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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Notice of final adverse decision; audio and video recordings. [SB-693]
Common interest communities; notice of final adverse decision; allowing audio and video recordings; report. Directs the Common Interest Community Board (the Board) to review the feasibility of allowing audio and video recordings to be submitted with a notice of final adverse decision. The bill requires the Board to reports its findings and any legislative, regulatory, policy, or budgetary recommendations to the Secretary of Labor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0244) on 04/08/2022
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Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. [SB-672]
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0790) on 05/27/2022
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Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards; repeals certain authority. [SB-695]
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards for vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
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Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of "cannabis oil." [SB-671]
Pharmaceutical processors. Amends the definition of "cannabis oil" by removing the requirement that only oil from industrial hemp be used in the formulation of cannabis oil. The bill removes the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis but maintains the requirement that patients obtain written certification from a health care provider for medical cannabis. The bill directs the Board to promulgate numerous regulations related to pharmaceutical processors by September 15, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0392) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia Elections Commission; created, adoption of recommendations, report. [SB-744]
Virginia Elections Commission; establishment; purpose. Establishes the Virginia Elections Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on matters related to the administration and conduct of elections in the Commonwealth in order to ensure the accessibility, integrity, efficiency, and security of elections in the Commonwealth. The Commission will be composed of 15 members, including members of local electoral boards, general registrars, and members of the General Assembly,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
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Waste coal; removal in public interest. [HB-1326]
Electric utilities; removal of waste coal from previously mined sites; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; sunset. Provides that, in furtherance of the need to address the environmental hazards of abandoned coal mines, the removal of waste coal from previously mined sites in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth is in the public interest. The bill extends the sunset date for the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, and provides that the Commission may review information on the approximate volume
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0177) on 04/07/2022
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Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. [HB-1323]
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0791) on 05/27/2022
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Sales and use tax; entitlement to revenues from tourism projects. [HB-1308]
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. The entitlement is subject to review and approval by the MEI Project Approval Commission. 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. [HB-1303]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0025) on 03/11/2022
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Comprehensive water supply; planning process. [HB-1297]
Comprehensive water supply planning process. Directs the State Water Control Board to consider existing interjurisdictional arrangements in designating comprehensive water supply regional planning areas and to provide a mechanism for a locality to request, subject to approval by the Department of Environmental Quality, a change of its designated regional planning area to an adjoining planning area. Comprehensive water supply planning process. Directs the State Water Control Board to consider existing interjurisdictional arrangements in designating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0331) on 04/11/2022
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Uniform Statewide Building Code; exemption for certain use and occupancy classifications. [HB-1289]
Board of Housing and Community Development; exemption for certain use and occupancy classifications from the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to consider, during the next code development cycle, revising the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the Building Code) to provide an exemption from any requirements in the energy efficiency standards in the Building Code and the 2018 Virginia Energy Conservation Code (the Energy Conservation Code), and any subsequent amendments to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0407) on 04/11/2022
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Wildlife Resources, Board of; conveyance of certain property. [HB-1278]
Conveyance of certain property; conditions. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to convey certain property to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Any deed of conveyance shall include a condition that the property be open to public use, including public fishing, and shall provide that the property shall revert to the Commonwealth if the condition is not met. Conveyance of certain property; conditions. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to convey certain property to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0108) on 04/06/2022
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Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification. [SB-656]
Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0100) on 04/06/2022
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Apprenticeship program; Bd. of Workforce Development to prepare recommendations for primary office. [SB-661]
Virginia Board of Workforce Development; collaboration to develop apprenticeship program. Directs the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Education, and the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Commerce and Trade and rely on data from the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment in reviewing the performance of current apprenticeship programs in meeting high-demand industry needs. The bill requires the Board to prepare recommendations for creating a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0700) on 04/11/2022
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Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; transfer of authority. [SB-657]
Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; transfer of authority to Department of Environmental Quality. Limits the authority of the Air Pollution Control Board and the State Water Control Board to issuance of regulations and transfers the Boards' existing authority to issue permits and orders to the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill provides procedures for public comment on pending controversial permits, defined in the bill, and on regulatory changes necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0356) on 04/11/2022
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Counseling, Board of; licensure of professional counselors without examination. [HB-1240]
Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Scott
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Behavioral Health Commission; increases membership. [HB-1232]
Behavioral Health Commission; membership. Adds two nonlegislative citizen members who have received or are receiving services from the Commonwealth's behavioral health system, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a local law-enforcement officer serving a jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth, one nonlegislative citizen member who is a behavioral health services provider providing services in the Commonwealth, and one nonlegislative citizen member who is a certified peer recovery specialist or registered peer recovery specialist to the membership
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Continued To 2023 In Rules (13-y 3-n) on 03/04/2022
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Water quality; baseline conditions. [HB-1228]
Water quality; baseline conditions. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to document baseline conditions of any waters of the Commonwealth that may be affected by any discharge authorized by the State Water Control Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
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Social Media, Commission on; established, report, sunset provision. [HB-1195]
Commission on Social Media; report. Establishes the 20-member Commission on Social Media in the legislative branch to study and make recommendations on the impacts and harms to citizens caused by social media platforms hosting or amplifying content that includes threats or suggestions of physical violence or danger towards citizens, institutions, groups, associations, or physical structures of the Commonwealth by studying the impact of dangerous and violent rhetoric, threats, harassment, doxing, intimidation, misinformation, disinformation, defamation,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Tabled In Rules (13-y 5-n) on 02/03/2022
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Student Advisory Board; established. [HB-1188]
Board of Education; Student Advisory Board established. Establishes the Student Advisory Board for the purpose of providing student perspectives on matters before the Board of Education. Board of Education; Student Advisory Board established. Establishes the Student Advisory Board for the purpose of providing student perspectives on matters before the Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0778) on 04/27/2022