Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB122
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Killing the fetus of another; manslaughter; penalties. Provides that any person who kills the fetus of another by an intentional act committed while in the sudden heat of passion upon reasonable provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, which is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any person who kills the fetus of another accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties and while engaged in conduct so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life, is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which is also punishable as a Class 5 felony.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB123
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Criminal cases; sentencing by jury. Provides that if a jury finds a person guilty of a criminal offense, such jury shall ascertain the punishment of the offense. Under current law, unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertain punishment, the court shall fix punishment after the accused has been found guilty by a jury.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB124
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for an agent under a power of attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult who is the principal of that agent. The bill also provides that the agent's authority terminates upon such conviction. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB125
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each underlying school division has (i) an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and (ii) one or more schools that have accreditation denied status for two out of the past three years. The bill requires such regional charter school divisions to be supervised by a school board that consists of eight members appointed by the Board and one member appointed by the localities of each of the underlying divisions. The bill authorizes the school board, after a review by the Board, to review and approve public charter school applications in the regional charter school divisions and to contract with the applicant. The bill requires that the state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding of the underlying school district in which the student resides be transferred to such school.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB126
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitated adult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuse and neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person 18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness, intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability, advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonable decisions concerning his well-being or has one or more limitations that substantially impair the adult's ability to independently provide for his daily needs or safeguard his person, property, or legal interests. The bill adds the definition of "advanced age" as it is used in the definition of "vulnerable adult" to mean 65 years of age or older. The bill also changes the term "person with mental incapacity" to the same meaning of "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of financial exploitation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB127
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB128
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; definitions; small business. Redefines "small business" for the purpose of programs for the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and programs for the Virginia Public Procurement Act to allow a cooperative association organized pursuant to Chapter 3 (Cooperative Associations) of Title 13.1 as a nonstock corporation to qualify as a small business if it is at least 51 percent independently controlled by one or more members who are U.S. citizens or legal resident aliens and, together with affiliates, has 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB129
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis work group; report. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to convene a work group to study how to legalize, implement, and regulate the process of alkaline hydrolysis in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board to report the results of the study to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 1, 2022. Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis work group; report. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to convene a work group to study how to legalize, implement, and regulate the process of alkaline hydrolysis in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board to report the results of the study to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB13
Introduced
12/19/21
Refer
12/19/21
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Energy performance-based contracts; roof replacement. Allows procurement of a roof replacement as part of a larger energy conservation or operational efficiency measure if such replacement is either necessary for the installation of such measure or if the contracting entity determines that the replacement of more than 20 percent of the roof is necessary to install such measure. The bill requires any roof replacements not included in the original contract to be publicly noticed on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. Such procurement shall be designed by a licensed architect or professional engineer.Current law prohibits the inclusion of a roof replacement project as part of an energy performance-based contract.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB130
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home; addition of beds. Creates an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home in cases in which the Board of Health or the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing a nuisance dangerous to public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health and provides that such exemption shall apply for the duration of the emergency order plus 30 days. The bill also expands the duration of the existing exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the addition of temporary beds when the Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds to the duration of such determination plus 30 days and makes clear that such exemption shall apply to the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB131
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. The effective date of this amendment to the Compact is contingent upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB132
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Local regulation of smoking; outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. Allows localities to designate smoking areas within 100 feet of sports fields, recreation centers, and playgrounds in outdoor parks. The bill requires signs regarding designated smoking areas to be posted at the entrances to such parks.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB133
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Elections, ballots; ballot fraud security measures. Requires any printer or vendor supplying ballots in an election for state or federal office to be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified, or ISO 9001:2015 certified. The bill also requires any ballot used in an election for state or federal office to include a unique bar code or quick response code that is accessible only to the voter and that tracks the voter's ballot as it is processed and to include the use of at least two other ballot fraud security measures from a list of approved measures.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB134
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; Department of Juvenile Justice; extending jurisdiction in delinquency matters to persons 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age. Raises the maximum age for delinquency matters in juvenile and domestic relations district courts from persons under 18 years of age to persons under 21 years of age. The bill defines "underage person" as an individual who is 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age. The bill adds underage persons to all provisions regarding delinquency proceedings in juvenile and domestic relations district courts, the transfer of delinquency matters to circuit courts, and criminal procedure as currently applies to juveniles only. The bill differentiates between juveniles and underage persons in specific circumstances, including consent for medical or mental health records or procedures, mental health screenings in secure detention facilities, and provisions regarding release on bail or recognizance. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and provides that the provisions of the bill shall apply prospectively and only to conduct or an offense that occurs on or after January 1, 2024. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; Department of Juvenile Justice; extending jurisdiction in delinquency matters to persons 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age. Raises the maximum age for delinquency matters in juvenile and domestic relations district courts from persons under 18 years of age to persons under 21 years of age. The bill defines "underage person" as an individual who is 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age. The bill adds underage persons to all provisions regarding delinquency proceedings in juvenile and domestic relations district courts, the transfer of delinquency matters to circuit courts, and criminal procedure as currently applies to juveniles only. The bill differentiates between juveniles and underage persons in specific circumstances, including consent for medical or mental health records or procedures, mental health screenings in secure detention facilities, and provisions regarding release on bail or recognizance. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and provides that the provisions of the bill shall apply prospectively and only to conduct or an offense that occurs on or after January 1, 2024. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB135
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Virginia Parole Board; membership; records; report. Increases from five to 11 the number of members to be appointed to the Virginia Parole Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to (i) include in its monthly report regarding actions taken by the Board on the parole of prisoners the number of votes in favor of granting or denying parole of each prisoner and (ii) ensure that any records, reports, or other documents used to determine a person's suitability for parole be made available for review by such person or his counsel pursuant to Board regulations. The bill contains technical amendments.