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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. [HB-802]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may bring an action to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the property
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Vote: (48-y 52-n) on 04/28/2022
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Political subdivisions; powers and duties, emergency management assessment. [HB-810]
Powers and duties of political subdivisions; emergency management assessment. Provides that all political subdivisions shall provide an annually updated emergency management assessment and data related to emergency sheltering capabilities to the State Coordinator of Emergency Management on or before August 1 of each year. Under current law, such assessment and data is due to the State Coordinator of Emergency Management on or before May 1 of each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Traffic control device violation monitoring systems; localities in Planning Dist. 23 to establish. [HB-728]
Traffic control device violation monitoring systems. Authorizes the localities in Planning District 23 to establish a traffic control device violation monitoring system imposing monetary liability on the operator of a motor vehicle for failure to comply with traffic control devices at any intersection deemed by the local governing body to be negatively impacted by traffic due to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2026, or upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc. [SB-361]
Marcus alert system; participation. Extends the date by which localities shall establish voluntary databases to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide relevant mental health information and emergency contact information for appropriate response to an emergency or crisis from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2023, and provides an exemption to the requirement that localities establish protocols for local law-enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of agreement with mobile crisis response providers regarding
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0613) on 04/11/2022
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Broadband providers; affordable monthly plan. [HB-447]
Broadband providers; affordable monthly plan. Requires each broadband provider operating in the Commonwealth to offer an affordable monthly plan for broadband services that (i) does not exceed $50 per month and (ii) meets the faster of either (a) the standards for advanced service as defined by the Federal Communications Commission or (b) a minimum broadband speed level of 50 megabits per second for download speed and 25 megabits per second for upload speed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/15/2022
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Exhaust systems; regulation of noise from vehicle on a highway, etc. [HB-632]
Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Makes certain secondary offenses related to loud exhaust systems that are not in good working order primary offenses and exempts local ordinances related to such exhaust systems from the prohibition on law-enforcement officers stopping a vehicle for a violation of a local ordinance unless it is a jailable offense. Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Makes certain secondary offenses related to loud exhaust systems that are not in good working order primary offenses and exempts local ordinances related to such exhaust
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0490) on 04/11/2022
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Stormwater management service districts; rate of taxation. [HB-697]
Stormwater management service districts; rate of taxation. Provides that if a locality located within a stormwater management service district requires, by ordinance, that certain property owners maintain private stormwater management facilities, the rate of tax imposed by such service district on such property owners shall be half of the amount imposed on property owners not required to maintain private stormwater management facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure, application process. [SB-255]
Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure; application process. Provides that in its consideration of certain communications infrastructure applications, a locality shall not disapprove an application if (i) the proposed new structure provides additional wireless coverage or capacity for first responders or (ii) the proposed tower is not within a four-mile radius of an existing tower that is part of the applicant's network. Additional changes in the bill provide that a locality shall not be prohibited from disapproving certain applications
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Continued To 2023 In Local Government (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2022
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Land disturbances; review of local authority regarding. [HB-448]
Department of Environmental Quality; review of local authority regarding certain land disturbances; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations concerning existing law regarding limits on local authority to review certain land-disturbing activities for stormwater impacts. The Department is required by the bill submit a report of the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Tabled In Counties, Cities And Towns (11-y 10-n) on 02/04/2022
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Inclusionary housing; zoning. [HB-635]
Inclusionary housing; zoning. Requires cities and towns in the Commonwealth to develop and promulgate housing plans that address the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for all current and anticipated residents of their communities. Such plans must connect economic development efforts that bring new jobs to the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for all who will fill those jobs; the location of housing and the location of mobility resources; and the availability of accredited high-quality affordable education, parks, indoor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Continued To 2023 In Counties, Cities And Towns By Voice Vote on 02/11/2022
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Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. [SB-319]
Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Allows localities to make appropriations to nonprofit faith-based organizations that provide community services in the locality for nonreligious purposes and regardless of recipients' faith affiliation. Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Allows localities to make appropriations to nonprofit faith-based organizations that provide community services in the locality for nonreligious purposes and regardless
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Local Government (15-y 0-n) on 01/24/2022
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Violation of ordinances; schedule of civil penalties. [HB-627]
Violation of ordinances; schedule of civil penalties. Allows localities to create schedules of fines and penalties for violations of designated ordinances. The bill establishes limits on fine amounts and frequency, as well as guidance on separate offenses. The bill precludes prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for aggregate penalties of all offenses from the same operative set of facts totaling less than $5,000. The bill allows prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for violations arising from the same operative set of facts for penalties totaling
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property. [SB-328]
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: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0376) on 04/11/2022
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Psilocybin or psilocyn; possession, civil penalty. [SB-262]
Possession of psilocybin; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses psilocybin or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses psilocybin or psilocyn is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Possession of psilocybin; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (8-y 6-n 1-a) on 01/31/2022
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High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development. [HB-445]
Broadband service; new residential and commercial development; stakeholder advisory group. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. The stakeholder advisory group shall be composed of representatives from the commercial and residential land development and construction
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0592) on 04/11/2022
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License plates, special; localities to pay initial issuance fee costs for development and issuance. [HB-703]
Special license plates; localities. Authorizes localities to pay the initial issuance fee costs for the development and issuance of special license plates displaying the seal, symbol, emblem, or logotype of the locality in lieu of collecting 350 paid applications for such license plates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0054) on 04/01/2022
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Affordable dwelling unit; ordinances in certain localities. [HB-465]
Affordable dwelling unit ordinances in certain localities. Provides that any project may be required, outside of an affordable housing dwelling unit program, to contribute to a county or city housing fund but not for density covered by the program. The bill's provision applies to any county where the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) or the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) is in effect, as well as to the Counties of Albemarle and Loudoun and the Cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, and Fairfax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Disclosure in land use proceedings; statewide application. [HB-626]
Disclosure in land use proceedings; statewide application. Alters certain land use disclosure requirements applicable to officials in any county with the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) by replacing "relationship of employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client" with the broader phrase of "business or financial interest." The same change is made to existing provisions that currently apply only to Loudoun County but will now apply statewide.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Failed To Report (defeated) In Counties, Cities And Towns (11-y 11-n) on 02/11/2022
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Electric utilities, certain; local reliability data provided to a locality upon request. [HB-414]
Electric utilities; local reliability data; report. Directs Dominion Energy Virginia to provide local reliability data within 30 days upon request by a locality located within the service territory of the utility. The State Corporation Commission shall include industry standard reliability metrics for Dominion Energy Virginia and a description of any infrastructure investments made by Dominion Energy Virginia to improve electric service reliability as part of its report on electric generation, transmission, and distribution submitted annually to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0653) on 04/11/2022
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Speed limits; established by local authority. [SB-333]
Establishment of speed limits; local authority. Authorizes localities to reduce speed limits on any highway in the locality, provided that such speed limit is indicated by lawfully placed signs. Current law authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 miles per hour, on highways within its boundaries that are located in a business district or residence district, provided that such reduced speed limit is indicated by lawfully placed signs.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Transportation (13-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022