Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1200
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Landfill siting; proximity to private wells. Prohibits the siting of a new municipal solid waste landfill within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1201
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Unemployment compensation; disqualification for benefits; misconduct does not include refusing COVID-19 vaccine. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Employment Commission determining if an individual was separated or partially separated from employment for misconduct and would be disqualified for unemployment benefits, the term "misconduct" does not include an employee's refusal to receive or receive in part any primary series or booster shot of a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1202
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; cannabis licensees. Deconforms from federal law, as it applies to Virginia medical and recreational cannabis licensees, the prohibition on a deduction or credit for any amount paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business if such trade or business consists of trafficking in a controlled substance prohibited by federal law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1203
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Veterans Services; Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the position of Suicide Prevention Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Department of Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effective mental health care services for military service members and veterans and their families. The bill directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to report on the work of the Coordinator in the annual report to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly. Department of Veterans Services; Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the position of Suicide Prevention Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Department of Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effective mental health care services for military service members and veterans and their families. The bill directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to report on the work of the Coordinator in the annual report to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1204
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Renewable energy certificates; priority of procurement. Requires American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia, for renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program compliance years 2023 and 2024, to prioritize procurement of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from renewable energy standard sources (RPS eligible sources) located in the Commonwealth, provided that such RECs are cost-competitive when compared with out-of-state sources at the time of procurement. Additionally, the bill requires each utility to include in its annual filing for RPS program compliance years 2023 and 2024 a plan for prioritizing procurement of RECs from RPS eligible sources that are both (i) cost-competitive and (ii) eligible for the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program. Renewable energy certificates; priority of procurement. Requires American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia, for renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program compliance years 2023 and 2024, to prioritize procurement of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from renewable energy standard sources (RPS eligible sources) located in the Commonwealth, provided that such RECs are cost-competitive when compared with out-of-state sources at the time of procurement. Additionally, the bill requires each utility to include in its annual filing for RPS program compliance years 2023 and 2024 a plan for prioritizing procurement of RECs from RPS eligible sources that are both (i) cost-competitive and (ii) eligible for the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1205
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Division of Legislative Automated Systems; duties; cybersecurity department. Directs the Division of Legislative Automated Systems to create and manage a cybersecurity department to monitor the technological systems of the General Assembly of Virginia and the agencies that directly serve the General Assembly for cybersecurity threats and to respond to and mitigate the effects of such threats. The bill provides that any employee assigned to the department shall keep all records, findings, and information related to his job confidential and is subject to a $10,000 fine for any breach of confidentiality.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1206
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Fort Monroe Authority; duties; facilities management. Adds to the powers and duties of the Fort Monroe Authority the power and duty to create and manage a department within the Authority for the purpose of overseeing and managing all property and facilities provided, owned, operated, or financed by the Authority. Fort Monroe Authority; duties; facilities management. Adds to the powers and duties of the Fort Monroe Authority the power and duty to create and manage a department within the Authority for the purpose of overseeing and managing all property and facilities provided, owned, operated, or financed by the Authority.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1207
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; training; powers and duties of guardian; annual reports by guardians; information required. Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to develop and provide training for court-appointed guardians. The bill requires an appointed guardian and any staff employed by such guardian to perform guardianship duties to complete the initial training developed by the Department within four months of the date of the initial court order of appointment and to include certain additional information in the annual report that the guardian is required under current law to submit to the local department of social services.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1208
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority. Provides that a superintendent of a jail authority may designate jail officers with internal investigations authority to have the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer in the investigation of allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of such authority. The bill provides that such designated jail officer shall be subject to any minimum training standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement officers prior to exercising any law-enforcement power granted under the bill.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1209
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Prohibition on use of show-up identification by law-enforcement officers. Prohibits the use of a show-up identification by any law-enforcement officer. The bill defines a "show-up identification" as an identification procedure in which an eyewitness is presented with a single suspect or single photograph of a suspect for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies such suspect as the perpetrator. The bill provides that no evidence discovered or obtained as the result of a show-up identification shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill also requires the written policy and procedures for conducting in-person and photographic lineups established by Department of State Police and each local police department and sheriff's office to include a prohibition on the use of a show-up identification.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB121
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Elections; voter identification containing photograph Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; availability of absentee voting in person; return of absentee ballots. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to do so in person up to and including the day of the election and limits the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to members of a uniformed service of the United States on active duty, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and their spouses and dependents. The bill limits the period during which absentee voting in person is available from 45 days to the 10 days immediately preceding the date of the election, including both Saturdays. The bill requires that absentee ballots returned by mail be returned to the office of the general registrar by the close of polls on election day and be postmarked on or before the Saturday preceding the date of the election. The bill eliminates the use of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots. The bill requires absentee ballot applications to contain the last four digits of the applicant's social security number and provides that the failure of an absentee ballot to include a witness signature is a material omission, rendering the ballot void.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1210
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Historic preservation. Provides that the filing of a historic designation application shall stay a locality from issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark, building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the final decision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any resident of the locality who provided public input on the locality's historic district plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any final decision of the governing body pursuant to such application.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1211
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Opioid Abatement Authority; Board of Directors; members. Increases from 11 to 15 the membership of the Board of Directors of the Opioid Abatement Authority by increasing from one to five the number of representatives of the addiction and recovery community.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1212
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing. Requires the notice of hearing for a guardianship or conservatorship petition to include a notice that any adult individual or entity whose name and post office address appears in the initial petition for appointment may become a party to the action by filing a pleading with the circuit court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending. Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing. Requires the notice of hearing for a guardianship or conservatorship petition to include a notice that any adult individual or entity whose name and post office address appears in the initial petition for appointment may become a party to the action by filing a pleading with the circuit court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1213
Introduced
1/18/22
Refer
1/18/22
Minor victims of sex trafficking; arrest and prosecution; services. Provides that no minor shall be subject to arrest, delinquency charges, or prosecution for (i) a status offense, (ii) an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, or (iii) an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult other than a violent juvenile felony if the minor (a) is a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking and (b) committed such offense as a direct result of being solicited, invited, recruited, encouraged, forced, intimidated, or deceived by another to engage in acts of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse for money or its equivalent, regardless of whether any other person has been charged or convicted of an offense related to the sex trafficking of such minor. The bill also clarifies that it is not a defense to a commercial sex trafficking charge where the adult committed such violation with a person under 18 years of age that such person under 18 years of age consented to any of the prohibited acts. Minor victims of sex trafficking; arrest and prosecution; services. Provides that no minor shall be subject to arrest, delinquency charges, or prosecution for (i) a status offense, (ii) an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, or (iii) an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult other than a violent juvenile felony if the minor (a) is a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking and (b) committed such offense as a direct result of being solicited, invited, recruited, encouraged, forced, intimidated, or deceived by another to engage in acts of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse for money or its equivalent, regardless of whether any other person has been charged or convicted of an offense related to the sex trafficking of such minor. The bill also clarifies that it is not a defense to a commercial sex trafficking charge where the adult committed such violation with a person under 18 years of age that such person under 18 years of age consented to any of the prohibited acts. The bill also provides that the local department of social services shall refer any child suspected or determined to be a victim of sex trafficking to an available victim assistance organization that provides comprehensive trauma-informed services designed to alleviate the adverse effects of trafficking and victimization and to aid in the child's healing, including assistance with case management, placement, access to educational and legal services, and mental health services.