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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Traffic offenses, certain; issuing citations. [HB-79]
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and the accompanying the exclusionary provisions.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Wyatt
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Localities; restricts authority to impose transient occupancy tax at rate that exceeds five percent. [HB-75]
Local taxing authority. Restricts localities from imposing a transient occupancy tax at a rate that exceeds five percent and provides that any tax revenues from a rate of greater than two percent but less than five percent shall be spent solely for tourism-related and travel-related purposes. The bill also lowers the amount of food and beverage tax that counties can impose from six percent to a total of four percent. Under the bill, a county is able to impose a food and beverage tax at up to two percent without restriction, but that would require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Finance on 02/15/2022
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Absentee voting; reimbursement of costs to counties and cities for cost of conducting. [HB-76]
Absentee voting; reimbursement of costs. Requires the General Assembly to establish in the general appropriation act a reimbursement plan to reimburse counties and cities, fully and annually, for the cost of conducting absentee voting in the locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Utilities, certain; pro rata reimbursements for installation. [SB-52]
Pro rata reimbursements for installation of certain utilities. Requires localities that adopt subdivision ordinances that permit subdividers or developers to install certain utilities to provide within that ordinance the subdivider's or developer's entitlement to pro rata reimbursement for costs of such installations. Under current law, localities are permitted to provide such entitlement but are not required to do so.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0629) on 04/11/2022
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Louisa, Town of; Town may appoint 5 to 7 members to serve on bd. of economic development authority. [HB-60]
Economic development authority; Town of Louisa. Provides that the Town of Louisa may appoint from five to seven members to serve on the board of the economic development authority, with terms staggered as agreed upon by the town council. Under current law, unless specifically provided otherwise, the authority consists of seven members.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0622) on 04/11/2022
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Law enforcement, local; relinquishing certain records when department is dissolved. [SB-59]
Local law enforcement; records. Requires the chief of police of a local police department that is dissolved to relinquish certain required records to the sheriff for that locality. The bill makes failure to relinquish such records to the sheriff a misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Continued To 2023 In Local Government (13-y 0-n) on 01/17/2022
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Political subdivisions; powers and duties, emergency management assessment. [SB-60]
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: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0217) on 04/08/2022
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Local government; prohibits certain practices that would require contractors to provide benefits. [HB-58]
Local government; prohibits certain practices Local government; prohibits certain practices that would require contractors to provide benefits. Prohibits local governing bodies from establishing provisions related to procurement of goods, professional services, or construction that would require a wage floor or any other employee benefit or compensation above what is otherwise required by state or federal law to be provided by a contractor to one or more of the contractor's employees as part of a contract with the locality. The bill provides that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology (8-y 7-n) on 02/23/2022
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Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc. [SB-61]
Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and judges; exceptions to certain prohibited activities. Provides that any (i) active law-enforcement officer, (ii) qualified retired law-enforcement officer, (iii) attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (iv) qualified retired attorney for the Commonwealth or retired assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (v) judge or justice of the Commonwealth, or (vi) retired judge or retired justice of the Commonwealth may carry a concealed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 01/26/2022
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Constitutional officers; appointed deputies, dual office holding. [HB-38]
Constitutional officers; appointed deputies; dual office holding. Subjects any person appointed by a constitutional officer to serve as deputy as provided by law to the same dual office holding requirements and prohibitions applicable to the constitutional officer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Retail marijuana stores; requirement for local referendum. [HB-43]
Retail marijuana stores; requirement for local referendum. Provides that if an act of assembly is passed by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly that authorizes the operation of retail marijuana stores in the Commonwealth, such retail marijuana stores may be located only in localities that have approved the operation of retail marijuana stores through a referendum held in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Critically missing adult; expands definition, receipt of reports. [SB-49]
Receipt of critically missing adult reports; Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program; definition. Expands the definition of "critically missing adult" to include any missing adult, including an adult who has a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or mental illness, 18 years of age or older for the purpose of receipt of critically missing adult reports by a police or sheriff's department and the Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program administered by the Department of State Police and removes from the Program the eligibility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0395) on 04/11/2022
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Comprehensive plan approval; appeal shall be heard and determined within 60 days, etc. [SB-35]
Comprehensive plan approval. Allows a planning commission to extend the 60-day period during which it makes a recommendation to the governing body on a comprehensive plan amendment if an applicant agrees to such extension. The bill also allows the extension to such longer period as agreed to by an applicant of the period of time during which the governing body shall hear and determine an appeal from a planning commission decision. Comprehensive plan approval. Allows a planning commission to extend the 60-day period during which it makes a recommendation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/10/2022
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; county and city enforcement. [SB-43]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; county and city enforcement. Provides that any county or city may bring an action to enforce the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act related to health and safety, provided that (i) the property where the violations occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the county or city; (ii) the county or city has notified the landlord who owns the property directly or through the managing agent of the nature of the violations and the landlord has not remedied the violations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Stricken At Request Of Patron In General Laws And Technology (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2022
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COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited, discrimination prohibited. [HB-27]
COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status with regard to education or public employment and in numerous other contexts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Bath County; fee for solid waste disposal. [HB-32]
Fee for solid waste disposal; Bath County. Adds Bath County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Bath County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0347) on 04/11/2022
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Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [HB-26]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Campbell
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Cigarette tax, local; identifying unsold inventory, localities that increase taxes. [SB-25]
Local cigarette tax; unsold inventory. Requires any locality that increases its cigarette tax rate to allow, for one calendar year after the increase, a person with unsold inventory to pay the tax increase on the unsold inventory by filing a return, rather than requiring the use of a stamp or meter impression. The bill imposes a duty on regional cigarette tax boards to effectuate the policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0223) on 04/08/2022
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Constitutional amendment; local government, sale of property. [SJR-3]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); local government; sale of property; authority to grant perpetual easements to units of government. Allows easements on public property to be granted in perpetuity to a public body, political subdivision, or authority of the Commonwealth or to the United States or any of its departments or agencies. The requirement to advertise and publicly receive bids does not apply to easements conveyed to any such governmental entity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Continued To 2023 In Privileges And Elections (15-y 0-n) on 01/25/2022
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Libraries; assessment for costs in civil actions, disbursement for law libraries. [HB-13]
Libraries; assessment for costs in civil actions; disbursement for law libraries. Increases from $4 to $7 the maximum assessment a county, city, or town may make as part of the costs incident to each civil action filed in the courts located within its boundaries. Such funds are disbursed by a locality's governing body for the establishment, use, and maintenance of its law library.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (10-y 10-n) on 02/07/2022