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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization & Tobacco Region Revolving Funds; eligibility. [HB-1441]
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; eligible localities; Giles County; Pulaski County. Adds Giles County and Pulaski County to a group of localities that is eligible to receive funds from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund and the Virginia Tobacco Region Revolving Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/07/2023
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Constitutional amendment; local government, sale of property. [SJR-226]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); local government; sale of property; authority to grant perpetual easements to units of government. Allows easements on public property to be granted in perpetuity to a public body, political subdivision, or authority of the Commonwealth or to the United States or any of its departments or agencies. The requirement to advertise and publicly receive bids does not apply to easements conveyed to any such governmental entity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In Rules on 02/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Public defender; supplementing compensation. [HB-1429]
Supplementing compensation of public defender. Requires the governing body of any county or city that elects to supplement the compensation of the attorney for the Commonwealth, or any of his deputies or employees, above the salary set by the Compensation Board to proportionally supplement the compensation of the public defender, or any of his deputies or employees, commensurate with the compensation of the attorney for the Commonwealth, or any of his deputies or employees, and to pay for such additional compensation from the funds of the county
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Firearms, etc.; control of possession by locality. [HB-1427]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/13/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited in certain localities. [HB-1428]
Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; certain localities; repeal. Repeals the prohibition on carrying certain loaded shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols in certain localities in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [SB-805]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (10-y 5-n) on 01/30/2023
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Parks, local; walking trails, liability for property owners. [SB-807]
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 provided by easement for such use in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0132) on 03/21/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Ballots; party identification of candidates. [HB-1414]
Form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Extends to elections for local and constitutional offices the requirement that candidates who have been nominated by a political party or in a primary election be identified on the ballot by name of their political party. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Industrial development authorities; safe and affordable housing, etc. [HB-1413]
Industrial development authorities; safe and affordable housing; activation status of housing authority. Allows an industrial development authority to promote safe and affordable housing with respect to facilities used primarily for single or multifamily residences regardless of the activation status of the housing authority in such industrial development authority's locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Individuals with disabilities; terminology. [SB-798]
Individuals with disabilities; terminology. Replaces various instances of the terms "handicap," "handicapped," and similar variations throughout the Code of Virginia with alternative terms, as appropriate in the statutory context, such as "disability" and "impairment." The bill contains technical amendments. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0149) on 03/22/2023
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Community Policing Act; repeals Act. [HB-1401]
Community Policing Act; repeal. Repeals the Community Policing Act that, under current law, prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling in the performance of their official duties. The bill also repeals the provisions requiring the State Police to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to, among other law-enforcement activities, investigatory motor vehicle stops.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marie March
Subcommittee Recommends Reporting (5-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
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Fires; negligence, recovery of costs of firefighting. [HB-1390]
Fires; negligence; firefighting; recovery of costs. Allows localities to collect the costs of firefighting from any person who negligently or intentionally without using reasonable care and precaution starts a fire or who negligently or intentionally fails to attempt to prevent its escape when such fire burns on any forestland, brushland, grassland, or wasteland. Current law allows localities to collect the costs of firefighting only when a person intentionally starts a fire and fails to attempt to prevent its escape when such fire burns on any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Stricken From Docket By Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources (22-y 0-n) on 01/25/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Constitutional amendments; General Assembly and local elected officials, term limits (first refer.). [HJR-458]
Constitutional amendments (first reference); General Assembly and local elected officials; term limits. Limits members of the Senate to three consecutive terms and members of the House of Delegates to six consecutive terms. The amendments provide that the limits apply to terms of service beginning on and after the start of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly. The amendments also limit officials elected to any county, city, town, or constitutional office to three consecutive terms, except for persons elected to the office of the clerk
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/07/2023
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License taxes; exemptions. [HB-698]
License taxes; exemptions. Authorizes localities to exempt any class of taxpayers from license taxes and fees. The bill provides that such exemption shall be made by general law and shall be uniform upon taxpayers operating in the same line of business or trade and that localities shall have discretion to determine the classes of taxpayers that shall be exempted. The bill does not apply to any severance tax that is levied as a license tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
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Historic preservation; filing of a historic designation application. [HB-1210]
Historic preservation. Provides that the filing of a historic designation application shall stay a locality from issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark, building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the final decision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any resident of the locality who provided public input on the locality's historic district plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any final decision of the governing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
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Inclusionary housing; zoning. [HB-635]
Inclusionary housing; zoning. Requires cities and towns in the Commonwealth to develop and promulgate housing plans that address the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for all current and anticipated residents of their communities. Such plans must connect economic development efforts that bring new jobs to the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for all who will fill those jobs; the location of housing and the location of mobility resources; and the availability of accredited high-quality affordable education, parks, indoor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 11/22/2022
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Law enforcement, local; relinquishing certain records when department is dissolved. [SB-59]
Local law enforcement; records. Requires the chief of police of a local police department that is dissolved to relinquish certain required records to the sheriff for that locality. The bill makes failure to relinquish such records to the sheriff a misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Left In Local Government on 11/21/2022
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Lobbying; local government actions, notice and fee to clerk of governing body. [SB-224]
Lobbying; local government actions; notice and fee to clerk of governing body. Requires any individual who is compensated to influence or attempt to influence a local government action through oral or written communication with a local government officer or employee to provide written notice of his status and a $25 fee to the clerk of the governing body of the officer's or employee's locality. The bill exempts from this requirement (i) certain executive and legislative officials and employees, (ii) local government employees or officers acting in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
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Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees. [HB-1157]
Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees. Prohibits the Compensation Board, when determining staffing and funding levels for offices of attorneys for the Commonwealth, from (i) considering the number of charges brought or the number of convictions obtained by such attorney for the Commonwealth; (ii) relying on standards devised or recommended by the attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agencies, or professional associations representing attorneys for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officers; or (iii) using
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
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Water quality funds; localities in fiscal stress. [SB-489]
Water quality funds; localities in fiscal stress. Directs that, to the maximum extent practicable, at least 25 percent of the grant agreements entered into by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, at least 25 percent by the Department of Environmental Quality from the Water Quality Improvement Fund, and at least 25 percent of the grants from the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund be for projects in localities with high or above average fiscal stress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 11/21/2022