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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, vacancies in office of council member and mayor. [SB-1524]
Charter; City of Virginia Beach; vacancies in office of council member and mayor. Alters the process for filling vacancies in the office of council member and mayor in the City of Virginia Beach by replacing council appointments with special elections. Charter; City of Virginia Beach; vacancies in office of council member and mayor. Alters the process for filling vacancies in the office of council member and mayor in the City of Virginia Beach by replacing council appointments with special elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron Rouse
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/22/2023
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Local housing policy; reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development. [HB-2494]
Local 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 or amendment of any local policies, ordinances, or processes affecting the development and construction of housing during the preceding fiscal year. The bill requires such localities to submit the report annually by September 1 in accordance with any forms developed by the Department and requires the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0733) on 03/27/2023
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Va. Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials, members of park authorities' boards. [HB-2498]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials; members of park authorities' boards. Adds members of any boards governing any authority established pursuant to the Park Authorities Act to the list of persons to whom the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney is required to provide training. The bill requires such members to complete such training sessions within two months after assuming the local elected office and requires the clerk of each governing body or school board to maintain
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0461) on 03/24/2023
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management, contract requirements. [HB-2450]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management; contract requirements. Excludes construction management contracts involving infrastructure projects from the requirement that no more than 10 percent of the construction work be performed by the construction manager with its own forces and that the remaining 90 percent of the construction work be performed by subcontractors of the construction manager.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Campbell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0726) on 03/27/2023
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County and city courthouses; required to accept mail at the physical address where it is located. [HB-2446]
Receipt of mail at courthouse. Requires every county and city courthouse to accept mail at the physical address where the courthouse is located.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss
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Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity. [HB-2459]
Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023
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Certificates of election; persons elected by write-in votes, exception for certain localities. [HB-2443]
Certificates of election; persons elected by write-in votes; exception for certain localities. Provides that in an election for a local office in a locality with a population of no more than 4,000 persons, if the person having the highest number of votes for the office is elected by write-in votes and is not qualified to hold such office or declines to assume such office, the person having the next highest number of votes shall be deemed to have been elected to such office and shall receive the certificate of election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bloxom
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0221) on 03/22/2023
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Economic development authorities; Essex County allowed to appoint one member to Authority. [HB-2433]
Economic development authorities; appointments; Essex County. Allows the board of supervisors of Essex County to appoint one employee of the locality to the Economic Development Authority of the County of Essex.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0574) on 03/26/2023
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Trees; Town of Vienna allowed to require subdivision/development provide for preservation, etc. [SB-1467]
Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopy coverage 20 years after development.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Vote: Adoption (51-y 45-n) on 02/22/2023
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Hate symbol defacement; removal by localities from any public buildings, etc. [HB-2352]
Removal of hate symbol defacement. Requires localities Removal of hate symbol defacement. Requires localities by ordinance to undertake or contract for the removal or repair of the hate symbol defacement of any public building, wall, fence, or other structure or any private building, wall, fence, or other structure where such hate symbol defacement is visible from any public right-of-way. The bill requires the ordinance to provide that whenever the property owner, after reasonable notice, fails to remove or repair the hate symbol defacement, the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
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Civil disturbance; local curfew, penalty. [SB-1455]
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 city manager and the mayor. The bill requires that such action specify the hours of the curfew and the geographic area to which the curfew applies and provide for various specified exceptions. The action authorizing the curfew shall provide for reasonable efforts to inform the public in advance of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0360) on 03/23/2023
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Administration of state government; prohibited applications and websites. [SB-1459]
Administration of state government; prohibited applications and websites. Prohibits any employee or agent of any public body or person or entity contracting with any such public body from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd. (i) on any government-issued device or government-owned or government-leased equipment, including mobile phones, desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, or other devices capable of connecting to the Internet, or (ii)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House Reprinted (sb1459er2) on 04/12/2023
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Books and motion pictures; proceedings for adjudication of obscenity, etc. [HB-2349]
Proceedings against books and motion pictures alleged to be obscene; repeal. Repeals provisions of the Code that permit any citizen, attorney for the Commonwealth, or city attorney to institute a proceeding for adjudication of the obscenity of a sold or commercially distributed book or motion picture in the circuit court of the city or county where the sale or commercial distribution of such book or motion picture occurs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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Motor vehicle license plates and registration; increases taxes and penalties. [HB-2340]
Motor vehicle license plates and registration; taxes and penalties. Increases from $100 to $150 the maximum license tax that a locality is authorized to impose annually on motor vehicles not displaying current license plates. The bill increases from up to $250 to up to $350 the penalty on motor vehicles that have not been registered within the first 30 days of an individual's residency in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Failed To Report (defeated) In Transportation (6-y 9-n) on 02/09/2023
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Rent stabilization authority, local; civil penalty. [SB-1278]
Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt rent stabilization provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance, described in the bill as the maximum amount a landlord
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology With Letter (9-y 5-n) on 01/18/2023
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Solar photovoltaic projects; extension of land use approvals, extends sunset provision. [SB-1390]
Extension of land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects. Extends to July 1, 2026, the sunset date for various local land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0500) on 03/24/2023
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Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. [SB-1259]
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that in all criminal cases before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia in which the Commonwealth is a party or is directly interested, the Attorney General shall appear and represent the Commonwealth upon receipt of the record in the appellate court. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall continue to represent the Commonwealth in any appeal regarding bail, bond, or recognizance before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0315) on 03/23/2023
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Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22. [SB-1394]
Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22. Exempts localities located in Planning District 22 from provisions that exclude agricultural land from requirements related to the cutting of grass and weeds when such land is one acre or less and is located in an area that is used for a residential purpose. Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22. Exempts localities located in Planning District 22 from provisions that exclude agricultural land from requirements related
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0724) on 03/27/2023
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FOIA; virtual public meetings, etc. [SB-1351]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene no more than 50 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number as an all-virtual public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater, and prohibits any such meeting from being held
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Left In General Laws on 02/22/2023
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Clean energy; Dept. of Energy to study barriers for local governments to purchase. [HJR-545]
Study; Department of Energy; local governments; purchases of clean energy; report. Requests the Department of Energy to study the barriers for local governments to directly purchase clean energy or to facilitate the purchase of clean energy by their constituents. In conducting its study, the Department shall consider existing ways for local governments to purchase clean energy and promote access to clean energy for their constituents, evaluate barriers and develop recommendations relating to reducing such barriers for local governments to purchase
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023