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Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills

VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1322

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
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  
Living shorelines. Defines "other structural and organic materials" authorized to be used in a living shoreline to include a variety of natural or man-made materials. Living shorelines. Defines "other structural and organic materials" authorized to be used in a living shoreline to include a variety of natural or man-made materials.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1323

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Report Pass
3/1/22  
Engrossed
3/3/22  
Engrossed
3/11/22  
Engrossed
3/12/22  
Enrolled
3/21/22  
Chaptered
5/27/22  
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for COVID-19 and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons three years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol established by the Board of Medicine in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health. The bill also directs the Board of Medicine, in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health to develop such statewide protocol by November 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides that when services related to the initiation of treatment with or dispensing or administration of a vaccination by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern provided for by the state plan for medical assistance services are provided in accordance with the provisions of the bill, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide reimbursement for such services. Finally, the bill provides that provisions related to administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors shall become effective upon the expiration of the provisions of the federal Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 related to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1324

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Enrolled
3/10/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Board of Pharmacy; pharmacy work environment requirements. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to work environment requirements for pharmacy personnel that protect the health, safety, and welfare of patients. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. Board of Pharmacy; pharmacy work environment requirements. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to work environment requirements for pharmacy personnel that protect the health, safety, and welfare of patients. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1325

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/11/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/28/22  
Enrolled
3/7/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
General Powers of local governments; additional powers; Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing programs. Changes the existing authorization for local governments to finance, by ordinance, clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs to authorize the financing of eligible improvements to eligible properties, as defined in the bill, under C-PACE loan programs. The bill allows localities to delegate billing, collection, and remittance of C-PACE loan payments to a third party. General Powers of local governments; additional powers; Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing programs. Changes the existing authorization for local governments to finance, by ordinance, clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs to authorize the financing of eligible improvements to eligible properties, as defined in the bill, under C-PACE loan programs. The bill allows localities to delegate billing, collection, and remittance of C-PACE loan payments to a third party.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1326

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/28/22  
Engrossed
3/4/22  
Engrossed
3/11/22  
Engrossed
3/11/22  
Enrolled
3/21/22  
Chaptered
4/7/22  
Electric utilities; removal of waste coal from previously mined sites; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; sunset. Provides that, in furtherance of the need to address the environmental hazards of abandoned coal mines, the removal of waste coal from previously mined sites in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth is in the public interest. The bill extends the sunset date for the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, and provides that the Commission may review information on the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles. Electric utilities; removal of waste coal from previously mined sites; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; sunset. Provides that, in furtherance of the need to address the environmental hazards of abandoned coal mines, the removal of waste coal from previously mined sites in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth is in the public interest. The bill extends the sunset date for the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, and provides that the Commission may review information on the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1327

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Refer
2/14/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Engrossed
2/28/22  
Engrossed
3/2/22  
Enrolled
3/7/22  
Chaptered
4/8/22  
Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime. Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1328

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Enrolled
3/3/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each early childhood care and education entity to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every such entity to be administered by any nurse at the entity, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill mandates that such policies shall require that at least one school nurse, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine has the means to access at all times during regular facility hours any such appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine that is stored in a locked or otherwise generally inaccessible container or area. This bill shall be known as Elijah's Law.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1329

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/10/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
3/3/22  
Enrolled
3/10/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Pediatric survivors of sexual assault; Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault. Expands from under 13 years of age to under 18 years of age the age range of the pediatric survivors of sexual assault for whom each hospital must develop a plan for providing either pediatric sexual assault survivor treatment services or transfer services to an approved pediatric health care facility. The bill also allows for transfer of a survivor of sexual assault to a clinic that provides treatment services for survivors of sexual assault that are comparable to those provided by treatment hospitals, and adds a representative of a forensic clinic to the existing Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault. Pediatric survivors of sexual assault; Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault. Expands from under 13 years of age to under 18 years of age the age range of the pediatric survivors of sexual assault for whom each hospital must develop a plan for providing either pediatric sexual assault survivor treatment services or transfer services to an approved pediatric health care facility. The bill also allows for transfer of a survivor of sexual assault to a clinic that provides treatment services for survivors of sexual assault that are comparable to those provided by treatment hospitals, and adds a representative of a forensic clinic to the existing Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB133

Introduced
1/7/22  
Possession of firearms or other weapons on school property. Removes preschools and licensed child day centers that are not operated at the residence of the provider or of any of the children from the list of schools where possessing a firearm or other weapon on school property or on a school bus is prohibited.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1330

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
3/1/22  
Engrossed
3/4/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Enrolled
3/10/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal; microchip. Requires veterinarians, public and private animal shelters, and releasing agencies to seek to identify the lawful owners of the unidentified companion animals that are submitted to them by scanning for embedded microchips. The bill provides that such scanning shall be conducted at the time of intake, at the time of assessment, and prior to disposition and that a reasonable effort shall be made to contact the owner. The bill also requires that documentation of such scanning and any attempts to contact the owner be maintained for at least 30 days from the date of final disposition of the animal. The requirements of the bill do not apply to transfers between veterinarians, shelters, or releasing agencies. Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal; microchip. Requires veterinarians, public and private animal shelters, and releasing agencies to seek to identify the lawful owners of the unidentified companion animals that are submitted to them by scanning for embedded microchips. The bill provides that such scanning shall be conducted at the time of intake, at the time of assessment, and prior to disposition and that a reasonable effort shall be made to contact the owner. The bill also requires that documentation of such scanning and any attempts to contact the owner be maintained for at least 30 days from the date of final disposition of the animal. The requirements of the bill do not apply to transfers between veterinarians, shelters, or releasing agencies.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1331

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/9/22  
Engrossed
2/14/22  
Retrieving hunting dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of trespassing or trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap on posted lands from going on prohibited lands to retrieve a hunting dog, falcon, hawk, or owl without the written permission of the landowner or his agent. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 4 misdemeanor and a person found guilty shall have the allowance to retrieve revoked for five years.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1332

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/4/22  
Refer
2/4/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Refer
2/14/22  
Report Pass
2/23/22  
Report Pass
3/2/22  
Enrolled
3/9/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty. Provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera, as defined in the bill, without the permission of the sheriff, jail superintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera with the intent of inhibiting or preventing a security camera from recording or transmitting a photograph, motion picture, or other digital image of the commission of a felony is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1333

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/7/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least four years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges, regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least 10 years during active duty service. Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least four years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges, regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least 10 years during active duty service.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1334

Introduced
1/21/22  
Refer
1/21/22  
Report Pass
2/8/22  
Engrossed
2/11/22  
Refer
2/16/22  
Report Pass
2/25/22  
Enrolled
3/3/22  
Chaptered
4/11/22  
Child abuse and neglect; valid complaint. Amends the definition of "abused or neglected child" to include a child who is sexually exploited or abused by an intimate partner of the child's parent or caretaker and allows a complaint of child abuse or neglect to be deemed valid by a local department of social services (local department) in such instances. The bill allows a complaint of child abuse or neglect that alleges child trafficking to be deemed valid regardless of who the alleged abuser is or whether the alleged abuser has been identified. The bill requires a local department that receives a complaint or report of child abuse or neglect over which it does not have jurisdiction to forward such complaint or report to the appropriate local department, if the local department that does have jurisdiction is located in the Commonwealth.
VA

Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1335

Introduced
1/21/22  
Possession of firearm, child day center; license exempt facility.

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