Summary: Uniform Statewide Building Code; multifamilyresidential housing construction projects; electric vehicle charginginfrastructure standards. Requires the Board of Housing and CommunityDevelopment to promulgate regulations for electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards for multifamily residential housing constructionprojects consisting of more than 25 residential dwelling units. Thestandards shall require a developer of such multifamily residentialhousing construction projects to ensure that at least 25 percentof the available parking spaces are electric vehicle charging readyduring the design and construction process. Landlords, condominiumunit owners' associations, and property owners' associations shallbe authorized to negotiate with electric vehicle charging providerswith respect to the installation and maintenance of electric vehiclecharging infrastructure and any related revenue sharing. The billalso requires the Board to promulgate such regulations by January1, 2025, and provides that such regulations shall only apply to anynew multifamily residential housing construction projects approvedby a locality after January 1, 2025.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal. Removes the prohibition on a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to any liability provisions contained in a Request for Proposal for information technology. The bill also requires an offeror to state any exception to any contractual terms or conditions in writing at the time of responding to such Request for Proposal, if so requested by the public body, which exception shall be considered during negotiations, but prohibits the public body from basing the scoring or evaluation on such exceptions when selecting offerors for 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. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Public Body Procurement Work Group. This bill is identical to SB 242.