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2023 Priority Legislation

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Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	Governor	updated
2023 Priority Bills Human Rights & Workers' Rights
rights	HB 1391 Support	Commission on Social Media established; report. more... Establishes the 20-member Commission on social media to study and make recommendations on the impacts and harms to citizens caused by social media platforms hosting or amplifying content that includes threats or suggestions of physical violence or danger toward citizens, institutions, groups, associations, or physical structures of the Commonwealth.	Wendy Gooditis (D-HD10)	Tabled			1/31/23
rights	HB 1895 Support	Employee protection; prohibited retaliation; prohibited nondisclosure and nondisparagement. more... The Silenced No More Act, to strengthen a statute protecting employees from retaliatory termination by further protecting persons who speak out or discuss/disclose conduct believed to be illegal discrimination (including sexual assault and harassment), or waste, fraud or abuse, and to void and make unenforceable nondisclosure agreements (but for settlement amounts) and nondisparagement agreements (unless otherwise requested by the victim).	Eileen Filler-Corn	Passed	Passed	Signed 02/25/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/25/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N) 02/25/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)	9/14/23
rights	HB 2003 Support	Employment; training and education; sexual harassment and workplace discrimination. more... Requires each employer with 50 or more employees, including the Commonwealth and its agencies, institutions, and political subdivisions, to provide annual interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment and workplace discrimination by January 1, 2024.	Paul Krizek	Tabled			1/26/23
rights	HB 2148 Support	Employee protection; prohibited retaliation; prohibited nondisclosure and nondisparagement. more... A Know Your Rights Bill, to require employers to inform workers of their rights to file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. EEOC or Office of the Attorney General within 300 days after an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice occurred.	Elizabeth Guzman	Tabled			1/26/23
rights	HJ 460 Support	Constitutional amendment; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition (1st reference) more... Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman.	Timothy Anderson (D-HD-83)	Left			2/8/23
voting rights	SB 907 Support	Elections; protection of election officials, penalty. more... Enhances the protections afforded election officials and expands the criminal penalties for hindering or preventing an official from administering an election.	Lionell Spruill	Tabled	Passed		2/14/23
rights	SB 1248 Support	MEI Project Approval Commission; board level gender and diversity requirements. more... Requires gender-balance and diverse members on the boards of corporations asking for incentives from the state of Virginia.	Louise Lucas (D-SD-18)	Tabled	Passed		2/14/23
voting rights	SJ 223 Support	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (first reference). more... Amends the Virginia Constitution to restore voting rights to felons after they complete their sentences.	Mamie Locke	Tabled	Passed		2/17/23
rights	HB 1434 Oppose	Student records; name change, court order required. more... Prohibits any school board member or school board employee from changing the name of a student enrolled in the local school division on any education record relating to such student unless the member or employee receives a change of name order for such student that was issued in accordance with relevant law.	Jason S. Ballard (R-HD-12)	Tabled			1/26/23
voting rights	SB 794 Oppose	Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement... Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.	Ryan McDougle (R-SD4)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 834 Oppose	Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list repealed. more... Repeals the provisions of law by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remain on the absentee voter list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration.	Amanda Chase (R-SD11)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 878 Oppose	Voter registration; noncitizens of the United States, penalty. more... Provides that a person who is not a citizen of the United States is not entitled to register to vote and makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to intentionally procure, assist, or induce another to register to vote knowing that such person is not a United States citizen.	Ryan McDougle (R-SD4)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 880 Oppose	Absentee voting; absentee voting in person available beginning seven days prior to any election. more... Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to the week beginning seven days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.	Ryan McDougle (R-SD4)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 884 Oppose	Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election. more... Repeals provisions of law permitting registration on election day; requires an excuse to vote absentee; removes the option to vote absentee in person; requires absentee ballots to either be accompanied by a copy of an approved form of identification or be notarized;	Amanda Chase (R-SD11)		PBI		1/31/23
voting rights	SB 900 Oppose	Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.	Ryan McDougle (R-SD4)		Left		2/8/23
rights	SB 962 Oppose	Elementary and secondary schools; athletics; participation in female sports; civil cause of action. more... Requires each public elementary or secondary school and each private elementary or secondary school that competes in sponsored athletic events against such public schools to designate all interscholastic athletic teams and intramural athletic teams sponsored by such school based on biological sex.	Mark J. Peake R-SD-22)		PBI		2/2/23
voting rights	SB 965 Oppose	Voter registration; verification of social security numbers, provisional registration status. more... Requires the general registrar to verify that the name, date of birth, and social security number provided by an applicant on the voter registration application match the information on file in the Social Security Administration database or other database approved by the State Board of Elections before registering such applicant. ...	Mark J. Peake (R-SD)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 967 Oppose	Voter registration; registering in person up to and including the day of the election. more... Provides that only members of a uniformed service, as defined in relevant law, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and spouses or dependents of such members or persons are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records in person up to and including the day of the election. ...	Mark J. Peake (R-SD22)		PBI		1/17/23
voting rights	SB 968 Oppose	Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.	Mark Peake (R-SD22)		Incorp		1/17/23

No. of bills: 19

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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