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Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills

VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1269

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Enrolled
3/1/22  
Chaptered
3/9/22  
Preneed funeral contracts; emergency. Removes the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or dividends, which for the first 15 years shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent. The bill also removes the requirement that interest or dividends continue to be paid after 15 years. The bill provides that for any life insurance or annuity contract that is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the face amount of any life insurance policy shall not be decreased over the life of such policy except for life insurance policies that have lapsed due to the nonpayment of premiums or have gone to a nonforfeiture option that lowers the amount as allowed for in the provisions of the policy. The bill contains an emergency clause. Preneed funeral contracts; emergency. Removes the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or dividends, which for the first 15 years shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent. The bill also removes the requirement that interest or dividends continue to be paid after 15 years. The bill provides that for any life insurance or annuity contract that is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the face amount of any life insurance policy shall not be decreased over the life of such policy except for life insurance policies that have lapsed due to the nonpayment of premiums or have gone to a nonforfeiture option that lowers the amount as allowed for in the provisions of the policy. The bill contains an emergency clause.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB127

Introduced
1/7/22  
Refer
1/7/22  
Report Pass
1/26/22  
Engrossed
2/1/22  
Refer
2/3/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Engrossed
3/9/22  
Enrolled
3/11/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and required. Prohibits any academic year Governor's School or governing board member, director, administrator, or employee thereof from discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the process of admitting students to such school. The bill requires each local school board that jointly manages and controls a regional academic year Governor's school to collaborate to ensure that each public middle school that is eligible to send students to attend such Governor's school offers coursework, curriculum, and instruction that is comparable in content and in rigor in order to provide each student in each such middle school with the opportunity to gain admission to and excel academically at such Governor's school. Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and required. Prohibits any academic year Governor's School or governing board member, director, administrator, or employee thereof from discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the process of admitting students to such school. The bill requires each local school board that jointly manages and controls a regional academic year Governor's school to collaborate to ensure that each public middle school that is eligible to send students to attend such Governor's school offers coursework, curriculum, and instruction that is comparable in content and in rigor in order to provide each student in each such middle school with the opportunity to gain admission to and excel academically at such Governor's school.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1270

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Report Pass
2/8/22  
Refer
2/8/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/25/22  
Report Pass
3/1/22  
Engrossed
3/3/22  
Engrossed
3/12/22  
Engrossed
3/12/22  
Enrolled
3/21/22  
SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to convene a work group to analyze and develop a proposal to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities in the Commonwealth to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits prior to release from custody. The bill directs the Department to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022. SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to convene a work group to analyze and develop a proposal to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities in the Commonwealth to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits prior to release from custody. The bill directs the Department to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1271

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Report Pass
2/11/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/28/22  
Enrolled
3/7/22  
Chaptered
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.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1272

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Engrossed
2/28/22  
Enrolled
3/3/22  
Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public school-based early childhood care and education program for the entirety of the instructional time provided pursuant to such program. The bill permits, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, rule, or policy implemented by a school board, school division, school official, or other state or local authority, the parent of any child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school, or in any school-based early childhood care and education program, to elect for such child to not wear a mask while on school property. The bill provides that no parent making such an election shall be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child's health or education status and no student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of this parental election. The bill clarifies that none of the foregoing provisions shall be construed to affect the authority granted to the Governor to achieve the purposes of relevant emergency services and disaster law with regard to a communicable disease of public health threat. Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public school-based early childhood care and education program for the entirety of the instructional time provided pursuant to such program. The bill permits, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, rule, or policy implemented by a school board, school division, school official, or other state or local authority, the parent of any child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school, or in any school-based early childhood care and education program, to elect for such child to not wear a mask while on school property. The bill provides that no parent making such an election shall be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child's health or education status and no student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of this parental election. The bill clarifies that none of the foregoing provisions shall be construed to affect the authority granted to the Governor to achieve the purposes of relevant emergency services and disaster law with regard to a communicable disease of public health threat.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1273

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  
Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags. Requires that any dog engaged in lawful hunting wear a substantial collar with a tag attached that identifies the name of the owner or custodian of the dog and a current phone number.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1274

Introduced
1/20/22  
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. 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 House Bill HB1275

Introduced
1/20/22  
Virginia Credential Registry; established. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to create the Virginia Credential Registry for the purpose of ensuring that the general public has access to essential information about all educational and occupational credentials that are delivered, issued, funded, recognized, authorized, overseen, or governed in the Commonwealth. The bill describes such credentials as all degrees, certificates, certifications, licenses, apprenticeships, military training, diplomas, and badges that are available in the Commonwealth. The bill sets out other information required to be included in the Registry and requires the Council to establish and populate the Registry no later than July 1, 2023, and report on its progress in implementing the Virginia Credential Registry to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2023.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1276

Introduced
1/20/22  
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy shall be to identify neighborhoods with major sources of pollution or hazardous waste, to identify objectives and policies to reduce health risks in such neighborhoods, to promote civic engagement by residents of such neighborhoods, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of such neighborhoods.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1277

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Enrolled
3/10/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Public institutions of higher education; academic credit; education, experience, training, and credentials in Armed Forces of the United States. Requires each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to map the existing opportunities to earn education, experience, training, and credentials in the Armed Forces of the United States to the award of academic credit at the institution. Public institutions of higher education; academic credit; education, experience, training, and credentials in Armed Forces of the United States. Requires each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to map the existing opportunities to earn education, experience, training, and credentials in the Armed Forces of the United States to the award of academic credit at the institution.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1278

Introduced
1/20/22  
Refer
1/20/22  
Refer
2/1/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Enrolled
3/3/22  
Chaptered
4/6/22  
Conveyance of certain property; conditions. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to convey certain property to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Any deed of conveyance shall include a condition that the property be open to public use, including public fishing, and shall provide that the property shall revert to the Commonwealth if the condition is not met. Conveyance of certain property; conditions. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to convey certain property to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Any deed of conveyance shall include a condition that the property be open to public use, including public fishing, and shall provide that the property shall revert to the Commonwealth if the condition is not met.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1279

Introduced
1/20/22  
Expungement of emergency and preliminary protective orders. Provides that a person against whom an emergency or preliminary protective order has been issued may petition to have police and court records relating to such order expunged if the order expires or is dissolved by the issuing court or if a hearing for the issuance of a permanent protective order is scheduled or held and such permanent protective order is subsequently not issued.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB128

Introduced
1/7/22  
Refer
1/7/22  
Report Pass
1/26/22  
Refer
1/26/22  
Report Pass
1/31/22  
Engrossed
2/3/22  
Refer
2/8/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of annually providing to each Historically Black College or University in the Commonwealth (defined in the bill as Norfolk State University and Virginia State University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide renewable last-dollar scholarships on a competitive basis to two students who (i) attended a a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; (ii) are accepted to or enrolled in such institution's education preparation program; and (iii) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant to attend such institution. The bill provides that each such scholarship would consist of the following sums: (a) the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and textbooks at such institution; (b) the recipient's teacher licensure fees; (c) $5,000 toward teacher professional development activities for the recipient, including coursework, seminars, and conferences; and (d) $10,000 toward mentorship of the recipient by a master teacher, defined as an experienced public elementary or secondary school teacher who is deemed by the relevant school board to be highly effective and able to provide high quality mentorship. The bill requires each student who is awarded a scholarship pursuant to the Program to agree in writing to (1) teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon graduation for a period that is at least as long as the period during which the recipient used scholarship funds to attend a Historically Black College or University and (2) be mentored by a master teacher during such period of employment. Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of annually providing to each Historically Black College or University in the Commonwealth (defined in the bill as Norfolk State University and Virginia State University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide renewable last-dollar scholarships on a competitive basis to two students who (i) attended a a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; (ii) are accepted to or enrolled in such institution's education preparation program; and (iii) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant to attend such institution. The bill provides that each such scholarship would consist of the following sums: (a) the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and textbooks at such institution; (b) the recipient's teacher licensure fees; (c) $5,000 toward teacher professional development activities for the recipient, including coursework, seminars, and conferences; and (d) $10,000 toward mentorship of the recipient by a master teacher, defined as an experienced public elementary or secondary school teacher who is deemed by the relevant school board to be highly effective and able to provide high quality mentorship. The bill requires each student who is awarded a scholarship pursuant to the Program to agree in writing to (1) teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon graduation for a period that is at least as long as the period during which the recipient used scholarship funds to attend a Historically Black College or University and (2) be mentored by a master teacher during such period of employment.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1280

Introduced
1/20/22  
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; eligible institutions. Expands eligibility to participate in the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program to any public or private historically black college or university in the Commonwealth that offers workforce development certifications and associate degree programming. Under current law, eligibility is limited to associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1281

Introduced
1/20/22  
Custodial interrogations; inauthentic replica documents prohibited. Prohibits law-enforcement officers from using inauthentic replica documents during a custodial interrogation to secure a person's cooperation or confession or to secure a conviction. "Inauthentic replica document" is defined by the bill as any document generated by law-enforcement officers or their agents that (i) contains a false statement, signature, seal, letterhead, or contact information or (ii) materially misrepresents any fact.

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