School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. [HB-1129]
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. Requires each local school board to require its schools to collaborate with the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee when conducting required school safety audits. Under current law, the division superintendent is required to make the results of such audits available to the chief law-enforcement officer upon request. The bill also requires that the completed walk-through checklist using the standardized checklist provided by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
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HB-1129: School safety audits; law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Referred To Committee On Education And Health on 03/11/2022
Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limits on local referendums. [HB-1134]
Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limits on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question for a period of five years from the date of the last referendum.
HB-1134: Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limits on local referendums.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim Taylor
Left In General Laws 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
Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction, taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2022. [HB-1128]
Income tax; military benefits subtraction; emergency. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of military benefits in taxable year 2022, up to $30,000 in taxable year 2023, and up to $40,000 in taxable year 2024 and each year thereafter. The bill defines military benefits to include military retirement income and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran. The bill contains an emergency clause. Income tax; military benefits subtraction; emergency. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of military benefits
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HB-1128: Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction, taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
School boards; method of selection, election required. [HB-1284]
School boards; method of selection; election required. Requires election as the method of selecting the members of each school board in the Commonwealth. Current law requires such members to be appointed but permits their election under certain circumstances.
HB-1284: School boards; method of selection, election required.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim Taylor
Stricken From Docket By Education (22-y 0-n) on 02/07/2022
Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. [HB-358]
Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, to examine the waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to establish a small business for veteran-owned small businesses.
HB-358: Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bloxom
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0575) on 04/11/2022