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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
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Literary Fund; open application process for loans, maximum loan amounts, etc. [HB-253]
Literary Fund; loans; application Literary Fund; loans; application process; maximum loan amounts; rates of interest; closing costs; waiting lists. Makes several changes to the provisions relating to loans from the Literary Fund to finance the construction and renovation of public elementary and secondary school buildings in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board of Education (the Board) to establish an annual open application process for Literary Fund loans to occur during the period that the Board deems most suitable. The bill increases
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0004) on 02/23/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Income tax, state; refundable tax credit for low-income taxpayers. [HB-1312]
Refundable income tax credit for low-income taxpayers. Allows low-income individuals and married persons to claim either (i) a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to $300 for each individual, his spouse, and any dependents or (ii) a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year by the individual or married persons for the same taxable year. Under current law, low-income individuals and married persons may elect either of these amounts; however, both options for claiming the credit are
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Finance on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds. [HB-140]
Historical African American cemeteries. Changes the date of establishment that qualifies historical African American cemeteries for appropriated funds to care for such cemeteries from prior to January 1, 1900, to prior to January 1, 1948, and provides that the total number of graves in a qualifying cemetery shall be the number of markers of African Americans who were interred in such cemetery prior to January 1, 1948. Under current law, the total number of graves is the number of markers of African Americans who lived at any time between January
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0450) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Girl Scout Week; designating as week of March 12, 2022, and each succeeding year thereafter. [HJR-136]
Girl Scout Week. Designates the week of March 12, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Girl Scout Week in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Read Third Time on 03/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Commending Michael Cherry. [HJR-125]
Commending Michael Cherry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 01/27/2022
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Celebrating the life of Claire Robinson Askew. [HJR-127]
Celebrating the life of Claire Robinson Askew.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Agreed To By Senate on 01/27/2022
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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
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed. [HJR-101]
Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Agreed To By Senate on 02/03/2022