Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR54
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; JLARC; workforce development in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to update its 2014 review of workforce training in the Commonwealth with a new study of workforce development. In conducting its study, JLARC shall examine which entities in the Commonwealth are conducting workforce development activities, how much money is being spent on such activities, the sources of such money, which metrics can be used to determine the effects of spending on workforce development activities, and, based on those metrics, which entities in the Commonwealth are producing the best results.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR55
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed in Virginia, including land use, stormwater, groundwater, storm information, and flora and fauna there.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR56
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; common interest communities; report. Requests the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the overall efficiency and effectiveness of common interest communities, with special regard to the accountability structure available for the enforcement of the provisions in the governing documents of associations subject to the Property Owners' Association Act.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR57
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agents to issue marriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex or gender of the parties to the marriage. Religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR58
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); taxation and finance; longtime owner-occupant tax relief program. Directs the General Assembly to implement a tax relief program by which longtime owner-occupants of real property are granted a total or partial exemption from local real property taxation of real estate the market value of which has increased as a consequence of the refurbishment or renovation of other residences or the construction of new residences in long-established residential areas or areas of deteriorated, vacant, or abandoned homes and properties.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR59
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/14/22
Study; OES to study feasibility of establishing a uniform electronic filing system for all state circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations courts and provide a plan for the establishment of such system; report. Requests the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to (i) determine the cost of the creation and implementation of a uniform filing system for all state circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations district courts; (ii) identify any potential challenges of and concerns relating to establishing a statewide electronic filing system, such as Internet availability in certain parts of the state, balancing accessibility and transparency while maintaining confidentiality as required for certain cases, security concerns, system failure or outages, and training for users of the system, and determine possible solutions for identified concerns; (iii) analyze the current federal electronic filing system and plans implemented in other states to determine best practices for developing and implementing a statewide system for all circuit and district courts in the Commonwealth; and (iv) develop a plan for the establishment of a uniform electronic filing system in all circuit and district courts in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR6
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Study; Secretary of Commerce and Trade; effects of daylight saving time on the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to study the effects of the Commonwealth's continued observance of daylight saving time under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 and the potential consequences of a decision to use either standard time or daylight saving time year-round in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR60
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualified immunity for government officials. Establishes the right of government officials to qualified immunity. The amendment provides that a government official may not be found liable for the deprivation of any person's rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution of Virginia and the laws of Virginia if such official establishes that (i) the right, privilege, or immunity alleged to be violated was not clearly established at the time of the person's deprivation by the official, or that at such time, the state of the law was not sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that the conduct alleged constituted a violation of the Constitution or the laws of Virginia or (ii) a court of competent jurisdiction had issued a final decision on the merits holding that the specific conduct alleged to be unlawful was consistent with the Constitution and the laws of Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR61
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Study; staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at Virginia Department of Corrections; report. Continues the joint committee of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions; the House Committee on Public Safety; the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services established by House Joint Resolution No. 29 (2020) and continued by House Joint Resolution 522 (2021, Special Session I) to study staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections. The resolution directs the joint committee to conclude its work by November 30, 2022, and to report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR62
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; JLARC; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; Study; JLARC; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to, by November 30, 2023, (i) review general operations of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, including (a) procedures and persons responsible for reviewing complaints received and determining whether to dismiss or investigate such complaints, (b) processes for determining whether to conduct informal or formal hearings, and (c) any informal or established rules used to determine disciplinary action imposed on a judge or justice; (ii) consider the requirements for election of members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission and determine whether (a) the current number of members and (b) the qualifications of members elected are adequate to ensure proper judicial oversight and accountability; (iii) identify areas of weakness and potential areas of improvement; (iv) research best practices for judicial accountability and discipline; (v) provide recommendations to increase transparency, eliminate actual or perceived bias, increase efficiency and establish deadlines or specific timeframes for resolving complaints, provide effective interventions prior to the need for disciplinary action, and establish rules surrounding the types of disciplinary actions taken and when to take specific disciplinary action; and (vi) keep confidential all records, transcripts, papers, investigatory notes, files, or other confidential information provided by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR63
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study; JLARC; whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest by (i) evaluating whether the current oversight and regulatory structure of the different types of legal gaming result in varying compliance standards with regard to similar gaming devices which could unintentionally cause a competitive advantage to one industry over another; (ii) reporting on the current costs for each existing gaming oversight agency to regulate the gaming for which it is responsible; (iii) determining whether the overall costs to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of legal gaming in the Commonwealth would be lower if all such types of gaming were housed under a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; (iv) conducting research to determine potential methods of housing, and the steps necessary to house, all legalized gaming under a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; and (v) determining the potential necessity for and specific composition of a centralized gaming oversight board that would best ensure compliance with ethical requirements and a substantial decrease in the number of potential conflicts of interest.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR64
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/1/22
Local History Month. Designates October, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Local History Month in Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR65
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); education; state appropriations to private schools. Removes the requirement that private schools be nonsectarian in order to be eligible for appropriation of state funds.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR66
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); limitations on power of the General Assembly; parole. Provides that, with the exception of the eligibility of a person convicted of a felony offense committed while such person was a juvenile, the General Assembly shall not enact any law authorizing the eligibility of a person convicted of a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995, and sentenced and committed to the Department of Corrections by a court under the laws of the Commonwealth for an early release from incarceration on discretionary parole.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR67
Introduced
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Passed
1/20/22
Commending the Patrick Henry High School boys' volleyball team.