Appropriations Committee Agenda

Chair: Torian, Luke E.

Meeting Date & Time: 02/20/2023 ½ hour after adjournment of House Add to Calendar

Location: Shared Committee Room

Active item: Meeting Adjourned

Video: Archived

Committee Clerk: (804) 698-1949

Staff Contact: 804-698-1590 (Karnes), 804-698 - 1817 (Kaplan), 804-698-1832

Bills before the Committee

Bill(s) Patron Title
SB872 Newman Emergency custody; temporary detention, alternative transportation.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-808 and 37.2-810 of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency custody; temporary detention; alternative transportation.

Criminal

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB940 Edwards Court-appointed counsel; increases statutory caps for fees paid in indigent cases.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-163 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of court-appointed counsel.

Criminal

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB955 Ruff Higher educational institutions, public; tuition grants, Virginia National Guard.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 23.1-508 and 23.1-610 of the Code of Virginia, relating to institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard.

Higher Education

Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB987 Mason Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 64.2-2009 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64.2-2009.1, relating to guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings.

Civil

Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations; Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

SB1082 DeSteph Veterans Services, Dept. of; hospitals that furnish comprehensive treatment program for veterans.

Summary: An Act to allow the Department of Veterans Services to contract with any hyperbaric clinic or any hospital in the Commonwealth that furnishes a comprehensive treatment program to any veteran who has been certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the United States Armed Forces as having post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.

Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1108 Ruff Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, kratom products.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; kratom products.

Subcommittee #5

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1114 Stanley Housing and Community Development, Department of; powers and duties of the Director.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 36-139 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Housing and Community Development; powers and duties of the Director; Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator.

Housing/Consumer Protection

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1140 McPike DARS; training, powers, and duties of guardian.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 51.5-150, 64.2-2019, and 64.2-2020 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; training; powers and duties of guardian; annual reports by guardians; information required.

SB1202 Reeves In-state tuition eligibility; certain non-Va. students who are members of Virginia National Guard.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to in-state tuition eligibility; certain non-Virginia students who are members of the Virginia National Guard.

Higher Education

Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1254 Dunnavant Maternal Mortality Review Team; annual compilation and release of statistical data.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-283.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Maternal Mortality Review Team; annual compilation and release of statistical data.

SB1286 Dunnavant Virginia Community College System; duties of State Board for Community Colleges.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 23.1-2904 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Community College System; duties of State Board for Community Colleges; standardization of health care-related programs.

Higher Education

Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1292 Deeds Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth.

Summary: An Act to require the Department of Criminal Justice Services to administer a two-year pilot program to provide a safe harbor for sex trafficked youth.

Related Bills:

HB2131 (Delaney)

Criminal

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1414 Pillion Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund; created.

Summary: An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 12 of Chapter 22 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-2377, relating to Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund; established.

SB1443 Deeds Parents Advocacy Commission; recommendations for establishing, report.

Summary: An Act to direct the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to make recommendations for the establishment of the Parents Advocacy Commission; report.

Civil

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1466 Marsden Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; created, effective clause.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 17 of Title 45.2 an article numbered 9, consisting of sections numbered 45.2-1734, 45.2-1735, and 45.2-1736, relating to Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created.

Related Bills:

HB1588 (Sullivan)

SB1486 Morrissey Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 17.1-327 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payment for services of retired judges.

Civil

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1494 Surovell Disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys; procedure by three-judge circuit court.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 17.1-406 and 54.1-3935 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure for disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys by three-judge circuit court.

Civil

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

SB1531 Dunnavant Va. Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative; SHHR shall convene work group to recommend improving care.

Summary: An Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group with the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to develop recommendations to improve neonatal and perinatal care in the Commonwealth.

Subcommittee #3

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N); Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations