Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB299
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose; fee apportionment. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, which is used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases and victim services, available to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipment for sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners, and pediatric forensic nurses, with priority for funding such costs given to such forensic examiners, nurse examiners, and forensic nurses serving rural and underserved communities. The bill also increases the amount apportioned to the Fund from the fixed-fee assessments for misdemeanors and traffic infractions tried in district court.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB3
Introduced
11/22/21
Refer
11/22/21
Report Pass
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of "voting system" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic voting and counting machines. The bill also requires general registrars to report to the Department of Elections the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to each precinct in the registrar's locality. The Department is directed by the bill to establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB30
Introduced
12/16/21
Refer
12/16/21
Report Pass
2/20/22
Refer
2/28/22
Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ยง 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June 2023 and the thirtieth day of June 2024. Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ยง 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June 2023 and the thirtieth day of June 2024.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB300
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; elimination of location restriction. Eliminates the requirement that a provider of treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of (i) methadone or (ii) opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration be located more than one-half mile from a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and is identical to
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB301
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
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
Commercial driver's license examinations. Authorizes governmental entities, including comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System, certified as third party testers to test and train drivers employed by another governmental entity or enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by a community college. The bill repeals the prohibition on applicants 18 years of age and older retaking skills tests within 15 days. Current law authorizes such reexamination upon payment of a $2 fee. Commercial driver's license examinations. Authorizes governmental entities, including comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System, certified as third party testers to test and train drivers employed by another governmental entity or enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by a community college. The bill repeals the prohibition on applicants 18 years of age and older retaking skills tests within 15 days. Current law authorizes such reexamination upon payment of a $2 fee.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB302
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
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Guardianship; petitions; appointment. Clarifies that a community services board and any other local or state governmental agency may file a petition for the appointment of a guardian or conservator of an incapacitated person. The bill also specifies that a guardian need not be appointed for the purposes of making a health care decision when such decision is made pursuant to and within the scope of the Health Care Decisions Act. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene a work group to consider issues related to (i) the care of adults with permanent disabilities that render them incapable of making informed decisions about their own care and (ii) potential changes to guardianship requirements to make it easier for parents to care for their adult children with such disabilities. Guardianship; petitions; appointment. Clarifies that a community services board and any other local or state governmental agency may file a petition for the appointment of a guardian or conservator of an incapacitated person. The bill also specifies that a guardian need not be appointed for the purposes of making a health care decision when such decision is made pursuant to and within the scope of the Health Care Decisions Act. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene a work group to consider issues related to (i) the care of adults with permanent disabilities that render them incapable of making informed decisions about their own care and (ii) potential changes to guardianship requirements to make it easier for parents to care for their adult children with such disabilities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB303
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Mortgage brokers; dual compensation. Removes provisions prohibiting a person from acting as a mortgage broker in connection with any real estate sales transaction in which such person has acted as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson and has received or will receive compensation in connection with such transaction. The bill provides that if a mortgage broker negotiates, places, or finds a mortgage loan and acts as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson in connection with the sale of the real estate that secures such loan, the mortgage broker is required to conspicuously provide to the borrower a written disclosure at the time the mortgage broker services are first offered to the borrower.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB304
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Electric utilities; energy storage capacity requirements; certain facilities. Provides that if Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia newly acquire the right to energy storage capacity from energy storage facilities located in the Commonwealth that were in operation on January 1, 2021, such energy storage capacity will, to the extent the utility has not already contracted for access to the newly acquired energy storage facility, count toward the utility's energy storage capacity requirements.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB305
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Food manufacturers operating in historic buildings. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to exempt food manufacturers operating in historic buildings from certain laws and regulations related to the structure of a building if the food manufacturer is deemed to be producing food products that are low risk of being adulterated.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB306
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of "voting system" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic voting and counting machines. The bill also requires general registrars to report to the Department of Elections the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to each precinct in the registrar's locality. The Department is directed by the bill to establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB307
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/14/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB308
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
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Gubernatorial appointments to boards; membership and terms. Revises the length of terms for persons appointed to several commodity and commodity-related boards within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and further standardizes the term dates so all terms begin on July 1 and end on June 30. The bill amends the membership of the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, standardizes the term dates for appointments to the Board of Visitors for Mount Vernon, and clarifies that certain members of the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership Board of Trustees may name a designee to serve on the Board. The bill corrects the staggering of terms for the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB309
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; certain restrictive provisions in contract or written agreement. Provides that it is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act for a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction to use any provision in any contract or written agreement that restricts a consumer's right to file a civil action to resolve a dispute that arises in connection with a consumer transaction that does not involve interstate commerce. The bill provides that such provisions are void and unenforceable.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB31
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund. Allows the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to make grants to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribes and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen member of the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees be a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe. Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund. Allows the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to make grants to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribes and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen member of the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees be a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB310
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.