Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1052
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Broadband providers and public utilities; late payment fees restricted. Prohibits a broadband provider or a public utility from charging (i) a residential customer a late payment fee or similar penalty that exceeds the lesser of 2.5 percent of the balance due or $5 or (ii) any interest on a residential customer's outstanding balance. The bill provides that "public utility" includes utilities that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission and that provide electric, gas, or water or wastewater service in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1053
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Engrossed
2/22/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to study implementation of the reduction or elimination of certain fees associated with inmates in local correctional facilities. The bill provides that the work group shall consist of two members of the House Committee on Public Safety who are not members of the same political party and two members of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services who are not members of the same political party. Such legislative members shall appoint as members of the work group one formerly incarcerated person, one family member of an incarcerated person, and at least one representative of certain organizations and companies. The bill directs the Board to report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Public Safety by October 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1054
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Refer
2/4/22
Disaster or emergency; weather extremes; disconnection prohibitions for certain utilities; residential customers; report. Prohibits telecommunications electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities and broadband companies from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a declared state of emergency, emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency, as those terms are defined in the Code. The bill provides that the prohibition lasts for 60 days after the state of emergency, emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency has ended or state or local officials determine that the prohibition need no longer be in place, whichever occurs first. The bill further prohibits electric, gas, water, or wastewater utilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during the heating period of each year, during the cooling period of each year, when the forecasted temperature low is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or the forecasted temperature high is to exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and during, as declared by the National Weather Service, a winter storm watch or warning, winter weather advisory, freeze warning, heat advisory, or excessive heat watch or warning. Prior to disconnecting a residential customer for the nonpayment of bills, the utility shall apply any available resources to help reduce the customer's debt or enroll the customer in a repayment plan. Disconnections and reconnections based on a residential customer's nonpayment of bills or fees shall not involve extra fees. Under the bill, the State Corporation Commission is required to report annually on disconnections and reconnections for nonpayment of bills, beginning December 1, 2022, and report monthly certain information as described in the bill, beginning December 15, 2022. Disaster or emergency; weather extremes; disconnection prohibitions for certain utilities; residential customers; report. Prohibits telecommunications electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities and broadband companies from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a declared state of emergency, emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency, as those terms are defined in the Code. The bill provides that the prohibition lasts for 60 days after the state of emergency, emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency has ended or state or local officials determine that the prohibition need no longer be in place, whichever occurs first. The bill further prohibits electric, gas, water, or wastewater utilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during the heating period of each year, during the cooling period of each year, when the forecasted temperature low is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or the forecasted temperature high is to exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and during, as declared by the National Weather Service, a winter storm watch or warning, winter weather advisory, freeze warning, heat advisory, or excessive heat watch or warning. Prior to disconnecting a residential customer for the nonpayment of bills, the utility shall apply any available resources to help reduce the customer's debt or enroll the customer in a repayment plan. Disconnections and reconnections based on a residential customer's nonpayment of bills or fees shall not involve extra fees. Under the bill, the State Corporation Commission is required to report annually on disconnections and reconnections for nonpayment of bills, beginning December 1, 2022, and report monthly certain information as described in the bill, beginning December 15, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1055
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Local government; employment of grant writer. Requires all counties and cities to employ a grant writer to assist individuals and organizations with (i) researching and identifying public and private grant opportunities; (ii) developing, writing, and submitting proposals to federal, state, and private funding agencies; and (iii) satisfying eligibility requirements for grant funds sought or received.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1056
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Workers' compensation; cancer presumption; service requirement. Reduces from five to three the years of service required for firefighters and certain other employees to qualify for the cancer presumption of an occupational disease for the purposes of workers' compensation.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1057
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Commonwealth; report. Establishes the 10-member Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Commonwealth in the legislative branch to identify and recommend legislative priorities and policies for adoption or examination by the General Assembly and the Governor in order to provide ongoing support in developing and reviewing services and funding related to the five historically black colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, which are Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, and Virginia University of Lynchburg.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1058
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Interest on child support arrearages. Provides that no interest shall accrue on arrearages for child support obligations when the order for such support was entered on or after July 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1059
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Suspension of the imposition of taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; emergency. Suspends the imposition and collection of the state and regional taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel until July 1, 2023. The bill contains an emergency clause.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB106
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Income tax; rolling conformity; report. Provides that, beginning with taxable year 2022, Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rolling basis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to the Internal Revenue Code as soon as Congress enacts them. However, the bill provides that Virginia shall not conform to (i) any changes in a single act of Congress with an impact of more than 0.3 percent on revenues in the year in which the amendment was enacted or any of the next four years and (ii) all changes enacted by Congress during the taxable year if their aggregate impact is more than 0.6 percent on the revenues for that year or any of the next four years.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1060
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Engrossed
2/22/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Receipt of critically missing adult reports; Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program; definition. Expands the definition of "critically missing adult" to include any missing adult, including an adult who has a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or mental illness, 18 years of age or older for the purpose of receipt of critically missing adult reports by a police or sheriff's department and the Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program administered by the Department of State Police and removes from the Program the eligibility requirement that the adult is believed to have been abducted.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1061
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Breeding dogs or cats for foreign animal testing facility prohibited; penalty. Prohibits a person from breeding or raising a dog or cat for the purpose of selling or transferring the dog or cat, or its offspring, to an animal testing facility outside of the United States. A violation of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1062
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice; sale of manufactured home park. Changes from 180 days to 270 days the notice period a landlord has to give to a tenant before the sale of a manufactured home park.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1063
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Public accommodations, employment, and housing; prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion; includes outward religious expression. Clarifies that "religion" as it relates to freedom of expression includes any outward expression of religious faith in contexts where discrimination on the basis of religion is prohibited.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1064
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing grants on a competitive basis to any school board that seeks to (i) establish, expand, or restore high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials or (ii) establish, expand, or restore middle school programs that encourage and recruit students to participate in high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials. Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing grants on a competitive basis to any school board that seeks to (i) establish, expand, or restore high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials or (ii) establish, expand, or restore middle school programs that encourage and recruit students to participate in high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1065
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Housing and Community Development; manufactured home parks; sample documents. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group consisting of representatives from the Virginia Housing Development Authority, manufactured home park owners and residents, attorneys with relevant expertise, and other relevant stakeholders for the purposes of developing a sample manufactured home lot rental agreement and sample manufactured home park notices regarding an intent to sell. Department of Housing and Community Development; manufactured home parks; sample documents. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group consisting of representatives from the Virginia Housing Development Authority, manufactured home park owners and residents, attorneys with relevant expertise, and other relevant stakeholders for the purposes of developing a sample manufactured home lot rental agreement and sample manufactured home park notices regarding an intent to sell.