Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1309
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund. Creates the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund. The bill provides guidelines for deposits, expenditures, and investments and requires an annual audit of the Virginia Resources Authority. The bill provides that the Fund be used for loans or to refinance projects for local governments or to give grants to them, provides that the Fund may be used by local governments for loans or grants to persons of the Commonwealth eligible for projects for resilience purposes, and establishes guidelines for the priority of such loans and grants.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB131
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Adds 911 dispatchers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill provides that such benefits would be available only to dispatchers hired starting on or after January 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1310
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; revision of procurement procedures. Provides that the Department of General Services and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall review and revise their procurement procedures to encourage the use of U.S. General Services Administration contracts or contracts awarded by any other agency of the United States government where appropriate. Virginia Public Procurement Act; revision of procurement procedures. Provides that the Department of General Services and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall review and revise their procurement procedures to encourage the use of U.S. General Services Administration contracts or contracts awarded by any other agency of the United States government where appropriate.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1311
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; City of Waynesboro; elections and appointments; council, city manager, and school board. Changes the composition of the council of the City of Waynesboro to have one member from each of the four wards, who must reside in that ward and be elected by the voters of that ward, and one member at large, who can reside in any ward and is elected by the voters at large. The bill changes the position of chairman to that of mayor and creates a vice mayor position. The bill extends from one year to two years the term of other city officers, including city manager and city clerk. The bill changes dates to reflect the change of elections from May to November and the start of terms from July to January.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1312
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Refundable income tax credit for low-income taxpayers. Allows low-income individuals and married persons to claim either (i) a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to $300 for each individual, his spouse, and any dependents or (ii) a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year by the individual or married persons for the same taxable year. Under current law, low-income individuals and married persons may elect either of these amounts; however, both options for claiming the credit are nonrefundable. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years 2022 through 2028.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1313
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility; report. Requires entities that breed dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for two years from the date of the sale or transfer, and to annually submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian. Such entities shall also report certain information to the State Veterinarian on a monthly basis. The report shall include information regarding the birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other disposition of a dog or cat in the prior month.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1314
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Credit unions; expansion of field of membership to underserved areas. Authorizes a credit union to expand its field of membership to include individuals or organizations in one or more underserved areas to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as is authorized for federally chartered credit unions.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1315
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts. Requires, within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or (iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use or possession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing, each division superintendent to notify the parent of each student enrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrant behavior, or unlawful act. School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts. Requires, within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or (iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use or possession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing, each division superintendent to notify the parent of each student enrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrant behavior, or unlawful act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1316
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Tree canopy credits; forest stands. Requires that localities that have adopted a tree canopy ordinance provide tree cover credit for high conservation value forest stands if a site developer provides a stand assessment before creating development plans. The bill also allows localities with such ordinances to provide additional credit if the pre-identified forest stands achieve environmental, ecological, and wildlife conservation objectives of the locality.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1317
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Refer
2/9/22
Statewide urban and community forest management plan. Directs the Department of Forestry to develop a 10-year statewide urban and community forest management plan that includes tree canopy goals, best management practices, and local guidelines for localities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1318
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant is cited for violating a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction and such person is under the supervision of a state probation and parole officer.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1319
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Beneficial hardwood management practices. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by a taxpayer for the implementation of beneficial hardwood management practices. The credit equals the lesser of the actual expenses or $1,000. The bill requires the Tax Commissioner, in coordination with the State Forester, to establish guidelines for claiming the credit and provides that any unused credit may be carried forward by the taxpayer for five taxable years following the taxable year for which the credit was issued. The credit is subject to an aggregate annual cap of $1 million that will be administered by the Department of Forestry on a first-come, first-served basis. Beneficial hardwood management practices. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by a taxpayer for the implementation of beneficial hardwood management practices. The credit equals the lesser of the actual expenses or $1,000. The bill requires the Tax Commissioner, in coordination with the State Forester, to establish guidelines for claiming the credit and provides that any unused credit may be carried forward by the taxpayer for five taxable years following the taxable year for which the credit was issued. The credit is subject to an aggregate annual cap of $1 million that will be administered by the Department of Forestry on a first-come, first-served basis.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB132
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
State parks; Disabled Veteran's Passport. Expands the Disabled Veteran's Passport program to all U.S. veterans with a service-connected disability. Currently, a veteran must be 100 percent disabled to be eligible for the program, which provides free entry into state parks and a 50 percent discount on camping and swimming fees, picnic shelter rentals, and other equipment rentals provided by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1320
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's (Commission) authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the midpoints based on analysis of historical sentencing data. The provisions of the first enactment of the bill clarifying the Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1321
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/21/22
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions. Creates a rebuttable presumption against releasing a person on his own recognizance or an unsecured bond in certain circumstances detailed in the bill. The bill provides that such presumption may be rebutted if the judicial officer finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that such person is not a flight risk and his liberty will not constitute an unreasonable danger to himself, family or household members, or the public. The bill also provides for an appeal, upon notice by the Commonwealth, of a district court's decision to release a person on his own recognizance or an unsecured bond over the presumption.