Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1241
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program. Authorizes the attorney for the Commonwealth for each judicial circuit of the Commonwealth to create and administer a Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program for the purpose of providing an alternative to prosecuting offenders in the criminal justice system. The bill provides that entry into such program shall be at the discretion of the attorney for the Commonwealth based upon written guidelines and that no attorney for the Commonwealth shall accept any offender into such program for an offense for which punishment includes a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1242
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Probation violations; periods of probation and suspension; technical violations. Provides that the court may fix the period of probation and the period of suspension for up to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imposed for any offense; however, the court may fix the period of probation or suspension for up to two years for an offense punishable as a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor if the sentence does not include any active period of incarceration. Currently, the limitation on periods of probation and periods of suspension is up to the statutory maximum period of imprisonment for any offense. The bill also specifies that a probationer's failure to maintain contact with the probation officer without reasonable excuse or justification whereby his whereabouts are no longer known to the probation officer shall not be treated as a technical violation; accordingly, if the court finds the basis of a violation is a probationer's failure to maintain such contact without reasonable excuse or justification, then the court is not subject to the limitations on sentencing and may revoke the suspension and impose or resuspend any or all of the period previously suspended.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1243
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
Health insurance; coverage for breast cancer screenings; mammography facilities to provide extended hours. Expands health insurance coverage requirements that currently include only mammogram screenings to include diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, and magnetic resonance imaging. The bill requires that coverage for diagnostic mammograms be no less favorable than coverage for screening mammograms and provides that expanded coverage shall not be subject to any cost-sharing requirements. The bill also requires certain mammogram facilities certified pursuant to the federal Mammogram Quality Standards Act to provide extended hours for screening mammography services. Requirements for these extended hours and the potential to obtain a waiver under certain circumstances are included in the bill.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1244
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/19/22
State Corporation Commission; electric vehicle charging infrastructure and rooftop solar energy collection device installation; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to evaluate by locality the availability and accessibility of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and rooftop solar energy collection device installation to residents of the Commonwealth. The Commission shall report the findings of its evaluation and analysis by December 1, 2022, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1245
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement; repeal sunset. Repeals the sunset provision on the bill passed in 2021 that reduces from five to two the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1246
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard. Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1247
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Prohibition of killing contests. Prohibits contests and competitions that offer cash or prizes for the capture or killing of coyotes or fur-bearing animals.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1248
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have committed a delinquent act, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1249
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Food donations; labeling; liability. Exempts individuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability for donating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides that immunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Food donations; labeling; liability. Exempts individuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability for donating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides that immunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB125
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Elections; political campaign advertisements; illegal negative ads; civil penalties. Provides that sponsors violating political campaign advertisement disclosure laws with advertisements or campaign telephone calls are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000. Elections; political campaign advertisements; illegal negative ads; civil penalties. Provides that sponsors violating political campaign advertisement disclosure laws with advertisements or campaign telephone calls are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1250
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Alcoholic beverage control; marketplace facilitator license. Allows a winery, farm winery, or brewery located within or outside the Commonwealth that is authorized to engage in the retail sale of wine or beer, after obtaining a marketplace facilitator license from the Board of Directors for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, to sell and ship wine and beer in closed containers to persons in the Commonwealth to whom wine and beer may be lawfully sold for off-premises consumption. The bill outlines the specific requirements for holders of a wine and beer marketplace facilitator license.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1251
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Engrossed
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores; sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternatives. Allows government stores of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to sell nonalcoholic spirit alternatives. Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores; sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternatives. Allows government stores of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to sell nonalcoholic spirit alternatives.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1252
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; prohibited conduct; ownership of certain securities prohibited. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from owning any security issued by a public service corporation, or the parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of a public service corporation, during their term of office. However, such prohibition does not restrict a member of the General Assembly from owning such a security in a diversified mutual fund or diversified unit investment trust.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1253
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; licensure by apprenticeship. Requires the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to grant a license to an applicant for licensure by apprenticeship if the applicant has (i) completed an apprenticeship in an occupation that is regulated by a board, and such board grants licensure to individuals in such occupation or an occupation with a similar scope of practice; (ii) passed all requisite examinations; and (iii) paid all applicable fees, as determined by the board. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1254
Introduced
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Claims; Eric Weakley; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $343,232 to Eric Weakley, who was wrongly convicted of murder. Claims; Eric Weakley; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $343,232 to Eric Weakley, who was wrongly convicted of murder.