Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 175)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB596
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities. Provides that students who miss a partial or full day of school while participating in 4-H educational programs and activities shall not be counted as absent for the purposes of calculating average daily membership and shall receive course credit in the same manner as they would for a school field trip. The bill directs each local school board to develop policies and procedures for students to make up missed work and may determine the maximum number of school days per academic year that a student may spend participating in 4-H educational programs and activities to not be counted absent.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB597
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB598
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education and any nonprofit private institution of higher education that is eligible for the Tuition Assistance Grant Program 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 requires applications for formation of a college partnership laboratory school to describe how the applicant will cooperate with local school boards, including allowing the local school board to elect to name a board member to the governing board of the college partnership laboratory school, and to include assurances that the applicant will work with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop programs that may award college credits. The bill requires the Board, among other criteria for reviewing and ruling on such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university; 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; and any joint application submitted by an institution of higher education in partnership with one or more local school boards. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education and any nonprofit private institution of higher education that is eligible for the Tuition Assistance Grant Program 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 requires applications for formation of a college partnership laboratory school to describe how the applicant will cooperate with local school boards, including allowing the local school board to elect to name a board member to the governing board of the college partnership laboratory school, and to include assurances that the applicant will work with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop programs that may award college credits. The bill requires the Board, among other criteria for reviewing and ruling on such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university; 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; and any joint application submitted by an institution of higher education in partnership with one or more local school boards. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB599
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Provides that the limits on recovery in medical malpractice cases shall not apply when the plaintiff has sustained certain catastrophic injuries. Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Provides that the limits on recovery in medical malpractice cases shall not apply when the plaintiff has sustained certain catastrophic injuries.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB6
Introduced
11/29/21
Refer
11/29/21
Report Pass
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB60
Introduced
1/3/22
Refer
1/3/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Powers and duties of political subdivisions; emergency management assessment. Provides that all political subdivisions shall provide an annually updated emergency management assessment and data related to emergency sheltering capabilities to the State Coordinator of Emergency Management on or before August 1 of each year. Under current law, such assessment and data is due to the State Coordinator of Emergency Management on or before May 1 of each year.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB600
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. Requires each local school board to require its schools to collaborate with the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee when conducting required school safety audits. Under current law, the division superintendent is required to make the results of such audits available to the chief law-enforcement officer upon request. The bill also requires that the completed walk-through checklist using the standardized checklist provided by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety be made available to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee. Current law requires that the completed walk-through checklist be made available to the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee upon request.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB601
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of a driver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous other contexts.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB602
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Short-term rental properties; definition; locality requirements and restrictions. Prohibits, except as provided, localities from (i) requiring or allowing the approval of neighbors or the neighborhood for the operation of short-term rental properties; (ii) imposing requirements or restrictions that exceed those of regular properties, including special parking and occupancy restrictions; or (iii) restricting short-term rentals by geographic location within the locality by means other than the normal general land use and zoning authority. The bill expands the current definition of short-term rental to include any house provided for such purpose.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB603
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public school building that a school board should budget for the maintenance and operations of the building and such other standards as the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to solicit the input of relevant stakeholders and the public in developing such recommendations. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1, 2022. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB604
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty. Clarifies that animals are not considered companion animals only when actively involved in bona fide medical or scientific experimentation. Current law exempts animals from the definition of companion animal if they are regulated under federal law as research animals. Animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty. Clarifies that animals are not considered companion animals only when actively involved in bona fide medical or scientific experimentation. Current law exempts animals from the definition of companion animal if they are regulated under federal law as research animals.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB605
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Elections; conduct of election; election results; post-election forensic audits. Provides for the conduct of a forensic audit of an election in a county or city upon the request of certain officials or upon the petition of a group of residents of the locality in question. The purpose of an audit is to determine the accuracy and legality of the election in question. The bill provides that an audit includes a review of all materials, equipment, and procedures used during any part of the election, including ballots, pollbooks, voting machines, and routers. The bill requires that the audit be open to the public and states that the auditing process may include participation by residents. The results of the audit are to be presented to a jury of local residents who have to power to declare the election valid or invalid. The bill also gives the State Inspector General the power and duty to conduct an audit of the 2020 general election and requires him to produce a report of his finding.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB606
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Uniform Statewide Building Code; smoke detectors required in new residential dwellings. Requires battery operated or AC powered smoke alarm devices to be installed in all new residential dwellings. The bill requires battery operated smoke alarm devices to be equipped with a battery capable of lasting at least 10 years. The location and installation of the smoke alarms shall be determined by the Building Code. The owner of such residential dwelling shall be responsible for the maintenance of the smoke alarm device.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB607
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; smoke detectors; update regulations. Requires the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Homes Inspectors to require that a home inspection and the report on its findings include a determination of whether the home's smoke detectors are in "good working order," as defined by the Board. Under current law, such regulations require that such reports only note the presence or absence of smoke detectors. Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; smoke detectors; update regulations. Requires the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Homes Inspectors to require that a home inspection and the report on its findings include a determination of whether the home's smoke detectors are in "good working order," as defined by the Board. Under current law, such regulations require that such reports only note the presence or absence of smoke detectors.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB608
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Public charter schools; applications; review and approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools and enter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools. Under current law, the power to grant or deny a public charter school application and enter into an agreement for the establishment of a public charter school rests solely with local school boards. The bill also provides that the decision of the Board or a local school board to grant or deny a public charter school application or to revoke or fail to renew a public charter school agreement is final and is not subject to appeal. Current law contains an appeal process for such decisions.