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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology

Chair: Adam P. Ebbin

Clerk: Eric Bingham, Andrew Horton
Staff: Joanne Frye, R. Schultz
Date of Meeting: January 11, 2023
Time and Place: 30 min after adjourn/SR 3
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S.B. 786

Patron: Spruill

Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; licensure of mold inspectors and mold remediators. Provides for the licensure and regulation of mold inspectors and mold remediators by the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, which is renamed in the bill as the Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors. The bill increases the membership of the Board by one member to include a mold inspector or a mold remediator.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-300, 54.1-500, 54.1-500.1, 54.1-501, 54.1-503, 54.1-504.1 54.1-512, and 54.1-516 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 3.1, consisting of a section numbered 54.1-517.6, relating to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; licensure of mold inspectors and mold remediators.

23100113D

S.B. 795

Patron: Hanger

Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028, the $0.50 per head assessment from the sale of cattle in the Commonwealth that is collected and deposited in the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund to support the activities of the Cattle Industry Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-1306 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler.

23100790D

S.B. 813

Patron: Surovell

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; State Comptroller records. Provides that the exclusions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act related to the internal controls of the State Comptroller do not authorize the withholding of the name of any officer, official, or employee of a public body as it appears on a purchase card statement or other payment record or the description of an individual purchase appearing on any such purchase card statement or payment record.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3705.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records exclusions; State Comptroller records.

23100200D

S.B. 824

Patron: Bell

Substance Abuse Services Council; name change; membership. Renames the Substance Abuse Services Council as the Virginia Addiction Recovery Council and increases from 29 to 32 the membership of the Council by adding two members representing the problem gambling recovery community and one member representing the Opioid Task Force.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2101, 2.2-2696, 37.2-203, and 37.2-310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Substance Abuse Services Council; name change; membership.

23102262D

S.B. 859

Patron: Cosgrove

Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; allows localities to post public notice on appropriate websites. Removes the requirement that if a local public body elects not to publish notice of a Request for Proposal in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the contract is to be performed, then such local public body shall post such notice on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. The bill allows local public bodies to post such notice on any appropriate website without requiring local public bodies to post such notice in a newspaper.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4302.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; public notice of Request for Proposal.

23102127D

S.B. 860

Patron: Locke

Fort Monroe Authority Act; powers and duties; collection of fees for goods and services offered by persons operating within Area of Operation; installation of security cameras. Allows the Fort Monroe Authority (the Authority) to fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges for the consumption within the Area of Operation of goods and services being provided in exchange for value by any person or business located and operating, permanently or temporarily, within the Area of Operation. The bill also allows the Authority to have security cameras and other devices installed for the purpose of protecting the land within the Area of Operation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2340 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2340.1, relating to Fort Monroe Authority Act; powers and duties; collection of fees for goods and services offered by persons operating within the Area of Operation; installation of security cameras.

23103107D

S.B. 866

Patron: Cosgrove

Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; qualifications of technical assistants; emergency. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to suspend, until no later than July 1, 2024, the Uniform Statewide Building Code qualification requirement that technical assistants who issue permits have at least three years of experience. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to direct the Board of Housing and Community Development to temporarily suspend certain qualification requirements for technical assistants in the Uniform Statewide Building Code; emergency.

23102128D

EMERGENCY

S.B. 870

Patron: Cosgrove

Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses and disposition. Requires any person having possession of a small asset belonging to a decedent to pay or deliver to the licensed funeral service establishment handling the funeral, if there is one, and the disposition of the decedent so much of the small asset as does not exceed the amount given priority and has not already been so paid upon being presented an affidavit made by the licensed funeral service establishment specifying certain information.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 64.2-604 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses and disposition.

23102082D

S.B. 905

Patron: DeSteph

Police powers of fire marshals; training requirements. Provides that a local fire marshal or assistant shall not exercise any police powers until such person has satisfactorily completed a basic law-enforcement course for fire marshals with police powers and maintains satisfactory participation in in-service and advanced courses and programs. The bill also provides that current or prior certification as a law-enforcement officer may satisfy the police powers training requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 27-34.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to police powers of fire marshals; training requirements.

23101310D

S.B. 912

Patron: Ruff

Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal. Prohibits a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to any contractual terms or conditions, including any liability provisions, contained in a Request for Proposal for information technology. The bill also requires the offeror to state any such exception in writing at the beginning of negotiations, which exception shall be considered during negotiations. Current law only prohibits a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to the liability provisions of the Request for Proposal.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4302.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of Request for Proposal.

23101862D

S.B. 914

Patron: Hanger

Office of Data Governance and Analytics; Chief Data Officer. Repeals the sunset provision enacted in 2021 that created the Office of Data Governance and Analytics and the position of Chief Data Officer within the Office of the Secretary of Administration, making both permanent. The provision is currently scheduled to expire on July 1, 2023.

A BILL to repeal the third enactment of Chapter 314 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, relating to the Office of Data Governance and Analytics; Chief Data Officer.

23100958D

S.B. 924

Patron: DeSteph

Burial fees for military spouses. Provides that, from such funds as may be appropriated, the Commonwealth shall pay the burial fees for any spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces buried at a veterans cemetery operated by the Department of Veterans Services.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 44 an article numbered 14, consisting of a section numbered 44-122.1, relating to burial fees for military spouses.

23103115D

S.B. 936

Patron: Hashmi

Department of Emergency Management; comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to develop a comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan by November 1, 2023. Such plan shall include criteria for (i) developing a heat adaptation plan, (ii) convening a heat emergency coordination team to facilitate coordination across state agencies, (iii) establishing public cooling spaces, (iv) developing extreme heat health warning systems and protocols, (v) establishing partnerships with community-based organizations to provide services and support to all communities, and (vi) examining housing cooling needs.

A BILL directing the Department of Emergency Management to develop a comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan.

23102028D

S.B. 942

Patron: Saslaw

Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership. Removes the requirement that members of the Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission give a surety bond in the sum of $10,000 that is executed by a surety company, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, and conditioned upon the member's faithful performance of the his duties.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 481 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, as amended by Chapter 173 of the Acts of Assembly of 1976 and by Chapter 439 of the Acts of Assembly of 2002, relating to Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership.

23103057D

S.B. 954

Patron: Petersen

Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting; applicability. Requires a two-step process consisting of (i) a preconstruction contract and (ii) competitive sealed bidding for construction services for certain projects totaling less than $125 million. Complex projects, defined in the bill, may request an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law from the Secretary of Administration. If a complex project totals is more than $125 million, the bill provides that an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law is not required. Finally, the bill states that competitive sealed bidding is the preferred method of procurement for construction services in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-4378 through 2.2-4382 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 43.1 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-4380.1, by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 43.1 of Title 2.2. a section numbered 2.2-4381.1, and by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 43.1 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-4382.1, relating to the Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting; applicability.

23100261D

S.B. 969

Patron: Mason

Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; alternative purchases. Removes the requirement under the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act that a time-share instrument executed by a time-share estate project developer state whether such developer reserves the right to add to or delete any alternative purchase and requires that the public offering statement distributed to each prospective purchaser of a time-share disclose whether the developer will offer any alternative purchase.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 55.1-2208 and 55.1-2217 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; alternative purchases.

23101496D

S.B. 970

Patron: Mason

Department of Health Professions; applications for licensure, certification, and registration; mental health conditions and impairment; emergency. Directs the Department of Health Professions to amend its licensure, certification, and registration applications to remove any existing questions pertaining to mental health conditions and impairment to and include the following questions: (i) Do you have any reason to believe that you would pose a risk to the safety or well-being of your patients or clients?; and (ii) Are you able to perform the essential functions of a practitioner in your area of practice with or without reasonable accommodation? The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to direct the Department of Health Professions to amend language related to mental health conditions and impairment in licensure, certification, and registration applications; emergency.

23102876D

S.B. 976

Patron: Peake

Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant; watercraft. Allows the owner of a self-storage facility, in the case of a stored watercraft for which an occupant has been in default for more than 60 days, to have such watercraft towed in lieu of conducting a public sale of such watercraft.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-2902 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant; watercraft vehicles.

23101965D

S.B. 998

Patron: Mason

Administrative Process Act; appeal of case decisions regarding grant or denial of public assistance. Removes the prohibition against appeals regarding the adequacy of standards of need and payment levels for public assistance and social services programs and provisions limiting the court to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency acting as the trier of fact. Current law allows court review of agency decisions regarding the grant of denial of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, food stamps, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization but limits such review to whether the agency relied on evidence to support its decision.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4025 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Administrative Process Act; appeal of case decisions regarding grant or denial of public assistance.

23102289D