Voter registration; list of decedent transmitted by St. Reg. of Vital Records to Dept. of Elections. [HB-55]
Voter registration; list maintenance; lists of decedents transmitted by State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit to the Department of Elections a weekly list of decedents from the previous week. Currently, this list is transmitted monthly. The bill requires the general registrars to use this information to conduct list maintenance and to promptly cancel the registration of a person on the list.
HB-55: Voter registration; list of decedent transmitted by St. Reg. of Vital Records to Dept. of Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0004) on 02/23/2022
Absentee voting; ballots to be sorted and results to be reported by precinct. [HB-54]
Elections; absentee voting; ballots to be sorted and results to be reported by precinct. Provides that absentee ballots processed at a central absentee precinct must be sorted by the precinct to which the voter who cast the absentee ballot is assigned and that the resulting vote totals from such ballots must be reported separately for each voter precinct.
HB-54: Absentee voting; ballots to be sorted and results to be reported by precinct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/15/2022
United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states. [HJR-3]
United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states. Makes application to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.
HJR-3: United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
Income tax, state; deduction for eligible educator qualifying expenses. [HB-103]
Income tax deduction; eligible educators. Provides for taxable years 2022 and thereafter an income tax deduction of the lesser of $500 or the actual amount paid or incurred by an eligible educator, defined in the bill as an individual who for at least 900 hours during the taxable year served as a Virginia licensed teacher, instructor, student counselor, special needs personnel, principal, or student aide for public or private primary and secondary school students in Virginia for qualifying expenses, defined in the bill as expenses incurred from
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HB-103: Income tax, state; deduction for eligible educator qualifying expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
Prescriptions; off-label use. [HB-102]
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a prescriber may prescribe, administer, or dispense and a pharmacist may dispense a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use when the prescriber or pharmacist determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the standard of care and such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is to improve health care outcomes. The bill also prohibits a hospital from denying, revoking, terminating, diminishing, or
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HB-102: Prescriptions; off-label use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (8-y 7-n) on 02/24/2022
Abortion; right to informed consent. [HB-212]
Provision of abortion; right to informed consent. Requires physicians and authorized nurse practitioners to follow certain procedures and processes to effect a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the performance of an abortion. Provision of abortion; right to informed consent. Requires physicians and authorized nurse practitioners to follow certain procedures and processes to effect a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the performance of an abortion.
HB-212: Abortion; right to informed consent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 5-n) on 03/03/2022
Public education; Department of Education to study purpose and goals. [HJR-19]
Study; Department of Education; purpose and goals of public education; report. Requests that the Department of Education study the purpose and goals of public education by encouraging input from the citizens of the Commonwealth, including parents, teachers, school administrators, and local school board members, to clarify (i) the broader purpose of public education in light of the fundamental goal of public education, as expressed by the General Assembly and the Board of Education, and (ii) the specific measurable outcomes that education laws, regulations,
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HJR-19: Public education; Department of Education to study purpose and goals.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc. [HB-873]
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement
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HB-873: Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0769) on 04/27/2022
Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, service documentation, and firmware, penalties. [HB-1094]
Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, service documentation, and firmware; penalties. Requires the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of digital electronic equipment, or parts for such equipment, to make available to owners of such equipment and to independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, documentation, parts, and tools for purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of such equipment. The bill requires, for digital electronic equipment that contains an electronic security lock or other security-related function,
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HB-1094: Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, service documentation, and firmware, penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Greenhalgh
Stricken From Docket By Commerce And Energy (21-y 0-n) on 02/01/2022