Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB352
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
Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB353
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund. Allows funds in the Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund to be paid to entities outlined in local shelter plans to install, maintain, or repair infrastructure for backup energy generation for emergency shelters, including solar energy generators, and improve the hazard-specific structural integrity of shelter facilities owned by the locality or identified in the shelter plan of the locality.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB354
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
James River watershed; timeline for compliance with regulations of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls. Advances the timeline from 2035 to 2030 for work on construction related to any consent special order issued by the State Water Control Board (the Board) for certain combined sewer overflow (CSO) systems east of Charlottesville that discharge into the James River. The bill requires annual reporting about the impact of CSO system funding on ratepayers, particularly economically disadvantaged ratepayers. The bill also requires the Board to extend the compliance deadline if it determines that the CSO system operator has not secured grant funding in an amount sufficient to meet the deadline without an adverse impact on ratepayers, particularly economically disadvantaged ratepayers. James River watershed; timeline for compliance with regulations of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls. Advances the timeline from 2035 to 2030 for work on construction related to any consent special order issued by the State Water Control Board (the Board) for certain combined sewer overflow (CSO) systems east of Charlottesville that discharge into the James River. The bill requires annual reporting about the impact of CSO system funding on ratepayers, particularly economically disadvantaged ratepayers. The bill also requires the Board to extend the compliance deadline if it determines that the CSO system operator has not secured grant funding in an amount sufficient to meet the deadline without an adverse impact on ratepayers, particularly economically disadvantaged ratepayers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB355
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility. Adds the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility to the list of priority projects for the Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program. The bill provides that the new nutrient technology requirements applicable to the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility shall take effect when the expanded facility receives its certificate to operate.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB356
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Expands eligibility for services under the Children's Services Act to students who transfer from an approved private school special education program to a public school special education program established and funded jointly by a local governing body and school division located within Planning District 16 (George Washington Regional) for the purpose of providing special education and related services when (i) the public school special education program is able to provide services comparable to those of an approved private school special education program and (ii) the student would require placement in an approved private school special education program but for the availability of the public school special education program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB357
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Virginia Port Authority; Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient. Authorizes the Virginia Port Authority, in awarding grants through the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program, to award a grant to a political subdivision or governing body for the dredging of a waterway channel with a bottom that is privately owned if such political subdivision or governing body holds a lease of such bottom with a term of 25 years or more.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB358
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Seafood industry workforce liaison. Directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a liaison to address seafood industry workforce needs by (i) promoting the interests of seafood industry employees and employers; (ii) assisting employees and employers in understanding the rights and processes available to them, including those related to temporary worker visas; (iii) answering inquiries; (iv) providing referrals to public and private agencies upon request; and (v) reporting annually on the liaison's activities to the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill requires the liaison to carry out his duties with impartiality and provides that he is immune from civil liability in the performance of his duties. The bill also provides that certain records and communications are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a current employee of the executive branch to serve in this capacity in lieu of hiring a new employee. Seafood industry workforce liaison. Directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a liaison to address seafood industry workforce needs by (i) promoting the interests of seafood industry employees and employers; (ii) assisting employees and employers in understanding the rights and processes available to them, including those related to temporary worker visas; (iii) answering inquiries; (iv) providing referrals to public and private agencies upon request; and (v) reporting annually on the liaison's activities to the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill requires the liaison to carry out his duties with impartiality and provides that he is immune from civil liability in the performance of his duties. The bill also provides that certain records and communications are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a current employee of the executive branch to serve in this capacity in lieu of hiring a new employee.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB359
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Pharmacy benefits managers; frequency of required report. Changes the frequency of which a carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager is required to report certain information to the Commissioner of Insurance. The bill provides that the report is to be filed quarterly through the period ending December 31, 2022, and is to be filed by March 31 of each year on a calendar year basis thereafter. Under current law, the report is required quarterly indefinitely.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB36
Introduced
12/27/21
Refer
12/27/21
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
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. The bill provides, as an exception to the requirement to report any written threats against school personnel while on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, that a principal is not required but may report to the local law-enforcement agency any such incident committed by a student who has a disability.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB360
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
State subsidy of property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Requires the Commonwealth to subsidize local real estate tax relief for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces killed in action when more than one percent of a locality's real estate tax base is lost due to such state-mandated tax relief programs. The Commonwealth would subsidize only that portion of tax-exempt real estate that exceeds the one percent threshold. The bill requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to establish an application process whereby a locality would demonstrate that more than one percent of its real estate tax base was lost. The Auditor would certify to the Governor and the General Assembly those localities that would be eligible for a subsidy, and the Governor would include in the Budget Bill a proposed appropriation of the amount of the state subsidy to be provided to localities certified as eligible localities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB361
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Marcus alert system; participation. Extends the date by which localities shall establish voluntary databases to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide relevant mental health information and emergency contact information for appropriate response to an emergency or crisis from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2023, and provides an exemption to the requirement that localities establish protocols for local law-enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of agreement with mobile crisis response providers regarding requests for law-enforcement back-up during mobile crisis or community care team response and minimum standards, best practices, and a system for the review and approval of protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system for localities with a population that is less than or equal to 40,000, so that localities with a population that is less than or equal to 40,000 may but are not required to establish such protocols. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to include in its annual report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees for Courts of Justice and on Health, Welfare and Institutions, the Senate Committees on the Judiciary and Education and Health, and the Behavioral Health Commission information regarding barriers to establishment of local Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams to provide mobile crisis response in geographical areas served by community services boards or behavioral health agencies in which such programs and teams have not been established and a plan for addressing such barriers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB362
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast. Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters two abreast from impeding the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and requires such persons to move into a single-file formation as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle. Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast. Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters two abreast from impeding the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and requires such persons to move into a single-file formation as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB363
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Distribution of recordation tax to cities and counties. Reestablishes the distribution of $20 million of state recordation tax revenue to counties and cities to be used for transportation or public education purposes. Legislation in 2020 dedicated the $20 million to the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB364
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases. Removes the prohibition on any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period. Current law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a violation of this provision, subject to certain exemptions. Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases. Removes the prohibition on any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period. Current law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a violation of this provision, subject to certain exemptions.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB365
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Virginia Overtime Wage Act. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, the term "employee" does not include certain persons excluded from the definition of "employee" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (the federal act). The bill provides that an employer may assert an exemption to the overtime requirement of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act for employees who meet certain exemptions set forth in the federal act. The bill also provides that a public agency, as defined in the federal act, may provide an employee compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, in accordance with the federal act.