Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 143)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB163
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring or prohibiting abortions or selective reductions unenforceable. Provides that any provision of a surrogacy contract requiring or prohibiting an abortion or selective reduction is against the public policy of the Commonwealth and is void and unenforceable. Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring or prohibiting abortions or selective reductions unenforceable. Provides that any provision of a surrogacy contract requiring or prohibiting an abortion or selective reduction is against the public policy of the Commonwealth and is void and unenforceable.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB164
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; Town of Appomattox; election and appointment of officers; time of election. Makes various changes to reflect the Town of Appomattox's shift to November municipal elections in 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB165
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails to be compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons as provided for in the general appropriation act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB166
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
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 30 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 30 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor may once again issue the same rule, regulation, or order but 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.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB167
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Voter registration; registration permitted up to and including the day of the election. Repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to register to vote in person up to and including the day of the election, notwithstanding any deadline for the close of registration records. The repeal will limit the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to (i) any member of a uniformed service of the United States who is on active duty, (ii) any person residing temporarily outside of the United States, and (iii) the spouse or dependent residing with someone listed in (i) or (ii).
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB168
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB169
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death. Extends to licensed practical nurses the authority to pronounce the death of a patient in hospice, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law provides that physicians, registered nurses, and physician assistants may pronounce death. Licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death. Extends to licensed practical nurses the authority to pronounce the death of a patient in hospice, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law provides that physicians, registered nurses, and physician assistants may pronounce death.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB17
Introduced
12/21/21
Refer
12/21/21
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Employment of retired law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. Provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board. Employment of retired law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. Provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB170
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Department of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; emergency services coordination. Directs the Department of Health to amend the Statewide Telehealth Plan to require health care providers providing telehealth services to directly contact and coordinate with emergency services in accordance with the standard of care that is appropriate to the patient's situation and to the services rendered during the telehealth visit.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB171
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Department of Health; harmful algal bloom mitigation. Directs the Department of Health to develop and implement a harmful algal bloom mitigation plan. Department of Health; harmful algal bloom mitigation. Directs the Department of Health to develop and implement a harmful algal bloom mitigation plan.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB172
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
County boards of supervisors; salaries. Requires county boards of supervisors, prior to July 1 of each year, to set a maximum annual compensation, which will become effective as of January 1 of the year following the next regularly scheduled elections. County boards of supervisors; salaries. Requires county boards of supervisors, prior to July 1 of each year, to set a maximum annual compensation, which will become effective as of January 1 of the year following the next regularly scheduled elections.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB173
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Minimum wage. Repeals certain provisions of the Code of Virginia related to increasing the state minimum wage to more than $11.00 per hour. The bill also repeals provisions related to increasing the state minimum wage based on an annual adjusted minimum wage determined by the Department of Labor and Industry.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB174
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/22/22
Permanent protective orders; contact between petitioner and respondent. Provides that when issuing a permanent protective order a court may impose certain conditions on the petitioner, including (i) prohibiting acts of violence, force, or threat or criminal offenses that may result in injury to person or property; (ii) prohibiting such contacts by the petitioner with the respondent or family or household members of the respondent as the court deems necessary for the health or safety of such persons; and (iii) any other relief necessary to prevent (a) acts of violence, force, or threat, (b) criminal offenses that may result in injury to person or property, or (c) communication or other contact of any kind by the petitioner.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB175
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device. Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14 days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical services agency.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB176
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Emergency custody and temporary detention; transportation; transfer of custody. Makes clear that, in cases in which transportation of a person subject to an emergency custody order or temporary detention order is ordered to be provided by an alternative transportation provider, the primary law-enforcement agency that executes the order may transfer custody of the person to the alternative transportation provider immediately upon execution of the order, and that the alternative transportation provider shall maintain custody of the person from the time custody is transferred to the alternative transportation provider by the primary law-enforcement agency until such time as custody of the person is transferred to the community services board or its designee that is responsible for conducting the evaluation or the temporary detention facility, as is appropriate. The bill also adds employees of and persons providing services pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the list of individuals who may serve as alternative transportation providers.