Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB257
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Virginia State Crime Commission; stakeholder work group to create a common definition of human trafficking. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to convene a stakeholder work group to create a common definition of human trafficking that may be used in the Code of Virginia and recognized by local and state agencies.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB258
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete such human trafficking training course developed by the Department or an alternative online or in-person training course approved by the Department within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at least once every two years, for as long as the employee is employed by the hotel. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete such human trafficking training course developed by the Department or an alternative online or in-person training course approved by the Department within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at least once every two years, for as long as the employee is employed by the hotel. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB259
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance obligations. Provides that manufacturer or distributor compensated parts, service, diagnostic work, and updates to a vehicle accessory or function are subject to compensation related to recall and warranty. The bill excludes certain parts and services from consideration in calculating recall and warranty compensation and clarifies what is required of manufacturers and dealers in compensating motor vehicle dealers for recall and warranty parts and service.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB26
Introduced
12/28/21
Refer
12/28/21
Control of firearms by localities. Removes Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a buy-back program shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. Current law provides that any such firearm shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering the firearm requests in writing that the firearm be offered for sale. The bill also limits the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB260
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
1/25/22
Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator; Human Trafficking Victim Support Certification Program; victim service providers. Requires all victim service providers working or volunteering for a treatment program for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, to obtain a human trafficking victim support certificate through the Human Trafficking Victim Support Certification Program developed by the Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator within the Department of Criminal Justice Services and to renew such certificate through the Program every two years. The bill also provides that all treatment programs for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, shall ensure that all victim service providers working or volunteering for such program obtain and maintain the required human trafficking victim support certificate and that any treatment program that is not in compliance may be ineligible for grants from the Commonwealth available for treatment programs for sex trafficking or any other form of human trafficking. The bill requires any person who is a victim service provider working or volunteering for a treatment program for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, prior to July 1, 2022 to obtain a human trafficking victim support certificate by July 1, 2024. The bill requires the Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator to develop and oversee the Program and establish compulsory minimum training standards for such program. Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator; Human Trafficking Victim Support Certification Program; victim service providers. Requires all victim service providers working or volunteering for a treatment program for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, to obtain a human trafficking victim support certificate through the Human Trafficking Victim Support Certification Program developed by the Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator within the Department of Criminal Justice Services and to renew such certificate through the Program every two years. The bill also provides that all treatment programs for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, shall ensure that all victim service providers working or volunteering for such program obtain and maintain the required human trafficking victim support certificate and that any treatment program that is not in compliance may be ineligible for grants from the Commonwealth available for treatment programs for sex trafficking or any other form of human trafficking. The bill requires any person who is a victim service provider working or volunteering for a treatment program for victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, prior to July 1, 2022 to obtain a human trafficking victim support certificate by July 1, 2024. The bill requires the Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator to develop and oversee the Program and establish compulsory minimum training standards for such program.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB261
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Reduction of speed limits; local authority. Authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit by up to 10 miles per hour on any highway within its boundaries if indicated by lawfully placed signs and based on a traffic engineering study and analysis. Current law authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 miles per hour, on highways within its boundaries that are located in a business district or residence district and maintained by the locality.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB262
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Agribusiness. Clarifies that existing agribusiness in the Commonwealth includes farmers markets and roadside farm markets.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB263
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Banks; virtual currency custody services. Permits banks in the Commonwealth to provide virtual currency custody services so long as the bank has adequate protocols in place to effectively manage the associated risks. The bill defines "virtual currency" and provides that a bank may choose to offer such custody services in a nonfiduciary capacity or a fiduciary capacity. If it chooses to provide such custody services in a fiduciary capacity, it must possess trust powers and have a trust department approved by the State Corporation Commission. Banks; virtual currency custody services. Permits banks in the Commonwealth to provide virtual currency custody services so long as the bank has adequate protocols in place to effectively manage the associated risks. The bill defines "virtual currency" and provides that a bank may choose to offer such custody services in a nonfiduciary capacity or a fiduciary capacity. If it chooses to provide such custody services in a fiduciary capacity, it must possess trust powers and have a trust department approved by the State Corporation Commission.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB264
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
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
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure. Allows a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state or the District of Columbia and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state or the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient is a current patient of the practitioner with whom the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship and the practitioner has performed an in-person examination of the patient within the previous 12 months. The bill also provides that when the Board of Health has issued an emergency order, the Boards of Medicine and Nursing may waive (a) the requirement for submission of a fee for renewal or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner and (b) the requirement for submission of evidence that a practitioner whose license was allowed to lapse for failure to meet professional activity requirements has satisfied such requirements and is prepared to resume practice in a competent manner for any person who held a valid, unrestricted, active license within the four-year period immediately prior to the application for renewal or reinstatement of such license.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB265
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons and (ii) abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults. Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons and (ii) abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB266
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Electric cooperatives; net energy metering; power purchase agreements; local facilities usage charges. Permits any customer, besides a farm or small agricultural generating facility and any customer selling power to the electric cooperative, to interconnect with an electric cooperative and enter an agreement for local facilities usage charges. The bill provides that electric cooperatives can seek approval from the State Corporation Commission at any time for a tariff for local facilities usage charges for the use of cooperative system facilities; however, the terms of an independent agreement for local facilities usage charges shall prevail if inconsistent with the approved tariff amount. Electric cooperatives; net energy metering; power purchase agreements; local facilities usage charges. Permits any customer, besides a farm or small agricultural generating facility and any customer selling power to the electric cooperative, to interconnect with an electric cooperative and enter an agreement for local facilities usage charges. The bill provides that electric cooperatives can seek approval from the State Corporation Commission at any time for a tariff for local facilities usage charges for the use of cooperative system facilities; however, the terms of an independent agreement for local facilities usage charges shall prevail if inconsistent with the approved tariff amount. The bill permits the board of directors of an electric cooperative to approve any voluntary tariff and associated cost recovery without filing additional information with the Commission besides an informational notice. Under the bill, the Commission may administratively approve a change in rate, tariff, or term or condition of service without notice or a hearing. The bill removes the limit on raising the cap for electric cooperatives' generating capacity beyond seven percent of system peak for the purposes of net energy metering. The bill also allows electric cooperatives to permit the use of third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements for eligible customer-generators without separate approval by the Commission; however, the cooperative is required to file a revised net energy metering compliance filing. Additionally, the bill permits impacted cooperative customers to file a petition with the Commission for redress and review of the local facilities usage charges.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB267
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Local taxes; surplus revenues. Grants localities permissive authority to return surplus personal property tax revenues to taxpayers. Under current law, localities may return only surplus real property tax revenues.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB268
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/25/22
Refer
1/27/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Credit unions; priority of shares. Removes Credit unions; priority of shares. Removes a provision that establishes that shares held by a credit union member are subordinate to all other obligations of the credit union.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB269
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/21/22
Chaptered
3/2/22
Passed
3/2/22
Income tax; major business facility job tax credit; Income tax; major business facility job tax credit; sunset. Extends the sunset of the major business facility job tax credit from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB27
Introduced
12/29/21
Refer
12/29/21
COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status with regard to education or public employment and in numerous other contexts.