Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 69)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB69
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Best interests of the child; assuring frequent and continuing contact with both parents. Provides that, in determining the best interests of a child for purposes of custody and parenting time arrangements, upon request of either party, the court shall assure a minor child of frequent and continuing contact with both parents so as to maximize the amount of time the minor child spends with each parent.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB690
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Assisted living facilities; involuntary discharge of a resident. Provides that an assisted living facility shall not involuntary discharge a patient except (i) in cases in which the resident's condition presents an immediate and serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of the resident or others and emergency discharge is necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the resident or others; (ii) for nonpayment of contracted charges; or (iii) for failure of the resident to substantially comply with the terms and conditions of the lease agreement between the resident and the assisted living facility. The bill requires an assisted living facility to take steps to prevent the involuntary discharge, requires an assisted living facility to provide at least 30 days' notice of the involuntary discharge, and requires the assisted living facility to provide a discharge plan for the resident prior to involuntary discharge. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services to establish a process by which a resident or the resident's representative may appeal the decision of the assisted living facility to involuntarily discharge a resident to the Department and requires the Department to conduct a review to determine whether the assisted living facility has complied with the requirements of the bill.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB691
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Business entities; conversion and domestication. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act, the Virginia Limited Liability Act, and the Virginia Business Trust Act, "entity conversion" has the same meaning as "conversion" as defined in each respective act and that a certificate of entity conversion is the same as a certificate of conversion. Additionally, the bill provides that "incorporation surrender," "organization surrender," and "trust surrender" have the same meaning as "domestication" as defined in each such respective act and that a certificate of incorporation surrender, certificate of organization surrender, and a certificate of trust surrender are the same as a certificate of domestication.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB692
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Apprenticeship Council; authority. Expands the duties of the Apprenticeship Council to include determining standards and regulations for pre-apprenticeship programs and advising the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry on how to innovate and expand apprenticeship-related instruction and opportunities across the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB693
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Vehicle registration; personal property tax relief. Requires the application for vehicle registration to include any additional information necessary to determine if a vehicle is a qualifying vehicle for the purpose of personal property tax relief. The bill requires vehicles held in a trust to be evaluated in the same manner as vehicles owned by a natural person.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB694
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Commonwealth College Completion Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Commonwealth College Completion Fund (the Fund) and Program (the Program) for the purpose of administering funds to students enrolled as full-time or part-time students at public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Under the bill, such funds shall be administered to assist students with satisfying non-tuition financial transactions and costs that are preventing such students from reenrolling or signing up for courses with the institution required to complete the student's certification or degree. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to administer the Program and with input from the institutions of higher education, set guidelines for (i) what types of financial transactions and costs are eligible to be covered through the Program, (ii) criteria that students must satisfy to be eligible for the Program; and (iii) any limits on money to be disbursed through the Fund per person or per covered cost.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB695
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Worker training tax credit. Extends from 2022 to 2025 the sunset date for the worker training tax credit and expands credits with respect to courses at an Eligible Training Provider List-recognized institution to include courses at any Virginia public institution of higher education. Worker training tax credit. Extends from 2022 to 2025 the sunset date for the worker training tax credit and expands credits with respect to courses at an Eligible Training Provider List-recognized institution to include courses at any Virginia public institution of higher education.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB696
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Sales and use tax; exemption for essential personal hygiene products. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for essential personal hygiene products, defined in the bill as (i) nondurable incontinence products such as diapers, disposable undergarments, pads, and bed sheets and (ii) menstrual cups and pads, panty liners, sanitary napkins, tampons, and other products used to absorb or contain menstrual flow. 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. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB697
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Stormwater management service districts; rate of taxation. Provides that if a locality located within a stormwater management service district requires, by ordinance, that certain property owners maintain private stormwater management facilities, the rate of tax imposed by such service district on such property owners shall be half of the amount imposed on property owners not required to maintain private stormwater management facilities.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB698
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Refer
1/28/22
License taxes; exemptions. Authorizes localities to exempt any class of taxpayers from license taxes and fees. The bill provides that such exemption shall be made by general law and shall be uniform upon taxpayers operating in the same line of business or trade and that localities shall have discretion to determine the classes of taxpayers that shall be exempted. The bill does not apply to any severance tax that is levied as a license tax.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB699
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Glass replacement in vehicles. Requires the Superintendent of State Police to promulgate regulations consistent with the standards established by the Auto Glass Safety Council regarding the replacement of glass in any vehicle.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB7
Introduced
12/9/21
Refer
12/9/21
Transient occupancy tax; supporting documentation. Requires accommodations providers to submit certain supporting documentation, upon request by a locality, when remitting transient occupancy taxes collected.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB70
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights. Provides that the rights accorded to law-enforcement officers in the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act are minimum rights and all law-enforcement agencies shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with such rights. The bill removes the current exception from the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act for any law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has established a law-enforcement civilian oversight body. Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights. Provides that the rights accorded to law-enforcement officers in the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act are minimum rights and all law-enforcement agencies shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with such rights. The bill removes the current exception from the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act for any law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has established a law-enforcement civilian oversight body.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB700
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Charter; Town of Vienna; elections; dates and terms. Changes the date of elections for the mayor and all councilmen from May 2022 to November 2023, with the accompanying start date changed to the first day of January 2024 and end date changed to the last day of December 2025. Starting in 2025, the bill changes the date for all subsequent elections to November, with the start date as the first day of January of the next year, and sets the term length for each councilman and mayor to two years.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB701
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Uniform Statewide Building Code; local building codes and regulations; energy efficiency and conservation standards. Provides that the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the Building Code) shall not supersede the building code provisions and regulations adopted by a locality that are related to energy efficiency and conservation if the standards outlined in such provisions and regulations are as or more stringent than those contained in the Building Code. The bill defines a standard to be as stringent as one contained in the Building Code if such standard would perform the same function as the standard contained in the Building Code without using more energy than would be used under the provisions of the Building Code.