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.

Constitutional amendment (first reference); local government; sale of property; authority to grant perpetual easements to units of government. Allows easements on public property to be granted in perpetuity to a public body, political subdivision, or authority of the Commonwealth or to the United States or any of its departments or agencies. The requirement to advertise and publicly receive bids does not apply to easements conveyed to any such governmental entity.

Income tax credits; Neighborhood Assistance Program and Education Improvement Scholarships. Makes several amendments to expand the availability of the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC). The bill increases the limit on NAP credits approved by the Department of Education (DOE) from $9 million to $12 million and provides that the annual allocation of tax credits among neighborhood organizations shall not rely solely on the amount of credits awarded in the previous year. For the EISTC, the bill increases the value of the credit from 65 percent to 70 percent of the value of a donation and allows certified public accountants to receive tax credits for donations of accounting services to scholarship organizations. The bill also retains requirements and guidelines for eligible students with a disability that under current law were scheduled to expire on December 31, 2023.

Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery.

Energy performance-based contracts; roof replacement. Allows procurement of a roof replacement as part of a larger energy conservation or operational efficiency measure if such replacement is either necessary for the installation of such measure or if the contracting entity determines that the replacement of more than 20 percent of the roof is necessary to install such measure. The bill requires any roof replacements not included in the original contract to be publicly noticed on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. Such procurement shall be designed by a licensed architect or professional engineer.Current law prohibits the inclusion of a roof replacement project as part of an energy performance-based contract.

American Revolution 250 Commission; membership. Adds five legislative members to the American Revolution 250 Commission.

Income tax; Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Increases the aggregate annual cap on the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits from $25 million to $50 million, increases the value of the credit from 65 percent to 80 percent, and removes the credit's current sunset of January 1, 2028.

Board of Pharmacy; prescription drug donation program; work group. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to evaluate any challenges and barriers to participation in the prescription drug donation program and ways to increase program participation, education, and outreach. Board of Pharmacy; prescription drug donation program; work group. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to evaluate any challenges and barriers to participation in the prescription drug donation program and ways to increase program participation, education, and outreach.

Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration; report. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the expiration date of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Commission to submit an interim report no later than November 30, 2022, and a final report no later November 30, 2023. Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration; report. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the expiration date of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Commission to submit an interim report no later than November 30, 2022, and a final report no later November 30, 2023.

Celebrating the life of George Millard Harvey, Sr.

Elections administration; requests made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act; deferment of response when request received during certain period of time. Allows local electoral boards and general registrars to defer providing a response to a request received under the Freedom of Information Act on or after the first day of in-person absentee voting for any election and before the tenth day following the local electoral board's certification of such election. The bill requires that notice of the deferment be provided to the requestor.

Employment of retired law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. Provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board. Employment of retired law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. Provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board.

Gifts of real estate; requirements. Prohibits a clerk of court from recording a deed of gift conveying real estate unless it is accompanied by a certified copy of the existing deed showing the name of the current owner of the property.

School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.