Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 15)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB169
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Property insurance; invoices. Requires any invoice sent pursuant to an insurance contract on property or on any interest therein or arising therefrom to list the address of the insured property or property interest.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB151
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans; expiration. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, the expiration of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans. The bill also provides for the nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission to continue to serve for the duration of the extension.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB160
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord obligations; tenant safety. Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, to require all employees and applicants for employment to submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee's or applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee or applicant. The bill allows a landlord to disqualify from employment any person who has been convicted of or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a violent crime committed in any jurisdiction. The bill also provides that a landlord must (i) establish written policies and procedure for the storage and management of, access to, and return of all keys for each rental dwelling unit; (ii) regulate the secure storage of and access to unissued keys; and (iii) maintain a written log for the issuance and return of all keys. Finally, pursuant to the bill, all relevant landlords must submit certain information on a quarterly basis to the Department of Housing and Community Development to prove compliance with the provisions outlined in the bill.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB143
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Heavy Equipment Dealer Act. Provides that, under the Heavy Equipment Dealer Act, a supplier's refusal to continue with a dealer an agreement that is expiring in accordance with its terms constitutes a refusal to continue or renew the agreement even if the supplier offers to enter into a replacement agreement with such dealer. The bill removes the exception to the Act's notification requirements for agreement amendments for cases where the supplier uniformly amends agreements as to all dealers of the supplier in question in all states in which the supplier is marketing its products. The bill also prohibits a supplier from prohibiting a dealer from purchasing equipment manufactured by another supplier for purposes of rental or resale to the dealer's customers or from directly or indirectly discriminating or taking adverse action against, or otherwise penalizing, any dealer that purchases equipment or repair parts manufactured by another supplier for purposes of rental or resale to the dealer's customers.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB205
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
State and local elections officials; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. Prohibits state and local elections officials from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of any moneys, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. The bill specifically provides that it is not a violation of this prohibition to (i) operate a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity or (ii) accept a federal government grant funded in whole or part by donations from private individuals or nongovernmental entities.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB161
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Education; heat-related illness; guidelines. Directs the Department of Education, in conjunction with stakeholders, to develop guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches and student athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of heat-related illness, how to recognize the signs of heat-related illness, and how to prevent heat-related illness to be distributed to local school divisions by August 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB212
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Special license plates; United States Navy; Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Fund. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates with a design that incorporates the emblem of the United States Navy to active members and certain veterans of the United States Navy. The bill provides that unremarried surviving spouses of such service members may also be issued such special license plates. The bill creates the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Fund to utilize funds from the license plate fees to support the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society in Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB195
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefit plans to members of a sponsoring association that (i) has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits; (ii) does not condition membership in the sponsoring association on any factor relating to the health status of an individual, including an employee of a member of the sponsoring association or a dependent of such an employee; (iii) makes any health benefit plan available to all members regardless of any factor relating to the health status of such members or individuals eligible for coverage through a member; (iv) does not make any health benefit plan available to any person who is not a member of the association; (v) makes available health plans or health benefit plans that meet requirements provided for in the bill; (vi) operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(5) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (vii) has been in active existence for at least five years. The bill replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefit plans to members of a sponsoring association that (i) has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits; (ii) does not condition membership in the sponsoring association on any factor relating to the health status of an individual, including an employee of a member of the sponsoring association or a dependent of such an employee; (iii) makes any health benefit plan available to all members regardless of any factor relating to the health status of such members or individuals eligible for coverage through a member; (iv) does not make any health benefit plan available to any person who is not a member of the association; (v) makes available health plans or health benefit plans that meet requirements provided for in the bill; (vi) operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(5) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (vii) has been in active existence for at least five years. The bill replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." The bill requires any health benefit plan issued by a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) that covers one or more employees of one or more small employers to (a) provide essential health benefits and cost-sharing requirements; (b) offer a minimum level of coverage designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan; (c) not limit or exclude coverage for an individual by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion on that individual; (d) be prohibited from establishing discriminatory rules based on health status related to eligibility or premium or contribution requirements as imposed on health carriers; (e) meet the renewability standards set forth for health insurance issuers; (f) establish base rates formed on an actuarially sound, modified community rating methodology that considers the pooling of all participant claims; and (g) utilize each employer member's specific risk profile to determine premiums by actuarially adjusting above or below established base rates, and utilize either pooling or reinsurance of individual large claimants to reduce the adverse impact on any specific employer member's premiums. The bill prohibits a self-funded MEWA from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Corporation Commission. The bill authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations applicable to self-funded MEWAs, including regulations addressing financial condition, solvency requirements, and the exclusion of self-funded MEWAs from the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB209
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Credit unions; activity authorized for a federally chartered credit union. Provides that a credit union has the power to engage in any activity, service, or other practice that is authorized for a federally chartered credit union and that has not otherwise been authorized for a state-chartered credit union, provided that (i) the credit union provides the State Corporation Commission with written notice at least 45 calendar days prior to engaging in any such activity, service, or practice and (ii) the credit union engages in the activity, service, or practice subject to the same terms, conditions, and limitations as applicable to a federally chartered credit union. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Commissioner of the State Corporation Commission to prohibit or restrict the activity, service, or practice at any time.
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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.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB195
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Chaptered
2/23/22
Passed
2/23/22
Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law. Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB187
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Accelerated stream nutrient credit release. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to accelerate the release of nutrient credits generated by a stream restoration project based on (i) a determination that the level of risk is low, (ii) the provision of additional financial assurance, and (iii) the experience of the applicant. The provisions of the bill become effective 30 days after the Department of Environmental Quality issues guidance regarding its implementation. Accelerated stream nutrient credit release. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to accelerate the release of nutrient credits generated by a stream restoration project based on (i) a determination that the level of risk is low, (ii) the provision of additional financial assurance, and (iii) the experience of the applicant. The provisions of the bill become effective 30 days after the Department of Environmental Quality issues guidance regarding its implementation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB211
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
Voter registration; list maintenance; lists of decedents transmitted by State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit to the Department of Elections a weekly list of decedents from the previous week. Currently, this list is transmitted monthly. The bill requires the general registrars to use this information to conduct list maintenance and to promptly cancel the registration of a person on the list.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB197
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Common interest communities; prohibition on refusal to recognize a licensed real estate broker. Clarifies the prohibition on property owners' associations and unit owners' associations pursuant to the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55.1-1800 et seq.) and the Virginia Condominium Act (§ 55.1-1900 et seq.), as the case may be, refusing to recognize a licensed real estate broker that is designated by the lot owner or unit owner as such lot owner's or unit owner's authorized representative, provided that the property owners' association or unit owners' association is given a written authorization signed by the lot owner or unit owner designating such licensed individual as his authorized representative and containing certain information for such designated representative. The bill also expands the list of authorized persons to whom a seller or seller's authorized agent may provide a written request for the delivery of the association disclosure packet or resale certificate. The bill contains a technical amendment.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB178
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings. Permits each school board to extend for up to two additional years the three-year probationary term of service that is required for each teacher in the school division before the issuance of a continuing contract and prohibits each school board from reemploying a teacher whose performance evaluation during such probationary period is not satisfactory. The bill provides that, for the purpose of the dismissal of a teacher for cause, the term "incompetency" may be construed to include consistent failure to meet the endorsement requirements for the position or one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluations. The bill also eliminates the option for a school board to conduct a teacher dismissal hearing before a three-member fact-finding panel, requires each such hearing to be set no later than 15 days after the request for the hearing, and reduces from 10 days to five days the minimum period of advance written notice to the teacher of the time and place of such hearing.