Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1133
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation; definitions. Nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation; definitions.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1134
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limits on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the governing body of any eligible host 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 for a period of five years from the date of the last referendum.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1135
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makes several changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishment of units in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learning and principal mentorship statewide and requiring the Board of Education to establish and oversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programs in Standard 5. The bill also makes several changes relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) establishing schoolwide ratios of students to teachers in certain schools with high concentrations of poverty and granting flexibility to provide compensation adjustments to teachers in such schools; (ii) requiring each school board to assign licensed personnel in a manner that provides an equitable distribution of experienced, effective teachers and other personnel among all schools in the local school division; (iii) requiring each school board to employ teacher leaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (iv) requiring state funding in addition to basic aid to support at-risk students and granting flexibility in the use of such funds by school boards; (v) lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (vi) requiring each school board to employ reading specialists and establishing a student-to-position ratio for such specialists; (vii) requiring school boards to employ one full-time principal in each elementary school; (viii) lowering the ratio of students to assistant principals and school counselors in elementary, middle, and high schools; and (ix) increasing from at least three to at least four the required number of specialized student support positions, including school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions, per 1,000 students. Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makes several changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishment of units in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learning and principal mentorship statewide and requiring the Board of Education to establish and oversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programs in Standard 5. The bill also makes several changes relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) establishing schoolwide ratios of students to teachers in certain schools with high concentrations of poverty and granting flexibility to provide compensation adjustments to teachers in such schools; (ii) requiring each school board to assign licensed personnel in a manner that provides an equitable distribution of experienced, effective teachers and other personnel among all schools in the local school division; (iii) requiring each school board to employ teacher leaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (iv) requiring state funding in addition to basic aid to support at-risk students and granting flexibility in the use of such funds by school boards; (v) lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (vi) requiring each school board to employ reading specialists and establishing a student-to-position ratio for such specialists; (vii) requiring school boards to employ one full-time principal in each elementary school; (viii) lowering the ratio of students to assistant principals and school counselors in elementary, middle, and high schools; and (ix) increasing from at least three to at least four the required number of specialized student support positions, including school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions, per 1,000 students.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1136
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes; established; report. Establishes the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of performing a comprehensive review of Virginia law to assess ways in which it must be revised to include federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth as distinct governments with the right to exercise general sovereignty and powers of government. The Commission is required to submit an annual report on its interim activities and work by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024. Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes; established; report. Establishes the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of performing a comprehensive review of Virginia law to assess ways in which it must be revised to include federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth as distinct governments with the right to exercise general sovereignty and powers of government. The Commission is required to submit an annual report on its interim activities and work by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1137
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Exemptions.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1138
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Loudoun County School Board; staggering of member terms; lot drawing; timeframe. Requires the lot drawing required to be conducted by the Loudoun County Electoral Board to determine the members of four of nine districts who will be elected to the Loudoun County School Board for four-year terms and the members of the remaining five districts who will be elected to the Loudoun County School Board for two-year terms to ensure the staggering of member terms for such school board to be conducted at the electoral board's first meeting of 2023 but no later than January 31, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1139
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Candidates for office; candidate for multiple offices at any one election. Removes the exception allowing a candidate for federal or statewide office to have his name printed on a ballot for two offices at an election or primary election. Under current law, candidates for federal or statewide office and candidates for an office being filled in a special election are exceptions to the prohibition on persons having their name printed on a ballot for more than one office. The bill retains the exception for candidates in a special election.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB114
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Special lifetime hunting and fishing licenses; volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Qualifies volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel who have completed three consecutive years of service to obtain basic resident lifetime hunting and fishing licenses without any fee. The applicant is required to provide proof of the three years of consecutive service when applying.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1140
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Voter registration; cancellation of registration; notice requirement. Requires general registrars to provide notice of the cancellation of a voter's registration to the voter by mail to the address listed in the voter's registration record and by email to the email address provided on the voter's registration application, if one was provided. Voter registration; cancellation of registration; notice requirement. Requires general registrars to provide notice of the cancellation of a voter's registration to the voter by mail to the address listed in the voter's registration record and by email to the email address provided on the voter's registration application, if one was provided.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1141
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Absentee voting; return of absentee ballots; drop-off locations. Repeals the provisions of law providing for the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1142
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Virginia Community Policing Act; collection of data and reporting requirements. Expands the type and detail of information required to be collected by a law-enforcement officer during a motor vehicle stop or other investigatory stop, or when responding to a motor vehicle accident, in order to comply with the Virginia Community Policing Act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1143
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Virginia Overtime Wage Act. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, the term "employee" does not include certain persons excluded from the definition of "employee" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (the federal act). The bill provides that an employer may assert an exemption to the overtime requirement of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act for employees who meet certain exemptions set forth in the federal act. The bill also provides that a public agency, as defined in the federal act, may provide an employee compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, in accordance with the federal act.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1144
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2022, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. The bill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will return to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1, 2023, and will be indexed based on the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for both 2021 and 2022; thereafter, the rate will be indexed annually. Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2022, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. The bill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will return to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1, 2023, and will be indexed based on the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for both 2021 and 2022; thereafter, the rate will be indexed annually.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1145
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Civil actions; health care bills and records. Defines the term "bill" for the purposes of evidence of medical services provided in certain civil actions as any statement of charges, an invoice, or any other form prepared by a health care provider or its agent, or third-party agent, identifying the costs of health care services provided. The bill also clarifies the procedures for introducing evidence of medical reports, statements, or records of a health care provider by affidavit in general district court.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1146
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Commercial driver's license examinations. Authorizes governmental entities, including comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System, certified as third party testers to test and train drivers employed by another governmental entity or enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by a community college. The bill extends the validity of a skills test certification from 60 days to six months.