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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rules

Chair: Mamie E. Locke

Clerk: Susan Clarke Schaar, H. Lehman
Staff: Amigo Wade, Lily Jones
Date of Meeting: January 28, 2022
Time and Place: 10 AM/SR 3/ Updated to add SR 13
Zoom: virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

S.B. 62

Patron: Favola

School Health Services Committee; report. Establishes the School Health Services Committee to review and provide advice to the General Assembly and other policy makers regarding proposals that require local school boards to offer certain health services in a school setting. The bill requires the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by October 1 of each year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 64, consisting of sections numbered 30-409 through 30-413, relating to School Health Services Committee; report.

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S.B. 151

Patron: Locke

Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans; expiration. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, the expiration of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans. The bill also provides for the nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission to continue to serve for the duration of the extension.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2557 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans; extension of sunset.

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S.B. 417

Patron: Stanley

Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published by localities. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review requirements throughout the Code of Virginia for localities to provide public notice for intended actions and events, including (i) the varying frequency for publishing notices in newspapers and other print media, (ii) the number of days required to elapse between the publications of notices, and (iii) the amount of information required to be contained in each notice, and make recommendations for uniformity and efficiency. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2022.

A BILL to direct the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review relevant provisions of the Code of Virginia, relating to public notices required to be published by localities.

22102649D

S.J.R. 10

Patron: Surovell

Study; joint subcommittee to study pandemic response and preparedness in the Commonwealth; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study pandemic response and preparedness in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee is tasked with examining existing laws in the Commonwealth and developing recommendations regarding the pandemic response and future needs of the Governor, the General Assembly, local governments, public and private health care systems and other facilities and providers, health districts, the judicial system, K-12 and higher education systems, and the business regulatory system.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study pandemic response and preparedness in the Commonwealth. Report.

22100036D

S.J.R. 11

Patron: Deeds

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study eating disorders in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study eating disorders in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall (i) determine the incidence of diagnosed eating disorders in Virginia; (ii) assess the adequacy of eating disorder training provided to public school educators; (iii) evaluate the adequacy of the curriculum relating to eating disorders in Virginia's medical and nursing schools and continuing education requirements for Virginia medical professionals; (iv) determine strategies by which Virginia can increase awareness of eating disorders, including their symptoms, effects, and preventive interventions; (v) assess the cost of treatment incurred by patients with eating disorders borne by the Commonwealth's Medicaid program as well as by private health plans and employers; (vi) assess issues concerning access to care for eating disorders within the Commonwealth; (vii) generate recommendations for improving education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of eating disorders in Virginia and estimate the fiscal impact on the Commonwealth and private payers for the implementation of such strategies; and (viii) consider, as the Commission may identify, such other issues related to the objectives of this study. The Commission must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2023 Session of the General Assembly.

Directing the Joint Commission on Health Care to study eating disorders in the Commonwealth. Report.

22102527D

S.J.R. 14

Patron: Mason

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Commonwealth's public health system; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to complete a two-year study of the Commonwealth's public health system and develop recommendations for its improvement. The Commission's study shall include examining the structure, operations, oversight, and funding of the existing public health system and the effectiveness of the current public health system in meeting ongoing public health needs as well as public health needs resulting from public health emergencies and shall identify areas of success and areas for improvement in preparation for and response to future public health emergencies.

Directing the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the Commonwealth's public health system. Report.

22103635D

S.J.R. 24

Patron: Reeves

Study; necessity for and feasibility of creation of a unified gaming commission; report. Establishes an eight-member, one-year joint subcommittee to study the necessity for and feasibility of the creation of a unified gaming commission to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the necessity for and feasibility of the creation of a unified gaming commission to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth. Report.

22103167D

S.J.R. 25

Patron: Reeves

Study; JLARC; whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest by (i) evaluating whether the current oversight and regulatory structure of the different types of legal gaming result in varying compliance standards with regard to similar gaming devices which could unintentionally cause a competitive advantage to one industry over another; (ii) reporting on the current costs for each existing gaming oversight agency to regulate the gaming for which it is responsible; (iii) determining whether the overall costs to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of legal gaming in the Commonwealth would be lower if all such types of gaming were housed under a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; (iv) conducting research to determine potential methods of housing, and the steps necessary to house, all legalized gaming under a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; and (v) determining the potential necessity for and specific composition of a centralized gaming oversight board that would best ensure compliance with ethical requirements and a substantial decrease in the number of potential conflicts of interest.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest. Report.

22102783D

S.J.R. 27

Patron: Boysko


Study; JLARC; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to, by November 30, 2022, (i) review general operations of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, including (a) procedures and persons responsible for reviewing complaints received and determining whether to dismiss or investigate such complaints, (b) processes for determining whether to conduct informal or formal hearings, and (c) any informal or established rules used to determine disciplinary action imposed on a judge or justice; (ii) consider the requirements for election of members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission and determine whether (a) the current number of members and (b) the qualifications of members elected are adequate to ensure proper judicial oversight and accountability; (iii) identify areas of weakness and potential areas of improvement; (iv) research best practices for judicial accountability and discipline; (v) provide recommendations to increase transparency, eliminate actual or perceived bias, increase efficiency and establish deadlines or specific timeframes for resolving complaints, provide effective interventions prior to the need for disciplinary action, and establish rules surrounding the types of disciplinary actions taken and when to take specific disciplinary action; and (vi) keep confidential all records, transcripts, papers, investigatory notes, files, or other confidential information provided by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. Report.

22102352D

S.J.R. 33

Patron: McClellan

Study; JLARC; election governance structure; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a study on the election governance structure in the Commonwealth, and in doing so, (i) review the roles and responsibilities of state and local election officials in the administration and conduct of elections in the Commonwealth, including the level of oversight by state election officials and the degree of decision-making by local election officials, (ii) review the accountability structure present for both state and local election officials, (iii) review the methods of selection and removal of state and local election officials and evaluate how such methods shape accountability mechanisms, and (iv) evaluate the potential for partisan pressures and influence in administrative decisions at the state and local election level.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review the election governance structure in the Commonwealth. Report.

22103597D

S.J.R. 35

Patron: Lewis

Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding for two additional years, through the 2023 interim.

Continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding. Report.

22103020D

S.J.R. 37

Patron: DeSteph


Study; Secretary of Administration; State Board of Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot program; report. Requests the Secretary of Administration to oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Board of Elections to form a working group to study implementation of electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots. In conducting its study, the State Board of Elections with the working group shall study and develop initial instructions and procedures that (i) consider issues related to accessibility, auditability, authentication, verification, and security through encryption, in order to ensure that any process implemented would guarantee the accuracy and integrity of voted military-overseas ballots, and (ii) recommend (a) security measures necessary to reasonably secure the transmission, processing, and storage of voter data from interception and unauthorized access; (b) methods for verifying and authenticating the identity of the voter electronically when registering to vote and when requesting a ballot from and returning a ballot to the voter's jurisdiction; (c) methods for the encryption of voted ballots; and (d) a procedure for security reviews after an election. The study shall focus on implementation of electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots first as a limited pilot program in 2023 and later on a statewide basis. An executive summary and report shall be submitted as no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Requesting the Secretary of Administration to oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Board of Elections to form a working group to study implementation of electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots. Report.

22100894D

S.J.R. 42

Patron: Suetterlein

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; benefits of hospitals, health systems, and other providers addressing the health-related social needs of Virginians; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the benefits of hospitals, health systems, and other providers in addressing the health-related social needs of Virginians. The study shall identify opportunities for policy making to make health care in Virginia more affordable and effective through innovations in care coordination, workforce development, payment options, and improved data collection.

Directing the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the benefits of hospitals, health systems, and other providers in addressing the health-related social needs of Virginians. Report.

22103464D

S.R. 13

Patron: Locke

Wearing of masks; COVID-19 precautions; 2022 Session. Requires the President, all Senators, and all staff of the Senate to wear masks or take other precautionary measures against the transmission of COVID-19 while in the Senate Chamber or at committee or subcommittee meetings during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Relating to the wearing of masks and other COVID-19 precautions during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

22104629D