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passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 8, 2022

SB 39: Constitutional officers; form of ballot, party identification of candidates on ballots.

Elections; form of ballot; party identificationof candidates on ballots; constitutional officers. Extends toelections for constitutional officers the requirement that ballotsidentify the nominating political party for party candidates andidentify independent candidates as such. Currently, this requirementapplies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Lionell Spruill (D) · 2 co-sponsors
passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 8, 2022

SB 642: Analysis of breath to determine alcoholic content of blood; failure to advise person of rights.

Preliminary analysis of breath to determinealcoholic content of blood; failure to advise person of rights.Provides that if a police officer or a member of any sheriff's department fails to advise a person of his rights to refuse a preliminary breathtest, any preliminary breath test sample shall not be admissiblefor the purpose of determining probable cause or used in evidenceat any hearing or trial.
Joe Morrissey (D)
passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 8, 2022

SB 174: Protective orders, permanent; contact between petitioner and respondent, violation of orders.

Permanent protective orders; contact betweenpetitioner and respondent. Provides that when issuing a permanent protective order a court may impose certain conditions on the petitioner,including (i) prohibiting acts of violence, force, or threat or criminaloffenses that may result in injury to person or property; (ii) prohibitingsuch contacts by the petitioner with the respondent or family orhousehold members of the respondent as the court deems necessary forthe health or safety of such persons; and (iii) any other reliefnecessary to prevent (a) acts of violence, force, or threat, (b)criminal offenses that may result in injury to person or property,or (c) communication or other contact of any kind by the petitioner.
Mark Peake (R)
passed both · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 8, 2022

HJ 61: Staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at DOC; continued study, appropriations.

Study; staffing levels, employment conditions,and compensation at Virginia Department of Corrections; report.Continues the joint committee of the House Committee on Health, Welfareand Institutions; the House Committee on Public Safety; the SenateCommittee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitationand Social Services established by House Joint Resolution No. 29 (2020)and continued by House Joint Resolution 522 (2021, Special SessionI) to study staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensationat the Virginia Department of Corrections. The resolution directsthe joint committee to conclude its work by November 30, 2022, andto report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Patrick Hope (D) · 5 co-sponsors
passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 8, 2022

SJ 42: Health-related social need; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study benefit of hospitals, etc., addressing.

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; benefitsof hospitals, health systems, and other providers addressing thehealth-related social needs of Virginians; report. Directs theJoint Commission on Health Care to study the benefits of hospitals,health systems, and other providers in addressing the health-relatedsocial needs of Virginians. The study shall identify opportunities for policy making to make health care in Virginia more affordableand effective through innovations in care coordination, workforce development, payment options, and improved data collection.
David Suetterlein (R) · 1 co-sponsor
passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 8, 2022

SB 714: Comprehensive crisis system; voluntary mental health check-in option as part of the system, report.

Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices; voluntary mental health check-in option as part of thecomprehensive crisis system; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to implement a voluntarymental health check-in option as part of the comprehensive crisissystem and to report by November 1, 2022, to the Governor and theChairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfareand Institutions and the Senate Committees on Education and Healthand Finance and Appropriations regarding its progress in implementingsuch program.
Creigh Deeds (D) · 2 co-sponsors
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