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2022 SESSION
Chair: J. Chapman Petersen
Clerk: Sean Sukol, Warda Asif
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2022
Time and Place: 30 min. post-adjourn/Senate Room A. Register to speak at GA site:
http://virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3
Patron: Petersen
Hunting on Sundays. Permits hunting on Sunday on public or private land, so long as it takes place more than 200 yards from a place of worship.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-521 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hunting on Sunday.22100943D
Patron: Favola
Energy performance-based contracts; roof replacement. Requires the acquisition of a roofing subcontractor through competitive negotiation if a contracting entity enters into an energy performance-based contract that involves roof replacement. Current law prohibits the inclusion of a roof replacement project as part of an energy performance-based contract.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 45.2-1703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to energy performance-based contracts; roof replacement.22101604D
Patron: Marsden
Economic development; Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund created. Establishes the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund (the Fund). The Fund would be administered by the Governor and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and would provide grants to political subdivisions to prepare sites for industrial or commercial development. The bill repeals existing law that created the Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund and provides that any remaining funds would be allocated to the Fund. The bill also authorizes grants from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund for site remediation and requires the prioritization of sites with potential for redevelopment and economic benefits to the surrounding community.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-1237 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2240.2:1, and to repeal § 2.2-2240.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to economic development; Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund created.22100242D
Patron: Marsden
Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund. Directs the Governor to include a $40 million recommended appropriation to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund in the budget bill or amendments thereto each year. Currently, the Governor is directed to include an amount based on a formula set forth in the Code. The bill makes various changes to the allocation and use of funds for grants from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, including allowing grants to be made to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribes, and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen member of the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees be a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1509.4, 10.1-1018, 10.1-1018.1, 10.1-1020, 10.1-1021, and 58.1-512 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund.22101655D
Patron: Cosgrove
De minimis subaqueous disturbances; no permit required. Provides that a de minimis subaqueous disturbance of 10 square feet or less for purposes of placing a pile shall not require a permit.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-1203 of the Code of Virginia, relating to de minimis subaqueous disturbances; no permit required.22100622D
Patron: Edwards
Department of Wildlife Resources; boat ramp fees. Removes the authorization for the Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for the use of facilities that it manages but does not own and for the use of boat ramps that it owns or manages.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-113 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Wildlife Resources; boat ramp fees.22102766D
Patron: Suetterlein
Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that an establishment that sells prepared food shall not be required to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-5116.1, relating to prepared foods; certified food protection manager.22100724D
Patron: Hanger
Accelerated stream nutrient credit release. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to accelerate the release of nutrient credits generated by a stream restoration project if a qualified applicant, defined in the bill, provides sufficient bond to (i) provide a high degree of confidence that performance standards will be achieved and (ii) cover the cost of correcting a failure to achieve the performance standards.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to accelerated stream nutrient credit release.22101102D
Patron: Hanger
Nutrient credit stream restoration projects; use of third-party long-term stewards. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to allow the use of third-party long-term stewards to hold and manage the long-term management fund to maintain stream restoration projects.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nutrient credit stream restoration projects; use of third-party long-term stewards.22101103D
Patron: Surovell
Composting; anaerobic digestion. Clarifies that composting, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion is defined in the bill as the controlled anaerobic biological decomposition of organic waste materials to produce biogas and digestate.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-3600 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composting; anaerobic digestion.22103305D
Patron: Surovell
Nonhazardous solid waste fees. Increases the annual fees for nonhazardous solid waste management facilities and indexes the fees annually based on the change in the Consumer Price Index.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1402.1 and 10.1-1402.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nonhazardous solid waste fees.22103053D
Patron: Hashmi
Lower carbon concrete; report. Provides a performance bonus for contractors to utilize approved lower carbon concrete products in projects with the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Department of Transportation (VDOT). The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to develop, in conjunction with DGS and VDOT, the baseline for determining if a concrete product is lower carbon concrete. The bill requires VDOT and DGS to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the use of the performance bonus. The bill also creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2022, but before January 1, 2026, for certain technology implementation costs incurred by concrete producers in the production of lower carbon concrete equal to the amount actually paid by the producer for the technology implementation, up to a maximum of $5,000.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-1186 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 2.2-1135.1 and 33.2-276.1 and by adding in Article 13 of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-439.12:13, relating to lower carbon concrete; report.22101529D
Patron: Deeds
Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends the portion of the Maury River previously designated as a state scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-418.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to scenic river designation; Maury River.22100539D
Patron: Deeds
Food manufacturers operating in historic buildings. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to exempt food manufacturers operating in historic buildings from certain laws and regulations related to the structure of a building if the food manufacturer is deemed to be producing food products that are low risk of being adulterated.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-5100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to food manufacturers operating in historic buildings.22102722D
Patron: Reeves
Boating safety education. Eliminates possession of a rental or lease agreement for a motorboat listing the person as the authorized operator of the boat from the list of conditions a person may meet to be considered in compliance with the boating safety education requirement.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-735.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to boating safety education.22101972D
Patron: Stuart
James River watershed; timeline for compliance with regulations of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls. Advances the timeline from 2035 to 2030 for work on construction related to any consent special order issued by the State Water Control Board for certain combined sewer overflow systems east of Charlottesville that discharge into the James River. The dates of interim steps to completion are also advanced.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2 and 4 of Chapter 634 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to James River watershed; timeline for compliance with regulations of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls.22102283D
Patron: Stuart
Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility. Adds the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility to the list of priority projects for the Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1186.01 and 62.1-44.19:14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility.22101162D
Patron: Stuart
Virginia Port Authority; Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient. Authorizes the Virginia Port Authority, in awarding grants through the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program, to award a grant to a political subdivision or governing body for the dredging of a waterway channel with a bottom that is privately owned if such political subdivision or governing body holds a lease of such bottom with a term of 25 years or more.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-132.3:4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Waterway Maintenance Grant Program.22100324D