Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB473
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/21/22
Chaptered
3/2/22
Passed
3/2/22
Virginia Retirement System; employer contributions. Separates the employer contribution for Virginia Retirement System (VRS) employers participating in the Hybrid Retirement Plan into defined benefit and defined contribution components. The bill requires the Board of Trustees of VRS to certify to each employer their defined benefit contribution rate and to provide to each employer their estimated defined contribution amounts. Virginia Retirement System; employer contributions. Separates the employer contribution for Virginia Retirement System (VRS) employers participating in the Hybrid Retirement Plan into defined benefit and defined contribution components. The bill requires the Board of Trustees of VRS to certify to each employer their defined benefit contribution rate and to provide to each employer their estimated defined contribution amounts. Under current law, VRS is required to determine a single combined employer contribution rate that includes both the defined benefit and defined contribution provisions. Employer contributions are then applied first to the defined contribution component of the hybrid retirement program, with the remainder applied to the defined benefit component. The substantive provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. However, the bill directs VRS to make the preparations necessary for full implementation of the bill beginning July 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB474
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Board for Contractors; certification of automatic fire sprinkler inspectors; exempts building officials and fire officials. Exempts building officials enforcing the Uniform Statewide Building Code and fire officials enforcing the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act from the certification requirements applicable to automatic fire sprinkler inspectors.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB475
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Protective orders; petition; human trafficking and sex trafficking; penalty. Adds to the definitions of "family abuse" and "act of violence, force, or threat" used in the protective order provisions that acts of violence, force, or threat include acts in furtherance of human trafficking or commercial sex trafficking. The bill also allows a minor to petition for a protective order on his own behalf without the consent of a parent or guardian and without doing so by next friend.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB476
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund to support existing Virginia small businesses, attract new businesses, increase the Commonwealth's tax base, create new job opportunities for Virginia residents, and enhance commercial activity in Virginia. The bill provides that an eligible Virginia small business, defined in the bill, is eligible for grants of up to $50,000. The total amount of grants awarded in a fiscal year is capped at $10 million.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB477
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening. Updates the current mandated requirement for health care coverage companies (including health insurers and HMOs), the health care coverage plan for state employees, and the state plan for Medicaid that provides coverage for one PSA test in a 12-month period to persons age 50 and over and to persons age 40 and over who are at high risk for prostate cancer according to American Cancer Society Guidelines such that the new coverage requirement is for prostate cancer screening that includes the current test and the current guidelines. The updated coverage begins January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB478
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; wholesale prescription drug importation program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to establish a wholesale prescription drug importation program that complies with the requirements of federal law and to report annually by October 1 to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health on the wholesale prescription drug importation program. The bill also requires the Secretary to (i) convene a workgroup composed of relevant stakeholders to develop a plan for implementation of the wholesale prescription drug importation program and report the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1, 2022, and (ii) seek such federal approvals, waivers, exemptions, or agreements as may be necessary to enable all covered entities enrolled in or eligible for the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to participate in the wholesale prescription drug importation program to the greatest extent possible without jeopardizing their eligibility for the 340B Drug Pricing Program by July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB479
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits. Provides the Department of Environmental Quality the authority to allow applicants for permits with stream mitigation requirements to satisfy all or part of the requirements through dam removal credits generated in the same or adjacent stream or watershed basin. A dam removal credit is defined in the bill as a credit generated through the removal of a significant obstruction, which is also defined in the bill. The bill includes certain requirements with which the applicant must comply in order to use dam removal credits from an adjacent river watershed.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB48
Introduced
12/31/21
Refer
12/31/21
Elections; referenda; local advisory referenda. Provides for an exception to the rule that prohibits a referendum from being placed on the ballot unless specifically authorized by statute or by charter, allowing each locality to provide by ordinance a process for holding an advisory referendum provided such advisory referendum is placed on the ballot not more than once per calendar year.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB480
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Health insurance; coverage for the diagnosis of and treatment for infertility and standard fertility preservation services. Requires health insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and for standard fertility preservation procedures, defined in the bill.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB481
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022. Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB482
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; performance standards for review of certain plans. Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt performance standards for the review and approval of subdivision and commercial development plans by January 1, 2025. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on such standards to the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and to make such standards available for public view on the Department's website, updated quarterly. Commonwealth Transportation Board; performance standards for review of certain plans. Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt performance standards for the review and approval of subdivision and commercial development plans by January 1, 2025. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on such standards to the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and to make such standards available for public view on the Department's website, updated quarterly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB483
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
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. 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 HB484
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students. Exempts from mandatory participation in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who are enrolled full time in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and are taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license. Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students. Exempts from mandatory participation in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who are enrolled full time in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and are taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB485
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program for the purpose of distributing emergency funds to students enrolled as full-time or part-time students at public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to assist such students with satisfying non-tuition and non-book emergency financial transactions and costs required in order for the student to complete his certification or degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish guidelines for the Program and distribute the funds to institutions for disbursement according to the guidelines.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB486
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; admissions requirements. Requires the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology academic year Governor's School in Fairfax County to annually admit for first-time enrollment as freshmen at least 100 students who reside in the Loudoun County school division.