Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB19
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education; disclosure required by certain offerors; civil penalty. Requires every offeror who is awarded a contract by a public institution of higher education for any construction project that has a total cost of $5 million or more to disclose any contributions the offeror has made within the previous five-year period totaling $25,000 or more to the public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education. The bill provides that no protest of an award shall lie for a claim that the selected offeror was awarded a contract solely based on such offeror's contribution to the public institution of higher education. The bill imposes a $500 civil penalty on any offeror that knowingly fails to submit the required disclosure. The provisions of the bill relating to such disclosure of gifts made by an offeror to a public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education expire on June 30, 2027.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB190
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
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Charter; Town of Urbanna. Extends the term for the elected mayor of the Town of Urbanna in Middlesex County from two years to four years and spells out specific responsibilities of the office. The bill also staggers and extends the terms for council members from two years to four years.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB191
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Refer
1/27/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Health workforce development; Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development; Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund. Creates the position of Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development (the Special Advisor) in the Office of the Governor and creates the Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund to (i) provide incentives for the removal of barriers to educating and training health workforce professionals that include increasing eligible faculty, clinical placements, and residencies; (ii) incentivize the production of health workforce credentials, degrees, and licensures based on a rigorous analysis of the need by the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; (iii) address regulatory barriers to entering into and staying in health professions; and (iv) provide education and training for health and health science professionals to align education and training initiatives with existing and evolving health workforce needs. Health workforce development; Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development; Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund. Creates the position of Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development (the Special Advisor) in the Office of the Governor and creates the Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund to (i) provide incentives for the removal of barriers to educating and training health workforce professionals that include increasing eligible faculty, clinical placements, and residencies; (ii) incentivize the production of health workforce credentials, degrees, and licensures based on a rigorous analysis of the need by the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; (iii) address regulatory barriers to entering into and staying in health professions; and (iv) provide education and training for health and health science professionals to align education and training initiatives with existing and evolving health workforce needs. The bill also requires the Special Advisor to review and evaluate the structure and organization of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (the Authority) and make recommendations regarding the long-term administrative structure and funding of the Authority to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB192
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Prescription of opioids; sunset. Repeals sunset provisions for the requirement that a prescriber registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program request information about a patient from the Program upon initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated, at the onset of treatment, to last more than seven consecutive days.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB193
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB194
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Electric cooperatives; rate adjustment clause; broadband. Authorizes an electric cooperative to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of one or more rate adjustment clauses for the timely and current recovery of costs from customers of one or more projects for the provision of broadband. The bill provides that a cooperative may recover the costs of the broadband projects in a rate adjustment clause including the construction work in progress and allowance for funds used during construction, planning, and development of associated infrastructure.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB195
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Chaptered
2/23/22
Passed
2/23/22
Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law. Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB196
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Repeals the provisions of law by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains on the list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB197
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Public elementary and middle schools; student growth assessments. Requires the Board of Education, in implementing the through-year growth assessment system for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight, to seek input and suggestions from each interested local school division in the Commonwealth regarding ways in which the administration of such assessments and the reporting of assessment results can be improved, and shall, to the extent possible, incorporate such input and suggestions into the through-year growth assessment system. Public elementary and middle schools; student growth assessments. Requires the Board of Education, in implementing the through-year growth assessment system for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight, to seek input and suggestions from each interested local school division in the Commonwealth regarding ways in which the administration of such assessments and the reporting of assessment results can be improved, and shall, to the extent possible, incorporate such input and suggestions into the through-year growth assessment system.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB198
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list; annual notice required; reasons for removal. Requires general registrars to send, by December 15 of each year, notice to each voter enrolled on the permanent absentee voter list that the voter is currently enrolled on the permanent absentee voter list and will remain enrolled on such list unless the voter requests to be removed. The notice shall include a return card, properly addressed and postage prepaid, by which the voter may request to be removed. The bill also requires the removal of a voter enrolled on the permanent absentee voter list if such voter offers to vote absentee in person for any election.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB199
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Land preservation program. Allows a locality, by ordinance, to provide that a parcel of real property shall not be removed from the land use program for delinquent taxes if such taxes are paid no later than December 31 of the year in which the taxes became delinquent. The bill further provides that no parcel of real property shall be removed from the land use program for delinquent taxes if (i) such taxes become delinquent during a state of emergency declared by the Governor, (ii) the treasurer determines that the emergency has caused hardship for the taxpayer, and (iii) the taxes are paid no later than 90 days after the original deadline.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB2
Introduced
11/22/21
Refer
11/22/21
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Charter; Town of Victoria. Amends the charter for the Town of Victoria to reflect the upcoming shift from May to November municipal elections.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB20
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Report Pass
1/27/22
Refer
1/27/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB200
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Real property tax; exemptions. Provides that the property of an organization that is tax exempt by classification shall include the property of a single member limited liability company whose sole member is such an organization.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB201
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
In-person instruction; education vouchers; emergency. Requires, in the event that any school board does not provide the option of in-person instruction as the sole method of instruction for any enrolled student, the parent of any such student who withdraws his child from attendance to receive, upon request, an education voucher in an amount equal to a prorated share of the applicable Standards of Quality per-pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division, including the per-pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per-pupil share of special education funding for which the child is eligible, to cover the expenses of providing in-person instruction in an alternative setting. The bill permits the Department of Education to establish rules, regulations, or procedures for the issuance of such education vouchers. The bill contains an emergency clause.