Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB771
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
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.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB772
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Board of Pharmacy; cannabis registration. Eliminates the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis. The bill maintains the requirement that patients obtain a written certification from a health care provider to obtain medical cannabis. Board of Pharmacy; cannabis registration. Eliminates the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis. The bill maintains the requirement that patients obtain a written certification from a health care provider to obtain medical cannabis.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB773
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/24/22
Oyster lease holders; response to wetlands board or Commission. Provides that failure of an oyster lease holder to respond to a wetlands board or Virginia Marine Resource Commission request regarding an application within 30 days of receipt of such request shall be deemed to be consent to the application.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB774
Introduced
1/31/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
School buses; commercial use. Permits the school board of any school division to enter into agreements with any third-party logistics company to allow for the use of the school buses of such school division by such third-party logistics company but provides that such third-party logistics company shall not use the school buses to provide transportation of passengers for compensation or for residential delivery of products for compensation. School buses; commercial use. Permits the school board of any school division to enter into agreements with any third-party logistics company to allow for the use of the school buses of such school division by such third-party logistics company but provides that such third-party logistics company shall not use the school buses to provide transportation of passengers for compensation or for residential delivery of products for compensation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB775
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Real estate settlement agents; emergency. Clarifies that a seller shall not be prohibited from retaining a licensed attorney to represent his interests and provide legal advice pertaining to escrow, closing, or settlement services. This bill is declarative of existing law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB776
Introduced
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/9/22
Report Pass
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Sale or auction of surplus property; General Assembly replacement project. Provides for the sale or auction of surplus property from the Pocahontas Building as part of the General Assembly replacement project and for the transfer of all net proceeds of any such sale or auction to a special nonreverting fund for the restoration and ongoing preservation of Capitol Square. Sale or auction of surplus property; General Assembly replacement project. Provides for the sale or auction of surplus property from the Pocahontas Building as part of the General Assembly replacement project and for the transfer of all net proceeds of any such sale or auction to a special nonreverting fund for the restoration and ongoing preservation of Capitol Square.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB777
Introduced
3/1/22
Refer
3/1/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/9/22
Report Pass
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
3/22/22
Passed
3/22/22
Front and rear bumper height limits; emergency. Provides that no passenger car or pickup or panel truck shall be operated on a public highway if the suspension, frame, or chassis has been modified by any means so as to cause the height of the front bumper to be four or more inches greater than the height of the rear bumper. The bill contains an emergency clause. Front and rear bumper height limits; emergency. Provides that no passenger car or pickup or panel truck shall be operated on a public highway if the suspension, frame, or chassis has been modified by any means so as to cause the height of the front bumper to be four or more inches greater than the height of the rear bumper. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB78
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Board of Education; driver education programs; parent/student driver education. Requires the Board of Education to include an additional minimum 90-minute parent/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of its driver education program for all public school divisions and provides that participation in such component shall be required in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and shall be encouraged but shall not be required outside of Planning District 8. Under current law, participation in such parent/student driver education component is required in Planning District 8 and optional outside of Planning District 8. The bill also requires such parent/student driver education component to emphasize the dangers of distracted driving. Board of Education; driver education programs; parent/student driver education. Requires the Board of Education to include an additional minimum 90-minute parent/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of its driver education program for all public school divisions and provides that participation in such component shall be required in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and shall be encouraged but shall not be required outside of Planning District 8. Under current law, participation in such parent/student driver education component is required in Planning District 8 and optional outside of Planning District 8. The bill also requires such parent/student driver education component to emphasize the dangers of distracted driving.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB79
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Class 1 felonies; mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for life. Provides that any person convicted of a Class 1 felony who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense and is not determined to be a person with intellectual disability shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for life.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB8
Introduced
12/6/21
Refer
12/6/21
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Hunting on Sundays. Permits hunting on Sunday on public or private land, so long as it takes place more than 200 yards from a place of worship. Hunting on Sundays. Permits hunting on Sunday on public or private land, so long as it takes place more than 200 yards from a place of worship.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB80
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
State and local elections officials; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. Prohibits state and local elections officials from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of any moneys, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. The bill specifically provides that it is not a violation of this prohibition to (i) operate a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity or (ii) accept a federal government grant funded in whole or part by donations from private individuals or nongovernmental entities.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB81
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Air Pollution Control Board; consideration of certain facts and circumstances. Limits when the Air Pollution Control Board must consider certain facts and circumstances relevant to the reasonableness of the activity involved.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB82
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
City reversion; disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles. Provides that when a city reverts to a town and the police department or sheriff's department of the former city ceases to exist, officers of the former city police department or sheriff's department shall be entitled to purchase motorcycles that previously belonged to the police department or sheriff's department at the same cost as the city's original purchase price. City reversion; disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles. Provides that when a city reverts to a town and the police department or sheriff's department of the former city ceases to exist, officers of the former city police department or sheriff's department shall be entitled to purchase motorcycles that previously belonged to the police department or sheriff's department at the same cost as the city's original purchase price.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB83
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Mandatory judicial retirement age. Increases the mandatory judicial retirement age from 73 to 75. This increase in mandatory retirement age includes judges subject to mandatory retirement during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly and allows any sitting judge who has attained age 73 and has submitted a notice of retirement but not yet retired to revoke the notice of retirement by written request. The bill requires the revocation of any certification of need to fill the vacancy determined by the Judicial Council or Committee on District Courts based on the original notice of retirement if a written request to revoke the notice of retirement is submitted by the judge. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB84
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
New College Institute; noncredit workforce training. Permits the board of directors at New College Institute to provide specialized noncredit workforce training independent of local comprehensive community colleges when such community colleges are unable to meet identified industry needs. Under current law, if comprehensive community colleges are unable to meet identified industry needs, the board may seek to collaborate with other education providers or other public and private organizations to provide specialized noncredit workforce training but does not have the explicit authority to provide such training on its own.