Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1066
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Notice of probate; exception to notice. Removes the exception to the notice of probate under current law that allows such notice to not be given when assets passing under a will or in intestacy do not exceed $5,000. Notice of probate; exception to notice. Removes the exception to the notice of probate under current law that allows such notice to not be given when assets passing under a will or in intestacy do not exceed $5,000.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1067
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility. Adds the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility to the list of priority projects for the Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program. The bill provides that the new nutrient technology requirements applicable to the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility shall take effect when the expanded facility receives its certificate to operate.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1068
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction including inherently divisive concepts prohibited. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal to ensure that no curriculum utilized or instruction delivered in the school includes inherently divisive concepts, as that term is defined in the bill, regardless of whether such curriculum or instruction is provided by a school board employee or any other individual or entity.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1069
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Income tax subtraction; veteran retirement compensation. Provides an individual income tax subtraction for up to $40,000 of the amount of annual retirement compensation received by a veteran for service as a member of the United States Armed Forces, a reservist in the United States Armed Forces, or a member of the Virginia National Guard.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB107
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Larceny and certain property crimes; penalties. Decreases Larceny and certain property crimes; penalties. Decreases from $1,000 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill decreases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. The bill also provides that a person convicted of petit larceny, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, shall be subject to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 10 days in jail if the larceny was of a package delivered to a residence. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to commit larceny of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle, regardless of the converter's value. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation causes damage to such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel of $500 or more. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor with no limit on the amount of damage. Under the bill, the penalty for damage of less than $500 remains a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1070
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Fund to Assist Localities with Translation of Essential Information; established. Establishes the Fund to Assist Localities with Translation of Essential Information to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of making grants to local governments to address the lack of translated documents for those citizens and taxpayers of the Commonwealth and its localities for whom English is a second language. The bill provides that the Fund shall make grants to local governments for the purpose of translating essential documents into foreign languages.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1071
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans. Requires hospitals to make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient, defined in the bill, to determine whether the individual is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and to inform every uninsured patient who receives services at the hospital and who is determined to be eligible for assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy of the option to enter into a payment plan with the hospital. The bill also prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to recover a debt for medical services against any patient unless the hospital has made all reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient qualifies for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or is eligible for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and requires hospitals to annually report data and information regarding the amount of charity care, discounted care, and financial assistance provided under the hospital's financial assistance policy and the amount of uncollected bad debt.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1072
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Golf carts and utility vehicles; Town of Smithfield. Authorizes the governing body of the Town of Smithfield to, by ordinance, authorize a golf cart or utility vehicle to be operated on a designated public highway where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. The bill also authorizes a golf cart or utility vehicle in the Town of Smithfield to cross any highway marked as a golf cart crossing by the Department of Transportation. Golf carts and utility vehicles; Town of Smithfield. Authorizes the governing body of the Town of Smithfield to, by ordinance, authorize a golf cart or utility vehicle to be operated on a designated public highway where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. The bill also authorizes a golf cart or utility vehicle in the Town of Smithfield to cross any highway marked as a golf cart crossing by the Department of Transportation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1073
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; penalty. Repeals the limitations on the amount of active incarceration a court can impose as a result of a revocation hearing for a probation violation or violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence. Under current law, there are limitations on the amount of active incarceration a court can impose for defined technical violations. The bill also removes limitations on the lengths of a period of probation and period of suspension of a sentence that may be fixed by the court. Under current law, a court may fix the period of probation for up to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned and any period of supervised probation shall not exceed five years from the release of the defendant from any active period of incarceration, with some exceptions. The bill also makes changes to the time periods within which a court must issue process to notify the accused of a revocation hearing.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1074
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Rabies vaccination; titer test; certification. Directs the Board of Health to develop, by regulation, an exemption to the rabies vaccination requirement for animals if a licensed veterinarian certifies in writing that the vaccine would endanger the animal based on an underlying medical factor and a titer test indicates a sufficient level of immunity to rabies. The bill provides that such certification is valid for a period of one year and serves as proof of vaccination.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1075
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; reimbursements to providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier, upon written request, to offer participation in each requested provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in government benefit programs, to the requesting provider under the same terms and conditions that apply to providers under common control with the vertically integrated carrier. The measure requires that the offered participation (i) be without any adverse tiering or other financial incentives that may discourage enrollees from utilizing the services of the provider, (ii) include all sites and services offered by the provider, and (iii) take into account the different characteristics of different providers with regard to the range, nature, cost, and complexity of services offered. The measure prohibits an officer or director of a vertically integrated carrier from simultaneously serving as an officer or director of an entity that owns, operates, manages, or controls an acute care hospital located, in whole or in part, in the Commonwealth. The measure defines "vertically integrated carrier" as a health insurer or other carrier that owns an interest in, is owned by, or is under common ownership or control with an acute care hospital facility, excluding an entity that is under the ultimate control of or under common control with a public hospital. Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; reimbursements to providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier, upon written request, to offer participation in each requested provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in government benefit programs, to the requesting provider under the same terms and conditions that apply to providers under common control with the vertically integrated carrier. The measure requires that the offered participation (i) be without any adverse tiering or other financial incentives that may discourage enrollees from utilizing the services of the provider, (ii) include all sites and services offered by the provider, and (iii) take into account the different characteristics of different providers with regard to the range, nature, cost, and complexity of services offered. The measure prohibits an officer or director of a vertically integrated carrier from simultaneously serving as an officer or director of an entity that owns, operates, manages, or controls an acute care hospital located, in whole or in part, in the Commonwealth. The measure defines "vertically integrated carrier" as a health insurer or other carrier that owns an interest in, is owned by, or is under common ownership or control with an acute care hospital facility, excluding an entity that is under the ultimate control of or under common control with a public hospital.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1076
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Local cigarette tax; unsold inventory. Requires any locality that increases its cigarette tax rate to allow, for one calendar year after the increase, a person with unsold inventory to pay the tax increase on the unsold inventory by filing a return, rather than requiring the use of a stamp or meter impression. The bill imposes a duty on regional cigarette tax boards to effectuate the policy.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1077
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Paternity; genetic tests to determine parentage; relief from paternity; certain actions; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly gives any false information or makes any false statements for the purpose of determining paternity is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill further requires an alleged father of a child be informed of his option to request the administering of a genetic test prior to being entered as the father on a birth certificate. The bill further states that, in addition to any other available legal relief, an individual relieved of paternity who previously paid support pursuant to a child support order entered in conjunction with the set-aside paternity determination may file an action against the other party for repayment of any such support.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1078
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Refer
1/28/22
Limitations on use or transfer of firearms. Provides that certain provisions related to the sale or transfer of firearms do not prohibit the lawful transfer of firearms between certain family members. The bill also removes the brandishing of a firearm in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another while assembled with one or more persons for the purpose of and with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons from actions constituting the offense of unlawful paramilitary activity.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1079
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Local department; human resources. Requires every local department to (i) establish a human resources staff position to receive complaints regarding human resources matters and assist employees of the local department with resolution of such complaints and (ii) ensure that individuals with supervisory authority are prohibited from interfering in the investigation or resolution of such complaints.