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Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills

VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB65

Introduced
1/3/22  
Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses; Internet orders and shipments. Allows the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to include in its agency agreements with licensed distillers provisions that allow distillers to sell spirits and low alcohol beverage coolers through Internet orders and ship such orders to consumers and licensees within the Commonwealth. The bill imposes certain quantity, carriage, transaction, and labeling requirements on such sales and shipments.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB650

Introduced
1/18/22  
Refer
1/18/22  
Emergency custody and temporary detention; hospitals and providers of behavioral health services; acceptance of custody. Requires every hospital with an emergency department to employ sufficient security staff to be able to accept custody of a person who is subject to emergency custody or temporary detention and who is transported to such hospital by a law-enforcement officer or receiving services at such hospital and requires every provider of behavioral health services licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to a person who is subject to emergency custody and may be transported for the required evaluation to (i) be licensed to provide the level of security necessary to protect both the person and others from harm, and actually capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect the person and others from harm, and (ii) accept custody of every person transported to such provider for evaluation by law enforcement.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB651

Introduced
1/18/22  
Refer
1/18/22  
Report Pass
2/8/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Refer
2/18/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries. Changes the process by which sales and transient occupancy taxes are collected from accommodations sales involving accommodations intermediaries. Under current law, accommodations intermediaries remit these taxes to the Department of Taxation or a locality, or a hotel, depending on the circumstances. The bill requires accommodations intermediaries to collect such taxes and remit them to the Department of Taxation or a locality, as applicable. The bill also provides that in a transaction involving multiple parties that may be considered accommodations intermediaries, such parties may agree that one party shall be responsible for collecting and remitting the taxes. In such event, the party agreeing to collect and remit such taxes shall be the sole party liable for the tax. Accommodations intermediaries shall submit to localities certain information on accommodations facilitated by the intermediary on a monthly basis. The bill also broadens the definition of accommodations intermediary. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to publish guidelines on implementation of the bill by August 1, 2022, and to convene a work group to examine the processes used to collect local transient occupancy taxes and make recommendations for improvements. The substantive provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022. Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries. Changes the process by which sales and transient occupancy taxes are collected from accommodations sales involving accommodations intermediaries. Under current law, accommodations intermediaries remit these taxes to the Department of Taxation or a locality, or a hotel, depending on the circumstances. The bill requires accommodations intermediaries to collect such taxes and remit them to the Department of Taxation or a locality, as applicable. The bill also provides that in a transaction involving multiple parties that may be considered accommodations intermediaries, such parties may agree that one party shall be responsible for collecting and remitting the taxes. In such event, the party agreeing to collect and remit such taxes shall be the sole party liable for the tax. Accommodations intermediaries shall submit to localities certain information on accommodations facilitated by the intermediary on a monthly basis. The bill also broadens the definition of accommodations intermediary. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to publish guidelines on implementation of the bill by August 1, 2022, and to convene a work group to examine the processes used to collect local transient occupancy taxes and make recommendations for improvements. The substantive provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB652

Introduced
1/18/22  
Refer
1/18/22  
Report Pass
2/1/22  
Engrossed
2/4/22  
Refer
2/22/22  
Report Pass
3/4/22  
Absentee voting; application requirements; last four digits of social security number. Requires an applicant for an absentee ballot to provide on the application the last four digits of his social security number, except when completing the application in person, and further provides that the failure to include such information shall be a material omission, grounds for rejection of the application. Absentee voting; application requirements; last four digits of social security number. Requires an applicant for an absentee ballot to provide on the application the last four digits of his social security number, except when completing the application in person, and further provides that the failure to include such information shall be a material omission, grounds for rejection of the application.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB653

Introduced
1/18/22  
Refer
1/18/22  
Report Pass
2/3/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/18/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Enrolled
3/4/22  
Chaptered
4/7/22  
Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset of changes made to the definition of "public aircraft" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly. Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset of changes made to the definition of "public aircraft" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB654

Introduced
1/18/22  
Wetland and stream mitigation banks; location of site. Allows a permit applicant to purchase wetland and stream mitigation credits from the locality in which the site is located if no credits are available to purchase in the primary service area or no credits are available at a price below 200 percent of the current price of credits.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB655

Introduced
1/18/22  
Refer
1/18/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/15/22  
Refer
2/22/22  
Report Pass
3/1/22  
Engrossed
3/4/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Enrolled
3/10/22  
Unemployment compensation; electronic submission of information. Requires employers to electronically submit claim-related forms and separation information, as well as other information and electronic tax payments, upon the Virginia Employment Commission's request, unless the employer has received a waiver by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to develop a plan to conduct a pilot program that would require a sample group of employers that employ 15 or more employees to proactively provide separation information, including the date of and reason for separation, to separated individuals and electronically to the Commission within seven days of the individual's separation from employment and to submit such plan to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation by January 1, 2023. Unemployment compensation; electronic submission of information. Requires employers to electronically submit claim-related forms and separation information, as well as other information and electronic tax payments, upon the Virginia Employment Commission's request, unless the employer has received a waiver by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to develop a plan to conduct a pilot program that would require a sample group of employers that employ 15 or more employees to proactively provide separation information, including the date of and reason for separation, to separated individuals and electronically to the Commission within seven days of the individual's separation from employment and to submit such plan to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation by January 1, 2023.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB656

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/3/22  
Engrossed
2/7/22  
Refer
2/21/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Chaptered
4/6/22  
Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools. Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB657

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/8/22  
Engrossed
2/11/22  
Refer
2/21/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Engrossed
2/28/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; transfer of authority to Department of Environmental Quality. Limits the authority of the Air Pollution Control Board and the State Water Control Board to issuance of regulations and transfers the Boards' existing authority to issue permits and orders to the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill provides procedures for public comment on pending controversial permits, defined in the bill, and on regulatory changes necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB658

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Engrossed
2/9/22  
Refer
2/21/22  
Report Pass
2/21/22  
Engrossed
2/24/22  
Engrossed
2/28/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification; storage. Provides that for a physical evidence recovery kit that (i) was collected by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as part of a routine death investigation and the medical examiner and the law-enforcement agency agree that analysis is not warranted, (ii) was determined by the law-enforcement agency not to be connected to a criminal offense, or (iii) is connected to an offense that occurred outside of the Commonwealth or another law-enforcement agency has taken over responsibility of the investigation and such kit is not transferred to another law-enforcement agency, the law-enforcement agency that received the physical evidence recovery kit shall store such kit for a period of 10 years or until 10 years after the victim reaches the age of majority if the victim was a minor at the time of collection, whichever is longer. The bill provides that after the mandatory retention period, the law-enforcement agency may destroy the physical evidence recovery kit, or in its discretion, may elect to retain the physical evidence recovery kit for a longer period of time. The bill also provides that when a state or local law-enforcement agency located within the Commonwealth has taken over responsibility for the investigation related to the physical evidence recovery kit, unless one of the other exceptions for submitting such kit to the Department of Forensic Science applies, the physical evidence recovery kit shall be transferred to such law-enforcement agency and such law-enforcement agency shall submit the physical evidence recovery kit to the Department of Forensic Science within 60 days of receipt from the original receiving law-enforcement agency. Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification; storage. Provides that for a physical evidence recovery kit that (i) was collected by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as part of a routine death investigation and the medical examiner and the law-enforcement agency agree that analysis is not warranted, (ii) was determined by the law-enforcement agency not to be connected to a criminal offense, or (iii) is connected to an offense that occurred outside of the Commonwealth or another law-enforcement agency has taken over responsibility of the investigation and such kit is not transferred to another law-enforcement agency, the law-enforcement agency that received the physical evidence recovery kit shall store such kit for a period of 10 years or until 10 years after the victim reaches the age of majority if the victim was a minor at the time of collection, whichever is longer. The bill provides that after the mandatory retention period, the law-enforcement agency may destroy the physical evidence recovery kit, or in its discretion, may elect to retain the physical evidence recovery kit for a longer period of time. The bill also provides that when a state or local law-enforcement agency located within the Commonwealth has taken over responsibility for the investigation related to the physical evidence recovery kit, unless one of the other exceptions for submitting such kit to the Department of Forensic Science applies, the physical evidence recovery kit shall be transferred to such law-enforcement agency and such law-enforcement agency shall submit the physical evidence recovery kit to the Department of Forensic Science within 60 days of receipt from the original receiving law-enforcement agency. The bill also requires the law-enforcement agency to inform the victim, parent, guardian, or next of kin of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider and the personal identification number required to view the status of the physical evidence recovery kit and provide information regarding the Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System, unless disclosing this information would interfere with the investigation or prosecution of the offense, in which case the victim, parent, guardian, or next of kin shall be informed of the estimated date on which the information may be disclosed, if known.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB659

Introduced
1/19/22  
Shared solar programs for electric utilities; Phase I Utility; pilot. Allows for participation in shared solar programs by each investor-owned utility in the Commonwealth. Under the bill, the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) shall approve a shared solar program for each electric utility, including a pilot program for participation by customers of Phase I Utilities. For each Phase I Utility, the bill requires the Commission to approve a cap of at least 50 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent low-income customers for Phase I Utilities. For an electric utility located entirely within Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, and Wise Counties, the Commission shall approve a shared solar program cap of not less than 15 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent low-income customers. The bill permits electric utilities to recover interconnection costs through rate proceedings with the Commission, although fiber optic upgrades are rebuttably presumed as not cost-justified for the purposes of rate recovery. The bill also includes instructions and a timeline for submission of an interconnection request by an owner of a shared solar project to an electric utility. The bill directs the Commission to review the pilot program every two years, beginning July 1, 2024. The bill provides that the load served by a shared solar facility shall not be considered part of the total electric energy sold by a utility in any calendar year for satisfaction of its renewable energy portfolio standard program.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB66

Introduced
1/3/22  
Elections; filling vacancies in the General Assembly; certain vacancies to be filled within 30 days. Requires the writ of election to fill a vacancy in the membership of the General Assembly that occurs between December 10 and March 1 to order that the special election take place no more than 30 days from the date of such vacancy.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB660

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Engrossed
2/9/22  
Refer
2/22/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Engrossed
3/9/22  
Enrolled
3/11/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Shared solar programs for Phase I Utilities and electric cooperatives; workgroup. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder workgroup to evaluate shared solar programs for American Electric Power and requires the Commission to report on its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Commerce and Labor and the House Commerce and Energy Committees by November 30, 2022. Additionally, the bill directs the Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives and the Coalition for Community Solar Access to jointly convene a stakeholder process to evaluate shared solar programs for electric cooperatives, and requires a report on its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Commerce and Labor and the House Commerce and Energy Committees by November 30, 2022.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB661

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/2/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/11/22  
Refer
2/21/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Enrolled
3/4/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Virginia Board of Workforce Development; collaboration to develop apprenticeship program. Directs the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Education, and the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Commerce and Trade and rely on data from the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment in reviewing the performance of current apprenticeship programs in meeting high-demand industry needs. The bill requires the Board to prepare recommendations for creating a primary office for apprenticeship programs based on such review and report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB662

Introduced
1/19/22  
Refer
1/19/22  
Report Pass
2/3/22  
Engrossed
2/7/22  
Department of Education; School Quality Profiles; teacher data. Requires the Department of Education to include on each School Quality Profile data on teachers' race and proficiency in any language other than English.

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