VA Legislation | 2022 | Regular Session | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB584	Intro Sine Die	Consumer Data Protection Act; personal data obtained from source other than the consumer. Provides that if a controller has obtained personal data about a consumer from a source other than the consumer, the controller may comply with such consumer's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB561	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established. Establishes the Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of holding disciplinary hearings initiated by the Virginia State Bar again... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (11-Y 4-N)
SB757	Intro Sine Die	Fraud-related crimes; penalties. Creates felony offenses for crimes related to wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and health care fraud, each described in the bill, punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than 20 years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB419	Intro Sine Die	Genetic information privacy; civil penalty. Establishes requirements for direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, including requirements related to information to be provided to consumers, consent requirements, requirements related to security o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 To Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
SB462	Intro Sine Die	Regulating video gaming terminals; penalties. Authorizes and specifies the licensing requirements for the manufacture, distribution, operation, servicing, hosting, and playing of video gaming terminals (VGTs). The bill provides that VGTs are regulate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 To Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
SB323	Intro Sine Die	Arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting overdoses. Provides that an individual who is subject to arrest or prosecution for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance, possession of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
SB583	Intro Sine Die	Conformity of the Commonwealth's taxation system with the Internal Revenue Code; Rebuild Virginia grants and Paycheck Protection Program loans; emergency. Advances Virginia's date of conformity with the Internal Revenue Code from December 31, 2020, t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations
SB76	Intro Sine Die	Historical African American cemeteries and graves; qualified organization. Amends the definition of a qualified organization authorized to apply for funds for the maintenance of historical African American cemeteries to include a locality in which su... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB454	Intro Sine Die	Teacher Training Corps; report. Establishes the Teacher Training Corps for the purpose of attracting and retaining public elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students who obtain... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB165	Intro Sine Die	Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB696	Intro Sine Die	Sales and use tax; exemption for essential personal hygiene products. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for essential personal hygiene products, defined in the bill as (i) nondurable incontinence products such as diapers, disposable undergarment... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Tabled in Finance (16-Y 5-N)
HB373	Intro Sine Die	County or city public animal shelters; return of animals after expiration of stray hold period. Authorizes an animal shelter to return a cat to the place from which it was taken after the expiration of the stray hold period. Any such cat shall be vac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-02 Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
SB45	Intro Sine Die	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates. Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N)
HB867	Intro Sine Die	Private towing; one-hour limitation. Prohibits private towing from a parking lot or area where there is no fee for parking within one hour of the vehicle's being parked. The bill creates exemptions for vehicles parked in a manner that is otherwise pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
SB568	Intro Sine Die	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; civil penalty. Prohibits any public utility from making any contribution to any committee or otherwise provide any money any other thing of value, given, advanced, loaned, or in any other way ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N)
SB512	Intro Sine Die	Distribution of recordation tax to cities and counties. Reestablishes the distribution of $20 million of state recordation tax revenue to counties and cities to be used for transportation or public education purposes. Legislation in 2020 dedicated th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations
HB446	Intro Sine Die	Motor vehicle insurance policies; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits any policy for motor vehicle insurance that uses any of the following characteristics of a driver as a factor in calculating auto insurance rates or determining eligibility for a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
HB921	Intro Sine Die	Prescribing controlled substances; practitioner-patient relationship; telemedicine. Provides that a prescriber may establish a practitioner-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances via synchronou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
SB752	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; eligibility. Adds sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles and conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the membership of the Virginia Law... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB872	Intro Sine Die	Electronic toll collection device; notifications. Requires the Department of Transportation to offer holders of an E-ZPass the option to receive an electronic notification when such device passes through an electronic toll collection system. The bill... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
SB390	Intro Sine Die	Elections; conduct of elections; annual post-election audits. Requires that each local electoral board and general registrar conduct a post-election audit annually of at least one fifth of all ballot scanner machines in use in the locality such that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
HB1094	Intro Sine Die	Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, service documentation, and firmware; penalties. Requires the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of digital electronic equipment, or parts for such equipment, to make available to owners of such equipm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
SB18	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers. Provides that if a retired law-enforcement officer was employed by a local school division as a school security officer on January 1, 2020, and had a b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
SB605	Intro Sine Die	Elections; conduct of election; election results; post-election forensic audits. Provides for the conduct of a forensic audit of an election in a county or city upon the request of certain officials or upon the petition of a group of residents of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
SB367	Intro Sine Die	Horse racing tax. Provides that 0.01 percent of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools shall be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund. The bill reduces from 0.75 percent t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB1113	Intro Sine Die	Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board, when administering SMART SCALE, to ensure that projects are evaluated for district grant program funds and high-priority funds separately, and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
HB1018	Intro Sine Die	Failure to wear a seatbelt; primary offense. Changes from a secondary offense to a primary offense the failure to wear a seatbelt as required by law. A primary offense is one for which a law-enforcement officer may stop a motor vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
HB625	Intro Sine Die	Vehicle safety inspection; exhaust system. Prohibits the issuance of a safety inspection approval sticker to a vehicle that is not equipped with an exhaust system in good working order. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
HB1229	Intro Sine Die	Electronic toll collection device; notifications. Requires the Department of Transportation to offer holders of an E-ZPass the option to receive an electronic notification when such device passes through an electronic toll collection system. The bill... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
HB490	Intro Sine Die	Public utility ratemaking; contracting with small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses. Repeals certain provisions of the Code relating to proceedings in which the State Corporation Commission is required to determine whether costs incurred by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
SB363	Intro Sine Die	Distribution of recordation tax to cities and counties. Reestablishes the distribution of $20 million of state recordation tax revenue to counties and cities to be used for transportation or public education purposes. Legislation in 2020 dedicated th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
SB382	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Retirement System; increased retirement allowance for certain judges. Increases, for the purposes of determining benefits provided under the Judicial Retirement System, the retirement multiplier from 1 percent to 1.7 percent. The increase wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB986	Intro Sine Die	Dealers; certain DMV transactions. Provides that any transaction for issuing a certificate of title for a motor vehicle or motorcycle, registering a motor vehicle or motorcycle, or renewing a motor vehicle or motorcycle registration conducted by a li... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Tabled in Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
SB697	Intro Sine Die	Elections; same-day registration; in-person absentee and election day voting. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (6-Y 9-N)
SB588	Intro Sine Die	Elections; voter registration; lists of registered voters; provided to registered voters. Provides that the Department of Elections must provide the lists for their districts to any registered voter of the Commonwealth for a reasonable charge not to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
SB306	Intro Sine Die	Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of "voting system" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic votin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HB699	Intro Sine Die	Glass replacement in vehicles. Requires the Superintendent of State Police to promulgate regulations consistent with the standards established by the Auto Glass Safety Council regarding the replacement of glass in any vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 To House Transportation Committee
HB704	Intro Sine Die	Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; new sidewalks and circular intersections. Prioritizes projects for new sidewalks and circular intersections when selecting projects to be funded with Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Stricken from docket by Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
SB372	Intro Sine Die	Department of Planning and Budget; Regulatory Budget Program; report. Directs the Department of Planning and Budget, under the direction of the Secretary of Finance, to establish a continuous Regulatory Budget Program with the goal of setting a targe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
SB620	Intro Sine Die	Real property taxes; rate of increase. Requires the governing body of a locality to hold a referendum before making most increases in their real property tax rate. Under current law, the governing body of a locality is required to limit their real pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
SB721	Intro Sine Die	Public employees; labor union dues deduction authorization. Requires consent by public employees authorized to engage in collective bargaining before union or employee association dues are deducted from the employees' pay directly by their employers.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
SB536	Intro Sine Die	Trespass by hunters; penalty. Increases from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for the crime of trespassing while hunting, and increases from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for a first violation of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (14-Y 1-N)
SB376	Intro Sine Die	Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board for the purpose of protecting state residents, state and local governments, commercial health plans, heal... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB160	Intro Sine Die	Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs; definition. Provides that energy efficiency programs may include electrification, including measures that electrify space heating, water heating, cooling, drying, cooking, industrial processes, and othe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB112	Intro Sine Die	Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB637	Intro Sine Die	Insurers rehabilitation and liquidation; federal home loan bank rights. Expands upon provisions that authorize a court, in instances of insurer rehabilitation and liquidation, to issue a restraining order or injunction to an insurer to prevent the tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
SB374	Intro Sine Die	Project labor agreements; prevailing wage; collective bargaining for employees of local governments. Repeals certain provisions of the Code that (i) require contractors and subcontractors under any public contract with a state agency or certain local... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
SB304	Intro Sine Die	Electric utilities; energy storage capacity requirements; certain facilities. Provides that if Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia newly acquire the right to energy storage capacity from energy storage facilities located in the Commonwealt... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
SB255	Intro Sine Die	Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure; application process. Provides that in its consideration of certain communications infrastructure applications, a locality shall not disapprove an application if (i) the proposed new structure provides a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 To Senate Local Government Committee
HB1177	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Digital Service established; duties. Establishes the Virginia Digital Service with an executive director to be appointed by the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Service to recruit a team of at least 15 sen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-01-31 Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (12-Y 9-N)