Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 2)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB286
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Required disclosure for buyer to beware; buyer due diligence; historic districts. Adds a survey of the property to the list of materials that a purchaser of the property can review as part of exercising whatever due diligence the particular purchaser deems necessary with respect to a historic district designated by the locality. Required disclosure for buyer to beware; buyer due diligence; historic districts. Adds a survey of the property to the list of materials that a purchaser of the property can review as part of exercising whatever due diligence the particular purchaser deems necessary with respect to a historic district designated by the locality.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB294
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Fee for solid waste disposal; Bath County. Adds Bath County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Bath County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard fee rates for certain older and disabled persons.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB550
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Special license plates; VIRGINIA CREEPER TRAIL CONSERVANCY. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Virginia Creeper Trail Conservancy bearing the legend VIRGINIA CREEPER TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB161
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/4/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Charter; Town of Grottoes. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Grottoes in Rockingham County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1997. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB121
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure. Exempts from the "licensure requirements for contractors" any work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $25,000 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor. Current law provides this exemption to such work valued at $5,000 or less per project. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure. Exempts from the "licensure requirements for contractors" any work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $25,000 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor. Current law provides this exemption to such work valued at $5,000 or less per project.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB131
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. The effective date of this amendment to the Compact is contingent upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The bill contains technical amendments.
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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 HB154
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records database. Requires the establishment of a publicly available, centralized database for all public records. All public bodies will be required to transfer any public records in its possession to the database. The bill directs Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, to (i) convene a workgroup consisting of representatives from state and local public bodies in every region of the Commonwealth to conduct research, evaluate data, and determine a plan for implementation of the database and (ii) report its recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or before December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill that establish the central public records database shall become effective on July 1, 2023, and the provisions of the bill requiring every public body to submit its public records to VITA for inclusion in the central public records database shall become effective on January 1, 2024.
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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).
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB132
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Local regulation of smoking; outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. Allows localities to designate smoking areas within 100 feet of sports fields, recreation centers, and playgrounds in outdoor parks. The bill requires signs regarding designated smoking areas to be posted at the entrances to such parks.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB156
Introduced
1/9/22
Refer
1/9/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Department of Health; certain communication prohibited. Prohibits any person employed by or who has entered into a contract to provide services on behalf of the Department of Health or a local department of health from initiating communication regarding health-related matters with a minor on behalf of the Department or local department of health without the consent of the minor's parent, except as otherwise required by law.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB148
Introduced
1/8/22
Refer
1/8/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/21/22
Chaptered
3/2/22
Passed
3/2/22
Certified pollution control equipment; certification Certified pollution control equipment; certification by subdivisions. Provides that for pollution control equipment to be used as part of a political subdivision's water, wastewater, stormwater, or solid waste management facilities or systems, such equipment may be certified by the political subdivision itself instead of by the state certifying authority. This bill is identical to SB 684.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB141
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund established. Establishes the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible state-recognized and federally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, and localities for the eligible costs of acquiring land or permanent protective interest therein, and of undertaking preservation activities on such land, that is of cultural or historic significance to Black, indigenous, or people of color communities. The bill provides that land or interests acquired with grant funds shall grant the Board of Historic Resources or other holder a perpetual preservation interest in the property.
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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.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB171
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Minimum wage. Repeals certain provisions of the Code of Virginia related to increasing the state minimum wage to more than $11.00 per hour. The bill also repeals provisions related to increasing the state minimum wage based on an annual adjusted minimum wage determined by the Department of Labor and Industry.