Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR68
Introduced
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Passed
1/20/22
Commending Loren Messick LaPorte.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR69
Introduced
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Passed
1/20/22
Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR7
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; prohibition on the sale of nitrous oxide by retailers of tobacco and tobacco-related products; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study whether the sale of nitrous oxide should be specifically prohibited by a retailer of tobacco or tobacco-related products.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR70
Introduced
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Enrolled
1/27/22
Passed
1/27/22
Celebrating the life of Joseph Carlo Monolo.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR71
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Study; Apprenticeship Council; electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs; report. Requests the Virginia Apprenticeship Council to study the need for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and maintenance and repair of EV infrastructure apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth, noting the stated goal of the Commonwealth to reduce carbon emissions intensity across all sectors, including the transportation industry. In conducting its study, the Apprenticeship Council should consider a number of factors in studying the need for such apprenticeship programs. The Apprenticeship Council is further requested to report the results of an in-depth study of similar apprenticeship programs in other states to the General Assembly and to convene a stakeholder advisory group to discuss the need for electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Apprenticeship Council to complete its meetings by November 30, 2022, and report its findings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Commerce and Labor and the House Committees on Education and Labor and Commerce. Study; Apprenticeship Council; electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs; report. Requests the Virginia Apprenticeship Council to study the need for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and maintenance and repair of EV infrastructure apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth, noting the stated goal of the Commonwealth to reduce carbon emissions intensity across all sectors, including the transportation industry. In conducting its study, the Apprenticeship Council should consider a number of factors in studying the need for such apprenticeship programs. The Apprenticeship Council is further requested to report the results of an in-depth study of similar apprenticeship programs in other states to the General Assembly and to convene a stakeholder advisory group to discuss the need for electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Apprenticeship Council to complete its meetings by November 30, 2022, and report its findings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Commerce and Labor and the House Committees on Education and Labor and Commerce.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR72
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished. Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR73
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Study; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR74
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
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
Food Allergy Awareness Month. Designates May, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Food Allergy Awareness Month in Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR75
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
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
Black Business Month. Designating August, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Black Business Month in Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR76
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Northern Virginia regional transit plan; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study Northern Virginia regional transit and develop a regional transit plan that includes an extension of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority service to Prince William County and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR77
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); environmental justice. Establishes that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to follow the principles of environmental justice in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies and to ensure that no population, especially minority, low-income, or historically economically disadvantaged communities, faces higher levels or greater impacts of pollution and climate change than other populations.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR78
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
State Funeral; World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Memorializing the President of the United States to designate a single state funeral to be held upon the death of the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR79
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of certain members of the armed forces. Provides that the General Assembly may by general law exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Under a current constitutional provision, only the surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in action is eligible for the real property tax exemption.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR8
Introduced
1/7/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Passed
1/20/22
Celebrating the life of James Anthony Sisk.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR80
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
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
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Designates October 4, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Virginia.