Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB217
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Property Owners' Association Act; access to records; generally accepted accounting principles. Provides that all financial books and records shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Current law states that all financial books and records shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB218
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Local condemnation authority. Provides that any locality may acquire property interests outside its boundaries by exercise of eminent domain power in connection with a highway transportation project located partially within a neighboring locality when the governing body of the neighboring locality wherein such property interests are located approves such use of eminent domain.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB219
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Virginia Employment Commission; administrative reforms; reporting requirements; electronic submissions; Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman established; emergency. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to calculate and report the (i) average unemployment insurance benefit levels, (ii) average income replacement of unemployment insurance benefits, and (iii) recipiency rate for unemployment insurance benefits in the Commonwealth as part of the Commission's annual balance sheet. The bill also requires the Commission, as part of its biennial strategic plan submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget, to develop and maintain an unemployment insurance Resiliency Plan that describes the specific actions the agency would take, depending on the level of increase in unemployment insurance (UI) claims, to address staffing, communications, and other relevant aspects of operations to ensure continued efficient and effective administration of the UI program. Virginia Employment Commission; administrative reforms; reporting requirements; electronic submissions; Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman established; emergency. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to calculate and report the (i) average unemployment insurance benefit levels, (ii) average income replacement of unemployment insurance benefits, and (iii) recipiency rate for unemployment insurance benefits in the Commonwealth as part of the Commission's annual balance sheet. The bill also requires the Commission, as part of its biennial strategic plan submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget, to develop and maintain an unemployment insurance Resiliency Plan that describes the specific actions the agency would take, depending on the level of increase in unemployment insurance (UI) claims, to address staffing, communications, and other relevant aspects of operations to ensure continued efficient and effective administration of the UI program. The bill creates within the Commission on Unemployment Compensation a subcommittee that shall be responsible for monitoring the Virginia Employment Commission's management of the unemployment insurance program. The subcommittee shall meet at least once each quarter and shall report annually, beginning on December 1, 2022, to the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. The bill also directs the Commission to convene an advisory committee composed of stakeholders and subject matter experts to review information related to UI claims. The bill requires employers to submit claim-related forms and separation information electronically, as well as other information and electronic tax payments upon the Commission's request, unless the employer has received a waiver by the Commission. The bill provides that a claim for unemployment benefits that has been determined invalid by the Virginia Employment Commission as a result of the claimant's monetary ineligibility shall first be reviewed upon a request for redetermination prior to filing an appeal. The bill also creates an Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman position for the purpose of providing information and assistance to persons seeking assistance in the unemployment compensation process and exempts confidential case files of the Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management to lead a multiagency work group to discuss strategies for staffing assistance and support for agencies that might need staffing assistance during emergencies. Additionally, the Virginia Employment Commission is directed to task its internal audit division to review and revise documents and online resources related to unemployment compensation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB22
Introduced
12/22/21
Refer
12/22/21
Engrossed
1/17/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
American Revolution 250 Commission; membership. Adds five legislative members to the American Revolution 250 Commission.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB220
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
State of good repair funds. Makes bridges with a general condition rating of no greater than five eligible for state of good repair funding. Under current law, structurally deficient bridges and highways with deficient pavement conditions are eligible for state of good repair funds. The bill eliminates the minimum and maximum percentage of the state of good repair funds that each construction district can receive.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB221
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Indexing of wills; pilot program in Rockingham County. Permits the clerk of the Rockingham County Circuit Court to establish a pilot project for an index of wills lodged for safekeeping, with a searchable database available to the public. Indexing of wills; pilot program in Rockingham County. Permits the clerk of the Rockingham County Circuit Court to establish a pilot project for an index of wills lodged for safekeeping, with a searchable database available to the public.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB222
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/22/22
Campaign finance; mandatory electronic filing for all candidates. Requires all candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically with the State Board of Elections.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB223
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iii) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (iv) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of "athlete agent" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB224
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Lobbying; local government actions; notice and fee to clerk of governing body. Requires any individual who is compensated to influence or attempt to influence a local government action through oral or written communication with a local government officer or employee to provide written notice of his status and a $25 fee to the clerk of the governing body of the officer's or employee's locality. The bill exempts from this requirement (i) certain executive and legislative officials and employees, (ii) local government employees or officers acting in their official capacity, (iii) contractors or employees of a contractor performing services for the local government, and (iv) an attorney clearly identified on a land use application. Failure to provide notice is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB225
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations. Provides that the sum of all projects performed in an architectural and professional engineering contract term shall not exceed $10 million, and the fee for any single project shall not exceed $2.5 million. The bill allows a contract for multiple architectural or professional engineering projects to be renewable for up to three additional terms at the option of the public body. Current law limits the sum of all projects performed in a one-year contract term to $750,000, with up to four additional one-year terms at the option of the public body, and limits the fee for any single project to $150,000, with specific exceptions to those limits, including a limit for total projects for rail projects of $5 million and for highway projects, $8 million. The bill also removes specific agency and locality exceptions to such current limits.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB226
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/22/22
Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Such notice must include specific text as included in the bill. The bill also provides that an employer who fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Such notice must include specific text as included in the bill. The bill also provides that an employer who fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB227
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations; penalty. Provides that the prosecution of the misdemeanor offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent where the alleged adult offender has consensual sexual intercourse with a minor who is 15 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be commenced no later than five years after the victim reaches majority provided that the alleged adult offender was more than three years older than the victim at the time of the offense. Under current law, the prosecution of such offense shall be commenced within one year after commission of the offense. Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations; penalty. Provides that the prosecution of the misdemeanor offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent where the alleged adult offender has consensual sexual intercourse with a minor who is 15 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be commenced no later than five years after the victim reaches majority provided that the alleged adult offender was more than three years older than the victim at the time of the offense. Under current law, the prosecution of such offense shall be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB228
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children; consecutive sentence; penalty. Provides that any mandatory minimum term of imprisonment imposed for violating the electronic solicitation of a minor statute shall be served consecutively with any other sentence.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB229
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Deferred disposition; persons with autism or intellectual disabilities; offenses against minors. Provides that certain felony offenses, including child pornography, obscenity, electronic solicitation of a minor, indecent liberties with children, and displaying child pornography or grooming materials to a child, are ineligible for deferred and dismissed disposition where the defendant has been diagnosed with autism or an intellectual disability.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB23
Introduced
12/22/21
Refer
12/22/21
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery.