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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HB-847: Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, definitions, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
Income tax, state; increases standard deduction. [HB-472]
Income tax; standard deduction. Increases the standard deduction, starting with taxable year 2022, from $4,500 to $9,000 for single filers and from $9,000 to $18,000 for married filers (one-half of such amount in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). The increase would remain in effect until taxable year 2026, when the standard deduction is scheduled to be reduced to $3,000 for single filers and to $6,000 for married filers. Income tax; standard deduction. Increases the standard deduction, starting with taxable year 2022,
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HB-472: Income tax, state; increases standard deduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
School boards; parental notification of certain incidents, Alyssa's law-silent panic alarms. [HB-1125]
School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms. Requires, within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or (iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use or possession of a weapon, homicide, criminal
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HB-1125: School boards; parental notification of certain incidents, Alyssa's law-silent panic alarms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Campbell
Left In Education on 11/22/2022
Catawba Hospital; DGS to study feasibility of transforming into subst. abuse/mental health trtmt. [HB-105]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; feasibility study; Catawba Hospital; substance abuse treatment and recovery services; report. Directs the Department of General Services, in cooperation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to study the feasibility of transforming Catawba Hospital into a state-of-the-art facility at which a continuum of substance abuse treatment and recovery services is provided in addition to the array of behavioral health and other services currently provided to geriatric
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HB-105: Catawba Hospital; DGS to study feasibility of transforming into subst. abuse/mental health trtmt.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Rules on 11/21/2022
Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required. [HB-1374]
Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required. Provides that a person may maintain a civil action against an individual for trafficking in persons whether or not an individual has been charged with or convicted of certain alleged violations.
HB-1374: Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim Taylor
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0385) on 03/23/2023
Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limitation on local referendums. [HB-1373]
Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another eligible host city, the governing body of any such city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question until the other eligible host city has had
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HB-1373: Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limitation on local referendums.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim Taylor
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 6-n) on 02/16/2023