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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund; funds to be paid to certain entities. [SB-353]
Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund. Allows funds in the Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund to be paid to entities outlined in local shelter plans to install, maintain, or repair infrastructure for backup energy generation for emergency shelters, including solar energy generators, and improve the hazard-specific structural integrity of shelter facilities owned by the locality or identified in the shelter plan of the locality.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0337) on 04/11/2022
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Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund; funds to be paid to certain entities. [HB-570]
Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund. Allows funds in the Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund to be paid to entities outlined in local shelter plans to install, maintain, or repair infrastructure for backup energy generation for emergency shelters, including solar energy generators, and improve the hazard-specific structural integrity of shelter facilities owned by a locality or identified in the shelter plan of a locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Scott
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Comprehensive plan; public hearing. [HB-648]
Comprehensive plan; substantial accord; parks. Clarifies provisions related to whether certain public facilities are substantially in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan by adding parks to the types of public uses that may, with certain types of land use applications, be excepted from the requirement for submittal to and approval by the planning commission or the governing body for the purpose of determining substantial accord. Comprehensive plan; substantial accord; parks. Clarifies provisions related to whether certain public facilities
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0181) on 04/07/2022
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State and local employees; rights of employees, freedoms of conscience and expression. [HB-384]
Administration of government; rights of state and local employees; freedoms of conscience and expression. Protects state and local government employees of the Commonwealth, defined in the bill, from being penalized by their employer for expressing their opinion regarding a current or proposed regulation, rule, policy, position, or other action or purpose of a unit of state or local government at a hearing of a public body during the time designated for public comment when such employees are speaking on their own behalf as members of the public.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/27/2022
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Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. [HB-750]
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers, (ii) any sheriff, (iii) any police force, or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0208) on 04/08/2022
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State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, energy-positive building design, etc. [HB-471]
Solar-ready roof requirements for state agencies and localities; energy-positive building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready roof, defined in the bill as having the structural capability to accept the increased load from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Food and drink law; permitting requirements. [HB-837]
Food and drink law; permitting requirements. Requires any food manufacturer, food storage warehouse, and retail food establishment to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services prior to operating. Any such entity issued a permit is exempt from any other license, permit, or inspection required for the sale, preparation, or handling of food. The bill requires the Commissioner to notify such entities of the reason for denial of a permit and requires that any denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit be carried out
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0204) on 04/08/2022
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Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient for grants. [SB-357]
Virginia Port Authority; Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient. Authorizes the Virginia Port Authority, in awarding grants through the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program, to award a grant to a political subdivision or governing body for the dredging of a waterway channel with a bottom that is privately owned if such political subdivision or governing body holds a lease of such bottom with a term of 25 years or more.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0282) on 04/08/2022
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Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments. [HB-747]
Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments. Authorizes localities to, by ordinance, authorize their local law-enforcement agency to place and operate photo speed monitoring devices in certain locations named in the ordinance, provided that (i) the highway has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or greater; (ii) the ordinance identifies the locality-designated speeding offense to be enforced by the photo speed monitoring device; (iii) speeding, crash, or fatality data support the need for stronger enforcement against
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Independent policing auditor; county manager plan of government. [HB-670]
County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent that such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/27/2022
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Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property. [HB-813]
Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0375) on 04/11/2022
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Cities and counties; distribution of recordation tax. [SB-363]
Distribution of recordation tax to cities and counties. Reestablishes the distribution of $20 million of state recordation tax revenue to counties and cities to be used for transportation or public education purposes. Legislation in 2020 dedicated the $20 million to the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (12-y 4-n) on 02/01/2022
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County or city public animal shelters; return of animals after expiration of stray hold period. [HB-373]
County or city public animal shelters; return of animals after expiration of stray hold period. Authorizes an animal shelter to return a cat to the place from which it was taken after the expiration of the stray hold period. Any such cat shall be vaccinated for rabies, spayed or neutered, and eartipped.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angelia Williams Graves
Tabled In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources (22-y 0-n) on 02/02/2022
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Localities; public meeting during state project planning phase. [HB-437]
Localities; public meeting; state project planning phase. Allows a locality the option to request a public meeting in the locality during the planning phase of a public facilities state project from the state agency or institution of higher education responsible for such project.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0480) on 04/11/2022
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Grants and public procurement; grants or contracts issued by Governor, state agency, etc. [HB-817]
Grants and public procurement. Requires that for any grant or contract issued or entered into by the Governor, any state agency, or any locality, such entity shall inquire whether the grant recipient, bidder, offeror, or contractor is a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business and whether it is certified by the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD) for procurement enhancement. If such business is eligible but not certified, the bill directs the SBSD to provide it with information on the certification process and encourage
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (16-y 0-n) on 02/03/2022
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Zoning appeals, board of; funding. [HB-616]
Board of zoning appeals; funding. Provides that upon request of the board of zoning appeals (BZA), a governing body shall consider appropriation of funds so that the BZA may employ or contract for secretaries, clerks, legal counsel, consultants, and other technical and clerical services. The bill also provides that if a BZA has needs that surpass the budgeted amount, the governing body shall review the BZA's request. Existing law allows such BZA expenditures "within the limits of funds appropriated by the governing body." Board of zoning appeals;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0249) on 04/08/2022
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Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [HB-827]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities. [HB-769]
Department of Health; onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities. Requires the Department of Health (the Department), effective July 1, 2023, to manage and enforce onsite sewage system pump-out compliance for Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties and the incorporated towns within those counties. The bill requires licensed operators conducting onsite sewage system pump-outs that are managed by the Department in these
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0486) on 04/11/2022
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Vacant building; registration. [HB-729]
Vacant building registration. Allows cities and certain towns to require annual registration by the owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. Under current law, buildings must meet a specific definition of "derelict building" before their owners can be required to register by these localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Rent stabilization, local; any locality may by ordinance adopt provisions. [HB-596]
Local rent stabilization authority. Provides that any Local rent stabilization authority. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt rent stabilization provisions. The bill provides that no such ordinance shall be adopted until the proposed ordinance has been posted on the locality's website and advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality at least two weeks prior to a public hearing on such ordinance. All landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022