Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB270
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Virginia Employment Commission; administrative reforms; reporting requirements; electronic submissions; Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman established; emergency. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to calculate and report the (i) average unemployment insurance benefit levels, (ii) average income replacement of unemployment insurance benefits, and (iii) recipiency rate for unemployment insurance benefits in the Commonwealth as part of the Commission's annual balance sheet. The bill also requires the Commission, as part of its biennial strategic plan submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget, to develop and maintain an unemployment insurance Resiliency Plan that describes the specific actions the agency would take, depending on the level of increase in unemployment insurance (UI) claims, to address staffing, communications, and other relevant aspects of operations to ensure continued efficient and effective administration of the UI program. Virginia Employment Commission; administrative reforms; reporting requirements; electronic submissions; Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman established; emergency. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to calculate and report the (i) average unemployment insurance benefit levels, (ii) average income replacement of unemployment insurance benefits, and (iii) recipiency rate for unemployment insurance benefits in the Commonwealth as part of the Commission's annual balance sheet. The bill also requires the Commission, as part of its biennial strategic plan submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget, to develop and maintain an unemployment insurance Resiliency Plan that describes the specific actions the agency would take, depending on the level of increase in unemployment insurance (UI) claims, to address staffing, communications, and other relevant aspects of operations to ensure continued efficient and effective administration of the UI program. The bill creates within the Commission on Unemployment Compensation a subcommittee that shall be responsible for monitoring the Virginia Employment Commission's management of the unemployment insurance program. The subcommittee shall meet at least once each quarter and shall report annually, beginning on December 1, 2022, to the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. The bill also directs the Commission to convene an advisory committee composed of stakeholders and subject matter experts to review information related to UI claims. The bill requires employers to submit claim-related forms and separation information electronically, as well as other information and electronic tax payments upon the Commission's request, unless the employer has received a waiver by the Commission. The bill provides that a claim for unemployment benefits that has been determined invalid by the Virginia Employment Commission as a result of the claimant's monetary ineligibility shall first be reviewed upon a request for redetermination prior to filing an appeal. The bill also creates an Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman position for the purpose of providing information and assistance to persons seeking assistance in the unemployment compensation process and exempts confidential case files of the Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management to lead a multiagency work group to discuss strategies for staffing assistance and support for agencies that might need staffing assistance during emergencies. Additionally, the Virginia Employment Commission is directed to task its internal audit division to review and revise documents and online resources related to unemployment compensation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB271
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; credit-bearing and noncredit workforce credentials. Encourages local school boards and comprehensive communities colleges to enter into local or regional agreements for the establishment and implementation of a competitive compensation structure to recruit and retain adjunct instructors to be jointly compensated by the relevant school boards and colleges to prepare both high school students and college students to earn credit-bearing workforce credentials and noncredit workforce credentials, as that term is defined in relevant law. Local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; credit-bearing and noncredit workforce credentials. Encourages local school boards and comprehensive communities colleges to enter into local or regional agreements for the establishment and implementation of a competitive compensation structure to recruit and retain adjunct instructors to be jointly compensated by the relevant school boards and colleges to prepare both high school students and college students to earn credit-bearing workforce credentials and noncredit workforce credentials, as that term is defined in relevant law.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB272
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the COVID-19 housing crisis.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB273
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Income tax; subtractions and deductions related to Paycheck Protection Program loans and Rebuild Virginia program grants. Provides that certain income tax subtractions and deductions for business expenses funded by federal Paycheck Protection Program loans and for grant funds received through the Rebuild Virginia program shall be available for taxable year 2019 and shall not be subject to any limit for taxable years 2019 and 2020. Under current law, such subtractions and deductions are available only for taxable year 2020 and are subject to a limit of $100,000. The effect of making such subtractions and deductions available for taxable year 2019 would be to allow certain taxpayers whose fiscal year does not match the calendar year to claim such subtractions and deductions.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB274
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries. Broadens the definition of accommodations intermediary for purposes of collection of sales tax by accommodations intermediaries.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB275
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
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Commonwealth Transportation Board; regulations; secondary street acceptance. Requires the regulations adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board regarding ensuring connectivity of highway and pedestrian networks with transportation networks during secondary street acceptance to include flexibility to limit the number of such connections to adjacent property or highway networks. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to convene a stakeholder advisory group to develop and provide recommended amendments to such regulations. Commonwealth Transportation Board; regulations; secondary street acceptance. Requires the regulations adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board regarding ensuring connectivity of highway and pedestrian networks with transportation networks during secondary street acceptance to include flexibility to limit the number of such connections to adjacent property or highway networks. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to convene a stakeholder advisory group to develop and provide recommended amendments to such regulations.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB276
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Wetland and stream mitigation banks; use of credits from secondary service area. Allows any applicant for a Virginia Water Protection Permit to purchase or use credits from the secondary service area of a mitigation service provider.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB277
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Recovery residences. Requires that all recovery residences be certified by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) and that recovery residences, as a condition of such certification, comply with any minimum square footage requirements related to beds and sleeping rooms established by the credentialing entity, which shall be no less than the square footage requirements set forth in the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill requires every person who operates a recovery residence to disclose to potential residents its credentialing entity. If the credentialing entity is the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose the level of support provided by the recovery residence and, if the credentialing entity is Oxford House, Inc., the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose that the recovery residence is self-governed and unstaffed. The bill also requires the Department to include such information on the list of all recovery residences maintained by the Department on its website. The bill exempts recovery residences from the provisions of the Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB278
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Department of Health; pilot program; impact of community health assessments and community health improvement plans on the health of residents of the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Department of Health to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the impact of community health assessments and community health improvement plans on the health of residents of the Commonwealth and to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health regarding the pilot program and any changes in public resulting from the implementation of the pilot program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB279
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Criminal records; sealing of records by petition; criteria. Removes the requirement that a petitioner has not previously obtained the sealing of two other deferrals or convictions arising out of different sentencing events from the criteria that must be met for the court to enter an order requiring the sealing of the criminal history record information and court records related to certain convictions or charges that have been deferred or dismissed. The bill also adds convictions for driving on a suspended license and driving without a valid license to the list of convictions eligible for automatic sealing. Currently, such offenses are eligible for sealing upon petition. Also, for sealing of misdemeanor offenses by petition, the bill reduces from seven years to five years the period for which the person shall not have been convicted of any offense in order to be eligible for such sealing. The bill also specifies that the sealing of records related to a conviction includes the sealing of any criminal history record information and court records related to any violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such conviction.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB28
Introduced
12/29/21
Refer
12/29/21
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends the portion of the Maury River previously designated as a state scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB280
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2024. Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB281
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. Provides that a real estate licensee has an affirmative duty, upon having substantive discussions about specific real property, to disclose in writing to the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee of the property if he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest has or will have an ownership interest as a party to the transaction and must also disclose in writing that he is a licensee. The bill requires that an owner of a residential dwelling unit who has actual knowledge of a lis pendens filed against the dwelling unit must provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure of such fact on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB282
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; effect of criminal convictions on licensure; data to be included in biennial report. Provides for consideration of certain factors to be made by any regulatory board through an individualized assessment prior to denying an application for licensure, certification, or registration for any occupation or profession regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation where such denial was made in whole or in part upon the existence of the applicant's criminal record. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly, and the bill requires, beginning July 1, 2025, the Department to include certain data related to the criminal history of applicants to each regulatory board in its biennial report.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB283
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Human trafficking training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.