Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB325
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages. Increases from one gallon to three gallons the amount of alcoholic beverages that a person may transport into the Commonwealth and consolidates current law regarding the transportation of alcoholic beverages into or within the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments. Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages. Increases from one gallon to three gallons the amount of alcoholic beverages that a person may transport into the Commonwealth and consolidates current law regarding the transportation of alcoholic beverages into or within the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB326
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
Credit unions; priority of shares. Removes a provision that establishes that shares held by a credit union member are subordinate to all other obligations of the credit union.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB327
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers; (ii) any sheriff; (iii) any police force; or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB328
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB329
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Credit unions; activity authorized for a federally chartered credit union. Provides that a credit union has the power to engage in any activity, service, or other practice that is authorized for a federally chartered credit union and that has not otherwise been authorized for a state-chartered credit union, provided that (i) the credit union provides the State Corporation Commission with written notice at least 45 calendar days prior to engaging in any such activity, service, or practice and (ii) the credit union engages in the activity, service, or practice subject to the same terms, conditions, and limitations as applicable to a federally chartered credit union. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Commissioner of the State Corporation Commission to prohibit or restrict the activity, service, or practice at any time.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB33
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. This amendment to the Compact shall not become effective until a substantially similar amendment is enacted by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. This amendment to the Compact shall not become effective until a substantially similar amendment is enacted by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB330
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. Allows any person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere he may lawfully carry a handgun openly within the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB331
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Overtime pay requirements; volunteers. Permits individuals who work as both employees and on a volunteer basis for a public body, church, or nonprofit organization to earn overtime wages for hours worked as an employee only and continues to exclude hours worked on a volunteer basis from overtime wage requirements.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB332
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Boating safety education. Eliminates possession of a rental or lease agreement for a motorboat listing the person as the authorized operator of the boat from the list of conditions a person may meet to be considered in compliance with the boating safety education requirement.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB333
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Establishment of speed limits; local authority. Authorizes localities to reduce speed limits on any highway in the locality, provided that such speed limit is indicated by lawfully placed signs. Current law authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 miles per hour, on highways within its boundaries that are located in a business district or residence district, provided that such reduced speed limit is indicated by lawfully placed signs.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB334
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Photo speed monitoring devices; localities; locations. Authorizes towns that have not established their own police department to authorize the placement and operation of a photo speed monitoring device to record speed limit violations. Current law authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate such devices. The bill requires any such town to provide all data collected from the device to the chief law-enforcement office for the town or of the county in which the town is located. The bill removes the limitation that such devices only be used in highway work zones and school crossing zones.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB335
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
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
Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall be deemed the policyholder, and that such association health plan is not considered to be insurance and is not subject to the existing requirements for insurance if certain requirements are met. The bill requires that (i) all members of the association be eligible for coverage and membership, including employer members with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or self-employed individuals; (ii) membership in the association not be conditioned on any health status–related factor; (iii) the coverage offered through the association be available to all members regardless of any health status–related factor; (iv) the association not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association; and (v) premiums for the policy be paid from funds contributed by the association or associations, or by employer members, or by both, or from funds contributed by the covered persons or from both the covered persons and the association, associations, or employer members. The bill also requires that the association (a) has at the outset a minimum of 25,000 members; (b) has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; (c) has been in active existence for at least five years; and (d) has a constitution and bylaws that provide that the association hold regular meetings not less than annually to further purposes of the members, that the association collects dues or solicits contributions from members, and that the members have voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees. Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall be deemed the policyholder, and that such association health plan is not considered to be insurance and is not subject to the existing requirements for insurance if certain requirements are met. The bill requires that (i) all members of the association be eligible for coverage and membership, including employer members with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or self-employed individuals; (ii) membership in the association not be conditioned on any health status–related factor; (iii) the coverage offered through the association be available to all members regardless of any health status–related factor; (iv) the association not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association; and (v) premiums for the policy be paid from funds contributed by the association or associations, or by employer members, or by both, or from funds contributed by the covered persons or from both the covered persons and the association, associations, or employer members. The bill also requires that the association (a) has at the outset a minimum of 25,000 members; (b) has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; (c) has been in active existence for at least five years; and (d) has a constitution and bylaws that provide that the association hold regular meetings not less than annually to further purposes of the members, that the association collects dues or solicits contributions from members, and that the members have voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees. The bill provides that any such policy shall (1) be considered a large group market plan subject to all coverage mandates applicable to a large group market plan, (2) be subject to the group health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) be prohibited from denying coverage under the policy on the basis of a pre-existing condition, (4) be guaranteed issue and guaranteed renewable, (5) provide essential health benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and (6) offer a minimum level of coverage designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. The bill requires an insurer issuing such policy to an association to (A) treat all of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy as a single risk pool; (B) set premiums on the basis of the collective group experience of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy; (C) not vary premiums by age, except that the rate shall not vary by more than four to one for adults; (D) not vary premiums on the basis of gender; (E) not vary premiums on the basis of the health status of an individual employee of an employer member or a self-employed individual member; and (F) not establish discriminatory rules based on the health status of an employer member, an individual employee of an employer member, or a self-employed individual for eligibility or contribution. Finally, the bill provides that a policy that meets certain requirements of the bill is considered to be compliant with the large group market insurance regulations under the federal Public Health Service Act and, as such, the Commonwealth is considered to be substantially enforcing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with regard to such policy. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to regulate the policy in a manner that is consistent with such provisions. The bill provides that, in any case in which a federal agency renders a decision that is contrary to such provisions, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General may resolve any difference between federal law and the laws of the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB336
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Certificate of public need; nursing homes; charity care. Exempts nursing homes from the requirement that applicants for a certificate of public need agree to provide a specified level of charity care to indigent persons or accept patients requiring specialized care, facilitate the development and operation of primary and specialty medical care services in designated medically underserved areas of the applicant's service area, or both. Certificate of public need; nursing homes; charity care. Exempts nursing homes from the requirement that applicants for a certificate of public need agree to provide a specified level of charity care to indigent persons or accept patients requiring specialized care, facilitate the development and operation of primary and specialty medical care services in designated medically underserved areas of the applicant's service area, or both.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB337
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Accident and sickness insurance; minimum standards. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to issue rules and regulations related to accident and sickness insurance minimum standards and excepted benefits and provides that the purpose of such rules and regulations is to establish (i) the minimum standards for filing of policy forms for individual and small group health benefit plans, (ii) the minimum standards, terms, and coverages for individual and group accident and sickness policies known as excepted benefits, and (iii) the minimum standards for short-term limited-duration insurance. The bill directs the Commission to ensure that such standards are simple and understandable and are not misleading or unreasonably confusing, and that the sale of such policies provides for full disclosure.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB338
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; federal risk adjustment program. Eliminates the requirement that the State Corporation Commission consider transfers made under the federal risk adjustment program to eliminate double reimbursement for high-cost cases as a factor when establishing payment parameters for the benefit year under the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. The bill also eliminates the requirement that the Commission factor in transfers received for an enrolled individual under the federal risk adjustment program when calculating each reinsurance payment based on an eligible carrier's incurred claims costs for a covered person's covered benefits in the applicable benefit year.