Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB649
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources for parents and educators; advisory committee; report. Requires the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to (i) select, with input from an advisory committee that the bill establishes, language developmental milestones and include such milestones in a resource for use by parents of a child from birth to age five who is identified as deaf or hard of hearing to monitor and track their child's expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy; (ii) disseminate such resource to such parents; (iii) select existing tools or assessments for educators for use in assessing the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing; (iv) disseminate such tools or assessments to local educational agencies and provide materials and training on their use; and (v) annually produce a report that compares the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing with the language and literacy development of their peers who are not deaf or hard of hearing and make such report available to the public on its website. The bill states that the advisory committee function shall terminate effective June 30, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB65
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Live nutria. Provides that the existing prohibition Live nutria. Provides that the existing prohibition against possession, sale, or liberation of nutria does not apply to employees of the Department of Wildlife Resources or certain federal agencies, or any persons involved in research or management activities with such agencies.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB650
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
School boards; school consolidation and redistricting and pupil assignment; access to advanced academic programs. Requires a school board to demonstrate in advance that the consolidation of schools, redistricting of school boundaries, or adoption of a pupil assignment plan will maintain or increase equitable student access to advanced academic programs.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB651
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Department of Medical Assistance Services; report on utilization of community intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to report annually by December 1 of each year to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Appropriations regarding utilization of community intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the Commonwealth and to make such report available to the public on a website maintained by the Department.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB652
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Unemployment compensation; benefit eligibility. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to conduct an incarceration check and employment identification check prior to awarding benefits to any individual. Unemployment compensation; benefit eligibility. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to conduct an incarceration check and employment identification check prior to awarding benefits to any individual.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB653
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Foster care; local boards of social services; collaborative placement program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program to increase kinship placements and the number of locally approved foster homes. The bill provides that such program shall require local boards of social services (local boards) within each region to work collaboratively to (i) facilitate approval of kinship foster parents through engagement, assessment, and training and (ii) expand the pool of available foster homes within and across the localities of such local boards. The bill also requires local boards, when placing a child, to seek placement with a foster family within the locality of the local board or a nearby locality through the collaborative local board placement program. Foster care; local boards of social services; collaborative placement program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program to increase kinship placements and the number of locally approved foster homes. The bill provides that such program shall require local boards of social services (local boards) within each region to work collaboratively to (i) facilitate approval of kinship foster parents through engagement, assessment, and training and (ii) expand the pool of available foster homes within and across the localities of such local boards. The bill also requires local boards, when placing a child, to seek placement with a foster family within the locality of the local board or a nearby locality through the collaborative local board placement program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB654
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Certain GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants. Certain GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB655
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Creation of Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office). The bill enumerates the duties and powers of the Office, which include (i) providing information, as appropriate, to inmates, family members, representatives of inmates, Department of Corrections (the Department) employees and contractors, and others regarding the rights of inmates; (ii) monitoring conditions of confinement and assessing compliance with applicable federal, state, and local rules, regulations, policies, and best practices as related to the health, safety, welfare, and rehabilitation of inmates; (iii) providing technical assistance to support inmate participation in self-advocacy; (iv) providing technical assistance to local governments in the creation of correctional facility oversight bodies, as requested; (v) establishing a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data related to complaints received by the Department and data related to (a) deaths, suicides, and suicide attempts in custody; (b) physical and sexual assaults in custody; (c) the number of inmates placed in solitary confinement; (d) the number of facility lockdowns lasting longer than 24 hours; (e) the number of staff vacancies at each facility; (f) the inmate-to-staff ratios at each facility; (g) staff tenure and turnover; and (h) the number of in-person visits to inmates that were made and denied at each facility; (vi) establishing procedures to gather stakeholder input into the Office's activities and priorities, which must include, at a minimum, an annual 30-day period for receipt of and Office response to public comment; (vii) inspecting each state correctional facility at least once every three years and at least once every year for any maximum security facility and any facility where the Office has found cause for more frequent inspection or monitoring; and (viii) issuing publicly periodic facility inspection reports and an annual report with recommendations on the state correctional facilities and a summary of data and recommendations arising from any complaints investigated and resolved. Creation of Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office). The bill enumerates the duties and powers of the Office, which include (i) providing information, as appropriate, to inmates, family members, representatives of inmates, Department of Corrections (the Department) employees and contractors, and others regarding the rights of inmates; (ii) monitoring conditions of confinement and assessing compliance with applicable federal, state, and local rules, regulations, policies, and best practices as related to the health, safety, welfare, and rehabilitation of inmates; (iii) providing technical assistance to support inmate participation in self-advocacy; (iv) providing technical assistance to local governments in the creation of correctional facility oversight bodies, as requested; (v) establishing a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data related to complaints received by the Department and data related to (a) deaths, suicides, and suicide attempts in custody; (b) physical and sexual assaults in custody; (c) the number of inmates placed in solitary confinement; (d) the number of facility lockdowns lasting longer than 24 hours; (e) the number of staff vacancies at each facility; (f) the inmate-to-staff ratios at each facility; (g) staff tenure and turnover; and (h) the number of in-person visits to inmates that were made and denied at each facility; (vi) establishing procedures to gather stakeholder input into the Office's activities and priorities, which must include, at a minimum, an annual 30-day period for receipt of and Office response to public comment; (vii) inspecting each state correctional facility at least once every three years and at least once every year for any maximum security facility and any facility where the Office has found cause for more frequent inspection or monitoring; and (viii) issuing publicly periodic facility inspection reports and an annual report with recommendations on the state correctional facilities and a summary of data and recommendations arising from any complaints investigated and resolved. The bill also establishes a Corrections Oversight Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. The bill additionally outlines the Office's authority to conduct inspections of each Department or Board of Local and Regional Jails facility and requires the submission of an annual report to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee on Public Safety, and the Director of the Department.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB656
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 equal to $4 per ton of qualified coal refuse used to generate electricity at an eligible facility, defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth by an eligible taxpayer, defined in the bill, during the taxable year. The amount of credits that may be claimed for a single eligible facility shall not exceed $1,665,000 in taxable year 2023, $2,220,000 in taxable year 2024, and $4,440,000 in taxable years 2025, 2026, and 2027. The aggregate credits in each taxable year are capped at $7.5 million in taxable year 2023, $10 million in taxable year 2024, and $20 million in taxable years 2025, 2026, and 2027. The credit may be carried forward for five taxable years. The credit shall be administered by Department of Taxation, who shall compile and submit an annual report by November 1 of each taxable year with the number of eligible taxpayers applying for and utilizing the credit, the amount of credits approved, and data on the benefits to the Commonwealth of the use of qualified coal refuse to generate electricity at an eligible facility to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB657
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education serving the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to convene a working group to evaluate opportunities for the development of public infrastructure projects at current or proposed sites for the storage of coal ash in the Commonwealth. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB658
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Juveniles; appointment of counsel; indigency. Removes provisions stating that when the court appoints counsel to represent a child in a detention hearing or in a case involving a child who is alleged to be in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent and, after an investigation by the court services unit, finds that the parents are financially able to pay for such attorney in whole or in part and refuse to do so, the court shall assess costs against the parents for such legal services in the amount awarded the attorney by the court, not to exceed $100 if the action is in circuit court or the maximum amount specified for court-appointed counsel appearing in district court. The bill also removes provisions requiring that before counsel is appointed in any case involving a child who is alleged to be in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent, the court determine that the child is indigent. The bill provides that for the purposes of appointment of counsel for a delinquency proceeding, a child shall be considered indigent.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB659
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations of the deaths of individuals who die while receiving services from a licensed program. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations, including recommendations regarding when autopsies may be appropriate, of the deaths of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are residents of the Commonwealth and who die while receiving services from a program licensed by the Department. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and 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. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations of the deaths of individuals who die while receiving services from a licensed program. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations, including recommendations regarding when autopsies may be appropriate, of the deaths of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are residents of the Commonwealth and who die while receiving services from a program licensed by the Department. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and 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.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB66
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Use of utility vehicles on secondary roads. Provides that a person with a valid driver's license and insurance may operate a utility vehicle equipped with certain equipment on secondary roads located in counties with a population of 100,000 or less.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB660
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Failed
3/12/22
Search warrants; execution. Removes provisions requiring that search warrants for the search of any place of abode be executed by initial entry of the abode only in the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB661
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Capital murder; death penalty for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a law-enforcement officer. Authorizes punishment by death for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a law-enforcement officer.