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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average. [HB-535]
Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average. Under current law, compensation at such rate is aspirational. The bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficient to fund a 4.5 percent annual increase for public school teacher salaries, effective from the 2023-24 school year through the 2027-28 school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
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Elections; removal of officers, recall elections, petition for recall. [HB-972]
Elections; removal of officers; recall elections; petition. Provides for the removal of certain elected officers and officers appointed to elected offices by recall referendum. The bill requires a petition for recall be signed by 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office for which a recall is sought.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
New structures; construction evaluation of impact of types of electricity. [HB-999]
Department of General Services; construction evaluation of impact of types of electricity. Requires all departments, agencies, and institutions of the Commonwealth, prior to construction of new structures, to evaluate the construction for the potential to rely on geothermal and solar energy. Such evaluation shall include an assessment of the immediate cost and the potential for cost savings over time by providing these types of electricity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs; Apprenticeship Council to study. [HJR-71]
Study; Apprenticeship Council; electric vehicle charging infrastructure apprenticeship programs; report. Requests the Virginia Apprenticeship Council to study the need for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and maintenance and repair of EV infrastructure apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth, noting the stated goal of the Commonwealth to reduce carbon emissions intensity across all sectors, including the transportation industry. In conducting its study, the Apprenticeship Council should consider a number of factors in studying the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement. [HB-893]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; automatic renewal; notice of rent increase. Requires a landlord that owns more than four rental dwelling units to, in the case of any rental agreement that provides for automatic renewal of such agreement, provide separate written notice to the tenant notifying the tenant of any increase in rent. The bill provides that such notice shall be provided to the tenant no less than 30 days before the automatic renewal takes effect.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia. [HJR-10]
Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 01/20/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Polling place; assistance for certain voters, definition of disability. [HB-974]
Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of disability. Expands the definition of disability for purposes of providing assistance outside of a polling place to voters with disabilities to include any permanent or temporary disability. Under current law, the disability is limited to a permanent or temporary physical disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Tabled In Privileges And Elections (11-y 10-n) on 01/21/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Perinatal health care providers; implicit bias training. [HB-538]
Perinatal health care providers; implicit bias training. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require that each hospital develop and implement policies requiring all perinatal health care providers to complete an in-person and interactive training on implicit bias.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Continued To 2023 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund; created. [HB-476]
Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund to support existing Virginia small businesses, attract new businesses, increase the Commonwealth's tax base, create new job opportunities for Virginia residents, and enhance commercial activity in Virginia. The bill provides that an eligible Virginia small business, defined in the bill, is eligible for grants of up to $50,000. The total amount of grants awarded in a fiscal year is capped at $10 million.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/15/2022