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House of Delegates Committee on Appropriations

The Appropriations Committee allocates funding for the state budget and to pay for the costs incurred by pieces of legislation passed each year. If legislation will cost money, it typically must be reported out of the Appropriations Committee in addition to the committee which deals with its actual subject matter.

Committee Chair: Delegate Barry Knight

Committee Members: Knight (Chair), Austin (Vice Chair), Morefield, Fariss, Davis, Bloxom, Brewer, Marshall, Hodges, Coyner, Wyatt, Wampler, Torian, Sickles, Plum, Bulova, Carr, McQuinn, Krizek, Hayes, Reid, Rasoul

The following bills have been reported out of the House Appropriations Committee for 2022.

• HB 6 American Revolution 250 Commission; adds four legislative members to the Commission.
• HB 20 Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund.
• HB 25 Earned sentence credits; possession of child pornography.
• HB 50 Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
• HB 80 Healthcare Regulatory Sandbox Program; established, report, sunset date.
• HB 86 Campaign finance; disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.
• HB 90 Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene products.
• HB 91 Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc.
• HB 93 Home care organizations; changes the license renewal requirement.
• HB 103 Income tax, state; deduction for eligible educator qualifying expenses.
• HB 105 Catawba Hospital; DGS to study feasibility of transforming into subst. abuse/mental health trtmt.
• HB 120 Disabled veterans, certain; special hunting and fishing licenses.
• HB 123 Firefighting, emerg. medical services, or law-enforcement equipment & vehicles; destroying, penalty.
• HB 128 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; created and established.
• HB 146 Insurance; provider complaints, etc.
• HB 165 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2022; created.
• HB 166 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
• HB 180 Forest Sustainability Fund; created.
• HB 186 Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Training Program; established.
• HB 191 Health Workforce Development; creates position of Special Advisor to the Governor.
• HB 210 Va. National Guard; funding for active members, recruitment.
• HB 217 Stem Education Advisory Board; required to review federal occupational categories.
• HB 221 STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning.
• HB 239 Housing & Supportive Services ILT initiative; housing & services to include adults 65 yrs. or older.
• HB 241 Medical assistance services; durable medical equipment, complex rehabilitative technology.
• HB 244 Regulatory Budget Program; DPB to establish a continuous Program, report.
• HB 248 Carrier & managed care health insurance plans; VDH to review efficiency & productivity, etc.
• HB 258 Hotels; human trafficking training.
• HB 271 School bds. & comprehensive community colleges, local; compensation structure for adjunct professor.
• HB 282 Criminal records; effect of criminal convictions on licensure, data to be included in report.
• HB 312 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; annual marketing plan.
• HB 319 Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.
• HB 324 Shipping and Logistics Headquarters Grant Program; updates certain provisions.
• HB 349 Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21.
• HB 354 Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund; created.
• HB 356 Public schools; regional charter school divisions.
• HB 383 Relief; Carter, Joseph.
• HB 385 Relief; Morman, Bobbie James, Jr.
• HB 388 State facilities; video visitation.
• HB 389 Early childhood care and education; regional entities, Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund.
• HB 394 Relief; Stevens, Emerson Eugene.
• HB 397 Wrongful incarceration; compensation.
• HB 418 Elementary and secondary education, public; at-risk add-on funds.
• HB 431 Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.
• HB 453 Income tax, state; property information and analytics firms.
• HB 458 MEI Project Approval Commission; incentives requiring review.
• HB 472 Income tax, state; increases standard deduction.
• HB 473 Virginia Retirement System; employer contributions.
• HB 492 Campaign finance; record retention requirements and reviews of campaign finance disclosure reports.
• HB 516 Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.
• HB 517 Chief Resilience Officer; clarifies designation and role.
• HB 525 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.
• HB 553 Commercial driver’s licenses; Secretary of Transportation, et. al, to implement various initiatives.
• HB 563 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.
• HB 574 Horse racing; certain amount from wagers to be deposited in Problem Gambling Trust & Support Fund.
• HB 585 Middle and high school end-of-course assessments; number and type, report.
• HB 642 Health care coverage; premium payments for certain service members.
• HB 649 Children who are deaf or hard of hearing; language development, assessment resources.
• HB 653 Foster care; DSS to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program.
• HB 654 GO Virginia Grants, certain; repeals sunset provision.
• HB 671 Permanent protective orders; Hope Card Program created.
• HB 680 Medical assistance services; state plan, case management service, individuals w/severe brain injury.
• HB 727 Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds, qualified organization.
• HB 735 Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for awarding & calculation, etc.
• HB 749 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines.
• HB 761 Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.
• HB 763 Charitable gaming; electronic gaming is restricted to social organizations, etc.
• HB 765 Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties.
• HB 766 Illegal gaming laws; Illegal Gaming Enforcement Coordinator created.
• HB 769 Onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities.
• HB 814 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; agency procurement enhancement plans.
• HB 815 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; mentorship program.
• HB 821 Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
• HB 833 Group violence intervention; definition, Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund created.
• HB 842 Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; federal risk adjustment program.
• HB 850 Lyme disease; signage in state parks, instructional resources and materials.
• HB 857 Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, tuition grants.
• HB 873 School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools.
• HB 894 Electricity and energy development; generation in the Commonwealth.
• HB 925 Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
• HB 932 Workers’ compensation; COVID-19, health care providers.
• HB 935 Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return.
• HB 971 Commonwealth’s taxation system; conformity with the Internal Revenue Code, etc.
• HB 987 Medicaid; program information, accessibility on every state agency website.
• HB 1004 Two-Year College Transfer Grant, etc; eligibility, removes registry for Selective Service.
• HB 1006 Income tax, state and corporate; deductions for business interest.
• HB 1024 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definition of poverty guidelines.
• HB 1053 Correctional facilities, local; fees associated with inmates.
• HB 1057 Historically Black Colleges & Universities in the Commonwealth, Commission on; established, report.
• HB 1064 Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established, rules and procedures.
• HB 1067 Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg waste water treatment facility.
• HB 1080 Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty.
• HB 1112 Fishing licenses; resident may purchase a license that is valid for multiple years.
• HB 1119 Va. Retirement System; loss of benefits for certain felony convictions.
• HB 1121 Income tax, state; pass-through entities.
• HB 1128 Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction.
• HB 1131 Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published.
• HB 1136 Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes, Commission on; established.
• HB 1144 Gasoline and diesel fuel; lowers the rate of tax on July 1, 2022.
• HB 1147 Temporary detention; alternative custody.
• HB 1178 Seizure first aid information; Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information.
• HB 1203 Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created in DVS, report.
• HB 1206 Fort Monroe Authority; adds to powers and duties, facilities management.
• HB 1232 Behavioral Health Commission; increases membership.
• HB 1246 School divisions, local; work group to recommend ways to procure accessible digital tools.
• HB 1254 Relief; Weakley, Eric.
• HB 1255 Relief; Barnes, Lamar.
• HB 1263 Relief; Crum, Paul Jonas, Jr.
• HB 1270 SNAP benefits; waiver to allow inmates of correctional facilities to apply prior to release.
• HB 1301 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeals Act.
• HB 1305 Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County; investigate feasibility of reopening and alternatives.
• HB 1309 Resilient Virginia Revolving Loan Fund; created.
• HB 1319 Beneficial hardwood management practices; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit.
• HB 1332 Correctional facility; intentionally covering, removing, etc., a security camera, penalty.
• HB 1353 Virginia Football Stadium Authority; established.
• HB 1358 Relief; Tillman, Jervon Michael.