Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB460
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Elections; absentee voting; ballots to be returned before close of polls. Removes the provision of law requiring an absentee ballot that is returned to the general registrar after the closing of the polls on election day to be counted if it is received before noon on the third day after the election and is postmarked on or before the date of the election to be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill does not affect the exception for a covered voter who was not sent a ballot in a timely manner and whose voted ballot arrives after the close of polls.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB461
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/18/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; contractors; voluntary certification of boiler operators; penalty. Establishes a regulatory program, to be administered by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation's Board for Contractors, for the voluntary certification of any person who has primary responsibility for operating, repairing, maintaining, or adjusting boilers rated between 30 and 499 horsepower, regardless of use. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; contractors; voluntary certification of boiler operators; penalty. Establishes a regulatory program, to be administered by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation's Board for Contractors, for the voluntary certification of any person who has primary responsibility for operating, repairing, maintaining, or adjusting boilers rated between 30 and 499 horsepower, regardless of use.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB462
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Regulating video gaming terminals; penalties. Authorizes and specifies the licensing requirements for the manufacture, distribution, operation, servicing, hosting, and playing of video gaming terminals (VGTs). The bill provides that VGTs are regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board, which the bill renames as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board. The bill requires employees of such licensees to be registered with the Virginia Lottery, which the bill renames as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of the law and regulations related to VGTs. The bill imposes a 34 percent tax on all gross profits from the play of VGTs and provides for how the tax proceeds are used; most are deposited into the School Construction Fund, created by the bill.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB463
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/18/22
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or a candidate's campaign committee for his personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but excepts from "personal use" the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's child care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. Any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to provide an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the Attorney General's opinion and any regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections. Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or a candidate's campaign committee for his personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but excepts from "personal use" the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's child care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. Any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to provide an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the Attorney General's opinion and any regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB464
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Witness summons in a criminal matter; requirements. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth to file with the clerk of the court a copy of any witness subpoena and to provide a copy of such subpoena to any defendant or attorney for the defendant in the pending criminal matter.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB465
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Employee protections; candidacy for or service in the General Assembly. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee, or taking other retaliatory action regarding an employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment, because the employee is a candidate for the General Assembly or serves as a member of the General Assembly. The bill provides that a person who alleges a violation of this prohibition may bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB466
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund. Directs the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to invest the surplus from the fund for prepaid tuition contracts, if any, in the Virginia College Equity Fund (the Fund), established by the bill. The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan but authorizes the board of the Virginia College Equity Foundation, also established by the bill, to manage a scholarship program funded by the Fund. The bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax subtraction for donations to the Fund. Under the bill, the program provides scholarships to students at Virginia's nonlegacy public universities. Scholarships are available only to students who attend a nonlegacy university, likely would have been denied admission to a public institution of higher education prior to 1900 based on admission criteria in effect at the time, meet the income requirements for a Pell Grant, and commit to working in Virginia for at least eight years after graduation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB467
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Human trafficking training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB468
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Retirement System; Line of Duty Act; medical reviews to be conducted by Virginia practitioners. Provides that, for any medical review of a claim made pursuant to the provisions of the Line of Duty Act, the Virginia Retirement System shall require that such review be conducted by a doctor, nurse, or psychologist who is licensed in Virginia or a contiguous state. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB469
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; marketing. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to prepare an annual marketing plan that includes consumer outreach, licensed health insurance agents, and navigator programs. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB47
Introduced
12/29/21
Refer
12/29/21
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/18/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Income tax; housing opportunity tax credits. Removes the $15 million credit cap imposed on the Virginia Housing Opportunity Tax Credit and allows taxpayers to receive a state-level credit in an amount substantially similar to the amount of federal credit allocated or allowed by the Virginia Housing Development Authority for 10 years. Under current law, the Virginia Housing Development Authority is required to allocate the credit for one year only. Income tax; housing opportunity tax credits. Removes the $15 million credit cap imposed on the Virginia Housing Opportunity Tax Credit and allows taxpayers to receive a state-level credit in an amount substantially similar to the amount of federal credit allocated or allowed by the Virginia Housing Development Authority for 10 years. Under current law, the Virginia Housing Development Authority is required to allocate the credit for one year only.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB470
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Science Museum of Virginia; conveyance of easement; Children's Museum of Richmond; City of Richmond. Authorizes the Science Museum of Virginia to convey certain right-of-way easements to the Children's Museum of Richmond.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB471
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Literary Fund; loans; application process; maximum loan amounts; rates of interest; closing costs; waiting lists. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to establish an annual open application process for Literary Fund loans to finance the construction and renovation of public elementary and secondary school buildings in the Commonwealth to occur during the period that the Board deems most suitable and requires the Board to prioritize applications on the basis of the composite index of local ability-to-pay. The bill increases from $7.5 million to $25 million the maximum Literary Fund loan amount and requires the Board to offer a loan add-on not to exceed $5 million per loan for projects that result in school consolidation and the net reduction of at least one existing school. The bill further requires the Board, in consultation with the Department of Treasury, to establish loan interest rates that are benchmarked to a market index on an annual basis, not to exceed two percent per year for the localities with a school division composite index of local ability-to-pay between 0.0 and 0.299 and requires the Board to utilize a sliding scale based on the local school division's composite index of local ability-to-pay to determine the interest rate on each such loan. Under current law, such rates are required to be set between two and six percent per year. The bill requires the Board to establish a competitive program for the award of up to $25,000 to a school division that receives a Literary Fund loan for the purpose of subsidizing all or a portion of the closing costs for such loan. In addition, the bill permits the Board to remove any project that has been inactive for at least five years from any Literary Fund loan project waiting list that it maintains. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. Literary Fund; loans; application process; maximum loan amounts; rates of interest; closing costs; waiting lists. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to establish an annual open application process for Literary Fund loans to finance the construction and renovation of public elementary and secondary school buildings in the Commonwealth to occur during the period that the Board deems most suitable and requires the Board to prioritize applications on the basis of the composite index of local ability-to-pay. The bill increases from $7.5 million to $25 million the maximum Literary Fund loan amount and requires the Board to offer a loan add-on not to exceed $5 million per loan for projects that result in school consolidation and the net reduction of at least one existing school. The bill further requires the Board, in consultation with the Department of Treasury, to establish loan interest rates that are benchmarked to a market index on an annual basis, not to exceed two percent per year for the localities with a school division composite index of local ability-to-pay between 0.0 and 0.299 and requires the Board to utilize a sliding scale based on the local school division's composite index of local ability-to-pay to determine the interest rate on each such loan. Under current law, such rates are required to be set between two and six percent per year. The bill requires the Board to establish a competitive program for the award of up to $25,000 to a school division that receives a Literary Fund loan for the purpose of subsidizing all or a portion of the closing costs for such loan. In addition, the bill permits the Board to remove any project that has been inactive for at least five years from any Literary Fund loan project waiting list that it maintains. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB472
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/22/22
Additional local sales and use tax; use of revenues for construction or renovation of schools. Allows any county or city to levy a local general retail sales tax and a local use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent as determined by its governing body to provide revenues solely for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, the power to levy such local sales and use taxes for the construction or renovation of schools is limited to the qualifying localities of Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB473
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Program; Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues. Establishes the School Construction Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the Department of Education to establish the School Construction Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certain conditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and local programs and resources to finance the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities. The bill provides that three percent of any fiscal year's budget surplus shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. The bill also provides that any remaining revenues not appropriated by the Gaming Proceeds Fund shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. Under current law, any remaining revenues in the Gaming Proceeds Fund not appropriated remain in the Fund until appropriated by the General Assembly for programs established to address public school construction, renovations, or upgrades.