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2022 SESSION
Chair: Janet D. Howell
Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Date of Meeting: March 1, 2022
Time and Place: 9 AM - Shared Committee Room B / Pocahontas Building
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Patron: Fowler
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-3012 and 4.1-235 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund.22101248D
Patron: Knight
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 552 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, as amended by Chapter 1 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session II.
A BILL to amend and reenact Chapter 552 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, as amended by Chapter 1 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session II, which appropriated the public revenues and provided a portion of such revenues for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 2021, and the thirtieth day of June, 2022; and a BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-301 and § 58.1-339.8 of the Code of Virginia.22103423D
Patron: Knight
Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and to provide a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2023, and the thirtieth day of June, 2024.
A BILL for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and to provide a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2023, and the thirtieth day of June, 2024.22103425D
Patron: Fariss
Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a toll-free 24-hour hotline to make information about the Commonwealth's safe haven laws that provide for relinquishment of an infant, infant relinquishment locations, and support and resources available for parents available to the public and shall make information about the hotline, including the toll-free number that may be used to contact the hotline, available in its website. The bill also directs the Department to undertake a campaign to increase public awareness of the Commonwealth's laws providing for relinquishment of an infant and the hotline established pursuant to the bill.
A BILL to require the Department of Social Services to increase public awareness of and to establish a hotline to provide information about infant relinquishment laws and options in the Commonwealth.22105308D
Patron: McNamara
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Exempts food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products (the grocery tax) from all state, regional, and local sales taxes. The bill dedicates an amount equal to a 0.182 percent sales and use tax to cities and counties as a supplemental school payment. Such payment shall, from July 1, 2022 until July 1, 2024, be distributed based on each city and county's estimated average share of monthly distributions attributable to the tax on such food and hygiene products between February 2020 and December 2021. Beginning July 1, 2024, such payment shall be based upon each city and county's pro rate share of total local sales and use taxes.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-603.1, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 58.1-603.2, 58.1-604.01, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 58.1-605.1, 58.1-606.1, 58.1-611.1, 58.1-638, and 58.1-2425, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.22106361D
Patron: Head
Board of Health; fee for Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. Removes the requirement that the Board of Health prescribe a reasonable fee to cover the administrative cost and preparation of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-258.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; fee for Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.22100313D
Patron: Greenhalgh
Income tax deduction; eligible educators. Provides for taxable years 2022 and thereafter an income tax deduction of the lesser of $500 or the actual amount paid or incurred by an eligible educator, defined in the bill as an individual who for at least 900 hours during the taxable year served as a Virginia licensed teacher, instructor, student counselor, special needs personnel, principal, or student aide for public or private primary and secondary school students in Virginia for qualifying expenses, defined in the bill as expenses incurred from participation in professional development courses and the purchase of books, supplies, computer equipment (including related software and services), other educational equipment, and supplementary materials used directly in service to Virginia students as an eligible educator.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-322.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to income tax deduction; eligible educators.22106352D
Patron: Coyner
Installment agreements for payment of taxes. Requires the Tax Commissioner to offer to enter into an installment agreement with any individual taxpayer under which the taxpayer may satisfy his entire tax liability over a payment term of up to five years. The bill maintains the current law for all other taxes whereby the Tax Commissioner may enter into a written agreement with any taxpayer under which such taxpayer is allowed to satisfy his entire tax liability in installment payments if the Tax Commissioner determines that such agreement will facilitate collection. The bill also removes the power under which the Tax Commissioner may alter, modify, or terminate an installment agreement if it is determined that the financial condition of the taxpayer has significantly changed or if the taxpayer fails to provide a financial condition update upon request.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-1817 of the Code of Virginia, relating to installment agreements for payment of taxes.22100231D
Patron: Coyner
Corporate income tax returns of affiliated corporations. Provides that, for taxable years 2023 and 2024, certain affiliated corporations may elect to switch to or from consolidated corporate income tax return filing status under certain conditions, including the requirement that the affiliated group filed on the same basis for the preceding 20 years. The option would be available only to a group with at least one affiliate that is a bank exempt from filing a Virginia corporate income tax return. Current law requires a group of corporations to apply to the Tax Commissioner for permission to change the basis of the type of return filed and to meet certain specified requirements in order for permission to be granted.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-442 of the Code of Virginia, relating to corporate income tax returns of affiliated corporations.22101568D
Patron: Coyner
Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot camps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a court to order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-228, 16.1-278.8, 16.1-290, and 66-13 of the Code of Virginia, relating to juvenile boot camps.22102366D
Patron: Coyner
Department of Health; social determinants of health. Directs the Department of Health to collect and analyze information, including demographic data, regarding social determinants of health, defined in the bill, and their impact on health risks and health outcomes of residents of the Commonwealth, and to make information regarding social determinants of health, their impact on health, and strategies for addressing social determinants of health to improve health outcomes available to the public on its website.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 32 a section numbered 32.1-23.5, relating to Department of Health; social determinants of health.22105927D
Patron: McNamara
Local taxes; surplus revenues. Grants localities permissive authority to return surplus personal property tax revenues to taxpayers. Under current law, localities may return only surplus real property tax revenues.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2511.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local taxes; surplus revenues.22101096D
Patron: Ransone
Elections; State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Makes the State Board of Elections responsible for appointing the Commissioner of Elections and removes the Governor's ability to appoint to the Department of Elections a deputy commissioner or a confidential policy advisor. The bill also increases the State Board of Elections from five members to seven and staggers those initial terms so that three members are appointed in 2023 and every four years thereafter, two members are appointed in 2024 and every four years thereafter, and two members are appointed in 2025 and every four years thereafter.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-106, 2.2-2905, and 24.2-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Board of Elections; Commissioner of Elections.22106209D
Patron: Coyner
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction, as such terms are defined in the bill; (ii) the literacy assessment required of individuals seeking initial teacher licensure with endorsements in certain areas to include a rigorous test of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction; (iii) each local school board to establish a divisionwide literacy plan; (iv) each local school board to employ one reading specialist for each 550 students in kindergarten through grade three; and (v) each local school board to provide a program of literacy instruction whereby, among other things, (a) the program provides reading intervention services to students in kindergarten through grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading assessment or an early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department of Education; (b) a reading specialist, in collaboration with the teacher of any student who receives such reading intervention services, develops, oversees implementation of, and monitors student progress on a student reading plan; and (c) each student who receives such reading intervention services is assessed utilizing either the early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department or the grade-level reading Standards of Learning assessment again at the end of that school year. The provisions of the bill become effective beginning with the 2024–2025 school year.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-1, 22.1-253.13:1, 22.1-253.13:2, 22.1-253.13:5, 22.1-253.13:6, 22.1-298.1, and 23.1-902.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-299.7:1, relating to early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research.22104625D
Patron: Watts
Tax returns of affiliated corporations; permission to change basis of type of return filed. Decreases from 20 years to 12 years the time period for which an affiliated group of corporations must file on the same basis before it may apply to the Tax Commissioner for permission to change the basis of the type of return filed (i) from consolidated to separate or (ii) from separate or combined to consolidated.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-442 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tax returns of affiliated corporations; permission to change basis of type of return filed.22101118D
Patron: Tata
Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21. Directs local departments of social services (local department) to provide housing support to any person who (i) is 18 years of age or older but less than 21 years of age, (ii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department on or after July 1, 2022, (iii) was in foster care under the custody of a local department (a) upon turning 18 years of age or (b) immediately prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and is transitioning from such commitment to self-sufficiency, and (iv) declines to participate in the Fostering Futures program. The bill requires that such housing support shall be equal to the room and board portion of the maintenance payment that such person would otherwise receive for housing support through participation in the Fostering Futures program.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-905.1:1, relating to foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21.22105423D
Patron: Willett
Tax credit for participating landlords. Expands the tax credit for participating landlords to all census tracts in Virginia in which less than 10 percent of the residents live below the poverty level. Under current law, the credit is limited to census tracts in the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area, or the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area in which less than 10 percent of the residents live below the poverty level.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-439.12:04 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tax credit for participating landlords.22102889D
Patron: Murphy
Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Provides an exception to the prohibition of a qualified health plan providing state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package for state-mandated health benefits enacted no later than July 1, 2020.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-6506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to qualified health plans; essential health benefits; state-mandated health benefits.22102882D
Patron: Knight
Income tax; property analytics firms; apportionment and sourcing of sales. Establishes, starting with taxable year 2022, single-factor sales apportionment and market-based sourcing for property analytics firms that meet certain criteria. Under current law, the default rule for apportionment is three-factor apportionment based on property, payroll, and sales and the default rule for sourcing sales is based on cost-of-performance.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-416 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58.1-422.4, relating to income tax; property information and analytics firms.22105789D
Patron: McNamara
Income tax; standard deduction. Increases the standard deduction, starting with taxable year 2022, from $4,500 to $9,000 for single filers and from $9,000 to $18,000 for married filers (one-half of such amount in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). The increase would remain in effect until taxable year 2026, when the standard deduction is scheduled to be reduced to $3,000 for single filers and to $6,000 for married filers.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-322.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to income tax; standard deduction.22105245D
Patron: Helmer
Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students. Exempts from mandatory participation in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who are enrolled full-time in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and are taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-608 and 63.2-609 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students.22102993D
Patron: Scott, D.L.
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 or dispensed 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.22100201D
Patron: Krizek
Historical horse racing; electronic gaming terminals; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from using any electronic gaming terminal or other electronic device in a satellite facility to wager on or conduct any wagering on historical horse racing.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-403 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical horse racing; electronic gaming terminals; age requirement; penalty.22104806D
Patron: Wampler
Foster care; local boards of social services; collaborative placement program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program to increase kinship placements and the number of locally approved foster homes. The bill provides that such program shall require local boards of social services (local boards) within each region to work collaboratively to (i) facilitate approval of kinship foster parents through engagement, assessment, and training, and (ii) expand the pool of available foster homes within and across the localities of such local boards. The bill also requires local boards, when placing a child, to seek placement with a foster family within the locality of the local board or a nearby locality through the collaborative local board placement program.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-900 of the Code of Virginia, relating to foster care; local boards of social services; collaborative placement program.22101454D
Patron: Wampler
Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
A BILL to direct the Department of Energy to identify the volume and number of waste coal piles.22105712D
Patron: Hope
State plan for medical assistance services; case management services; individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to update the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for targeted case management services for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; case management services; individuals with severe traumatic brain injury.22101512D
Patron: Keam
Worker training tax credit. Extends from 2022 to 2025 the sunset date for the worker training tax credit and expands credits with respect to courses at an Eligible Training Provider List recognized institution to include courses at any Virginia public institution of higher education.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-439.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to worker training tax credit.22102662D
Patron: Hayes
Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; Consumer Privacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actual damages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller or processor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violate the Consumer Data Protection Act following a 30-day cure period offered by the Attorney General or breaches an express written statement provided to the Attorney General. Political organizations and certain 501(c)(4) organizations are classified as nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. The bill specifies that the Attorney General may deem whether a cure under the provisions of the Act is possible for consumers. In addition, the bill abolishes the Consumer Privacy Fund and all civil penalties, expenses, and attorney fees collected from enforcement of the Act shall be deposited into the Regulatory, Consumer Advocacy, Litigation, and Enforcement Revolving Trust Fund.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-575 and 59.1-584, as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 59.1-585 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; Consumer Privacy Fund.22105707D
Patron: Gooditis
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 forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request 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) information regarding 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.22100544D
Patron: Filler-Corn
Unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent. Provides that an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to housing, including emergency shelter, and establishes requirements for providers of housing, including emergency shelter, for unaccompanied homeless youths. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to adopt regulations for implementation of the bill and directs the Department of Social Services to establish a work group to make recommendations to the Board regarding such regulations and to develop recommendations regarding authorizing unaccompanied homeless youth to consent to medical care.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 8 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-806, relating to unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent.22106121D
Patron: Bell
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, which is used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases and victim services, available to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipment for sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners, and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, with priority for funding such costs given to such forensic examiners and nurse examiners serving rural or underserved areas of the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-116.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose.22106155D
Patron: Krizek
Charitable gaming; electronic gaming in social quarters; penalty; civil penalty. Provides that electronic gaming, defined in the bill as charitable gaming conducted primarily by use of an electronic device, is restricted to social organizations and is limited to such organizations' social quarters. The bill provides that all receipts attributable to electronic gaming shall be reported to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall be subject to application, audit, and administration fees. The bill eliminates exceptions in current law for veterans and fraternal organizations. Without the exceptions, such organizations shall be subject to two prohibitions that, under current law, apply to all other organizations: (i) they are prohibited from offering bingo, instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards outside of their home locality and (ii) they are prohibited from offering such games at a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control-licensed location unless they hold the license. Finally, the bill imposes on any person or organization conducting charitable gaming without a permit, a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $50,000 per incident, and an additional criminal penalty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who conducts or participates in electronic gaming without being permitted to do so.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.16, 18.2-340.19, 18.2-340.20, 18.2-340.23, 18.2-340.26:1, 18.2-340.27, 18.2-340.28, 18.2-340.28:1, and 18.2-340.30 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18.2-340.26:3 and 18.2-340.36:1, relating to charitable gaming; penalty; civil penalty.22105618D
Patron: Hodges
Department of Health; onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities. Requires the Department of Health (the Department), effective July 1, 2023, to manage and enforce onsite sewage system pump-out compliance for Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties and the incorporated towns within those counties. The bill requires licensed operators conducting onsite sewage system pump-outs that are managed by the Department in these localities to provide a report on the results of the site visit using a web-based reporting system developed by the Department. The bill also requires the Board of Health to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of onsite treatment system pump0out requirements in localities in which compliance with such requirements is managed and enforced by the Department and provides that any person who violates such requirements in a locality in which compliance is managed and enforced by the Department is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-164 and 62.1-44.15:72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Health; onsite sewage treatment system pump-out oversight; certain localities.22105994D
Patron: Reid
Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard that are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals that are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill shall incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded. The bill provides that federal active duty mobilizations occurring while still a member of the Virginia National Guard and state active duty for the Commonwealth count toward such two-year service obligation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-610 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants.22102403D
Patron: Kilgore
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; preexisting contracts. Establishes a reserve account for the purchase of Regional Green House Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances by an entity that has a preexisting contractual arrangement related to a power purchase entered into on or before May 16, 2017, and continuing in effect on July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2025. Such entity is authorized under the bill to purchase RGGI credits at a discounted rate, subject to conditions set forth in the bill, if, because of the preexisting contractual arrangement, the entity is unable to pass through or recover its RGGI costs.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1329 and 10.1-1330 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; preexisting contracts.22101448D
Patron: Orrock
Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks; effective date. Provides that the Board of Health shall review the recommendations of any work group convened by the Commissioner of Health after July 1, 2022, to study the occurrence of certain contaminants in public drinking water prior to adopting regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in all water supplies and waterworks in the Commonwealth for (i) perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as the Board deems necessary, (ii) chromium-6, and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill also directs the Commissioner to establish a work group to study the occurrence of such contaminants and to report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks.22105741D
Patron: Robinson
Income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return. Provides an income tax refund of up to $300 for individuals and up to $600 for married persons filing a joint return for taxable year 2021 on or before November 1, 2022. The bill provides that the refund shall not exceed the taxpayer's tax liability.
A BILL to provide income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return.22100745D
Patron: Brewer
Virginia taxable income; corporations; deductions; business interest. Increases from 20 percent to 30 percent the Virginia individual and corporate income tax deduction for business interest disallowed as a deduction under § 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-322.03 and 58.1-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia taxable income; corporations; deductions; business interest.22106353D
Patron: Scott, P.A.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; plan for a process to allow direct purchase of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study options for and develop a plan to implement a process by which recipients of medical assistance services shall receive payments that may be used to purchase over-the-counter medications and medical supplies prescribed by an authorized prescriber directly in a retail setting and to report its findings and plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1, 2022.
A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study options for and develop a plan to implement a process to allow direct purchase of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies; report.22101304D
Patron: Scott, P.A.
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. The bill provides that the new nutrient technology requirements applicable to the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility shall take effect when the expanded facility receives its certificate to operate.
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.22101687D
Patron: Tran
Hospitals; debt collection; determination of patient eligibility for financial assistance. Requires every hospital to (i) make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient to determine whether the individual is eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy, (ii) may a payment plan available to every uninsured patient who is determined to be eligible for financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy if requested by the patient, (iii) develop a process for renegotiation of a payment plan, and (iv) report information about charity care, discounted care, or other financial assistance provided by the hospital under its financial assistance policy and the amount of the hospital’s uncollected bad debt. The bill prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to collect patient accounts receivable unless the hospital has undertaken all reasonable efforts to determine whether a patient with delinquent debt is eligible for Medicaid or other financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy. The bill also requires every hospital that is subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make information about the hospital’s charity care policy available to individuals with low English proficiency in accordance with federal requirements.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-137.01 and 32.1-276.5 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-137.09, relating to hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans.22105937D
Patron: Leftwich
Tax assessments; notices. Requires the Department of Taxation to identify on bills for omitted tax assessments the date the initial tax return or payment was received by the Department, any payment amounts received from the taxpayer, and an explanation of the taxes, penalties, and interest related to such assessment.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-1812 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tax assessments; notice.22102613D
Patron: Leftwich
Local license taxes; limitation of authority. Prohibits a locality from imposing a license tax on a director of a bank or trust company that is subject to the bank franchise tax.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local license taxes; limitation of authority.22102939D
Patron: McNamara
Income taxation; pass-through entities. Permits a qualifying pass-through entity, defined in the bill, to make an annual election in taxable years 2022 through 2025 to pay an elective income tax at a rate of 5.75 percent, created by the bill, at the entity level for the taxable period covered by the return. The bill also (i) creates a corresponding individual income tax subtraction for taxable years 2022 through 2025 for any amount of income derived from a pass-through entity having Virginia taxable income if such pass-through entity makes such election and pays the elective income tax imposed at the entity level and (ii) allows an individual to claim a credit for similar taxes paid to other states for taxable years 2021 through 2025.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-322.02, 58.1-332, 58.1-390.1, and 58.1-390.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58.1-390.3, relating to income taxation; pass-through entities.22106141D
Patron: McGuire
Income tax; military benefits subtraction; emergency. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of military benefits in taxable year 2022, up to $30,000 in taxable year 2023, and up to $40,000 in taxable year 2024 and each year thereafter. The bill defines military benefits to include military retirement income and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran. The bill contains an emergency clause.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-322.02 of the Code of Virginia, relating to income tax; military benefits subtraction; emergency.22104276D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Webert
Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2022, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. The bill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will return to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1, 2023, and will be indexed based on the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for both 2021 and 2022; thereafter, the rate will be indexed annually.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-2217 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.22101053D
Patron: Byron
Sales and use tax; media-related exemptions. Makes changes to the sales and use tax exemption for amplification, transmission, and distribution equipment used to provide Internet services. Under the bill, the exemption would apply to network equipment used to provide Internet service, regardless of whether the provider of such service is also a telephone common carrier or whether such network is also used to provide services other than Internet services.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-602 and 58.1-609.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales and use tax; media-related exemptions.22103513D
Patron: Ware
Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability. Replaces the current provisions of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act with the provision that any employer that violates the overtime wage requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and any related laws and regulations, shall be liable to its employee for remedies or other relief available under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 40.1-29, 40.1-29.1, and 40.1-29.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability.22103494D
Patron: Ware
Tobacco products tax; remote retail sales. Clarifies the provisions of the tobacco products tax on cigars and pipe tobacco sold by remote retail sellers, defined in the bill, to consumers in the Commonwealth. The bill would also require remote retail sellers to be licensed and to collect and remit the tax based on the actual price paid by the remote retail seller for each individual stock keeping unit. The bill provides that such remote retail sellers must be licensed to avoid penalties for such sales and requires such remote retail sellers to maintain records and file a monthly report to the Department of Taxation.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-1021.01, 58.1-1021.02, 58.1-1021.04, 58.1-1021.04:1, and 58.1-1021.04:2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58.1-1021.02:2, relating to tobacco products tax; remote retail sales.22104173D
Patron: Scott, P.A.
Tangible personal property tax; classification. Creates a new class of tangible personal property for rate purposes. This class would include most automobiles, motorcycles, and passenger trucks. Localities may assign a rate of tax or rate of assessment to this class that is different than is applied to other tangible personal property. The bill contains an emergency clause.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tangible personal property tax; classification.22105501D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Sickles
SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to submit to the U.S. Department of Agriculture a request for a waiver to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities to apply for SNAP benefits prior to release from custody and, upon approval of such waiver, to (i) implement a process by which such individuals may apply for SNAP benefits prior to release and (ii) distribute to the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails information regarding such process.
A BILL to require the Department of Social Services to submit a request for a waiver to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities to apply for SNAP benefits prior to release.22106386D
Patron: Williams
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes of the members of the Virginia Parole Board are public records and subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes.22106431D
Patron: Fowler
Sales and use tax; entitlement to revenues from tourism projects. Entitles a major tourism project, defined in the bill, to the revenues generated by a two percent state sales and use tax on transactions taking place on its premises, to be used for debt service on gap financing for the project. As defined in the bill, gap financing includes a developer's primary debt financing, as well as any refinancing thereof, if the entitlements to tax revenues are pledged as collateral for such primary debt financing. The bill provides that to qualify for the revenues, the project must meet a deficiency identified in a local tourism plan approved by the Virginia Tourism Authority, and the private developer and the locality in which the project is located must each contribute funds equal to the two percent sales and use tax contribution, which are also to be used for the gap financing payment. Current law allows certain tourism projects to qualify for revenues generated by a one percent state sales and use tax or a 1.5 percent state sales and use tax. The bill provides that a major tourism project is eligible for the increased revenues if it involves a new private capital investment of at least $500 million; will result in the creation of at least 500 net new jobs; and supports increased hotel occupancy, an increase in out-of-state visitors, and other factors of significant fiscal and economic impact. The bill contains technical amendments.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-3851.1 and 58.1-3851.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 38 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-3851.3, relating to sales and use tax; entitlement to revenues from tourism projects.22104360D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Beneficial hardwood management practices. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by a taxpayer for the implementation of beneficial hardwood management practices. The credit equals the lesser of the actual expenses or $1,000. The bill requires the Tax Commissioner, in coordination with the State Forester, to establish guidelines for claiming the credit and provides that any unused credit may be carried forward by the taxpayer for five taxable years following the taxable year for which the credit was issued. The credit is subject to an aggregate annual cap of $1 million that will be administered by the Department of Forestry on a first-come, first-served basis.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-339.13, relating to tax credit for beneficial hardwood management practices.22101516D
Patron: Orrock
Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Provides that a pharmacist may initiate treatment with, dispense, or administer to persons five years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and provides that the pharmacist may cause such vaccines to be administered by a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern under the direct supervision of the pharmacist. The bill also requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services and accident and sickness insurance providers to provide reimbursement for such service in an amount that is no less than the reimbursement amount for such service by a health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill also requires the Board of Pharmacy, together with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, to establish a statewide protocol for the initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs in accordance with the provisions of the bill and directs the Board of Pharmacy to establish a work group to provide recommendations regarding development of the protocols and to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill within 280 days. The provisions of the bill authorizing administration of certain vaccinations by pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns shall become effective upon the expiration of the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-325, 38.2-3408, 54.1-3303.1, and 54.1-3321 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.22106449D
Patron: Knight
Virginia Football Stadium Authority. Establishes the Virginia Football Stadium Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a football stadium and related facilities. The Authority is authorized to hire independent contractors, enter contracts, acquire property, borrow money, and exercise other similar powers. The Authority is exempt from the Personnel Act and the Public Procurement Act.
The Authority may issue bonds with a maximum maturity date of 20 years. The bill provides that at least 50 percent of any revenues received from selling the naming rights to the stadium shall be dedicated to the principal and financing costs of any bonds issued under the bill, and provides that if the football team that will primarily use the stadium (the primary team) relocates, it shall be required to repay any outstanding principal and financing costs.
The bill entitles the Authority to sales tax revenues from transactions at the stadium but excludes certain revenues that current law dedicates to transportation and education. The entitlement begins on the stadium's operational date. The bill enables localities to appropriate tax revenues to the Authority.
The Authority is made up of nine members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Four of the nine members are appointed from a list chosen by the primary team. The provisions of the bill expire if the Authority has not entered into a development and lease agreement with the primary team before July 1, 2025.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 15.2 a chapter numbered 58.1, consisting of sections numbered 15.2-5824 through 15.2-5845, relating to a Virginia Football Stadium Authority.22104733D