Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1147
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Temporary detention; alternative custody. Provides that if the facility indicated on a temporary detention order is a state facility, no bed for the person detained or in custody pursuant to the temporary detention order is immediately available at such state facility, and an employee or designee of such state facility is available to take custody of such person, such employee or designee of the state facility may assume custody of such person wherever such person is located and maintain custody of such person and transport such person to such state facility or to an alternative facility of temporary detention. The bill also provides that a person who is an inmate who is subject to an order authorizing treatment shall remain in law-enforcement custody at all times prior to admission to the facility designated for treatment of the person pursuant to such order.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1148
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Driver's license and learner's permit renewal; certain older applicants. Lowers from 75 years old to 70 years old the age at which a person shall not be issued a driver's license for a period of more than five years and at which an applicant for a driver's license or learner's permit renewal is required to appear in person and pass a vision examination or present a report of a vision examination. The bill requires applicants for a driver's license or learner's permit renewal that are 70 years of age or older to provide a certification by a physician that the applicant is mentally and physically capable of operating a motor vehicle. The bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner to issue a temporary license or permit to an applicant that does not have the certification but is otherwise eligible for renewal. The bill requires the Commissioner to establish a process whereby an applicant that is unable to obtain a certificate of fitness to drive may be evaluated to determine his fitness to drive.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1149
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Virginia Children's Cabinet. Creates the Virginia Children's Cabinet as an executive branch advisory body to advise the Governor regarding policies to improve the health and well-being of children in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB115
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Special hunting and fishing license for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled. Authorizes any resident veteran who has a service-connected disability of 50 percent or more to receive at no cost from the Department of Wildlife Resources a lifetime license to hunt and freshwater fish. Current law authorizes the provision of such license at no cost to a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1150
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; mistake of age defense. Provides that a defendant's ignorance of the victim's age, the victim's misrepresentation of his age, or the defendant's belief that the victim was an adult shall not be raised as a defense in a prosecution for certain crimes related to commercial sex trafficking and prostitution involving a minor victim.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1151
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act. Adds autocycles to the vehicles protected by the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, commonly known as the "lemon law." The bill contains technical amendments. Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act. Adds autocycles to the vehicles protected by the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, commonly known as the "lemon law." The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1152
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for structural construction materials and environmental control systems to be affixed or integrated into a commercial greenhouse structure, so long as such materials and equipment have been specially ordered to meet the specifications of the commercial greenhouse operator. The bill applies to purchases of such materials and equipment made on or after July 1, 2020.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1153
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Mortgage brokers; dual compensation. Removes provisions prohibiting a person from acting as a mortgage broker in connection with any real estate sales transaction in which such person has acted as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson and has received or will receive compensation in connection with such transaction. The bill provides that if a mortgage broker negotiates, places, or finds a mortgage loan and acts as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson in connection with the sale of the real estate that secures such loan, the mortgage broker is required to conspicuously provide to the borrower a written disclosure at the time the mortgage broker services are first offered to the borrower.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1154
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Retail sales and use tax; exemption; aircraft parts; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2027, the sunset for the retail sales and use tax exemption on parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft or any aircraft's avionics system, engine, or component parts.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1155
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Sales and use tax; media-related exemptions. Makes changes to the sales and use tax exemption for amplification, transmission, and distribution equipment used to provide Internet services. Under the bill, the exemption would apply to network equipment used to provide Internet service, regardless of whether the provider of such service is also a telephone common carrier or whether such network is also used to provide services other than Internet services.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1156
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Private family leave insurance. Establishes family leave insurance as a class of insurance. The bill defines "family leave insurance" as an insurance policy issued to an employer related to a benefit program provided to an employee to pay for the employee's income loss due to (i) the birth of a child or adoption of a child by the employee; (ii) placement of a child with the employee for foster care; (iii) care of a family member of the employee who has a serious health condition; or (iv) circumstances arising out of the fact that the employee's family member who is a service member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty. Under the bill, family leave insurance may be written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income policy, included in a group disability income policy, or written as a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer. The bill prohibits delivery or issue for delivery of a family leave insurance policy unless a copy of the form and the rate manual showing rates, rules, and classification of risks have been filed with the State Corporation Commission. The bill prohibits an individual certificate and enrollment form from being used in connection with a group family leave insurance policy unless the form for the certificate and enrollment form have been filed with the Commission. The bill provides that "life and annuities insurance agent" means an agent licensed in the Commonwealth to sell, solicit, or negotiate, among other types of insurance, family leave insurance on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1157
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees. Prohibits the Compensation Board, when determining staffing and funding levels for offices of attorneys for the Commonwealth, from (i) considering the number of charges brought or the number of convictions obtained by such attorney for the Commonwealth; (ii) relying on standards devised or recommended by the attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agencies, or professional associations representing attorneys for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officers; or (iii) using measures that increase if an attorney for the Commonwealth (a) elects to prosecute a more serious charge, (b) elects to prosecute additional charges from a single arrest or criminal incident, (c) obtains convictions rather than dismissing charges or offering reduced charges, or (d) proceeds with prosecution rather than diversion. The bill requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to pay into the state treasury all fees collected by them in consideration of the performance of official duties or functions; current law requires the payment of half of such fees. The bill requires the State Treasurer to pay to the treasuries of the respective counties and cities of the attorneys for the Commonwealth a proportion of half of all such fees collected by all attorneys for the Commonwealth, as determined by each county or city's crime rate, criminal incident rate, or arrest rate. Finally, the bill changes the fees collected by attorneys for the Commonwealth on trials of felony indictments from $40 on each count to $120 for each trial of a Class 1 or Class 2 felony indictment, or any other felony punishable by imprisonment for life, and $40 for each trial on all other felony indictments, regardless of the number of counts. The bill contains technical amendments. Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees. Prohibits the Compensation Board, when determining staffing and funding levels for offices of attorneys for the Commonwealth, from (i) considering the number of charges brought or the number of convictions obtained by such attorney for the Commonwealth; (ii) relying on standards devised or recommended by the attorney for the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agencies, or professional associations representing attorneys for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officers; or (iii) using measures that increase if an attorney for the Commonwealth (a) elects to prosecute a more serious charge, (b) elects to prosecute additional charges from a single arrest or criminal incident, (c) obtains convictions rather than dismissing charges or offering reduced charges, or (d) proceeds with prosecution rather than diversion. The bill requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to pay into the state treasury all fees collected by them in consideration of the performance of official duties or functions; current law requires the payment of half of such fees. The bill requires the State Treasurer to pay to the treasuries of the respective counties and cities of the attorneys for the Commonwealth a proportion of half of all such fees collected by all attorneys for the Commonwealth, as determined by each county or city's crime rate, criminal incident rate, or arrest rate. Finally, the bill changes the fees collected by attorneys for the Commonwealth on trials of felony indictments from $40 on each count to $120 for each trial of a Class 1 or Class 2 felony indictment, or any other felony punishable by imprisonment for life, and $40 for each trial on all other felony indictments, regardless of the number of counts. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1158
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; sanctions. Lowers from the full amount of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant to a maximum of six percent of the TANF grant the amount a local department of social services can impose as a sanction on a parent for noncompliance with the requirements of the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1159
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Virginia Housing Trust Fund; recommendations for increase in allocation of funds; certain low-income and moderate-income families. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a stakeholder work group to determine an appropriate increase in the percentage of moneys from the Virginia Housing Trust Fund that is used to provide flexible financing for low-interest loans through eligible organizations that are allocated to housing developments that serve persons and families with a household income at or below 30 percent of the adjusted median income and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations on or before December 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB116
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Regional criminal justice academy; Town of Pulaski. Allows the Town of Pulaski to withdraw from the Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy and send its cadets to the New River Criminal Justice Training Academy without penalty.