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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations

Chair: Janet D. Howell

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Staff: Connor Garstka
Date of Meeting: January 26, 2022
Time and Place: 9 AM - Shared Committee Room B / Pocahontas Building
Updated: SJ1,SJ5,SB21,SB380,SB451,SB557,SB571,SB609 Removed

S.B. 9

Patron: Petersen

Eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees. Provides for attorney fees to be awarded in eminent domain cases in which there is a judgment for a property owner if such judgment is not paid within the time required by law.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 25.1-247.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees.

22102162D

S.B. 26

Patron: Ruff

Sales tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion. Removes the sunset date for the sales tax exemption for gold, silver, and platinum bullion and legal tender coins whose sales price exceeds $1,000. Under current law, the exemption will expire on June 30, 2022.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-609.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion.

22100983D

S.B. 101

Patron: Hanger

Retail sales and use tax; media-related exemptions. Extends from 2022 to 2027 the expiration of the retail sales and use tax exemption for printing purchased by an advertising business from a printer in the Commonwealth, so long as such material is distributed outside of the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-609.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to retail sales and use tax; media-related exemptions.

22100289D

S.B. 141

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

S.B. 161

Patron: Hashmi

Department of Education; heat-related illness; guidelines. Directs the Department of Education, in conjunction with stakeholders, to develop guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches and student athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of heat-related illness, how to recognize the signs of heat-related illness, and how to prevent heat-related illness to be distributed to local school divisions by August 1, 2022.

A BILL to direct the Department of Education, in conjunction with stakeholders, to develop guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches and student athletes and their parents or guardians on heat-related illness to be distributed by August 1, 2022.

22101762D

S.B. 171

Patron: Peake

Department of Health; harmful algal bloom mitigation. Directs the Department of Health to develop and implement a harmful algal bloom mitigation plan.

A BILL to direct the Department of Health to develop and implement a harmful algal bloom mitigation plan.

22102605D

S.B. 211

Patron: Kiggans

Voter registration; list maintenance; lists of decedents transmitted by State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit to the Department of Elections a weekly list of decedents from the previous week. Currently, this list is transmitted monthly. The bill requires the general registrars to use this information to conduct list maintenance and to promptly cancel the registration of a person on the list.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-408 and 24.2-427 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration; list maintenance; lists of decedents transmitted by State Registrar of Vital Records.

22100127D

S.B. 238

Patron: McPike

Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to develop or adopt and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are necessary to restore each such building. The bill requires each school board to provide to the Department of Education in a timely fashion the local data that is necessary to ensure that such tool remains relevant and useful for the determination of maintenance reserve needs. The bill requires the Department of Education to consider converting or using as a template the Department of General Services' M-R FIX tool to meet the above requirement to maintain such a tool. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-138.3, relating to the Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool.

22104216D

S.B. 241

Patron: Hashmi

Renal Disease Council and Renal Disease Council Fund; report. Creates the Renal Disease Council for the purpose of (i) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on the needs of individuals with renal disease in the Commonwealth; (ii) identifying challenges that such individuals face and making recommendations for the improvement of the Commonwealth's kidney care system, particularly related to care coordination and prevention; (iii) funding research related to renal disease; (iv) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth; and (v) developing programs to educate medical professionals and the public about renal disease. The bill also creates the Renal Disease Council Fund to be used for the purpose of (a) funding research related to renal disease, (b) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth, and (c) supporting the work of the Renal Disease Council.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 20, consisting of sections numbered 32.1-73.18 through 32.1-73.21, relating to Renal Disease Council; Renal Disease Council Fund; report.

22104032D

S.B. 257

Patron: Hashmi

Licensure of professional counselors; Counseling Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Counseling Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselors to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and directs the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3500.1, relating to Counseling Compact.

22100616D

S.B. 307

Patron: Mason

Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with an application to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's application to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) an explanation of the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-900.1 and 63.2-915 of the Code of Virginia, relating to kinship foster care; notice and appeal.

22100568D

S.B. 371

Patron: Vogel

State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Expands the membership of the State Board of Elections from five members to eight members with equal representation given to both parties. The bill also gives the State Board of Elections the authority and duty to appoint the Commissioner of Elections of the Department of Elections. The appointment and removal of the Commissioner require an affirmative vote of six of the eight Board members. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-106 and 24.2-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections.

22104057D

S.B. 438

Patron: Norment

Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedication of funds. Requires the City of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County to appropriate annual amounts to entities promoting tourism and recreation in the Historic Triangle. Under current law, such localities receive state funds from the imposition of an extra one percent sales tax in the Historic Triangle.

The bill establishes the Williamsburg Tourism Council (the Council) as an advisory board in the legislative branch of state government, removes the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Tourism Alliance from the membership of the Council, and replaces him with the Chair of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-603.2, 58.1-638, and 58.1-3823 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedication of funds.

22103724D

S.B. 517

Patron: Lucas

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase or prescription of medicines and drugs that are administered to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law which provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-609.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.

22100192D

S.B. 701

Patron: Kiggans

Sales and use tax exemption; aircraft components. Eliminates the sunset date for the sales and use tax exemption for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft or any aircraft's avionics system, engine, or component parts.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-609.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales and use tax exemption; aircraft components.

22104399D