Virginia 2022 1st Special Session All Bills (Page 2)
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB29
Introduced
12/16/21
Refer
12/16/21
Report Pass
2/20/22
Refer
2/25/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Enrolled
6/9/22
Chaptered
6/17/22
Chaptered
6/17/22
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 552 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, as amended by Chapter 1 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session II.
VA
Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB30
Introduced
12/16/21
Refer
12/16/21
Report Pass
2/20/22
Refer
2/25/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Enrolled
6/9/22
Chaptered
6/22/22
Passed
6/22/22
Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and to provide a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2023, and the thirtieth day of June, 2024.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB305
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Elections; State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Makes the State Board of Elections responsible for appointing the Commissioner of Elections and removes the Governor's ability to appoint to the Department of Elections a deputy commissioner or a confidential policy advisor. The bill also increases the State Board of Elections from five members to seven and staggers those initial terms so that three members are appointed in 2023 and every four years thereafter, two members are appointed in 2024 and every four years thereafter, and two members are appointed in 2025 and every four years thereafter. Elections; State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Makes the State Board of Elections responsible for appointing the Commissioner of Elections and removes the Governor's ability to appoint to the Department of Elections a deputy commissioner or a confidential policy advisor. The bill also increases the State Board of Elections from five members to seven and staggers those initial terms so that three members are appointed in 2023 and every four years thereafter, two members are appointed in 2024 and every four years thereafter, and two members are appointed in 2025 and every four years thereafter.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB346
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) to establish a college partnership laboratory school as a new school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing school. Under current law, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to the Board to establish such a school and no explicit provision is made for the conversion of an existing school. The bill permits college partnership laboratory schools to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any individual or entity to provide apprenticeships, career training, and curriculum support to carry out the provisions of law relating to such schools. The bill requires the Board, in reviewing such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university and any application to establish a college partnership laboratory school in an underserved community, which the bill defines as a geographical area that is served by public schools in which a high percentage of students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch, as determined by the Board. College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) to establish a college partnership laboratory school as a new school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing school. Under current law, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to the Board to establish such a school and no explicit provision is made for the conversion of an existing school. The bill permits college partnership laboratory schools to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any individual or entity to provide apprenticeships, career training, and curriculum support to carry out the provisions of law relating to such schools. The bill requires the Board, in reviewing such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university and any application to establish a college partnership laboratory school in an underserved community, which the bill defines as a geographical area that is served by public schools in which a high percentage of students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch, as determined by the Board.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB349
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Refer
1/27/22
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
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/17/22
Enrolled
7/20/22
Chaptered
8/4/22
Passed
8/4/22
Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21. Directs local departments of social services (local department) to provide housing support to any person who (i) is 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age, (ii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department on or after July 1, 2022, (iii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department (a) upon turning 18 years of age or (b) immediately prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and is transitioning from such commitment to self-sufficiency, and (iv) declines to participate in the Fostering Futures program. The bill requires that such housing support shall be equal to the room and board portion of the maintenance payment that such person would otherwise receive for housing support through participation in the Fostering Futures program. Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21. Directs local departments of social services (local department) to provide housing support to any person who (i) is 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age, (ii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department on or after July 1, 2022, (iii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department (a) upon turning 18 years of age or (b) immediately prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and is transitioning from such commitment to self-sufficiency, and (iv) declines to participate in the Fostering Futures program. The bill requires that such housing support shall be equal to the room and board portion of the maintenance payment that such person would otherwise receive for housing support through participation in the Fostering Futures program.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB563
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/17/22
Enrolled
7/20/22
Chaptered
8/4/22
Passed
8/4/22
School division maintenance reserve tool; School Construction Fund and Program established. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to develop or adopt and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are necessary to restore each such building. The bill requires each school board to provide to the Department of Education in a timely fashion the local data that is necessary to ensure that such tool remains relevant and useful for the determination of maintenance reserve needs. The bill requires the Department of Education to consider converting or using as a template the Department of General Services' Real Estate and Assets Management system for tracking buildings and infrastructure maintenance status to meet the requirement to maintain such tool. The bill also establishes the School Construction Fund and Program for the purpose of awarding grants to local school boards to fund the construction of new public school buildings or the renovation or expansion of existing public school buildings in the local school division. The bill requires any revenues remaining in the Gaming Proceeds Fund after certain enumerated appropriations are made to be appropriated to the School Construction Fund.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB6001
Introduced
4/4/22
Refer
4/4/22
Refer
4/19/22
Motor fuel tax; rate of taxation; emergency. Limits to two percent the amount that the statewide tax on motor fuels can be raised annually pursuant to statutorily required indexing. The bill also eliminates the statewide motor fuel tax from May 1, 2022, to July 31, 2022, and reduces the statewide motor fuel tax by 50 percent from August 1, 2022, to August 31, 2022, and by 25 percent from September 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special 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
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/17/22
Enrolled
7/20/22
Chaptered
8/4/22
Passed
8/4/22
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.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB680
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
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
6/1/22
Engrossed
6/17/22
Enrolled
7/20/22
Chaptered
8/4/22
Passed
8/4/22
State plan for medical assistance services; case management services; individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to update the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for targeted case management services for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. State plan for medical assistance services; case management services; individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to update the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for targeted case management services for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB736
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Search warrants; execution. Changes the hours of execution of a search warrant for the search of any place of abode from the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Search warrants; execution. Changes the hours of execution of a search warrant for the search of any place of abode from the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB764
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Engrossed
2/21/22
Charitable gaming; registration of landlords; Texas Hold'em poker operations. Provides that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may promulgate regulations that require any landlord that leases to a qualified charitable organization any premises devoted in whole or in part to the conduct of bingo games or any other charitable gaming to register with the Department. The bill also prohibits an organization qualified to conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting any Texas Hold'em poker games where the game has no predetermined end time and the players wager actual money or poker chips that have cash value. The bill contains technical amendments. Charitable gaming; registration of landlords; Texas Hold'em poker operations. Provides that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may promulgate regulations that require any landlord that leases to a qualified charitable organization any premises devoted in whole or in part to the conduct of bingo games or any other charitable gaming to register with the Department. The bill also prohibits an organization qualified to conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting any Texas Hold'em poker games where the game has no predetermined end time and the players wager actual money or poker chips that have cash value. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB833
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Group violence intervention; establishment of Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund. Creates the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund (the Fund) to be managed by the Office of the Attorney General. The bill provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to implement violent crime reduction strategies, to provide training for law-enforcement officers and prosecutors, to provide equipment for law-enforcement agencies, and to award grants to organizations that are involved in group violence intervention efforts. The bill defines "group violence intervention" as comprehensive law-enforcement, prosecutorial, and community-based initiatives, substantially similar to Operation Ceasefire as implemented in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Gang Reduction Programs implemented in Los Angeles, California, and Richmond. Group violence intervention; establishment of Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund. Creates the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund (the Fund) to be managed by the Office of the Attorney General. The bill provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to implement violent crime reduction strategies, to provide training for law-enforcement officers and prosecutors, to provide equipment for law-enforcement agencies, and to award grants to organizations that are involved in group violence intervention efforts. The bill defines "group violence intervention" as comprehensive law-enforcement, prosecutorial, and community-based initiatives, substantially similar to Operation Ceasefire as implemented in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Gang Reduction Programs implemented in Los Angeles, California, and Richmond.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB86
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Elections; campaign finance; disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface to the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, and donors; donations, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The interface shall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special 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
Engrossed
6/17/22
Engrossed
6/17/22
Enrolled
7/20/22
Chaptered
8/4/22
Passed
8/4/22
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Provides a state sales and use tax exemption beginning January 1, 2023, for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. The bill also provides, beginning February 1, 2023, an allocation of state revenues to fund the distribution to localities for educational funding that would have been distributed to them absent the exemption created by the bill. Under current law, such products are taxed at a reduced state sales and use tax rate of 1.5 percent and the standard local rate of one percent.
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Virginia 2022 1st Special Session
Virginia House Bill HB935
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
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
3/3/22
Income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return. Provides an income tax refund of up to $300 for individuals and up to $600 for married persons filing a joint return for taxable year 2021 on or before November 1, 2022. The bill provides that the refund shall not exceed the taxpayer's tax liability. Income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return. Provides an income tax refund of up to $300 for individuals and up to $600 for married persons filing a joint return for taxable year 2021 on or before November 1, 2022. The bill provides that the refund shall not exceed the taxpayer's tax liability.