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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date. [HB-1832]
Virginia Port Authority; tax credits and grants. Creates grant programs to replace the barge and rail usage tax credit and the Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on January 1, 2025. The bill also creates a new Port of Virginia Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two component programs: the Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program and the International Trade Facility Grant Program. The bill also moves the sunset date of the existing Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0238) on 03/22/2023
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Virginia Resources Authority; community development and housing projects. [HB-1805]
Virginia Resources Authority; purpose; community development and housing projects. Adds community development projects related to the production and preservation of housing, including housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, to those projects that the Virginia Resources Authority may finance. The bill directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist the Authority with determining which local governments are to receive grants from the Authority for such projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bloxom
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0440) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; disbursement of funds for certain expenses. [HB-1808]
Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; emergency. Overrides a provision in the appropriation act that required a certain approval from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to disbursement of funds to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bloxom
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 02/24/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; definitions, powers and duties. [HB-1781]
Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; powers and duties; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality; report. Provides that the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) has the power and duty to (i) support energy development projects, including pump storage hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen production and uses, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, and advanced wind and solar energy; (ii) promote energy development projects on closed power plant sites, brownfield
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Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0720) on 03/27/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Opioid Abatement Authority; increases membership. [HB-1799]
Opioid Abatement Authority; membership. Increases from 11 to 13 the membership of the Opioid Abatement Authority board of directors by adding two representatives of the addiction and recovery community.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Stricken From Docket By Health, Welfare And Institutions (20-y 0-n) on 01/31/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; 3.5 percent of Fund may be allocated to NVTC. [SB-1079]
Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Allocates 3.5 percent of the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund to commuter rail systems jointly operated by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission and excludes such commuter rail systems from receiving allocations pursuant to other distributions of the Fund. The bill requires such commuter rail systems to submit reports to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The bill limits allocations by the NVTC for distribution to the Washington Metropolitan
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0363) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Tourism Authority; repeals exemption from personnel and procurement procedures. [SB-1036]
Virginia Tourism Authority; exemption from personnel and procurement procedures; repeal. Repeals the exemption of the Virginia Tourism Authority from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Left In General Laws on 02/22/2023
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Affordable housing initiatives; VHDA to report on statewide housing needs assessment & plan. [SB-1049]
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Housing Development Authority; statewide housing needs assessment and plan; annual report on spending. Directs the Virginia Housing Development Authority (HDA) to annually report to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and House Committee on Appropriations and the Virginia Housing Commission certain information regarding the current Resources Enabling Affordable Community Housing program or any future program that reinvests HDA's net earnings into affordable housing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Incorporated By General Laws And Technology on 01/18/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients. [SB-963]
South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients. Directs the South Central Wastewater Authority (SCWWA) to submit a phased construction program to the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by August 1, 2023, which the Department shall approve by September 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. Such phased upgrade construction program for the SCWWA shall be completed as soon as possible on a schedule approved by the Department but no later than January 1, 2030. The bill requires the SCWWA to begin the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0178) on 03/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions. [SB-981]
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 Authority's Office of Emergency Preparedness to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0089) on 03/21/2023
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Medical cannabis program; transition from Bd. of Pharmacy to Va. Cannabis Control Authority, report. [HB-1598]
Medical 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 Authority. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0773) on 04/12/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Medical cannabis program; transition from Board of Pharmacy to Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. [HB-1597]
Medical 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 Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Special conservators of the peace; airport commission or authority. [HB-1545]
Special conservators of the peace; use of word police on badge. Provides that a court, upon request and for good cause shown, may authorize a special conservator of the peace who meets all requirements for law-enforcement officers and is employed by the Roanoke College Office of Campus Safety or the Dinwiddie Airport and Industrial Authority to use the word "police" on any badge, uniform, or vehicle in the performance of his duties or the seal of the Commonwealth on any badge or credential in the performance of his duties. Special conservators of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim Taylor
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (10-y 4-n) on 02/20/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Alternative beer distribution program; Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to study. [SB-885]
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 a work group to evaluate alternative avenues of distribution that could be made available to limited brewery and certain brewery licensees. The bill establishes the membership of the work group and directs the work group to develop a legislative proposal that includes (i) analysis of a distribution program
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (21-y 0-n) on 02/16/2023
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DHCD; powers and duties of Director, statewide housing needs assessment and plan, report. [SB-839]
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 responsibility to conduct a comprehensive statewide housing needs assessment at least every five years, to develop a statewide housing plan and update such plan at least every five years, and to provide annual updates to the General Assembly regarding meeting the goals of such plan. The bill requires Virginia localities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0716) on 03/27/2023
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Medical cannabis program; transition from Board of Pharmacy to Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. [SB-788]
Medical 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 Authority. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and is identical to
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0740) on 04/12/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Opioid Abatement Authority and Fund; increases membership of board of directors. [HB-326]
Opioid Abatement Authority and Fund; board of directors; allocation of funds. Increases from 11 to 15 the number of members of the board of directors of the Opioid Abatement Authority by increasing from one to five the representatives of the addiction and recovery community. The bill also delineates the allocation of the unrestricted portion of deposits to the Opioid Abatement Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Left In General Laws on 11/22/2022
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Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, members, report. [SB-569]
Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors as follows: (i) the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee; (ii) the Secretary of Transportation or his designee; (iii) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources or his designee; (iv) the Chair of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Behavioral Health Hospital Authority; created, report. [SB-750]
Behavioral Health Hospital Authority; established. Creates the Behavioral Health Hospital Authority (the Authority) as an independent political subdivision of the Commonwealth, to control the delivery, financing, utilization, and health outcomes of public acute inpatient psychiatric services in the Commonwealth, and transfers responsibility for the Commonwealth's state hospitals for individuals with mental illness from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, definitions, report. [HB-847]
Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. Certain portions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022