Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB892
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; preexisting contracts. Establishes a reserve account for the purchase of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances by an entity that has a preexisting contractual arrangement related to a power purchase entered into on or before May 16, 2017, and continuing in effect on July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2025. Such entity is authorized under the bill to purchase RGGI credits at a discounted rate, subject to conditions set forth in the bill, if, because of the preexisting contractual arrangement, the entity is unable to pass through or recover its RGGI costs. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; preexisting contracts. Establishes a reserve account for the purchase of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances by an entity that has a preexisting contractual arrangement related to a power purchase entered into on or before May 16, 2017, and continuing in effect on July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2025. Such entity is authorized under the bill to purchase RGGI credits at a discounted rate, subject to conditions set forth in the bill, if, because of the preexisting contractual arrangement, the entity is unable to pass through or recover its RGGI costs.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB893
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; automatic renewal; notice of rent increase. Requires a landlord that owns more than four rental dwelling units to, in the case of any rental agreement that provides for automatic renewal of such agreement, provide separate written notice to the tenant notifying the tenant of any increase in rent. The bill provides that such notice shall be provided to the tenant no less than 30 days before the automatic renewal takes effect.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB894
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Generation of electricity and energy development in the Commonwealth. Requires the Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority, to convene a stakeholder work group to identify strategies and any needed public policies, including statutory or regulatory changes, for promoting the development of advanced small modular reactors in localities in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department of Energy to consider the economic development of rural Virginia while minimizing the impact on prime farmland a key priority in updating its Virginia Energy Plan. Generation of electricity and energy development in the Commonwealth. Requires the Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority, to convene a stakeholder work group to identify strategies and any needed public policies, including statutory or regulatory changes, for promoting the development of advanced small modular reactors in localities in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department of Energy to consider the economic development of rural Virginia while minimizing the impact on prime farmland a key priority in updating its Virginia Energy Plan. The bill requires the Virginia Cooperative Extension to develop and maintain a map or repository of prime farmland in the Commonwealth, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Department of Energy. An initial report of such map or repository shall be submitted the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to develop a program to encourage and expedite infrastructure investments by Dominion Energy Virginia or American Electric Power, in industrial sites determined to be relevant and in high demand by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. The bill requires such program to be implemented by December 1, 2022, and the Commission is required to submit a report including recommendations for such program by December 15, 2022, to the Governor and General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB895
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections with a risk limit of at least 10 percent. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to consider and propose a process and timeline for implementing risk-limiting audits of statewide contests.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB896
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. Eliminates the authority of a physician on a patient care team to require a nurse practitioner practicing as part of a patient care team to be covered by a professional liability insurance policy and the requirement that a nurse practitioner practicing without a practice agreement obtain and maintain coverage by or be named insured on a professional liability insurance policy. Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. Eliminates the authority of a physician on a patient care team to require a nurse practitioner practicing as part of a patient care team to be covered by a professional liability insurance policy and the requirement that a nurse practitioner practicing without a practice agreement obtain and maintain coverage by or be named insured on a professional liability insurance policy.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB897
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Regulated hemp products. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to establish a scheme for the regulation of hemp products intended for smoking, edible hemp products, and topical hemp products.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB898
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Possession of certain naturally occurring hallucinogens or psychoactive substances; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses peyote, ibogaine, psilocybin, or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses such substances is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Possession of certain naturally occurring hallucinogens or psychoactive substances; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses peyote, ibogaine, psilocybin, or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses such substances is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB899
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 250 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish requirements for registration, and other requirements of tank owners, and that establish a schedule of registration and renewal fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake corrective action in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. The bill requires tank owners notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance. The bill also creates the Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund, with moneys from the Fund to be used solely for the administration of the bill, and provides for civil penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, with such moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB9
Introduced
12/17/21
Refer
12/17/21
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings. Permits each school board to extend for up to two additional years the three-year probationary term of service that is required for each teacher in the school division before the issuance of a continuing contract and prohibits each school board from reemploying a teacher whose performance evaluation during such probationary period is not satisfactory. The bill provides that, for the purpose of the dismissal of a teacher for cause, the term "incompetency" may be construed to include consistent failure to meet the endorsement requirements for the position or one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluations. The bill also eliminates the option for a school board to conduct a teacher dismissal hearing before a three-member fact-finding panel, requires each such hearing to be set no later than 15 days after the request for the hearing, and reduces from 10 days to five days the minimum period of advance written notice to the teacher of the time and place of such hearing.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB90
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Exempts food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products (the grocery tax) from all state, regional, and local sales taxes. The bill dedicates an amount equal to a 0.182 percent sales and use tax to cities and counties as a supplemental school payment. Such payment shall, from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2024, be distributed based on each city and county's estimated average share of monthly distributions attributable to the tax on such food and hygiene products between February 2020 and December 2021. Beginning July 1, 2024, such payment shall be based upon each city and county's pro rata share of total local sales and use taxes. Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Exempts food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products (the grocery tax) from all state, regional, and local sales taxes. The bill dedicates an amount equal to a 0.182 percent sales and use tax to cities and counties as a supplemental school payment. Such payment shall, from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2024, be distributed based on each city and county's estimated average share of monthly distributions attributable to the tax on such food and hygiene products between February 2020 and December 2021. Beginning July 1, 2024, such payment shall be based upon each city and county's pro rata share of total local sales and use taxes.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB900
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
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home; addition of beds. Creates an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home in cases in which the Board of Health or the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing a nuisance dangerous to public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health and provides that such exemption shall apply for the duration of the emergency order plus 30 days. The bill also expands the duration of the existing exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the addition of temporary beds when the Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds to the duration of such determination plus 30 days and makes clear that such exemption shall apply to the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB901
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Individual income tax; late payment penalty. Provides that the Department of Taxation shall not assess a late payment penalty to the entire tax or to any unpaid balance of the income tax owed by an individual unless and until the taxpayer fails to file his return by the time fixed by law for filing a return or by the time prescribed pursuant to a filing extension, as applicable. Under current law, the late payment penalty is assessed at the time a return is received by the Department if payment is not made in full when due.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB902
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Removal of county courthouse; Augusta County; authorization by electorate. Allows Augusta County to hold a referendum on the courthouse removal in 2022, despite the 10-year waiting requirement, if plans are developed for (i) relocating to a newly constructed courthouse in Augusta County and (ii) either (a) the renovation and expansion of the current courthouse in the City of Staunton or (b) the construction of a new courthouse in the City of Staunton. The bill specifies that both plans are to be schematic, prepared by a licensed architect, include good faith estimates of the costs of construction, including necessary acquisition of property, and be made available to the public at least two months before the planned referendum. The result of the referendum shall be binding. The bill also directs the architect preparing the plans to consider options for reducing record storage space requirements and for shared use of facilities within Staunton and to develop a plan for the preservation of the existing courthouse regardless of which plan is chosen.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB903
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank; created. Creates the Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank, an authority to promote and catalyze investment in qualified projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, assist climate-impacted communities, and promote environmental justice. The Bank would be governed by a board of directors with the authority to hire a president and create a nonstock corporation to carry out the powers and duties of the Bank. Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank; created. Creates the Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank, an authority to promote and catalyze investment in qualified projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, assist climate-impacted communities, and promote environmental justice. The Bank would be governed by a board of directors with the authority to hire a president and create a nonstock corporation to carry out the powers and duties of the Bank.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB904
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County. The bill has a delayed effective date of November 1, 2023. Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County. The bill has a delayed effective date of November 1, 2023.