Authorities
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, members, report. [SB-569]
Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors as follows: (i) the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee; (ii) the Secretary of Transportation or his designee; (iii) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources or his designee; (iv) the Chair of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 5-n) on 02/10/2022
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Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans to planning district commissions. [SB-503]
Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans to planning district commissions. Provides that the Virginia Resources Authority (VRA) shall have the power to establish a perpetual and permanent revolving fund with any funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the VRA for the purpose of making short-term loans to any planning district commission. Under the bill, loans are made for the purpose of providing short-term cash flow necessary for state and federal grants that require the expenditure of funds prior to requesting reimbursement by the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 1-n) on 02/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, membership. [SB-395]
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. Adds the president of Virginia State University or his designee to the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority and removes the presidents of Averett University and Mary Baldwin College or their designees from the board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0611) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board, etc.; membership criteria. [HB-875]
Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board; Board of Directors of Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council; membership criteria. Adds to the membership of the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board, Board of Directors of Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, and Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council one member who is an alumni of an institution of higher education at which Hispanic students comprise at least 25 percent of the institution's full-time undergraduate enrollment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Northern Virginia regional transit plan; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study. [HJR-76]
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Northern Virginia regional transit plan; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study Northern Virginia regional transit and develop a regional transit plan that includes an extension of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority service to Prince William County and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Hemp products; regulation. [HB-897]
Regulated hemp products. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to establish a scheme for the regulation of hemp products intended for smoking, edible hemp products, and topical hemp products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn Adams
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans. [HB-947]
Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans. Authorizes the Virginia Resources Authority to establish a revolving loan fund to make short-term loans to planning district commissions, with interest not to exceed one percent. Under the bill, the loans provide short-term cash flow to planning district commissions that receive state or federal grants that require the expenditure of funds prior to being reimbursed by grant funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Tabled In Appropriations (18-y 0-n) on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of alcoholic beverages, third-party delivery license. [HB-426]
Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of alcoholic beverages; third-party delivery license; container. Creates a third-party delivery license that authorizes the licensee to deliver alcoholic beverages purchased by consumers from other retail licensees. The bill establishes conditions for the issuance of third-party delivery licenses, imposes eligibility requirements for delivery personnel, and sets forth requirements for a delivery to be made by such delivery personnel. The bill imposes a $2,500 fine for first-time violations of the delivery requirements
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0079) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; alternate directors. [SB-339]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; alternate directors. Repeals a provision of the 2018 mass transit funding legislation that requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to withhold certain funding from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority if alternate directors of the Authority participate in or take action at a meeting at which the primary directors are present.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Failed To Report (defeated) In Transportation (1-y 12-n 2-a) on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Resiliency Authority; established, definitions, report. [HB-847]
Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. Certain portions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (12-y 2-n 1-a) on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; funds for pedestrian and bicyclist projects. [SB-251]
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; pedestrian and bicyclist projects. Directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group, which includes certain specified parties, to assess and identify projected pedestrian, bicycling, and traffic infrastructure needs and associated budgeting and funding needs. The bill provides that the work group shall submit a report of the gathered information to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Transportation and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Transportation and Finance and Appropriations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Transportation on 03/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; membership. [HB-456]
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; membership. Makes mandatory instead of discretionary the provisions that the members of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority selected by the Governor to represent the Northern Virginia Transportation District and the Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation District be selected from lists recommended by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, respectively. The bill requires such lists to include at least six persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Left In Transportation on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; prioritizes new sidewalks and circular intersections. [HB-704]
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; new sidewalks and circular intersections. Prioritizes projects for new sidewalks and circular intersections when selecting projects to be funded with Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Stricken From Docket By Transportation (22-y 0-n) on 02/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of alcoholic beverages, third-party delivery license. [SB-254]
Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of alcoholic beverages; third-party delivery license; container. Creates a third-party delivery license that authorizes the licensee to deliver alcoholic beverages purchased by consumers from other retail licensees. The bill establishes conditions for the issuance of third-party delivery licenses, imposes eligibility requirements for delivery personnel, and sets forth requirements for a delivery to be made by such delivery personnel. The bill imposes a $2,500 fine for first-time violations of the delivery requirements
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0078) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; membership criteria for Board members, allocation of revenues. [HB-301]
Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council; membership criteria; allocation of revenue. Requires that one member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Board) be a person who has recovered from a substance use disorder and is not employed by a government entity. The bill increases from 21 to 25 the number of members on the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council and requires that four members be persons who have recovered from a substance use disorder
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Opioid Abatement Authority and Fund; increases membership of board of directors. [HB-326]
Opioid Abatement Authority and Fund; board of directors; allocation of funds. Increases from 11 to 15 the number of members of the board of directors of the Opioid Abatement Authority by increasing from one to five the representatives of the addiction and recovery community. The bill also delineates the allocation of the unrestricted portion of deposits to the Opioid Abatement Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Continued To 2023 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
STEM and Computing (STEM+C); required to review federal occupational categories. [HB-217]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0558) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. [HB-138]
Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Adds the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Region Airport Commission as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0189) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Chesapeake Airport Authority; removes language Authority authorizing language related to removal of. [SB-54]
Chesapeake Airport Authority. Removes language in the Chesapeake Airport Authority authorizing language related to removal of Authority members from office that conflicts with language added in 2017 specifying that members of the Authority serve at the pleasure of the Chesapeake City Council.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0390) on 04/11/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
2021 Appointments Bill [SB-733]
2021 Appointments Bill
Sponsored by: Sen. William Rabon
Ch. Sl 2021-131 on 09/01/2021