Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 31)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB176
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Cannabis control; vertical integration; social equity. Requires the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Board) to promulgate regulations that allow to qualify as a social equity applicant, and therefore receive certain licensing preferences and advantages, any applicant that has lived or been domiciled for at least 12 months in the Commonwealth and whose principal place of business is, and was prior to July 1, 2021, located in a jurisdiction determined by the Board to be economically distressed. The bill also provides that, if an act of assembly is passed by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly that creates licenses to allow for the cultivation, manufacture, wholesale, and retail sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products in the Commonwealth, any industrial hemp processor that meets certain registration, program, and production requirements set forth in the bill shall be permitted to possess one or any combination of such licenses upon payment of a $1 million fee to the Board and submission of and compliance with a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB177
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Elections; absentee voting; witness signature requirement; additional information. Makes an absentee voter's failure to have a witness sign the absentee ballot envelope a material omission that renders the ballot void. Additionally, the bill requires an absentee voter to include the last four number of his social security number and his date of birth with the voter affirmation statement on such ballot envelope. Elections; absentee voting; witness signature requirement; additional information. Makes an absentee voter's failure to have a witness sign the absentee ballot envelope a material omission that renders the ballot void. Additionally, the bill requires an absentee voter to include the last four number of his social security number and his date of birth with the voter affirmation statement on such ballot envelope.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB178
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Absentee voting in person; available beginning on the fourteenth day prior to election; hours of operation. Limits absentee voting in person to the two weeks immediately preceding an election. During these two weeks, the bill requires that absentee voting in person be available Monday through Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB179
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Department of Motor Vehicles; permanent farm use placard. Requires an owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. The bill requires the applicant to provide specified information about the vehicle and its usage, pay a $15 fee, and certify that the vehicle is insured. The provisions of the bill requiring the owner or lessee of a farm vehicle to obtain and display a farm use placard have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB18
Introduced
12/23/21
Refer
12/23/21
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Appointed school board members; salaries. Permits any appointed school board to pay each of its members an annual salary that is consistent with the salary procedures and no more than the salary limits provided for local governments in relevant law or as provided by charter, with certain exceptions and conditions. Current law sets a specific maximum dollar amount for the salary of members of each such appointed school board.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB180
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Land use valuation for real estate devoted to forest use; creation of Forest Sustainability Fund. Creates the Forest Sustainability Fund, to be administered by the State Forester. Localities that have adopted a use value assessment and taxation program for real estate devoted to forest use are eligible to apply for an allocation from the Fund. Awards are proportionally based upon the amount of revenue forgone in the previous fiscal year by localities due to the use value program.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB181
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Criminal records; sealing of records; repeal. Repeals provisions not yet effective allowing for the automatic and petition-based sealing of police and court records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB182
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Investor-owned water and water and sewer utilities; ratemaking proceedings. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in any ratemaking proceeding for an investor-owned utility authorized to furnish water or water and sewer service initiated after January 1, 2022, to evaluate such utility on a stand-alone basis and, for purposes of establishing any revenue requirement and rates, utilize such utility's actual end-of-test period capital structure and cost of capital without regard to the cost of capital, capital structure, or investments of any other entities with which such utility may be affiliated. If the Commission finds that the debt to equity ratio of the actual end-of-test period capital structure of such utility is unreasonable, the bill authorizes the Commission to utilize a debt to equity ratio that it finds to be reasonable. The bill requires the Commission, in all proceedings initiated after January 1, 2022, in which the Commission reviews the rates and associated earnings of an investor-owned utility authorized to furnish water or water and sewer service, to conduct such review utilizing the same cost of capital and capital structure adopted in the utility's most recent rate case in which such rates were set, without regard to any later changes in the cost of capital or capital structure.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB183
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Powers and duties of Governor; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive rule, regulation, or order issued by the Governor to the completion of the Governor's term in office. 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. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB184
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Virginia Stormwater Management Programs; regional industrial facility authorities. Authorizes a locality that administers a Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) or a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) to administer such program of a regional industrial facility authority of which the locality is a member. The bill requires that such administration be conducted in accordance with an agreement entered into with all relevant localities and the existing VSMP or VESMP for the property. Virginia Stormwater Management Programs; regional industrial facility authorities. Authorizes a locality that administers a Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) or a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) to administer such program of a regional industrial facility authority of which the locality is a member. The bill requires that such administration be conducted in accordance with an agreement entered into with all relevant localities and the existing VSMP or VESMP for the property.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB185
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/4/22
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 House Bill HB186
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Training Program; established. Establishes the Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Training Program, a funding program of up to $4,601,000 for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, through the Virginia Talent Accelerator Program, to support the recruitment and training needs of nitrile glove manufacturing companies located in the Mount Rogers Planning District. The bill also requires companies eligible for such funding to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership that is subject to performance targets for jobs and capital investment on or before January 1, 2027, unless an extension of no more than two years is agreed upon.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB187
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 House Bill HB188
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship; repeal. Repeals the prohibition on the carrying of dangerous weapons in a place of worship without good and sufficient reason while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB189
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Right to aquaculture. Provides that the right Right to aquaculture. Provides that the right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters includes the right to propagate shellfish by whatever legal means necessary.