Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB528
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Income tax; military benefits subtraction. Provides an individual income tax subtraction for up to $5,000 of military benefits in taxable year 2022, up to $10,000 in taxable year 2023, up to $15,000 in taxable year 2024, and up to $20,000 in taxable year 2025 and each taxable year thereafter. The subtraction is limited to recipients of such military benefits who are age 60 or older. Income tax; military benefits subtraction. Provides an individual income tax subtraction for up to $5,000 of military benefits in taxable year 2022, up to $10,000 in taxable year 2023, up to $15,000 in taxable year 2024, and up to $20,000 in taxable year 2025 and each taxable year thereafter. The subtraction is limited to recipients of such military benefits who are age 60 or older.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB529
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; Armed Forces; examination and report. Directs the Board of Education to determine the feasibility of amending its regulations to permit all active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States who serve as caregivers to dependents to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program and submit its findings to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB53
Introduced
12/30/21
Refer
12/30/21
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/17/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
City of Chesapeake; local government authority to require analysis of water. Adds the City of Chesapeake to the list of localities that may establish reasonable testing requirements to determine compliance with existing federal or state drinking water quality standards and require that such testing be done prior to the issuance of building permits.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB530
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Illegal gaming devices; Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; civil penalty. Adds the manufacturing for sale, selling, or distributing of an illegal gaming device while knowing that it is or is intended to be operated in the Commonwealth in violation of the law to the list of violations for which a civil penalty may be assessed against a person who is found to have committed such violation. The bill also adds a knowledge requirement to the existing violation of possessing or controlling an illegal gambling device. The bill also provides for a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per gambling device for any person who sells a gambling device that is located in an unregulated location. The bill provides that it shall be sufficient ground for an action for pretrial levy or seizure or an attachment that a principal defendant has conducted, financed, managed, supervised, directed, sold, or owned a gambling device that is located in an unregulated location.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB531
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Certain crimes committed while participating in a riot; civil action for damages caused during a riot or unlawful assembly; affirmative defense; reduction in law-enforcement agency operating budget; penalty. Creates a civil action for damages caused during a riot or unlawful assembly if a person with the lawful authority to direct a law-enforcement agency uses that authority to prohibit law-enforcement officers from taking action that would prevent or materially mitigate significant bodily injury, death, or damage or destruction of property caused by or related to a riot or unlawful assembly. The bill also creates an affirmative defense in a civil action for wrongful death or injury to a person or property that such action arose from injury or damage sustained by a participant in furtherance of a riot. If such affirmative defense is raised, the court shall, upon the defendant's motion, stay the proceedings during the pendency of the criminal proceedings. Certain crimes committed while participating in a riot; civil action for damages caused during a riot or unlawful assembly; affirmative defense; reduction in law-enforcement agency operating budget; penalty. Creates a civil action for damages caused during a riot or unlawful assembly if a person with the lawful authority to direct a law-enforcement agency uses that authority to prohibit law-enforcement officers from taking action that would prevent or materially mitigate significant bodily injury, death, or damage or destruction of property caused by or related to a riot or unlawful assembly. The bill also creates an affirmative defense in a civil action for wrongful death or injury to a person or property that such action arose from injury or damage sustained by a participant in furtherance of a riot. If such affirmative defense is raised, the court shall, upon the defendant's motion, stay the proceedings during the pendency of the criminal proceedings. This bill also directs that any locality that reduces the operating budget of its local law-enforcement agency shall (i) receive no appropriation in the general appropriation act for highway system maintenance and operations or for maintenance and operation of roads; (ii) receive no allocation of highway funds for roads within such locality; and (iii) receive no payments for maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of highways. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to (a) electronically publish another person's personal identifying information with the intent to (1) incite violence or commit a crime against such other person or (2) threaten or harass such other person in a manner as to place the person in reasonable fear of bodily harm; (b) maliciously block access to any business; (c) maliciously obstruct a highway; and (d) injure, destroy, or tamper with a conspicuously marked law-enforcement vehicle. Additionally, this bill makes it a Class 6 felony to commit an assault and battery while participating in a riot and to interfere with a conspicuously marked law-enforcement vehicle occupied by a law-enforcement officer with the intent to prevent a law-enforcement officer from performing his official duties.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB532
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act. Repeals the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act and directs the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to take all steps necessary to suspend the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative market-based trading program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB533
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers; protection of real estate escrow funds. Clarifies that, upon the ratification of a contract, an earnest money deposit received by the principal broker or supervising broker, or an agent of such principal broker or supervising broker, that will be held in the firm's escrow account shall be placed in such account by the end of the fifth business banking day following ratification, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the principals to the transaction. The bill provides that if an earnest money deposit received by the principal broker or supervising broker, or an agent of such principal broker or supervising broker, will not be held in the firm's escrow account, the principal broker or supervising broker shall ensure that the earnest money deposit is delivered to the escrow agent named in the contract by the end of the fifth business banking day following receipt of the deposit, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the principals to the transaction. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers; protection of real estate escrow funds. Clarifies that, upon the ratification of a contract, an earnest money deposit received by the principal broker or supervising broker, or an agent of such principal broker or supervising broker, that will be held in the firm's escrow account shall be placed in such account by the end of the fifth business banking day following ratification, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the principals to the transaction. The bill provides that if an earnest money deposit received by the principal broker or supervising broker, or an agent of such principal broker or supervising broker, will not be held in the firm's escrow account, the principal broker or supervising broker shall ensure that the earnest money deposit is delivered to the escrow agent named in the contract by the end of the fifth business banking day following receipt of the deposit, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the principals to the transaction.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB534
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; Consumer Privacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actual damages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller or processor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violate the Consumer Data Protection Act (the Act) following a 30-day cure period offered by the Attorney General or breaches an express written statement provided to the Attorney General. Political organizations and certain § 501(c)(4) organizations are classified as nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. In addition, the bill abolishes the Consumer Privacy Fund and provides that all civil penalties, expenses, and attorney fees collected from enforcement of the Act shall be deposited into the Regulatory, Consumer Advocacy, Litigation, and Enforcement Revolving Trust Fund.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB535
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/18/22
Oversight of research breeders; Animal Welfare Oversight Officer; Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee; civil penalty. Directs the State Veterinarian to hire an Animal Welfare Oversight Officer to inspect and oversee the operations of research breeders, defined in the bill as a person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer for use in testing or research within or outside the Commonwealth, and report any violations of state or federal law by the research breeder. The bill requires each research breeder to register with the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer, pay a registration fee as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer continuous access to its facilities located in the Commonwealth. The bill subjects a research breeder that does not register, pay the fee, or allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer access to its facilities to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of noncompliance. The bill also establishes an Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB536
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Trespass by hunters; penalty. Increases from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for the crime of trespassing while hunting, and increases from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for a first violation of the crime of trespassing while hunting with dogs.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB537
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Prevents the prohibition or the unreasonable limitation of silvicultural activities related to the replacement of trees during the development process and the conservation of trees during the land development process in certain localities. The bill specifies provisions related to the replacement of trees during the development process in localities and allows that any locality may adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of trees during the development process. Further, the bill specifies provisions related to the conservation of trees during the development process in localities and allows that any locality may adopt an ordinance providing for the conservation of trees during the land development process. The bill directs specified stakeholders and parties to meet at least twice prior to the 2023 Session of the General Assembly to consider specified topics. The bill directs the participants to report their recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill related to the conservation of trees during the development process do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly. Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Prevents the prohibition or the unreasonable limitation of silvicultural activities related to the replacement of trees during the development process and the conservation of trees during the land development process in certain localities. The bill specifies provisions related to the replacement of trees during the development process in localities and allows that any locality may adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of trees during the development process. Further, the bill specifies provisions related to the conservation of trees during the development process in localities and allows that any locality may adopt an ordinance providing for the conservation of trees during the land development process. The bill directs specified stakeholders and parties to meet at least twice prior to the 2023 Session of the General Assembly to consider specified topics. The bill directs the participants to report their recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill related to the conservation of trees during the development process do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB538
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor. Provides that a general contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, may submit as evidence in defending against a claim for nonpayment a written certification, under oath, from any lower-tier subcontractor stating that (i) the subcontractor and each of his sub-subcontractors has paid all employees all wages due for the period during which the wages are claimed for the work performed on the project and (ii) to the subcontractor's knowledge, all sub-subcontractors below the subcontractor, regardless of tier, have similarly paid their employees all such wages.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB539
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. Makes the enforcement of regulations for common interest community managers the sole responsibility of the Common Interest Community Board. Current law delegates the enforcement of these regulations to the Real Estate Board for real estate brokers, real estate salespersons, and real estate brokerage firms who are also licensed as common interest community managers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB54
Introduced
12/30/21
Refer
12/30/21
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Chesapeake Airport Authority. Removes language in the Chesapeake Airport Authority authorizing language related to removal of Authority members from office that conflicts with language added in 2017 specifying that members of the Authority serve at the pleasure of the Chesapeake City Council.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB540
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Income tax credit; small businesses. Provides, in taxable year 2022, an individual or corporate income tax credit, as applicable for an eligible small business, defined in the bill as a (i) (a) pass-through entity that employs fewer than 50 employees and that has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during such taxable year or (b) self-employed individual or (ii) corporation that is at least 51 percent independently owned by one or more United States citizens or legal resident aliens, employs fewer than 50 employees together with affiliates, and has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during the taxable year, and where the individual business owners must control both the management and daily operations of the business. The individual income tax credit is equal to the amount of Virginia income tax owed on up to $250,000 of personal income during such taxable year and the credit for a corporation equals the amount of Virginia income tax owed during such taxable year on up to $250,000 of the amount that is not deductible when computing federal tax due to Virginia's deconformity from certain provisions of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. The credit is subject to an aggregate cap of $75 million. Income tax credit; small businesses. Provides, in taxable year 2022, an individual or corporate income tax credit, as applicable for an eligible small business, defined in the bill as a (i) (a) pass-through entity that employs fewer than 50 employees and that has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during such taxable year or (b) self-employed individual or (ii) corporation that is at least 51 percent independently owned by one or more United States citizens or legal resident aliens, employs fewer than 50 employees together with affiliates, and has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during the taxable year, and where the individual business owners must control both the management and daily operations of the business. The individual income tax credit is equal to the amount of Virginia income tax owed on up to $250,000 of personal income during such taxable year and the credit for a corporation equals the amount of Virginia income tax owed during such taxable year on up to $250,000 of the amount that is not deductible when computing federal tax due to Virginia's deconformity from certain provisions of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. The credit is subject to an aggregate cap of $75 million.