch commission. The bill provides that members previously appointed to t...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)
VASB1412PassAmerican Revolution 250 Commission; report. Changes the American Revolution 250 Commission, established in 2020, from an executive branch advisory commission to a legislative branch commission. The bill provides that members previously appointed to t...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
VAHB1769PassMEI Project Approval Commission; review procedures. Adds to the incentive packages for economic development, film, and episodic television projects that require MEI Project Approval Commission (the Commission) review and approval any incentive packag...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)
VAHB2146PassVirginia Board of Social Work; licensed clinical social worker candidates; licensure by reciprocity; workgroup; report. Directs the Virginia Board of Social Work to convene a workgroup to examine the feasibility of licensure by reciprocity with other...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)
VASB1398PassDepartment of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-lev...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
VAHB1739PassState Corporation Commission; work group; health carrier fair business standards. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to convene a work group to develop recommendations for regulatory and legislative changes necessary to im...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)
VAHB2204PassDepartment of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-lev...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660)
VAHB2345PassSmartchart Network Program. Renames the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program as the Smartchart Network Program and expands the Program to allow participation by all health care providers, insurance carriers, and other organizations with a t...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)
VASB1255PassSmartchart Network Program. Renames the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program as the Smartchart Network Program and expands the Program to allow participation by all health care providers, insurance carriers, and other organizations with a t...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)
VASB1320PassVirginia 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 Developm...
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2023-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)
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