Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB703
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Information Technology Advisory Council; membership; powers and duties; report. Redefines the purpose and powers and duties of the Information Technology Advisory Council (the ITAC). The bill increases the membership of the ITAC from not more than 16 to not more than 20 members and allows for legislative members to be appointed to the ITAC. The bill also directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the work of the ITAC and any subcommittees. Finally, the bill provides that the ITAC may appoint advisory subcommittees consisting of individuals with expertise in particular subject areas and information technology to advise the ITAC on the utilization of nationally recognized technical and data standards in such subject, and repeals the provision that allows for the ITAC to create and appoint persons to a Health Information Technology Standards Advisory Committee.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB704
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/23/22
Superintendent of Public Instruction; school health services information; survey. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to, at least annually, survey all local school divisions and use such data to strengthen the comprehensive availability of school health services information. The bill provides that information to be collected in the survey shall include: (i) staffing levels of school health personnel, (ii) the prevalence of students with chronic health conditions, (iii) the percentage of students with health services written in their records, (iv) the number of visits to the school health office and dispositions, (v) health services provided by each school, and (vi) any other information deemed appropriate. The bill requires each local school division to complete each survey.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB705
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation. Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB706
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
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
Vetoed
4/11/22
Heavy trucks; operation in certain weather conditions. Prohibits operators of heavy trucks, as defined in the bill, from using cruise control or compression release engine brakes when driving in active snow, sleet, or freezing rain. Heavy trucks; operation in certain weather conditions. Prohibits operators of heavy trucks, as defined in the bill, from using cruise control or compression release engine brakes when driving in active snow, sleet, or freezing rain.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB707
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; established. Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants to localities to develop wildlife corridor plans and implement the provisions of such plans.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB708
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund. Establishes the Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund to assist developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. A developer is eligible to receive grants of 50 to 70 percent of the non-utility costs, depending on where the charging station is located in the Commonwealth. The total amount of grants awarded in a fiscal year is capped at $20 million, with at least $5 million in grants reserved for charging stations located in historically economically distressed communities. Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund. Establishes the Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund to assist developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. A developer is eligible to receive grants of 50 to 70 percent of the non-utility costs, depending on where the charging station is located in the Commonwealth. The total amount of grants awarded in a fiscal year is capped at $20 million, with at least $5 million in grants reserved for charging stations located in historically economically distressed communities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB709
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Education improvement scholarships tax credits; sunset. Removes the sunset of taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2028, for the tax credit for donations to certain scholarship foundations and removes the sunset for changes to the definition of an eligible student with a disability and certain income guidelines that were set to expire beginning with taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB71
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard who are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals who are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded. Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard who are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals who are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB710
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The Act prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks' gestation, the physician or authorized nurse practitioner is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would provide the unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes performance of an abortion in violation of the Act as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physician or authorized nurse practitioner who performs an abortion in violation of the Act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB711
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority may prescribe, administer, or dispense a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use when the health care provider determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the care and treatment of the patient and prohibits a pharmacist from refusing to dispense a drug for off-label use if a valid prescription is presented.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB712
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Department of Regulatory Innovation; Virginia Regulatory Sandbox Program; created. Creates the Department of Regulatory Innovation to oversee the Virginia Regulatory Sandbox Program, also created by the bill, which allows an individual or business to demonstrate a product, production method, or service under a waiver or suspension of one or more state laws or regulations. The bill sets out the process by which an individual or business may apply for participation in the Program, the role of the Department in reviewing such applications for approval or denial, and the requirements for participation in the Program, including provisions related to consumer protection.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB713
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order has been transferred to a facility licensed to provide up to 23 hours of crisis stabilization services, the emergency custody order shall be valid for a period not to exceed 23 hours from the time of execution. Currently, all emergency custody orders are valid for a period of up to 8 hours. Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order has been transferred to a facility licensed to provide up to 23 hours of crisis stabilization services, the emergency custody order shall be valid for a period not to exceed 23 hours from the time of execution. Currently, all emergency custody orders are valid for a period of up to 8 hours.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB714
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; voluntary mental health check-in option as part of the comprehensive crisis system; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to implement a voluntary mental health check-in option as part of the comprehensive crisis system and to report by November 1, 2022, to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations regarding its progress in implementing such program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB715
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Restores the Supreme Court of Virginia's jurisdiction over appeals of injunctions and orders granting or denying pleas of immunity. Under current law, injunctions must first be appealed to the Court of Appeals. Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Restores the Supreme Court of Virginia's jurisdiction over appeals of injunctions and orders granting or denying pleas of immunity. Under current law, injunctions must first be appealed to the Court of Appeals.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB716
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband affordability plan. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan, to be known as the Commonwealth Digital Affordability and Cost Effectiveness Plan, to access federal funding under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill requires that the Plan include (i) an overview of options for affordable broadband connectivity in the Commonwealth; (ii) recommendations on how best to leverage federal grants addressing broadband affordability; (iii) best practices for establishing a broadband affordability program, taking into account existing federal funds and programs; and (iv) recommendations for public outreach, with consideration of the report submitted by the Department of Social Services as required in Item 359 L of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. The bill requires the Department to report the Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.