Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB568
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Green banks; regional agreements. Provides that any two or more localities may enter into agreements with one another for joint action to establish a green bank to promote investment in clean energy technologies and provide financing for clean energy technologies. The governing bodies of participating localities must each adopt an ordinance to approve such agreement before the agreement takes effect. The existing green bank enabling statute is silent on the issue of regional agreements.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB569
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from liability. Repeals the provision that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB57
Introduced
1/3/22
Refer
1/3/22
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance. The bill provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB570
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund. Allows funds in the Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund to be paid to entities outlined in local shelter plans to install, maintain, or repair infrastructure for backup energy generation for emergency shelters, including solar energy generators, and improve the hazard-specific structural integrity of shelter facilities owned by a locality or identified in the shelter plan of a locality.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB571
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Historical horse racing; electronic gaming terminals; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from using any electronic gaming terminal or other electronic device in a satellite facility to wager on or conduct any wagering on historical horse racing.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB572
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment. Provides that a party's incarceration for 180 or more consecutive days shall not be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing income for such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarceration for 180 or more consecutive days shall be a material change of circumstances upon which a modification of a child support order may be based.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB573
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Statute of limitations; contracts for health care services. Provides that the statute of limitations for an action on any contract, written or unwritten, for health care services, including actions brought by the Commonwealth, is three years. The bill further provides that the accrual date for actions on such a contract is 30 days after the later of (i) issuance of the initial invoice or the due date stated in such invoice to the patient or person legally responsible for payment or (ii) if the patient voluntarily enters into a payment plan with the provider, 30 days after the default date contained in such payment plan. Statute of limitations; contracts for health care services. Provides that the statute of limitations for an action on any contract, written or unwritten, for health care services, including actions brought by the Commonwealth, is three years. The bill further provides that the accrual date for actions on such a contract is 30 days after the later of (i) issuance of the initial invoice or the due date stated in such invoice to the patient or person legally responsible for payment or (ii) if the patient voluntarily enters into a payment plan with the provider, 30 days after the default date contained in such payment plan.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB574
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Wagering on historical horse racing; licensee retained funds for distribution to Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and localities. Provides that with respect to the first 3,000 authorized terminals, 0.01 percent of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools shall be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund. The bill reduces from 0.75 to 0.74 the percentage of such retained amount that accrues to the general fund. The bill also provides that with respect to the 2,000 terminals authorized by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly, a horse racing licensee shall retain 1.6 percent from wagering on historical horse racing pools, to be distributed as follows: 0.95 percent of such retained amount to the Commonwealth as a license tax, 0.01 percent to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, and (i) if generated at a racetrack, 0.64 percent to the locality in which the racetrack is located or (ii) if generated at a satellite facility, 0.32 percent to the locality in which the satellite facility is located and 0.32 percent to the Virginia locality in which the racetrack is located. Wagering on historical horse racing; licensee retained funds for distribution to Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and localities. Provides that with respect to the first 3,000 authorized terminals, 0.01 percent of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools shall be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund. The bill reduces from 0.75 to 0.74 the percentage of such retained amount that accrues to the general fund. The bill also provides that with respect to the 2,000 terminals authorized by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly, a horse racing licensee shall retain 1.6 percent from wagering on historical horse racing pools, to be distributed as follows: 0.95 percent of such retained amount to the Commonwealth as a license tax, 0.01 percent to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, and (i) if generated at a racetrack, 0.64 percent to the locality in which the racetrack is located or (ii) if generated at a satellite facility, 0.32 percent to the locality in which the satellite facility is located and 0.32 percent to the Virginia locality in which the racetrack is located.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB575
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Elections; campaign finance; contribution limits; civil penalty. Establishes contribution limits from any individual to any candidate campaign committee, political action committee, and political party committee and from any political action committee or political party committee to any campaign committee. The bill provides that any candidate, candidate campaign committee, political action committee, political party committee, or contributor that knowingly violates the contributions limits established by the bill is subject to a civil penalty of up to two times the amount by which the contribution exceeds the limit. The bill prohibits any person that is not an individual from making any contribution to any candidate for elected office.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB576
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
2/8/22
Stay of debt collection activities by health care providers; prohibited practice under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that any health care provider that undertakes any debt collection activities prior to either the issuance of an award from or the determination that a claim is noncompensable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund has committed a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Stay of debt collection activities by health care providers; prohibited practice under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that any health care provider that undertakes any debt collection activities prior to either the issuance of an award from or the determination that a claim is noncompensable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund has committed a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB577
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Department of Environmental Quality; inventory Department of Environmental Quality; inventory of stormwater systems in the Commonwealth; impact of flooding; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality, in cooperation with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and local and regional governments, to (i) inventory and compile a master list of stormwater systems in the Commonwealth and (ii) review and document the impact of flooding on such systems. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality to report the master list and the result of its review to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB578
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Victim of sex trafficking; affirmative defense; writ of vacatur; minors. Makes changes to the definitions of victim of sex trafficking used for the purposes of the issuance of a writ of vacatur and the affirmative defense available to victims of sex trafficking to include a minor charged with, convicted, or adjudicated delinquent of a qualifying offense in the Commonwealth who committed such offense while younger than 18 years of age.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB579
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Victims of human trafficking; affirmative defense; writ of vacatur. Expands the definition of qualifying offense for the purposes of the issuance of a writ of vacatur for victims of commercial sex trafficking and the affirmative defense available to victims of sex trafficking to include a number of additional offenses enumerated in the bill. Current law only allows the issuance of such writ of vacatur or the use of such affirmative defense for convictions and adjudications of delinquency or charges for prostitution and keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place. The bill also changes the term "victim of sex trafficking" to "victim of human trafficking" as used in reference to such writ of vacatur and affirmative defense and adds to the definition of "victim of human trafficking" any person subjected to human trafficking, as defined in the bill, and any person who committed such offense while younger than 18 years of age. For the purposes of the issuance of the writ of vacatur, the bill also provides that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a petitioner is a victim of human trafficking if the petitioner provides official government documentation of the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking at the time of the qualifying offense. The bill also states that a petitioner for a writ of vacatur shall not be required to pay any fees or costs for filing such petition if the petitioner is found to be unable to pay fees or costs.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB58
Introduced
1/3/22
Refer
1/3/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/7/22
Local government; prohibits certain practices Local government; prohibits certain practices that would require contractors to provide benefits. Prohibits local governing bodies from establishing provisions related to procurement of goods, professional services, or construction that would require a wage floor or any other employee benefit or compensation above what is otherwise required by state or federal law to be provided by a contractor to one or more of the contractor's employees as part of a contract with the locality. The bill provides that the prohibition shall not affect contracts between a locality and another party that were executed prior to January 1, 2023, or the renewal or future rebids of services thereof. The bill provides that localities shall not be prohibited from entering into contracts for economic development incentives in which the company receiving the incentives is required to maintain a certain stated wage level for its employees.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB580
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines "health care professional" as any physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, pharmacist, social worker, dietitian, physical and occupational therapist, and medical technologist authorized to provide health care services in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with an employee health care professional is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation. Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines "health care professional" as any physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, pharmacist, social worker, dietitian, physical and occupational therapist, and medical technologist authorized to provide health care services in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with an employee health care professional is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation.