Legislative Tracking 2022

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Joel Ferry

Position
S

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/15/22)

Comments
This bill: sunsets the Board of Bank Advisors in 2032. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss

Position
S

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/15/22)

Comments
This bill: transfers the administration of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Program Fund from the Department of Workforce Services to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity; and makes technical changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Walt Brooks

Position
O

Status
Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (3/3/22)

Comments: This bill: defines terms; makes it unlawful for a place of public accommodation to discriminate against an individual based on the individual's immunity status; with certain exceptions, prohibits a governmental entity from requiring proof of immunity status; with certain exceptions, makes it unlawful discrimination for an employer to require proof of immunity status; and prohibits a governmental entity or employer from requiring an individual to receive a vaccine if the vaccine is authorized for emergency use or undergoing safety trials. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Jefferson S. Burton

Position
M

Status
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (3/5/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; requires an employer to relieve an employee or a prospective employee of a COVID-19 vaccination mandate if the employee or prospective employee submits a physician's note stating that the employee or prospective employee was previously infected by COVID-19; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Clare Collard

Position
M

Status
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (1/26/22)

Comments
This bill: clarifies a list of certain discriminatory housing practices. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Jon Hawkins

Position
M

Status
House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (1/18/22)

Comments
This bill: includes text messages in the types of communications regulated as a part of the regulation of telephone solicitation; and defines terms. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Douglas R. Welton

Position
M

Status
Governor Signed (2/22/22)

Comments
This bill: as an alternative to certified mail, allows a county auditor to send a notice of a tax sale by any delivery service that includes tracking and delivery confirmation. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. V. Lowry Snow

Position
S

Status
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (3/4/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; provides the applicability of the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act (Act) in actions regarding the partition of property; requires notice of an action for the partition of property that is covered by the Act; provides that referees are to be impartial and not a party to an action under the Act; requires the court to determine the value of property being partitioned under the Act; provides a process for the court to allow cotenants to buy out other cotenants' interests in a property; allows the court to partition the property in kind and for sale under certain conditions; provides factors for the court to consider when determining whether property should be partitioned in kind; provides that the sale of property under the Act must be an open-market sale and provides the requirements for the open-market sale; requires a report be submitted to the court on the open-market sale of a partitioned property; provides that the law should be applied and construed to promote uniformity with other states that enact this uniform law; and contains a provision on the Act's relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Lowry Snow

Position
M

Status
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (3/4/22)

Comments

This bill: defines terms; addresses the applicability of the Uniform Easement Relocation Act (Act) to certain easements; excludes certain easements from relocation under the Act; establishes the right of a property owner to relocate an easement in certain circumstances; allows a property owner to commence a civil action to relocate an easement; provides the requirements for commencing a civil action to relocate an easement; addresses a court order for relocation of an easement; requires the parties to a civil action for easement relocation to act in good faith in facilitating relocation; addresses when a proposed easement relocation is considered to be final and complete; addresses the effect of an easement relocation under the Act; provides that the right of a property to relocate an easement under the Act cannot be waived, excluded, or restricted by agreement; provides that the law should be applied and construed to promote uniformity with other states that enact the Act; contains a provision on the Act's relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act; provides that the Act applies to an easement created before, on, or after the effective date of this bill; and provides a severability clause. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Mark Wheatley

Position
M

Status
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (1/24/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; prohibits an employer from seeking information regarding an applicant's employment history; gives the Labor Commission's Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor enforcement power; permits an aggrieved individual to file a request for agency action; permits either party to appeal an order made under the Employment Selection Procedures Act; provides for the Labor Commission to obtain representation on any appeal or to enforce any judgment of an order made under the Employment Selection Procedures Act; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Norman K. Thurston

Position
M

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/22/22)

Comments
This bill: amends the Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act (TFSA) definition of "automated telephone dialing system" to prohibit telephone solicitations made by a live person; modifies the TFSA definition of "telephone solicitation" to include a telephone solicitation made to encourage a person to sell real or personal property to the solicitor; prohibits a person from making a telephone solicitation to a cellular phone without prior consent; amends definitions in the Telephone Fraud Prevention Act (TFPA); modifies security requirements for a registered seller under the TFPA; specifies penalties for a seller or solicitor who violates the TFPA; amends the prohibited practices under the TFPA; modifies the types of information the Division of Consumer Protection (division) is required to redact from a consumer complaint regarding conduct the division regulates under the TFPA before making the consumer complaint public; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Sandra Hollins

Position
M

Status
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (3/4/22)

Comments
This bill: provides that Juneteenth National Freedom Day shall be observed on June 19 of each year as a holiday throughout the State. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Cory A. Maloy

Position
M

Status
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (3/3/22)

Comments
This bill: expands the regulatory sandbox program administered by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity by allowing a person who offers an innovative financial or insurance product or service to participate in the program; repeals the regulatory sandbox programs administered by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Insurance; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Brian S. King

Position
M

Status
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (2/1/22)

Comments
This bill: identifies circumstances where it is a crime to fail to aid a crime victim; prohibits distribution of a recording of the crime unless the crime has been reported to law enforcement; and provides that the Good Samaritan statute applies if the person provides assistance to the victim. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Rex P. Shipp

Position
M

Status
House Comm - Held (2/22/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; and prohibits a public entity from entering into a contract for financial services with a financial company that has a policy of refusing to finance fossil fuel companies. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Jordan D. Teuscher

Position
M

Status
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (2/24/22)

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Cheryl K. Acton

Position
O

Status
House/ to standing committee (2/23/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; prohibits a person from directly or indirectly using, enforcing, providing data for use in, or otherwise participating in the creation or use of a system that based on a social credit score discriminates against, advocates for, or causes adverse treatment of a person; prohibits a financial institution from collecting, evaluating, reporting, or maintaining in records of a person the credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity of members of the person's social network for purposes of determining the credit worthiness of the person; empowers the attorney general to enforce provisions related to social credit scores; establishes a civil cause of action for a person injured by a prohibited act related to a social credit score; and makes technical and conforming changes.  Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Daniel McCay

Position
M

Status
Governor Signed (2/11/22)

Comments
This bill: amends the corporate franchise and income tax rates; and amends the individual income tax rate. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Todd D. Weiler

Position
S

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/15/22)

Comments
This bill: amends the definition of "interest holder"; addresses the recovery of property by an interest holder from the seizing agency; provides that property of an interest holder cannot be forfeited; requires an agency to conduct a search of public records to obtain the name and address of each interest holder of property that the agency seeks to forfeit; clarifies that property is forfeited to the state not the agency; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Lincoln Fillmore

Position
M

Status
Senate/ circled (1/21/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; creates the Parental Coaching to Encourage Student Savings Program (the program) within the Department of Workforce Services which provides: financial training to parents of certain children experiencing intergenerational poverty, to encourage the parents to start saving money for their child's higher education expenses; and a financial contribution to the 529 savings accounts of certain children experiencing intergenerational poverty, if a parent successfully meets the requirements of the program; requires the Department of Workforce Services to make rules to administer the program; creates the Parental Coaching to Encourage Student Savings Program Restricted Account; describes the reporting and other requirements of the Department of Workforce Services related to the program; requires local education agencies to provide written notification of the program to the parents of children attending kindergarten; requires the Division of Finance to transfer a certain amount of money each year from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to the Parental Coaching to Encourage Student Savings Program Restricted Account; and makes technical changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Jani Iwamoto

Position
M

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/18/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; prescribes a valuation method for determining the fair market value of real property subject to a low-income housing covenant; requires a county assessor to send a form approved by the State Tax Commission to each owner of real property subject to a low-income housing covenant; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Derrin R. Owens

Position
M

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (3/3/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; addresses liability of an employer for negligently hiring, or failing to adequately supervise, an employee that has been previously convicted of an offense; and makes technical and conforming changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Scott Sandall

Position
M

Status
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared (2/25/22)

Comments
This bill: modifies definitions related to preconstruction and constructions liens, including definitions of the terms "owner" and "project property"; modifies and clarifies when preconstruction and construction liens attach to certain property interests; and makes technical changes. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore

Position
S

Status
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (3/4/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; establishes a fee for the provision of custodial services of digital assets; establishes jurisdiction over banks providing custodial services of digital assets; classifies digital assets; describes the requirements for:
•perfection of digital assets; and
•financing statements for digital assets;
authorizes banks to provide custodial services of digital assets; describes the conditions and terms under which a bank may provide custodial services for a digital asset; establishes the terms under which a person has rights in virtual currency; and describes the conditions required for a person to exercise control of virtual currency. Details »

Prime Sponsor
Rep. Curtis S. Bramble

Position
S

Status
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (3/4/22)

Comments
This bill: modifies the definition of "control" for purposes of the Financial Institutions Act; enacts the Commercial Financing Registration and Disclosure Act, which requires persons who provide certain commercial financing products to:
•register with the Department of Financial Institutions; and
•make certain disclosures in connection with each commercial financing product;
and provides penalties for failure to comply with the registration and disclosure requirements. Details»

Prime Sponsor
Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore

Position
M

Status
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (3/3/22)

Comments
This bill: defines terms; provides consumers the right to:
•access, correct, and delete certain personal data maintained by certain businesses; and
•opt out of the collection and use of personal data for certain purposes;
requires certain businesses that control and process consumers' personal data to:
•safeguard consumers' personal data;
•provide clear information to consumers regarding how the consumers' personal data are used; and
accept and comply with a consumer's request to exercise the consumer's rights under this bill; allows the Division of Consumer Protection to accept and investigate consumer complaints regarding the processing of personal data; authorizes the Office of the Attorney General to take enforcement action and impose penalties; creates a right for a consumer to know what personal data a business collects, how the business uses the personal data, and whether the business sells the personal data; upon request and subject to exceptions, requires a business to delete a consumer's personal data or stop selling the consumer's personal data; and makes technical changes. Details »