Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 67)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB662
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons and (ii) abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB663
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Mandatory outpatient treatment. Reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing mandatory outpatient treatment. The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for a single order for a period of involuntary inpatient treatment followed by a period of mandatory outpatient treatment and instead requires entry of separate orders for involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment in all cases. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022. Mandatory outpatient treatment. Reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing mandatory outpatient treatment. The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for a single order for a period of involuntary inpatient treatment followed by a period of mandatory outpatient treatment and instead requires entry of separate orders for involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment in all cases. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB664
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Public utilities; delay of termination of service; serious medical condition; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation exemptions to termination of service by a public utility that provides electric, gas, water, and wastewater services for certain customers. The bill requires such regulations to require a public utility to delay termination of service for any residential customer (i) who has not filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility for 15 calendar days, upon oral or written notification from the residential customer that such customer or a family member residing with the customer has a serious medical condition; for such customers, the utility shall delay disconnection for at least 60 calendar days upon receiving a serious medical condition form during the 15-day period; (ii) who has filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility; for at least 60 days beyond the expiration of any required notice; (iii) who is experiencing financial hardship and whose serious medical condition will last beyond the 60-calendar-delay period described in clause (ii); for such customers, the utility shall work to establish a payment plan and make all due effort to avoid service termination; or (iv) who certifies to the utility that the customer's household includes primary residents who are not younger than 65 years of age, not older than 12 months of age, or have a disability; for a minimum of 60 calendar days beyond the expiration of any required notice. The bill requires such regulations to permit a residential customer to delay termination of service up to three times within a 12-month period. Each public utility subject to the bill shall report monthly by the fifteenth day of each month information related to serious medical condition forms, exemptions from disconnections granted under the provisions of the bill, and payment plans with customers. Public utilities; delay of termination of service; serious medical condition; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation exemptions to termination of service by a public utility that provides electric, gas, water, and wastewater services for certain customers. The bill requires such regulations to require a public utility to delay termination of service for any residential customer (i) who has not filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility for 15 calendar days, upon oral or written notification from the residential customer that such customer or a family member residing with the customer has a serious medical condition; for such customers, the utility shall delay disconnection for at least 60 calendar days upon receiving a serious medical condition form during the 15-day period; (ii) who has filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility; for at least 60 days beyond the expiration of any required notice; (iii) who is experiencing financial hardship and whose serious medical condition will last beyond the 60-calendar-delay period described in clause (ii); for such customers, the utility shall work to establish a payment plan and make all due effort to avoid service termination; or (iv) who certifies to the utility that the customer's household includes primary residents who are not younger than 65 years of age, not older than 12 months of age, or have a disability; for a minimum of 60 calendar days beyond the expiration of any required notice. The bill requires such regulations to permit a residential customer to delay termination of service up to three times within a 12-month period. Each public utility subject to the bill shall report monthly by the fifteenth day of each month information related to serious medical condition forms, exemptions from disconnections granted under the provisions of the bill, and payment plans with customers.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB665
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Engrossed
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
State correctional facilities; fees; report. Directs the Department of Corrections (the Department) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill directs the Department to report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB666
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Refer
2/9/22
State park fees; active duty military and veterans. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish a policy that entitles any veteran or person on active duty military service to pay no fee for access, entry, or parking at a state park, and to receive a 50 percent discount for various park services and amenities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB667
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Staff Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers Memorial Highway. Designates Shifty Lane in the Town of Clinchco the "Staff Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers Memorial Highway."
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB668
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
2/9/22
Facilities for civilly committed sexually violent predators; reports to the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system. Adds persons who are civilly committed sexually violent predators to the categories of persons for whom the Commonwealth's designated advocacy and protection system provides oversight, provided that funding for such purpose is provided by the General Assembly. The bill also requires state facilities to which sexually violent predators are civilly committed to notify in writing the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 48 hours of critical incidents or deaths of individuals receiving services in the state facility, and requires the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide to the Director a written report setting forth the known facts of critical incidents or deaths of individuals receiving services in facilities to which sexually violent predators are civilly committed within 15 working days of such critical incident or death. Facilities for civilly committed sexually violent predators; reports to the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system. Adds persons who are civilly committed sexually violent predators to the categories of persons for whom the Commonwealth's designated advocacy and protection system provides oversight, provided that funding for such purpose is provided by the General Assembly. The bill also requires state facilities to which sexually violent predators are civilly committed to notify in writing the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 48 hours of critical incidents or deaths of individuals receiving services in the state facility, and requires the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide to the Director a written report setting forth the known facts of critical incidents or deaths of individuals receiving services in facilities to which sexually violent predators are civilly committed within 15 working days of such critical incident or death.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB669
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Public pools; regulations. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study whether swimming pools and other water recreational facilities for public use or use in conjunction with a tourist facility or health spa should be regulated by the Department of Health and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2023. Public pools; regulations. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study whether swimming pools and other water recreational facilities for public use or use in conjunction with a tourist facility or health spa should be regulated by the Department of Health and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB67
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Projecting vehicle loads; flagging. Requires any commercial motor vehicle transporting a load that extends beyond the sides of the vehicle by more than four inches or beyond the rear of a vehicle by more than four feet to have the extremities of the load marked by one or more red or orange fluorescent warning flags, located as specified in the bill, at least 18 inches both in length and width. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. Projecting vehicle loads; flagging. Requires any commercial motor vehicle transporting a load that extends beyond the sides of the vehicle by more than four inches or beyond the rear of a vehicle by more than four feet to have the extremities of the load marked by one or more red or orange fluorescent warning flags, located as specified in the bill, at least 18 inches both in length and width. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB670
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Vetoed
3/1/22
County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent that such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body. County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent that such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB671
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Permanent protective orders; Hope Card Program created. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop and all district courts and circuit courts to implement the Hope Card Program (the Program) for the issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been issued a permanent protective order by any district court or circuit court. The bill provides that a Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program shall be a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing, to the extent possible, essential information about the protective order, such as the identifying information and characteristics of the person subject to the protective order, the issuance and expiration date of the protective order, the terms of the protective order, and the names of any other persons protected by the protective order.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB672
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Sexual abuse of animals; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly (i) engages in sexual contact with an animal; (ii) causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact with an animal; (iii) advertises, solicits, offers, sells, purchases, or possesses an animal with the intent that the animal be subject to sexual contact; (iv) permits sexual contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control; (v) produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publish, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting a person engaged in sexual contact with an animal is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that any person convicted of sexual abuse of an animal may be prohibited from possessing, owning, or exercising control over any animal for a period of up to five years and may be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB673
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Local correctional facilities; fees. Eliminates certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, including a fee to defray the costs associated with an inmate's keep, travel and other expenses associated with an inmate's work release employment or participation in an educational or rehabilitative program, and telephone systems. The bill also reduces certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, providing that the cost of items within a correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percent of the typical market rate for the same goods or services and that the fee associated with electronic visitation and messaging systems shall not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating such systems. The bill removes provisions that if an inmate is unable to pay in full such fees, the inmate must enter into a deferred or installment payment agreement with the local correctional facility, or that such facility may enter into a contract for collection of such fees with a private entity, a local governing body, or the county or city treasurer. The bill also provides that, upon discharge from a local correctional facility, an inmate shall receive, in the form of a check, electronic transfer, or a debit or other account card, the balance of all accounts maintained by the facility for an inmate's use. Local correctional facilities; fees. Eliminates certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, including a fee to defray the costs associated with an inmate's keep, travel and other expenses associated with an inmate's work release employment or participation in an educational or rehabilitative program, and telephone systems. The bill also reduces certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, providing that the cost of items within a correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percent of the typical market rate for the same goods or services and that the fee associated with electronic visitation and messaging systems shall not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating such systems. The bill removes provisions that if an inmate is unable to pay in full such fees, the inmate must enter into a deferred or installment payment agreement with the local correctional facility, or that such facility may enter into a contract for collection of such fees with a private entity, a local governing body, or the county or city treasurer. The bill also provides that, upon discharge from a local correctional facility, an inmate shall receive, in the form of a check, electronic transfer, or a debit or other account card, the balance of all accounts maintained by the facility for an inmate's use.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB674
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Telephone systems within correctional facilities. Provides that no records of communications made by inmates from telephone systems within correctional facilities shall be disclosed without a search warrant, except upon the request of an inmate for the inmate's own records to be disclosed to him or his attorney. The bill requires that each correctional facility create and maintain an audit log for each inmate that shall (i) identify each disclosed record and (ii) include a copy of the search warrant issued to obtain such record. The bill provides that any records of communications obtained unlawfully shall not be admissible as evidence in a prosecution or civil action. The bill also removes provisions regarding allowable forms of payment and payment rates for calls to numbers on an approved call list using such telephone systems.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB675
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care, and the provisions of the bill shall apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage beginning on January 1, 2023.