2022 VA General Assembly

Start date of Special Session has been changed to Mon, April 4.
[Originally scheduled for April 27, 2022. See GA calendar]

Status of 2022 Priority Legislation

of the Virginia Grassroots Coalition

Enrolled = Bill has passed both houses, sent to the Governor, but not yet signed.
Conf. Comm. = Bill passed each house in different forms, will be resolved in Special Session.

■ = Bill is dead or 'continued.'

Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	Governor	updated
2022 Priority Bills Environment
environment	HB 250 Support	Mining and processing of certain minerals and elements; work group to study. more... Directs the Secretaries of Natural and Historic Resources, Health and Human Resources, and Commerce and Trade to convene a work group study the mining and processing of copper, zinc, and lead in the Commonwealth and to report its findings to the General Assembly by Dec 1, 2023.	Shelly Simonds (R-HD94)	Left			2/15/22
environment	HB 323 Support	Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; increases grant for certain projects. more... Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount of a grant that may be made to a political subdivision for projects that support local food production and sustainable agriculture.	Sam Rasoul (D-HD11)	Passed	Passed	Signed 04/08/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 7/1/22)	4/12/22
environment	HB 393 Support	Water quality; consideration of economic or social development. more... Requires the State Water Control Board to analyze the economic or social impact on residents who and communities that have historically been economically or socially disadvantaged when considering any project or development that would constitute a new or increased discharge of effluent into high quality water.	Rodney Willett (R-HD73)	Left			2/15/22
environment	HB 1261 Oppose	State environmental boards; appointment of members to various Boards. more... ...The bill provides that the authority of such boards does not include the authority to issue any environmental permit, or abridge or deny any environmental permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality.	Robert Bloxom (R-HD100)	Passed	Passed	Signed 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)	1/6/23
environment	SB 81 Oppose	Air Pollution Control Board; consideration of certain facts and circumstances. more... Limits when the Air Pollution Control Board must consider certain facts and circumstances relevant to the reasonableness of the activity involved.	William Stanley (R-SD20)		Incorp		2/15/22
environment	SB 657 Oppose	Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; transfer of authority to Department of Environmental Quality. more...	Richard Stuart (R-SD28)	Passed	Passed	Signed 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (effective 7/1/22)	4/12/22

No. of bills: 6

Glossary

Dillon Rule. Restricts local government authority to enact ordinances.

Conference Committee. A temporary committee w. members from both the House and Senate, tasked with reconciling differences in legislation that passed both chambers.

Continued/Carried over. Action taken in an even-numbered year to postpone the consideration of a measure until the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Crossover. The last day for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move forward for consideration in the opposite chamber. If a bill does not move forward, it is "Left" (dead).

Engrossed. A legislative stage when a bill passes the second reading in the House of origin. Every bill has to be "read" on the floor three times before voting on it. The action or any debate or discussion usually comes on the day of the second reading or the third reading.

Enrolled. Legislation which has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate, signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, sent to the Governor, but not yet signed.

Failed to report. Defeated. The rejection of a motion to 'report' a bill to the full chamber.

Incorporated. Rolled into someone another bill. Either because they're identical, or they have incorporated *some* of the language in, and the patron agreed to have her name on the other bill.

Patron. Bill sponsor. There can be many patrons.

PBI. Passed by Indefinitely. Action to allow a committee to reconsider legislation at a later meeting. If the committee takes no further action, the bill is dead. [Usually the bill is dead.]

Referred. The assignment of legislation to another standing committee with no stance on the policy of the measure (neither endorses nor rejects the legislation).

Reported. The approval of a measure by the majority of the committee. The legislation may be reported by the committee with or without amendments. A bill may also be reported and referred to another committee.

Stricken. Legislation removed from a committee's docket, frequently at the request of the patron.

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