Study; staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at Virginia Department of Corrections; report. Continues the joint committee of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions; the House Committee on Public Safety; the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services established by House Joint Resolution No. 29 (2020) and continued by House Joint Resolution 522 (2021, Special Session I) to study staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections. The resolution directs the joint committee to conclude its work by November 30, 2022, and to report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.

Charter; City of Portsmouth; recall of elective officers. Makes various changes to the City of Portsmouth's process for recall of an elective officer, including (i) applying provisions to an officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office, (ii) making the law apply immediately rather than after one year from the beginning of an officer's term, (iii) specifying the specific causes that may trigger the recall process, and (iv) allowing a judge of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth to hold a hearing and take evidence to determine the sufficiency of the recall petition.

Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons, calculated from the date of mailing of the final order, at the rate of $12 per inmate per day for the first 60 days, at the rate of $40 per inmate per day during the period of more than 60 but not more than 90 days, and for the actual cost of incarceration as calculated in the jail report prepared annually by the Compensation Board for more than 90 days. Currently, such compensation rates are provided for in the general appropriation act.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Designates October 4, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Virginia.

Pharmaceutical processors. Amends the definition of "cannabis oil" by removing the requirement that only oil from industrial hemp be used in the formulation of cannabis oil. The bill removes the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis but maintains the requirement that patients obtain written certification from a health care provider for medical cannabis. The bill directs the Board to promulgate numerous regulations related to pharmaceutical processors by September 15, 2022.

Study; JLARC; true cost of education; at-risk add-on and composite index of local ability-to-pay; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to continue its study of the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and its directive to provide an accurate assessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality and, in conjunction, to study the efficiency and effectiveness of the at-risk add-on and the composite index of local ability-to-pay funding formula as tools for funding public education at levels that meet or exceed its true cost. The meeting and reporting deadlines in the original study are unaffected by the additional study tasks.

Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; common interest communities; report. Requests the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the overall efficiency and effectiveness of common interest communities, with special regard to the accountability structure available for the enforcement of the provisions in the governing documents of associations subject to the Property Owners' Association Act.

Celebrating the life of Linwood Harper.

Additional real property tax on commercial and industrial property in certain localities.

Suspension of the imposition of taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; emergency. Suspends the imposition and collection of the state and regional taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel until July 1, 2023. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution; high deductible health plan. Provides that if the application of the requirement that a carrier, when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement under a health plan, include any amounts paid by the enrollee or paid on behalf of the enrollee by another person results in a health plan's ineligibility to qualify as a Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plan under the federal Internal Revenue Code, then such requirement shall not apply to such health plan with respect to the deductible of such health plan until the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible required by the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides such limitation does not apply with respect to items or services that are considered preventive care.

Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections with a risk limit of at least 10 percent. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to consider and propose a process and timeline for implementing risk-limiting audits of statewide contests.

Study; JLARC; efficiency of the legislative system; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the efficiency of the legislative system in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) analyze trends in the volume of legislation, number of days spent in session, and costs associated with the legislative process by year; (ii) examine the pros and cons of the legislative system as it currently exists and make recommendations regarding improvements to key elements of the legislative system, including the timing of regular sessions, committee size and scheduling, organizational processes, legislative deadlines, bill introduction limits, and staffing; (iii) compare the legislative systems of other states to Virginia's legislature and identify processes that may be implemented to improve the General Assembly's efficiency; and (iv) recommend procedural and legislative actions regarding the legislative system that would serve to increase legislative efficiency.

Study; JLARC; development of a strategic plan for regional solid waste disposal in Southwest Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a one-year study of solid waste disposal in Southwest Virginia and the possible establishment of a regional solid waste disposal authority and regional landfill. Study; JLARC; development of a strategic plan for regional solid waste disposal in Southwest Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a one-year study of solid waste disposal in Southwest Virginia and the possible establishment of a regional solid waste disposal authority and regional landfill.