Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB717
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Public institutions of higher education; foreign governments; programs and grants. Prohibits employees at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth from participating in Chinese-sponsored talent recruitment programs or receiving Chinese-funded grants. The bill also requires each employee at such institutions to disclose to the Council all financial payments received from foreign governments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB718
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/21/22
Revocation of driver's licenses; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a conviction that resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket shall not be counted as a conviction for the purposes of revoking a person's driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB719
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
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Military Affairs; health care insurance premiums for members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to pay the employer portion of health care premiums for any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force when certain circumstances are met. The bill requires the Department to establish policies, procedures, and protocols to implement and record such payments and to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs all such payments made.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB72
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution of the Commonwealth. Under the bill, the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB720
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; revenue sharing agreements; facilities. Allows facilities owned by a non-authority that are utilized as part of a cooperative arrangement entered into by an authority promoting economic and workforce development to participate in localities' revenue sharing agreements.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB721
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Public employees; labor union dues deduction authorization. Requires consent by public employees authorized to engage in collective bargaining before union or employee association dues are deducted from the employees' pay directly by their employers. The bill allows public employees to stop paying union or employee association dues at any time and gives public employees an annual opportunity to reconfirm that they want to continue union or employee association membership and pay such dues. The bill provides that if an employee does not reconfirm then the dues deduction must cease.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB722
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Improper parking. Authorizes localities in Planning District 8 to prohibit parking a motor vehicle with its wheels fully on the curb or with its wheels straddling the curb and provides that any motor vehicle parked on a curb is subject to a fine and may be removed by or under the direction of a law-enforcement officer or parking enforcement officer. Improper parking. Authorizes localities in Planning District 8 to prohibit parking a motor vehicle with its wheels fully on the curb or with its wheels straddling the curb and provides that any motor vehicle parked on a curb is subject to a fine and may be removed by or under the direction of a law-enforcement officer or parking enforcement officer.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB723
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
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
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Requires that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind be subject to the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill repeals the existing responsibility for the Board, currently designated as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government, by the Secretary of Education. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The bill directs the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to consult with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop a plan to independently provide information technology support for the school and to submit such plan to the Board of Visitors of the school no later than October 1, 2022. The bill also contains a reenactment clause that applies to all provisions of the bill other than the development of the technology support plan. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Requires that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind be subject to the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill repeals the existing responsibility for the Board, currently designated as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government, by the Secretary of Education. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The bill directs the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to consult with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop a plan to independently provide information technology support for the school and to submit such plan to the Board of Visitors of the school no later than October 1, 2022. The bill also contains a reenactment clause that applies to all provisions of the bill other than the development of the technology support plan.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB724
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
School boards; student home broadband access; annual report. Requires, beginning in the 2022 school year and in each school year thereafter through the 2025 school year, each school board to submit an annual report to the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development listing each student's 9-1-1 address that does not have broadband access, as defined by the broadband guidelines set out by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for its Virginia Telecommunication Initiative. School boards; student home broadband access; annual report. Requires, beginning in the 2022 school year and in each school year thereafter through the 2025 school year, each school board to submit an annual report to the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development listing each student's 9-1-1 address that does not have broadband access, as defined by the broadband guidelines set out by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for its Virginia Telecommunication Initiative.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB725
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
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
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; membership. Changes the membership of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority by (i) adding one nonlegislative member who resides within the boundaries of Planning District 3 or 4 and (ii) reducing from two to one the nonlegislative members who reside within the boundaries of Planning District 5, 9, 10, or 11. Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; membership. Changes the membership of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority by (i) adding one nonlegislative member who resides within the boundaries of Planning District 3 or 4 and (ii) reducing from two to one the nonlegislative members who reside within the boundaries of Planning District 5, 9, 10, or 11.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB726
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Slaughter and meat-processing facilities. Establishes that it is the policy of the General Assembly to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities through strategic planning and financial incentive programs. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop a five-year strategic plan to increase total combined throughput capacity of slaughter and meat-processing facilities.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB727
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Virginia Football Stadium Authority. Establishes the Virginia Football Stadium Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a football stadium and related facilities. The Authority is authorized to hire independent contractors, enter contracts, acquire property, borrow money, and exercise other similar powers. The Authority is exempt from the Personnel Act and the Public Procurement Act. The Authority may issue bonds with a maximum maturity date of 40 years. Virginia Football Stadium Authority. Establishes the Virginia Football Stadium Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a football stadium and related facilities. The Authority is authorized to hire independent contractors, enter contracts, acquire property, borrow money, and exercise other similar powers. The Authority is exempt from the Personnel Act and the Public Procurement Act. The Authority may issue bonds with a maximum maturity date of 40 years. The bill entitles the Authority to sales tax revenues from transactions at the stadium but would exclude certain revenues that current law dedicates to transportation and education. The bill also entitles the Authority to corporate income tax revenues from football teams that use the stadium and personal income tax revenues from income generated by employment or the conduct of business at the stadium. The Authority receives all corporate income tax revenues but only 4.25 percent of personal income tax revenues. Remaining personal income tax revenues accrue to the general fund. The Authority is made up of nine members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Four of the nine members are appointed from a list chosen by the football team that primarily will use the stadium. The bill enables localities to exercise their eminent domain power to acquire property and convey it to the Authority. It also authorizes localities to appropriate tax revenues to the Authority.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB728
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Criminal history background checks; children's residential facilities. Provides that a person may be hired for and may begin compensated employment at a children's residential facility prior to receipt of the results of the criminal history background check and check of the central registry of records but prohibits that person from being alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more children until such time as the criminal history background check and the check of the central registry of records have been completed. Currently, no person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility may work at the children's residential facility until the background check is complete.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB729
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Catalytic converters; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation involves the breaking, injuring, tampering with, or removal of a catalytic converter or the parts thereof. The bill also provides that prosecution for such felony is a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under the Code section prohibiting the injuring, etc., of any property, monument, etc., for the same act. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor. Catalytic converters; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation involves the breaking, injuring, tampering with, or removal of a catalytic converter or the parts thereof. The bill also provides that prosecution for such felony is a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under the Code section prohibiting the injuring, etc., of any property, monument, etc., for the same act. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor. Additionally, the bill requires that the copies of the documentation that scrap metal purchasers are required to maintain for purchases of catalytic converters or the parts thereof (i) establish that the person from whom they purchased the catalytic converter or the parts thereof had lawful possession of it at the time of sale or delivery and (ii) detail the scrap metal purchaser's diligent inquiry into whether the person selling had a legal right to do so. The bill also requires that such documentation be maintained for at least two years after the purchase and that copies be made available upon request to any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or special conservator of the peace in the performance of his duties who presents his credentials at the scrap metal purchaser's normal business location during normal business hours.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB73
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19. Provides that licensed health care providers with prescriptive authority may prescribe, administer, or dispense hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19. The bill prohibits the Board of Medicine from initiating a disciplinary action against a licensed health care provider solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19, provided such clinical diagnosis and treatment has been documented in the patient's medical record by such licensed health care provider.