Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB216
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; definition of gift; certain tickets and registration or admission fees. Exempts from the definition of gift tickets and registration or admission fees to an event that are provided by an agency to its own officers or employees for the purposes of performing official duties related to the officer's or employee's public service.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB217
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce profile and the gaps in the Commonwealth's tracking of careers in these occupational categories for the purpose of furthering the Office's efforts to specifically align STEM+C workforce and education and (ii) share its findings with the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board (the Board) for the purpose of better aligning K-16 education priorities and the Board's tracking and coordination of STEM+C. The bill requires the Office, in conducting such review, to focus on occupational categories that are not currently tracked or categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as STEM+C career fields and to submit its findings and any recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2022. Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce profile and the gaps in the Commonwealth's tracking of careers in these occupational categories for the purpose of furthering the Office's efforts to specifically align STEM+C workforce and education and (ii) share its findings with the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board (the Board) for the purpose of better aligning K-16 education priorities and the Board's tracking and coordination of STEM+C. The bill requires the Office, in conducting such review, to focus on occupational categories that are not currently tracked or categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as STEM+C career fields and to submit its findings and any recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB218
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Charter; Town of Clarksville; town council. Makes various changes related to the Town of Clarksville's upcoming transition from May to November municipal elections.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB219
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Charter; Town of Kenbridge. Updates the town's charter to reflect the upcoming shift in municipal elections from May to November. In addition, the bill reduces the mayor's term from four years to two years, beginning with the election to be held in November 2024.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB22
Introduced
12/27/21
Refer
12/27/21
Fundamental right to be free from medical mandates. Declares that, except as otherwise provided by law, each adult has a fundamental right to be free from medical mandates of the Commonwealth or any locality, private employer, health care entity or provider, or provider of public accommodations. The bill defines "medical mandate" as any affirmative requirement by the Commonwealth or any locality, private employer, health care entity or provider, or provider of public accommodations for an individual to undergo or participate in a health-related test, procedure, tracking or monitoring program, or bodily insertion or injection of any drug or the wearing of any medical equipment or apparel. The bill provides that it shall be no less a medical mandate for such entities to condition an individual's receipt of otherwise ordinary services, benefits, or employment upon the performance or acquiescence of undergoing or participating in a health-related test, procedure, tracking or monitoring program, or bodily insertion or injection of any drug or the wearing of any medical equipment or apparel. The bill sets out exceptions, including protocols in health care facilities and food handling operations and valid orders of quarantine or isolation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB220
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Charter; Town of Blackstone; elections. Updates election provisions for the Town of Blackstone in Nottoway County to reflect the shift from May to November elections.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB221
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education. The bill clarifies that nothing in the foregoing provisions of the bill shall be construed to establish any new course or credit requirements for students. STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education. The bill clarifies that nothing in the foregoing provisions of the bill shall be construed to establish any new course or credit requirements for students.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB222
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Installment agreements for payment of taxes. Requires the Tax Commissioner to offer to enter into an installment agreement with any individual taxpayer under which the taxpayer may satisfy his entire tax liability over a payment term of up to five years. The bill maintains the current law for all other taxes whereby the Tax Commissioner may enter into a written agreement with any taxpayer under which such taxpayer is allowed to satisfy his entire tax liability in installment payments if the Tax Commissioner determines that such agreement will facilitate collection. The bill also removes the power under which the Tax Commissioner may alter, modify, or terminate an installment agreement if it is determined that the financial condition of the taxpayer has significantly changed or if the taxpayer fails to provide a financial condition update upon request. Installment agreements for payment of taxes. Requires the Tax Commissioner to offer to enter into an installment agreement with any individual taxpayer under which the taxpayer may satisfy his entire tax liability over a payment term of up to five years. The bill maintains the current law for all other taxes whereby the Tax Commissioner may enter into a written agreement with any taxpayer under which such taxpayer is allowed to satisfy his entire tax liability in installment payments if the Tax Commissioner determines that such agreement will facilitate collection. The bill also removes the power under which the Tax Commissioner may alter, modify, or terminate an installment agreement if it is determined that the financial condition of the taxpayer has significantly changed or if the taxpayer fails to provide a financial condition update upon request.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB223
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Insurance for employees of certain public school Insurance for employees of certain public school foundations. Provides that any locality may provide group life, accident, and health insurance programs for employees of certain public school foundations.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB224
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Corporate income tax returns of affiliated corporations. Provides that, for taxable years 2023 and 2024, certain affiliated corporations may elect to switch to or from consolidated corporate income tax return filing status under certain conditions, including the requirement that the affiliated group filed on the same basis for the preceding 20 years. The option would be available only to a group with at least one affiliate that is a bank exempt from filing a Virginia corporate income tax return. Current law requires a group of corporations to apply to the Tax Commissioner for permission to change the basis of the type of return filed and to meet certain specified requirements in order for permission to be granted.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB225
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder. Provides that for the purposes of required health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, "autism spectrum disorder" means any pervasive developmental disorder or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition or the most recent edition at the time of diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and "medically necessary" means in accordance with the generally accepted standards of mental disorder or condition care and clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, site, and duration, based upon evidence and reasonably expected to do any of the following: (i) prevent the onset of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; (ii) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; or (iii) assist to achieve or maintain maximum functional capacity in performing daily activities, taking into account both the functional capacity of the individual and the functional capacities that are appropriate for individuals of the same age.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB226
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Appeal of local tax assessments. Clarifies Appeal of local tax assessments. Clarifies the procedure by which a taxpayer aggrieved by any local tax assessment may seek relief by providing that (i) the necessary parties in such a proceeding shall be the taxpayer and the locality; (ii) the taxpayer may show that the property was assessed at more or less than its fair market value; and (iii) the county or city attorney or, if none, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall defend the locality in any such proceeding.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB227
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Office of the Attorney General; debt collection; fees. Limits the fee for collection of student debt on behalf of a public institution of higher education to 15 percent of the amount due.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB228
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot camps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a court to order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB229
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Department of Health; social determinants of health. Department of Health; social determinants of health. Directs the Department of Health to collect and analyze information, including demographic data, regarding social determinants of health, defined in the bill, and their impact on health risks and health outcomes of residents of the Commonwealth, and to make information regarding social determinants of health, their impact on health, and strategies for addressing social determinants of health to improve health outcomes available to the public on its website.