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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Unlawful hazing; amends definition, civil and criminal liability, penalties. [HB-993]
Unlawful hazing; penalty. Makes the crime of hazing a Class 5 felony if such hazing results in death or serious bodily injury to any person. The crime of hazing that does not result in death or serious bodily injury remains a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides an affirmative defense for hazing if a person in good faith seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for a person who has received a bodily injury by hazing or renders emergency care or assistance, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to a person who has received a bodily
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Sales and use tax, additional local; revenues to support construction or renovation of schools. [HB-531]
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools. Under the bill, the tax can only be imposed if it is initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters in a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Finance on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, etc. [HB-369]
Court appearance of a person not free on bail. Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused, (ii) the information provided to counsel for the accused, (iii) a requirement that counsel for the accused be provided with adequate time to confer with the accused prior to any bail hearing, and (iv) the compensation of counsel for the accused. Effective in due course, the bill provides that the chief judge in each circuit shall create a plan to be completed by October 1, 2022, that
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Income tax, state; creates a nonrefundable tax credit for family caregivers. [HB-291]
Family caregiver tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living, also defined in the bill. The credit equals 50 percent of eligible expenditures incurred by the caregiver up to $1,000. In order to qualify for the credit, the family caregiver must (i) not receive any compensation or reimbursement for the eligible expenditures and (ii) have
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc. [HB-319]
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0550) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; domestic service employees. [HB-1196]
Workers' compensation; domestic service employees. Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic service, defined in the bill, are not excluded from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Va. Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; established. [HB-1179]
Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; establishment. Establishes the 29-member Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of advising the Governor, his Cabinet members, and the General Assembly on the current ways that Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous history is described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated curriculum frameworks;
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health carriers; denial of coverage, quarterly report, sunset provisions. [HB-1174]
Health carriers; denial of coverage; quarterly report. Requires each health carrier in the Commonwealth to submit to the State Corporation Commission on a quarterly basis a report of all first-time denials of coverage, including denials based on preexisting conditions and experimental or investigational treatments. The bill states that a health carrier must inform a covered person of his right to an internal appeal or, if applicable, an external review, upon issuing a denial of coverage. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School boards, local; grievance procedure for certain employees, timing of resolution of disputes. [HB-1110]
Local school boards; grievance procedure for certain employees; timing of resolution of certain disputes. Requires each local school board's grievance procedure for school board employees, except the division superintendent, principals, assistant principals, teachers, supervisors, and other employees required to be licensed by the Board of Education, to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. [HB-1115]
Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to use trauma-informed screening measures to identify whether any child committed to the Department has been a victim of human trafficking and determine appropriate treatment and service options. The bill also requires that, in cases in which a juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court orders that a juvenile within its jurisdiction be physically examined and treated by a physician or local mental health center, such examination include
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022