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2022 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 14, 2022 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 14 Prescription drug donation program; Bd. of Pharmacy shall convene a work group to evaluate, report.
- SB 53 Chesapeake, City of; local government authority to require analysis of water.
- SB 232 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 161 Heat-related illness; DOE to develop guidelines on policies to inform & educate coaches & athletes.
- SB 163 Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring abortions or selective reductions unenforceable.
- SB 238 School division maintenance reserve tool; DOE, et al., shall develop, etc., to assist school boards
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 378 Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility, procedures.
- SB 379 Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer.
- SB 380 Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption, etc., definitions.
- SB 381 Income tax, state; exempts military retirement income of a veteran.
- SB 382 Virginia Retirement System; increased retirement allowance for certain judges.
- SB 383 Credit life insurance and credit accident and sickness insurance; adjustment of rates.
- SB 384 Statewide Learning Management System; established.
- SB 385 License taxes, local; limitation of authority.
- SB 386 Income tax, corporate; filing status for tax returns of certain affiliated corporations.
- SB 387 Port Royal, Town of; amending charter, reduces town council membership.
- SB 388 Independent policing auditor; county manager plan of government.
- SB 389 Support of parents by child; repeal provision.
- SB 390 Elections; annual post-election audits.
- SB 391 Cannabis control; retail market.
- SB 392 Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel.
- SB 393 Consumer Data Protection Act; data deletion request.
- SB 394 Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations.
- SB 395 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, membership.
- SB 396 Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child.
- SB 397 Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons.
- SB 398 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI); preexisting contracts.
- SB 399 Charitable gaming; conducting without a permit, civil penalty.
- SB 400 Agritourism event buildings; authorizes the BHCD to promulgate regulations related to buildings.
- SB 401 Gaming laws; enforcement, definitions, Gaming Enforcement Coordinator established.
- SB 402 Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties.
- SB 403 Charitable gaming; electronic gaming is restricted to social organizations, etc.
- SB 404 Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant.
- SB 405 Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- SB 406 Nursing homes & certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.
- SB 407 Disability insurance; disability arising out of childbirth.
- SB 408 Sentencing documents; transmission to the DHP and DBHDS.
- SB 409 Criminal records; effect of criminal convictions on licensure, data to be included in report.
- SB 410 Uniform Statewide Building Code; lead-safe rental housing.
- SB 411 Controlled substances; possession, penalties.
- SB 412 Parental rights; termination, murder of a child.
- SB 413 Drug possession; persons charged with first offense, probation.
- SB 414 Nurse practitioners; patient care team physician supervision capacity increased.
- SB 415 School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools.
- SB 416 Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase of personal protective equipment.
- SB 417 Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published.
- SB 418 Division of marital property; military retainer pay.
- SB 419 Genetic information privacy; civil penalty.
- SB 420 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers.
- SB 421 Libraries and education services; obsolete provisions.
- SB 422 Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
- SB 423 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.
- SB 424 Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing.
- SB 425 Barrier crimes; eliminates certain crimes from the definition, etc., eliminates current exceptions.
- SB 426 Medical assistance services; state plan, remote patient monitoring.
- SB 427 Health insurance; provider credentialing, receipt of application.
- SB 428 Health insurance; carrier contracts, carrier provision of certain prescription drug information.
- SB 429 DBHDS and VSP; development of mental health and public safety mobile applications.
- SB 430 Education, Department of; assessing individual student growth.
- SB 431 COVID-19; DOE to recommend options for isolation & quarantine for students & employees at schools.
- SB 432 Sales tax; clarifies definition of "accommodations," effective dates.
- SB 433 Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution, high deductible health plan.
- SB 434 Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance use disorders, report.
- SB 435 Children's Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment, etc.
- SB 436 Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network.
- SB 437 Insurance; locality may provide for employees of certain public school foundations.
- SB 438 Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax, dedication of funds.
- SB 439 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.
- SB 440 Unlawful hazing; civil and criminal liability.
- SB 441 Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates.
- SB 442 Dogs and cats; breeding for research, reporting to State Veterinarian.
- SB 443 Sealing of offenses; results in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition.
- SB 444 Telecommunications companies; conveyance of easement and appurtenances.
- SB 445 Roadways; operation under HCA to operate instead under PPTA.
- SB 446 High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.
- SB 447 Wage or salary history inquiries; prohibited, civil penalty.
- SB 448 Hospitals; policies and procedures related to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- SB 449 Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.
- SB 450 Traffic incident management vehicles; certain vehicles exempt when en route to scene of an accident.
- SB 451 Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene products.
- SB 452 Local governments; additional powers, energy efficiency of buildings.
- SB 453 Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, etc.
- SB 454 Teacher Training Corps; established, report.
- SB 455 Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income.
- SB 456 Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
- SB 457 Dogs; breeding for certain research prohibited, penalty.
- SB 458 Face coverings; prohibits enforcement of policy, etc., to wear.
- SB 459 General registrar; SBE to establish & Dept. of Elections to conduct program to evaluate performance.
- SB 460 Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot.
- SB 461 Boiler operators; definitions, certification, continuing education, penalty.
- SB 462 Video gaming terminals (VGTs); regulation, penalties.
- SB 463 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, review of complaints, civil penalty.
- SB 464 Witnesses; summons in a criminal matter, requirements.
- SB 465 Employee protections; candidacy for or service in the General Assembly.
- SB 466 Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund; established.
- SB 467 Human trafficking; training for law-enforcement personnel.
- SB 468 Line of Duty Act; Virginia licensed health practitioners required to conduct medical reviews.
- SB 469 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; annual marketing plan.
- SB 470 Science Museum of Virginia; conveyance of certain easements to the Children's Museum of Richmond.
- SB 471 Literary Fund; open application process for loans, maximum loan amounts, etc., rates of interest.
- SB 472 Retail Sales & Use Tax, additional local; use of revenues for construction or renovation of schools.
- SB 473 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established, Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues.
- SB 474 Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
- SB 475 Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, etc.
- SB 476 Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership.
- SB 477 Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds.
- SB 478 Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc.
- SB 479 Health services; obsolete provisions.
- SB 480 Administrative Process Act; final orders, electronic retention.
- SB 481 School boards and local governing bodies; unexpended local funds use for school maintenance, etc.
- SB 482 Tribal Nations; consultation w/ federally recognized, permits and review w/ potential impacts.
- SB 483 Child abuse and neglect; limitations period on sexual abuse of a minor claims, background check.
- SB 484 Children; comprehensive health care coverage program.
- SB 485 Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards, duties, guidelines.
- SB 486 Protective orders; workplace violence.
- SB 487 Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center; established.
- SB 488 Transit Transition Fund and Program; established, report.
- SB 489 Water quality funds; localities in fiscal stress.
- SB 490 Standards of Quality; specialized student support.
- SB 491 Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board; established, report.
- SB 492 Snare traps; prohibits use of traps to hunt/kill game animal during deer hunting seas. east of I-95.
- SB 493 Sexually explicit visual material to another; civil action for dissemination of images, penalty.
- SB 494 Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, definition of employer.
- SB 495 Elections; removal of officers, recall elections, application for recall petition.
- SB 496 Financial institutions; qualified education loan servicers, definitions.
- SB 497 Judge; Second Judicial Circuit, resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
- SB 498 Conveyances of property; acceptance by clerk's office for recordation.
- SB 499 Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle.
- SB 500 Investor-owned water and water and sewer utilities; ratemaking proceedings, evaluation of utilities.
- SB 501 Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
- SB 502 Solar photovoltaic projects; local taxation for projects less than five megawatts.
- SB 503 Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans to planning district commissions.
- SB 504 Coastal Resilience Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee; established.
- SB 505 Electric cooperatives; net energy metering, power purchase agreements, etc.
- SB 506 Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.
- SB 507 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local law-enforcement employees.
- SB 508 Virginia Community Preparedness Fund; shifts administration to Water and Soil Conservation Board.
- SB 509 Aquaculture; right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters.
- SB 510 Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker.
- SB 511 Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing, registered/licensed practical nurses.
- SB 512 Cities and counties; distribution of recordation tax.
- SB 513 Data centers; center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, etc.
- SB 514 Incapacitated persons; changes to provisions of guardianship and conservatorship.
- SB 515 Income tax, state; refundable tax credit for low-income taxpayers.
- SB 516 Consumer Data Protection Act; clarifies definition of nonprofit organizations.
- SB 517 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.
- SB 518 Marijuana related offenses; modification of sentence.
- SB 519 Casino gaming; sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in establishments, etc.
- SB 520 Income tax, state; motion picture production tax credit.
- SB 521 Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund; funds to be paid to certain entities.
- SB 522 Toll Relief Program; eligibility.
- SB 523 Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, changes to process for recall of elective officers.
- SB 524 Payment of prevailing wage; certified payroll, penalties.
- SB 525 Health carriers; licensed athletic trainers.
- SB 526 Alarm systems; regulation, battery-charged fence security systems.
- SB 527 Alcoholic beverage control; neutral grain spirits or alcohol sold at government stores.
- SB 528 Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction, person 60 years of age or older, etc.
- SB 529 Child Care Subsidy Program; permitting Armed Forces active members to apply for Program.
- SB 530 Illegal gaming devices; manufacturing, etc., device, civil penalty.
- SB 531 Certain crimes committed while participating in a riot; civil action for damages caused.
- SB 532 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeals Act.
- SB 533 Real estate brokers; protection of real estate escrow funds.
- SB 534 Consumer Data Protection Act; definitions, enforcement, abolishes Consumer Privacy Fund.
- SB 535 Research breeders; oversight by Animal Welfare Oversight Officer.
- SB 536 Hunters; increases penalty for crime of trespassing.
- SB 537 Trees; replacement and conservation during development process, powers of local government.
- SB 538 Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor.
- SB 539 Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction.
- SB 540 Income tax, state and corporate; credit for small businesses.
- SB 541 Gasoline and diesel fuel; lowers the rate of tax on July 1, 2022.
- SB 542 Cannabis products; written certification for the use.
- SB 543 Criminal records; sealing of records.
- SB 544 Cosmetologists; training requirement.
- SB 545 Motor vehicles; registration fees, state park access fee.
- SB 546 Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish.
- SB 547 Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports.
- SB 548 Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation.
- SB 549 Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations, benefits consortium.
- SB 550 Contracts; payment clauses, right to payment of subcontractors.
- SB 551 Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.
- SB 552 Absentee voting; excuse required to vote absentee by mail, signature match.
- SB 553 Sales and transient occupancy taxes; broadens definition of accommodations intermediaries.
- SB 554 Will contest; presumption of undue influence.
- SB 555 Alcohol; liability for sale to an underage person.
- SB 556 Elections, State Board of; increases membership.
- SB 557 Constitutional amendment; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition (submitting to qualified voters).
- SB 558 Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies.
- SB 559 Registered lobbyists; information on disseminated documents, civil penalty.
- SB 560 Income tax, state; increases standard deduction for single filers and married persons.
- SB 561 Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established, report.
- SB 562 Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers.
- SB 563 Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for acts of violence.
- SB 564 Criminal records; sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred & dismissed disposition or conviction.
- SB 565 Natural gas, biogas, and other gas sources of energy; definitions, energy conservation.
- SB 566 Charitable gaming; strengthens enforcement and penalties.
- SB 567 State Water Control Board; amending certain regulations relating to sewage treatment plants.
- SB 568 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, civil penalty.
- SB 569 Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, members, report.
- SB 570 Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction.
- SB 571 RSUT; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene.
- SB 572 Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees.
- SB 573 Defendants; evidence of mental condition, specific intent crimes.
- SB 574 Child care; background checks for applicants for employment, etc.
- SB 575 DGS; state fleet managers to use total cost of ownership calculations, report.
- SB 576 Sports betting; allows betting on Virginia college sports.
- SB 577 Children's residential facilities; criminal history background checks.
- SB 578 Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for awarding & calculation, etc.
- SB 579 Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return.
- SB 580 Home care organizations; Department of Health to remove triennial audit requirement.
- SB 581 Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees charged to inmates.
- SB 582 Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation.
- SB 583 Commonwealth's taxation system; conformity with the Internal Revenue Code, etc.
- SB 584 Consumer Data Protection Act; personal data obtained from source other than the consumer.
- SB 585 Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
- SB 586 Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction.
- SB 587 State Health Commissioner; powers in epidemic, religious tenets or practices.
- SB 588 Voter registration; lists of registered voters provided to registered voters.
- SB 589 St. Charles, Town of; termination of township in Lee County.
- SB 590 Dentistry; license to teach, foreign dental program graduates.
- SB 591 Marijuana; shape productions, definitions.
- SB 592 Group Violence Intervention Board, Division of Group Violence Intervention, etc.; established.
- SB 593 Emergency custody or temporary detention order; custody and transportation of persons, etc.
- SB 594 Medicaid participants; treatment involving the prescription of opioids, payment.
- SB 595 Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Training Program; established.
- SB 596 School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities.
- SB 597 Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com.
- SB 598 College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment, contracts.
- SB 599 Medical malpractice actions, certain; limitation on recovery.
- SB 600 School safety audits; law-enforcement officers.
- SB 601 COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement, discrimination prohibited.
- SB 602 Short-term rental properties; definition, locality requirements and restrictions.
- SB 603 Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc.
- SB 604 Animal cruelty; companion animals, penalty.
- SB 605 Conduct of election; election results, post-election forensic audits.
- SB 606 Uniform Statewide Building Code; smoke detectors required in new residential dwellings.
- SB 607 Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Board for; smoke detectors, update regulations.
- SB 608 Public charter schools; applications, review and approval.
- SB 609 RSUT; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene.
- SB 610 Virginia Personnel Act; policy or administration for Department of Elections.
- SB 611 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers.
- SB 612 Highway use fee, mileage-based user fee program; program clarifications.
- SJ 24 Unified gaming commission; joint subcommittee to study necessity for and feasibility of creation.
- SJ 25 Legal gaming; JLARC to study whether stand-alone oversight agcy. would allow more focused oversight.
- SJ 26 Late Onset Hearing Loss Awareness Week; designating as May 4-10 in 2022 and each succeeding year.
- SJ 27 Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- SJ 32 Constitutional amendment; Literary Fund, exemption for certain asset forfeiture (first reference).
- SJ 33 Election governance structure in the Commonwealth; JLARC to review.
- SJ 34 African Diaspora Heritage Month; designating as September 2022 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 35 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued as the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.
- SJ 36 Constitutional amendment; special sessions, required certain states of emergency (first reference).
- SJ 37 Charter & directives for State Board of Elections; SOA to oversee & develop, etc.