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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rules

Chair: Mamie E. Locke

Clerk: Susan Clarke Schaar, H. Lehman
Staff: Amigo Wade, Lily Jones
Date of Meeting: January 27, 2023
Time and Place: 10 AM / Senate Room 3, The Capitol
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S.B. 848

Patron: Favola

Public school buildings and facilities; construction and renovation; renewable energy generation facilities; report. Directs the Commission on School Construction and Modernization, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to develop and make recommendations on strategies to assist interested school divisions with incorporating renewable energy generation facilities in the construction or renovation of school buildings. The bill requires the Commission to report the recommendations to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2023.

A BILL to direct the Commission on School Construction and Modernization and the Department of Energy to develop and make recommendations on strategies to assist interested school divisions with incorporating renewable energy generation facilities in the construction or renovation of school buildings; report.

23103598D

S.B. 885

Patron: Favola

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; work group; alternative beer distribution program; report. Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority), in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department), to convene a work group to evaluate alternative avenues of distribution that could be made available to limited brewery and certain brewery licensees. The bill establishes the membership of the work group and directs the work group to develop a legislative proposal that includes (i) analysis of a distribution program similar to the Virginia Winery Distribution Company; (ii) criteria for determining which limited brewery or brewery licensees will be eligible to participate in the distribution program; (iii) criteria for determining which products and the quantity of products that may be distributed through the program; (iv) an implementation plan that includes all actions, including the phasing and sequencing of actions, necessary to make the distribution program operational; (v) a funding model; and (vi) resolution of all issues that remain to be undertaken from the Department's work group required by Chapter 334 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022. The bill requires the Authority to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by September 15, 2023.

A BILL to direct the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to convene a work group to study an alternative beer distribution program; report.

23102118D

S.B. 1143

Patron: McPike

Regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing. Transfers regulatory control of charitable gaming and historical horse racing from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission, respectively, to the Virginia Lottery, renamed in the bill as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board, renamed as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board, to promulgate regulations necessary for the conduct of (i) historical horse racing, with the assistance of the Virginia Racing Commission, by December 1, 2023, and (ii) charitable gaming, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by July 1, 2024. All relevant regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission shall remain in full force and effect until the effective transfer of such regulations to the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-419, 2.2-2455, 2.2-2456, 2.2-2905, 2.2-3114, 2.2-3202, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-4002, 3.2-102, 4.1-100, 8.01-195.11, 8.01-216.3, 8.01-534, 9.1-101, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 9.1-801, 15.2-912.2, 18.2-308.016, 18.2-325, 18.2-334.2, 18.2-334.4, 19.2-215.1, 19.2-389, 52-53, 52-54, 58.1-3, 58.1-302, 58.1-322.02, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 58.1-460, 58.1-3732.1, 58.1-4000, 58.1-4002, 58.1-4003, 58.1-4004, 58.1-4006, 58.1-4007, 58.1-4008, 58.1-4009, 58.1-4011, 58.1-4015.1, 58.1-4019.1, 58.1-4020.1, 58.1-4022, 58.1-4025, 58.1-4027, 58.1-4030, 58.1-4100, 58.1-4103, 58.1-4108, 58.1-4123, 59.1-148.3, 59.1-365, 59.1-369, and 59.1-392 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3 of Title 11 a section numbered 11-16.3 and by adding in Chapter 40 of Title 58.1 articles numbered 3 and 4, consisting of sections numbered 58.1-4048 through 58.1-4087; and to repeal Article 1.1:1 (§§ 18.2-340.15 through 18.2-340.37) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing.

23101212D

S.B. 1248

Patron: Lucas

MEI Project Approval Commission; board level gender and diversity requirements. Prohibits the MEI Project Approval Commission from recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project for a business that does not have and does not commit to maintaining no less than a 30 percent gender balanced and diverse board of directors. The bill requires any business seeking approval of a project to submit a board diversity disclosure and to update such disclosure annually, specifying the number and percentage of diverse directors on the board of such business who self-identify as female or represent a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, LGBTQ+, or cultural identity in the country of the business's principal executive offices.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to MEI Project Approval Commission; board level gender and diversity requirements.

23101243D

S.B. 1262

Patron: McDougle

Rappahannock River Basin Commission; membership. Updates the legislative membership for the Rappahannock River Basin Commission to reflect changes to state legislative districts following redistricting in 2021, which includes (i) removing two members of the Senate to reflect the changed number of Senatorial Districts eligible for representation on the Commission and thus reduces the total membership from 32 members to 30 members and (ii) decreasing a quorum from 11 members to nine members. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-69.25, 62.1-69.29, and 62.1-69.30 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Rappahannock River Basin Commission; membership.

23102450D

S.B. 1361

Patron: Morrissey

Parole Board; membership; eligibility determinations; reports. Removes provisions that exempted from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the records of the Parole Board. The bill increases from five to 10 the number of Board members, establishes a time line for member appointments, provides appointment power over six of such members to certain committees of the General Assembly, and establishes requisite criteria for Board members. The bill requires the Board to (i) adopt rules regarding parole eligibility as set forth in the bill; (ii) publish the statement of actions taken by the Board by the fifteen day of each month; (iii) include in such statement individualized reasons for the granting or denial of parole and the vote of each member; (iv) conduct final deliberations and votes on parole decisions at public meetings; (v) publish an annual report that summarizes actions taken by the Board during the prior year; and (vi) provide a prisoner or his attorney with all information, other than the personal information of the victim, gathered by the Board during an investigation.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3703, 53.1-134, 53.1-136, and 53.1-155 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Parole Board; membership; eligibility determinations; reports.

23101701D

S.B. 1381

Patron: Deeds

Behavioral Health Commission; funding; sunset. Repeals provisions that provided temporary alternative funding for and contingent expiration of the Behavioral Health Commission in the event that the Commission was not funded in the general appropriation act.

A BILL to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 313 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, relating to Behavioral Health Commission; funding; sunset.

23102241D

S.B. 1404

Patron: Barker

School Readiness Committee; renaming as Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education; purpose; membership; powers and duties. Renames the School Readiness Committee as the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education and makes several changes to the Commission, including adjusting its purpose, increasing and adjusting its membership, and establishing eight enumerated powers and duties for the Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-208.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the School Readiness Committee; renaming as Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education; purpose; membership; powers and duties.

23102800D

S.B. 1412

Patron: Norment

American Revolution 250 Commission; report. Changes the American Revolution 250 Commission, established in 2020, from an executive branch advisory commission to a legislative branch commission. The bill revises the Commission's membership and provides that members previously appointed to the Commission shall continue to serve unless replaced. The bill also (i) permits the Commission to establish an executive committee that may act on behalf of the full Commission between meetings and (ii) creates the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Fund. The bill extends the Commission's sunset date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2032.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 66, consisting of sections numbered 30-421 through 30-429, and to repeal Article 11 (§§ 2.2-2544 through 2.2-2550) of Chapter 25 of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the American Revolution 250 Commission; report.

23101699D

S.B. 1454

Patron: McPike

State Corporation Commission; Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed Industries work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group for the purposes of assessing the competitiveness of manufacturers in energy-intensive trade-exposed industries in the Commonwealth to foreign manufacturers that are not required to meet the same federal and state standards regarding labor, energy, intellectual property, and environmental factors. The bill defines "energy-intensive trade-exposed industry" and establishes the requirements for the membership of the work group. The work group is required to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than December 1, 2025.

A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to study energy-intensive trade-exposed industries; report.

23104002D

S.B. 1498

Patrons: McClellan, Locke

Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility. Extends eligibility for the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program to the direct descendants of persons who were residing in jurisdictions in Virginia in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation between 1954 and 1964 and whose educations were affected by the school closings. Currently, only persons who resided in such jurisdictions at the time of the school closings are eligible for the program.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-231.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.

23104925D

S.B. 1500

Patron: Stuart

Potomac River Fisheries Commission; authority. Repeals the authority of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission in certain areas of the Potomac River to (i) regulate an experimental oyster hatchery program, (ii) regulate the dredging of oysters, and (iii) regulate leasing of the river bottom or water column.

A BILL to repeal §§ 28.2-1004, 28.2-1005, and 28.2-1007 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Potomac River Fisheries Commission; authority.

23104116D

S.J.R. 228

Patron: Favola

Study; School Health Services Committee; feasibility of implementing Department of Education recommendations; school personnel who administer health services to students; report. Directs the School Health Services Committee to study the feasibility of implementing the recommendations of the Department of Education relating to standardizing the qualification and training requirements for school personnel, such as school nurses, who administer health services to students in order to improve the equity, consistency, and quality of school health services, including mental health services, provided in public schools in the Commonwealth.

Directing the School Health Services Committee to study the feasibility of implementing recommendations from the Department of Education for qualification and training requirements of school personnel who administer health services to students. Report.

23102121D

S.J.R. 243

Patron: Ebbin

Study; Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; membership increase. Increases the total membership of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding from 11 to 17 by increasing the number of nonlegislative members from three to nine. The bill specifies that the additional nonlegislative members include representatives from the environmental, development, and business communities, a certified floodplain manager, and two local elected officials representing two of Virginia's flood-prone communities. The bill also replaces the existing member of the Joint Subcommittee who is a local official representing Virginia's flood-prone communities with a local official representing an area impacted by coastal flooding.

Increasing the membership of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.

23103922D

S.J.R. 251

Patron: Lucas

Acknowledging with profound regret the denial of benefits under the G.I. Bill to Black World War II veterans. Expresses the sentiment of the General Assembly in acknowledging with profound regret the denial of benefits under the G.I. Bill to Black World War II veterans. In acknowledging this injustice, the General Assembly expresses its support for measures toward rectification of the harm committed against Black World War II veterans.

Acknowledging with profound regret the denial of benefits under the G.I. Bill to Black World War II veterans.

23100628D

S.J.R. 256

Patron: Vogel

Warrior Call Day. Designates the first Sunday after Veterans Day, in 2023 and in each succeeding year, as Warrior Call Day in Virginia.

Designating the first Sunday after Veterans Day, in 2023 and in each succeeding year, as Warrior Call Day in Virginia.

23100924D

S.J.R. 258

Patron: Hackworth

Study; Department of Energy; eliminating waste coal piles in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Department of Energy to study the environmental and economic impacts of eliminating waste coal piles in the Commonwealth.

Requesting the Department of Energy to study the environmental and economic impacts of eliminating garbage of bituminous piles in the Commonwealth. Report.

23103817D

S.J.R. 261

Patron: Reeves

Study; joint subcommittee; creation of a Virginia Gaming Commission; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee of the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on General Laws, and the House Committee on Appropriations to study the feasibility of establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission to regulate and oversee all forms of gaming in the Commonwealth.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission to regulate and oversee all forms of gaming in the Commonwealth. Report.

23104336D

S.J.R. 274

Patron: Boysko

Acknowledging with profound regret the unethical use of Black bodies by medical institutions. Expresses the sentiment of the General Assembly in acknowledging with profound regret the unethical use of Black bodies by medical institutions in the Commonwealth.

Acknowledging with profound regret the unethical use of Black bodies by medical institutions in the Commonwealth.

23103668D