Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sexually explicit instructional material; Board of Education to establish policy. [HB-1007]
Board of Education; policy on sexually explicit instructional material. Requires the Board of Education to establish, and each local school board to comply with, a policy to require each public elementary or secondary school to (i) notify the parent of any student whose teacher reasonably expects to provide instructional material that includes sexually explicit content, (ii) permit the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content upon request, and (iii) provide, as an alternative to instructional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Peninsula Airport Commission; adds to membership. [HB-1085]
Peninsula Airport Commission. Adds to the Peninsula Airport Commission (the Commission) two members from the City of Poquoson, two members from the City of Williamsburg, one member from James City County, and one member from York County, appointed by the governing bodies thereof. The bill provides that any such locality is automatically excluded from the Commission if it fails to pay its proportionate share of the cost of participation by June 30, 2023. The bill repeals various provisions authorizing certain localities to join the Commission upon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
Continued To 2023 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/08/2022
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Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-952]
Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board to advise the Governor on ways to improve economic and cultural links between the Commonwealth and African nations, with a focus on the areas of commerce and trade, agriculture, art, education, and government. The Board is composed of 18 nonlegislative citizen members, of whom at least 15 must be persons who identify as part of the African diaspora, to be appointed by the Governor. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce and Trade, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and Commission; created. [HB-527]
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a process for expedited issuance of a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth for qualifying physicians to enhance the portability of medical licenses while protecting patient safety. The bill establishes requirements for coordination of information systems among member states and procedures for investigation and discipline of physicians alleged to have engaged in unprofessional conduct. The bill creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/25/2022
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Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties. [HB-765]
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties. Changes the Charitable Gaming Board (the Board) from a policy board to an advisory board in the executive branch of state government, decreases the membership from 11 members to nine members, and moves the power and duty to promulgate regulations related to charitable gaming in the Commonwealth from the Board to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department). The bill provides that (i) the current regulations enacted by the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0609) on 04/11/2022
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Pharmacy, Board of; safe sharps disposal containers required for pharmacies for public use. [HB-712]
Board of Pharmacy; safe sharps disposal. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to amend its regulations to require all pharmacies to provide and maintain a safe sharps disposal container on the premises of the pharmacy for public use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Continued To 2023 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/08/2022
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Elections, State Board of; expands membership, appointment of Commissioner of Elections. [SB-371]
State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Exempts the Department of Elections from provisions allowing the Governor to appoint a chief deputy and a confidential assistant for policy or administration. The bill expands the membership of the State Board of Elections (the State Board) from five members to eight members with equal representation given to both parties. The bill requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia to designate a retired circuit court judge to serve as the tie breaker for the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry. [SB-375]
Optometrists; laser surgery. Allows an optometrist who has received a certification to perform laser surgery from the Board of Optometry (the Board) to perform certain types of laser surgery of the eye and directs the Board to issue a certification to perform laser surgery to any optometrist who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he (i) is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Code requirements and (ii) has
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0016) on 03/09/2022
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MEI Project Approval Commission; incentives requiring review. [HB-458]
MEI Project Approval Commission; incentives requiring review. Adds to the incentive packages for economic development, film, and episodic television projects that require MEI Project Approval Commission (the Commission) review and approval any incentive package in which one of the incentives being sought includes a cash payment of more than $3.5 million from any fund prior to any performance metrics being met by the proposed project. The bill clarifies that in calculating whether the value of proposed incentives exceeds $10 million and thus requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 03/02/2022
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Apprenticeship program; Bd. of Workforce Development to prepare recommendations for primary office. [HB-718]
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: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0699) on 04/11/2022
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Public charter schools; applications, review and approval. [HB-344]
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: Rep. Glenn Davis
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure. [SB-369]
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure. Allows a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state or the District of Columbia and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state or the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0720) on 04/27/2022
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Mask mandates; prohibition. [HB-514]
Prohibition on mask mandates. Prohibits the Board of Health, Commissioner of Health, and Governor from issuing any rule, regulation, or order that requires (i) individuals to wear masks or other face coverings or (ii) businesses to require customers to wear masks or other face coverings while on the premises of such business and prohibits any local school board from requiring any student enrolled at a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division to wear a mask, face covering, or other covering of the student's nose and mouth
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Freestanding emergency departments; Bd. of Health to promulgate regulations related to departments. [HB-770]
Freestanding emergency departments. Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to freestanding emergency departments, defined in the bill as facilities located in the Commonwealth that (i) provide emergency services, (ii) are owned and operated by a licensed hospital and operate under the hospital's license, and (iii) are located on separate premises from the primary campus of the hospital. The bill also requires freestanding emergency departments to make certain disclosures to patients, in advertisements, and on any online platforms
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. [HB-716]
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 any 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gwendolyn Gooditis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0561) on 04/11/2022
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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
Instructional material and related academic activities; Board of Education to establish policy. [HB-786]
Board of Education; policy on certain instructional material and related academic activities; annual parental notification; replacement or alternative material and activities; local compliance. Requires the Board of Education to establish, and each local school board to comply with, a policy to require each public elementary or secondary school to (i) annually notify the parent of any student enrolled in a class or course in which the instructional material or related academic activities includes or may include sexually explicit content, as defined
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report. [SB-376]
Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board for the purpose of protecting state residents, state and local governments, commercial health plans, health care providers, pharmacies licensed in the Commonwealth, and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Review
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Continued To 2023 In Commerce And Labor (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2022
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National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board; joint transportation meeting. [HB-436]
Joint transportation meeting; National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to invite the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board to participate in and present information at the joint transportation meeting held annually concerning projects in Planning District 8.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briana Sewell
Left In Transportation on 02/15/2022
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Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc. [HB-682]
Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or Indigent Defense Commission. Provides that all investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties when serving witness subpoenas shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process to such witnesses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0684) on 04/11/2022