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2022 SESSION
Delegate Shelly A. Simonds (D) - House District 94
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E217
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1094
- email: DelSSimonds@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2296
- Newport News, Virginia 23609
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- HB 78 Automatic renewal or continuous service offer to consumer; cancellation and online opt-out.
- HB 137 Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc.
- HB 138 Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership.
- HB 139 Slavery & Subsqt. De Jure & De Facto Racial & Econ. Discrimination Against African Americans; study.
- HB 140 Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds.
- HB 141 Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund; created.
- HB 142 Transit Ridership Incentive Program; amount of funds to be used to establish programs.
- HB 147 Local correctional facilities and lock-ups; minimum standards.
- HB 160 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord obligations, tenant safety.
- HB 191 Health Workforce Development; creates position of Special Advisor to the Governor.
- HB 240 State health plan; insulin discount program, cost sharing for insulin.
- HB 262 Agribusiness; includes farmers markets and roadside farm markets.
- HB 271 School bds. & comprehensive community colleges, local; compensation structure for adjunct professor.
- HB 291 Income tax, state; creates a nonrefundable tax credit for family caregivers.
- HB 311 Native plant species; state agencies to prioritize use on state properties.
- HB 314 Noxious weeds and invasive plants; dissemination of consumer information.
- HB 319 Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.
- HB 323 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; increases grant for certain projects.
- HB 334 Sexually explicit visual material to another; unlawful dissemination, penalty.
- HB 353 Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to medical care.
- HB 364 Regional planning; climate resilience to be included as part of strategic plans.
- HB 369 Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, etc.
- HB 375 Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection.
- HB 378 Jury duty; allowance increase.
- HB 390 Medical assistance services; violence interruption services.
- HB 392 Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP); investigation of deaths.
- HB 431 Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.
- HB 445 High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.
- HB 476 Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund; created.
- HB 480 Health insurance; coverage for the diagnosis of and treatment for infertility.
- HB 508 "Green Book"; historic site designation.
- HB 525 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.
- HB 535 Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average.
- HB 538 Perinatal health care providers; implicit bias training.
- HB 551 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.
- HB 573 Statute of limitations; collection of medical debt.
- HB 578 Victim of sex trafficking; clarifies definition to include minors, affirmative defense, etc.
- HB 579 Victims of human trafficking; expands definition, affirmative defense, writ of vacatur.
- HB 582 Higher educational institutions, public; notice to students, SNAP benefits.
- HB 595 Disability Rights Advocacy, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created, report.
- HB 609 Civil action for the deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers.
- HB 611 Early Identification System (EIS); DCJS to establish.
- HB 613 Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
- HB 614 Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
- HB 617 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; prior convictions and juvenile adjudications.
- HB 647 Packaging Stewardship Program and Fund; established.
- HB 715 Tribal Nations; consultation w/ federally recognized, permits and review w/ potential impacts.
- HB 723 Electric cooperatives; elections for board of directors, access to meetings, required disclosures.
- HB 724 Electric cooperatives; net energy metering for agricultural customer-generators, report.
- HB 725 Hunting with steel-jawed traps; prohibition, penalty.
- HB 755 Anti-Human Trafficking and Survivor Trust Fund; created, report.
- HB 799 Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees.
- HB 803 Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
- HB 805 Barrier crimes; eliminates certain crimes from the definition, etc.
- HB 825 Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center for; established.
- HB 851 Paid sick leave; penalty, state tax deduction.
- HB 854 Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
- HB 857 Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, issuance of tuition grants.
- HB 893 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement.
- HB 952 Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board; established, report.
- HB 972 Elections; removal of officers, recall elections, petition for recall.
- HB 973 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.
- HB 974 Polling place; assistance for certain voters, definition of disability.
- HB 993 Unlawful hazing; amends definition, civil and criminal liability, penalties.
- HB 997 Home health workers providing agency-directed services; employers to provide paid sick leave.
- HB 1002 Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
- HB 1004 Two-Year College Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility, removes registry for Selective Service.
- HB 1011 Public drinking water; Com. of Health to study occurrence of various substances & acids in water.
- HB 1023 Family life education curricula, certain; optional instruction on human trafficking of children.
- HB 1035 State parks; free entry for veterans.
- HB 1041 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members.
- HB 1044 Military spouses; burial fees.
- HB 1045 Income tax, state; subtraction for veteran retirement compensation.
- HB 1098 Obesity prevention and other obesity-related services; payment of medical assistance.
- HB 1100 Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc.
- HB 1105 Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
- HB 1107 Hospitals; VDH shall develop recommendations for protocols on obstetrical services, report.
- HB 1108 Public schools; instruction concerning gambling, report.
- HB 1115 Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening.
- HB 1118 Earned sentence credits; credits may be earned by any person committed to the custody of the DOC.
- HB 1120 Higher educational institutions, public; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers.
- HB 1150 Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; mistake of age defense.
- HB 1158 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; sanctions.
- HB 1160 Health care providers and grocery store workers, etc.; employers to provide paid sick leave.
- HB 1172 Certified recovery residences; Bd. of BHDS to adopt regulations.
- HB 1174 Health carriers; denial of coverage, quarterly report, sunset provisions.
- HB 1178 Seizure first aid information; Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information.
- HB 1184 Public schools; English language learners.
- HB 1185 Tax, local; solar facility exemption, effective date.
- HB 1196 Workers' compensation; domestic service employees.
- HB 1223 Shenandoah River; scenic river designation.
- HB 1245 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement, repeals sunset provision.
- HB 1298 High school student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness.
- HB 1312 Income tax, state; refundable tax credit for low-income taxpayers.
- HB 1334 Child abuse and neglect; amends definition, valid complaint.
- HB 1342 Hospital regulations; policies and procedures related to victims of domestic violence.
- HJ 10 Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.
- HJ 26 World Polio Day; designating as October 24, 2022, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 51 Celebrating the life of Officer Michael D. Chandler.
- HJ 57 Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to marry, same-sex marriage prohibition.
- HJ 69 Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.
- HJ 71 Electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs; Apprenticeship Council to study.
- HJ 73 Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities.
- HJ 82 Arab American Heritage Month; designating as April 2022 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 84 Public school bus drivers; Department of Education to study root causes of shortages.
- HJ 99 Celebrating the life of Thomas Michael Simcoe.
- HJ 101 Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.
- HJ 112 Transit equity and engagement opportunities for people with disabilities; VDOT to study.
- HJ 114 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Arthur R. Giesen, Jr.
- HJ 117 Commending Richard D. Holcomb.
- HJ 124 Commending Grant Holloway.
- HJ 125 Commending Michael Cherry.
- HJ 127 Celebrating the life of Claire Robinson Askew.
- HJ 128 Jones Act; expresses sense of the General Assembly to support Act.
- HJ 133 African Diaspora Heritage Month; designating as September 2022 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 134 Celebrating the life of Deborah Lyvonne Hunt Johnson.
- HJ 136 Girl Scout Week; designating as week of March 12, 2022, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 138 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
- HJ 147 Kimchi Day; designating as November 22, 2022, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 148 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank DuVal Hargrove, Sr.
- HJ 153 Commending the Richmond Free Press.
- HJ 154 Commending Robert L. Dandridge, Jr.
- HJ 155 Commending Thomas Geary, Ph.D.
- HJ 156 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Russell Potts, Jr.
- HJ 160 Commending the Reverend Dr. Geoffrey V. Guns.
- HJ 161 Commending the Reverend Bobby Raye Huntley.
- HJ 162 Commending Christine Emily Ross.
- HJ 171 Celebrating the life of Firefighter Christopher George Griffin.
- HJ 175 Commending Weldon Edwards.
- HJ 193 Commending Angels of Assisi.
- HJ 201 Commending the Reverend Anthony Curtis Paige.
- HJ 203 Commending Melicia Brown.
- HJ 223 Celebrating the life of the Reverend LaVerne McCain Gill.
- HJ 226 Commending the Langley High School golf team.
- HJ 228 Commending Michael C. Maxey.
- HJ 253 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Canon John Fletcher Lowe, Jr.
- HJ 254 Celebrating the life of William Harvey McWilliams, Jr.
- HJ 255 Celebrating the life of Ole Christian Bredrup, Jr.
- HJ 256 Celebrating the life of Linda Holt Armstrong.
- HJ 257 Celebrating the life of Perry Lee Briggs, Sr.
- HJ 264 Commending Virginia Housing.
- HJ 268 Commending the 29th Infantry Division.
- HJ 272 Commending the Sentara Healthcare Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance.
- HJ 275 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Major Harry Deloian, USA, Ret.
- HJ 276 Celebrating the life of Eunice M. Wilder.
- HJ 277 Celebrating the life of Mary Francis Andrews Melton.
- HJ 278 Celebrating the life of Maybell Ann Smith Fountain.
- HJ 279 Commending Second Baptist Church of South Richmond.
- HJ 280 Commending the Reverend Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett.
- HJ 284 Commending Christopher E. Piper.
- HJ 285 Commending The Korea Times.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Thomas Patrick Burke, Jr.
- HJ 287 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Jeanne Marie Pupke.
- HJ 293 Commending the Reverend Dr. Robert G. Murray.
- HJ 301 Commending Pamela Northam.
- HJ 302 Celebrating the life of David Jonathon Nieves.
- HJ 303 Celebrating the life of Teresa Makenzie Sperry.
- HJ 306 Commending Monroe E. Harris, Jr., DMD.
- HJ 309 Celebrating the life of Nikia Yvonne Shaw.
- HJ 315 Commending Sonja O. Stills.
- HJ 316 Commending Charlie King.
- HJ 320 Commending Dr. William R. Harvey.
- HJ 366 Commending Glenn DuBois, Ph.D.
- HJ 368 Commending Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.
- HJ 371 Commending Healthy Families Newport News.
- HJ 374 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Woodrow M. Brown, Jr.
- HJ 385 Celebrating the life of Connor Garstka.
- HJ 396 Celebrating the life of Adam Jeffery Oakes.
- HJ 418 Celebrating the life of Dean Michael Little, Sr.
- HJ 424 Commending Joseph T. DiPiro, Pharm.D.
- HJ 448 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Flora Lonette Davis Crittenden.
- HR 2 Commending the Honorable M. Kirkland Cox.
- HR 7 Tribal nations; acknowledging harmful history and policies in the Commonwealth.
- HR 16 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Tata.
- HR 25 Commending Kevin Hall.
- HR 26 Commending Hope House Foundation.
- HR 28 Commending the Endependence Center, Inc.
- HR 42 Celebrating the life of Mark E. Skiles.
- HR 48 Commending the Republic of Sierra Leone.
- HR 49 Commemorating 200th anniversary of arrival of American settlers at Providence Island, Liberia.
- HR 70 Commending the Honorable Roslyn C. Tyler.
- HR 71 Russia; boycott of goods and services.
- HR 73 Celebrating the life of Robert Louis Williams.
- HR 122 Celebrating the life of Alyson Sudow Bailey.
- HR 125 Commending the Honorable Christopher Kilian Peace.
- HR 135 World War II Medal of Honor recipient; President to designate a single state funeral upon death.
- HR 141 Commending the Fairfax County School Board.
- HR 155 Commending the Virginia Coalition for Beagle Protection.
- HR 158 Commending Dr. William R. Harvey.
- HR 165 Commending M.E. Marty Hall, Jr.
- HR 238 Commending the Justice High School Scholarship Fund.
- SB 352 Health care providers and grocery store workers, etc.; employers to provide paid sick leave, clause.
- 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 481 School boards and local governing bodies; unexpended local funds use for school maintenance, etc.
- SJ 8 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Arthur R. Giesen, Jr.
- SJ 9 Commending George Mason University.
- SJ 21 Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
- SJ 38 Commending the Honorable William C. Mims.
- SJ 74 Commending Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.
- SJ 75 Commending Clyde E. Cristman.
- SJ 76 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Linwood A. Holton, Jr.
- SJ 80 Celebrating the life of Colonel Edward David Shames, USA, Ret.
- SJ 81 Celebrating the life of Donn Casserly Hart, Jr.
- SJ 91 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Howson Rust, Jr.
- SJ 101 Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- SJ 106 Celebrating the life of James J.L. Stegmaier.
- SJ 136 Commending Glenn DuBois, Ph.D.
- SJ 138 Commending Carlos A. Castro.
- SJ 139 Celebrating the life of Gary Clark Campbell.
- SJ 144 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Jeanne Marie Pupke.
- SJ 150 Commending the Sweet Briar College equestrian team.
- SJ 173 Commending Sharon Horton.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the life of Adeline Rose Krizek.
- SJ 197 Celebrating the life of Eugene L. Krizek.
- SJ 209 Commending Belle View Elementary School.
- SJ 219 Commending Paul Marcus.
- SJ 220 Commending Harry Wason.