| SB905 | Pass | Police powers of fire marshals; training requirements. Provides that a local fire marshal or assistant shall not exercise any police powers until such person has satisfactorily completed a basic law-enforcement course for fire marshals with police po... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216) |
| SB943 | Pass | Public high schools; special education; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition planning and coordination. Requires each public high school in the Commonwealth to publicly identify on its official website the faculty member... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281) |
| SB910 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties. Makes several changes to the powers and duties of the threat assessment team at each public institution of higher education, including requiring, upon a preliminary ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) |
| SB1044 | Pass | Public schools and public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number required. Requires each local school division that issues student identification cards for any grade level, kin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223) |
| SB1058 | Pass | Objects obstructing driver's view; dashboard cameras allowed. Allows the suspension and use of any dashboard camera and any accompanying wires or attachments in or on a motor vehicle, provided that (i) such suspension and use are not otherwise prohib... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235) |
| SB1054 | Pass | Interjurisdictional compacts; criminal history record checks. Provides that when an interjurisdictional compact requires criminal history record checks as a condition of participation, the applicable health regulatory board shall require each applica... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119) |
| SB981 | Pass | Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by the Response and Recovery Coordination Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089) |
| SB801 | Pass | Conservators of the peace; search warrants; military criminal investigative organizations. Provides that a special agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division and United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations shall be a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108) |
| SB1005 | Pass | Practice of physical therapy. Eliminates the requirement that treatment by a licensed physical therapist for more than 60 consecutive days after evaluation of the patient occurs only upon the referral and direction of a licensed doctor of medicine, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137) |
| SB1040 | Pass | Employer use of use of employee's social security number; prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from using an employee's social security number or any derivative thereof as such employee's identification number or including an employee's s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135) |
| SB1061 | Pass | Private activity bonds; public hearings. Updates notice requirements for public hearings on private activity bonds throughout the Code. The bill also removes the requirement that an applicant provide the approving authority with a form specified in r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130) |
| SB1055 | Pass | Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075) |
| SB1038 | Pass | Workers' compensation; Department of State Police; State Police Officers' Retirement System; presumption for arson, bomb, and hazardous materials investigators. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105) |
| SB1120 | Pass | Virginia Employment Commission; attorney authorization; powers. Provides that the Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission may authorize any attorney employed by the Commission to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103) |
| SB1062 | Pass | Department of Historic Resources; appropriations for African American cemeteries and graves. Requires appropriations by the Department of Historic Resources for African American cemeteries to be allocated on the bases of (i) the number of markers in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096) |
| SB874 | Pass | Charter; Town of Kilmarnock. Updates the charter of the Town of Kilmarnock in Lancaster County to reflect the shift to November municipal elections as required by general law and removes a reference to the mayor for purposes of calculating a quorum. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055) |
| SB1059 | Pass | Conveyance of easement; Shenandoah River State Park. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement at Shenandoah River State Park (Park) to Front Royal Parcel 1, LLC (Grantee) for the purpose of conveying a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069) |
| SB1056 | Pass | Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., and Pearl J. Stanton. The easement, which will follow an existin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081) |
| SB1306 | Pass | Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077) |
| SB807 | Pass | Local parks; walking trails; liability; property owners. Authorizes a locality or park authority to establish, conduct, and regulate a system of walking trails and releases from certain civil liability the owner of any property leased, licensed, or p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132) |
| SB1126 | Pass | Department of Labor and Industry; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; notice of disciplinary action; method of delivery to allow for confirmation of delivery. Authorizes the use of commercial delivery services with signed and date... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101) |
| SB846 | Pass | Background checks; peer recovery specialists; barrier crime exceptions. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, direct care service providers, and community boards to hire peer recovery specialists who have been convic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139) |
| SB1418 | Pass | State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine; in-state presence. Establishes that health care providers are not required to maintain a physical presence in the Commonwealth to maintain eligibility to enroll as a Medicaid provider. Additio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113) |
| SB1262 | Pass | Rappahannock River Basin Commission; membership. Updates the legislative membership for the Rappahannock River Basin Commission to reflect changes to state legislative districts following redistricting in 2021, which includes (i) removing two members... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098) |
| SB867 | Pass | Wetlands zoning permit; notarization requirement. Eliminates the notarization requirement for a permit issued by a local wetlands board for the use or development of any wetland. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099) |
| SB897 | Pass | Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134) |
| SB898 | Pass | Concealed handgun permit; demonstrated competence. Adds a firearms safety or training course conducted by the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) or by a USCCA-certified firearms instructor, or any firearms safety or training course or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094) |
| SB1198 | Pass | Drug Control Act; prohibition of distribution of hypodermic needles; exception. Provides an exception to the prohibition of distribution of hypodermic needles for the distribution of hypodermic needles that are designed to be used with a reusable inj... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143) |
| SB1424 | Pass | Department of Corrections; possession and administration of naloxone. Adds employees of the Department of Corrections designated by the Director of the Department to the list of persons who are authorized to possess and administer naloxone or other o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116) |
| SB816 | Pass | Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from two to three the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twenty-second Judicial District. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073) |
| SB1123 | Pass | Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases. Provides that the venue for criminal cases involving false statements, representations, or nondisclosures by an employing unit or an individual with regard to an unemployment... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083) |
| SB1536 | Pass | Charter; City of Norton; municipal elections; boundaries; school board. Makes several changes to the charter for the City of Norton to reflect the city's shift from May to November municipal elections. Other changes update the city's boundary descrip... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063) |
| SB1065 | Pass | Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way over Neabsco Beach Way at Leesylvania State Park to the River Mouth Corporation. The easement will allow ingress and egr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) |
| SB1057 | Pass | Farm use placards. Delays from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the date by which vehicles claiming a farm use exemption are required to obtain a farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and display such placard at all times. The bill pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) |
| SB1068 | Pass | Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141) |
| SB1146 | Pass | Policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine at early childhood care and education entities; scope. Limits, in the context of early childhood care and education entities, the requirement for the implementation of policies for the pos... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123) |
| SB1135 | Pass | Possession, purchase, or sale of catalytic converters; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to sell, offer for sale, or purchase a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, excep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091) |
| SB822 | Pass | Charter; City of Newport News; certain advertising requirements. Alters certain advertising requirements related to the disposal of real property of the city's waterworks system by reducing the requirement from four to two weeks, thereby conforming t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067) |
| SB1277 | Pass | High school students; academic credit for certain work experience and fine arts programs; guidelines. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines and policies permitting any high school student in grades 11 and 12 to earn one-half standard u... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145) |
| SB961 | Pass | Charter; Town of Farmville. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Farmville in Prince Edward County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1956. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059) |
| SB1024 | Pass | Virginia Public Records Act; confidentiality of certain archived records. Provides that medical and educational records made confidential by law shall remain so after being archived by The Library of Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127) |
| SB1069 | Pass | Drivers stopping for pedestrians; certain signs; stops. Requires the driver of a vehicle on a highway approaching a pedestrian who is crossing such highway to stop when such pedestrian is within the driver's lane or within an adjacent lane and approa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117) |
| SB829 | Pass | Charter; City of Newport News; real estate assessment. Requires persons who are aggrieved by any assessment made by the City of Newport News real estate assessor to apply for relief with the board of review as a prerequisite to filing for relief in c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) |
| SB1239 | Pass | Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; Fund; sunset. Creates in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program Fund. The bill extends the expiration date... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147) |
| SB1478 | Pass | Official emblems and designations; state pony. Designates the Chincoteague Pony as the official pony of the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061) |
| SB969 | Pass | Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; alternative purchases. Removes the requirement under the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act that a time-share instrument executed by a time-share estate project developer state whether such developer reserves the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) |
| SB1537 | Pass | Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the act of assembly from the 2022 Session that repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County effective November 1, 2023. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057) |
| SB1376 | Pass | Stormwater management and erosion and sediment control; agreement in lieu of plan; farm buildings and agritourism activities; small construction activity. Includes farm buildings, any building or structure used for agritourism activity, and any relat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049) |
| SB1183 | Pass | Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Service, through Virginia Rap Back Service, for fingerprint-based criminal history record monitoring; penalty. Requires the Department of State Police to par... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041) |
| SB914 | Pass | Office of Data Governance and Analytics; Chief Data Officer. Repeals the sunset provision enacted in 2021 that created the Office of Data Governance and Analytics (the Office) and the position of Chief Data Officer within the Office of the Secretary ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047) |