2022 Priority Legislation

Cat	Number	Title	House	Senate	Chief Patron	updated
2022 Priority Bills
Support climate	HB 71	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility.	Sub		Lee Ware (R-HD65)	1/24/22
Support campaign finance	HB 86	Campaign finance; disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.	Sub		Timothy Anderson (R-HD83)	1/24/22
Support climate	HB 206	Small renewable energy projects; impact on natural resources.	Comm		Michael Webert (R-HD18)	1/18/22
Support environment	HB 250	Mining and processing of certain minerals and elements; work group to study.	Comm		Shelly Simonds (R-HD94)	1/18/22
Support environment	HB 393	Water quality; consideration of economic or social development.	Comm		Rodney Willett (R-HD73)	1/18/22
Support climate	HB 471	State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.	Sub		Suhas Subramanyam (D-HD87)	1/24/22
Support campaign finance	HB 492	Campaign finance; record retention requirements and reviews of campaign finance disclosure reports.	Sub		David Bulova (D-HD37)	1/24/22
Support campaign finance	HB 495	Campaign finance; mandatory electronic filing for all candidates.	Sub		David Bulova (D-HD37)	1/24/22
Support campaign finance	HB 500	Campaign finance and advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications.	Sub		David Bulova (D-HD37)	1/24/22
Support campaign finance	HB 575	Elections; campaign finance; contribution limits; civil penalty.	Sub		S. VanValkenburg (D-HD72)	1/24/22
Support climate	HB 588	Electric utilities; adjustment of rates.	Sub		Sally Hudson (D-HD57)	1/24/22
Support guns	HB 590	Storage of firearms in residence where minor present; penalty.	Pending		S. VanValkenburg (D-HD72)	1/18/22
Support justice	HB 612	Possession of controlled substances; penalties.	Tabled		Sally Hudson (D-HD57)	1/24/22
Support governance	HB 687	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions; meeting.	Sub		Kaye Kory (D-HD38)	1/24/22
Support governance	HB 688	School boards; production of public records; fee schedules.	Comm		Kaye Kory (D-HD38)	1/18/22
Support education	HB 853	Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund; unused funds; Enslaved Ancestors College.	Comm		David Reid(D-HD32)	1/23/22
Support education	HB 860	Teacher Training Corps; established, report.	Comm		David Reid(D-HD32)	1/23/22
Support justice	HB 862	Supplementing compensation of public defender.	Sub		Alfonso Lopez (D-HD49)	1/24/22
Support justice	HB 906	Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility, procedures.	Pending		Carrie Coyner (R-HD62)	1/16/22
Support campaign finance	HB 973	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty	Sub		Marcus Simon (D-HD53)	1/24/22
Support justice	HB 1053	Local correctional facilities; fees.	Pending		Irene Shin (D-HD86)	1/18/22
Support Workers	HB 1054	Disaster or emergency; weather extremes; disconnection prohibitions for certain utilities.	Comm		Irene Shin (D-HD86)	1/24/22
Support education	HB 1135	Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors.	Comm		Jeffrey Bourne (D-HD71)	1/23/22
Support climate	HB 1288	Public utilities; rate review by the State Corporation Commission.	Comm		Sally Hudson (D-HD57)	1/24/22
Support Workers	SB 1	Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish.		Comm	Jennifer Boysko (R-SD33)	1/16/22
Support climate	SB 45	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.		Comm	Chap Petersen (D-SD34)	1/24/22
Support education	SB 157	Competitive compensation for certain positions in public elementary and secondary schools.		Sub	Ghazala Hashmi (D-SD10)	1/23/22
Support workers	SB 264	Collective bargaining for public employees.		Stricken	Ghazala Hashmi (D-SD10)	1/18/22
Support justice	SB 282	Supplementing compensation of public defender.		Comm	Adam Ebbin (D-SD30)	1/18/22
Support climate	SB 290	State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.		Comm	Barbara A. Favola (D-SD31)	1/23/22
Support guns	SB 310	Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames.		Comm	Adam Ebbin (D-SD30)	1/16/22
Support justice	SB 378	Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility, procedures.		Comm	Chap Petersen (D-SD34)	1/16/22
Support justice	SB 411	Possession of controlled substances; penalties.		Comm	Joseph Morrissey (D-HD16)	1/16/22
Support education	SB 454	Teacher Training Corps; established, report.		Rereferred	Jennifer Boysko(D-SD33)	1/23/22
Support campaign finance	SB 463	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.		Comm	John Bell (D-SD)	1/16/22
Support education	SB 481	School boards and local governing bodies; unexpended local funds, etc.		Comm	Jennifer McClellan (D-SD9)	1/15/22
Support education	SB 490	Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors.		Comm	Jennifer McClellan (D-SD9)	1/15/22
Support governance	SB 495	Elections; removal of officers; recall elections; petition.		Comm	Jennifer McClellan (D-SD9)	1/23/22
Support climate	SB 568	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; civil penalty.		Comm	Richard Stuart (R-SD28)	1/17/22
Support voting rights	SJ 1	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (second reference).		Rereferred	Mamie Locke (D-HD2)	1/22/22
Oppose education	HB 4	Requires school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense.	Comm		Scott Wyatt (R-HD97)	1/15/22
Oppose climate	HB 5	Flood Relief Fund; established.	Comm		James Morefield (R-HD3)	1/16/22
Oppose education	HB 9	Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings.	Engrossed		Lee Ware (R-HD65)	1/24/22
Oppose education	HB 12	Public school buildings; limits entry points, screening individuals.	Tabled		Timothy Anderson (R-HD83)	1/24/22
Oppose guns	HB 14	Handguns; limitation on purchases.	Comm		Timothy Anderson (R-HD83)	1/22/22
Oppose Health	HB 22	Medical mandates; each adult has a fundamental right to be free from mandates.	Pending		Wendell S. Walker (R-HD23)	1/17/22
Oppose guns	HB 26	Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying.	Comm		Timothy Anderson (R-HD83)	1/16/22
Oppose Health	HB 27	COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited, discrimination prohibited.	Pending		Timothy Anderson (R-HD83)	1/16/22
Oppose voting rights	HB 34	Repeals establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.	Comm		Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24)	1/20/22
Oppose voting rights	HB 35	Excuse required to vote absentee in person prior to the second Saturday preceding an election.	Comm		Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24)	1/20/22
Oppose voting rights	HB 36	Repeals permanent absentee voter list.	Comm		Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24)	1/20/22
Oppose education	HB 59	School principals; incident reports.	Comm		John McGuire (R-HD56)	1/15/22
Oppose climate	HB 73	Electric utilities; definitions, aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy facilities.	Comm		Lee Ware (R-HD65)	1/16/22
Oppose climate	HB 74	Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges, energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries	Comm		Lee Ware (R-HD65)	1/16/22
Oppose climate	HB 118	Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities.	Comm		Nicholas Freitas (R-HD30)	1/22/22
Oppose public-private	HB 119	Public-Private Competition Act; created, repeals Competitive Government Act, etc.	Comm		Marie March (R-HD7)	1/22/22
Oppose education	HB 127	Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and permitted.	Sub		Glenn Davis (R-HD84)	1/24/22
Oppose climate	HB 202	Solar facilities; permit by rule.	Comm		Michael Webert (R-HD18)	1/22/22
Oppose climate	HB 656	Coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit.	Sub		William Wampler (R-HD4)	1/24/22
Oppose climate	HB 657	Public utilities; waste coal and certain coal-fired electric generating units.	Comm		William Wampler (R-HD4)	1/22/22
Oppose education	HB 781	Public elementary and secondary schools; student citizenship skills.	Comm		Wren Williams(R-HD9)	1/22/22
Oppose climate	HB 839	Electric utilities; recovery of costs; rate adjustment clause proceedings; construction/facilities.	Comm		Tony Wilt (R-HD26)	1/22/22
Oppose climate	HB 894	Generation of electricity and energy development in the Commonwealth.	Comm		Terry Kilgore (R-HD1)	1/22/22
Oppose guns	HB 1051	Protective orders; possession of firearms.	Pending		Phillip Scott (R-HD88)	1/16/22
Oppose education	SB 2	Requires school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense...		Comm	John A. Cosgrove (R-SD14)	1/10/22
Oppose education	SB 20	Treatment of transgender students; model policies.		Comm	Travis Hackworth (R-SD38)	1/22/22
Oppose education	SB 36	School principals; incident reports.		Comm	Thomas Norment (R-HD3)	1/10/22
Oppose environment	SB 81	Air Pollution Control Board; consideration of certain facts and circumstances.		Comm	William Stanley (R-SD20)	1/23/22
Oppose climate	SB 120	Public utilities; waste coal and certain coal-fired electric generating units.		Sub	Travis Hackworth (R-SD38)	1/24/22
Oppose guns	SB 330	Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required.		Comm	Bryce Reeves (R-SD17)	11/30/-1
Oppose climate	SB 532	Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act.		Comm	Richard Stuart (R-SD28)	1/23/22
Oppose health	SB 601	COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited.		Comm	Amanda Chase (R-SD11)	1/23/22