Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB285
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
High school interscholastic athletic competition; High school interscholastic athletic competition; prevention of hate speech and ethnically or racially insensitive expressions. Requires the organization governing high school athletics and academic activities for public and approved nonboarding nonpublic high schools (the organization), with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, to develop (i) rules and standards for the prevention of inequities involving the use of hate speech or ethnically or racially insensitive expressions during athletic and academic competitions sponsored by the organization's member schools, (ii) procedures for the enforcement of and penalties for the violation of such rules and standards, and (iii) training materials on such rules and standards. The bill requires each member school of the organization to abide by and implement such rules, standards, procedures, and penalties and ensure that each student who will participate in high school interscholastic athletic or academic competition, the parent of each such student, and each individual, whether paid or unpaid, who coaches a team that will participate in high school interscholastic athletic or academic competition receives and reviews such training materials. The bill requires the organization to make part of the process to become a registered official in good standing for any association offering services to the organization an education and training requirement that is consistent with the training materials developed by the organization. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB286
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Required disclosure for buyer to beware; buyer due diligence; historic districts. Adds a survey of the property to the list of materials that a purchaser of the property can review as part of exercising whatever due diligence the particular purchaser deems necessary with respect to a historic district designated by the locality. Required disclosure for buyer to beware; buyer due diligence; historic districts. Adds a survey of the property to the list of materials that a purchaser of the property can review as part of exercising whatever due diligence the particular purchaser deems necessary with respect to a historic district designated by the locality.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB287
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB288
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Virginia taxable income; corporations; deductions; business interest. Increases from 20 percent to 30 percent the Virginia individual and corporate income tax deduction for business interest disallowed as a deduction under § 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB289
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code, and includes other conditions for compensability.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB29
Introduced
12/16/21
Refer
12/16/21
Report Pass
2/20/22
Refer
2/28/22
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 552 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, as amended by Chapter 1 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session II.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB290
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. However, the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a population of less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2023. Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. However, the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a population of less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB291
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or Indigent Defense Commission. Provides that all investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties when serving witness subpoenas shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process to such witnesses.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB292
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends the portion of the Maury River previously designated as a state scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB293
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Certificate of public need; inpatient psychiatric services and facilities. Requires the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) to impose conditions related to the provision of care to individuals who are the subject of a temporary detention order on certificates of public need for projects involving inpatient psychiatric services and facilities and provides that when determining the public need for a proposed project involving an inpatient psychiatric service or facility, the Commissioner shall not take into consideration existing inpatient psychiatric services or facilities or the impact of approving the application and issuing the certificate of public need for the proposed project on an existing inpatient psychiatric service or facility if the existing inpatient psychiatric service or facility does not provide an adequate amount of service to individuals who are subject to a temporary detention order, as determined by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations of the Board of Health (the Board). The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations establishing a process by which the Commissioner shall annually establish the amount of services for individuals who are subject to a temporary detention order that an existing inpatient psychiatric service or facility must provide.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB294
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Fee for solid waste disposal; Bath County. Adds Bath County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Bath County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard fee rates for certain older and disabled persons.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB295
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; behavioral health dockets. Provides that a local pretrial services officer may facilitate the referral to screening for a defendant to be placed in a behavioral health docket as a treatment service. Responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; behavioral health dockets. Provides that a local pretrial services officer may facilitate the referral to screening for a defendant to be placed in a behavioral health docket as a treatment service.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB296
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/22/22
Sentencing proceeding by jury after conviction; relevant mitigating evidence. Provides that relevant evidence that may be admissible by the defendant during the sentencing phase by a jury may include the circumstances surrounding the offense, the history and background of the defendant, and any other facts in mitigation of the offense. The bill also provides various examples of facts in mitigation of the offense. The bill also provides that any relevant evidence and facts in mitigation that may be considered by a jury when ascertainment of punishment by jury has been requested by the accused also may be considered by the court when the court fixes punishment. Sentencing proceeding by jury after conviction; relevant mitigating evidence. Provides that relevant evidence that may be admissible by the defendant during the sentencing phase by a jury may include the circumstances surrounding the offense, the history and background of the defendant, and any other facts in mitigation of the offense. The bill also provides various examples of facts in mitigation of the offense. The bill also provides that any relevant evidence and facts in mitigation that may be considered by a jury when ascertainment of punishment by jury has been requested by the accused also may be considered by the court when the court fixes punishment.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB297
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Stay of debt collection activities by health care providers; prohibited practice under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that any health care provider that undertakes any debt collection activities prior to either the issuance of an award or the determination that a claim is noncompensable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund has committed a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Stay of debt collection activities by health care providers; prohibited practice under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that any health care provider that undertakes any debt collection activities prior to either the issuance of an award or the determination that a claim is noncompensable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund has committed a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB298
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/21/22
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools. Adds the City of Charlottesville to the list of localities that, under current law, are authorized to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools. Additional local sales and use tax to support schools. Adds the City of Charlottesville to the list of localities that, under current law, are authorized to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools.