Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB230
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Liability for sale of alcohol to an impaired customer; injury to another person due to operation of vehicle while intoxicated. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee who sells alcohol to a customer who subsequently injures another by driving while impaired if the consumption of the alcohol caused or contributed to an injury to person or property while the customer operated a motor vehicle. Liability for sale of alcohol to an impaired customer; injury to another person due to operation of vehicle while intoxicated. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee who sells alcohol to a customer who subsequently injures another by driving while impaired if the consumption of the alcohol caused or contributed to an injury to person or property while the customer operated a motor vehicle.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB231
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Department of Medical Assistance Services; amend waivers providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities; greater financial flexibility for certain services; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, Building Independence, and Commonwealth Coordinated Plus waivers. The bill requires the Department to report on its progress to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. Department of Medical Assistance Services; amend waivers providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities; greater financial flexibility for certain services; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, Building Independence, and Commonwealth Coordinated Plus waivers. The bill requires the Department to report on its progress to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB232
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
DMAS; work group to study options for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services; individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue the work group established to study and develop recommendations for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by promoting access to assistive technology and environmental modifications and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB233
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited. Prohibits campaign fundraising on and after the first day of a special session of the General Assembly through adjournment sine die of that session. Currently, campaign fundraising is prohibited only during regular sessions of the General Assembly.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB234
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Repeals the provisions of law by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains on the list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB235
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Voter registration; registration permitted up to and including the day of the election. Repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to register to vote in person up to and including the day of the election, notwithstanding any deadline for the close of registration records. The repeal will limit the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to (i) any member of a uniformed service of the United States who is on active duty, (ii) any person residing temporarily outside of the United States, and (iii) the spouse or dependent residing with someone listed in (i) or (ii).
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB236
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Absentee voting; return of absentee ballots; drop-off locations. Repeals the provisions of law providing for the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB237
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Department of Motor Vehicles; mileage-based user fee program; protection of data. Prohibits the disclosure of certain data necessary for the administration of the mileage-based user fee program and authorizes participants in the mileage-based user fee program to participate without location tracking. Department of Motor Vehicles; mileage-based user fee program; protection of data. Prohibits the disclosure of certain data necessary for the administration of the mileage-based user fee program and authorizes participants in the mileage-based user fee program to participate without location tracking.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB238
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to develop or adopt and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are necessary to restore each such building. The bill requires each school board to provide to the Department of Education in a timely fashion the local data that is necessary to ensure that such tool remains relevant and useful for the determination of maintenance reserve needs. The bill requires the Department of Education to consider converting or using as a template the Department of General Services' Real Estate and Assets Management system for tracking buildings and infrastructure maintenance status to meet the above requirement to maintain such a tool. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to develop or adopt and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are necessary to restore each such building. The bill requires each school board to provide to the Department of Education in a timely fashion the local data that is necessary to ensure that such tool remains relevant and useful for the determination of maintenance reserve needs. The bill requires the Department of Education to consider converting or using as a template the Department of General Services' Real Estate and Assets Management system for tracking buildings and infrastructure maintenance status to meet the above requirement to maintain such a tool. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB239
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB24
Introduced
12/22/21
Refer
12/22/21
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration; report. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the expiration date of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Commission to submit an interim report no later than November 30, 2022, and a final report no later November 30, 2023. Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration; report. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the expiration date of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Commission to submit an interim report no later than November 30, 2022, and a final report no later November 30, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB240
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Newspersons crossing established police lines; exemption. Clarifies that a credentialed newsperson shall be exempt from the offense of crossing or remaining within police lines or barricades unless such persons are obstructing police, firefighters, or emergency medical services personnel in the performance of their duties within such police lines or barricades.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB241
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Renal Disease Council; report. Creates the Renal Disease Council for the purpose of (i) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on the needs of individuals with renal disease in the Commonwealth; (ii) identifying challenges that such individuals face and making recommendations for the improvement of the Commonwealth's kidney care system, particularly related to care coordination and prevention; (iii) funding research related to renal disease; (iv) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth; and (v) developing programs to educate medical professionals and the public about renal disease. Renal Disease Council; report. Creates the Renal Disease Council for the purpose of (i) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on the needs of individuals with renal disease in the Commonwealth; (ii) identifying challenges that such individuals face and making recommendations for the improvement of the Commonwealth's kidney care system, particularly related to care coordination and prevention; (iii) funding research related to renal disease; (iv) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth; and (v) developing programs to educate medical professionals and the public about renal disease.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB242
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Insurance; discrimination based on status as living organ donor prohibited. Prohibits any person from refusing to insure, refusing to continue to insure, or limiting the amount or extent of life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance coverage available to an individual, or to charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such individual as a living organ donor. The provisions of the bill apply to life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance plans that are entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB243
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
End Stage Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network. Directs the Department of Health to establish the End State Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network to assist persons diagnosed with end stage renal disease in navigating through the health care system. The bill permits the Department to contract with other entities to establish the Network and provide services to qualified patients.