Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 14)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB114
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Special lifetime hunting and fishing licenses; volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Qualifies volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel who have completed three consecutive years of service to obtain basic resident lifetime hunting and fishing licenses without any fee. The applicant is required to provide proof of the three years of consecutive service when applying.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB109
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years of age and who has served at least 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years of age and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shall be eligible for parole. Under current law, such parole provisions apply only to juvenile offenders.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB112
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole for persons who were previously ineligible for parole because parole was abolished and to allow for an extension of time for the scheduling of a parole interview for reasonable cause.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB141
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Department of Wildlife Resources; boat ramp fees. Removes the authorization for the Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for the use of facilities that it manages but does not own and for the use of boat ramps that it owns or manages.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB135
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Virginia Parole Board; membership; records; report. Increases from five to 11 the number of members to be appointed to the Virginia Parole Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to (i) include in its monthly report regarding actions taken by the Board on the parole of prisoners the number of votes in favor of granting or denying parole of each prisoner and (ii) ensure that any records, reports, or other documents used to determine a person's suitability for parole be made available for review by such person or his counsel pursuant to Board regulations. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB158
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
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 45 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 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor 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 regular session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB139
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/18/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Issuance of original driver's licenses to minors. Authorizes the chief juvenile and domestic relations district court judge to waive the ceremonial requirements for the issuance within the district of original driver's licenses to minors or order that the licensing ceremony be conducted in an alternative manner.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB168
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Special license plates; United States Air Force. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates with a design that incorporates the emblem of the United States Air Force to active members and certain veterans of the United States Air Force. The bill provides that unremarried surviving spouses of such service members may also be issued such special license plates.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB163
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Emergency custody and temporary detention; transportation and custody. Amends numerous sections governing emergency custody and temporary detention of minors and adults to clarify duties of law-enforcement agencies and mental health facilities with regard to custody. The bill requires facilities to take custody of a minor or person who is the subject of an emergency custody order or temporary detention order immediately upon completion of transportation and arrival of the minor or person at the facility; specifies that if a facility does not take custody of a minor or person immediately upon completion of transportation and arrival at the facility, the order is void and the minor or person shall be released; provides that emergency custody orders shall not be extended; and makes other changes to clarify the role and obligations of law enforcement in the emergency custody and temporary detention process.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HJR11
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Passed
3/9/22
Study; Workers' Compensation Commission; practice of charging premiums for bonus pay, vacations, and holidays; report. Requests the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the practice of charging workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacations, and holidays. The Workers' Compensation Commission is requested to complete its meetings by December 1, 2022, and submit its findings no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Study; Workers' Compensation Commission; practice of charging premiums for bonus pay, vacations, and holidays; report. Requests the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the practice of charging workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacations, and holidays. The Workers' Compensation Commission is requested to complete its meetings by December 1, 2022, and submit its findings no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB172
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Solar projects and energy storage projects; siting agreements with host localities. Permits a host locality in which an applicant is seeking to install a solar project or energy storage project to establish certain requirements in the siting agreement to restrict the visibility of the solar project or energy storage project from public secondary roads in order to maintain the view of the surrounding community.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB125
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each underlying school division has (i) an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and (ii) one or more schools that have accreditation denied status for two out of the past three years. The bill requires such regional charter school divisions to be supervised by a school board that consists of eight members appointed by the Board and one member appointed by the localities of each of the underlying divisions. The bill authorizes the school board, after a review by the Board, to review and approve public charter school applications in the regional charter school divisions and to contract with the applicant. The bill requires that the state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding of the underlying school district in which the student resides be transferred to such school.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB152
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Sales and use tax; payment card processing fees. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for the portion of any transaction that is a payment card processing fee, defined in the bill. The bill also provides such an exemption from local meals taxes.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB138
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Adds the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Region Airport Commission as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB149
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Absentee ballots; witness requirement; printed name and residence address. Requires that a witness to a voter's absentee ballot provide, in addition to his signature, his printed name, his date of birth, the last four digits of his social security number, and his residence address.