Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB149
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Absentee ballots; witness requirement; printed name and residence address. Requires that a witness to a voter's absentee ballot provide, in addition to his signature, his printed name, his date of birth, the last four digits of his social security number, and his residence address.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB15
Introduced
12/20/21
Refer
12/20/21
Elections administration; requests made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act; deferment of response when request received during certain period of time. Allows local electoral boards and general registrars to defer providing a response to a request received under the Freedom of Information Act on or after the first day of in-person absentee voting for any election and before the tenth day following the local electoral board's certification of such election. The bill requires that notice of the deferment be provided to the requestor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB150
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB151
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Emergency laws; powers and duties of Governor; executive orders. Limits the Governor's powers as the Director of Emergency Management by requiring that emergency rules, regulations, and executive orders be objectively necessary and required to control, restrict, allocate, or regulate the use, sale, production, and distribution of food, fuel, clothing and other commodities, materials, goods, services, and resources under any state or federal emergency services programs, rather than necessary in the Governor's judgment. The bill also prohibits an emergency executive order from establishing any moratoriums on the payment of rent to landlords in the Commonwealth unless pursuant to a confirmed order of quarantine or isolation. Finally, the bill limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance and provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB152
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Sales and use tax; payment card processing fees. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for the portion of any transaction that is a payment card processing fee, defined in the bill. The bill also provides such an exemption from local meals taxes.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB153
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Unemployment compensation and workers' compensation; testing for the use of nonprescribed controlled substances. Requires, for an applicant for unemployment benefits for whom the only suitable work available is in an occupation that regularly requires drug testing, the applicant, as a condition of eligibility, to provide the Virginia Employment Commission with the results of a drug test that is negative for the use of a nonprescribed controlled substance. The bill also requires, under the Workers' Compensation Act, in order to determine the cause of a workplace accident that harmed an employee, an employer to require post-accident drug testing for the use of a nonprescribed controlled substance of any employee whose conduct could have contributed to the accident. The bill also prohibits an insurer from providing premium discounts for a drug-free workplace to an employer unless the employer has policies in place requiring such post-accident drug testing.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB154
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records database. Requires the establishment of a publicly available, centralized database for all public records. All public bodies will be required to transfer any public records in its possession to the database. The bill directs Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, to (i) convene a workgroup consisting of representatives from state and local public bodies in every region of the Commonwealth to conduct research, evaluate data, and determine a plan for implementation of the database and (ii) report its recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or before December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill that establish the central public records database shall become effective on July 1, 2023, and the provisions of the bill requiring every public body to submit its public records to VITA for inclusion in the central public records database shall become effective on January 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB155
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; business permitting program; estimates of time required of a small business for permitting. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, in consultation with regulatory agencies, to make a reasonable estimation of the time required of a small business to compile information and submit an application for the comprehensive permit and for each permit not included in the comprehensive permitting program. The bill requires the Department to include in the estimation an aggregated time required estimation for each type of business and to publish the estimations on its website and update its information as necessary based on information from regulatory agencies with regard to policy and regulatory changes affecting permitting.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB156
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Department of Health; certain communication prohibited. Prohibits any person employed by or who has entered into a contract to provide services on behalf of the Department of Health or a local department of health from initiating communication regarding health-related matters with a minor on behalf of the Department or local department of health without the consent of the minor's parent, except as otherwise required by law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB157
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Public health emergency; emergency orders and regulations; limitations. Provides that any emergency order or regulation adopted by the Board of Health shall be valid for no more than 45 days and that such order may be extended by the Board for a subsequent period of 45 days, provided that the Board provides notice and receives public comment on the order or regulation proposed to be extended, but that in no case shall such emergency order or regulation be valid for more than 18 months from the effective date of the initial order or regulation. The bill also provides that in any case in which the Commissioner of Health exercises the authority of the Board to enact an emergency order or regulation, such order or regulation shall be valid for no more than 45 days from the effective date of the order or regulation unless the Board adopts an order or regulation to such effect. The bill also limits the duration of an emergency temporary standard adopted by the Safety and Health Codes Board to 45 days and provides for an extension of such emergency temporary standard for a subsequent period of 45 days, provided that the Board provides notice and receives public comment on the emergency temporary standard proposed to be extended. However, no emergency temporary order shall be valid for a period of more than six months.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB158
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance. The bill provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB159
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; custody. Requires a facility or location to which a minor or adult who is subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order is transported to accept custody of the minor or adult upon completion of transportation and arrival of the minor or adult at the facility and specifies that the primary law-enforcement agency shall provide transportation of a person who is involved in the involuntary commitment process, rather than a sheriff, as provided under current law. Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; custody. Requires a facility or location to which a minor or adult who is subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order is transported to accept custody of the minor or adult upon completion of transportation and arrival of the minor or adult at the facility and specifies that the primary law-enforcement agency shall provide transportation of a person who is involved in the involuntary commitment process, rather than a sheriff, as provided under current law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB16
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Engrossed
2/21/22
Engrossed
2/23/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device. Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14 days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical services agency.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB160
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord obligations; tenant safety. Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, to require all employees and applicants for employment to submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee's or applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee or applicant. The bill allows a landlord to disqualify from employment any person who has been convicted of or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a violent crime committed in any jurisdiction. The bill also provides that a landlord must (i) establish written policies and procedure for the storage and management of, access to, and return of all keys for each rental dwelling unit; (ii) regulate the secure storage of and access to unissued keys; and (iii) maintain a written log for the issuance and return of all keys. Finally, pursuant to the bill, all relevant landlords must submit certain information on a quarterly basis to the Department of Housing and Community Development to prove compliance with the provisions outlined in the bill.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB161
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Charter; Town of Grottoes. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Grottoes in Rockingham County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1997. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns.