Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1160
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers, grocery store workers, and home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Additionally, the bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for certain other health care providers. Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers, grocery store workers, and home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Additionally, the bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for certain other health care providers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1161
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; required contract provisions; prohibition on participation in boycott of Israel. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract of more than $10,000 certain provisions, outlined in the bill, related to participation in a boycott of Israel, its instrumentalities, or any of its territories while engaged in commercial activities pursuant to the terms of the contract. The bill also provides that such contractors shall include those same provisions in every subcontract or purchase order of more than $10,000, so that the provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1162
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
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies. Prohibits carriers and pharmacy benefits managers from discriminating in the requirements, exclusions, terms, or other conditions imposed on a covered entity or contract pharmacy on the basis that the entity or pharmacy is operating under the 340B Program of the federal Public Health Service Act. Such prohibition does not (i) apply to drugs with an annual estimated per-patient cost exceeding $250,000 or (ii) prohibit the identification of a 340B reimbursement request. The bill also prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from interfering in a covered individual's right to choose a contract pharmacy or covered entity. Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies. Prohibits carriers and pharmacy benefits managers from discriminating in the requirements, exclusions, terms, or other conditions imposed on a covered entity or contract pharmacy on the basis that the entity or pharmacy is operating under the 340B Program of the federal Public Health Service Act. Such prohibition does not (i) apply to drugs with an annual estimated per-patient cost exceeding $250,000 or (ii) prohibit the identification of a 340B reimbursement request. The bill also prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from interfering in a covered individual's right to choose a contract pharmacy or covered entity.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1163
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Expands the board of equalization in the City of Virginia Beach from three to four members.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1164
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities. Requires, for the purpose of determining the state and local shares of basic aid funding, that the composite index of local ability-to-pay utilize the use value of all applicable real estate (i) devoted to agricultural use, horticultural use, forest use, and open-space use in each locality that has adopted an ordinance by which it provides for the use valuation and taxation of such real estate and (ii) used in agricultural and forestal production within an agricultural district, forestal district, agricultural and forestal district, or agricultural and forestal district of local significance in each locality that provides for the use valuation and taxation of such real estate, regardless of whether it has adopted a local land-use plan or local ordinance for such valuation and taxation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1165
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Nolle prosequi or dismissal without prejudice prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment; depositions. Provides that if the district court enters a nolle prosequi or grants a dismissal without prejudice upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth on a misdemeanor or felony warrant prior to conducting a preliminary hearing and the defendant is subsequently indicted by a grand jury for the same offense, then (i) on the defendant's motion, the case shall be remanded to the district court for a preliminary hearing or (ii) the court may, with the consent of the defendant, direct that the depositions of any witnesses whose testimony would have been relevant in determining probable cause be taken. The bill provides that such depositions shall be taken before a judge of the circuit court in which such indictments were returned, and the judge shall rule upon all questions of evidence and otherwise control the taking of the same as though it were taken in open court.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1166
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty. Repeals the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Square and the surrounding area; (iii) any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; or (iv) any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. Current law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to carry a firearm or explosive material within these areas, subject to certain exceptions, including the following individuals while acting in the conduct of such person's official duties: any law-enforcement officer, any authorized security personnel, any active military personnel, any fire marshal when such fire marshal has been granted police powers, or any member of a cadet corps while such member is participating in an official ceremonial event for the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1167
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Tax credits; vested interest. Creates a vested interest when a taxpayer claims a tax credit, including an interest in any conditions placed upon the credit, and prohibits alteration of such interest by a subsequent action of the General Assembly. The provisions of the bill are retroactive but shall not be construed to extend the time during which a taxpayer may file an amended tax return.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1168
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Provides that a person who is eligible for the real property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses is entitled to a refund, retroactive to his date of eligibility, of taxes paid during the period of exemption, excluding interest or penalties. Under the bill, the refund is exempt from the statute of limitations for applications for correction of an assessment.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1169
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Health insurance; association health plans. Provides Health insurance; association health plans. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association, which association shall be deemed the policyholder, and that such association health plan is not considered to be insurance and is not subject to the existing requirements for insurance if certain requirements are met. The bill requires that (i) all members of the association be eligible for coverage and membership, including employer members with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or self-employed individuals; (ii) membership in the association not be conditioned on any health status–related factor; (iii) the coverage offered through the association be available to all members regardless of any health status–related factor; (iv) the association not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association; and (v) premiums for the policy be paid from funds contributed by the association or associations, or by employer members, or by both, or from funds contributed by the covered persons or from both the covered persons and the association, associations, or employer members. The bill also requires the association (a) has at the outset a minimum of 100 members; (b) has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; (c) has been in active existence for at least five years; and (d) has a constitution and bylaws that provide that the association hold regular meetings not less than annually to further purposes of the members, that the association collects dues or solicits contributions from members, and that the members have voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees. The bill provides that any such policy shall (1) be considered a large group market plan subject to all coverage mandates applicable to a large group market plan, (2) be subject to the group health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) be prohibited from denying coverage under the policy on the basis of a pre-existing condition, (4) shall be guaranteed issue and guaranteed renewable, (5) provide essential health benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and (6) offer a minimum level of coverage designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. The bill requires an insurer issuing such policy to an association to (A) treat all of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy as a single risk pool; (B) set premiums on the basis of the collective group experience of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy; (C) not vary premiums by age, except that the rate shall not vary by more than four to one for adults; (D) not vary premiums on the basis of gender; (E) not vary premiums on the basis of the health status of an individual employee of an employer member or a self-employed individual member; and (F) not establish discriminatory rules based on the health status of an employer member, an individual employee of an employer member, or a self-employed individual for eligibility or contribution. Finally, the bill provides that the State Corporation Commission retains its regulatory authority over any such association health plan and may impose insurance requirements, as it deems appropriate.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB117
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to take the Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board of Bar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completed legal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalent of at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system, of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Association or the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant is required to have completed all degree requirements of such law school.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1170
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; Town of Appomattox; election and appointment of officers; time of election. Makes various changes to reflect the Town of Appomattox's shift to November municipal elections in 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1171
Introduced
1/14/22
Refer
1/14/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Commonwealth Clean Energy Financing Authority and Fund; established. Establishes the Commonwealth Clean Energy Financing Authority and the Commonwealth Clean Energy Financing Authority Fund to increase private investment in clean energy and resiliency projects in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Authority to ensure that the projects and programs financed complement the goals of the Virginia Energy Plan and programs implemented by the Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Conservation and Recreation, and other relevant public and private entities. The bill requires that at least 40 percent of the resources deployed through the Authority are directed to historically economically disadvantaged communities. The bill provides that the Authority will have a total membership of 11 members that consist of nine nonlegislative citizen members and the Director of the Department of Energy and the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development or their designees as ex officio members. The bill includes general powers and duties of the Authority, including submission of an annual report. The bill also includes various requirements for notes and bonds issued by the Authority.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1172
Introduced
1/16/22
Refer
1/16/22
Certified recovery residences. Requires the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to adopt regulations requiring each certified recovery residence to include one or more resident or nonresident staff persons who are employed by the provider for compensation and who are responsible for oversight or management of the recovery residence.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1173
Introduced
1/16/22
Refer
1/16/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability. Replaces the current provisions of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act with the provision that any employer that violates the overtime wage requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and any related laws and regulations, shall be liable to its employee for remedies or other relief available under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill requires an employer to compensate employees of a derivative carrier, defined in the bill, at a rate not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek. The bill requires the Secretary of Labor to convene a work group that includes certain industry representatives and legislators to review overtime issues and the Virginia Overtime Wage Act and requires the work group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Commerce and Labor by November 1, 2022.