Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB311
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. Provides that a real estate licensee has an affirmative duty, upon having substantive discussions about specific real property, to disclose in writing to the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee of the property if he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest has or will have an ownership interest as a party to the transaction and must also disclose in writing that he is a licensee. The bill requires that an owner of a residential dwelling unit who has actual knowledge of a lis pendens filed against the dwelling unit must provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure of such fact on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB312
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Department of Housing and Community Development; statewide housing choice voucher program. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and implement a statewide housing choice voucher program to assist low-income Virginians with securing safe, decent, and affordable rental housing. The bill directs the Department to develop and implement such program on or before January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB313
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Retail sale of cannabis products by certain pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors; sunset. Allows certain pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors to sell, under the oversight of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Board), cannabis products at retail to unregistered persons who are 21 years of age or older without the need for a written certification. The bill directs the Board to adopt and enforce regulations governing such sales that shall model certain Board of Pharmacy regulations and comply with other requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors engaging in such sales to pay a $1 million fee and collect a 21 percent excise tax, both of which shall ultimately be allocated to the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to be used to assist independent cannabis retailers located in designated rural and urban opportunity zones. The bill also requires such pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors to submit and comply with a plan describing how the processor will educate consumers about responsible consumption of cannabis products and incubate independent cannabis retailers or support and educate persons that wish to participate in the cannabis market. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and shall expire when pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors engaging in the sale of cannabis products pursuant to the provisions of the bill are authorized by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to apply for and be granted licenses to cultivate, manufacture, wholesale, and sell at retail to consumers 21 years of age or older retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. Retail sale of cannabis products by certain pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors; sunset. Allows certain pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors to sell, under the oversight of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Board), cannabis products at retail to unregistered persons who are 21 years of age or older without the need for a written certification. The bill directs the Board to adopt and enforce regulations governing such sales that shall model certain Board of Pharmacy regulations and comply with other requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors engaging in such sales to pay a $1 million fee and collect a 21 percent excise tax, both of which shall ultimately be allocated to the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to be used to assist independent cannabis retailers located in designated rural and urban opportunity zones. The bill also requires such pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors to submit and comply with a plan describing how the processor will educate consumers about responsible consumption of cannabis products and incubate independent cannabis retailers or support and educate persons that wish to participate in the cannabis market. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and shall expire when pharmaceutical processors and industrial hemp processors engaging in the sale of cannabis products pursuant to the provisions of the bill are authorized by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to apply for and be granted licenses to cultivate, manufacture, wholesale, and sell at retail to consumers 21 years of age or older retail marijuana and retail marijuana products.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB314
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Foster care; placement and discharge requirements. Requires children's residential facilities, child-placing agencies, and qualified residential treatment programs that receive state or federal funds for placement costs to (i) accept any foster child in Virginia who meets the applicable admissions criteria, subject to certain requirements set forth in the bill, and (ii) prioritize the admission of children in foster care in Virginia over out-of-state applicants. The bill prohibits children's residential facilities, child-placing agencies, and qualified residential treatment programs that have entered into a placement agreement with a local department of social services from discharging a child except as provided in the placement agreement. The bill also requires children's residential facilities, child-placing agencies, and qualified residential treatment programs to work with certain parties to secure an alternative placement for a child prior to discharge in the event the child fails to meet certain placement criteria.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB315
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
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
Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Fund (the Fund) to support military communities in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to aid the planning and design, construction, or completion of infrastructure projects that enhance military readiness, installation resiliency, or quality of life for military communities. The bill directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to develop guidance and criteria to be used in awarding grants from the Fund and an annual grant application that sets out certain requirements for a grantee.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB316
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/14/22
Engrossed
1/18/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Juvenile records; identification of children receiving coordinated services. Provides that, for the purpose of disclosing records, information, and statistical registries of the Department of Social Services, local departments of social services, and all child-welfare agencies concerning social services, a person having a legitimate interest in child-protective services records includes the staff of (i) a court services unit, (ii) the Department of Juvenile Justice, (iii) a local community services board, or (iv) the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who are providing treatment, services, or care for a child who is the subject of such records for a purpose relevant to the provision of the treatment, services, or care when the local agencies have entered into a formal agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide coordinated services to such children. The bill provides that such formal agreements may allow the local agencies and the Department of Juvenile Justice to immediately identify children who may be receiving or who have received treatment, services, or care from the local agencies and the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill also provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall develop and biennially update a model memorandum of understanding setting forth the respective roles and responsibilities of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Social Services, the court service units, the local departments of social services, and the community services boards or behavioral health authorities regarding the sharing of information derived from juvenile records for purposes of identifying juveniles who may be receiving or who have received treatment, services, or care from the local agencies, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill provides that the model memorandum of understanding developed by the Department of Juvenile Justice may satisfy the requirement for a formal agreement, but it shall be reviewed by the Office of the Attorney General before such agreement takes effect. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Youth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB317
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
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
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia who has submitted an application for licensure to the appropriate health regulatory board to temporarily practice for a period of 90 days pending licensure, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill directs the Board of Medicine to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process in order to facilitate the practice of medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health Professions to annually report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization to practice pending licensure and have not subsequently been issued full licensure.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB318
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/21/22
Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. The bill also requires an advertisement that is an independent expenditure or expressly advocates for the passage or defeat of a referendum to contain a disclaimer providing the names of the advertisement sponsor's three largest contributors or individuals representing a contributor that is not an individual. Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. The bill also requires an advertisement that is an independent expenditure or expressly advocates for the passage or defeat of a referendum to contain a disclaimer providing the names of the advertisement sponsor's three largest contributors or individuals representing a contributor that is not an individual.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB319
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Allows localities to make appropriations to nonprofit faith-based organizations that provide community services in the locality for nonreligious purposes and regardless of recipients' faith affiliation. Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Allows localities to make appropriations to nonprofit faith-based organizations that provide community services in the locality for nonreligious purposes and regardless of recipients' faith affiliation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Overweight vehicle permits. Increases from five percent to 10 percent the maximum extension of existing weight limits authorized by an overweight vehicle permit. The bill retains the limit of 84,000 pounds and the maximum weight limit on interstate highways.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB320
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Mini-trucks; definition; use on certain highways. Defines a "mini-truck" and classifies it as a utility vehicle. The bill provides that mini-trucks may be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or less.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB321
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder. Provides that for the purposes of required health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, "autism spectrum disorder" means any pervasive developmental disorder or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition or the most recent edition at the time of diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and "medically necessary" means in accordance with the generally accepted standards of mental disorder or condition care and clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, site, and duration, based upon evidence and reasonably expected to do any of the following: (i) prevent the onset of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; (ii) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; or (iii) assist to achieve or maintain maximum functional capacity in performing daily activities, taking into account both the functional capacity of the individual and the functional capacities that are appropriate for individuals of the same age.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB322
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; Town of The Plains; elections; election dates and terms. Changes elections and terms for town councilmen and the mayor to reflect a change for elections from May to November and changes the beginning of terms from July following the elections to January.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB323
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting overdoses. Provides that an individual who is subject to arrest or prosecution for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, intoxication in public, or possession of controlled paraphernalia may be offered a first offender deferred disposition program or drug treatment court docket program if such person is reporting an overdose and seeking emergency medical attention. Under current law, such person would be immune from arrest and prosecution.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB324
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Public agencies; privacy of personal information; penalty. Provides that public agencies shall not request personal information, defined in the bill, from (i) any individual or any entity organized under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) any bidder, offeror, or contractor of an agency. The bill prohibits such public agencies from disclosing personal information without the express, written permission of every individual who is identifiable from the potential release of such personal information, including individuals identifiable as members, supporters, or volunteers of, or donors to, the agency. The bill exempts the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 from the requirements that public agencies protect personal information and refrain from requesting personal information. Public agencies; privacy of personal information; penalty. Provides that public agencies shall not request personal information, defined in the bill, from (i) any individual or any entity organized under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) any bidder, offeror, or contractor of an agency. The bill prohibits such public agencies from disclosing personal information without the express, written permission of every individual who is identifiable from the potential release of such personal information, including individuals identifiable as members, supporters, or volunteers of, or donors to, the agency. The bill exempts the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 from the requirements that public agencies protect personal information and refrain from requesting personal information.