Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1228
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Water quality; baseline conditions. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to document baseline conditions of any waters of the Commonwealth that may be affected by any discharge authorized by the State Water Control Board.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1229
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Electronic toll collection device; notifications. Requires the Department of Transportation to offer holders of an E-ZPass the option to receive an electronic notification when such device passes through an electronic toll collection system. The bill requires that a customer have the option to opt in and out of such notifications, subject to verification of account privileges, online, by phone, and via the E-ZPass mobile application. Electronic toll collection device; notifications. Requires the Department of Transportation to offer holders of an E-ZPass the option to receive an electronic notification when such device passes through an electronic toll collection system. The bill requires that a customer have the option to opt in and out of such notifications, subject to verification of account privileges, online, by phone, and via the E-ZPass mobile application.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB123
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Destroying or tampering with firefighting or emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement vehicles and equipment; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergency medical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment. The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with any other equipment or vehicle used by emergency medical services personnel or law-enforcement officers. Destroying or tampering with firefighting or emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement vehicles and equipment; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergency medical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment. The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with any other equipment or vehicle used by emergency medical services personnel or law-enforcement officers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1230
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Conducting charitable gaming; location requirement. Removes the requirement, with regard to the sale of instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards and the conduct of bingo games, that a qualified organization conduct such forms of charitable gaming in the county, city, or town in which its principal office, as registered with the State Corporation Commission, is located or in an adjoining county, city, or town.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1231
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Tangible personal property taxes; valuation of property. Provides that in any locality in which the commissioner of revenue or other assessing official adjusts the valuation of automobiles to account for the amount of mileage on a vehicle, such adjustment shall also be provided for motorcycles. Tangible personal property taxes; valuation of property. Provides that in any locality in which the commissioner of revenue or other assessing official adjusts the valuation of automobiles to account for the amount of mileage on a vehicle, such adjustment shall also be provided for motorcycles.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1232
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Behavioral Health Commission; membership. Adds two nonlegislative citizen members who have received or are receiving services from the Commonwealth's behavioral health system, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a local law-enforcement officer serving a jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a behavioral health services provider providing services in the Commonwealth, and one nonlegislative citizen member who is a certified peer recovery specialist or registered peer recovery specialist to the membership of the Behavioral Health Commission.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1233
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Elections; local officers; election and terms of mayor and city council for cities and towns; minimum population. Limits to localities with a population of at least 25,000 the application of the requirement that, in a city or town that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the city or town council, the member elected from each district or ward must be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1234
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Limitations on enforcement of judgments. Provides that no execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated, extended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment or 20 years from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment, whichever is later. Under current law, no such execution or judgment may be issued or brought 20 years from the date of such judgment only. The bill further allows a judgment creditor's assignee or such assignee's attorney or authorized agent to go through the process to extend the limitations period. Limitations on enforcement of judgments. Provides that no execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated, extended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment or 20 years from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment, whichever is later. Under current law, no such execution or judgment may be issued or brought 20 years from the date of such judgment only. The bill further allows a judgment creditor's assignee or such assignee's attorney or authorized agent to go through the process to extend the limitations period.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1235
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that would prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1236
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Summons for unlawful detainer; notice; adverse employment actions prohibited. Requires any summons for unlawful detainer to include a notice to the tenant that it is unlawful for his employer to discharge him from employment or take any adverse personnel action against him for appearing at an initial or subsequent hearing on such summons, provided that he has given reasonable notice of such hearing to his employer.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1237
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Definition of trust business. Clarifies the definition of "trust business" to specify that engaging in trust business does not include rendering services as an individual attorney at law or through an entity wholly owned by attorneys at law in the performance of duties as a fiduciary. Definition of trust business. Clarifies the definition of "trust business" to specify that engaging in trust business does not include rendering services as an individual attorney at law or through an entity wholly owned by attorneys at law in the performance of duties as a fiduciary.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1238
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Valluvar Way. Designates Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County as "Valluvar Way." Valluvar Way. Designates Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County as "Valluvar Way."
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1239
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
3/22/22
Passed
3/22/22
Personal property tax; classification; emergency. Authorizes localities to classify for rate purposes certain vehicles that, under current law, may be classified only for valuation purposes, including certain automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles for use by the handicapped, motorcycles, mopeds, all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, campers, and other recreational vehicles. The bill specifies that its provisions shall apply only to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, but before January 1, 2025.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB124
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Hunting deer; use of .22 caliber rifle authorized. Hunting deer; use of .22 caliber rifle authorized. Authorizes the use of a rifle equipped with .22 caliber centerfire ammunition for hunting big game. Current Department of Wildlife Resources regulations allow the use of rifles with a caliber of .23 or greater.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1240
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination.