2023 Priority Legislation

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Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	updated
2023 Priority Bills Good Governance
governance	HB 2050 Support	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings, local and regional public bodies. more... Expands electronic meeting access for regional and local public bodies.	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	Tabled		1/24/23
governance	HB 2281 Support	Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; powers and duties; complaints; penalties. more... Strengthens Virginia ethics enforcement by expanding the role of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.	Irene Shin	Left		2/8/23
governance	SB 1328 Support	Removal of officers; elected officers and officers appointed to elected office; recall election. more... Reforms the recall process so that it can be carried out in a more fair and standardized manner without increasing the cost to localities or the state.	Jennifer L. McClellan \| Jennifer B. Boysko	Tabled	Passed	2/14/23
governance	SB 1351 Support	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings, local and regional public bodies. more... Expands electronic meeting access for regional and local public bodies.	David Marsden	Tabled	Passed	2/14/23

No. of bills: 4

Note: The Rules Committees of both Chambers have limited the number of bills that individual members may introduce this Session: Senators have bill limits of 26, and Delegates have bill limits of 15.

General info

Introduced Bills by subject

Education bills

Continued from last session

2023 Session dates

Dec 12: Bills available
Jan 11: Session begins
Feb 8: Crossover*
Feb 15: Budget conferees named

Glossary

Dillon Rule. Restricts local government authority to enact ordinances.

Conference Committee. A temporary committee w. members from both the House and Senate, tasked with reconciling differences in legislation that passed both chambers.

Continued/Carried over. Action taken in an even-numbered year to postpone the consideration of a measure until the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Crossover. The last day for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move forward for consideration in the opposite chamber. If a bill does not move forward, it is "Left" (dead).

Engrossed. A legislative stage when a bill passes the second reading in the House of origin. Every bill has to be "read" on the floor three times before voting on it. The action or any debate or discussion usually comes on the day of the second reading or the third reading.

Enrolled. Legislation which has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate, signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, sent to the Governor, but not yet signed.

Failed to report. Defeated. The rejection of a motion to 'report' a bill to the full chamber.

Incorporated. Rolled into someone another bill. Either because they're identical, or they have incorporated *some* of the language in, and the patron agreed to have her name on the other bill.

Patron. Bill sponsor. There can be many patrons.

PBI. Passed by Indefinitely. Action to allow a committee to reconsider legislation at a later meeting. If the committee takes no further action, the bill is dead. [Usually the bill is dead.]

Referred. The assignment of legislation to another standing committee with no stance on the policy of the measure (neither endorses nor rejects the legislation).

Reported. The approval of a measure by the majority of the committee. The legislation may be reported by the committee with or without amendments. A bill may also be reported and referred to another committee.

Stricken. Legislation removed from a committee's docket, frequently at the request of the patron.

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