Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public charter schools; applications, review and approval. [SB-635]
Public charter schools; applications; review and approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools and enter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools. Under current law, the power to grant or deny a public charter school application and enter into an agreement for the establishment of a public charter school rests solely with local school boards. The bill also provides that the decision of the Board or a local school board to grant or deny a public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 02/10/2022
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Va. Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; established. [HB-1179]
Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; establishment. Establishes the 29-member Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of advising the Governor, his Cabinet members, and the General Assembly on the current ways that Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous history is described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated curriculum frameworks;
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Public charter schools; applications, review and approval. [SB-608]
Public charter schools; applications; review and approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools and enter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools. Under current law, the power to grant or deny a public charter school application and enter into an agreement for the establishment of a public charter school rests solely with local school boards. The bill also provides that the decision of the Board or a local school board to grant or deny a public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 02/10/2022
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Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees charged to inmates. [SB-581]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in local or regional correctional facilities, including fees related to the costs of an inmate's keep, work release, or participation in educational or rehabilitative programs; telephone services; commissaries; and electronic visitation systems. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0359) on 04/11/2022
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Health-related social need; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study benefit of hospitals, etc., addressing. [SJR-42]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; benefits of hospitals, health systems, and other providers addressing the health-related social needs of Virginians; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the benefits of hospitals, health systems, and other providers in addressing the health-related social needs of Virginians. The study shall identify opportunities for policy making to make health care in Virginia more affordable and effective through innovations in care coordination, workforce development, payment options, and improved
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Left In Rules on 03/08/2022
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Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Board for; smoke detectors, update regulations. [SB-607]
Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; smoke detectors; update regulations. Requires the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Homes Inspectors to require that a home inspection and the report on its findings include a determination of whether the home's smoke detectors are in "good working order," as defined by the Board. Under current law, such regulations require that such reports only note the presence or absence of smoke detectors. Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; smoke detectors; update regulations. Requires the Board for Asbestos,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0398) on 04/11/2022
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Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com. [SB-597]
Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0437) on 04/11/2022
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Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. [SB-476]
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. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0190) on 04/07/2022
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General registrar; SBE to establish & Dept. of Elections to conduct program to evaluate performance. [SB-459]
Elections; administration; registrars; certain prohibitions. Requires the State Board of Elections to establish and the Department of Elections to conduct a program for the evaluation of the performance of general registrars. Under such evaluation program, general registrars with below satisfactory performance are subject to remedial requirements and possible removal. The bill prohibits general registrars from conducting the duties of officers of election. The bill also provides that no general registrar may have a spouse, relative, or person with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 6-n) on 01/25/2022
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Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. [SB-539]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. Makes the enforcement of regulations for common interest community managers the sole responsibility of the Common Interest Community Board. Current law delegates the enforcement of these regulations to the Real Estate Board for real estate brokers, real estate salespersons, and real estate brokerage firms who are also licensed as common interest community managers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Stricken At Request Of Patron In General Laws And Technology (13-y 0-n) on 01/19/2022
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Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, review of complaints, civil penalty. [SB-463]
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or a candidate's campaign committee for his personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Privileges And Elections on 03/08/2022
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State Water Control Board; amending certain regulations relating to sewage treatment plants. [SB-567]
State Water Control Board; regulations; issuance of certain permits. Directs the State Water Control Board to amend certain regulations to provide that Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits may also be issued to an existing sewage treatment plant constructed and placed into service prior to January 1, 2001, that serves at least 10 houses but no more than 25 houses if such sewage treatment plant has a documented history of substantial noncompliance and cannot feasibly be connected to a publicly owned sewage treatment plant. State
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0144) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established, report. [SB-561]
Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established. Establishes the Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of holding disciplinary hearings initiated by the Virginia State Bar against an attorney for a violation of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct or Unauthorized Practice Rules that would be the basis for a sanction to be imposed against such attorney and grants the Commission the power to hold issue sanctions against such attorney. The bill transfers any existing authority
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (11-y 4-n) on 02/02/2022
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Cannabis products; written certification for the use. [SB-542]
Board of Pharmacy; written certification for the use of cannabis products. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to provide a form for practitioners to issue as written certification for the use of cannabis products. Current law requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide the form.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 03/08/2022
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Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker. [SB-510]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker. Requires a licensed real estate broker who is engaged in a sole proprietorship or is the only licensed broker in a business entity to designate, at the time of his application for broker licensure and at the time of his application for renewal of his license, another licensed broker to carry on the business for 180 days for the sole purpose of concluding the business of such designating broker in the event of the designating broker's
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0725) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia Community Preparedness Fund; shifts administration to Water and Soil Conservation Board. [SB-508]
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund. Shifts the administration of the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (the Board). The bill expands from nine to 11 the membership of the Board with the addition of two nonlegislative members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates from a flood-prone community outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed and one of whom shall be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/27/2022
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Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network. [SB-436]
Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0724) on 04/27/2022
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Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc. [SB-478]
Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes the Capital Region Airport Commission to (i) make charitable donations to organizations and (ii) form or support independent foundations designed to foster an appreciation by the public of the importance of aviation, assist the public in aviation travel, or help develop and educate the next generation of aviation professionals in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any such foundation is not a public body and is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Freedom
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0368) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. [SB-547]
Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. Requires the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to publish a statement regarding any action taken by the Board on the parole of a prisoner within 30 days of such action and to include in such statement information regarding the length of sentence and the date such sentence was imposed for each prisoner considered for parole.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0141) on 04/07/2022
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Elections, State Board of; increases membership. [SB-556]
State Board of Elections; membership. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from five to six members and provides that any third party or recognized political party whose candidate received greater than 20 percent of the votes in the Commonwealth for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election shall have representation on the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Privileges And Elections (13-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022