Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 27)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB325
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Repeals the requirement that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. Under current law, a violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB352
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Virginia taxable income; business interest. Increases from 20 percent to 50 percent the Virginia individual and corporate income tax deduction for business interest disallowed as a deduction under § 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2022. The bill provides that for any taxpayer filing a separate return or as part of a combined return who is part of a federal consolidated group that does not report an interest expense limitation under § 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code on its federal consolidated return in the taxable year, the deduction allowed shall be 100 percent.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB297
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Suspension of regional fuels tax. Suspends the imposition of any regional fuels tax in the Commonwealth on and after July 1, 2022, but before July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB331
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for requesting records. Adds a requirement that a request for public records made pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall be made in writing and sent by the requester to the public body by registered mail, certified mail, or any other similar first-class mail tracking method used or approved by the United States Postal Service.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB315
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Charter; City of Roanoke; municipal elections. Makes various changes related to the City of Roanoke's shift to November municipal elections.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB296
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/2/22
Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage. Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB257
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/23/22
Department of Health Professions; Counseling Compact review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review the merits of the Commonwealth entering into the Counseling Compact, an interstate compact to facilitate the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors. The bill requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2022. Department of Health Professions; Counseling Compact review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review the merits of the Commonwealth entering into the Counseling Compact, an interstate compact to facilitate the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors. The bill requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB314
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop, by January 1, 2023, a brochure for use by retail establishments that sell plants that explains the value of native plants and the harm of noxious weeds and other invasive plants. Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop, by January 1, 2023, a brochure for use by retail establishments that sell plants that explains the value of native plants and the harm of noxious weeds and other invasive plants.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB277
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/9/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Recovery residences. Requires that all recovery residences be certified by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) and that recovery residences, as a condition of such certification, comply with any minimum square footage requirements related to beds and sleeping rooms established by the credentialing entity, which shall be no less than the square footage requirements set forth in the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill requires every person who operates a recovery residence to disclose to potential residents its credentialing entity. If the credentialing entity is the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose the level of support provided by the recovery residence and, if the credentialing entity is Oxford House, Inc., the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose that the recovery residence is self-governed and unstaffed. The bill also requires the Department to include such information on the list of all recovery residences maintained by the Department on its website. The bill exempts recovery residences from the provisions of the Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB285
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements. Provides that a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of clinical nurse specialist who does not prescribe controlled substances or devices may practice in the practice category in which he is certified and licensed without a written or electronic practice agreement, provided that he (i) only practice within the scope of his clinical and professional training and limits of his knowledge and experience and consistent with the applicable standards of care, (ii) consult and collaborate with other health care providers based on the clinical condition of the patient to whom health care is provided, and (iii) establish a plan for referral of complex medical cases and emergencies to physicians or other appropriate health care providers. The bill also provides that a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards in the category of clinical nurse specialist who prescribes controlled substances or devices shall practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement between the nurse practitioner and the licensed physician.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR21
Introduced
1/11/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Enrolled
1/24/22
Passed
1/24/22
Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR22
Introduced
1/11/22
Engrossed
1/13/22
Enrolled
1/17/22
Passed
1/17/22
Celebrating the life of Carl Fletcher Flemer, Jr.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB310
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Absentee voting; application requirements; absentee ballot requirements. Requires an applicant for an absentee ballot to provide the last four digits of his social security number on the application regardless of whether he is completing the application in person and makes the failure of the absentee voter to have a witness sign his absentee ballot envelope a material omission that renders the ballot void. The bill removes the permanent absentee voter list and reinstates the special annual application for voters with a disability or illness. The bill also removes the requirement that the absentee voter return envelope be sent to absentee voters with prepaid postage.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB280
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2024. Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB271
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/8/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; credit-bearing and noncredit workforce credentials. Encourages local school boards and comprehensive communities colleges to enter into local or regional agreements for the establishment and implementation of a competitive compensation structure to recruit and retain adjunct instructors to be jointly compensated by the relevant school boards and colleges to prepare both high school students and college students to earn credit-bearing workforce credentials and noncredit workforce credentials, as that term is defined in relevant law. Local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; credit-bearing and noncredit workforce credentials. Encourages local school boards and comprehensive communities colleges to enter into local or regional agreements for the establishment and implementation of a competitive compensation structure to recruit and retain adjunct instructors to be jointly compensated by the relevant school boards and colleges to prepare both high school students and college students to earn credit-bearing workforce credentials and noncredit workforce credentials, as that term is defined in relevant law.