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{"bill_id":219750,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"Income tax, state; small business investment tax credit.","description":"Income tax; small business investment tax credit. Provides a tax credit equal to 10% of the eligible investments made by small business taxpayers in personal property and real estate improvements used in the business. The investments must be made beginning July 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2011, and the minimum amount must be $10,000 in order to qualify for the credit. For purposes of the credit, a business qualifies as small if it has 500 or fewer employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-11-16","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219751,"bill_number":"HB12","title":"Group health insurance; allows coverage to be extended to full-time students under age 27.","description":"Group health insurance; coverage for children. Allows coverage under a group accident and sickness insurance policy to be extended to an insured group member's child who is under the age of 27. Currently, such coverage may be extended to a child who is under the age of 19, or the age of 25 if the child is a dependent or full-time student. Coverage may also be extended beyond this age limit if agreed by the insurer and policyholder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-07","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB12/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB12","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219752,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"Terrorism, federal; those accused or convicted shall not be held in custody in state/local facility.","description":"Custody in state and local correctional facilities of those accused or convicted of federal terrorism. Provides that no person who is accused or convicted of terrorism in violation of federal law, as terrorism is defined in 18 U.S.C. §2331, shall be held in custody in any state, regional, or local correction facility unless (i) such person is also accused or convicted of a violation of state or local law or (ii) there is an agreement or contract with the federal government, as of June 30, 2010, to hold federal prisoners, which may include any such person, at such state, regional, or local correctional facility.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB15/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB15","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219753,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"Disabled veteran; definition.","description":"Definition of \"disabled veteran.\" Provides that, for the purposes of Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), a veteran will be considered a \"disabled veteran\" if he is certified as being at least 50 percent disabled by the U.S. Veterans Administration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB20/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB20","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219754,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"Income tax, state; telework expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; telework expenses tax credit. Provides a tax credit to employers for expenses incurred in allowing employees to telework pursuant to a signed telework agreement for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2013. An employer would be eligible for a credit of up to $1,200 per teleworking employee, depending on the number of days per month an employee will telework and whether the employer's primary place of business is located in a nonattainment area under the federal Clean Air Act. There is also a 100 percent tax credit for costs the employer incurs for conducting a telework assessment in the year prior to implementing a formal telework program. This assessment credit is capped at $20,000 per employer. The aggregate amount of tax credits that will be issued is capped at $1 million annually for taxable years 2011 and 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-21","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB47/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB47","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219755,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; limits on rates and imposition.","description":"Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; limits on rates and imposition. Prohibits any locality from (i) imposing the BPOL tax if the locality did not impose it as of January 1, 2010, and (ii) increasing the BPOL tax rates after January 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB57/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB57","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219756,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"General registrar; appointment by electoral board.","description":"General registrar; qualifications. Allows an electoral board to appoint a general registrar who is a qualified voter of a county or city adjoining jurisdiction for which he is appointed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-28","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB59/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB59","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219757,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"Income tax, state; additional personal exemption for surviving spouse or head of household.","description":"Individual income tax; additional personal exemption. Provides an additional personal exemption of $800 for each individual who qualifies as a surviving spouse or head of household for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, beginning on and after January 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-29","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB73/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB73","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219758,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing national motto: \"In God We Trust.\"","description":"Special license plates; \"In God We Trust\". Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the national motto: \"In God We Trust.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-29","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB75/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB75","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219759,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"Virginia Wind Underwriting Association; created.","description":"Virginia Wind Underwriting Association; wind insurance pool. Establishes the Virginia Wind Underwriting Association consisting of all insurers licensed to write property insurance in the Commonwealth. The Association is created to provide insurance against loss to property in Accomack and Northampton Counties and the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach from the risk of windstorm, in accordance with a plan of operation to be approved by the Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-04","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB89/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB89","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219760,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"Income tax, corporate; reduction of rate for up to three years for certain small businesses.","description":"Corporate income tax; small business reduced rate. Allows a reduction of one percent in the corporate income tax rate for up to three years for certain small businesses that increase the number of their full-time employees by a minimum of five percent over the previous year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB94/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB94","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219761,"bill_number":"HB110","title":"BPOL tax; localities to decide to impose on business's gross receipts or its State taxable income.","description":"Business, professional and occupational license tax; gross receipts or Virginia taxable income. Allows localities to decide whether to impose the BPOL tax on a business's gross receipts or its Virginia taxable income.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB110/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB110","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219762,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"Conflict of interests; prohibited conduct for certain officers and employees of state government.","description":"Conflicts of interests; \"revolving door\" prohibitions.  Expands the period during which a former legislator or certain former state and local government officers and employees may not lobby from one to two years.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB122/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB122","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219763,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"Virginia Nanotechnology Authority Act; created, report.","description":"Virginia Nanotechnology Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Nanotechnology Authority to promote development of nanotechnology in Virginia. The Authority will be responsible for administering a fund to be used to provide industry and institutions of higher education with discovery grants, collaboration grants, and prototype grants. The Authority will be governed by a board of directors and managed by a president at the direction of the Board. The president is responsible for creating a virtual Virginia Nanotechnology Users Network to facilitate research and development of nanotechnology at the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB123/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB123","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219764,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"Protective orders; authorizes judicial officer to require respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.","description":"Protective orders; GPS devices. Authorizes a judicial officer to require that a protective order respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB164/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB164","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219765,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.","description":"Conduct of police lineups. Establishes a uniform procedure to be used in all lineups by all law-enforcement agencies intended to ensure maximum accuracy of the procedure. The bill requires that the person who administers the lineup be a person who is not involved in the investigation of the criminal incident at issue and who does not know the identity of the suspect, that only one photograph or person is displayed to the eyewitness at a time, that all information about the suspect is kept from the eyewitness, that the lineup be recorded by videotape, audiotape or in writing by the administrator, and that the quality of the procedures used is subject to review in court by the finder of fact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-08","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB207/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB207","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219766,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"Assault and battery against a family or household member; protective order, penalty.","description":"Assault and battery against a family or household member; protective order; penalty. Provides that a person who commits an assault and battery against a person who is protected by the provisions of a protective order is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and for a third offense, a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-08","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB216/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB216","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219767,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"Adverse possession; abolition.","description":"Adverse possession; abolition. Abolishes adverse possession as a cause of action or a defense if arising on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-08","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB219/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB219","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219768,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.","description":"Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive TANF assistance shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of possession of a controlled substance provided he complies with all obligations imposed by the court, has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB226/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB226","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219769,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"Gate City, Town of; Transportation Board to allow provision of access roads.","description":"Gate City Bypass. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to allow the Town of Gate City to provide access roads connecting U.S. Route 23 (southbound) with the north side of Clinch Mountain.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB245/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB245","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219770,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"Local government investment pool; limitations.","description":"Local government investment pool; limitations. Provides that no less than 10 percent of local government investment pool assets shall be invested in time, savings, or demand deposits at financial institutions qualified to accept public deposits under the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act. The bill, as introduced in 2009, contained a reenactment clause that requires it to be reenacted by the 2010 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB246/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB246","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219771,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"Unemployment benefits; waiver of overpayment due to administrative error.","description":"Waiver of overpayment of unemployment benefits due to administrative error. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) to waive an individual's obligation to repay overpayments of unemployment compensation benefits if (i) the individual requests a waiver, (ii) the overpayment occurred solely because of an administrative error by the VEC, (iii) repayment was not demanded within the six months following the date of the overpayment, and (iv) requiring the individual to repay the overpayment would be inequitable. If the four criteria for a mandatory waiver are not satisfied, the VEC is provided the option of waiving all or part of an individual's obligation to repay overpayments of unemployment compensation benefits if the overpayment occurred solely or partially due to an administrative error by the VEC (and in no part due to the individual's false representation or failure to disclose a material fact) and the VEC determines that recovery of all or part of the overpayment would be inequitable. In determining whether requiring the individual to repay an overpayment would be inequitable, the VEC shall consider whether repayment would cause economic hardship to the individual.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB252/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB252","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219772,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"Transportation-disadvantaged persons; requires State to develop plans to assist.","description":"Transportation-disadvantaged persons. Requires the Commonwealth to develop plans and programs to assist the transportation disadvantaged.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB259/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB259","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219773,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"Low-profit limited liability companies; definition.","description":"Low-profit limited liability companies. Provides for the designation of a type of limited liability company as low-profit limited liability company. A low-profit limited liability company is a limited liability company that significantly furthers the accomplishment of a charitable or educational purpose, would not have been formed but for the entity's relationship to the accomplishment of charitable or educational purposes, does not have as a significant purpose the production of income or the appreciation of property, and does not have a political or legislative purpose.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB261/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB261","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219774,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"Highway maintenance funds; requires CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.","description":"Highway maintenance funds. Provides that when allocating funds for the interstate system of highways, the primary system of state highways, and the secondary system of state highways maintained by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall consider achieving a minimal level of disparity among highway construction districts in meeting asset performance standards. Prior to such allocation, the Board shall release for public review a comparison of the proposed allocation of funds by highway construction district with an allocation of funds based entirely on specific asset performance standards by highway construction district.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB276/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB276","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219775,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"Fraud to accomplish vote on union organization; person guilty of misdemeanor.","description":"Use of fraud or artifice to accomplish vote on union organization. Any person who (i) knowingly and intentionally fails to provide full and complete information regarding the consequences of a signature or a vote or an affirmation by another, or (ii) by fraud, material artifice, trickery, or deception, causes or assists in causing a vote to be taken by non-union employees on whether to organize a union, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB280/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB280","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219776,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"Newspapers; may petition circuit court for authority to publish legal notices and publications.","description":"Court approval of newspapers used for legal notices and publications. Provides that a newspaper may petition the circuit court for the jurisdiction in which the newspaper is located or circulated for the authority to publish ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB282/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB282","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219777,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"Companion animals; court may include in protective order provisions prohibiting harm.","description":"Protective orders; companion animals. Provides that a court may include in a protective order provisions prohibiting harm to a companion animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the petitioner, or his family or household members, when the harm to the companion animal is with the intent to threaten, coerce, intimidate, or harm the petitioner or his family or household members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB285/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB285","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219778,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"Autopsy; retention and disposal of specimens.","description":"Autopsy; retention and disposal of specimens. Authorizes the Chief Medical Examiner, assistant chief medical examiners, or their designees to perform an autopsy or examination they deem necessary and in the public interest to determine the identity or cause of death of the decedent, or to obtain evidence for forensic examination. This bill also provides that specimens collected during an autopsy or examination may be retained and shall be disposed of in accordance with state and federal law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB301/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB301","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219779,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order.","description":"Voluntary admission for mental health treatment prior to involuntary commitment hearing. Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is will and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB305/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB305","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219780,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"Adverse medical outcomes; pilot program created.","description":"Disclosure of adverse medical outcomes; pilot program. Creates a pilot program to assess the creation of disclosure programs in health care facilities designed to facilitate disclosures of adverse medical outcomes between health care providers and patients. The Department of Health shall adopt guidelines concerning the standards for such disclosure programs. Participating health care facilities are required to assess any such program and make reports to the Department of Health. The pilot program sunsets on December 31, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB306/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB306","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219781,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing after execution.","description":"Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing to be held no less than 24 and no more than 72 hours after execution. Provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB307/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB307","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219782,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"Summary judgment; documents that can serve as basis for motion.","description":"Summary judgment; documents that can serve as basis for motion. Allows motions for summary judgment to be based, in whole or in part, upon pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, answers to requests for admissions, or affidavits filed in the suit or action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB309/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB309","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219783,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"Offers of judgment; costs.","description":"Offers of judgment; costs. Provides that a party defending a claim may serve upon an adverse party not less than 10 days before trial an offer to allow judgment to be taken against him on specified terms, including the costs then accrued. An offer of judgment may also be made by a party whose liability to another has been determined, but where the extent of his liability is to be determined in a subsequent proceeding. If the offer is accepted, the court shall enter the judgment. If the offer is not accepted, and the adverse party does not obtain a judgment more favorable than the offer, the adverse party shall pay all costs incurred from the time of the offer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB310/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB310","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219784,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"Electric energy efficiency standard; established.","description":"Electric energy efficiency standard. Establishes an energy efficiency standard under which investor-owned electric utilities are required to reduce the consumption by their retail customers in the Commonwealth, through implementation of energy efficiency and conservation programs, by 2026 by 19 percent less than the consumption level currently projected for such year. Between 2011 and 2026, utilities are required to meet interim benchmarks established by the State Corporation Commission. The measure authorizes investor-owned electric utilities to earn the same enhanced rate of return on costs of energy efficiency programs that is currently provided for renewable powered generation facilities to recover the costs of designing and operating energy efficiency programs. A utility's energy efficiency programs shall be reported in its integrated resource plans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB327/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB327","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219785,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"Lawn fertilizers; prohibits use and application of those that contain phosphorus.","description":"Lawn fertilizers; penalty.  Prohibits the application of fertilizers that contain phosphorus for use on lawns, golf courses, parks, and cemeteries. The prohibition does not apply to fertilizer products primarily intended for gardening, trees, shrubs, or indoor plants. The bill prohibits the application of fertilizer that contains phosphorus when the ground is frozen. Any fertilizer that runs onto impervious surfaces has to be immediately contained and collected. New lawns or lawns that have had soil tests in the last three years showing phosphorus levels are deficit based upon Department of Conservation and Recreation's nutrient management standards and criteria can use fertilizers that contain phosphorus. Beginning January 1, 2011, no person can display for sale lawn fertilizer that is labeled as containing phosphorus; however, such products can be stored off the sales floor and may be sold upon request. Also beginning on this date, a business selling fertilizers has to provide signage that informs the public of the new law and noting the effects of phosphorus on state waters. Any person who violates provisions of the new law may be assessed a civil penalty by the Department of Conservation and Recreation of up to $250. The moneys collected will be deposited in the Water Quality Improvement Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB329/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB329","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219786,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"Claims; Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cebula.","description":"Claims; Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cebula. Provides relief in the amount of $1.2 million to compensate Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cebula for property that was damaged and made unsuitable for development by an inadequate storm water management system installed by VDOT.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB338/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB338","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219787,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"Anesthesia; hospitals develop procedure for discharge of individuals who had procedures requiring.","description":"Discharge of ambulatory individual following anesthesia.  Requires all hospitals to develop written procedures for the discharge of individuals who have undergone procedures requiring general anesthesia or moderate or heavy sedation and who have expressed a wish to be transported from the hospital to their home or other location by public carrier or taxicab.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB347/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB347","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219788,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"Minors; name change presumed to be in minor's best interest.","description":"Name change; minors. Provides that a name change for a minor shall be presumed to be in the minor's best interest if the change creates a hyphenated last name combining the surnames of the minor's parents in order to help the minor identify with both parents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB372/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB372","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219789,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"Utility cooperatives; electing members of board of directors by proportional representation.","description":"Utility cooperatives; board of director districts. Requires any cooperative acquiring new service territory with more than 1,000 members to divide the total service territory into districts for the purpose of electing members of the board of directors by proportional representation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB383/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB383","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219790,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"Vehicles damaged by water; increases threshold for reporting water damage.","description":"Vehicles damaged by water. Increases threshold for reporting water damage from $1,000 to $5,000. The bill further provides that if such vehicles are damaged to the extent that they meet the definition of salvage vehicle, they shall be titled as such.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB392/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB392","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219791,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those with certain medical conditions.","description":"Special license plates; persons with certain medical conditions. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to applicants with asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, and paralysis. These plates would be subject to a one-time fee of $15, and would be exempt from the standard 350 minimum-order requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB420/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB420","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219792,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"Audiologists; authority to dispense hearing aids.","description":"Audiologists; authority to dispense hearing aids. Provides that licensed audiologists may also engage in the practice of fitting or dealing in hearing aids without obtaining a separate license from the Board of Hearing Aid Specialists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB424/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB424","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219793,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"Accident and sickness insurance policies; coverage of children who are under age 27.","description":"Accident and sickness insurance policies; coverage of children. Provides that a group health insurance policy that provides coverage for dependent children shall make available such coverage, at the option of the insured group member, for one or more of the member's children who are under age 27 and without certain types of health coverage. An insured group member who opts to provide coverage for such children is required to pay any additional premium. The measure also increases the maximum age of dependent children who may be covered under a group accident and sickness insurance policy from 24 to 25 years, unless otherwise agreed. Finally, the measure expands who constitutes an eligible family member under an individual accident and sickness insurance policy to include children not greater than 25 years and children who meet the measure's qualifications for coverage with respect to a group policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB440/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB440","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219794,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"Community and agricultural net metering; requires State Corporation Commission to establish program.","description":"Community and agricultural net metering.  Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a program of community net metering, which will allow a group of residential, small commercial, and other customers to establish an \"eligible community customer\" to act collectively to generate renewable energy for their own use. Members of an eligible community customer develop a net metered system that provides that excess generation by some members of the group will be used to offset consumption by other members within the group. The generating capacity of an eligible community customer's facility shall not exceed two megawatts at a single site but may exceed the amount of electricity provided by the incumbent electric utility over a net metering period at the site that hosts the generation facility. If electricity generated by the generation facility or facilities within the eligible community customer group in a year exceeds the net electricity consumption by members of the group, the utility shall reduce the eligible community customer's bill for the next monthly billing period by the amount of the excess. The measure also creates a category of eligible customer-generators for operators of agricultural net metering facilities that have a capacity not exceeding two megawatts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB441/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB441","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219795,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"Protective orders; service of notice by law-enforcement officer.","description":"Service of protective orders. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may effect service of a protective order by personally serving the person subject to the order with either (i) a copy of the order or (ii) a notification of the issuance of the order, which shall be on a form approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The officer making service shall enter or cause to be entered the date and time of service and other appropriate information into the Virginia Criminal Information Network and make due return to the court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB453/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB453","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219796,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"Virginia Respite Care Registry and Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Respite Care Registry. Directs the Department for the Aging to establish and maintain the Respite Care Registry to make information about adult day services providers, community respite care organizations, and other providers of respite care available to the public. The bill also establishes the Virginia Respite Care Fund, to consist of voluntary income tax contributions to support the Respite Care Registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB464/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB464","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219797,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"Public utility lines; procedure municipality may obtain to place across a railroad right-of-way.","description":"Public utility lines; crossing railroads. Revamps the procedure by which a municipality may obtain approval to place its public utility lines across a railroad right-of-way. A municipality may submit to the railroad company a notice of intent to construct, accompanied by a specification exhibit and a $500 crossing fee. If the railroad does not claim within 35 days that special circumstances exist or that the exhibit is inadequate or incomplete, the municipality is deemed to have authorization to commence constructing the utility line. A railroad company that believes that special circumstances exist may file a petition for relief with the State Corporation Commission, and if it is aggrieved by the Commission's determination on the issue of damages, it may seek judicial review as in a condemnation proceeding. The bill requires the Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the terms and conditions for a crossing, including provisions that any crossing be consistent with the public convenience and necessity and reasonable service to the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB474/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB474","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219798,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals.","description":"Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel. Provides for the appointment of an attorney to assist individuals confined in a juvenile correctional center regarding any legal matter relating to their incarceration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB483/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB483","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219799,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"Water or sewer companies; serving more than 25 customers to incorporate as public service company.","description":"Small water or sewer companies. Requires any water or sewer company serving more than 25 customers, rather than 50 under current law, to incorporate as a public service company.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219800,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"Notary public; civil immunity for local government officers, employees, and volunteers.","description":"Civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts. Provides that an officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public and is required to perform notarial acts for actions of the locality, without compensation, as a condition of his service with the local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the performance of such act provided that such acts do not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB494/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB494","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219801,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"Sewage sludge; Water Control Board to notify owners of land of proposed land application site.","description":"Land application of sewage sludge. Requires the State Water Control Board to adopt a regulation that establishes procedures for notifying health sensitive individuals who live within two miles of the site where sewage sludge is going to be land applied. The land application cannot occur until the Department of Environmental Quality has established those conditions that will ensure that these individuals are not exposed to the sewage sludge. Such conditions could include the requirement for a buffer area between the site where the application will take place and a health sensitive individual's residence. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations that protect sensitive environmental features from the impacts of land application of sewage sludge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB508/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB508","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219802,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"Lyme disease; allows a licensed physician to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy.","description":"Lyme disease; long-term antibiotic therapy allowed. Allows a licensed physician to prescribe, administer, or dispense long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease. Also specifies that the Board of Medicine shall not initiate a disciplinary action against a licensed physician solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease, provided such clinical diagnosis and treatment has been documented in the patient's medical record by such licensed physician.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB512/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB512","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219803,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"Lobbyist's disclosure statement; Secretary of Commonwealth to redesign form.","description":"Secretary of the Commonwealth; lobbyist disclosure. Redesigns the Lobbyist's Disclosure Statement to clarify information requested and increase compliance. Among other things, the redesigned form requires a lobbyist to include a list of all House of Delegates or Senate bills for which he has lobbied and changes the manner in which entertainment and gift expenses are reported. The bill also provides that a lobbyist who files the statement electronically is not required to provide a paper copy. In addition, the bill provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall review the lobbyist disclosure statements for completeness and accuracy and if a statement is not properly completed, the entire filing will be rejected and returned to the lobbyist. The lobbyist must submit a revised statement within 30 days from receipt of the returned statement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB524/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB524","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219804,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"Physical restraint of student; requires school principal or his designee to notify parents.","description":"Public schools; notification of physical restraint of student. Requires the school principal or his designee to notify the parents of a student, including those with an Individual Education Plan, whenever action has been taken to physically restrain such student.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB528/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB528","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219805,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State shall not be required to obtain a policy.","description":"Health benefits plans offered by foreign health insurers. Authorizes any foreign health insurer approved by any other state to sell a group health benefits plan that is offered in the insurer's domiciliary state to sell health benefits plans to employers in the Commonwealth that have at least two but not more than 50 employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB536/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB536","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219806,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"Group accident and sickness insurance coverage; minimum number of covered persons.","description":"Group accident and sickness insurance coverage; minimum number of covered persons. Provides that a decrease in the number of persons covered by a group accident and sickness insurance policy to fewer persons than the minimum group size, during the term of the policy, will not constitute grounds for the insurer to cancel the policy or otherwise affect the policy with regard to any remaining covered person. Currently, a group accident and sickness insurance policy is required to cover at least two persons other than spouses or minor children, unless the spouse or minor child is an eligible employee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB539/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB539","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219807,"bill_number":"HB541","title":"Group accident and sickness insurance; coverage extended to insure parent of insured group member.","description":"Group accident and sickness insurance coverage. Allows coverage under a group accident and sickness insurance policy to be extended to insure any parent of the insured group member, if such parent (i) is not engaged in any position of employment or in any business activity and (ii) resides in the same household as the insured group member.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB541/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB541","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219808,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"Motor carriers of passengers; requires permits from DMV before operating on highways.","description":"Motor carriers of passengers; permits. Requires that contract bus carriers and contract passenger carriers obtain a permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles before operating on the highways in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB546/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB546","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219809,"bill_number":"HB573","title":"Public nuisances; locality to include activity or conduct that causes annoyance, etc.","description":"Public nuisances. Provides that a locality may define public nuisance to include activity or conduct that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or interference with the comfort, health, or safety of the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB573/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB573","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219810,"bill_number":"HB597","title":"Signing death certificates; continuing education upon receipt of three or more complaints.","description":"Signing of death certificates; continuing education upon receipt of three or more complaints. Provides that any physician about whom three or more complaints have been filed regarding failure to complete medical certification for a death certificate within the required 24 hours, may be required to complete continuing education on the requirement and process for medical certification for death certificates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB597/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB597","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219811,"bill_number":"HB601","title":"Medical laboratory scientists technicians; may practice if registered with Board of Medicine.","description":"Registration of medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or hold themselves out as practicing as a medical laboratory scientist or medical laboratory technician unless they have registered with the Board of Medicine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB601/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB601","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219812,"bill_number":"HB607","title":"Technology, Nanotechnology, and Biotechnology Investment Fund; created.","description":"Technology, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Investment Fund created. Creates the Technology, Nanotechnology, and Biotechnology Investment Fund to attract technology or biotechnology companies to, or assist those companies located in, the Commonwealth. Moneys in the Fund shall only be applied to qualified research expenses and basic research payments (as defined by §41 of the Internal Revenue Code) for research conducted in the Commonwealth. Qualified research expenses are defined as in-house expenses or contract research expenses, paid by a technology or biotechnology company. Basic research payments are defined as payments made to companies and nonprofit research institutions and organizations located in the Commonwealth for research in technology and biotechnology. No grant to a company from the Fund is to exceed $500,000 per year. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority shall administer this fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB607/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB607","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219813,"bill_number":"HB616","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Relay for Life.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the Relay for Life. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of the Relay for Life. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Relay for Life to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB616/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB616","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219814,"bill_number":"HB622","title":"Education & financial literacy; implement through relevant SOL and career and technical programs.","description":"Economics education and financial literacy. Allows local school boards to implement Board of Education objectives for economics education and financial literacy through other educational programs that meet Board objectives, in addition to relevant Standards of Learning and career and technical education programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB622/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB622","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219815,"bill_number":"HB632","title":"Income tax, corporate and state; credit for land conservation.","description":"Income tax credit for land conservation. Increases the income tax credit for land donated for land conservation purposes by increasing from 40 percent to 50 percent the portion of the value of such land that may be taken as a credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB632/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB632","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219816,"bill_number":"HB641","title":"Freedom of Information Act; requests for records may be made by any citizen of United States.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; requests for records. Provides that FOIA requests may be made by any citizen of the United States and not just citizens of the Commonwealth and extends the same privilege to representatives of newpapers and magazines. The bill provides that this privilege is limited to those states which give reciprocal rights to make FOIA requests to Virginia citizens.The bill also allows a public body to require prepayment before providing requested records when the amount for so producing is likely to exceed $100.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB641/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB641","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219817,"bill_number":"HB656","title":"Protective orders; authorizes judicial officer require that respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.","description":"Protective orders; GPS devices. Authorizes a judicial officer to require that a protective order respondent be subject to GPS monitoring that notifies the person to be protected and law enforcement when the monitored person is in violation of the order. The cost of the monitoring is to be paid by the monitored person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB656/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB656","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219818,"bill_number":"HB661","title":"Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; established.","description":"Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Fund. Establishes the Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Fund to pay the death and health insurance premium benefits to individuals covered by the Line of Duty Act (§9.1-400 et seq.) and the death benefit provided to state and local government employees who have been killed in action after being called to active duty services under Title 10 of the United States Code. The Fund is funded through a $.018 surcharge for E-911 service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB661/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB661","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219819,"bill_number":"HB665","title":"Budget bill; Governor to provide for additional appropriations to Transportation Trust Fund.","description":"Transportation Trust Fund; additional appropriations in Governor's Budget Bill in cases of general fund revenue growth. Requires the Governor, in submitting his biennial budget bill, to provide for additional appropriations to the Transportation Trust Fund from general fund revenues in cases in which general fund revenues for a fiscal year are projected to grow by at least three percent. Any such additional appropriation to the Transportation Trust Fund recommended by the Governor would be required to be in an amount not less than one percent of the projected growth in general fund revenues for the fiscal year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB665/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB665","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219820,"bill_number":"HB675","title":"Transmission lines; SCC to establish certain conditions to minimize adverse environmental impact.","description":"Approval of transmission lines; environmental impact. Requires the State Corporation Commission, as a condition of approving the construction of an underground or overhead transmission line, to establish certain conditions to minimize adverse environmental impact and the aesthetic appearance of the right-of-way.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB675/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB675","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219821,"bill_number":"HB683","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption on gold, silver, and platinum bullion costing over $1,000.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion. Exempts from sales and use tax, gold, silver, or platinum bullion whose sales price exceeds $1000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB683/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB683","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219822,"bill_number":"HB685","title":"Child pornography; solicitation, possession, or production thereof by a minor, penalty.","description":"Solicitation, possession or production of child pornography by a minor. Provides that a minor who, upon the facts, could be found guilty of a first offense of possession, production, publication or solicitation of child pornography, may have his case deferred and dismissed by the court. The offense is separate and distinct; if the acts or activities violating this law also violate another provision of law, a prosecution under this law shall not prohibit or bar any prosecution or proceeding under such other provision. The penalty for violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB685/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB685","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219823,"bill_number":"HB696","title":"Surface & groundwaters; Water Control Board impose penalty when failure to report water withdrawal.","description":"Reporting of water withdrawals. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $1,000, upon any person who fails to register and report certain water withdrawal information. However prior, to determining whether a civil penalty should be assessed, the Board is required to give the permit holder 60 days to come into compliance with the reporting requirement. A violator also has the option of entering into a consent agreement with the Board and pay a civil charge that could be less than the $1,000 penalty. Any person who withdraws more than one million gallons in any single month for crop irrigation or who withdraws during any single month a daily average 10,000 gallons per day is required to be registered and report the amount of his withdrawals. The revenue generated from the civil penalties and charges will be deposited in a special fund that can be used solely to fund the Department of Environmental Quality's water supply planning responsibilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB696/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB696","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219824,"bill_number":"HB698","title":"Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, etc.; licensure required to submit emergency plans.","description":"Licensure of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child day centers; emergency plans. Requires applicants for licensure of any nursing home, assisted living facility, adult day care center, or child day center to submit emergency plans to the local emergency management agencies for review and acceptance before a license will be issued.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB698/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB698","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219825,"bill_number":"HB699","title":"Uniform Commercial Code; prohibits inclusion in a sales agreement.","description":"Uniform Commercial Code; sales; consequential damages. Prohibits the inclusion in a sales agreement of a provision that would limit or exclude, as consequential damages, the buyer's ability to recover the costs of repairing or completing work necessitated by defective materials or workmanship.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB699/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB699","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219826,"bill_number":"HB720","title":"Health insurance choice; created.","description":"Health benefits plans offered by foreign health insurers. Authorizes health insurers licensed to sell health benefits plans in any other state to sell health benefits plans to residents of the Commonwealth if the foreign health insurer offers the same plans in its domiciliary state, is in compliance with the laws of that state, obtains a certificate of authority to do business in the Commonwealth, and participates in the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association. Foreign health insurers offering such plans in the Commonwealth will be subject to existing provisions regarding unfair trade practices, capital and surplus requirements, and taxes and assessments imposed on domestic health insurers selling individual and group health insurance policies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB720/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB720","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219827,"bill_number":"HB724","title":"Open Education Curriculum Board; established.","description":"Open Education Curriculum Board; established. Establishes the Open Education Curriculum Board. The purpose of the Board is to designate qualifying entities as Open Education Consortiums and set the standards for submission of education materials and subsequent licensing of educational curriculum developed by the Consortiums. Materials submitted to a Consortium may be edited in any manner and released under a Creative Commons license or licensed for use as a commercial product, subject to restrictions developed by the Board. Consortiums may offer financial incentives to encourage individuals to submit educational materials to the Consortium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB724/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB724","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219828,"bill_number":"HB730","title":"Health insurance; coverage for early intervention services of autism.","description":"Health insurance; early intervention services; autism. Prohibits an insurer that provides coverage for early intervention services from denying coverage for medically necessary speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, applied behavior analysis, and assistive technology services and devices because a covered minor dependent has been diagnosed with autism.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB730/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB730","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219829,"bill_number":"HB734","title":"Income tax, state; public school renovation tax credit.","description":"Income tax; public school renovation tax credit. Provides an income tax credit to taxpayers that undertake and complete a public school renovation, in accordance with the provisions of the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010. The amount of the credit is 25 percent of the taxpayer's eligible renovation expenses but cannot exceed $1 million in any one taxable year. Also, there is a cap of $100 million on the total amount of credits that may be allowed for all taxpayers in a taxable year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB734/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB734","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219830,"bill_number":"HB748","title":"Parental rights; final orders for termination are appealed directly to Court of Appeals.","description":"Termination of parental rights; juvenile court as court of record. Provides that final orders involving the termination of parental rights and the approval of permanency plans with the goal of adoption entered by the juvenile and domestic relations district court are appealed directly to the Court of Appeals. The bill further establishes that the juvenile court functions as a court of record in such cases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB748/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB748","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219831,"bill_number":"HB773","title":"DUI laws of other states; allows analogous state laws to be used as prior DUI convictions.","description":"Analogous DUI laws of any other state or of the United States. Allows analogous state laws to be used as prior DUI convictions. A law shall be deemed analogous if it criminalizes the operation of a motor vehicle while the operator is impaired by or under the influence of intoxicants or the law criminalizes the operation of a motor vehicle while the operator has a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or more by weight by volume or 0.08 grams or more per liter of breath as its presumptive or per se level of intoxication.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB773/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB773","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219832,"bill_number":"HB777","title":"Land use taxation; localities to adopt value assessment & taxation on four classifications of land.","description":"Land Use Taxation. Requires a locality that has adopted land use value assessment and taxation on three classifications to adopt land use value assessment and taxation on all four classifications of land.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB777/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB777","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219833,"bill_number":"HB778","title":"Legislative Support Commission; publication of House and Senate voting records.","description":"Publication of House and Senate voting records. Provides that, beginning with the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the Legislative Support Commission, through the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, from information and data provided by the Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Senate, must post on the legislative electronic information system (LIS) the recorded committee, subcommittee, and floor votes of each member of the General Assembly on legislation acted upon in each house. The information pertaining to the voting records of legislative members must be electronically accessible to state agencies, political subdivisions, and the public.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB778/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB778","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219834,"bill_number":"HB782","title":"Surplus real property; DGS to inventory all real property owned and update at least annually.","description":"Department of General Services; surplus real property; inventory state-owned land. Provides for the Department of General Services to inventory all real property owned by the Commonwealth by October 30, 2010, and update the inventory at least annually thereafter. The bill also provides for the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly containing the full inventory of real property owned by the Commonwealth and recommendations regarding property that may be disposed of as surplus property. The bill also changes the portion of the proceeds from sales or leases of, or from the conveyance of any interest in, surplus property by the Commonwealth from the Conservation Resources Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB782/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB782","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219835,"bill_number":"HB784","title":"Income tax, state; indexing rates, filing thresholds, personal exemptions, and standard deductions.","description":"Income tax; indexing rates, filing thresholds, personal exemptions, and standard deductions. Indexes to the rate of inflation the amount in the income tax brackets for tax rates, filing thresholds, personal exemptions, and standard deductions, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB784/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB784","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219836,"bill_number":"HB790","title":"Defacement removal; localities to charge owners of occupied property actual cost.","description":"Removal of defacement from structures. Expands the ability of localities to charge the owners of occupied property the actual cost of defacement removal when the locality, after notice, removes such defacement from a structure. Currently, such provisions apply to unoccupied property only.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB790/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB790","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219837,"bill_number":"HB795","title":"Harvell Dam; exempts part of Appomattox River from fish passageway requirements.","description":"Dams and fishways. Exempts Harvell Dam in Petersburg from fish passageway requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB795/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB795","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219838,"bill_number":"HB808","title":"State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.","description":"Coordination of state and local transportation planning. Provides for coordination of local transportation planning with not only the Virginia Department of Transportation, but the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation as well.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB808/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB808","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219839,"bill_number":"HB822","title":"Child support, etc.; single petition may be filed in juvenile & domestic relations district court.","description":"Petitions for child support, custody, or visitation. Clarifies that issues of support, custody, and visitation for a child may be included in a single petition in juvenile and domestic relations district court, and that such issues may be included in a single petition involving two or more children if such children have the same parents or legal guardians.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB822/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB822","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219840,"bill_number":"HB840","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Navy.","description":"Special license plates; members and former members of the U.S. Navy. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the U.S. Navy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB840/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB840","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219841,"bill_number":"HB845","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit to taxpayers for easements to recreation authority.","description":"Personal and corporate income tax credit; easements granted to a recreation authority. Provides an income tax credit to a taxpayer for granting an easement for trails to a recreation authority in an amount equivalent to the real property tax on that part of the taxpayer's land covered by the easement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB845/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB845","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219842,"bill_number":"HB860","title":"Income tax, corporate; reduces rate from 6 percent to 5.75 percent.","description":"Corporate income tax; rate reduction. Reduces the corporate income tax rate from 6 percent to 5.75 percent for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB860/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB860","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219843,"bill_number":"HB864","title":"Court-appointed counsel; requires detailed accounting for representation expenses for each charge.","description":"Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Requires a separate detailed accounting for representation expenses for each criminal charge and requires the judge to review the allocation of fees among the charges when counsel represents an indigent defendant on multiple charges that are tried by the court as part of the same judicial proceeding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB864/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB864","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219844,"bill_number":"HB867","title":"Community services boards; removes provision allowing employment of certain persons.","description":"Eligibility for employment with community services board; removes provision allowing employment of person convicted of assault and battery of a family member. Eliminates provision authorizing employment of a person convicted of assault and battery of a family member at an adult substance abuse or adult mental health treatment program operated by a community services board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB867/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB867","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219845,"bill_number":"HB876","title":"Fences along Interstate highways; VDOT to adhere to local policies in installing.","description":"Fences along Interstate highways. Requires VDOT to adhere to local policies in installing and maintaining fences along Interstate Highway System components.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB876/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB876","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219846,"bill_number":"HB881","title":"Solar energy collection devices; no community association shall prohibit installation or use.","description":"Restrictive covenants regarding solar energy collection devices. Invalidates any new or existing restrictive covenant adopted by a community association that prohibits or restricts the installation or use of any solar energy collection device. Community associations may establish reasonable restrictions as to the size, place, and manner regarding the placement of such devices on private property and community areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB881/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB881","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219847,"bill_number":"HB905","title":"Automatic dialing-announcing devices; prohibits calling if subscriber is on Do Not Call Registry.","description":"Automatic dialing-announcing devices. Prohibits the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device in connection with making a call to any subscriber who has registered with the Virginia Do Not Call Registry. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to set up the Virginia Do Not Call Registry for subscribers who wish to block all calls that use or are made in connection with automatic dialing-announcing devices by December 31, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB905/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB905","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219848,"bill_number":"HB910","title":"Income tax, state; increases deduction for organ donation.","description":"Tax deduction for organ donation. Increases the deduction from Virginia adjusted gross income for organ donation from $5,000 to $25,000 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB910/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB910","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219849,"bill_number":"HB925","title":"VIEW; screening and assessment for use of illegal substances.","description":"Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal drugs. This bill provides that, when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal drugs, the Department shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include drug testing. Any person who fails or refuses to participate in a screening or assessment without good cause or who tests positive for the use of illegal drugs shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB925/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB925","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219850,"bill_number":"HB926","title":"Students, nonpublic school; participation in public school interscholastic programs, fees.","description":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs.  Directs a nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 to organize and govern interscholastic programs among the public high schools to deem eligible for participation in interscholastic programs a student who is receiving home instruction, who has demonstrated evidence of progress, and who is eligible for free tuition in a public school in Virginia. The bill allows such students to be charged reasonable fees for participation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB926/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB926","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219851,"bill_number":"HB958","title":"Check cashers; customer identification required, penalty.","description":"Check cashers; customer identification; penalty. Requires persons conducting business as check cashers to make copies of the item cashed and a valid identification document of the customer for every transaction. Records for each transaction are required to be retained for a period of one year and made available to law-enforcement officials. A violation of these requirements is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB958/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB958","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219852,"bill_number":"HB971","title":"Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Sales and Use Tax Fund; established.","description":"Transportation funding and administration. Provides additional funding for transportation by (i) imposing a transportation infrastructure users fee on motor fuels sold by a distributor to a retail dealer at the rate of one percent, to be used for highway maintenance in the highway construction district in which the fuel is sold; (ii) increasing the state sales and tax in Northern Virginia by 0.5 percent for transportation projects in Northern Virginia; and (iii) imposing a regional congestion relief fee on the recordation of deeds in Northern Virginia at a rate of $0.40 per $100. Neither the fees nor the tax increase shall become effective until the unemployment rate in the Commonwealth is equal to or lower than it was in January 2008 for six consecutive months. The bill also requires a performance audit of the Commonwealth's transportation programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB971/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB971","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219853,"bill_number":"HB976","title":"FOIA; party whom writ is served must be served a copy of petition prior to filing.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement. Clarifies that before a FOIA petition is filed, the party against whom the writ is brought must receive a copy of the petition within a reasonable time prior to the petitioner filing the petition with the court. The bill contains a technical amendment and incorporates HB 689.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB976/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB976","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219854,"bill_number":"HB978","title":"Statewide uniform grading policy; requires Board of Education to establish.","description":"Board of Education; statewide uniform grading policy. Requires the Board of Education to establish a statewide uniform grading policy whereby a student could receive a maximum of five quality points for an \"A\" in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual enrollment course.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB978/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB978","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219855,"bill_number":"HB987","title":"Stormwater regulation; amends current law.","description":"Regulation of stormwater. Amends current law by removing the requirement that waivers given to federal, state, or local government agencies that develop, redevelop or retrofit outfalls, discharges or property so that there is a permanent reduction in postdevelopment stormwater flow and pollutant loading be full waivers. The amount of the waiver to such agencies shall be equal to the product of the fee that would be charged to the agency multiplied by the percentage of the stormwater runoff captured by the agency's storm drainage or stormwater control facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB987/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB987","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219856,"bill_number":"HB995","title":"Firearms; purchaser may present military identification card or concealed handgun permit.","description":"Transfer of certain firearms; required identification. Allows a prospective purchaser to present a current or retired military identification card or a concealed handgun permit in order to establish citizenship or lawful admission for permanent residence in order to purchase an assault firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB995/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB995","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219857,"bill_number":"HB998","title":"Income tax, corporate; renewable energy products tax credit.","description":"Income tax; corporate; renewable energy products tax credit. Provides an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2016, for the production and export of renewable energy products. The credit ranges from $0.20 to $0.40 per ton of renewable energy products, depending on the current year export volume. The total amount of credits allowed annually is $6 million.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB998/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB998","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219858,"bill_number":"HB1009","title":"Drug possession case; person placed on probation violating probation shall have no right of appeal.","description":"Plea of guilty on first-offense drug possession case; no appeal. Provides that any person who, upon a plea of guilty, is placed on probation pursuant to a deferral and dismissal arrangement in a first-offense drug possession case, who then violates a term or condition of his probation, and is thereafter adjudicated guilty, shall have no right of appeal and trial de novo on the original criminal charge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1009/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1009","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219859,"bill_number":"HB1013","title":"Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund; created.","description":"Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund. Creates the Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund. The Fund would be administered by the Virginia Resources Authority. Money in the Fund would be used exclusively for the financing of transportation improvement projects, small water facility, and wastewater treatment facility projects located or to be located within an urban development area in the Commonwealth and undertaken by a local government. Priority for loans would be given to projects that will serve two or more local governments to encourage regional cooperation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1013/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1013","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219860,"bill_number":"HB1015","title":"Telecommuting & alternative work schedules; Secretary of Administration shall measure effectiveness.","description":"Secretary of Administration; telecommuting and alternative work schedules for state employees; effectiveness. Provides that the Secretary of Administration, in cooperation with the Secretary of Technology, shall measure the effectiveness of the comprehensive statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy. The bill provides that the head of each agency shall report annually to the Secretary on the status of any programs or policies developed and implemented pursuant to this section. Any agency head failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall forfeit one percent of the moneys appropriated for the operation of the agency as provided in the appropriation act. The Secretary shall so notify the Comptroller, who shall take such moneys and deposit them into the Literary Fund. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to notify state employees by email, or other method deemed appropriate by the Department, of the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1015/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1015","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219861,"bill_number":"HB1019","title":"Public Procurement Act; alternative dispute resolution.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; alternative dispute resolution. Provides that contractual claims submitted under §2.2-4363 related to a construction contract entered into by or on behalf of the Virginia Community College System for which the System has not made a final decision in the time period specified in §2.2-4363, the provisions of the contract to the contrary notwithstanding, shall be submitted for arbitration, mediation, or other alternative dispute resolution procedures. The bill also provides that it does not limit the contractor's right to institute immediate legal action. The bill also provides that it is limited to contractual claims submitted to the Virginia Community College System prior to February 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1019/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1019","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219862,"bill_number":"HB1020","title":"Loitering; locality may prohibit congregating around any public place for purposes of solicitation.","description":"Loitering in public places. Provides that any locality may by ordinance prohibit congregating or loitering in, upon or around any public place for the purposes of solicitation for work.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1020/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1020","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219863,"bill_number":"HB1024","title":"Funeral services; designation of authorized persons to make arrangements.","description":"Funeral services; designation of authorized persons. Designates the persons in order of priority who have the ability to make all necessary arrangements for a decedent's funeral and the disposition of his remains. This bill is in response to recent cases in Virginia concerning who had the right to make such decisions. Current law allows any next of kin to make arrangements, without specifying an order of priority. This bill grants funeral services providers civil immunity for decisions made if there is a dispute among members of the same class, in the absence of bad faith. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1024/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1024","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219864,"bill_number":"HB1037","title":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.","description":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and creates a program to provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable energy, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency products. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs. The program would be managed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1037/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1037","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219865,"bill_number":"HB1041","title":"Workforce Council; reduces membership, Executive Committee shall review & recommend grant proposals.","description":"Virginia Workforce Council. Replaces the Secretary of Education with the Secretary of Technology on the Virginia Workforce Council and reduces the number of gubernatorial citizen appointees from 15 to 14. The measure also provides that the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System shall provide subordinate staff support to the Council. The Executive Committee of the Council is directed to review and make recommendations on grant proposals. The Council is required to prepare a report detailing reforms necessary to ensure that Council resources and services will aid in the achievement of measurable improvements in identified areas, implementation of a Work Ready Community Certification program pilot project, and increases in the number of private and nonprofit training vendors. The Council is further directed to create a Military Transition Assistance Committee.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1041/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1041","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219866,"bill_number":"HB1050","title":"Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance tax credit.","description":"Individual income tax; long-term care insurance tax credit. Doubles the amount of the credit an individual can take for long-term care insurance from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount of the premium paid for such insurance, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1050/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1050","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219867,"bill_number":"HB1056","title":"Animal control officers; clarifies duties and responsibilities.","description":"Animal control officers. Clarifies the duties and responsibilities of animal control officers, who shall be sworn law-enforcement officers with jurisdiction over animal control and protection laws. All sheriffs, police officers, conservation police officers, or other peace officers of the Commonwealth shall be ex officio animal control officers. When in uniform or upon displaying a badge or other credentials of office, animal control officers and deputy animal control officers shall have the power to issue a summons or obtain and execute a search warrant or a felony warrant as necessary. Currently, felony warrants must be executed by police officers. Localities must notify the State Veterinarian within 30 days of any change in the employment and training status of the animal control officers employed by the locality. Such reporting does not currently need to be done within a specific timeframe.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1056/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1056","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219868,"bill_number":"HB1057","title":"Qualifications of candidates; evaluate whether a person meets residency requirements.","description":"Elections; qualifications of candidates. Directs the State Board of Elections or the general registrar, as appropriate, to evaluate whether a person meets the residency requirements to qualify as a candidate and entitle him to have his name printed on the ballot in a general, primary, or special election. In determining residency, the Board or general registrar may consider the applicant's driver's license, motor vehicle registration, and the state and locality to which income and personal property taxes are filed as prima facie evidence of domicile. The State Board, in accepting or failing to accept the qualification of any candidate for election to statewide office, the United States House of Representatives, or the General Assembly shall be considered a case decision and subject to the Administrative Process Act. Any proposed candidate whose statement of qualification was not accepted, or the opponent of a candidate whose statement of qualification was accepted, shall have standing to challenge the action of the State Board in such instance.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1057/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1057","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219869,"bill_number":"HB1060","title":"School boards; any locality in Planning District 8 may establish system of staggered elections.","description":"Elected school boards; staggered elections. Provides that any locality in Planning District 8 may establish a system of staggered elections for the school board regardless of whether the terms of the local governing body are staggered.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1060/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1060","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219870,"bill_number":"HB1069","title":"Adult abuse; mandatory reporting by person employed in emergency department of any hospital.","description":"Suspected adult abuse; mandatory reporting. Requires any person employed in the emergency department of any private or state-operated hospital to report to Adult Protective Services when an adult is treated for serious bodily injury and the adult is unable to explain the cause of his injuries due to physical or mental incapacity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1069/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1069","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219871,"bill_number":"HB1094","title":"Health insurance; mandated benefits for colorectal cancer screening.","description":"Health insurance; mandated benefits for colorectal cancer screening. Prohibits a health insurance policy from requiring a separate copayment, coinsurance, or deductible for any diagnostic or surgical procedure performed in conjunction with and at the time of a colorectal cancer screening that involves the removal or collection of cells, tissue, or polyps for diagnostic or curative purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1094/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1094","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219872,"bill_number":"HB1097","title":"Health directors, local; Commissioner of Health may appoint non-physician qualified by experience.","description":"Local health directors.  Provides that the Commissioner of Health may appoint a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as local health director for a locality that has entered into a contract with the Board of Health for operation of the local health department or as district health director for a health district. This bill requires that when the Commissioner appoints a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as local health director, the local governing body of the county or city shall adopt a resolution affirming the appointment of a non-physician to serve as local health director and agreeing to employ or contract with a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth to carry out public health duties that require a license to practice medicine. When the Commissioner appoints a non-physician qualified by experience in the fields of public health and management to serve as district health director, the local governing body of each county or city included in the health district shall adopt the required resolution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1097/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1097","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219873,"bill_number":"HB1119","title":"Charter schools, public; Board of Education may submit recommendation as to approvl of application.","description":"Public charter schools; approval of applications. Allows the Board of Education to submit recommendations to local school boards as to the approval of charter school applications, and requires local school boards to provide, in writing, their reasons for denying an application or revoking or failing to renew a charter school agreement. Also provides that whenever a local school board denies a public charter school application that had been previously reviewed by the Board, and which the Board has recommended for approval by the local school board, the Commonwealth shall withhold from such local school division the payment of a portion of its share of the funding for the Standards of Quality. The portion of funds to be withheld shall be based upon the average daily membership for the number of students to be served by the proposed charter school, according to the charter school application.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1119/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1119","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219874,"bill_number":"HB1123","title":"Second Chance Act; Secretary of Public Safety, et al. to study and make recommendations.","description":"Second Chance Act. Directs the Secretaries of Public Safety and Health and Human Resources to study and make recommendations related to implementation of the Second Chance Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1123/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1123","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219875,"bill_number":"HB1143","title":"Humane investigators; allows appointment thereof.","description":"Humane investigators. Allows the appointment of new humane investigators. Currently, existing humane investigators may be reappointed, but the program is no longer open to new participants. The administrative entity that oversees animal control will be required to (i) supervise humane investigators and (ii) maintain and annually update a list of persons eligible for appointment as humane investigators. Circuit courts that appoint a humane investigator must notify the administrative entity that oversees animal control in the locality where the humane investigator serves if a humane investigator's term expires and he is not appointed to a succeeding term before or within 30 days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1143/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1143","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219876,"bill_number":"HB1144","title":"Telecommuting; increases target for eligible state employee participation to 40 percent.","description":"State employee telecommuting and alternative work schedule goals. Increases the target for eligible state employee participation in telecommuting and alternative work schedules to 40 percent in each respective program by January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1144/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1144","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219877,"bill_number":"HB1156","title":"Protective orders; minor may petition.","description":"Protective orders; minor may petition. Clarifies that a minor may petition for a protective order with or without the consent of a parent, legal guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis to the minor and who has care and control of the minor. The minor may participate in the court proceedings on his own behalf and a court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the minor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1156/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1156","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219878,"bill_number":"HB1163","title":"Bottomlands rents and royalties; removes authority of Marine Resources Commission to charge rent.","description":"Bottomlands rents and royalties. Removes the authority of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to charge a rent or royalty as a term or condition of a permit for use of state-owned bottomlands. The only royalty that may be assessed is the one established by statute for the removal of bottom material.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1163/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1163","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219879,"bill_number":"HB1164","title":"Schedule IV; adds carisoprodol to list.","description":"Carisoprodol; add to Schedule IV. Adds carisoprodol to Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1164/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1164","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219880,"bill_number":"HB1165","title":"Schedule IV; adds tramadol to list.","description":"Tramadol; add to Schedule IV. Adds tramadol to Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1165/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1165","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219881,"bill_number":"HB1167","title":"Schedule II, etc., controlled substances; prescriber to request information about patient.","description":"Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances.  Requires any prescriber who prescribes a controlled substance included in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act to request and review information about that patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program, and to continue to do so at least annually for so long as the prescriber continues to prescribe the controlled substance to the patient.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1167/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1167","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219882,"bill_number":"HB1177","title":"Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; board to establish ranger police division.","description":"Southwest Regional Recreation Authority. Grants the board of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority the power to establish a ranger police division and appoint rangers who may exercise the powers and duties conferred by law upon local police officers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1177/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1177","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219883,"bill_number":"HB1207","title":"Computer trespass; expands crime to include video and image capture hardware or software, penalty.","description":"Computer trespass; penalty. Expands the crime of computer trespass to include the use of video and image capture software or hardware (screenshots) in addition to keystroke loggers. The provision does not apply to certain Internet, software, and hardware providers that provide network and data security services, technical assistance, or network management.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1207/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1207","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219884,"bill_number":"HB1229","title":"Higher educational institutions; active duty military students may return without reapplying.","description":"Public institutions of higher education; active duty military students. Provides that students called to active military duty during an academic semester shall have the opportunity to return to the institution upon completion of the active duty military assignment, without having to reapply for admission. Also, if the student had previously been accepted to any of the institution's graduate programs, the student may defer acceptance until his return.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1229/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1229","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219885,"bill_number":"HB1236","title":"Energy conservation; investor-owned electric utilities, etc., to provide information to customers.","description":"Information on energy conservation. Requires investor-owned electric utilities and natural gas distribution companies to provide information to customers to support and encourage conservation actions. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to determine the type of information and issue guidelines indicating what information is to be (i) included with customers' periodic bills, (ii) sent annually to customers in reports, and (iii) made accessible to customers on the Internet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1236/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1236","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219886,"bill_number":"HB1243","title":"Driver's license applications; DMV to provide electronic means for certain contributions.","description":"Motor vehicle registration and driver's license application contents. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide a method by which an applicant conducting registration and license applications using electronic means may make a voluntary contribution to Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic, a nonprofit organization that provides driver education, vision screening and vision screening training.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1243/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1243","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219887,"bill_number":"HB1259","title":"Criminal records; shall contain last four digits of person's social security number.","description":"Criminal records maintained by the clerk of the court; social security numbers. Provides that the clerk of each district court shall ensure that all nonconfidential court records regarding a person's conviction for a criminal offense or a traffic infraction shall contain the last four digits of the person's social security number. The clerk of each circuit court must also comply with the requirement for such records that are made available via remote access.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1259/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1259","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219888,"bill_number":"HB1268","title":"Recreational gill net license; established for owners of piers.","description":"Recreational gill net license.  Establishes a new recreational gear license for owners of piers who want to affix a staked gill net to their pier. The gill net cannot exceed 300 feet. The cost of the license is $25.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1268/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1268","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219889,"bill_number":"HB1274","title":"Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.","description":"Impact assessment for energy mandates. Requires standing committees of the General Assembly to request that the State Corporation Commission or the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission prepare an assessment of the economic impact, on customers and public utilities in the Commonwealth, of any proposed state law or other mandate that affects the use, delivery, availability or regulation of energy in the Commonwealth. The assessment is required to be completed within 24 months. Evaluations of the economic impact of existing energy mandates shall be conducted in accordance with a schedule submitted by the committees of the General Assembly having jurisdiction over commerce and trade matters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1274/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1274","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219890,"bill_number":"HB1275","title":"Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.","description":"Virginia High-Speed Rail Commission. Establishes the Virginia High-Speed Rail Commission to promote and augment the state's competitive stance for matters related to high-speed passenger rail service in Virginia. The Commission is to study, assess, and advise the General Assembly and the Secretary of Transportation on effective and competitive design, planning, financing, construction, and operations involving high-speed rail service. The Commission is, further, to coordinate high-speed rail programs with neighboring states and federal and regional entities. This Commission shall replace the Virginia-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1275/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1275","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219891,"bill_number":"HB1276","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to members and supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 would go to the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1276/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1276","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219892,"bill_number":"HB1281","title":"Appomattox State Scenic River; increases length of portion thereof designated as scenic river.","description":"Appomattox State Scenic River. Increases the length of the portion of the Appomattox River that has been designated as a scenic river from 6.2 to 19.2 miles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1281/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1281","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219893,"bill_number":"HB1312","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of James River Park System.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the James River Park System. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of the James River Park System. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the James River Park System to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1312/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1312","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219894,"bill_number":"HB1313","title":"Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District; created.","description":"Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District. Creates the Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District to provide a means of financing an extension of commuter rail service from Fairfax County into Prince William County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1313/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1313","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219895,"bill_number":"HB1316","title":"Residential community programs; DOC to give nonviolent prisoners opportunity to participate.","description":"Corrections; residential community programs. Directs the Department of Corrections, where appropriate and when resources are available, to give nonviolent prisoners who have not been convicted of specific offenses or sentenced to one or more life terms the opportunity to participate in a residential community program, work release, or a community-based program. Current law requires that the prisoner not be convicted of any violent crime and be sentenced to at least three years. The bill allows for up to 30 percent of the prisoner's gross earnings to be withheld to offset the cost of the prisoner's keep. The Secretary of Public Safety is required to prescribe guidelines for the program that emphasize training and education related to job skills, literacy, money management, and other life skills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1316/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1316","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219896,"bill_number":"HB1319","title":"Carbon dioxide emissions; defers USEPA enforcement of any standards or cap and trade provisions.","description":"Air pollution emissions. Defers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) the enforcement of any carbon dioxide standards or cap and trade provisions that are included in the federal Clean Air Act. The bill requires the Governor, in consultation with the Attorney General, to examine these provisions and determine whether Congress has the authority to enact mandates upon the states. The Governor is to report his findings to the General Assembly. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action against the USEPA if he finds that the mandated standards are based on a finding that is not scientifically demonstrated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1319/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1319","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219897,"bill_number":"HB1323","title":"Tolls; provided at Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel & Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.","description":"Hampton Roads; tolls. Provides for tolls at the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1323/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1323","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219898,"bill_number":"HB1326","title":"Workers' compensation; medical services.","description":"Workers' compensation; medical services. Provides that a health care provider rendering medical services outside Virginia to an injured worker whose claim and injuries have been accepted as compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act shall be reimbursed for authorized, reasonable and necessary medical treatment in an amount equal to the workers' compensation fee schedule, if any, adopted by that state. If the other state does not have a fee schedule, the provider will be reimbursed based on the charges prevailing in the same community for similar treatment when the treatment is paid for by the injured person. The measure also directs the Workers' Compensation Commission to appoint a task force to develop recommendations relating to reductions or discounts for multiple surgical procedures performed during a single operative session, liability for the costs of assistants-at-surgery, and whether prompt payment to medical providers should be required. The Commission shall develop regulations addressing these issues by November 30, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1326/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1326","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219899,"bill_number":"HB1340","title":"Sewage sludge; localities located in karst region to prohibit application in their boundaries.","description":"Land application of sewage sludge. Authorizes those localities located in karst regions to prohibit the land application of sewage sludge within their boundaries. Karst terrain is characterized by springs, caves, sinkholes, and a unique hydrogeology that results in aquifers that are highly productive but extremely vulnerable to contamination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1340/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1340","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219900,"bill_number":"HB1341","title":"Income tax; credit for electric energy facility producing electricity from livestock waste nutrient.","description":"Income tax credits; electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients. Establishes individual and corporate income tax credits for energy property under §48 (a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is (i) placed in service on or January 1, 2010, in any county or city that has a current five-year annual average unemployment rate of at least 11 percent, and (ii) part of an electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients in such county or city.   The amount of the credit would be equal to the amount of the energy credit allowed for the taxable year under §48 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for placing such energy property in service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1341/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1341","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219901,"bill_number":"HB1342","title":"Renewable energy portfolio standard; electric generation facilities fueled by poultry litter, etc.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that an investor-owned electric utility will receive quintuple credit toward meeting the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program for energy from poultry litter or other animal waste.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1342/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1342","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219902,"bill_number":"HB1343","title":"Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; Board of Pharmacy to establish program to implement tracking sales.","description":"Tracking of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; pilot program. Requires the Board of Pharmacy, in conjunction with local law-enforcement officials, to establish a mandatory pilot program in the Counties of Page, Clarke, Frederick, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren to implement an electronic recordkeeping system of the transactions involving the distribution of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as required by state law. This bill is contingent upon funds being provided by a third party or agency, such that there will be no cost to participating pharmacies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1343/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1343","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219903,"bill_number":"HB1357","title":"Carbon dioxide; prohibits Air Polution Control Board and DEQ to restrict emission thereof.","description":"Department of Environmental Quality; carbon dioxide. Prohibits the Air Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environmental Quality from taking any action to restrict the emission of carbon dioxide. Any federal law or regulation that purports to prohibit, limit, or control in any way the emission of carbon dioxide shall be without authority, void, and of no force within the boundaries of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1357/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1357","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219904,"bill_number":"HB1361","title":"Computer & digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as a private security service business.","description":"Computer and digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as a private security service business. Exempts from regulation as a private security service business any individual engaged in (i) computer or digital forensic services or in the acquisition, review, or analysis of digital or computer-based information, whether for purposes of obtaining or furnishing information for evidentiary or other purposes or for providing expert testimony before a court or (ii) network or system vulnerability testing, including network scans and risk assessment and analysis of computers connected to a network.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1361/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1361","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219905,"bill_number":"HB1367","title":"Health insurance; coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorder.","description":"Health benefits plans providing coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorder offered by foreign health insurers.  Authorizes a foreign health insurer to sell to persons in Virginia a health benefits plan providing coverage for treatment for autism spectrum disorder if the insurer offers a health benefits plan with substantially identical coverage for treatment for autism spectrum disorder in its domiciliary state.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1367/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1367","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219906,"bill_number":"HB1373","title":"Telephone service; telephone company to provide credit to subscribers affected by any outage.","description":"Credit for telephone service outage. Requires each telephone company to provide a credit to subscribers affected by any service outage that exceeds four continuous hours. For outages of between four and 48 hours, the credit is equal to one-thirtieth of the monthly charge per 24-hour period during which the service outage continues beyond four hours. For outages of longer than 48 hours, the credit is equal to one half of the applicable monthly charge for each 24-hour period during which the service outage continues beyond four hours.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1373/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1373","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219907,"bill_number":"HB1384","title":"License tax credit; credit against state license tax liability on certain insurance companies.","description":"State insurance license tax credit. Provides a tax credit against the state license tax liability on certain insurance companies for investments in Virginia small business investment companies. The tax credit will be administered by the Tax Commissioner. The tax credit is capped at $20 million per year and may not exceed $100 million for the life of the program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1384/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1384","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219908,"bill_number":"HB1385","title":"Cemetery Board; exemptions from licensure.","description":"Cemetery Board; exemptions. Exempts from licensure any person engaged in the resale of any grave or entombment right in a cemetery located in the Commonwealth provided the resale includes the complete transfer of all preneed burial contract rights associated with the grave or entombment right. The bill also removes the provision that deems an internment right abandoned if not used by the owner for a period of fifty years or more. Under current law in such cases the internment right is deemed to revert to the owner of a cemetery provided certain provisions of notice are followed by the cemetery owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1385/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1385","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219909,"bill_number":"HB1397","title":"Residential energy efficiency standards; exempts certain homes from federal cap & trade legislation.","description":"Residential energy efficiency standards. Exempts any residential building or manufactured home in Virginia from being subject to federal legislation relating to residential energy efficiency standards if such buildings comply with the Statewide Uniform Building Code. Except to the extent required by the Statewide Building Code, the owner of such building or home cannot be required by the federal government to (i) have an energy efficiency analysis conducted on his residence, (ii) have his residence meet federal energy efficiency standards, (iii) participate in a building performance labeling program, (iv) make modifications to the residence in accordance with federal legislation, and (v) post a label showing the energy efficiency of his home prior to its sale. The bill also prohibits a state agency from assisting any federal agency in the implementation of global warming or climate change legislation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1397/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1397","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219910,"bill_number":"HB1398","title":"Carbon dioxide emissions; defers USEPA enforcement of any standards or cap and trade provisions.","description":"Air pollution emissions. Defers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the enforcement of any carbon dioxide standards or cap and trade provisions that are included in the federal Clean Air Act. The Governor through an executive order or the General Assembly is prohibited from enforcing any climate change international agreement until such agreement is part of an international treaty that has been approved by the U.S. Senate. The bill requires the Governor, in consultation with the Attorney General, to examine these provisions and determine whether Congress has the authority to enact mandates upon the state. The Governor is to report his findings to the General Assembly. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action against the EPA if he finds that the mandated standards are based on a finding that is not scientifically demonstrated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-07-21","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1398/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1398","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219911,"bill_number":"HB1400","title":"Elections; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 14 to 3 days before election.","description":"Elections; early voting. Provides that any registered voter qualified to vote in the election may vote in person from 14 to three days before the election, or eight to three days before a special election, at the office of the general registrar or secretary of the electoral board. The provisions for absentee voting remain in effect except that the provisions for in-person absentee voting are superseded by the early voting process during the early voting period. The bill takes effect January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-03","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1400/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1400","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219912,"bill_number":"HB1401","title":"Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. The bill eliminates the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot. Several special provisions concerning military and overseas absentee voters and disabled voters are consolidated in two new provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-03","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1401/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1401","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219913,"bill_number":"HB1402","title":"Elections; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-03","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1402/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1402","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219914,"bill_number":"HB1403","title":"Eluding police; vehicle driven shall be forfeited and sold by sheriff.","description":"Forfeiture of vehicle used to elude police. Provides that any vehicle driven to elude police and in such a manner as to interfere with or endanger the operation of a law-enforcement vehicle or officer or to endanger a person (in violation of subsection B of §46.2-817) shall be forfeited and sold by the sheriff. The proceeds of the sale are to be delivered to the Literary Fund.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1403/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1403","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219915,"bill_number":"HB1404","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use thereof while operating motor vehicle, etc.","description":"Use of handheld personal communications devices; penalty. Prohibits any use of a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped on the highways in the Commonwealth and makes such use a primary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-25","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1404/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1404","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219916,"bill_number":"HB1405","title":"Revocation of law license; petition for reinstatement of law license of members of General Assembly.","description":"Revocation of law license; petition for reinstatement of law license; members of the General Assembly. Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint only retired judges to hear cases involving the revocation of the law license of a member of the General Assembly or his firm. The bill further requires the justices of the Supreme Court to recuse themselves from consideration of any petition for reinstatement of the law license of a member of the General Assembly. Such petition shall instead be acted upon by seven retired justices or judges of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-30","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1405/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1405","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219917,"bill_number":"HB1406","title":"Pretrial appeal by State attorney; ruling by juvenile & domestic relations district court, etc.","description":"Pretrial appeal by attorney for Commonwealth. Expands pretrial appeal by an attorney for the Commonwealth to include an appeal on the constitutionality of a ruling by a juvenile and domestic relations district court in a case in which a juvenile is to be tried for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-08-30","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1406/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1406","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219918,"bill_number":"HB1409","title":"Prayer at public events; governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate, etc.","description":"Prayer at public events. Provides that whenever an individual is requested to provide prayer, invocation, or benediction at a public event that is sanctioned by a governmental agency, such governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate how that individual refers to God in prayer or to prohibit the religious content of the individual's prayer, invocation, or benediction, provided such prayer, invocation, or benediction is not used to advance a particular religion or to disparage another faith or belief.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1409/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1409","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219919,"bill_number":"HB1410","title":"Income tax, corporate; small business reduced rate.","description":"Corporate income tax; small business reduced rate. Allows a reduction of one-half of one percent in the corporate income tax rate for up to three years for certain small businesses that increase the number of their employees by a minimum of five percent over the previous year, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1410/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1410","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219920,"bill_number":"HB1412","title":"Vehicles damaged by water; increases threshold for reporting water damage, etc.","description":"Vehicles damaged by water. Increases threshold for reporting water damage from $1,000 to $3,500 and requires insurance companies to report payment of such a claim to the Department of Motor Vehicles. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1412/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1412","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219921,"bill_number":"HB1413","title":"Motor fuels tax rate; converts rate of taxation from cents per gallon to a percentage rate.","description":"Motor fuels tax rate. Converts the rate of taxation on motor fuels from cents per gallon to a percentage rate. The bill provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall calculate the percentage rate in an amount that will most closely yield the amount of cents per gallon being charged on the applicable motor fuel prior to the effective date of the bill. Thereafter, the percentage rates would not change, but would be applied against the average price per gallon of the fuel, less federal and state taxes, as determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles over rolling six-month periods, to determine the cents to be charged.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-27","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1413/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1413","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219922,"bill_number":"HB1414","title":"Campaign finance; contributions from entities, disclosure of controlling individuals.","description":"Campaign finance; contributions from entities; disclosure of controlling individuals. Adds a requirement for campaign committees, political committees, and out-of-state political committees to report the name and address of any controlling individual with an ownership interest exceeding 50 percent in any contributor that is a corporation, partnership, business, or other like entity. The bill prohibits making or receiving contributions without required disclosure and imposes a civil penalty equal to the greater of $500 or the amount of the contribution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-27","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1414/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1414","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219923,"bill_number":"HB1415","title":"Campaign finance disclosure reports; reviews.","description":"Campaign finance disclosure reports; reviews. Provides a procedure for review of campaign finance reports for candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General and for candidates in a random sample of General Assembly districts. The review focuses on reconciling the balance in the campaign depository with campaign finance reports, on mathematical accuracy, and on completeness. The provisions would become effective on January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-27","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1415/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1415","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219924,"bill_number":"HB1416","title":"Instructional spending; expenditures and reports.","description":"Expenditures and reports on instructional spending. Requires each local school board to allocate 65 percent of its operating budget to instructional spending. Local school boards must report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of their operating budgets allocated to instructional spending. Any school board that fails to meet the 65 percent requirement must present a plan to the Board of Education to increase instructional spending by 0.5 percent in the following fiscal year. School boards failing to submit such a plan must be audited by the Auditor of Public Accounts, who is required to submit a report to the Board with any recommendations he deems appropriate concerning how such school boards can increase their instructional spending. In addition, the Board must report annually to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance the amount of spending allocated by the local school boards to instructional spending based on the school boards' annual reports to the Board of Education.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1416/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1416","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219925,"bill_number":"HB1417","title":"Abusive conduct or actions; penalty for engaging in or using.","description":"Engaging in abusive conduct or actions; penalty. Provides that a person who, in the presence or hearing of another, engages in abusive conduct or actions under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Current law punishes the use of abusive language, but does not address conduct. The bill also provides that a second or subsequent violation committed within three years is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1417/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1417","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219926,"bill_number":"HB1418","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: DONT TREAD ON ME.","description":"Special license plates. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates (i) bearing the legend: \"DONT TREAD ON ME,\" (ii) bearing the national motto: \"In God We Trust,\" (iii) for members and supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc., and (iv) for supporters of the James River Park System. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1418/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1418","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219927,"bill_number":"HB1419","title":"Human papillomavirus vaccination; eliminates requirement of vaccination for female children.","description":"Human papillomavirus vaccination; eliminates requirement. Eliminates the requirement for vaccination against human papillomavirus for female children.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1419/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1419","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219928,"bill_number":"HB1420","title":"Immigration laws; State Police to enter into agreement with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.","description":"Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow the State Police to perform certain federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth. Such an agreement is often referred to as an agreement under the federal 287(g) program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-25","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1934-Miller, J.H.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1420/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1420","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219929,"bill_number":"HB1421","title":"Immigration laws, federal; enforcement by State, political subdivisions, or localities.","description":"Enforcement of federal immigration law by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or locality, or an employee of any of them acting in his official capacity, may limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1421/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1421","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219930,"bill_number":"HB1422","title":"Homestead exemptions; adds one firearm, not to exceed $3,000 value, to list of exemptions.","description":"Homestead exemptions. Adds one firearm, not to exceed $3,000 in value, to the list of items that every householder shall be entitled to hold exempt from creditor process. The bill also increases the maximum exemption for a motor vehicle from $2,000 to $6,000. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1422/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1422","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219931,"bill_number":"HB1423","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-26","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1423/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1423","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219932,"bill_number":"HB1424","title":"Wireless telecommunications devices; extends prohibition on use in motor vehicles, etc.","description":"Wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles. Extends prohibition on the use of wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles to talking on such device only when the device is configured for hands-free operation and is being used in the hands-free mode.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-27","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1424/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1424","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219933,"bill_number":"HB1425","title":"Taxes, local; collection.","description":"Local taxes; collection. Reduces the period of nonpayment of taxes, from six months to three months, before private collection agents may be used to collect delinquent local taxes. The bill also removes the exclusion of real estate taxes from the local taxes that treasurers may refer to private collection agents for collection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1425/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1425","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219934,"bill_number":"HB1426","title":"Taxicabs; markings and roof signs.","description":"Taxicabs; markings and roof signs. Requires taxicabs to have markings and roof signs identifying them as operating as taxicabs or performing taxicab services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1426/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1426","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219935,"bill_number":"HB1427","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-28","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1427/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1427","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219936,"bill_number":"HB1429","title":"DUI Personal Responsibility Initiative Fund; created.","description":"DUI Personal Responsibility Initiative Fund; created.  Creates the DUI Personal Responsibility Initiative Fund which is funded by an additional fee of $25 on convictions for DUI and related crimes. The Fund shall be administered by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and used to publicize the consequences associated with convictions for such crimes, including the possibility of incarceration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1429/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1429","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219937,"bill_number":"HB1430","title":"Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain.","description":"Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is \"taken into custody\" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1430/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1430","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219938,"bill_number":"HB1431","title":"Recordation tax; reduces state tax on deeds of trust.","description":"Recordation tax. Reduces the state recordation tax on deeds of trust from $0.25 per $100 of the amount financed to $0.2375 per $100 of such amount. The bill also eliminates the reduced recordation tax based on deeds of trust securing a refinanced mortgage with the same lender. Under current law, the recordation tax on deeds of trust for such refinancing applies only to the extent that the amount of the refinancing exceeds the original amount of financing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-02","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1431/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1431","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219939,"bill_number":"HB1432","title":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.","description":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates. Extends until July 1, 2012, the sunset on use of HOV lanes by clean special fuel vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1432/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1432","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219940,"bill_number":"HB1433","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting & determining opening of school year.","description":"School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and \"good cause\" scenarios for which the Board of Education may grant waivers of this requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-03","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1433/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1433","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219941,"bill_number":"HB1434","title":"Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for transport, possession, sale, or distribution, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic cannabinoids; bath salts. Lists those chemicals that comprise synthetic cannabinoids and makes possession a Class 1 misdemeanor. Possession with intent to distribute and manufacturing are felonies. The first offender statute applies as it does to marijuana and controlled substances. The bill criminalizes privately compounding with the specific intent to circumvent the criminal penalties for synthetic cannabinoids. The bill also allows restitution for cleaning up sites where the drug is made. A number of Code sections are amended for the purpose of treating synthetic cannabinoids as marijuana is treated throughout the Code. The bill adds chemicals known as \"bath salts\" to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. There is an emergency clause. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1434/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1434","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219942,"bill_number":"HB1435","title":"American Sign Language; recognition for completed coursework.","description":"American Sign Language; recognition for completed coursework. Provides that if a local school board offers an elective course in American Sign Language, it must grant academic credit for course completion on the same basis as the successful completion of a foreign language course and count course completion in American Sign Language toward the fulfillment of any foreign language requirement for graduation. Additionally, the bill requires public institutions of higher education to count academic credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses in a secondary school or higher education institution toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1435/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1435","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219943,"bill_number":"HB1436","title":"Automatic dialing-announcing devices; debt collections.","description":"Automatic dialing-announcing devices; debt collections. Prohibits a caller from using an automatic dialing-announcing device to make a debt collection communication to a subscriber unless the communication is immediately preceded by a live operator who discloses to the subscriber information about the debt and the purpose of the call, and the subscriber consents to receipt of the communication. In addition, the subscriber shall be provided the opportunity to converse with a live operator in order notify the caller that the debt is disputed, to request that the caller not make further debt collection communications, or to obtain the name and mailing address of the original creditor. Callers are further prohibited from using an automatic dialing-announcing device to make a debt collection communication (i) to a subscriber within 30 days after being requested by the subscriber not to make such communications and (ii) in a manner that causes the subscriber's telephone to ring repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-11-08","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1436/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1436","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219944,"bill_number":"HB1437","title":"BPOL tax; localities to decide to impose on business gross receipts or State taxable income.","description":"Business, professional and occupational license tax; gross receipts or Virginia taxable income. Allows localities to decide whether to impose the BPOL tax on a business's gross receipts or its Virginia taxable income. The provisions of the bill would not apply to certain utility businesses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1437/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1437","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219945,"bill_number":"HB1438","title":"Goods; those produced or manufactured within State are not subject to federal law, regulation, etc.","description":"Goods produced or manufactured in the Commonwealth; not subject to federal regulation.  Provides that all goods produced or manufactured within the Commonwealth, when such goods are held, retained, or maintained in the Commonwealth, shall not be subject to federal law, federal regulation, or the constitutional power of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The bill does not apply to goods ordered, procured, or purchased by the federal government or by a federal contractor. The bill only applies to goods produced or manufactured on or after July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-09","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1438/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1438","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219946,"bill_number":"HB1440","title":"Unborn children; construing the word \"person\" under Virginia law to include.","description":"Rights of unborn children. Provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth, subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States, precedents of the United States Supreme Court, and provisions to the contrary in the statutes of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1440/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1440","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219947,"bill_number":"HB1441","title":"Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; caps interest rate.","description":"Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; interest rate. Caps the rate of interest that may be charged on motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans at 36 percent per year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1441/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1441","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219948,"bill_number":"HB1442","title":"Hunting; practice of falconry, penalty.","description":"Hunting; practice of falconry; penalty. Updates state laws on the practice of falconry by (i) removing the limit on possession to three raptors, (ii) broadening the penalty that applies to the intentional removal of transmitting collars on dogs to include any transmitting device on raptors, and (iii) extending the rights of those hunting with dogs that permit the retrieval of such dogs from prohibited lands to those hunting with raptors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1442/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1442","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219949,"bill_number":"HB1443","title":"Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession.","description":"Decriminalization of simple possession of marijuana. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession. The bill does not legalize marijuana possession but changes the current $500 criminal fine for simple marijuana possession to a $500 civil penalty, eliminates the 30-day jail sentence, and eliminates the criminal conviction record that would follow a conviction for simple possession. The civil penalties collected would be payable to the Literary Fund. The bill changes none of the penalties for manufacture or distribution of marijuana. The bill continues to require forfeiture of the driver's license and drug screening and education for any minor found to have committed the violation of possession of marijuana and maintains all existing sanctions for all criminal violations involving marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-15","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1443/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1443","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219950,"bill_number":"HB1444","title":"Voluntary admission; eliminates option therefor to training center upon request of person, etc.","description":"Admission to a training center. Eliminates the option for voluntary admission to a training center upon request of a person with mental retardation. This bill provides that a person may be admitted to a training center only upon written certification of eligibility for admission to a training center entered by a judge or special justice, upon petition of the parent or guardian of a person with mental retardation or other responsible person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-15","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1444/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1444","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219951,"bill_number":"HB1445","title":"Land preservation tax credit; limits maximum amount that any taxpayer may receive.","description":"Income tax; land preservation tax credit limits. Limits the maximum amount that any taxpayer may receive in land preservation tax credits to $10 million annually, beginning in calendar year 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-15","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1820-Ware, R.L.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1445/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1445","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219952,"bill_number":"HB1446","title":"General district court; extends concurrent jurisdiction.","description":"General District Court jurisdiction. Extends the concurrent jurisdiction of the general district courts and the circuit courts over civil actions from $15,000 to $25,000. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-17","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1590-Iaquinto) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1446/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1446","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219953,"bill_number":"HB1447","title":"Income tax, state; research and development expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; research and development expenses tax credit. Allows income tax credits for individuals and businesses for qualified research and development expenses for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2016. The tax credit amounts are (i) 15 percent of the first $167,000 in Virginia qualified research and development expenses, or (ii) 20 percent of the first $175,000 of Virginia qualified research and development expenses if the research was conducted in conjunction with a Virginia public or private college or university, to the extent the expenses exceed a base amount. The Tax Department shall develop policies and procedures for the application process for the tax credits. There is a $5 million cap on the total amount of credits allowed in any fiscal year. Incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1447/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1447","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219954,"bill_number":"HB1448","title":"Juvenile court deferral and dismissal; cases ineligible for expungement of records.","description":"No expungement for juvenile court deferral and dismissal.  Provides that a delinquency or traffic proceeding case that is dismissed in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court following the satisfaction of terms and conditions of a deferred judgment is not eligible for expungement. Under current law, a person who has been the subject of such a proceeding who has been found innocent thereof, or for whom such proceeding was otherwise dismissed, may file a motion requesting the destruction of all records pertaining to the charge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-22","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1448/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1448","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219955,"bill_number":"HB1449","title":"Methamphetamines; possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture, penalty.","description":"Possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture methamphetamines. Refines the list of substances involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine, the possession of two of which, coupled with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, is punished as a Class 6 felony. The change is intended to capture substances used in new methods of manufacture and to capture by-products, as well as precursors, of manufacture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-22","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1449/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1449","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219956,"bill_number":"HB1450","title":"Pressurized gas dusters; prohibits person from selling, etc., in open displays or unlocked cases.","description":"Sales of pressurized gas dusters. Prohibits any person from selling, offering for sale, or displaying for sale pressurized gas dusters in open displays or unlocked cases that are accessible to the public without the intervention of an employee of such business. Violations are a prohibited practice pursuant to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-22","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1450/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1450","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219957,"bill_number":"HB1451","title":"Transient occupancy and food and beverage taxes; adds Madison County to those that may impose.","description":"Combined transient occupancy and food and beverage tax. Permits Madison County to impose a combined transient occupancy and food and beverage tax, at a rate not to exceed four percent, on the total amount charged by a bed and breakfast when the charges for the occupancy of the room or space and for the sale of food and beverages are assessed in the aggregate and not separately stated. The tax shall be levied only if a food and beverage tax has been approved in a referendum within the county.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1451/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1451","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219958,"bill_number":"HB1452","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Counties of Madison, etc., to list of localities that may impose.","description":"Transient occupancy tax. Adds Madison County, Accomack County, Washington County, and Brunswick County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax rate of up to three percent in addition to the two percent rate available to all counties (a total maximum tax rate of five percent). All revenue from the additional three percent rate shall be used solely for travel and tourism.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1452/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1452","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219959,"bill_number":"HB1453","title":"Hearings in Supreme Court of Virginia; complaints filed by Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.","description":"Hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.  Clarifies that the hearings allowed under the Constitution related to complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission are to be evidentiary hearings and that both the Commission and the judge are entitled to present evidence and argument during such hearings subject to any scheduling orders issued by the Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-22","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1453/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1453","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219960,"bill_number":"HB1454","title":"License plates, special; repeals references to those with expired authorizations.","description":"Special license plates with expired authorizations. Repeals references to special license plates whose authorizations have expired.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-08","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)","last_action_date":"2011-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1454/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1454","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219961,"bill_number":"HB1455","title":"Wiretap devices; supervision and control by sheriff or chief of police.","description":"Supervision and control of wiretap devices. Allows wiretap devices in the possession of any sheriff's office or police department to be under the direct control and supervision of a designee of the sheriff or chief of police.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1455/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1455","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219962,"bill_number":"HB1456","title":"Certificate of public need; authorization of certain amendment.","description":"Certificate of public need; authorization of certain amendment. Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to accept and approve a request to amend the conditions of a certificate of need issued for an increase in beds in which nursing facility or extended care services are provided to allow such facility to continue to admit persons, other than residents of the cooperative units, to its nursing facility beds when such facility (i) is operated by an association described in §55-458; (ii) was created in connection with a real estate cooperative; (iii) offers its residents a level of nursing services consistent with the definition of continuing care in Chapter 49 (§38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2; and (iv) was issued a certificate of need prior to October 3, 1995.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1456/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1456","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219963,"bill_number":"HB1457","title":"Freedom of Information Act; violations and penalties.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; violations and penalties. Doubles the civil penalties imposed for willful and knowing violations of FOIA. The bill also clarifies existing law that officers, employees, and members of public bodies may be subject to the civil penalties for knowing and willful violations of FOIA.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1457/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1457","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219964,"bill_number":"HB1458","title":"Retained asset accounts; disclosures to beneficiaries.","description":"Life insurance; retained asset accounts. Requires insurance companies licensed in the Commonwealth that offer retained asset accounts for death benefits to provide the beneficiary, at the time a claim is made, with written information describing the settlement options available under the policy. If the insurer settles benefits through a retained asset account, the insurer shall provide the beneficiary with a supplemental contract that clearly discloses the rights of the beneficiary and the obligations of the insurer under the supplemental contract. The insurer is also required to make certain disclosures regarding retained asset accounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1458/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1458","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219965,"bill_number":"HB1459","title":"Medical malpractice; increases cap on recovery in actions against health care providers.","description":"Remedies; limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Increases from $2 million to $2.05 million, on July 1, 2012, the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice. Thereafter, the cap is increased by $50,000 annually with the last increase on July 1, 2031.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1459/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1459","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219966,"bill_number":"HB1460","title":"Public officials; any person who threatens to kill or injure is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Threats against public officials. Provides that any person who (i) threatens to kill or injure another person or to commit violence or injury against that person or his property, or to unlawfully trespass upon his property and (ii) knows or has reason to know that such other person is a judge, a law-enforcement officer, a correctional officer as defined in §53.1-1, a person employed by the Department of Corrections directly involved in the care, treatment or supervision of inmates in the custody of the Department, a firefighter as defined in §65.2-102, or a volunteer firefighter or lifesaving or rescue squad member, engaged in the performance of his public duties, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-11-30","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1460/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1460","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219967,"bill_number":"HB1461","title":"No trespassing signs; authority for posting on property.","description":"Authority for posting a property \"no trespassing.\" Gives an agent of the owner, lessee, custodian, or other person lawfully in charge of a property the same authority to prohibit trespassing as the owner, lessee, custodian, or other person lawfully in charge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1461/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1461","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219968,"bill_number":"HB1462","title":"Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; definition of crime.","description":"Definition of crime for purposes of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. Expands the category of criminal victims entitled to receive compensation from the Commonwealth's Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund to include injured victims of vehicular hit-and-run. Currently, the specific motor vehicle crimes that give rise to criminal victim compensation are DUI and maiming (as a result of DUI).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1462/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1462","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219969,"bill_number":"HB1463","title":"Drug charges; expungement of records.","description":"Expungement of certain drug charges. Provides that any person who has been convicted of a charge of possession of marijuana or had a charge of possession of marijuana or other drug discharged and dismissed in accordance with the provisions of §18.2-251, more than five years prior to his petition for expungement, may file a petition setting forth the relevant facts and requesting expungement of the police records and the court records relating to the charge. The bill adds that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall maintain a record of the expungement to be made available to any attorney for the Commonwealth upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1463/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1463","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219970,"bill_number":"HB1464","title":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of; disposition of unclaimed bodies.","description":"Disposition of unclaimed bodies; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that in the case of a person who has been committed to the custody of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and died prior to his release, whose body is unclaimed and whose body the Commissioner of Health refuses to accept for scientific study, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall bear the reasonable costs of disposition of the body. This bill also provides that if a claimant is unable to pay reasonable expenses of disposition, the expenses shall be born by the county or city where the claimant currently resides.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1464/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1464","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219971,"bill_number":"HB1465","title":"Higher educational institutions; policies prohibitting admission of illegal aliens.","description":"Admission of illegal aliens at institutions of higher education. Provides that notwithstanding any existing policies regarding limitations on enrollment eligibility, the boards of visitors of the public, post-secondary institutions of higher education, including the State Board of Community Colleges, shall adopt written policies and procedures prohibiting the enrollment of an individual determined to be not lawfully present in the United States.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1465/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1465","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219972,"bill_number":"HB1466","title":"Surgical procedures; registered nurse shall perform circulator duties.","description":"Regulation of surgical procedures; circulator duties.  Provides that the Board of Health shall promulgate regulations that require that for surgical procedures performed in hospitals, operating room circulator duties related to coordination of nursing care, patient safety procedures, and procedures necessary for the support and safety of the surgical team shall be performed by a registered nurse who is qualified by training in operating room nursing and circulator duties and who is present in the operating room during the surgical procedure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-06","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Health, Welfare and Institutions (5-Y 17-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1466/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1466","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219973,"bill_number":"HB1467","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Accomack County to those localities that may impose.","description":"Transient Occupancy Tax; Accomack County. Adds Accomack County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any county may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed two percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-06","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1467/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1467","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219974,"bill_number":"HB1468","title":"Citizenship or legal presence required for public assistance; verification required.","description":"Legal presence required for public assistance; verification required.  Provides that local departments of social services shall verify or cause to be verified information regarding the citizenship or legal presence of an applicant for public assistance prior to initiating provision of benefits, and that the Governor may withhold the appropriation of state funds under his control to any agency, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or locality in violation of this act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1468/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1468","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219975,"bill_number":"HB1469","title":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus.","description":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus. Provides that a driver is guilty of reckless driving who fails to stop, when approaching from any direction, at any school bus which is stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging children, etc., and to remain stopped until all the persons are clear and the bus is put in motion. The current law omits the word \"at\" in the now corrected phrase \"at any school bus\" and, thus, gives the sentence, and the law, its intended meaning.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2043-Anderson) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1469/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1469","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219976,"bill_number":"HB1470","title":"Real property tax; membership of boards of equalization.","description":"Real property tax; membership of boards of equalization. Permits appointment of alternate members to boards of equalization to serve if a member is absent or abstains.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1470/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1470","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219977,"bill_number":"HB1471","title":"Homestead and other exemptions; exemption of real or personal property.","description":"Homestead and other exemptions.  Raises the homestead exemption from real or personal property not exceeding $5,000 in value to personal property not exceeding $5,000 in value and real property not exceeding $25,000 in value. The bill also adds certain specific items of personal property to the list of what a debtor may hold exempt from creditor process and increases from $2,000 to $7,500 the value of an automobile that may be held as exempt. The bill also provides that the amount of certain exemptions shall be adjusted for inflation every three years. The bill also provides that a debtor may elect between the exemptions permitted under federal bankruptcy law and Title 34. Current law does not allow a debtor to elect the bankruptcy exemptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1422-Albo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1471/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1471","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219978,"bill_number":"HB1472","title":"License plates, special; fees for certain disabled veterans.","description":"Special license plates for certain disabled veterans; fees. Provides that a vehicle need not display special license plates issued to certain veterans in order for such veteran to receive the discount on registration and annual fees so long as such veteran qualifies to receive that plate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1472/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1472","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219979,"bill_number":"HB1473","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1473/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1473","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219980,"bill_number":"HB1474","title":"Erosion and sediment control; allows public service authorities to file specifications.","description":"Erosion and sediment control specifications. Allows public service authorities to annually file general erosion and sediment control specifications with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board for the construction of water and sewer lines.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-09","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1474/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1474","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219981,"bill_number":"HB1475","title":"Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.","description":"Workers' compensation; presumption that injury is work related. Creates a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related. The presumption arises in a claim for compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act where an employee is physically or mentally unable to testify and there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that the injury was work related.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1475/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1475","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219982,"bill_number":"HB1476","title":"Sexual abuse; limitations period.","description":"Torts; sexual abuse; limitations period. Extends the limitations period for actions for sexual abuse committed during the infancy or incapacity of the abused person from two years to 20 years from the time of the removal of the infancy or incapacity or from the time the cause of action otherwise accrues.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1476/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1476","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219983,"bill_number":"HB1477","title":"Risk management plan; amends to include prison chaplains.","description":"Risk management plan; prison chaplains. Amends the Commonwealth's risk management plan to include prison chaplains who provide services at state correctional facilities for compensation. Current law only includes volunteer chaplains under the risk management plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1477/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1477","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219984,"bill_number":"HB1479","title":"Search warrant affidavit; public availability.","description":"Public availability of a search warrant affidavit. Provides that the affidavit for a search warrant may be made publicly available only after the warrant that is the subject of the affidavit has been executed or 15 days after issuance of the warrant, whichever is earlier.  .","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1479/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1479","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219985,"bill_number":"HB1480","title":"School calendar; opening of school year in City of Roanoke.","description":"Opening of the school year in the City of Roanoke. Authorizes the City of Roanoke School Board to set the opening of the school year so that the first day students are required to attend school shall be no earlier than two weeks prior to Labor Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-10","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1480/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1480","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219986,"bill_number":"HB1481","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1481/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1481","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219987,"bill_number":"HB1482","title":"Driver's license; use of birth registration cards to obtain.","description":"Driver's license; birth registration cards. Requires that the Department of Motor Vehicles accept birth registration cards issued by the Commonwealth as proof of legal presence on applications for driver's licenses or special identification cards.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1482/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1482","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219988,"bill_number":"HB1483","title":"School calendar; certain school divisions granted waiver from regular opening schedule.","description":"School calendar. Adds to the \"good cause\" circumstances for which school divisions may be granted a waiver from the post-Labor Day school opening schedule a school division that is entirely surrounded by a school division that has an opening date prior to Labor Day in the school year for which the waiver is sought.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1483/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1483","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219989,"bill_number":"HB1484","title":"Food Standards for Agency Meals; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop.","description":"Food Standards for Agency Meals.  Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop Food Standards for Agency Meals to consist of (i) nutritional standards for foods served by state agencies and institutions and (ii) recommendations for the use of Virginia-grown foods to the greatest extent possible, and to disseminate such standards to the heads of all state agencies that purchase, prepare, or serve meals. The bill also directs the Secretary to convene a Food Standards Task Force, to consist of the heads of all state agencies and institutions that purchase, prepare, or serve food, at least one person qualified by experience as a dietician or nutritionist, and such other persons as the Secretary may deem appropriate. The Task Force shall develop the Food Standards for Agency Meals and is directed to review and update them at least triennially to ensure that the standards remain current and science-based. The Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services is directed to adopt regulations to enforce the new standards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219990,"bill_number":"HB1485","title":"Medical emergency response plan and automated external defibrillator; required in certain buildings.","description":"Medical emergency response plan and automated external defibrillators; required in certain buildings. Requires the development of medical emergency response plans and the installation of automated external defibrillators in health spas and certain state and local buildings open to the public. The bill also establishes the Automated External Defibrillator Grant Fund to provide matching funds to localities to assist with the cost of compliance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1485/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1485","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219991,"bill_number":"HB1486","title":"Nursing homes; investigation of complaints by VDH, in-person interviews of residents.","description":"Nursing homes; investigation of complaints; in-person interviews of residents. Requires that, whenever the Department of Health investigates a complaint against a nursing home, the Department shall conduct an in-person interview of (i) the complainant, including any long term care ombudsman who submitted or investigated the complaint, and (ii) any patient of the nursing home who is the subject of the complaint or identified in the complaint, or his legally authorized representative.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1486/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1486","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219992,"bill_number":"HB1487","title":"Criminal sexual assault; venue for trial.","description":"Venue for criminal sexual assault coupled with a violent felony. Provides that venue for the trial of a person charged with committing or attempting to commit (i) a crime against nature, the crime of taking indecent liberties with a child, or a criminal sexual assault under Article 7 (§18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 and (ii) a violent felony as defined in §17.1-805 or 19.2-297.1 arising out of the same incident, occurrence, or transaction may be had in the county or city in which any such crime is alleged to have occurred or, with the concurrence of the attorney for the Commonwealth in the county or city in which the crime is alleged to have occurred, in any county or city through which the victim was transported by the defendant in the commission of such offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1487/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1487","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219993,"bill_number":"HB1488","title":"Prisoners; prohibits use of restraints on those who are pregnant, exception.","description":"Restraint of certain prisoners. Prohibits a state, regional, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using restraints on any prisoner who is pregnant during labor, transport to a medical facility, delivery, or postpartum recovery unless the warden, superintendent, or jailor finds there is a compelling reason to believe that the prisoner poses serious harm to herself or others, is a flight risk, or cannot be reasonably restrained by other means. Such facility shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary on any inmate in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1488/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1488","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219994,"bill_number":"HB1489","title":"Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.","description":"Texting while driving.  Repeals the \"secondary enforcement\" provisions of the statute prohibiting texting, etc., while driving.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1489/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1489","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219995,"bill_number":"HB1490","title":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.","description":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.  Permits localities to acquire direct recording electronic (DRE) machines by deleting the provision enacted in 2007 and later amended that generally prohibited the acquisition of such machines on and after July 1, 2007.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-13","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB2080-Landes) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1490/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1490","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219996,"bill_number":"HB1491","title":"Highway maintenance funds; requires CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.","description":"Highway maintenance funds.  Provides that when allocating funds for the interstate system of highways, the primary system of state highways, and the secondary system of state highways maintained by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall consider achieving a minimal level of disparity among highway construction districts in meeting asset performance standards. Prior to such allocation, the Board shall release for public review a comparison of the proposed allocation of funds by highway construction district with an allocation of funds based entirely on specific asset performance standards by highway construction district. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Joint Commission on Transportation Accountablility","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1491/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1491","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219997,"bill_number":"HB1492","title":"Water well systems providers; definition.","description":"Water well systems providers; definition.  Clarifies that a water well systems provider is qualified to install, remove or repair geothermal water well systems to the point of connection to the ground source heat pump.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1492/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1492","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219998,"bill_number":"HB1493","title":"Career and technical education; industry certification is mandatory.","description":"Career and technical education; industry certifications. Provides that where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or programs for automotive technology, the Board of Education must make such certification a mandatory part of the career and technical education program. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1493/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1493","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":219999,"bill_number":"HB1494","title":"Homestead exemption; increases from $5,000 to $15,000 for every householder.","description":"Homestead exemption. Increases from $5,000 to $15,000 the homestead exemption for every householder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-16","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1422-Albo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1494/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1494","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220000,"bill_number":"HB1495","title":"Erosion & sediment control plans; may charge fee to cover costs associated with certain review, etc.","description":"Erosion and sediment control plans; local waste, water, and sewer authorities. Authorizes water, sewer, sewage disposal, stormwater control, refuse collection, and disposal authorities to file a general erosion and sediment control plan annually with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. The Board may also charge fees equal to the lower of (i) $1,000 or (ii) an amount sufficient to cover the costs associated with standard and specification review and approval, project inspections, and compliance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1495/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1495","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220001,"bill_number":"HB1496","title":"Providing alcohol to an underage person; person who purchases is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Providing alcohol to an underage person. Provides that any person who purchases alcoholic beverages for or otherwise gives, provides, or willfully assists in the provision of alcoholic beverages to another person, knowing or having reason to know that such person was less than 21 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Current law does not address a violation committed when the violator has reason to know a person is underage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1496/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1496","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220002,"bill_number":"HB1497","title":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement.","description":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement. Adjusts the mandatory retirement age under judicial retirement to age 73. Currently, judges are required to retire at age 70.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-16","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1497/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1497","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220003,"bill_number":"HB1498","title":"Plastic bags; use by retailers.","description":"Plastic bags; use by retailers. Bans the use of plastic carryout bags by retailers at the point of sale unless such bags are (i) durable plastic bags with handles, (ii) at least 2.25 mils thick, and (iii) specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-16","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1498/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1498","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220004,"bill_number":"HB1499","title":"Unlawful detainer, etc.; storage of tenant's property.","description":"Unlawful detainer, etc.; storage of tenant's property.  Provides that when the personal property of a tenant is removed from a premises pursuant to an unlawful detainer, ejectment, or any other action, the property shall be placed in a storage area designated by the landlord. Currently, such property may be placed in such a storage area or in the public way.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-16","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1499/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1499","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220005,"bill_number":"HB1500","title":"Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2010-2012 biennium.","description":"Budget Bill. Amending Chapter 874, 2010 Acts of Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-05-02","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0890)","last_action_date":"2011-05-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1500/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1500","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220006,"bill_number":"HB1501","title":"Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms.","description":"Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms. Provides that the State Board of Elections, in cooperation with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, will make mail voter registration application forms available where hunting and fishing licenses are sold.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1501/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1501","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220007,"bill_number":"HB1502","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to members and supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 would go to the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc., to support its operation and programs in Virginia. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1418-O'Bannon) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1502/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1502","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220008,"bill_number":"HB1503","title":"General registrar; appointment by electoral board.","description":"General registrar; qualifications. Allows an electoral board to appoint a general registrar who is a qualified voter of a county or city adjoining the jurisdiction for which he is appointed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1503/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1503","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220009,"bill_number":"HB1504","title":"Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions, etc.","description":"Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions; exercising qualified financial contracts upon insolvency or delinquency. Establishes conditions under which domestic insurers may engage in transactions involving derivative instruments, including options, warrants, caps, floors, collars, swaps, forwards, and futures. Derivative instruments may be used to engage in hedging transactions and replication transactions provided insurers establish written guidelines for their use and procedures to determine that their transactions comply with such guidelines. The guidelines shall be submitted to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) for prior approval. The SCC may adopt rules and regulations for derivative transactions including financial solvency standards, valuation standards, and reporting requirements. An insurer engaged in hedging transactions shall demonstrate to the SCC the ongoing effectiveness of the derivative transaction or combination of the transactions through cash flow testing or other analyses. Limits are established on the percentage of assets that may be used in hedging transactions. An insurer's replication transactions are required to comply with limitations on investments by the insurer, and the aggregate statement value of all assets being replicated is limited to 10 percent of the insurer's admitted assets. The measure also provides rules regarding a person's ability to exercise a contractual right to terminate obligations under a netting agreement or qualified financial contract with an insurer because of the insurer's insolvency, financial condition, or default or the commencement of a delinquency proceeding against the insurer. A receiver may not avoid a transfer arising under or in connection with a netting agreement or qualified financial contract that is made before the commencement of a delinquency proceeding unless the transfer was made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the insurer, a receiver, or creditors. If a receiver disaffirms or repudiates a netting agreement or qualified financial contract within a reasonable period after the commencement of a delinquency proceeding, the claim of a counterparty against the estate arising from the disaffirmance or repudiation shall be allowed or disallowed as if the claim arose before the filing of the petition for liquidation or rehabilitation. The measure also provides that the prohibition on investments by domestic insurers in securities that will subject the insurer to any assessment does not include ordinary contractual payments or the transfer of collateral or margin made under derivative instruments. The measure includes an enactment clause that allows insurers currently investing in derivative instruments to continue doing so after the effective date of this act provided they submit guidelines to the SCC for review by April 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1504/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1504","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220010,"bill_number":"HB1505","title":"Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2011; created.","description":"Bonds; capital projects at institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $64,579,000 plus financing costs to finance revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1505/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1505","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220011,"bill_number":"HB1506","title":"Foreclosure procedures; assignment of deed of trust.","description":"Foreclosure procedures; assignment of deed of trust.  Provides that the trustee under any deed of trust or mortgage shall not proceed with any sale of the property unless the land records of the locality in which the property is located contain a duly recorded assignment to the person who asserts that he is the holder of the obligation. The trustee may proceed with the sale (i) upon the recordation of any assignments not recorded or, if an intervening assignment cannot be located, upon the receipt of an affidavit from the party secured that he is the party secured by the deed of trust, and (ii) upon the payment by the person who asserts that he is the holder of the obligation of any fees and taxes for recording the assignment. The bill also provides that a nominee of a grantee or mortgagee for a deed of trust or mortgage has no authority to request that the trustee proceed with any sale of the property conveyed to him by the deed of trust or mortgage. The bill also requires that the party secured by the deed of trust or mortgage provide notice of his intent to foreclose to the property owner at least 45 days before any proposed sale. The bill provides further that a person who (i) knowingly makes, used, or causes to be made or used any false or fraudulent record, document, or statement or (ii) knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter, in support of any foreclosure is liable for a civil penalty of $5,000, which shall be paid into the local treasury. The bill also creates a civil cause of action for such a violation in favor of the owner of the property foreclosed upon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1506/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1506","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220012,"bill_number":"HB1507","title":"Primary schedule in 2011; moves primary date to August 23, 2011, in anticipation of redistricting.","description":"Primary schedule in 2011. Moves the June 14, 2011, primary date to August 23, 2011, in anticipation of the 2011 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. The bill also authorizes the State Board of Elections to adjust dates and deadlines (other than the primary and election dates) if necessary to complete the Voting Rights Act Section 5 preclearance process. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage. The act will expire January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1507/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1507","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220013,"bill_number":"HB1508","title":"Elections; certain prohibitions for local electoral boards.","description":"Elections; local electoral boards; certain prohibitions. Prohibits a member of a local electoral board from being the spouse or other relative of a candidate for or holder of an office filled in whole or in part by voters in the jurisdiction of the electoral board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1508/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1508","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220014,"bill_number":"HB1509","title":"Employment; prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.","description":"Employment; prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1509/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1509","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220015,"bill_number":"HB1510","title":"Pawnbrokers & precious metals dealers; records required to be maintained, daily electronic reports.","description":"Pawnbrokers and Precious Metals Dealers; records required to be maintained; electronic reports.  Requires pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers to take a photograph or digital image of (i) the person pawning or pledging or selling an article, precious metal or gem taken at the time of the transaction and (ii) the article, precious metal or gem pawned or pledged or sold. The bill also requires the pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers to submit a daily report containing information on transactions to law-enforcement officials by electronic means. Currently, for pawnbrokers the requirement to submit electronic reports is a local option and precious metals dealers are required to mail or deliver the report within 24 hours of the transaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1510/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1510","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220016,"bill_number":"HB1511","title":"Cold case searchable database; Superintendent of State Police may establish.","description":"Department of State Police; establishment of cold case searchable database. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police may establish and maintain a cold case searchable database including unsolved homicide, missing person, and unidentified person cases. The searchable database may include interactive elements consisting of (i) the type of case, (ii) the location of where the crime was committed, (iii) the law-enforcement agency name, and (iv) the year the crime occurred.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1511/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1511","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220017,"bill_number":"HB1512","title":"Crimes against incapacitated adults; penalty.","description":"Crimes against incapacitated adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill adds that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor, and a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months if the underlying offense is a felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1633-Watts) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1512/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1512","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220018,"bill_number":"HB1513","title":"Transient occupancy tax; extends sunset date provision for additional tax in Arlington County.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County.  Extends the sunset date for the additional transient occupancy tax in Arlington County from January 1, 2012, to January 1, 2015. Current law requires that the revenues from the tax be designated and spent for promoting tourism and business travel in the county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1513/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1513","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220019,"bill_number":"HB1514","title":"Virginia Disability Commission; clarifies that Commission shall serve as primary forum in State.","description":"Virginia Disability Commission. Clarifies that the Virginia Disability Commission shall serve as the primary forum in the Commonwealth where the needs of and issues affecting people with physical and sensory disabilities are identified and addressed, and provides that the Commission shall serve as the primary body for coordinating proposals and recommendations of all commissions and agencies for legislation or budget actions affecting persons with physical and sensory disabilities, including receiving, reviewing, and responding to proposals and recommendations. The bill also provides that the Commission shall report its recommendations related to legislative priorities and policies for adoption or examination by the General Assembly to the General Assembly and the Governor by October 1 of each year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1514/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1514","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220020,"bill_number":"HB1515","title":"Traffic lights; use of a red light activation terminal approved by State Police Superintendent.","description":"Traffic lights; enforcement.  Provides that, in addition to observing the violation directly, a law-enforcement officer may detain or arrest the driver of a motor vehicle violating a traffic light signal if the officer observes the violation through the use of a red light activation terminal approved by the Virginia State Police Superintendent.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1515/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1515","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220021,"bill_number":"HB1516","title":"Assault and battery; if person commits against ABC agent, guilty of Class 6 felony.","description":"Crimes; assault and battery of ABC agent. Adds special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on a special agent who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1516/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1516","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220022,"bill_number":"HB1517","title":"Criminal street gangs; broadens definition.","description":"Criminal street gangs; penalties. Broadens the definition of a \"criminal street gang\" by removing the requirement that one of the predicate crimes be an act of violence. Various Code sections provide increased penalties and consequences if crimes are committed by a person who is a member of a criminal street gang.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1517/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1517","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220023,"bill_number":"HB1518","title":"Economics education and financial literacy; school boards to implement requirements.","description":"Economics education and financial literacy. Allows local school boards to implement economics education and financial literacy requirements, with Board of Education approval, through other educational programs that meet Board objectives, in addition to relevant Standards of Learning and career and technical education programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1518/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1518","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220024,"bill_number":"HB1519","title":"Adoption; absence of parental consent.","description":"Adoption of a child; absence of parental consent. Clarifies the standard a court must apply in when determining whether to allow adoption of a child in the absence of parental consent, stating that the court must determine that failure to grant the petition for adoption would be detrimental to the child, and that granting the petition for adoption would be in the best interests of the child. The bill also clarifies that, in cases in which parental consent to adoption is waived due to failure of the parent to contact the child for six months prior to the filing of the petition for adoption, the six-month period must be immediately preceding the filing of the petition.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1519/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1519","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220025,"bill_number":"HB1520","title":"Driver's licenses; birth certificate issued by state agency sufficient proof of U.S. citizenship.","description":"Driver's licenses, etc. Provides that presentation of a birth certificate or other verifiable document issued by a state agency is sufficient to prove U.S. citizenship when applying to DMV for a driver's license, permit, or special identification card.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1520/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1520","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220026,"bill_number":"HB1521","title":"Water authorities, sewer authorities, etc.; specified as political subdivisions of State.","description":"Authorities as political subdivisions. Specifies that water authorities, sewer authorities, sewage disposal authorities, stormwater control authorities, and refuse collection and disposal authorities are political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1521/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1521","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220027,"bill_number":"HB1522","title":"Water and waste authorities; eminent domain powers.","description":"Water and Waste Authorities; eminent domain powers. Amends the current law so that water and waste authorities have the power to exercise eminent domain as set out in Chapter 2 (§25.1-200 et seq.) or Chapter 3 (§25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1 of the Code of Virginia, rather than with the same authority as is vested in the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1522/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1522","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220028,"bill_number":"HB1523","title":"Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds or other property, penalty.","description":"Sex offenses prohibiting entry onto school or other property; penalty. Expands the prohibition on entry onto school grounds by any adult convicted of a sexually violent offense to include (i) any school bus as defined in §46.2-100; (ii) any designated school bus stop during the time when school children are waiting to be picked up and transported to or are being dropped off from school or a school-sponsored activity or within 150 feet of the school bus stop; or (iii) any property, public or private, during hours when such property is being used solely by a public or private elementary or secondary school for a school-related or school-sponsored activity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1523/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1523","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220029,"bill_number":"HB1524","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; collection by certain contractors.","description":"Sales and use tax; collection by certain contractors. Provides that any person or entity primarily engaged in the business of furnishing and installing tangible personal property that provides electronic or physical security on real property for the use of a financial institution shall be deemed a retailer of such personal property and the sales and use tax for such property shall be collected from the contractor's customer rather than being paid by the contractor when he purchases the property. Such collection procedure shall also apply when the contractor installs the personal property on real property not for the use of a financial institution.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1524/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1524","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220030,"bill_number":"HB1525","title":"Elections; form of ballots to be used in local elections in Loudoun County.","description":"Elections; form of ballots; Loudoun County. Extends to local elections in Loudoun County the requirement that ballots include the nominating political party for each candidate. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-20","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1525/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1525","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220031,"bill_number":"HB1526","title":"Real property tax appeal; information regarding income and expenses of income-producing property.","description":"Real property tax; appeal. Provides that information regarding the income and expenses of income-producing real property may be used in a complaint to a board of equalization, even though such information was not timely presented to the assessor, provided that the income and expense information is provided to the board of equalization no later than the appeal filing deadline of the board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1526/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1526","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220032,"bill_number":"HB1527","title":"Firefighters; exemption from jury service.","description":"Exemption from jury service; firefighters.  Provides that any person who is the only person performing services for a political subdivision as a firefighter and whose services are so essential to the operations of the political subdivision that such political subdivision will suffer an undue hardship in carrying out such services if such person is required to perform jury duty shall be exempt from jury service if he so requests.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1527/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1527","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220033,"bill_number":"HB1528","title":"Precious metals dealers; required to prepare daily reports.","description":"Precious metals dealers; daily reports. Requires every dealer to prepare a daily report containing certain information and to file such report by noon of the following day with the chief of police or other law-enforcement officer of the county, city or town where his business is conducted designated by the local attorney for the Commonwealth to receive it. The bill allows a dealer to compile and maintain the daily report in an electronic format and, if so maintained, to file the required daily report electronically with the appropriate law-enforcement officer through use of a disk, electronic transmission, or any other electronic means of reporting approved by the law-enforcement officer. Any local governing body may, by ordinance, require a dealer to maintain and file a daily report electronically through the use of a disk, electronic transmission, or any other electronic means of reporting approved by the law-enforcement officer. The bill allows a dealer to charge a service fee per transaction for making the daily electronic reports to the appropriate law-enforcement officers and for creating and maintaining the electronic records. Such fee shall not exceed five percent of the amount paid by the dealer for an item or $3, whichever is less. The bill requires the Superintendent of State Police to adopt regulations for the uniform reporting of information required by this section. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-22","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1528/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1528","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220034,"bill_number":"HB1529","title":"Pendente lite support orders; payment of debts.","description":"Pendente lite support orders; payment of debts. Provides that a pendente lite spousal support order may include ordering that a party pay secured or unsecured debts incurred jointly by the parties or in either party's name.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1529/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1529","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220035,"bill_number":"HB1530","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; banquet licenses for event planners.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; banquet licenses. Allows the Board to grant banquet licenses to persons who provide event planning services.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-27","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1530/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1530","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220036,"bill_number":"HB1531","title":"Motor fuels tax; increases rate and dedicates additional revenue to transportation system.","description":"Motor fuels tax; rate increase. Increases the motor fuels tax rate by $0.10 per gallon and dedicates the additional revenue to the operation, maintenance, improvement, and expansion of the Commonwealth's transportation system.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-27","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1531/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1531","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220037,"bill_number":"HB1532","title":"Tax administration, local; special commissioner to execute title to real estate in certain cities.","description":"Local tax administration; special commissioner to execute title to real estate. Lowers the threshold percentage of taxes and liens together on property from 50 percent to 35 percent of the assessed value of the parcel and, if only taxes, from 25 percent to 15 percent of the assessed value of the parcel in order to allow more properties to be conveyed to the cities of Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond in lieu of a public sale at auction.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1532/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1532","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220038,"bill_number":"HB1533","title":"Parole; eligibility for certain inmates otherwise ineligible.","description":"Parole; eligibility for certain inmates otherwise ineligible. Provides that in the case of a person who is ineligible for parole for a combination of three or more offenses involving murder, rape, or robbery, the Parole Board shall consider a petition for reconsideration of ineligibility for parole if the person (i) was convicted only of robbery, (ii) did not injure or attempt to injure any person, (iii) did not have assistance of counsel in preparing a petition for review of ineligibility previously considered on the merits under this provision, (iv) has been continuously confined for at least 15 years, and (v) has a record of good conduct during confinement. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-27","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1533/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1533","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220039,"bill_number":"HB1534","title":"General district court; civil jurisdiction in actions of unlawful entry or detainer.","description":"Civil jurisdiction in actions of unlawful entry or detainer in general district court. Provides that claims, counter-claims, and cross-claims filed in actions for unlawful entry or detainer are not subject to the maximum jurisdictional limit of $15,000 applicable in general district court regardless of the purpose for which the occupant is using the premises. Under current law, such claims, counter-claims, and cross-claims are not subject to the maximum jurisdictional limit of $15,000 applicable in general district court only if the occupant is using the premises primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1534/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1534","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220040,"bill_number":"HB1535","title":"Licensure or certification by Board of Medicine, etc.; consideration of military experience.","description":"Licensure or certification by the Board of Medicine or Board of Nursing; consideration of military training and experience.  Provides that the Boards of Medicine and Nursing shall consider and may accept relevant practical experience and didactic and clinical components of education and training completed by an applicant for licensure as a respiratory care practitioner; occupational therapist; radiologist assistant; radiologic technologist; radiologic technologist, limited; registered nurse; and practical nurse and for certification as a nurse aide during his service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States as evidence of satisfaction of the educational requirements for licensure or certification, as appropriate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0390)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1535/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1535","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220041,"bill_number":"HB1536","title":"Charter; City of Martinsville.","description":"Charter; City of Martinsville. Shifts the city's elections from May to November.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1536/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1536","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220042,"bill_number":"HB1537","title":"School calendar; opening of school year in certain school divisions.","description":"Opening of the school year in certain school divisions.  Authorizes the school boards of the City of Danville, the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County school divisions to set the opening of the school year so that the first day students are required to attend school is prior to Labor Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-28","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1537/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1537","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220043,"bill_number":"HB1538","title":"Health insurance; multiple employer welfare arrangements.","description":"Health insurance; multiple employer welfare arrangements. Exempts multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) that are comprised only of banks together with their plan-sponsoring organization, and their respective employees, from the provisions of the Commonwealth's insurance laws. Currently, such an exemption applies to MEWAs comprised of banks and their employees. The term \"plan-sponsoring organization\" is defined as an association that sponsors a MEWA comprised only of banks and that, among other things, has been in existence for at least five years and was not formed for the purpose of obtaining insurance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0329)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1538/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1538","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220044,"bill_number":"HB1539","title":"Tolls on Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway; requires advance approval by local government, etc.","description":"Tolls on Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway. Requires advance approval of any tolls for use of the Dulles Toll Road or Dulles Greenway by every local governing body of every county, city, and town through which the facility passes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-30","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1539/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1539","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220045,"bill_number":"HB1540","title":"Legislative Services, Division of; clarifies duties.","description":"Duties of the Division of Legislative Services.  Clarifies that the annual report of the Division of Legislative Services to the General Assembly and the Governor will be submitted for the most recently completed calendar year as soon as practicable after the first day of the next regular session and that the report may be electronically transmitted to legislators via the legislative electronic information system. The annual report includes the status of all reports, actions, or data collection required by legislation enacted by the General Assembly or otherwise requested by the General Assembly of agencies and collegial bodies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1540/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1540","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220046,"bill_number":"HB1541","title":"Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.","description":"Care of agricultural animals by owner; penalty.  Provides standards of care specifically for agricultural animals that ensure accommodation for customary farming activities. An owner of an agricultural animal is required to provide feed to prevent malnourishment, water to prevent dehydration and veterinary treatment as needed to address impairment of health or bodily function when such impairment cannot be otherwise addressed through animal husbandry. The bill also clarifies certain procedures for the seizure and impoundment of agricultural animals. It allows agricultural animals whose owner has not met the new adequate care standards to be sold by a local governing body.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1541/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1541","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220047,"bill_number":"HB1542","title":"Income tax, state; renewable energy property and energy audit tax credits.","description":"Income tax; renewable energy property and energy audit tax credits. Grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to individuals for renewable energy property and residential energy audits as follows: Solar panels tax credit - $1.25/watt for first 2,000 watts; $0.75/watt for 2,001‐8,000 watts; $0.25/watt for 8,001‐20,000 watts; not to exceed $10,500. Solar hot water tax credit - up to $2,000. Geothermal heat pumps - 10 percent of installed cost up to $3,000 tax credit. Residential energy audits - 50 percent of cost up to $250 tax credit; one per five-year period. The bill also grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to commercial business taxpayers for renewable energy property and energy audits as follows: Solar panels tax credit - $1.25/watt for first 2,000 watts; $0.75/watt for 2,001‐8,000 watts; $0.25/watt for 8,001‐20,000 watts; not to exceed $2.5 million. Solar hot water tax credit - 25 percent of installed cost up to $10,000. Geothermal heat pumps tax credit - 10 percent of installed cost up to $10,000. Commercial building energy audit - 50 percent of cost up to $500 tax credit; one per five-year period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1542/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1542","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220048,"bill_number":"HB1543","title":"School calendar; Board of Education may waive requirement that school opens after Labor Day.","description":"Opening of the school year. Provides that the Board of Education may waive the requirement that local school boards must set the calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school must be after Labor Day for any reason deemed reasonable by the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1543/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1543","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220049,"bill_number":"HB1544","title":"Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; increases percentage of Transportation Trust Fund revenues, etc.","description":"Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Increases the percentage of Transportation Trust Fund revenues flowing into the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund from 14.7 to 19 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1544/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1544","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220050,"bill_number":"HB1545","title":"Smoking; prohibition on grounds of public elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools.","description":"Smoking; prohibition on the grounds of public elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools. Expands the prohibition on smoking in the interior of public elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools to include the grounds of such schools. The bill also prohibits smoking in the interior of any public school administration building and the interior of any building where a school-sponsored event is being held off-site.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1545/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1545","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220051,"bill_number":"HB1546","title":"Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.","description":"Use of handheld personal communications devices in motor vehicles; penalty. Makes texting while driving a primary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1546/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1546","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220052,"bill_number":"HB1547","title":"Income tax, state; nonprofit charitable donations for Energy Star qualified products tax credit.","description":"Income tax; nonprofit charitable donations for Energy Star qualified products tax credit. Grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to individual taxpayers and business taxpayers that make a cash donation to charitable nonprofit organizations that use the donation to construct, purchase, or lease Energy Star qualified products for their headquarters on or after January 1, 2012. The amount of the credit equals 50 percent of such equipment expenditures but not more than $25,000 total.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1547/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1547","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220053,"bill_number":"HB1548","title":"Parental notification; school board policy violations.","description":"Parental notification; school board policy violations. Requires the school principal, or designee, to notify the parents of a student who violates a school board policy or the compulsory school attendance requirements when such violation is likely to result in the student's suspension or the filing of a court petition.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-02","last_action":"Senate: Defeated by Senate (12-Y 28-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1548/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1548","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220054,"bill_number":"HB1549","title":"Virginia-grown food products; purchase by state agencies and institutions, etc.","description":"Purchase of Virginia-grown food products by state agencies and institutions and local school divisions. Provides for the Department of General Services to establish procurement procedures to facilitate the purchase of Virginia-grown food products by state agencies and institutions and local public school divisions to the maximum extent possible. The bill also provides local school divisions with an exemption from competitive sealed bidding under certain circumstances when procuring Virginia-grown food products for student consumption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1549/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1549","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220055,"bill_number":"HB1550","title":"Textbook publishers; Board of Education shall certify publishers.","description":"Approval of textbook publishers. Provides that the Board of Education shall certify publishers of textbooks rather than approving the textbooks themselves. In order to become a Board-certified publisher, a publisher must agree to (i) employ established content experts to review every textbook available for sale to Virginia school divisions, (ii) list with each book the content experts that have reviewed it, (iii) certify that the content of books for sale to Virginia school divisions in Standards of Learning subjects meet the appropriate mandated content standards, and (iv) agree to be fully responsible for replacing, correcting, or otherwise fixing any mistakes discovered by the Board or the Superintendent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1550/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1550","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220056,"bill_number":"HB1551","title":"Parking; regulation of certain vehicles in Hanover County.","description":"Regulation of parking by certain counties and towns. Grants to Hanover County the same powers to regulate vehicular parking presently granted to the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Stafford, and Prince William and the Towns of Clifton, Herndon, and Vienna.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1551/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1551","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220057,"bill_number":"HB1552","title":"Concealed handgun permits; amends language relating to issuance of de facto permits.","description":"Issuance of concealed handgun permits. Amends the language relating to the issuance of de facto concealed handgun permits. Current law states that if a court does not issue a permit or find that the applicant is disqualified, within 45 days of receipt of the application, the clerk is to certify the application and send it to the applicant. The certified application then serves as a de facto permit until the actual permit is issued or the applicant is found to be disqualified. The bill states that the clerk must mail or e-mail the certified application to the applicant within five business days of the expiration of the 45-day period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1552/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1552","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220058,"bill_number":"HB1557","title":"Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of department staff to veterans residing in State.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; ratio of department staff to veterans residing in the Commonwealth. Clarifies that the number of employees assigned to the processing of benefit claims shall be sufficient to maintain a ratio of one staff person for every 26,212 veterans residing in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1557/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1557","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220059,"bill_number":"HB1558","title":"Overweight farm machinery, etc.; prohibits operation on any Interstate Highway System component.","description":"Overweight farm machinery and agricultural multipurpose drying units. Prohibits the operation of overweight farm machinery or agricultural multipurpose drying units on any Interstate Highway System component when the axle and gross weights are over certain amounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1558/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1558","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220060,"bill_number":"HB1559","title":"Audiologists; those with doctoral degree shall not be required to pass exam to obtain a license.","description":"Audiologists; sale of hearing aids. Exempts audiologists with a doctoral degree in audiology licensed to practice in Virginia from the examination requirement for issuance of a license to engage in the practice of fitting or dealing in hearing aids.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Departments of Health Professions and Professional & Occcupational Regulation","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1559/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1559","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220061,"bill_number":"HB1560","title":"Elections; voting procedures and voter identification requirements.","description":"Elections; voting procedures; voter identification requirements; provisional ballots.  Provides that a voter who is unable to present one of the enumerated forms of identification may sign a sworn statement that he is the named registered voter he claims to be and then be allowed to vote a provisional ballot after signing the statement. Present law allows such a voter to vote an official rather than provisional ballot after signing such statement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1560/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1560","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220062,"bill_number":"HB1561","title":"Zoning administrator; appeal of decisions.","description":"Appeal of zoning administrator decisions. Provides that the zoning administrator shall give notice to the governing body of the issuance of any written order, requirement, decision, or determination regarding the permissibility of a specific use or density of use of a landowner's property at the next public meeting of the governing body following such issuance. The notice to the governing body shall be deemed as public notice to the interested parties for purposes of calculating time limits for appealing or challenging the written order, requirement, decision, or determination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-04","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1561/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1561","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220063,"bill_number":"HB1562","title":"Home/electronic incarceration; good conduct credits.","description":"Good conduct credits; home electronic incarceration.  Requires misdemeanants assigned to home electronic incarceration, unless serving a mandatory minimum sentence, to earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each day served if they are participating in work release employment or an educational or other rehabilitative program or due to a medical condition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-04","last_action":"House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1562/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1562","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220064,"bill_number":"HB1563","title":"Good conduct credits; failure to comply with order or decree for support.","description":"Failure to comply with order or decree for support; good conduct credits. Allows a person sentenced to jail for nonsupport and who is assigned to a work release program or to perform public service work to earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each one day served on electronic monitoring.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-04","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1563/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1563","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220065,"bill_number":"HB1564","title":"Lien of keeper of garage; storage charges.","description":"Lien of keeper of garage; storage charges. Provides that if the lienor does not retrieve the vehicle within seven business days after being notified by certified mail, the keeper of garage may charge the lienor with all applicable storage charges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-04","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1564/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1564","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220066,"bill_number":"HB1565","title":"Court records; secure remote access restrictions do not apply to secure access by attorneys, etc.","description":"Secure remote access to court records. Provides that restrictions on the secure remote access to court records do not apply to secure access by attorneys in good standing with the Virginia State Bar and their authorized agents and attorneys admitted to practice pro hac vice. The bill also permits secure remote access by governmental agencies authorized by the clerk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1565/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1565","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220067,"bill_number":"HB1566","title":"House and Senate voting records; publication on legislative electronic information system.","description":"Publication of House and Senate voting records. Provides that, beginning with the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the Legislative Support Commission, through the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, from information and data provided by the Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Senate, must post on the legislative electronic information system (LIS) the recorded committee, subcommittee, and floor votes of each member of the General Assembly on legislation acted upon in each house. The information pertaining to the voting records of legislative members must be electronically accessible to state agencies, political subdivisions, and the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1566/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1566","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220068,"bill_number":"HB1567","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; members of certain private smoking lounges exempt from licensure.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; exemptions from licensure. Provides that no ABC license is required for the keeping and consumption by any bona fide member and guest thereof of any lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages in a private smoking lounge that (i) requires membership, (ii) is not open to the public, and (iii) is contained within any establishment devoted to the sale of tobacco products (commonly referred to as tobacco shops). The bill provides that such alcoholic beverages shall not be sold or charged for in any way by any person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1567/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1567","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220069,"bill_number":"HB1568","title":"Elections; counting absentee ballots of deceased voters.","description":"Elections; absentee ballots; deceased voter. Provides that an absentee ballot cast by a voter found to be entitled to vote when he returned the ballot will be counted although the voter died between the time he returned the ballot and the time that the absentee ballots are counted on election day.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1568/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1568","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220070,"bill_number":"HB1569","title":"Marital debts; equitable distribution.","description":"Equitable distribution; marital debts. Provides that for purposes of equitable distribution in divorce actions, the court is required to classify debts of the parties as either marital or separate. The bill defines what constitutes a marital debt and a separate debt for purposes of classification and establishes how a party may rebut such a classification. This bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court's decision in Gilliam v. McGrady, 279 Va. 703, 691 S.E.2d 797 (2010).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1569/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1569","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220071,"bill_number":"HB1570","title":"Court fees; increases from $10 to $14 additional fees that are collected.","description":"Court fees.  Increases from $10 to $14 the additional court fees that are collected, upon commencement of a civil action in circuit or general district court, in cities and counties in which free, civil legal representation is provided for the poor by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar. The bill also changes from $9 to $13 the amount that, from such additional fee, is to be credited to the Virginia State Bar's Legal Aid Services Fund.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1570/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1570","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220072,"bill_number":"HB1571","title":"Lawyers; client accounts.","description":"Professions; lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court from adopting a disciplinary rule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearing account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (10-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1571/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1571","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220073,"bill_number":"HB1572","title":"ROTC cadets, certain; cadet attending any higher educational institution shall pay in-state tuition.","description":"In-state tuition; certain ROTC cadets. Provides that any enrolled cadet in good standing in any Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) unit or any current member of a Reserve Component of the United States Armed Forces attending any public institution of higher education shall pay tuition in an amount no more than the institution's in-state tuition rate.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1572/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1572","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220074,"bill_number":"HB1573","title":"Castle doctrine; encodes version allowing use of deadly force against an intruder in dwelling.","description":"Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the \"castle doctrine,\" allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force by a person in his dwelling, against an intruder in the dwelling who has committed an overt act against him or another person who is lawfully in the dwelling, without civil liability.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 4-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1573/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1573","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220075,"bill_number":"HB1574","title":"Mandatory self-identification; failure to identify oneself to law-enforcement officer.","description":"Mandatory self-identification.  Provides that any person, when he is lawfully detained by a law-enforcement officer under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime, and is requested by the officer to identify himself, shall do so. Any such person who refuses to identify himself is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1574/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1574","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220076,"bill_number":"HB1575","title":"Public schools; antibullying measures.","description":"Public schools; antibullying measures.  Adds specificity to the codes of student conduct required of local school divisions in terms of how incidents of bullying, harassment, and intimidation are handled. The bill provides that teacher training in this area be required, and that incidents of bullying, harassment, and intimidation be reported to the division superintendent. The bill also requires that the codes of student conduct hold school administrators responsible for implementing the procedures outlined in the local policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1575/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1575","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220077,"bill_number":"HB1576","title":"Bullying; definition, punishment for actions.","description":"Definition of and punishment for bullying. Defines \"bullying\" to mean recklessly or intentionally endangering the health or safety of a student by exposing the student repeatedly and over time to physical aggression or intimidation, whether through direct physical contact or through the use of information or communication technology, resulting in bodily injury or other harm to person or property. This definition does not supersede or limit any definition of bullying developed by the Board of Education or the actual codes of student conduct adopted by school boards pursuant to §22.1-279.6. Bullying is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1576/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1576","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220078,"bill_number":"HB1577","title":"Lien and secured creditors; duties.","description":"Duties of lien and secured creditors. Changes from 90 to 60 the number of days by which a secured creditor is required to submit for recording a satisfaction of a security instrument after the creditor receives full payment or performance of the secured obligation. The bill similarly changes from 90 to 60 the number of days by which a lien creditor is required, after full or partial payment or satisfaction has been made of a debt secured by a deed of trust, vendor's lien, or other lien, to provide a certificate of satisfaction to the settlement agent or deliver it to the clerk's office with the necessary fee for filing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1577/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1577","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220079,"bill_number":"HB1578","title":"Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory practice on applications that are for affordable housing.","description":"Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory practice, affordable housing. Specifies that localities shall not discriminate by failing to grant an application for land use or the permitting of a development, that is to be used either wholly or in part as affordable housing, solely on that basis. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Tabled in General Laws (12-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1578/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1578","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220080,"bill_number":"HB1579","title":"Sex offender registry; penalties when registrants do not disclose all real property owned in State.","description":"Sex offender registry; penalties. Requires registrants to disclose all real property owned in the Commonwealth, including property that they own jointly or through a corporation or partnership. Access to the real property information must be available on the State Police maintained website.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1579/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1579","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220081,"bill_number":"HB1580","title":"Firefighters, certain; allowed to purchase service-issued helmets or boots at fair market value.","description":"Purchase of service-issued helmet or boots by certain firefighters. Authorizes a locality to allow any paid or volunteer firefighter for such jurisdiction with between 10 and 20 years of service to purchase the helmet or boots issued to the firefighter at fair market value. The bill also authorizes a locality to allow a paid or volunteer firefighter with over 20 years of service to purchase the helmet or boots issued to the firefighter at a price of $1.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-08","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)","last_action_date":"2011-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1580/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1580","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220082,"bill_number":"HB1581","title":"Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones).","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones). Requires the Department of General Services and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop procurement regulations for the utilization of small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones). The bill also authorizes public bodies to establish programs to facilitate the participation of small businesses in HUB zones. Such programs must be in writing and comply with any enhancement or remedial measures authorized by the Governor in the case of state agencies or the chief executive of a local governing body in the case of local agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1581/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1581","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220083,"bill_number":"HB1582","title":"Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created.","description":"Transportation funding; Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank. Creates the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (VTIB) as a special fund to provide loans and grants to public and private entities to fund transportation projects in the Commonwealth. The special fund shall consist of revenues generated through the privatization of the Commonwealth's ABC stores and revenues generated through a one-time drawing down of construction cash reserves by the Virginia Department of Transportation. VTIB is authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $4 billion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2527-Howell, W.J.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1582/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1582","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220084,"bill_number":"HB1583","title":"School breakfast & lunch program; Bd. of Education to ensure nutritional content of food is posted.","description":"Nutritional content; school breakfast and lunch program. Requires the Board of Education to ensure that the nutritional content of all foods sold to students as part of the official school breakfast or school lunch program is posted or otherwise made available. Such content must include but not be limited to calorie, fat, sugar, and sodium content.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1583/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1583","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220085,"bill_number":"HB1584","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product, Internet access, or other thing (i.e., phone card, movie rental vouchers), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill provides that but for the free points or other measurable units, the purchase of the product, Internet access, or other thing would be of insufficient value in and of itself to justify the purchase or is merely incidental to the chance to win money.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0879)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1584/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1584","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220086,"bill_number":"HB1585","title":"Child support; court shall make a determination and enter an order containing such determination.","description":"Determinations of child support. Provides that a court shall make a determination of child support and enter an order to that effect at the initial court date on any initial petition for support, provided that the court has sufficient evidence to make such a determination, if the petitioner demonstrates that he (i) has physical custody of the child for whom support is being sought and (ii) has personally served the respondent with the petition or the respondent appears in person at the initial hearing. The bill also provides that the court may, however, enter a temporary support order if it makes a written finding that continuation of the matter is proper. If the respondent contests paternity and the court cannot establish paternity at the initial hearing, the case shall be continued without the entry of a temporary support order.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-24","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1585/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1585","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220087,"bill_number":"HB1586","title":"Insurance policies; exemptions of large commercial risks.","description":"Insurance; large commercial risks.  Makes professional liability insurance policies eligible for the exemptions that currently exist for most types of policies written for large commercial risks. Currently, professional liability insurance and workers' compensation insurance are the only lines of insurance excluded from the provision that exempts insurance of large commercial risks from requirements that policy forms and rates be filed with, and approved by, the State Corporation Commission. The measure also eliminates the requirement that insurers issuing policies under the exemption for large commercial risks report annually to the State Corporation Commission on the number of exempted policyholders and the criteria establishing the exemption.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1586/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1586","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220088,"bill_number":"HB1587","title":"Business license incentive program; Cities of Va. Beach & Chesapeake may establish for businesses.","description":"Local license taxes. Permits any county, city or town to provide relief from license taxes to any business locating in such county, city or town for the first time, for the first two years after such location.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1587/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1587","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220089,"bill_number":"HB1588","title":"Real property tax assessments; appeals.","description":"Real property tax assessments; appeals. Specifies that the burden of proof is on a taxpayer, when he appeals the assessment of real property to a board of equalization or to a circuit court, to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the property in question is valued at more than fair-market value or the assessment is not uniform in its application. The bill includes requirements on assessors to provide certain notice and to furnish certain information in appeals of assessments. The bill is applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1588/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1588","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220090,"bill_number":"HB1589","title":"DUI ignition interlock; limitations on driver convicted of DUI.","description":"DUI ignition interlock limitations. Provides that a person who is convicted of DUI is required to have an ignition interlock on the first offense as a condition of a restricted license. Currently, the requirement for an ignition interlock is imposed only upon a second or subsequent offense or when the offender's BAC is above 0.15 percent. The bill also provides that the court may authorize a restricted license for travel to and from the interlock installer. The bill also adds passenger vehicles designed to transport more than 15 passengers to the types of vehicles that cannot be operated by a person who is required to have an interlock but who is otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle owned or provided by his employer in the course of his employment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1589/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1589","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220091,"bill_number":"HB1590","title":"Jurisdictional limits of courts; increases maximum civil limit of general district courts.","description":"Jurisdictional limits of courts. Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum civil jurisdictional limit of general district courts. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1590/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1590","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220092,"bill_number":"HB1591","title":"DUI breath test certificates; notice is to be provided to clerk of court under certain time frame.","description":"Notice of breath test certificates.  Provides that, for purposes of compliance with notice to defendants of their right to confrontation of witnesses who perform chemical, etc., analyses of evidence to be offered at trial, in the case of DUI breath test certificates, the notice is to be provided to the clerk of court no later than three business days following the day that the certificate and notice are provided to the accused. Current law requires that such notice be provided to the clerk and defendant on the same day.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1591/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1591","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220093,"bill_number":"HB1592","title":"Public procurement; state agencies to put requests for bids, etc., on DGS' website.","description":"Public procurement; posting on website. Requires all state authorities, agencies, institutions, departments, and other units of state government to put requests for proposal and invitations to bid on the Department of General Services' website. The bill encourages, but does not require, local public bodies to likewise.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1592/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1592","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220094,"bill_number":"HB1593","title":"Court-ordered disclosure of electronic communication service records; sealing of order.","description":"Sealing of order; court-ordered disclosure of electronic communication service records.  Provides that when a court orders the disclosure of records of a provider of electronic communication services or remote computing services, the order and any written application or statement of facts may be sealed for 90 days for good cause shown upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth in an ex parte proceeding and that the attorney for the Commonwealth can apply to have the sealing continue for additional 90-day periods.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1593/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1593","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220095,"bill_number":"HB1594","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds attorneys for State, etc., as members.","description":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Adds attorneys for the Commonwealth and their assistants as members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1594/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1594","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220096,"bill_number":"HB1595","title":"Public Procurement Act; procurement of professional services by local public bodies.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of professional services by local public bodies.  Increases the threshold from $30,000 to $50,000 for local public bodies procuring professional services in the aggregate or for the sum of all phases of such a contract or project. The bill provides that where such contracts are not expected to exceed $50,000, the public body may establish written small purchase procedures that provide for competition wherever practicable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-08","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)","last_action_date":"2011-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1595/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1595","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220097,"bill_number":"HB1596","title":"Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.","description":"Expansion of gang-free zones. Adds school bus stops and publicly owned parks, libraries and hospitals to the list of places denoted \"gang-free zones.\" Criminal gang activity that occurs in gang-free zones receives additional punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1596/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1596","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220098,"bill_number":"HB1597","title":"Secondhand metal articles; expands requirements imposed on purchasers.","description":"Purchases of secondhand metal articles. Expands the requirements imposed on purchasers of secondhand steel, copper, copper wire, aluminum, aluminum wire, brass, brass bearings or fittings, electric light or gas fixtures, locks or other builders hardware, plumbing fixtures, bell or bell fixtures, lead or brass water pipes or any part of such fixtures or pipes, or any wire, cable, lead, solder, copper, iron or brass used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility company. Purchasers will be required to (i) include the employment and work and residence telephone numbers on the seller's receipt or bill of sale; (ii) collect copies of the seller's thumb prints; (iii) make a copy of the seller's driver's license or other form of government identification that includes the seller's name, residence address, and date of birth; (iv) record the vehicle registration card of any automobile or other vehicle in which the covered article was delivered, if any; (v) take a photograph of any covered article purchased; (vi) retain the materials for six months after the purchase; (vii) make the receipt or bill of sale and other materials available to law-enforcement officers; (viii) withhold payments until the third business day following delivery of the covered article; (ix) make any payment of $50 or more in the form of a check; and (x) hold covered articles for seven days following their purchase. The requirements do not apply to items purchased from a plumber; the owner of buildings from which the item is taken; railroad, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing, or public utility company; the agent of any of these persons; or a person holding a permit to deal in secondhand building fixtures. Incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1597/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1597","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220099,"bill_number":"HB1598","title":"Solar energy collection devices; no community association shall prohibit installation or use.","description":"Restrictive covenants regarding solar energy collection devices. Invalidates any new or existing restrictive covenant adopted by a community association that prohibits or restricts an owner from installing or using any solar energy collection device on the owner's property. Community associations may establish reasonable restrictions as to the size, place, and manner regarding the placement of such devices on private property and community areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1598/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1598","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220100,"bill_number":"HB1599","title":"Enterprise zone incentive grants; policies and procedures for allocation.","description":"Enterprise zones; attestation of information. Eliminates the requirement that the accuracy and validity of information from business firms with base year employment of 100 or fewer positions, and that create 25 or fewer grant eligible positions, on permanent full-time positions, wage rates, and provision of health benefits provided in enterprise zone applications be attested to by an independent certified public accountant licensed in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1599/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1599","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220101,"bill_number":"HB1600","title":"Libraries; locality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, etc., on premises.","description":"Control of firearms; libraries. Provides that a locality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in libraries owned or operated by the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1600/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1600","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220102,"bill_number":"HB1601","title":"Aggravated involuntary manslaughter; punishment when committed by unlicensed driver.","description":"Aggravated involuntary manslaughter. Provides that any person who, as a result of driving under the influence in violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of §18.2-266 (DUI) or any local ordinance substantially similar thereto, unintentionally causes the death of another personwhile operating a motor vehicle (i) without a valid driver's license or (ii) when his license is suspended or revoked is guilty of aggravated involuntary manslaughter, a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than 20 years, one year of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. Under current law, a person is guilty of aggravated involuntary manslaughter when he causes the death of another while driving under the influence in a manner so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1601/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1601","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220103,"bill_number":"HB1602","title":"Virginia War of 1812 Heritage Trail; established.","description":"Virginia War of 1812 Heritage Trail. Creates The Virginia War of 1812 Heritage Trail as a part of the national observance of the bicentennial of the War of 1812.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1602/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1602","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220104,"bill_number":"HB1603","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those marking bicentennial of American War of 1812.","description":"Special license plates; bicentennial of the American War of 1812. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates marking the bicentennial of the American War of 1812. In addition to the prescribed cost of state license plates, these plates will be subject to a one-time surcharge of $15; $5 of this $15 will be paid to the Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission to support its operation and programs in Virginia. Minimum order requirements, etc., established by §46.2-725 will not apply to these plates. Authorization for the special license plates expires on July 1, 2015, the date on which the Commission shall expire. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1603/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1603","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220105,"bill_number":"HB1604","title":"Income tax, corporate; market-based sourcing.","description":"Corporate income tax; market-based sourcing. Changes the way the sales factor is determined, for purposes of the corporate income tax, so that it will be market-based sourcing rather than costs-of-performance, which is the current method used.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1604/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1604","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220106,"bill_number":"HB1605","title":"Patient records; falsifying records with intent to defraud is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Falsifying patient records.  Rewrites statute on the fraudulent falsification of patient records, which is a Class 3 misdemeanor, to require intent to defraud and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1605/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1605","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220107,"bill_number":"HB1606","title":"Incapacitated adults; abuse and neglect.","description":"Incapacitated adults; abuse and neglect. Narrows the definition of incapacitated adult and expands the definition of neglect in the criminal statute. The statute of limitations for a misdemeanor prosecution under the statute is lengthened to five years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1606/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1606","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220108,"bill_number":"HB1607","title":"Crimes against adults 60 years of age or older; increases criminal penalties.","description":"Penalty for certain crimes against adults 60 years of age or older. Increases criminal penalties when the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older and the offender knows or reasonably should know the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older as follows: Any person who commits a grand larceny shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than 20 years. Any person who obtains money by false pretenses is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person who signs another's name to a writing is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Any person who commits an identity theft resulting in financial loss of greater than $200 is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who commits a second or subsequent offense shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years in addition to the punishment provided for such offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1607/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1607","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220109,"bill_number":"HB1608","title":"TANF; establishes Fund, State to support agencies, etc., seeking to assist low-income Virginians.","description":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.  Provides that the Department of Social Services is designated as the state agency responsible for coordinating state efforts related to supporting public agencies and charitable and community groups seeking to assist low-income Virginians in their efforts to become self-sufficient and establishes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund to supplement the Department's administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant and assist the Commonwealth in maximizing program funds by leveraging individual, corporate, and charitable donations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1608/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1608","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220110,"bill_number":"HB1609","title":"Public Procurement Act; definition of public body.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; definitions; public body.  Adds metropolitan planning organizations and planning district commissions to the definition of \"public body\" as used in the Virginia Public Procurement Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-08","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)","last_action_date":"2011-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1609/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1609","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220111,"bill_number":"HB1610","title":"Defective Chinese drywall; disclosure of information, real estate tax exemption.","description":"Defective Chinese drywall; disclosure, assessed value, real estate tax exemption. Requires licensees engaged by sellers and buyers, and landlords who have actual knowledge of defective Chinese drywall in a dwelling unit, to disclose that information to the prospective tenant or buyer. If a tenant is not provided disclosure within 60 days of discovery of defective drywall he may terminate the lease. The bill also provides, upon confirmation by a building official that defective Chinese drywall is present, that the commissioner or other assessing official may reassess the property accordingly. Local governments may also designate the property as a rehabilitation district for purposes of granting the owner a partial real estate tax exemption. This bill is a recommendation of the Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1610/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1610","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220112,"bill_number":"HB1611","title":"Landlord and tenant laws; service of process may be accomplished by a sheriff, etc.","description":"Landlord and tenant laws. Provides that localities must have a uniform set of standards as provided in the Statewide Building Code for smoke detectors, and tenants must maintain smoke detectors; prohibits tenants from painting or altering a dwelling unit without the prior written approval of the landlord; and allows a private process server to serve process. The bill also allows a landlord to take legal action against a relocated tenant for noncompliance during the relocation; and in cases involving a deceased tenant, authorizes the landlord to dispose of such tenant's property if not claimed by the person identified on the lease to be notified in the event of the death of a tenant after the 10-day notice to such person. Currently, such person has 30 days after the 10-day notice to remove the decedent's property before it may be disposed of by the landlord. The bill further provides that withholding tax from a Virginia source for a nonresident landlord is not required where the landlord owns no more than four dwelling units and removes the grandfather provision for a rental inspection district created by Fairfax City before January 1, 2009. Finally, the bill includes the following provisions that are subject to a reenactment clause: (i) authorizing service of process to be accomplished by a sheriff and for service to be received and accepted electronically provided sufficient proof of delivery is retained, and (ii) allowing the sheriff to charge an additional $10 for electronic service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1611/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1611","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220113,"bill_number":"HB1612","title":"Patriots Crossing project; requires VDOT to accept for review unsolicited proposal for construction.","description":"Patriots Crossing project. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to accept for review unsolicited proposals for construction of the Patriots Crossing (Third Crossing) project at Hampton Roads. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1612/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1612","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220114,"bill_number":"HB1613","title":"Prisoner programs, local; allows workforces to assist with maintaining certain cemeteries.","description":"Local prisoner programs; workforces in certain cemeteries.  Allows workforces to assist with maintaining privately owned, abandoned cemeteries.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1613/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1613","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220115,"bill_number":"HB1614","title":"Prepaid cards; disclosure requirements.","description":"Prepaid cards; disclosure requirements. Requires issuers of general-use prepaid cards to disclose information regarding all fees associated with the cards. The disclosures are required to be presented in the form of a table that is consistent with the tabular format required for credit card disclosures under §122(c) of the federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1614/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1614","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220116,"bill_number":"HB1615","title":"Cemeteries and graves of historic significance; expands an existing program to include.","description":"Cemeteries and graves of historic significance.  Expands an existing program under which funds are available to organizations maintaining Confederate cemeteries and graves to include other cemeteries and graves of historic significance. Two cemeteries owned by the City of Richmond are added to the list of those for which organizations may receive money for maintenance. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Historic Resources to develop a procedure for the certification of grave sites of slaves for the purpose of assisting groups interested in maintaining such sites to verify the accuracy of information indicating that slaves are buried at the site.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1615/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1615","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220117,"bill_number":"HB1616","title":"Assault and battery against family or household member; penalty.","description":"Assault and battery against family or household member; penalty. Creates a new Class 1 misdemeanor to punish an adult having a custodial relationship over a juvenile who knowingly allows the juvenile to be present during the assault and battery of a family or household member.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1616/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1616","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220118,"bill_number":"HB1617","title":"Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled; Governor to convey certain property.","description":"Property transfer; Governor; Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled. Authorizes the Governor to convey certain property held in the name of the board of visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled located in Hampton, Virginia, to Insight Enterprises, Inc., for the purpose of providing (i) housing and educational opportunities for disabled youth, (ii) vocational training for disabled youth and adults, and (iii) a technical center for the elderly and disabled.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1617/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1617","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220119,"bill_number":"HB1618","title":"Mopeds; any city by ordinance may prohibit operation on certain highways.","description":"Mopeds. Allows any city by ordinance to prohibit the operation of mopeds on highways with posted speed limits of 45 miles per hour or more.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1618/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1618","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220120,"bill_number":"HB1619","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report.","description":"Virginia College Savings Plan. Clarifies the roles of the two advisory committees to the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan and requires the Board to post the annual report on its website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1619/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1619","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220121,"bill_number":"HB1620","title":"Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority; increases membership.","description":"Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority; membership. Increases the membership on the Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority from 18 to 19 members by adding an additional gubernatorial appointee. In addition to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade being a named member of the Authority, the Governor would be given the power to appoint an Assistant to the Governor or other Cabinet member.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1620/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1620","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220122,"bill_number":"HB1621","title":"Open-space land; expands definition.","description":"Open-space land. Expands the definition of open-space land in the Open-Space Land Act to include lands provided or preserved for agricultural and forestal production.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1621/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1621","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220123,"bill_number":"HB1622","title":"Reckless operation of watercraft; includes paddleboards and other self-propelled watercraft.","description":"Reckless operation of watercraft; paddleboards.  Clarifies that the current prohibition against the reckless operation of motorboats, skis, surfboards, or other devices includes the reckless operation of paddleboards and other self-propelled watercraft.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1622/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1622","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220124,"bill_number":"HB1623","title":"Wetlands; requirement of individual or general Virginia Water Protection Permit.","description":"Impacts to wetlands. Provides that no individual or general Virginia Water Protection Permit is required to be issued for a project's impacts to wetlands if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued an individual wetlands permit.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-24","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1623/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1623","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220125,"bill_number":"HB1624","title":"Environmental Quality, Department of; powers of Executive Director.","description":"Department of Environmental Quality; consent agreements. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, when the State Water Control Board is not in session, to enter into consent orders with persons who have violated the water control laws or provisions of their ground water permit or surface water management area permits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1624/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1624","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220126,"bill_number":"HB1625","title":"Fumigation facilities; exempted from various state and federal regulations.","description":"Qualified fumigation facilities exempted from regulations. Exempts facilities referred to as qualified fumigation facilities from various state and federal regulations. Qualified fumigation facilities conduct commodity fumigation using certain chemicals regulated under the federal Clean Air Act and as required by law and regulation, are not otherwise exempt under regulations of the State Air Pollution Control Board, have the potential to emit less than 10 tons per year of any hazardous air pollutant or 25 tons per year of any combination of hazardous air pollutants, and conduct fumigation activities that are, at a minimum, one of the following: (i) performed in buildings or locations within the facility that are no closer than 300 feet from an area regularly occupied by the public, (ii) performed in buildings or containers that are sealed during fumigation and that voluntarily employ capture and control technologies for the fumigant emissions, or (iii) monitored utilizing equipment and methods recognized as an industry standard or by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Qualified fumigation facilities must also post signs at the sites of fumigation activities and provide the Department of Environmental Quality with written notice and reports.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1625/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1625","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220127,"bill_number":"HB1626","title":"Onsite sewage systems; voluntary upgrades.","description":"Onsite sewage systems; voluntary upgrades. Allows the owner of an onsite or alternative discharging sewage system that is not failing to obtain a construction permit to improve the system, in accordance with regulations of the Board of Health, provided such upgrade is for the purposes of reducing threats to the public health, or to ground and surface waters, including the reduction of nitrogen discharges. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1626/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1626","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220128,"bill_number":"HB1627","title":"Common Interest Community Board; annual payment by common interest communities.","description":"Common Interest Community Board; annual payment by common interest communities.  Changes the minimum amount payable annually by common interest communities to the Common Interest Community Board from the lesser of $1,000 or five hundredths of one percent (0.05%) to the lesser of $3,000 or three hundredths of one percent (0.03%).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1627/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1627","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220129,"bill_number":"HB1628","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; makes procedural changes.","description":"Sex offender registry; registration and reregistration.  Makes procedural changes to some of the registration and reregistration procedures set forth in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Where current law requires registration or reregistration to take place within three days, the bill clarifies that this means business days. The bill also specifies that when a person is required to reregister within 30 minutes of a change to an electronic mail or Internet communication identity, and such reregistration takes place electronically, the reregistration is deemed to have occurred when the person sent the update, and not when it was received or opened by the law-enforcement agency. Finally, the bill requires the Department of State Police to develop a system for allowing electronic reregistration of email and other Internet communication identity information. Current law allows this to be done electronically, but no system exists to implement the provision.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1628/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1628","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220130,"bill_number":"HB1629","title":"Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; parking violations on their properties, civil penalty.","description":"Parking violations on Department of Game and Inland Fisheries properties. Clarifies that parking violations that occur on DGIF properties are subject to a $25 civil penalty, not to criminal penalties. The civil penalties will be deposited in the Game Protection Fund.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1629/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1629","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220131,"bill_number":"HB1631","title":"Highway maintenance; payments to cities and towns.","description":"Payments to cities and towns for highway maintenance. Equalizes municipal street payments to comparable amounts paid for state maintenance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1631/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1631","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220132,"bill_number":"HB1632","title":"TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.","description":"Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies.  Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive TANF assistance shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of possession of a controlled substance provided he complies with all obligations imposed by the court, has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1632/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1632","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220133,"bill_number":"HB1633","title":"Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty.","description":"Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 5 felony to knowingly, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control of an elderly or vulnerable adult's property or financial resources with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the property or financial resources. If the violation is by a caregiver or person with a fiduciary relationship it is a Class 3 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1633/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1633","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220134,"bill_number":"HB1634","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Washington County to those localities authorized to impose.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Washington County. Adds Washington County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax rate up to three percent in addition to the two percent rate available to all counties (a total maximum tax rate of five percent). All revenue from the additional three percent rate shall be used solely for travel and tourism.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1634/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1634","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220135,"bill_number":"HB1635","title":"Virginia ports; requires approval of both Governor & General Assembly before change in ownership.","description":"Virginia ports; change in ownership. Requires approval of both the Governor and the General Assembly before any change in ownership of the Virginia ports is permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1635/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1635","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220136,"bill_number":"HB1636","title":"Intangible personal property tax; classification of certain machinery and tools.","description":"Intangible personal property tax; machinery and tools. Classifies as intangible personal property, and therefore subject solely to state taxation, (i) machinery and tools purchased on or after July 1, 2011, for the first three years following the date of purchase and (ii) machinery and tools used for business purposes, for the first three years after being brought into the Commonwealth for the first time. The bill also classifies as intangible personal property, and therefore subject solely to state taxation, machinery and tools that have been in use for at least 10 years and are located in any county, city, or town in which the assessed value of the machinery and tools is greater than one percent of the original cost.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1636/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1636","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220137,"bill_number":"HB1638","title":"Commercial and industrial sales and use tax; extends sunset date for certain machinery, etc.","description":"Sales and use tax exemptions; commercial and industrial. Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2016 for (i) machinery, tools, and equipment used in drilling for natural gas or oil and (ii) orbital or suborbital space facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1638/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1638","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220138,"bill_number":"HB1639","title":"Virginia Nanotechnology Authority; created, report.","description":"Virginia Nanotechnology Authority; established. .Establishes the Virginia Nanotechnology Authority to promote development of nanotechnology in Virginia. The Authority will be responsible for administering a fund to provide industry and institutions of higher education with discovery grants, collaboration grants, and prototype grants. The Authority will be governed by a board of directors and managed by a president at the direction of the Board. The president is responsible for creating a virtual Virginia Nanotechnology Users Network to facilitate research and development of nanotechnology at the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2324-Lingamfelter) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1639/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1639","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220139,"bill_number":"HB1640","title":"Offers of judgment; costs.","description":"Offers of judgment; costs. Provides that a party defending a claim may serve upon an adverse party not less than 10 days before trial an offer to allow judgment to be taken against him on specified terms, including the costs then accrued. An offer of judgment may also be made by a party whose liability to another has been determined, but where the extent of his liability is to be determined in a subsequent proceeding. If the offer is accepted, the court shall enter the judgment. If the offer is not accepted, and the adverse party does not obtain a judgment more favorable than the offer, the adverse party shall pay all costs incurred from the time of the offer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1640/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1640","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220140,"bill_number":"HB1641","title":"Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; established.","description":"Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. Establishes in the Code of Virginia the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act that was adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2006. The Act authorizes (i) a court on its own motion to order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction of the child and (ii) a party to a child-custody determination or another individual or entity having a right under the law of the Commonwealth or any other state to seek a child-custody determination for the child to file a petition seeking abduction prevention measures to protect the child. The petition must specify the risk factors for abduction, including certain statutorily prescribed factors. The court may issue an ex parte warrant to take physical custody of the child if a petition contains allegations, and the court finds that there is a credible risk, that the child is imminently likely to be wrongfully removed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1641/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1641","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220141,"bill_number":"HB1642","title":"Dental school faculty; licensure.","description":"Dental school faculty; licensure.  Provides that the Board of Dentistry may issue a faculty license to a faculty member of an accredited dental program who is (i) a graduate of a dental school or college or dental department of a college or university, is licensed to practice dentistry in another state and has never been licensed in Virginia, or (ii) a graduate of a dental school or college or dental department of a college or university, has completed an advanced dental education program, and has never been licensed in Virginia. This bill also provides that faculty licenses issued by the Board and temporary licenses issued by the Board for persons enrolled in advanced dental education programs, serving as dental interns or residents, or post-doctoral certificate or degree candidates shall be for patient care activities associated with the educational program and that take place within facilities owned or operated by or affiliated with the dental school or program.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1642/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1642","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220142,"bill_number":"HB1643","title":"Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to issue for certain nursing home beds.","description":"Certificate of Public Need; exception. Requires the Commissioner of Health to accept and review and authorizes the Commissioner of Health to issue certificates of public need for the addition of up to 10 nursing home beds for a certified nursing home licensed for less than 60 beds, which is operated not for profit, is located in Planning District 15 but accepts patients from areas of the Commonwealth outside of the planning district, and provides care for patients regardless of ability to pay.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1643/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1643","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220143,"bill_number":"HB1644","title":"Public schools; physical education requirement, exception.","description":"Public schools; physical education requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through eight, with a similar goal for high school students. This requirement would go into effect beginning with the 2014 -2015 school year, and would not apply to any half-day kindergarten program. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1644/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1644","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220144,"bill_number":"HB1645","title":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans.","description":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans. Codifies the constitutional amendment adopted by voters in November, 2010, that provides for a property tax exemption for veterans who have a 100 percent, service-related disability. The exemption would apply to the principal residence and the land, not exceeding one acre, upon which it is situated. However, if the locality exempts more than one acre under its tax relief program for the elderly, then the real estate tax exemption for the disabled veteran would apply to the principal residence and the same number of acres as are exempt under the tax relief program for the elderly. The constitutional amendment requires the General Assembly to enact the exemption in general law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1645/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1645","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220145,"bill_number":"HB1646","title":"Referendum elections; voter petition requirements.","description":"Referendum elections; voter petition requirements. Provides that the person circulating a petition calling for a referendum election must include on each page, front and back, of the petition: his name, his residence address, and, if different, his mailing address, and the name of the organization, if any, that he represents. The bill also specifies that a voter signing the petition may provide the last four digits of his social security number rather than the entire number.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1646/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1646","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220146,"bill_number":"HB1647","title":"Higher educational institutions; military reinstatement guidelines.","description":"Higher education; military reinstatement guidelines. Updates language requiring the State Council of Higher Education to issue and update military reinstatement guidelines to allow reinstatement for students whose service in the uniformed services has required sudden withdrawal or prolonged absence from enrollment in a public institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1647/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1647","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220147,"bill_number":"HB1648","title":"Rail Enhancement Fund; allocation and use of funds.","description":"Rail Enhancement Fund; allocation and use of funds.  Provides that allocations from this fund may be used as matching funds for federal grants to support rail projects. The bill repeals the Rail Advisory Board, which had previously provided advice on the use of these funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1648/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1648","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220148,"bill_number":"HB1649","title":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption for U.S. Navy dredging projects.","description":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption; U.S. Navy. Extends the exemption from fee requirements for a Virginia Water Protection Permit to dredging activities performed by the Department of the Navy. Dredging operations sponsored by the Army Corps of Engineers are already exempted from such fees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1649/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1649","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220149,"bill_number":"HB1650","title":"Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.","description":"Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization from the attorney for the Commonwealth or a law-enforcement agency in his jurisdiction. Currently, the magistrate need only consult with the attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement agency. The bill also requires a written complaint if the complaint is by a person other than a law-enforcement officer; currently a written complaint is required in such a situation whenever practicable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1650/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1650","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220150,"bill_number":"HB1652","title":"Personal property tax; valuation of certain motor vehicles.","description":"Personal property tax; valuation of certain motor vehicles. Provides that the cost basis used in the valuation of motor vehicles that are not listed in an official pricing guide be reduced by the amount of any rebates.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-26","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1652/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1652","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220151,"bill_number":"HB1653","title":"Motor fuels tax; imposes additional tax in certain transportation districts, referendum.","description":"Motor fuels tax in certain transportation districts; referendum.  Imposes an additional 2.1 percent tax on motor fuels sold by a wholesale distributor to retailers in the counties and cities within each transportation district wherein the citizens affirm the imposition at referendum on November 8, 2011. The revenue attributable to each transportation district shall be used solely for the construction of highways, bridges, or tunnels within the respective transportation district.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1653/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1653","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220152,"bill_number":"HB1654","title":"Motor fuels tax rate; adjusted by motor fuel price index.","description":"Motor fuels tax rate; adjusted by motor fuel price index. Provides that beginning April 1, 2012, the rate of tax on motor fuel shall be increased or decreased annually by the percentage increase or decrease in the retail price of motor fuel. The bill does not become effective unless approved by the voters at the election to be held November 8, 2011. The bill has a sunset date of December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1654/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1654","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220153,"bill_number":"HB1655","title":"Retirement System; early retirement for certain employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; early retirement for certain employees. Removes the option for state employees hired on or after July 1, 2010, who are covered under the main defined benefit plan, (i.e., excluding the separate plans for law-enforcement employees and judges), to retire if they are less than 65 years old. Under current law such employees can retire at the age of 60 with at least five years of service, with reduced benefits, or, in certain instances when the sum of their age and years of service is equal to or greater than 90, with unreduced benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1655/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1655","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220154,"bill_number":"HB1656","title":"Menhaden fishing; prohibited in waters adjacent to certain localities.","description":"Menhaden fishing prohibited. Prohibits fishing for menhaden within one mile of the low mean water mark in waters adjacent to the Cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. If someone fishes in these waters, he is subject to a penalty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1656/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1656","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220155,"bill_number":"HB1657","title":"Retirement System; calculation of pension fund liabilities & assumed rate of return on investments.","description":"Virginia Retirement System. Requires that the Virginia Retirement System (i) adjust annually its calculation of pension fund liabilities and obligations by the rate of interest on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes and (ii) assume a rate of return on its investments no greater than the rate of interest on such notes. The bill shall expire whenever the funding level for the Virginia Retirement System is at least 90 percent of actuarial attested premium obligations and liabilities for three consecutive years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1657/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1657","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220156,"bill_number":"HB1658","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; public entities shall provide notice of receipt, etc.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; legislative review of certain proposals initiated by private entities. Provides that any responsible public entity that is a state agency receiving a detailed proposal from a private entity for a qualifying transportation facility that is a port facility shall provide notice to the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1658/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1658","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220157,"bill_number":"HB1659","title":"Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.","description":"Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation. Allows a sheriff to make visual identification of a body prior to cremation if no next-of-kin or other named representative is available upon court order.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1659/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1659","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220158,"bill_number":"HB1660","title":"Special elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices.","description":"Special elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices. Clarifies that a vacancy in a local office shall be filled by special election to be held no later than the next general election in November, or in May if the vacant office is regularly scheduled by law to be filled at that time. If the vacancy occurs within 90 days of such general election, the special election shall be held no later than the second such general election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1660/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1660","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220159,"bill_number":"HB1661","title":"Disposition of dead bodies; payment of expenses.","description":"Disposition of dead bodies; how expenses paid.  Clarifies that, following any investigation or autopsy performed by the Medical Examiner, expenses for the disposition of a dead body shall be borne by a claimant who claims the body or, if the claimant is unable to pay the reasonable expenses of disposition, the county or city in which the deceased person resided, if a resident of Virginia at the time of death, or the county or city in which the death occurred, if the deceased person was not a resident of Virginia or the location of the deceased person's residence cannot reasonably be determined. If the body is unclaimed and the Commissioner of Health does not accept the body for scientific study, the body shall be accepted by the sheriff of the county or city in which the death occurred, and the costs of disposition shall be borne by the county or city in which the deceased person resided, if a resident of Virginia at the time of death, or the county or city in which the death occurred.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1661/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1661","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220160,"bill_number":"HB1662","title":"Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.","description":"Mandatory testing of prisoners for HIV. Requires the Department of Corrections to test all prisoners received by the Department for human immunodeficiency virus upon arrival and prior to release, and authorizes the Department to test for human immunodeficiency virus at other times as the Department deems necessary. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB1688-Dance) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1662/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1662","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220161,"bill_number":"HB1664","title":"Products liability; when cause of action accrues.","description":"Products liability; when cause of action accrues.  Provides that a cause of action for personal injury based on products liability accrues from the later of the date of the injury or the date that the product defect is publicized by the product's maker.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1664/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1664","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220162,"bill_number":"HB1665","title":"Mortgage foreclosures; notices and reinstatement right.","description":"Mortgage foreclosures; notices and reinstatement right.  Requires certain institutional lenders that are the beneficiary of a first priority deed of trust securing a loan on residential real property that is the primary residence of the grantor, within two days after characterizing the loan as being in default, accelerating the balance due on the loan, or otherwise instituting collection proceedings on the loan as a result of the grantor's failure to make any payment due on the loan, to send written notice to the grantor informing the grantor (i) that the beneficiary has taken such action with respect to the loan and (ii) of any programs or options that the beneficiary provides, conducts, or has knowledge of that may permit the grantor to avoid foreclosure of the deed of trust and a telephone number or Internet address through which the grantor may find contact information for counseling agencies approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The measure prohibits the beneficiary of such a loan that is in default status from unreasonably refusing to provide information regarding the status of the loan or to reply to inquiries from the grantor regarding the status of the loan or programs or options that may permit the grantor to avoid foreclosure. The measure also gives the grantor a new right, exercisable at any time up to the date of the sale of the property, to cure the default, de-accelerate, and reinstate the loan by paying all sums that would have been due in the absence of default and performing any other obligation that the grantor would have been bound to perform in the absence of the default or acceleration. The grantor may exercise the right to cure a default as to a particular loan and reinstate that mortgage once every 18 months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1665/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1665","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220163,"bill_number":"HB1666","title":"Veterans Services, Department of; duties of Commissioner, establishment of advisory committees.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; duties of Commissioner; establishment of advisory committees for veterans care centers. Removes the requirement for the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to establish an advisory committee on the administration of veterans care centers established in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1666/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1666","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220164,"bill_number":"HB1667","title":"Presidential primary; moves date to first Tuesday in March.","description":"Presidential elections and primaries. Moves the presidential primary date from the second Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in March and retains the first Tuesday in March as the primary date before the May general election. The bill also reduces the petition requirement for presidential candidates from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB1843-Cole) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1667/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1667","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220165,"bill_number":"HB1668","title":"Community revitalization fund; City of Richmond to establish fund for preventing deterioration.","description":"City of Richmond; funding for community revitalization activities. Allows the City of Richmond to establish an enhanced building rehabilitation process using a newly created community revitalization fund for derelict residential property to combat blight, crime, and neighborhood decay.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1668/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1668","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220166,"bill_number":"HB1669","title":"Firearms; criminal records check be performed at a gunshow before vendor may transfer.","description":"Transfer of firearms; criminal records check; penalties.  Adds a definition of \"firearms show vendor\" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firearms at a gun show. Under current law, only licensed dealers must obtain such a check. The bill also adds a definition of \"promoter\" and requires that the promoter of a gun show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal background check.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1669/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1669","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220167,"bill_number":"HB1671","title":"Public procurement; includes person with disability-owned businesses in provisions.","description":"Public procurement; person with a disability-owned businesses.  Includes person with a disability-owned business in the public procurement provisions for small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. The bill defines \"person with a disability-owned business\" and \"disability.\" The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1671/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1671","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220168,"bill_number":"HB1672","title":"Real property tax; adds James City County to those permitted to enact provisions regarding zoning.","description":"Real property tax; land use valuation. Adds James City County to those localities permitted to enact certain other provisions regarding the zoning classifications applicable to all localities in implementing land use valuation for real property taxes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1672/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1672","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220169,"bill_number":"HB1673","title":"Prostitution; establishment of enhanced enforcement areas to deter.","description":"Establishment of enhanced enforcement areas to deter prostitution. Allows localities to establish enhanced enforcement areas in any area in which the governing body determines the conduct of prostitutes and those that solicit prostitutes establishes a concern for the health, safety, good order, and morals of the general public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1673/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1673","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220170,"bill_number":"HB1674","title":"Common interest communities; definitions, fees for disclosure packets.","description":"Common interest communities; definitions; fees for disclosure packets. Delays until July 2012 the time by which an employee of a common interest community manager must hold a certificate from the Common Interest Community Board. The bill, in cases where a receiver has been appointed, allows the receiver to recover the unpaid portion of any attorney fees, costs, and expenses from the Common Interest Community Management Recovery Fund, if there are sufficient funds in that Fund. The bill reduces from 90 to 45 days the time when the selling owner will be responsible for the fees for preparation of the disclosure packet when no settlement occurs on the unit or lot. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1674/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1674","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220171,"bill_number":"HB1676","title":"Sales tax registration; allows dealers to register with local commissioner of revenue.","description":"Sales tax registration with local commissioners of the revenue.  Allows dealers to register for sales tax purposes with the local commissioner of the revenue. Currently, dealers may register only with the Tax Commissioner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB2183-Cline) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1676/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1676","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220172,"bill_number":"HB1678","title":"Correctional officers; overtime compensation.","description":"Overtime compensation of correctional officers.  Adds full-time, duly-sworn employees of correctional facilities whose duties relate to the control, supervision, and custody of prisoners to the definition of \"law-enforcement employee\" for purposes of overtime compensation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1678/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1678","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220173,"bill_number":"HB1679","title":"Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth & Families, State Executive Council for; powers and duties.","description":"State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; powers and duties. Authorizes the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families to deny funding to a locality if services are not provided in compliance with applicable state law or policy or federal law. This bill also establishes timelines for development of policies governing denial of funding by the State Executive Council, and provides that the provisions of this act shall apply to services provided on or after July 1, 2011. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1679/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1679","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220174,"bill_number":"HB1680","title":"Charter schools, public; modifies definition to include virtual school programs.","description":"Public charter school. Modifies the definition of a public charter school to include virtual school programs.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1680/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1680","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220175,"bill_number":"HB1681","title":"State agencies; those submitting budget request to utilize zero-based budgeting methodology.","description":"Zero-Based Budgeting. Whenever a state agency which receives General Fund revenue requests the Governor or his designee for funding to be included in the Governor's next Executive Budget, the state agency shall submit its budget request utilizing a zero-based budgeting methodology.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1681/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1681","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220176,"bill_number":"HB1682","title":"Subordinate mortgage; increases maximum amount upon refinancing of primary mortgage.","description":"Subordinate mortgage. Increases to $150,000 from $50,000 the maximum amount of a subordinate mortgage that retains its subordinate status upon the refinancing of the primary mortgage. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1682/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1682","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220177,"bill_number":"HB1684","title":"Voter registration; identification requirements for first-time voters who register by mail.","description":"Elections; voter registration by mail; identification requirements. Revises the current requirement for first-time voters who register by mail. The bill replaces the requirement to vote in person with a requirement to show a form of voter identification. The bill makes conforming changes to the law on ballot styles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1684/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1684","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220178,"bill_number":"HB1685","title":"Agricultural net energy metering; creates a category of eligible customer-generators.","description":"Agricultural net energy metering. Creates a category of eligible customer-generators under the net energy metering program for operators of agricultural net metering facilities. An agricultural net energy metering facility may be served by multiple meters located at separate but contiguous sites owned or controlled by the same entity. The facility may aggregate the electricity generation and consumption as measured at these meters for purposes of participating in the net energy metering program. The measure also revises the criteria for qualifying as an \"eligible customer-generator\" to provide that a utility may elect a higher capacity for customer classes, rather than higher limits for a generating facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1685/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1685","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220179,"bill_number":"HB1686","title":"Distributed solar generation demonstration programs; SCC to consider approval of facilities.","description":"Distributed solar generation demonstration programs. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to exercise its existing authority to consider for approval petitions filed by a utility to own and operate distributed solar generation facilities and to offer special tariffs to facilitate customer-owned distributed solar generation as alternatives to net energy metering. The SCC's approval of such programs shall follow notice to all affected parties and opportunity for hearing. After distributed solar generation installations cease to be part of a demonstration program, they shall continue to operate either as utility-owned facilities or as customer-owned installations pursuant to the terms of a tariff arrangement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1686/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1686","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220180,"bill_number":"HB1687","title":"State property; leases to private entities by higher educational institutions.","description":"State property; leases to private entities by public institutions of higher education. Provides that public institutions of higher education may enter into agreements with university-related foundations, private individuals, firms, corporations, or other entities to lease property in the possession or control of the institution provided the institutions meet the conditions prescribed in subsection B of §23-38.88 of the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act. Currently such agreements are subject to the approval of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1687/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1687","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220181,"bill_number":"HB1688","title":"Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.","description":"Corrections facilities. Requires the Department of Corrections to offer to test an inmate who does not have a record of a positive test result for infection with human immunodeficiency virus within 60 days of his scheduled discharge. Prior to administering the test, the Department shall inform the inmate of the purpose of the test. An inmate may decline being tested.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1688/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1688","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220182,"bill_number":"HB1689","title":"Pound net licenses; prohibits Marine Resources Commission from issuing in waters of Chesapeake Bay.","description":"Pound net licenses. Prohibits the Marine Resources Commission from issuing any additional pound net licenses to persons who want to set pound nets in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Current license holders can continue to fish these waters with pound nets. The bill also makes it unlawful for a holder of this license to transfer his license to anyone who would set a pound net in the designated area. A pound net license can be transferred if the pound net is set in waters outside of the designated area.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1689/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1689","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220183,"bill_number":"HB1690","title":"Battery; if person commits against emergency health care providers, penalty.","description":"Battery of emergency health care providers; penalty. Provides that the punishment for battery of a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties as an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility rendering emergency medical care is a Class 1 misdemeanor, including a term of confinement of 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1690/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1690","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220184,"bill_number":"HB1691","title":"Veterans and military servicemembers; specialty treatment procedures.","description":"Servicemembers and veterans services.  Provides for the program established by the Department of Veterans Services to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans to cooperate with localities that may establish special treatment procedures for veterans and active military servicemembers in the criminal justice system. The bill further provides that to facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problem of crime in local communities and to effectively treat, counsel, rehabilitate, and supervise veterans and active military servicemembers who are offenders or defendants in the criminal justice system that any city, county, or combination thereof may develop, establish, and maintain policies, procedures, and treatment services for all such offenders who are convicted and sentenced for misdemeanors or felonies that are not felony acts of violence. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0772)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1691/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1691","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220185,"bill_number":"HB1693","title":"Eminent domain; changes maximum limit on waiver of appraisals.","description":"Eminent domain; waiver of appraisal.  Changes the maximum property value subject to waiver of appraisals for real property being acquired by a state agency from $10,000 to $25,000, consistent with the amount allowed by federal regulations. If the value of the property is determined to be between $10,000 and $25,000, the state agency shall disclose that the valuation was not based on an appraisal and that the property owner may request that an appraisal be made.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1693/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1693","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220186,"bill_number":"HB1694","title":"Driver's license; suspension for failure to pay child support.","description":"Driver's license; suspension for failure to pay child support. Increases from $500 to $600 the minimum child support payment that a person must make pursuant to an agreement with the Department of Social Services in order to renew or reinstate the person's driver's license. The bill also provides that if a person fails to comply with such an agreement, the person's driver's license shall not be renewed or reinstated until the child support delinquency is paid in full or the person enters a subsequent agreement and makes a minimum payment of $1,200. If a person fails to comply with a subsequent agreement, the minimum child support payment is raised to $1,800 in order to renew or reinstate a driver's license.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1694/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1694","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220187,"bill_number":"HB1695","title":"Unexecuted warrants; State attorney may move court for dismissal if issued by magistrate, exception.","description":"Unexecuted warrants. Clarifies that unexecuted warrants may be destroyed if dismissed under a provision enacted during the 2010 Session of the General Assembly allowing an attorney for the Commonwealth to move the court for the dismissal of an unexecuted warrant or summons issued by a magistrate. Dismissal and destruction of warrants that charge capital murder and those whose preservation is deemed justifiable by the court shall not be dismissed and destroyed. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1695/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1695","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220188,"bill_number":"HB1696","title":"Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; places limitations and conditions on relationship.","description":"Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. Places limitations and conditions on the relationship between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1696/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1696","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220189,"bill_number":"HB1697","title":"Medical care facility; exempts facility of Department of Veterans Services.","description":"Certificate of public need; exempts Veterans Services facilities. Exempts any facility of the Department of Veterans Services from the certificate of public need requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1697/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1697","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220190,"bill_number":"HB1698","title":"Sexually violent predators; procedure for rescission of respondent's refusal to take examination.","description":"Sexually violent predators. Expands a procedure for rescission of a sexually violent predator's refusal to participate with a mental health examination to allow him to rescind a refusal to participate and provides that assessment hearings may be done by videoconference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1698/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1698","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220191,"bill_number":"HB1699","title":"Restoration of firearms rights; any person may petition court to restore his right, etc.","description":"Restoration of firearms rights; hearings.  Makes parallel the process for the request for and conduct of a hearing requested by a person to restore his right to possess or carry a firearm after being acquitted by reason of insanity, adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, or involuntarily committed for mandatory treatment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1699/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1699","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220192,"bill_number":"HB1701","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; exempts gold or silver bullion coins, bars, and ingots.","description":"Retail sales tax exemption; gold and silver bullion.  Establishes a retail sales tax exemption for sales of (i) nongraded United States gold or silver bullion coins or (ii) gold or silver bullion bars or ingots.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1701/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1701","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220193,"bill_number":"HB1702","title":"Elections; member of local office, elected school board, etc., to take oath before first meeting.","description":"Elections; vacancies in certain local offices; oaths.  Provides that the failure by an elected local governing body member, mayor, or school board member to take the oath of office before attending his first meeting will not create a vacancy in the office so long as he takes the oath within 30 days after the first meeting. Under present law such vacancies must be filled by special elections.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1702/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1702","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220194,"bill_number":"HB1703","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mandated recycling at government stores.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mandated recycling at government stores. Mandates the recycling of discarded packaging materials at government ABC stores.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1703/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1703","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220195,"bill_number":"HB1704","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; exemption for spaceport activities.","description":"Retail sales and use tax exemption for spaceport activities.  Eliminates the sunset date of the sales and use tax exemption for personal property involved in spaceport activities. The sales and use tax exemption is set to expire on July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1638-Purkey) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1704/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1704","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220196,"bill_number":"HB1705","title":"Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.","description":"Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.  Authorizes the Workers' Compensation Commission, in awards entered for incapacity for work, to require the employer to furnish and maintain modifications to or equipment for the injured employee's automobile. Such awards may be made upon the determination by the treating physician and the Commission that they are medically necessary. Such an award may be in addition to currently authorized awards for bedside lifts, adjustable beds, and home modifications. The measure also increases the maximum aggregate cost of all such items and modifications on account of any one accident from $25,000 to $42,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1705/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1705","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220197,"bill_number":"HB1706","title":"Judicial records; admissibility into evidence.","description":"Admissibility of judicial records.  Provides that the relevant provisions of §8.01-389, and no other section, govern the admissibility into evidence of records of judicial proceedings and any other official records of any court of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides for what constitutes sufficient certification of a record by the clerk. This bill is in response to the decision of the Supreme Court of Virginia in Waller v. Commonwealth, 278 Va. 731, 685 S.E.2d 48 (2009).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1706/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1706","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220198,"bill_number":"HB1707","title":"Criminal history record information; Department of Rehabilitative Services to obtain for employment.","description":"Criminal history record information; certain agencies.  Authorizes the Department of Rehabilitative Services and the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of evaluating an individual's fitness for various types of employment and for the purpose of delivering comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services that will assist the individual in obtaining employment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1707/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1707","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220199,"bill_number":"HB1708","title":"Pittsylvania County school board; staggered terms.","description":"Pittsylvania County school board; staggered terms. Allows for staggered terms for the Pittsylvania County school board beginning with the November 2012 general election upon a majority vote of its members.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1708/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1708","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220200,"bill_number":"HB1709","title":"Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; records required to be maintained.","description":"Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; records required to be maintained. Requires pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers to take a photograph or digital image of (i) the person pawning or pledging or selling an article, precious metal or gem at the time of the transaction; (ii) the identification used by the person in the transaction; and (iii) the article, precious metal or gem pawned or pledged or sold. The bill provides for pawnbrokers to retain a pawned or pledged item and for precious metal dealers to retain precious metals or gems purchased for 60 days. Currently pawnbrokers are required to retain an item for 45 days and precious metal dealers for 10 days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1510-Scott, J.M.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1709/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1709","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220201,"bill_number":"HB1735","title":"Blue Star Memorial Highway; designates entire length of Route 3 in Lancaster County.","description":"Blue Star Memorial Highway. Designates the entire length of Route 3 in Lancaster County as the \"Blue Star Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1735/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1735","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220202,"bill_number":"HB1742","title":"Charter; City of Fairfax.","description":"Charter; City of Fairfax. Amends the charter for the City of Fairfax by changing the date of the first meeting of the newly elected City Council members from the first Tuesday of July following their election to the second Tuesday of July following their election or at the first scheduled regular or special meeting of the City Council in July, whichever occurs first. Additionally, the charter is amended so that revenue bonds may be issued by the City without holding a bond referendum, as the charter currently requires.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1742/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1742","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220203,"bill_number":"HB1763","title":"Charter; Town of Rich Creek.","description":"Charter; Town of Rich Creek. Shifts council elections from May to November; removes a salary cap for council members, referencing state law for the setting of salaries; and updates several out-of-date provisions of the town's charter.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1763/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1763","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220204,"bill_number":"HB1770","title":"Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands.","description":"Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands. Provides a new charter for the City of Alleghany Highlands, the city to be created by the consolidation of Alleghany County and the City of Covington, if approved by voters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1770/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1770","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220205,"bill_number":"HJR49","title":"Unemployment compensation benefits; JLARC to study overpayment as result of errors by VEC.","description":"Study; overpayment of unemployment compensation benefits; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the overpayment of unemployment compensation benefits as a result of administrative errors by the Virginia Employment Commission. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) identify the number of instances of unemployment compensation benefit overpayments occurring in each of the past five years and the aggregate amount of such overpayments; (ii) identify the number of such overpayments, and the aggregate amount thereof, that resulted from administrative error by the Virginia Employment Commission; (iii) determine the amount of the overpayments described in clause (ii) that has been recovered from the payees; (iv) identify the causes of the Virginia Employment Commission's administrative errors resulting in overpayments of benefits; and (v) recommend measures to prevent the causes of such administrative errors, including means of making responsible parties accountable for such errors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR49/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ49","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220206,"bill_number":"HJR124","title":"Medical care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto in rural Southwest Virginia.","description":"Directing the Joint Commission on Health Care to study access to medical care in rural Southwest Virginia; report. In conducting the study, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall examine (i) the feasibility and effectiveness of a pilot program narrowly tailored to the coalfield region whereby a mechanism would be set up to temporarily allow naturopaths who have graduated from, and met the residency requirements of, a naturopathic medical school accredited by the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges to provide health counseling to the adult citizens of this region in the area of preventative medicine, including smoking cessation, diabetes prevention, and diet and nutrition management, and (ii) ways to encourage more licensed medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy to practice medicine in these traditionally underserved areas, including fully funding the Physician Loan Repayment Program for physicians practicing in these underserved areas. The Commission shall also determine current access to health care and health care professionals in Southwest Virginia, the need for increased access and additional health care professionals in the region, and methods to increase the number of professionals and improve access to health care in the region.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR124/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ124","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220207,"bill_number":"HJR496","title":"Constitutional amendment; restriction on content of a law that appropriates funds (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restriction on contents of a law that appropriates funds. Prohibits any law that appropriates funds from containing (i) any provision that imposes, continues, increases, or revives any tax, fee, or fine, and (ii) any provision that reduces, suspends, or eliminates any credit, deduction, or exemption associated with any tax, fee, or fine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-07-19","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR496/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ496","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220208,"bill_number":"HJR497","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies, etc.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence including any period or condition of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The proposed amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to general law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-03","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR497/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ497","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220209,"bill_number":"HJR498","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public uses.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public use. Defines the term \"public use\" and specifies the instances for which private property may be taken. The measure also specifies that a taking of private property is not for a public use if the primary purpose of the property's acquisition is to increase tax base, tax revenues, or employment or otherwise to facilitate economic development. This resolution was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ693-Joannou) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR498/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ498","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220210,"bill_number":"HJR499","title":"Constitutional amendment; limits total on appropriations (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limit on appropriations. Limits total appropriations in a year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage equal to the sum of the percentage increase in the rate of inflation plus the rate of population increase. However, additional appropriations may be made (i) for tax relief, (ii) for deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, or (iii) for nonrecurring capital projects. \"Total appropriations\" is defined so as not to include appropriated moneys that are received from the federal government or an agency or unit thereof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-08","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR499/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ499","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220211,"bill_number":"HJR500","title":"Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work for the employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is against public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR500/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ500","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220212,"bill_number":"HJR501","title":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ501ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR501/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ501","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220213,"bill_number":"HJR502","title":"Commending the Kecoughtan High School Anti-Sagging Campaign.","description":"Commending the Kecoughtan High School Anti-Sagging Campaign.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ502ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR502/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ502","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220214,"bill_number":"HJR503","title":"Celebrating the life of Alyce Juanita Lightfoot Hicks.","description":"Celebrating the life of Alyce Juanita Lightfoot Hicks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ503ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR503/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ503","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220215,"bill_number":"HJR504","title":"Celebrating the life of Dalton Rotruck Duling.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dalton Rotruck Duling.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ504ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR504/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ504","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220216,"bill_number":"HJR505","title":"Commending V. Stuart Cook.","description":"Commending V. Stuart Cook.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ505ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR505/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ505","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220217,"bill_number":"HJR506","title":"Celebrating the life of Albert L. Hobbs, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Albert L. Hobbs, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ506ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR506/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ506","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220218,"bill_number":"HJR507","title":"Celebrating the life of Lora McGlasson Robins.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lora McGlasson Robins.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ507ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR507/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ507","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220219,"bill_number":"HJR508","title":"Celebrating the life of William Michael Pandak.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Michael Pandak.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ508ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR508/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ508","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220220,"bill_number":"HJR509","title":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Clyde McSwain.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Clyde McSwain.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ509ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR509/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ509","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220221,"bill_number":"HJR510","title":"Sovereign immunity; JLARC to study costs incurred by localities resulting from claims, etc.","description":"Study; sovereign immunity; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the costs incurred by localities of the Commonwealth resulting from claims brought against localities and the costs that reasonably could have incurred by localities if such entities were subject to the Virginia Tort Claims Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-09","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR510/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ510","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220222,"bill_number":"HJR511","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds.  Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2012, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest by the end of the fourth fiscal year following the date of the borrowing. This resolution incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR511/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ511","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220223,"bill_number":"HJR512","title":"Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; designating as November 2011, and each succeeding year.","description":"Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Designates November, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ512ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR512/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ512","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220224,"bill_number":"HJR513","title":"Commending Highland County 6 - 12 School.","description":"Commending Highland County 6 - 12 School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ513ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR513/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ513","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220225,"bill_number":"HJR514","title":"Commending the Town of Bridgewater on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Town of Bridgewater on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ514ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR514/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ514","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220226,"bill_number":"HJR515","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public uses (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public use.  Limits the exercise of eminent domain to the purpose of public use and specifies that, with the exception of takings for the provision of any utility or common carrier service, property can only be taken or damaged where the primary purpose is not private financial gain, private benefit, an increase in tax base or tax revenues, or an increase in employment. No more private property may be taken than that which is necessary to achieve the stated public use. Whenever an attempt is made to take or damage property for a stated public use, the owner shall have the right to a judicial determination that the use is truly public, without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public. This resolution was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-22","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ693-Joannou) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR515/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ515","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220227,"bill_number":"HJR516","title":"Celebrating the life of Lynwood Leonard Coiner, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lynwood Leonard Coiner, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ516ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR516/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ516","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220228,"bill_number":"HJR517","title":"Commending the Virginia Child Identification Program.","description":"Commending the Virginia Child Identification Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ517ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR517/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ517","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220229,"bill_number":"HJR518","title":"Celebrating the life of Private First Class Alvaro R. Regaledo-Sessarego.","description":"Celebrating the life of Private First Class Alvaro R. Regaledo-Sessarego.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ518ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR518/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ518","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220230,"bill_number":"HJR519","title":"Commending David P. Klisz.","description":"Commending David P. Klisz.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ519ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR519/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ519","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220231,"bill_number":"HJR520","title":"Celebrating the life of Daniel Price.","description":"Celebrating the life of Daniel Price.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ520ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR520/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ520","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220232,"bill_number":"HJR524","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence including any period or condition of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The proposed amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to general law. This resolution is identical to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-02","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR524/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ524","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220233,"bill_number":"HJR525","title":"Celebrating the life of Lynda Lee Waddill.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lynda Lee Waddill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ525ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR525/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ525","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220234,"bill_number":"HJR526","title":"Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Woods Morrison Dooley.","description":"Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Woods Morrison Dooley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ526ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR526/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ526","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220235,"bill_number":"HJR527","title":"Commending Caralene Mathis Lewis.","description":"Commending Caralene Mathis Lewis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ527ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR527/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ527","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220236,"bill_number":"HJR528","title":"Commending Herndon High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","description":"Commending Herndon High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ528ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR528/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ528","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220237,"bill_number":"HJR530","title":"Celebrating the life of Dean Ridings.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dean Ridings.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ530ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR530/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ530","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220238,"bill_number":"HJR531","title":"Celebrating the life of Thelma Rose Crump Wilson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thelma Rose Crump Wilson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ531ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR531/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ531","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220239,"bill_number":"HJR532","title":"Commending John H. Hodges.","description":"Commending John H. Hodges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ532ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR532/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ532","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220240,"bill_number":"HJR533","title":"Commending Robert M. Ostergren.","description":"Commending Robert M. Ostergren.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ533ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR533/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ533","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220241,"bill_number":"HJR534","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles E. Tull.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles E. Tull.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ534ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR534/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ534","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220242,"bill_number":"HJR535","title":"Celebrating the life of William Clark.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Clark.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ535ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR535/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ535","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220243,"bill_number":"HJR536","title":"Celebrating the life of Sharone Denise White Bailey.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sharone Denise White Bailey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ536ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR536/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ536","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220244,"bill_number":"HJR537","title":"Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus.","description":"Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ537ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR537/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ537","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220245,"bill_number":"HJR538","title":"Commending Alvin Wyman.","description":"Commending Alvin Wyman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ538ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR538/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ538","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220246,"bill_number":"HJR539","title":"Constitutional amendment; imposition of taxes and fees by General Assembly or local governing body.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); imposition of taxes and fees. Requires that any bill or ordinance passed by the General Assembly or a local governing body creating, imposing, or increasing a tax, license, fee, or any other charge pass by a three-fifths majority vote of elected members.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR539/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ539","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220247,"bill_number":"HJR540","title":"Constitutional amendment; state and local budgets, limits on appropriations.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); state and local budgets; limits on appropriations. Limits the state's or a locality's total appropriations in a year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage equal to the sum of the percentage increase in the rate of inflation plus the rate of population increase. \"Total appropriations\" is defined so as not to include appropriated moneys for tax relief or moneys that are received from the federal government or an agency or unit thereof. The General Assembly or a local governing body may exceed this limitation only by an affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the elected members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 48-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR540/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ540","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220248,"bill_number":"HJR541","title":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Irene Height.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Irene Height. Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow on the death of Dorothy Irene Height, native daughter and legendary civil rights leader.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ541ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR541/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ541","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220249,"bill_number":"HJR543","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences subject to the conditions, requirements, and definitions set forth in that law. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds an alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to law for nonviolent felons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-16","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR543/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ543","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220250,"bill_number":"HJR544","title":"Celebrating the life of Elwood Floyd Yates.","description":"Celebrating the life of Elwood Floyd Yates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ544ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR544/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ544","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220251,"bill_number":"HJR545","title":"Commending Hugh Dwyer Keogh.","description":"Commending Hugh Dwyer Keogh.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ545ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR545/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ545","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220252,"bill_number":"HJR546","title":"Commending Josiah P. Rowe III.","description":"Commending Josiah P. Rowe III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ546ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR546/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ546","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220253,"bill_number":"HJR547","title":"Commending Mary Joanne Tuck Blanton.","description":"Commending Mary Joanne Tuck Blanton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ547ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR547/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ547","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220254,"bill_number":"HJR548","title":"Celebrating the life of William Alexander Williamson.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Alexander Williamson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ548ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR548/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ548","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220255,"bill_number":"HJR549","title":"Celebrating the life of William Lloyd Sherman.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Lloyd Sherman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ549ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR549/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ549","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220256,"bill_number":"HJR550","title":"Celebrating the life of Harry William Butler, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Harry William Butler, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ550ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR550/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ550","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220257,"bill_number":"HJR551","title":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Walter Wayne Miller, USAF (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Walter Wayne Miller, USAF (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ551ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR551/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ551","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220258,"bill_number":"HJR552","title":"Commending the Millbrook High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Commending the Millbrook High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ552ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR552/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ552","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220259,"bill_number":"HJR553","title":"Commending Ben Grove.","description":"Commending Ben Grove.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ553ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR553/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ553","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220260,"bill_number":"HJR556","title":"Family life education; subcommittee to study fiscal impact of changing from an opt-out program, etc.","description":"Study; family life education; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the fiscal impact of changing family life education from an opt-out program to an opt-in program. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) determine the cost of family life education to each public school division in the Commonwealth, (ii) estimate how many students would choose to participate in family life education should the program be changed to opt-in, and (iii) determine how much money the Commonwealth and each school division would save by changing family life education to an opt-in program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-04","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR556/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ556","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220261,"bill_number":"HJR557","title":"Alternative currency; subcommittee to study whether should adopt if breakdown of Federal Reserve.","description":"Study; adoption of an alternative currency; report.  Establishes a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by Federal Reserve System in the event of a major breakdown of the Federal Reserve System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR557/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ557","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220262,"bill_number":"HJR558","title":"U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; subcommittee to study compliance of federal government, etc.","description":"Study; federal government compliance with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; report.  Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the state of compliance by the federal government with the terms of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights in its treatment of the citizens of the Commonwealth and recommend remedies for (i) any unauthorized acts of the federal government, (ii) actions that amount to noncompliance by the federal government with the terms of the United States Constitution, and (iii) acts of Congress that are outside of the enumerated powers specified in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they relate to the treatment of citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR558/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ558","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220263,"bill_number":"HJR559","title":"Celebrating the life of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr.  Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow and condolences on the death of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr., native son and the first African American mayor of Petersburg and in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ559ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR559/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ559","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220264,"bill_number":"HJR560","title":"Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the celebration of 30th anniversary.","description":"Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ560ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR560/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ560","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220265,"bill_number":"HJR561","title":"Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day; designating as January 11, 2011, and each succeeding year.","description":"Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Designates January 11, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ561ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR561/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ561","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220266,"bill_number":"HJR562","title":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant Ronald Ariel Rodriguez, United States Marine Corps.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant Ronald Ariel Rodriguez, United States Marine Corps.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ562ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR562/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ562","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220267,"bill_number":"HJR563","title":"Commending Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on the occasion of its 144th anniversary.","description":"Commending Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on the occasion of its 144th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ563ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR563/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ563","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220268,"bill_number":"HJR564","title":"Commending the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.","description":"Commending the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ564ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR564/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ564","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220269,"bill_number":"HJR565","title":"Amendments convention; expresses sense of General Assembly that Congress call convention.","description":"Memorializing the Congress of the United States to call an amendments convention. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Congress of the United States call an amendments convention pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR565/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ565","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220270,"bill_number":"HJR566","title":"Oral chemotherapy drugs; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto.","description":"Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access to oral chemotherapy drugs; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study access to oral chemotherapy drugs. In conducting its study, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall (i) identify barriers to access to oral chemotherapy drugs, (ii) determine the impact of lack of access to oral chemotherapy drugs on citizens of the Commonwealth, (iii) identify and evaluate options for improving access to oral chemotherapy drugs for citizens of the Commonwealth, including but not limited to the potential benefits of oral/intravenous/injectable chemotherapy drug parity legislation, and (iv) develop recommendations for improving access to oral chemotherapy drugs in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR566/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ566","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220271,"bill_number":"HJR569","title":"Uniform statewide grading policy; joint subcommittee to study feasibility & efficacy thereof.","description":"Study; uniform statewide grading scale policy. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility and efficacy of a uniform statewide grading policy for public schools in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) examine other states' uniform grading policies and the effect on the public school systems in those states, (ii) consider the implication of implementing a similar policy in the Commonwealth, and (iii) if such a policy is found to be desirable, consider and make recommendations on specific elements of such a policy, including consistent numerical breaks for letter grades, standards to define honors courses, a methodology for appropriately weighting advanced and honors courses, and a determination of courses and weightings to be used in the calculation of class rank. The joint subcommittee must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR569/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ569","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220272,"bill_number":"HJR570","title":"Costs and benefits of providing financial and other incentives to localities; JLARC to study.","description":"Study; Costs and benefits of providing financial and other incentives to localities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the costs and benefits to the Commonwealth of providing financial and other incentives to localities that collaborate on capital facilities, construction projects, and other operating services. The Commission must submit its report to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ570ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR570/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ570","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220273,"bill_number":"HJR571","title":"Celebrating the life of Owen Bradford Pickett.","description":"Celebrating the life of Owen Bradford Pickett.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ571ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR571/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ571","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220274,"bill_number":"HJR572","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and Priority Transportation Fund. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment requires Funds be appropriated only for transportation systems and projects. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan or reduction must be repaid with reasonable interest within three years. The amendment also limits the use of general and other nontransportation funds for transportation purposes except for obligations authorized or entered into before January 1, 2013. This resolution was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ511-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR572/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ572","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220275,"bill_number":"HJR573","title":"Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2017 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. Service for more than two years of a partial term counts as service for one term.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR573/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ573","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220276,"bill_number":"HJR574","title":"Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study current & impending severe shortage thereof in State.","description":"Study; severe shortage of medical doctors; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the current and impending severe shortage of medical doctors in Virginia. The joint subcommittee shall consider the impact of the current and impending shortage of medical doctors on the health care system in the Commonwealth and identify options to prepare for and remedy the shortage. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall, among other things, (i) determine whether a shortage of medical doctors exists in the Commonwealth per specialty and geographical region; (ii) identify and assess factors that contribute to the shortage of medical doctors, including medical school admissions, the costs of medical education, and the effect of excessive malpractice insurance premiums, malpractice laws and caps, the shortage of nurses, and ancillary regulations such as the Certificate of Public Need; and (iii) identify the medical specialties primarily affected by the shortage of doctors and recommend ways to alleviate such problems. The joint subcommittee must submit its preliminary findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session and its final findings and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR574/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ574","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220277,"bill_number":"HJR575","title":"Commending Access Now.","description":"Commending Access Now.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ575ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR575/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ575","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220278,"bill_number":"HJR576","title":"Commending William F. Egelhoff.","description":"Commending William F. Egelhoff.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ576ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR576/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ576","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220279,"bill_number":"HJR577","title":"Internet; urging Congress to recognize importance of unfettered access and limit regulation by FCC.","description":"Memorializes Congress to recognize the importance of unfettered access to the Internet. Urges Congress to limit the Federal Communications Commission's authority over regulation of the Internet.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR577/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ577","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220280,"bill_number":"HJR578","title":"Federal Trade Commission; urging Congress to refrain from granting expanded rulemaking authority.","description":"Memorializing Congress regarding the expansion of the Federal Trade Commission's rulemaking authority. Urges Congress to recognize the separation of powers principles established in the United States Constitution, acknowledges the importance of the Federal Trade Commission's streamlined rulemaking authority in limited circumstances, and encourages the United States Congress to refrain from expanding the Federal Trade Commission's streamlined rulemaking authority.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR578/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ578","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220281,"bill_number":"HJR579","title":"Prescription medications; Joint Commission on Health Care to study impacts of cost sharing, etc.","description":"Study; impacts of cost sharing, coinsurance, and specialty tier pricing for prescription medications; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impacts of cost sharing, coinsurance, and specialty tier pricing for prescription medications, including (i) the impact of cost sharing, coinsurance, and specialty tier pricing on access to prescription medications for chronic health disorders and (ii) options for reducing any negative impacts of cost sharing, coinsurance, and specialty tier pricing, including but not limited to statutory limitations on cost-sharing obligations for prescription medications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR579/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ579","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220282,"bill_number":"HJR580","title":"Assisted living services; JLARC to study State's third-party payments.","description":"Study; JLARC; payments for assisted living services; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the third-party payments for assisted living services, including current payments and the potential for expanding eligibility of services for third-party payments, and also the relationship between third-party payments for services and eligibility for federal and state benefits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ580ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR580/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ580","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220283,"bill_number":"HJR581","title":"Commending Cheryl Mathis.","description":"Commending Cheryl Mathis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ581ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR581/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ581","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220284,"bill_number":"HJR582","title":"Commending Sentara Healthcare.","description":"Commending Sentara Healthcare.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ582ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR582/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ582","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220285,"bill_number":"HJR583","title":"Commending Josephine Demmons McBride.","description":"Commending Josephine Demmons McBride.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ583ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR583/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ583","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220286,"bill_number":"HJR584","title":"Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.","description":"Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ584ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR584/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ584","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220287,"bill_number":"HJR585","title":"Celebrating the life of Raymond H. Norman, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Raymond H. Norman, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ585ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR585/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ585","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220288,"bill_number":"HJR586","title":"Producer licensing examination candidates; Bureau of Insurance within SCC to collect information.","description":"Study; Bureau of Insurance; licensure of insurance agents; report. Requests the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to continue to collect certain demographic and other information from producer licensing examination candidates during the four-year period from July 1, 2011, through July 1, 2015. The Bureau is further requested to continue making changes in the licensing examination process that will ensure that the licensing examinations are fair, unbiased, and designed to test entry-level knowledge regardless of the race, gender, or educational background of the candidate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ586ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR586/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ586","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220289,"bill_number":"HJR587","title":"Constitutional amendment; limits total on appropriations (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limit on appropriations. Limits total appropriations in any fiscal year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage increase equal to the past two years' average increase in the rate of inflation plus the average percentage increase in population. The amendment provides that any revenues collected in excess of the limitation shall be distributed: 75 percent to be refunded to individual income taxpayers and 25 percent to the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund. \"Total appropriations\" is defined to exclude moneys appropriated that are received from the federal government or an agency or unit thereof. If the amount in excess of the limitation is less than or equal to one percent of the limitation, the total excess shall be deposited to the Revenue Stabilization Fund if that Fund has not reached its constitutional limit, or if that Fund has reached its limit, the excess shall be appropriated to the general fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR587/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ587","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220290,"bill_number":"HJR588","title":"Commending Stewart D. Roberson.","description":"Commending Stewart D. Roberson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ588ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR588/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ588","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220291,"bill_number":"HJR589","title":"Commending L. Bruce Holland.","description":"Commending L. Bruce Holland.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ589ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR589/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ589","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220292,"bill_number":"HJR590","title":"Celebrating the life of Donald J. Leonard.","description":"Celebrating the life of Donald J. Leonard.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ590ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR590/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ590","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220293,"bill_number":"HJR591","title":"Celebrating the life of Frances Beatrice Bibbins Latimer.","description":"Celebrating the life of Frances Beatrice Bibbins Latimer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ591ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR591/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ591","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220294,"bill_number":"HJR592","title":"Commending Chase City Lodge 119 AF&AM on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","description":"Commending Chase City Lodge 119 AF&AM on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ592ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR592/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ592","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220295,"bill_number":"HJR595","title":"Commending the Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia Cooperative Extension's.","description":"Commending the Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia Cooperative Extension's County Supervisor Certification Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ595ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR595/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ595","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220296,"bill_number":"HJR596","title":"Corrections Officer Day; designating as March 16, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Corrections Officer Day. Designates March 16, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Corrections Officer Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ596ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR596/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ596","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220297,"bill_number":"HJR597","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Andrew Fleming, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Andrew Fleming, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ597ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR597/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ597","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220298,"bill_number":"HJR599","title":"Commending Marilyn Garnto.","description":"Commending Marilyn Garnto.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ599ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR599/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ599","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220299,"bill_number":"HJR600","title":"Commending Bland County on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","description":"Commending Bland County on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ600ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR600/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ600","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220300,"bill_number":"HJR601","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry Theodore Northcott Graves.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry Theodore Northcott Graves.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ601ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR601/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ601","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220301,"bill_number":"HJR602","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Alton Danley, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Alton Danley, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ602ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR602/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ602","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220302,"bill_number":"HR41","title":"Celebrating the life of Beth A. Brown.","description":"Celebrating the life of Beth A. Brown.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR41ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR41/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR41","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220303,"bill_number":"HR42","title":"Celebrating the life of Ronald John Lloyd Terry.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ronald John Lloyd Terry.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR42ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR42/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR42","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220304,"bill_number":"HR43","title":"Commending Frances Price Ragsdale.","description":"Commending Frances Price Ragsdale.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR43ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR43/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR43","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220305,"bill_number":"HR44","title":"Commending E.D. Hirsch.","description":"Commending E.D. Hirsch.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR44ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR44/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR44","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220306,"bill_number":"HR45","title":"Commending Virginia National Guard 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group.","description":"Commending Virginia National Guard 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR45ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR45/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR45","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220307,"bill_number":"HR46","title":"State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution.","description":"State sovereignty; Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Expresses the sense of the House of Delegates that the Congress of the United States be urged to honor state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and claims sovereignty for the Commonwealth under the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR46ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR46/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR46","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220308,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"Assault and battery; penalty when against fire marshals and assistant fire marshals.","description":"Assault and battery; fire marshals; penalty.  Adds fire marshals and assistant fire marshals who have police powers to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such a person who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2009-12-23","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB22/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB22","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220309,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"Worker Misclassification Act; created.","description":"Worker Misclassification Act; penalties. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individual shall be considered an employee of the party which pays that remuneration, for purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation) unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Department of Labor and Industry that (i) the individual has been and will continue to be free from direction and control of the employer, both under his contract of service and in fact, (ii) the service is outside the usual course of the business of the employer, and (iii) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business, both under his contract of service and in fact. Discrimination or taking adverse action against any person in retaliation for exercising rights protected under this measure is also prohibited. Violators are subject to criminal penalties, civil penalties, debarment from public contracts, private actions, and stop-work orders.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-04","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB34/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB34","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220310,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"Adverse possession; abolition.","description":"Adverse possession; abolition. Abolishes adverse possession as a cause of action or a defense if arising on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-04","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB67/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB67","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220311,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; established.","description":"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Establishes a mechanism for resolving multistate jurisdictional disputes regarding adult guardianships and conservatorships. Procedures are provided for determining which jurisdiction is the \"home state\" having primary jurisdiction, transferring a guardianship or conservatorship to another state, registering orders, and addressing emergency situations. The Act has been adopted in 12 states and the District of Columbia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB80/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB80","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220312,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order.","description":"Voluntary admission for mental health treatment.  Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is willing and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill also provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB84/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB84","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220313,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing after execution.","description":"Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing to be held no less than 24 and no more than 72 hours after execution. Provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB85/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB85","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220314,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order.","description":"Voluntary admission for mental health treatment prior to involuntary commitment hearing.  Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is will and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB86/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB86","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220315,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"Budget process; biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.","description":"Biennial appropriation act.  Provides that the Commonwealth's biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years beginning with the biennial appropriation act for the period July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB102/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB102","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220316,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"Transportation, Chief Executive Officer for; abolishes office of Transportation Commissioner.","description":"Chief Executive Officer for Transportation. Abolishes the office of Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and replaces that position with a Chief Executive Officer for Transportation who takes over the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Aviation, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The Virginia Board of Aviation and the Rail Advisory Board are also abolished, and their functions transferred to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board is changed to remove the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and to provide for election of the at-large members of the Board by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB103/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB103","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220317,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"Constitutional amendment; tax exemptions for buildings, etc., constructed to conserve energy.","description":"Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); tax exemptions. Provides for a referendum at the November 2, 2010, election to approve or reject an amendment allowing the General Assembly to authorize legislation that permits localities to exempt or partially exempt certain energy and resource efficient equipment, facilities, or devices from real or personal property taxes. The present Constitution allows exemptions for pollution abatement and solar energy equipment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB113/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB113","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220318,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"Surcharge on fuels sales; locality to impose a one percent surcharge.","description":"Local surcharge on retail sales of fuels. Authorizes each city and county to impose a one percent surcharge on the retail price of motor fuels sold at retail in the city or county. The Tax Commissioner would collect the surcharge in the same manner that he collects the retail sales and use tax. Revenues from the surcharge would be used solely for funding of roads or highways in the urban or the secondary system of state highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB115/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB115","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220319,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"Campaign finance; contribution limits for candidates for statewide offices and General Assembly.","description":"Campaign finance; contribution limits. Imposes limits on contributions to candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and the General Assembly. The limits are $20,000 per general or special election and $10,000 per primary election for contributions by persons and $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, for political action committees. However, if contributions are made by a person or political action committee for a primary, then that person or committee is limited to contributions of $10,000 and $25,000, respectively, for the general or special election. There are no limits on contributions by political party committees or by a candidate to his own campaign. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB119/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB119","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220320,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.","description":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and creates a program to provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage. The program would be managed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-29","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB129/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB129","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220321,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"Higher educational institutions; shall not be prohibited from selling complimentary materials.","description":"Higher education; complimentary materials. Specifies that instructional faculty at a Virginia public college or university shall not be prohibited from selling, gifting, or otherwise disposing of complimentary books or other instructional materials sent or given to them by publishers, whether those instructional materials were requested as examination copies or were sent to them unsolicited by the publishers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB141/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB141","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220322,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement. Clarifies that when an FOIA petition is filed, the party against whom the writ is brought must be served with a copy of the petition prior to filing. The bill contains a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB147/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB147","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220323,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"Medical services; State's lien for payment.","description":"Commonwealth's lien for payment of medical services; limitations. Provides that a lien granted to the Commonwealth against any recovery from a third party obtained by an injured person whose medical costs were paid pursuant to the Virginia Medical Assistance Program shall only attach to the portion of the claim representing compensation for medical expenses incurred by the injured person. In the course of determining the amount of the Commonwealth's lien, a court may determine the fairness of any allocation of the proceeds from a claim for medical expenses. The bill is intended to bring Virginia law in conformity with the United States Supreme Court's decision in Arkansas Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268, 126 S.Ct. 1752, 164 L.Ed.2d 459 (2006). This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB155/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB155","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220324,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"Uniform Arbitration Act; vacating arbitration award.","description":"Uniform Arbitration Act; vacating arbitration award. Clarifies that a party may seek to vacate an award made pursuant to an arbitration proceeding where there was no agreement to arbitrate and the party raised an objection to the arbitration, regardless of whether an arbitration agreement had previously been found to exist. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB156/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB156","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220325,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"License plates, special; makes those issued to Association of Realtors revenue-sharing.","description":"Special license plates; Association of Realtors. Makes license plates issued to members of the Association of Realtors revenue-sharing special license plates. The annual surcharge for these plates would now be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund to support affordable housing options in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB170/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB170","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220326,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"Juvenile court docket; cases of assault and battery against family or household member.","description":"Juvenile court docket; family assault. Requires cases of assault and battery against a family or household member to be advanced on the docket and heard within 30 days of arrest or service of a summons or as soon thereafter as practicable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB177/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB177","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220327,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"Income tax laws; conformity to Internal Revenue Code.","description":"Income tax laws; conformity to Internal Revenue Code. Advances conformity with federal income tax laws to December 31, 2009, for taxable year 2009 and to December 31, 2010, for taxable year 2010, with three additional exceptions. The bill also provides that amendments to the Internal Revenue will not apply for Virginia tax purposes in taxable years beginning in the calendar year in which the amendments are enacted if the Tax Commissioner determines that (i) the amendment, or combination of related amendments, would reduce Virginia tax revenue by $5 million or more in any fiscal year, or (ii) any group of amendments would together reduce Virginia tax revenue by $25 million or more in any fiscal year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB179/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB179","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220328,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; House or Senate Ethics Advisory Panel investigations.","description":"General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; establishment of a General Assembly Ethics Review Panel. Makes a number of revisions to the process followed by the Senate Ethics Advisory Panel, including requiring that proceedings beyond the preliminary investigation phase shall be public.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB186/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB186","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220329,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"Circuit courts; City of Virginia Beach to assume salaries and expenses of clerk's office.","description":"Compensation and expenses of clerks of certain circuit courts; Virginia Beach.  Requires the City of Virginia Beach to assume the salaries and expenses of the circuit court clerk's office and allows the City to retain the funds the office collects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB199/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB199","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220330,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"Rumble strips; installation on sides of highways having speed limits of at least 55 miles per hour.","description":"Rumble strips. Provides that rumble strips shall be installed on highways in the Commonwealth having speed limits of at least 55 MPH.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB200/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB200","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220331,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"Juveniles; right in certain violent felony cases to appeal to circuit court.","description":"Courts not of record; circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals. Provides in certain violent felony cases for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court, the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision to certify that the juvenile's case be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. If the juvenile appeals the decision to transfer, the circuit court will conduct a hearing on the merits, using factors currently used by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for transfer decisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB205/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB205","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220332,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"Family or household member; expands definition.","description":"Family or household member; definition. Includes within the definition of a person's \"family or household member\" any individual who is currently or was formerly involved in a substantive, intimate dating relationship with the person; the existence of such a substantive relationship shall be determined based on (i) the length of the relationship, (ii) the nature of the relationship, and (iii) the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. A casual relationship or ordinary fraternization in a business or social context does not constitute a dating relationship. Expanding the definition of \"family or household member\" implicates crimes for which a family or household member is a victim (e.g., assault and battery against a family member) and protective orders under which a person may be protected (e.g., protective orders in cases of family abuse).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB208/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB208","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220333,"bill_number":"SB238","title":"Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.","description":"Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; CMRS resellers. Clarifies that CMRS resellers are required to collect the wireless E-911 surcharge on all sales by retailers of prepaid CMRS service. The measure defines CMRS resellers as providers of mobile telecommunication services that resell, use a component part of, or integrate the purchased services into a mobile telecommunication service. An obsolete provision regarding payments for fiscal year 2005 is deleted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB238/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB238","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220334,"bill_number":"SB249","title":"Animal care; adoption of regulations permitting non-commercial intrastate transportation by officer.","description":"Animal care; transport; regulations. Requires the adoption of regulations that permit the non-commercial, intrastate transportation of animals by law-enforcement officers, animal control officers, and releasing agencies by vehicles that are not enclosed, provided that (i) the primary enclosure is affixed to the vehicle; (ii) the primary enclosure is compliant with specifications set out in the federal Animal Welfare regulations; (iii) the duration of transport does not exceed two hours; and (iv) the animal is protected from the elements during transport.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB249/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB249","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220335,"bill_number":"SB250","title":"Open-end credit plan loans; established, penalties.","description":"Open-end credit plan loans; penalties. Establishes requirements for open-end credit plan loans that track many of the provisions of the payday Loan Act. Currently, lenders and sellers making open-end loans are not required to be licensed and may charge interest at any rate agreed to by the borrower if the balance is not repaid in full within a 25-day grace period. Under this measure, the maximum amount of an open-end credit plan loan is $500. Interest may not exceed an annual rate of 36 percent, plus a loan fee of 20 percent of the initial advance and a $5 verification fee. The maximum term of a revolving loan agreement is 24 months. Open-end credit plan lenders are required to be licensed by the State Corporation Commission. A violation of the measure is a prohibited practice under the Consumer Protection Act. Violations are subject to civil and criminal penalties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB250/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB250","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220336,"bill_number":"SB256","title":"Driver's licenses & ID cards; documents required for renewal, etc., to be compliant with REAL ID.","description":"Driver's licenses; REAL ID. Makes documents required for renewal, reissue, or duplication of driver's licenses and identification cards compliant with REAL ID.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB256/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB256","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220337,"bill_number":"SB258","title":"Circuit courts; creates local fee retention funding method for clerks' offices.","description":"Funding of circuit court clerks' offices; fees. Creates a local fee retention funding method for circuit court clerks' offices in which the clerk retains fees locally and pays 20 percent of gross fees to the state to be held by the Compensation Board in a trust fund beginning July 1, 2012. Currently, fees are paid to the state and apportioned by the Compensation Board back to localities. The trust fund created would be used to fund those offices that did not receive enough revenue in fees to maintain operations. The bill also gives the clerk discretion in docketing judgments in favor of the Commonwealth, and removes the prohibition against charging fees for orders of publication; entries on judgments and liens; filing appraisers', special receivers', and commissioners' reports; attested copies of final orders or decrees; and filing lumberman's mark. Finally, the bill requires that attorney fees for collection of moneys due the Commonwealth be paid over and above the moneys collected, not out of the moneys collected.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB258/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB258","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220338,"bill_number":"SB266","title":"FAMIS Plan; eligibility.","description":"FAMIS eligibility. Changes the eligibility for the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan from children in families with an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level to those with an income at or below 225 percent of the federal poverty level. The provisions of this act will only become effective upon an appropriation of funds effectuating the purposes of the act passed by the 2010 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB266/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB266","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220339,"bill_number":"SB287","title":"Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.","description":"Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.  Includes certain employees of a sheriff's department under the coverage of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act, so long as the employees would not be considered exempt employees for purposes of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB287/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB287","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220340,"bill_number":"SB290","title":"Housing and Community Development, Board for; promulgation of Green Building Code.","description":"Board for Housing and Community Development; Green Building Code. Requires the Board for Housing and Community Development to promulgate a Green Building Code as a part of the Uniform Statewide Building Code.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB290/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB290","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220341,"bill_number":"SB300","title":"DUI; penalty for transporting person 18 years of age or younger.","description":"DUI offenses; passenger age 18 or younger; penalties. Creates a new offense of driving under the influence with a passenger who is 18 years of age or younger, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second offense with certain mandatory minimums. The bill also amends the DUI involuntary manslaughter statute to provide that the death of a person age 18 or younger is automatically aggravated manslaughter. If the conduct is already aggravated manslaughter and the victim is a person age 18 or younger, the minimum punishment is increased by one year. The bill also amends the DUI malicious wounding statute to increase the penalty from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony if the victim is age 18 years or younger.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB300/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB300","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220342,"bill_number":"SB320","title":"Law-enforcement officials; Class 6 felony when falsely summoning or gives false report to officials.","description":"Crimes; falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials; penalty.  Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony falsely summoning or giving false reports to a law-enforcement official.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB320/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB320","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220343,"bill_number":"SB332","title":"Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; VITA exemption.","description":"Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; VITA exemption. Exempts the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from provisions related to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB332/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB332","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220344,"bill_number":"SB336","title":"Community services boards; access to medication assisted treatment.","description":"Community services boards; access to medication assisted treatment. Requires every community services board to provide access to medication assisted treatment for substance abuse to all persons for whom such treatment is appropriate by (i) employing a person authorized to provide medication assisted treatment, or (ii) entering into a written agreement for the provision of medication assisted treatment for clients of the community service board with a health care practitioner authorized to provide medication assisted treatment. This bill provides that a community services board may pay all or part of the cost of medication assisted treatment for clients of the board but shall not be required to do so.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB336/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB336","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220345,"bill_number":"SB337","title":"Community services boards; providing information about substance abuse services.","description":"Community services boards; providing information about substance abuse services. Requires all community services boards to provide information about the full range of substance abuse treatment services, including medication assisted treatment, that are available through the community services board or other service providers in the community, and that are appropriate for the person seeking substance abuse treatment services, to such person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB337/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB337","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220346,"bill_number":"SB340","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax Act; conforms State to provisions of Streamlined Sales & Use Tax Agreement.","description":"Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act. Conforms the Commonwealth's sales and use tax laws to the provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB340/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB340","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220347,"bill_number":"SB343","title":"Fuels taxes; annually adjusted.","description":"Fuels taxes; annually adjusted. Adjusts fuels taxes each year on April 1 by the percentage increase in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (sales volume weighted), Total Fleet (the CAFE) for the immediately preceding calendar year over the CAFE for calendar year 2009. The first adjustment would occur on April 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB343/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB343","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220348,"bill_number":"SB344","title":"Voltage regulation technologies; electric utilities to recover costs and earn 15 percent rate.","description":"Installation of voltage regulation technologies; recovery of costs. Allows electric utilities to recover the costs and to earn a 15 percent rate of return on investments in certain voltage regulation technologies. To qualify for this treatment, a voltage regulation device shall reduce energy consumption, improve grid efficiency, raise or lower voltage dynamically and be 99 percent or more efficient across at least 90 percent of the load curve.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB344/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB344","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220349,"bill_number":"SB367","title":"Workers' compensation; employer liability for medical services.","description":"Workers' compensation; medical services. Limits the liability of an employer for certain costs of an employee's surgical procedures in connection with an award under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. If more than one covered surgical procedure is performed during an operative session, the employer's liability shall be based on the applicable prevailing community rate for the procedure that has the highest prevailing community rate and one-half of the prevailing community rate for other covered surgical procedures performed. If a physician serves as an assistant-at-surgery, the employer's pecuniary liability for the service is capped at 20 percent of the prevailing community rate payable to the primary surgeon. If a nonphysician serves as an assistant-at-surgery, the employer's pecuniary liability for the service is capped at 10 percent of the prevailing community rate payable to the primary surgeon. If a health care provider renders covered medical services to an injured worker in another state, the provider will be reimbursed in accordance with that state's workers' compensation fee schedule if the state has such a schedule or at the prevailing community rate if the state does not have such a schedule.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB367/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB367","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220350,"bill_number":"SB374","title":"Alternative onsite sewage systems; waiver from examination applicants for licensure as an installer.","description":"Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; installer of alternative onsite sewage systems. Provides a waiver from a written examination for applicants for licensure as an installer of alternative onsite sewage systems if the applicant can provide satisfactory proof to the Board of having been actively and continuously providing services as an installer of alternative onsite sewage systems immediately prior to July 1, 2009, for at least two years.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB374/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB374","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220351,"bill_number":"SB377","title":"Workplace Fraud Act; established.","description":"Workplace Fraud Act. Establishes penalties for employers providing construction services that wrongly classify their employees as independent contractors. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to initiate an investigation under specified circumstances to determine whether specified violations occurred, requires the Commissioner to enforce specified provisions by issuing citations, and establishes the method of determining whether an employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of proper classification under specified circumstances. The measure imposes civil penalties on employers who violate its provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB377/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB377","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220352,"bill_number":"SB389","title":"Juveniles; offenses for which juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult.","description":"Offenses for which a juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult. Provides that a juvenile age 14 or older shall, without more, be subject to a preliminary hearing in juvenile court, and transfer to a circuit court for trial as an adult if he is charged with any offense defined an act of violence in §19.2-297.1, and has been previously adjudicated delinquent for such an offense.   The bill also provides that a juvenile court shall conduct a preliminary hearing upon notice by the attorney for the Commonwealth to the court and parties when a juvenile 14 years of age or older is charged with gang participation in violation of §18.2-46.2.   The bill also provides that a juvenile court shall conduct a preliminary hearing upon notice by the attorney for the Commonwealth to the court and parties whenever a juvenile 14 years of age or older is charged with manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance in violation of §18.2-248, manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute methamphetamine in violation of §18.2-248.03, felonious selling, giving, distributing or possessing with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of §18.2-248.1, possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute anabolic steroids in violation of §18.2-248.5, if the juvenile has been previously adjudicated delinquent of any such offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB389/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB389","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220353,"bill_number":"SB401","title":"Local government; use of county tax revenue for secondary road improvements.","description":"Urban county executive form of government; use of county tax revenue for secondary road improvements. Provides that Fairfax County (described by optional form of county government) may by ordinance for any fiscal year choose to retain its portion of the retail sales and use tax that is otherwise remitted to the Commonwealth for transportation purposes. The director of finance shall have such funds held in escrow by the county for purposes of secondary road improvements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB401/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB401","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220354,"bill_number":"SB418","title":"Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund; created.","description":"Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund. Creates the Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund. The Fund would be administered by the Virginia Resources Authority. Money in the Fund would be used exclusively for the financing of road, small water facility, and wastewater treatment facility projects located or to be located within an urban development area in the Commonwealth and undertaken by a local government. Priority for loans would be given to projects that will serve two or more local governments to encourage regional cooperation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB418/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB418","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220355,"bill_number":"SB419","title":"Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant.","description":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant. Provides that a declaration may provide for declarant control of an association and its board of directors until (i) three months after 80 percent of all lots that the declarant has reserved the right to develop in all phases of development have been conveyed to a person other than a declarant or builder and (ii) the number of lots not yet developed is less than 200. The bill also provides that the declarant has the right to develop all additional lots in accordance with provisions in effect at the time of transfer of control and gives the declarant a seat on the board of the association until such time as all lots have been conveyed to a person other than a declarant or a builder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB419/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB419","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220356,"bill_number":"SB435","title":"TransDominion Express Commission; established.","description":"TransDominion Express Commission. Establishes the TransDominion Express Commission, to be responsible, within the TransDominion Corridor, for identifying needed construction, reconstruction, improvements of or repairs to railroads and their facilities, and equipment to provide enhanced passenger rail service coordinated with freight rail opportunities within the corridor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB435/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB435","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220357,"bill_number":"SB452","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; taxes on room rentals.","description":"Taxes on room rentals. Provides that retail sales and hotel taxes on transient room rentals are computed based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. For those cases in which a hotel or similar establishment contracts with an agent or other party to collect the retail sales and hotel taxes, the bill would require the agent or other party to separately state the taxes on the bill or invoice and to collect the taxes based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-29","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB452/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB452","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220358,"bill_number":"SB454","title":"College Building Authority; acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued.","description":"Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB454/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB454","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220359,"bill_number":"SB505","title":"Political parties; to determine method of nominating candidates.","description":"Political parties to determine method of nominating candidates. Provides that only political parties may determine the method by which it nominates candidates for office and eliminates exceptions that allowed incumbents in certain cases to determine the method of nomination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB505/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB505","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220360,"bill_number":"SB507","title":"Lobbyist's disclosure statement; Secretary of Commonwealth to redesign form.","description":"Secretary of the Commonwealth; lobbyist disclosure. Redesigns the Lobbyist's Disclosure Statement to clarify information requested and increase compliance. Among other things, the redesigned form (i) requires a lobbyist to include a list of all House of Delegates or Senate bills and procurement transactions for which he has lobbied as well as the expenses related to such lobbying activity and (ii) changes the manner in which entertainment and gift expenses are reported. The bill also provides that a lobbyist who files the statement electronically is not required to provide a paper copy. In addition, the bill provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall review the lobbyist disclosure statements for completeness and accuracy and if a statement is not properly completed, the entire filing will be rejected and returned to the lobbyist. The lobbyist must submit a revised statement within 30 days from receipt of the returned statement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB507/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB507","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220361,"bill_number":"SB530","title":"Criminal street gangs; any person who by telephone solicits another is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","description":"Solicitation to become a gang member; penalty. Provides that any person who, by telephone or by any electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another to actively participate in or become a member of what he knows to be a criminal street gang is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, such solicitation by any method of communication is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB530/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB530","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220362,"bill_number":"SB550","title":"State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.","description":"Coordination of state and local transportation planning. Provides for coordination of local transportation planning with not only the Virginia Department of Transportation, but the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation as well.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB550/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB550","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220363,"bill_number":"SB551","title":"Rezoning actions, local; provides for more limited review by VDOT.","description":"Local rezoning actions. Provides for more limited review by VDOT when a property being considered for rezoning has already been subject to a VDOT review in connection with development of a local comprehensive plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB551/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB551","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220364,"bill_number":"SB556","title":"Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty.","description":"Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated or elder adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct Class 6 felony if the underlying offense is a felony. The bill adds that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment for a misdemeanor shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days, and punishment for a felony shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB556/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB556","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220365,"bill_number":"SB567","title":"Adoptee access; grants adult adoptees by-right access to original birth certificate.","description":"Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate. Grants adult adoptees 18 years of age or older by-right access to their original birth certificate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB567/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB567","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220366,"bill_number":"SB571","title":"Zoning; transfer of development rights.","description":"Zoning; transfer of development rights. Allows any county with the urban county executive form of government to provide in its zoning ordinances for the dedication of density or other rights to develop real property, as defined by the county, from one or more parcels of property located in the county that are not the subject of a development application to one or more parcels of property located elsewhere in the county that are the subject of a development application. Currently, Fairfax County is the only county with the urban county executive form of government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB571/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB571","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220367,"bill_number":"SB573","title":"Kinesiotherapists; licensure.","description":"Kinesiotherapists; licensure required. Creates a Board of Kinesiotherapy within the Department of Health Professions responsible for the licensure and regulation of kinesiotherapists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB573/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB573","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220368,"bill_number":"SB581","title":"State Law Library Database; created, Supreme Court of Virginia to oversee.","description":"State Law Library; access; database. Requires the Supreme Court to require and oversee the State Law Library's creation of the Commonwealth Law Library Database (the database). The database shall include a list of resources contained in the law libraries located at the George Mason University School of Law, the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia, and all other public law libraries located in the Commonwealth. The bill requires that the database be maintained on the website of the Supreme Court and be accessible to the public. The librarian of the State Law Library or his designee shall be the administrator of the database and shall update the database quarterly. The bill also grants access right to the State Law Library to the staff of members of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB581/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB581","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220369,"bill_number":"SB582","title":"Fertilizer products; requires labeling include directions for proper use & precautionary statement.","description":"Labeling fertilizer products. Requires that specialty fertilizers include a label with directions for proper fertilizer use and precautionary statements to educate users. Specialty fertilizer means a fertilizer distributed for nonfarm use, including home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, golf courses, and nurseries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB582/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB582","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220370,"bill_number":"SB588","title":"Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Interference with transit operation or operator; penalty. Provides that any person who obstructs, hinders, or interferes with the operation or operator of a transit vehicle engaged in the performance of a public transportation service or a person engaged in his official duties as a conductor, station agent, or station attendant of a public transportation service is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB588/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB588","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220371,"bill_number":"SB599","title":"Electronic tracking devices; unauthorized installation or placement in motor vehicle, penalty.","description":"Electronic tracking devices in motor vehicles. Provides that any person who, with the intent to electronically track the location of a motor vehicle, knowingly installs or places an electronic tracking device, or causes an electronic tracking device to be installed or placed, in or on a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or lessee, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. This provision does not apply to the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle, law enforcement officers, judicial officers, probation and parole officers, bail bondsmen, and bail enforcement agents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB599/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB599","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220372,"bill_number":"SB604","title":"Assault and battery; if person commits against ABC agent, guilty of Class 6 felony.","description":"Crimes; assault and battery of ABC agent. Provides for an offender who assaults a special agent of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control because of his employment to be prosecuted for a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB604/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB604","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220373,"bill_number":"SB609","title":"Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to enact ordinance requiring installation in certain places.","description":"Carbon monoxide detectors. Authorizes any locality to enact an ordinance requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in (i) any building containing one or more dwelling units; (ii) any hotel or motel regularly used, offered for, or intended to be used to provide overnight sleeping accommodations; and (iii) any rooming house regularly used, offered for, or intended to be used to provide overnight sleeping accommodations, provided such buildings contain dwelling units that have an attached garage or carport or are serviced by fuel-fired appliances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB609/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB609","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220374,"bill_number":"SB624","title":"Voter lists; expands list of people and organizations who may purchase list of registered voters.","description":"State Board of Elections; voter lists. Rewrites the provisions stating who may obtain the lists of registered voters and lists of persons who voted in elections. Adds nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration to the persons who may obtain the lists of persons voting at primaries and elections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-29","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB624/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB624","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220375,"bill_number":"SB631","title":"Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.","description":"Gang-free zones; penalties. Expands current \"gang-free school zones\" to the broader \"gang-free zones\" and includes any school bus stop or the property, including buildings and grounds, of any publicly owned or operated community center, park, library, or hospital. Engaging in criminal street gang activity in a gang-free zone is a Class 5 or 6 felony and may include a two-year mandatory minimum sentence, depending upon other aggravators.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB631/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB631","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220376,"bill_number":"SB639","title":"Health records; penalty for delay.","description":"Health records; penalty for delay. Provides that any health care entity that fails to respond to a request for copies of health records within 15 days, as required by law, shall be subject to a fine, as set by the Board of Health.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB639/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB639","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220377,"bill_number":"SB647","title":"Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.","description":"Impact assessment for energy mandates. Requires standing committees of the General Assembly to request that the State Corporation Commission or the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission prepare an assessment of the economic impact, on customers and public utilities in the Commonwealth, of any proposed state law or other mandate that affects the use, delivery, availability or regulation of energy in the Commonwealth. The assessment is required to be completed within 24 months. Evaluations of the economic impact of existing energy mandates shall be conducted in accordance with a schedule submitted by the committees of the General Assembly having jurisdiction over commerce and trade matters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB647/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB647","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220378,"bill_number":"SB650","title":"Stormwater regulation; amends current law.","description":"Regulation of stormwater. Amends current law by removing the requirement that waivers given to federal, state, or local government agencies that develop, redevelop or retrofit outfalls, discharges or property so that there is a permanent reduction in postdevelopment stormwater flow and pollutant loading be full waivers. The amount of the waiver to such agencies shall be equal to the product of the fee that would be charged to the agency multiplied by the percentage of the stormwater runoff captured by the agency's storm drainage or stormwater control facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB650/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB650","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220379,"bill_number":"SB657","title":"Income tax, corporate; renewable energy products tax credit.","description":"Income tax; corporate; renewable energy products tax credit. Provides an income tax credit for the manufacture of renewable energy products in Virginia by a facility that begins production of such products no later than January 1, 2012. The credit would equal three percent of the total sales price of such renewable energy products that are exported. The aggregate amount of credit for each fiscal year would not exceed $6 million.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB657/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB657","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220380,"bill_number":"SB663","title":"State taxes, delinquent; persons appointed by State to collect shall be compensated.","description":"Collection of delinquent state taxes. Provides that persons appointed by the Commonwealth to collect delinquent state taxes shall be compensated in an amount equal to 20 percent of the delinquent state taxes. The person assessed with the delinquent state taxes shall be liable to the Commonwealth for the taxes plus the compensation. The appointed collector shall collect the delinquent state taxes and the compensation from such person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB663/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB663","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220381,"bill_number":"SB672","title":"Governor; compacts with federally recognized Virginia Indian tribes.","description":"Governor; compacts with federally recognized Virginia Indian tribes. Authorizes the Governor, subject to the approval of the General Assembly, to enter into a compact with any Virginia Indian tribe that has been officially recognized by the Commonwealth and has also obtained official recognition by the United States government as a self-governing community.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB672/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB672","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220382,"bill_number":"SB674","title":"Automobile clubs; shall not include services offered or provided through a telematics system.","description":"Automobile clubs; telematics systems. Provides that the services that may be supplied by an automobile club shall not include services offered or provided through a telematics system. A telematics system is motor vehicle equipment that collects and delivers information or services to and from a motor vehicle through global positioning systems and wireless communications systems.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB674/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB674","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220383,"bill_number":"SB678","title":"Income tax; credit for electric energy facility producing electricity from livestock waste nutrient.","description":"Income tax credits; electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients. Establishes individual and corporate income tax credits for energy property under §48 (a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is (i) placed in service in the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2010, and (ii) part of an electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients.   The amount of the credit would be equal to the amount of the energy credit allowed for the taxable year under §48 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for placing such energy property in service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB678/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB678","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220384,"bill_number":"SB682","title":"Public schools; school board to report to Superintendent of Public Instruction recycling policies.","description":"Public schools; recycling. Requires each local school board to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction any recycling policies voluntarily implemented or in place in any of its schools. The report shall include the types of items recycled, the number of schools participating in the recycling program, and an approximation of the amount of materials being recycled.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB682/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB682","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220385,"bill_number":"SB685","title":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; use of fireworks on residential property.","description":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; use of fireworks on residential property. Limits the exception from application of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code to the use of permissible fireworks on residential property. The current exception applies to the sale or use of permissible fireworks on private property.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB685/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB685","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220386,"bill_number":"SB687","title":"Schedule IV; adds carisoprodol and tramadol to list.","description":"Carisoprodol and tramadol; add to Schedule IV. Adds carisoprodol and tramadol to Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB687/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB687","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220387,"bill_number":"SB688","title":"DUI; expands crimes for which officer may arrest without warrant to include driving watercraft.","description":"Arrest without warrant; DUI arrests. Expands the DUI crimes for which an officer may arrest a person without a warrant. The bill removes the requirement that an arrest for DUI be made within three hours of an accident and allows an arrest to be made for misdemeanor offenses of DUI or \"drunk boating\" to be made by any officer, whether or not the offense occurred in his presence, and removes language from the law providing for transfer of custody from one officer to another in drunk boating incidents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB688/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB688","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220388,"bill_number":"SB697","title":"Medicaid; DMAS to continue efforts to expand managed care of recipients throughout State.","description":"Medicaid; managed care. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue efforts to expand managed care of Medicaid recipients throughout the Commonwealth, to the extent possible. The Department shall have a goal of achieving statewide managed care by July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB697/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB697","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220389,"bill_number":"SB700","title":"Management-to-staff ratios; DHRM to develop procedures for implementation of schedule.","description":"Department of Human Resource Management; implementation of management-to-staff ratios. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop procedures for the implementation of the management-to-staff ratio schedule for state agencies in the executive branch. The schedule for implementation in the bill provides for state agencies employing more than 100 full-time employees to have a ratio of one full-time employee in a management position for every 11 full-time employees in nonmanagerial staff positions by July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB700/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB700","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220390,"bill_number":"SB702","title":"Child welfare; placement of children.","description":"Child welfare; placement of children.  Provides that the Department of Social Services shall consider residential placement of children when reunification with the family is not in the best interests of the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB702/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB702","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220391,"bill_number":"SB703","title":"Public Procurement Act; preference for construction contractors hiring local residents.","description":"Public Procurement Act; preference for construction contractors hiring local residents. Authorizes a locality to develop and implement a bidding system providing a preference to construction contractors that hire residents of the locality or the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB703/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB703","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220392,"bill_number":"SB711","title":"Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of criminal investigative records.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of criminal investigative records. Limits the exemption for criminal investigative or prosecution records to those investigations or prosecutions that are ongoing. As a result, criminal investigative and prosecution records would be open to the public after the ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution has become final or has been otherwise terminated, unless there is jeopardy to any other criminal investigation or prosecution. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB711/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB711","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220393,"bill_number":"SB720","title":"Tuition; covered higher educational institutions to charge based on ability to pay.","description":"Tuition charges; covered institutions of higher education. Authorizes the covered institutions governed by Subchapter 3 (§23-38.91 et seq.) of the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act to charge either a fixed tuition amount or a variable tuition amount based on ability to pay.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB720/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB720","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220394,"bill_number":"SB727","title":"Kinesiotherapists; licensure.","description":"Kinesiotherapists; licensure required. Creates a Board of Kinesiotherapy within the Department of Health Professions responsible for the licensure and regulation of kinesiotherapists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB727/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB727","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220395,"bill_number":"SB733","title":"License tax, state; credit for investment in small business investment companies.","description":"State insurance license tax credit. Provides a tax credit against the state license tax liability on certain insurance companies for investments in Virginia small business investment companies. The tax credit will be administered by the Tax Commissioner. The tax credit is capped at $20 million per year and may not exceed $100 million for the life of the program. The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB733/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB733","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220396,"bill_number":"SB740","title":"Motorcycles and mopeds; use of bridges in high winds.","description":"Motorcycles and mopeds; use of bridges in high winds. Requires VDOT to prohibit use of certain bridges in Hampton Roads by motorcycles and mopeds during periods of high wind.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-07-28","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB740/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB740","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220397,"bill_number":"SB741","title":"Terminations of electric utility service; endangerment of customer's health.","description":"Terminations of electric utility service; endangerment of customer's health. Requires an electric utility to postpone its termination of service of a residential customer for five days, or to reconnect service to such a customer within five days, if the customer notifies the utility that termination of electric service endangers the health of the customer or member of the customer's household. If the customer provides a physician's written certification within the five-day period describing how the termination of electric service, by curtailing the operation of electric-powered life-supporting equipment, would aggravate an existing medical condition or pose a danger to the customer or a member of the customer's household who is medically dependent on the equipment, the utility is required to refrain from terminating the customer's service for an additional period of at least 10 days, during which time the utility and customer may negotiate a deferred payment agreement if the customer demonstrates he can pay the outstanding balance but only in installments. The utility shall not terminate service on account of the outstanding balance as long as the customer complies with the deferred payment agreement and pays ongoing charges for electric service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-08-27","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB741/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB741","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220398,"bill_number":"SB742","title":"Neighborhood assistance tax credits; eligibility of certain pharmacists.","description":"Neighborhood assistance tax credits; eligibility of certain pharmacists. Clarifies that pharmacists donating pharmaceutical services to patients of a free clinic, which clinic is an organization exempt from taxation under the provisions of §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, with such pharmaceutical services performed at the direction of an approved neighborhood organization, shall be eligible for neighborhood assistance tax credits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB742/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB742","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220399,"bill_number":"SB743","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Washington County to those localities authorized to impose.","description":"Transient Occupancy Tax; Washington County. Adds Washington County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any county may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed two percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-07","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (SB984-Lucas) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB743/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB743","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220400,"bill_number":"SB744","title":"Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; employees of school boards, exception.","description":"State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; employees of school boards; exception. Provides that certain relatives of a school board member in Planning District 3 may be considered for employment if (i) the board member certifies that he had no involvement with the hiring decision and (ii) the superintendent certifies to the remaining members of the governing body in writing that the employment is based upon merit and fitness and the competitive rating of the qualifications of the individual and that no member of the board had any involvement with the hiring decision. Without the exception, employment of such relatives would only be permissible if the relative had been employed by the school division prior to the taking of office of the board member or prior to the inception of the relationship. The bill adds the exception for Planning District 3 that is currently held by Planning Districts 11, 12, and 13.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB744/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB744","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220401,"bill_number":"SB745","title":"Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for transport, possession, sale, or distribution, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic cannabinoids; bath salts. Lists those chemicals that comprise synthetic cannabinoids and makes possession a Class 1 misdemeanor. Possession with intent to distribute and manufacturing are felonies. The first offender statute applies as it does to marijuana and controlled substances. The bill criminalizes privately compounding with the specific intent to circumvent the criminal penalties for synthetic cannabinoids. The bill also allows restitution for cleaning up sites where the drug is made. A number of Code sections are amended for the purpose of treating synthetic cannabinoids as marijuana is treated throughout the Code. The bill adds chemicals known as \"bath salts\" to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. There is an emergency clause. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB745/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB745","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220402,"bill_number":"SB746","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-10-29","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB746/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB746","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220403,"bill_number":"SB747","title":"Nondiscrimination in state employment; prohibited based on race, color, religion, etc.","description":"Nondiscrimination in state employment. Prohibits discrimination in state employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or status as a special disabled veteran or other veteran covered by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended. The bill defines \"sexual orientation\" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. The bill expressly provides that \"sexual orientation\" shall not include any person's attraction toward persons with whom sexual conduct would be illegal due to the age of the parties. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-10-29","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB747/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB747","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220404,"bill_number":"SB748","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-01","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB748/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB748","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220405,"bill_number":"SB749","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-02","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB749/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB749","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220406,"bill_number":"SB750","title":"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; established.","description":"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Establishes a mechanism for resolving multistate jurisdictional disputes regarding adult guardianships and conservatorships. Procedures are provided for determining which jurisdiction is the \"home state\" having primary jurisdiction, transferring a guardianship or conservatorship to another state, registering orders, and addressing emergency situations. The Act has been adopted in 19 states and the District of Columbia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB750/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB750","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220407,"bill_number":"SB751","title":"Motor vehicle title loans; caps interest rate.","description":"Motor vehicle title loans; interest rate. Caps the rate of interest that may be charged on a motor vehicle title loan at 36 percent per year. Currently, interest on such loans may not exceed 22 percent per month on the portion of the outstanding balance of the loan that does not exceed $700; 18 percent per month on the portion between $700 and $1,400; and 15 percent per month on the portion that exceeds $1,400.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-17","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB751/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB751","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220408,"bill_number":"SB752","title":"Payday loans; permitted interest.","description":"Payday loans; permitted interest.  Repeals provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-17","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB752/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB752","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220409,"bill_number":"SB753","title":"Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; administrative appeals process.","description":"BPOL administrative appeals process. Adds additional time limitations by which the Tax Commissioner must rule on BPOL administrative appeals and requests for advisory written opinions. The bill also would limit the Tax Commissioner to reviewing matters of law and would prohibit him from considering any additional or revised facts when ruling on any request for reconsideration of a BPOL determination previously issued by him.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-11-17","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB753/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB753","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220410,"bill_number":"SB754","title":"Protective orders, preliminary; prohibition on purchase & transport of firearms for certain persons.","description":"Preliminary protective orders. Makes the prohibition on purchasing and transporting a firearm applicable to persons subject to preliminary protective orders where a petition alleging abuse or neglect has been filed. Under current law, persons subject to a preliminary protective order are prohibited from purchasing or transporting a firearm regardless of any allegation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0373)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB754/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB754","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220411,"bill_number":"SB755","title":"Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or subst. abuse treatment.","description":"Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or substance abuse treatment. Allows a person who has received mental health treatment or substance abuse treatment in a residential setting within five years from the application to petition the court for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Currently, such persons are disqualified from obtaining a permit within five years of receiving residential treatment.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB755/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB755","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220412,"bill_number":"SB756","title":"Unexecuted warrants; clarifies that can be destroyed if dismissed, exceptions.","description":"Unexecuted warrants. Clarifies that unexecuted warrants may be destroyed if dismissed under a provision enacted during the 2010 Session of the General Assembly allowing an attorney for the Commonwealth to move the court for the dismissal of an unexecuted warrant or summons issued by a magistrate. Dismissal and destruction of warrants that charge capital murder and those whose preservation is deemed justifiable by the court shall not be dismissed and destroyed. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB756/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB756","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220413,"bill_number":"SB757","title":"Pneumatic guns; regulations, exceptions.","description":"Pneumatic gun regulations. Prohibits a locality from adopting an ordinance that prohibits the shooting of pneumatic guns on private property, with permission of the owner of the property, if reasonable care is taken to prevent a projectile from crossing the bounds of the property. The bill also invalidates any existing local ordinances that conflict with the provisions of the act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB757/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB757","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220414,"bill_number":"SB758","title":"Preliminary protective orders; purchase or transportation of firearms by persons subject to orders.","description":"Preliminary protective orders.  Makes the prohibition on purchasing and transporting a firearm applicable to persons subject to preliminary protective orders that contain a finding of abuse or neglect. Under current law, persons subject to a preliminary protective order are prohibited from purchasing or transporting a firearm regardless of any court finding.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB758/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB758","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220415,"bill_number":"SB759","title":"Workers' compensation; compensable consequences.","description":"Workers' compensation; compensable consequences. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a subsequent injury to an employee is a compensable consequence of the employee's primary injury if the subsequent injury is to a body part or system that sustained a primary injury that (i) was accepted as compensable by the employer or (ii) was found to be compensable by the Workers' Compensation Commission. An employer may rebut this presumption by clear and convincing evidence that the subsequent injury is not causally connected to the primary injury because the injury is not a natural consequence that flows from the primary injury or that the injury is the result of an independent intervening cause attributable to the employee's own intentional conduct. The measure also provides that the period in which an employee may request the Commission to review a prior award based on a change in conditions in claims for medical treatment for a subsequent injury that is a compensable consequence of a primary injury is 24 months after the last to occur of the date of the employer's last payment of indemnity compensation or the last payment of any medical benefits. Currently, the limitation period for claims asserting such a change in conditions is 24 months from the last day for which compensation was paid.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB759/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB759","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220416,"bill_number":"SB760","title":"Child support; suspension of driver's license for failure to pay.","description":"Suspension of operator's license for failure to pay child support. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not renew a driver's license or terminate a license suspension imposed because of nonpayment of child support until it has received from the Department of Social Services a certification that the person has (i) paid the delinquency in full or (ii) reached an agreement with the Department of Social Services to satisfy the delinquency within a period not to exceed 10 years and at least one payment, representing at least five percent of the total delinquency or $500, whichever is less, has been made pursuant to the agreement. Current law requires either (i) full payment of the delinquency or (ii) a payment of at least five percent of the total delinquency or $500, whichever is greater.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB760/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB760","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220417,"bill_number":"SB761","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters celebrating centennial of Fort Belvoir.","description":"Special license plates; centennial of Fort Belvoir. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates celebrating the centennial of Fort Belvoir.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB761/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB761","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220418,"bill_number":"SB762","title":"Emergency vehicles; proceeding past red lights.","description":"Emergency vehicles proceeding past red lights. Provides that emergency vehicles proceeding past any steady or flashing red signals, traffic lights, stop signs, or other devices indicating moving traffic shall stop, must flash emergency lights and either (i) sound a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent signals or (ii) yield right-of-way or, if required for safety, bring the vehicle to a complete stop before proceeding with due regard to the safety of persons and property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB762/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB762","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220419,"bill_number":"SB763","title":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement. Requires that the party against whom a FOIA petition is brought must receive a copy of the petition at least three working days prior to the filing of the petition. The bill contains technical amendments and is a recommendation of the FOIA Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB763/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB763","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220420,"bill_number":"SB764","title":"Adoption; absence of parental consent.","description":"Adoption of a child; absence of parental consent. Clarifies the standard a court must apply in when determining whether to allow adoption of a child in the absence of parental consent, stating that the court must determine that failure to grant the petition for adoption would be detrimental to the child, and that granting the petition for adoption would be in the best interests of the child. The bill also clarifies that, in cases in which parental consent to adoption is waived due to failure of the parent to contact the child for six months prior to the filing of the petition for adoption, the six-month period must be immediately preceding the filing of the petition.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2010-12-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB764/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB764","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220421,"bill_number":"SB765","title":"Menhaden fishery; directs MRC to adopt regulations to implement Interstate Fishery Management Plan.","description":"Menhaden fishery. Directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review and repeals the Governor's authority to implement menhaden management measures by proclamation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-08","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB765/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB765","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220422,"bill_number":"SB766","title":"Water well systems providers; definition.","description":"Water well systems providers; definition.  Clarifies that a water well systems provider is qualified to install, remove or repair geothermal water well systems to the point of connection to the ground source heat pump.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB766/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB766","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220423,"bill_number":"SB767","title":"Protective orders; expungement of police and court records.","description":"Expungement of protective orders. Provides that a person against whom a protective order has been issued may petition to have police and court records relating to the protective order expunged if the order is subsequently dissolved by the issuing court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-08","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB767/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB767","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220424,"bill_number":"SB768","title":"School zones; designation of zones in certain residential communities.","description":"Designation of school zones in certain residential communities. Provides for the designation and enforcement of school zones within common interest communities with the costs borne entirely by the communities in which they are located.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB768/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB768","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220425,"bill_number":"SB769","title":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus.","description":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus. Provides that a person driving a motor vehicle shall stop his vehicle when approaching, from any direction, any school bus that is stopped on any highway, private road, or school driveway for the purpose of taking on or discharging children, etc., and remain stopped until all the persons are clear of the highway, private road, or school driveway and the bus is put in motion and that failure to do so is reckless driving. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB769/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB769","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220426,"bill_number":"SB770","title":"Underage drinking and driving; punishable as Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Punishment for underage drinking and driving; penalty. Provides that \"zero tolerance\" (0.02% BAC) underage drinking and driving is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, the punishment is loss of license for six months and a fine of no more than $500. This bill provides that the punishment must include forfeiture of such person's license to operate a motor vehicle for a period of one year from the date of conviction and either a mandatory minimum fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB770/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB770","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220427,"bill_number":"SB771","title":"Remedies; increases cap on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions.","description":"Remedies; limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Increases from $2 million to $2.05 million, on July 1, 2012, the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice. Thereafter, the cap is increased by $50,000 annually with the last increase on July 1, 2031.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB771/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB771","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220428,"bill_number":"SB772","title":"Assault and battery; penalty when against fire marshals with police powers.","description":"Assault and battery; fire marshals; penalty. Adds fire marshals who have police powers to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such a person who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB772/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB772","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220429,"bill_number":"SB773","title":"Aircraft noise attenuation features; adoption, etc. of regulations with regard to installation.","description":"Aircraft noise attenuation features. Allows any locality, or adjacent locality, which has not only a United States Master Jet Base but also a licensed airport or United States government or military air facility to adopt and enforce building regulations relating to the provision or installation of acoustical treatment measures applicable to buildings and structures, or portions thereof, in Assembly, Business, Educational, Institutional, and Mercantile groups, as defined in the International Building Code. This legislation is a recommendation of the Hampton Roads Joint Land Use Study.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB773/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB773","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220430,"bill_number":"SB774","title":"Jurisdictional limits of courts; increases maximum civil limit of general district courts","description":"Jurisdictional limits of courts. Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum civil jurisdictional limit of general district courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB774/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB774","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220431,"bill_number":"SB775","title":"Incarcerated defendant; waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs for certain cases.","description":"Waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs; incarcerated defendant. Provides for the purging of interest on fines and costs for an incarcerated defendant when such fines and costs have accrued on cases other than the one for which the defendant is incarcerated. Current law provides for the interest waiver only for the case for which the defendant is incarcerated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB775/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB775","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220432,"bill_number":"SB776","title":"DMV offices and agencies; agreements with commissioner of the revenue.","description":"DMV offices and agencies; agreements. Provides that in any county, city, or town that does not have either a branch office or an automated agency, the Commissioner shall, upon request of any commissioner of the revenue, treasurer, or local governing body, jointly or separately, enter into an agreement with such commissioner of the revenue, treasurer, or local governing body, to act as an agent of the Commissioner and maintain a branch office.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB776/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB776","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220433,"bill_number":"SB777","title":"Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.","description":"Jail processing fee.  Allows a locality to divide the fees collected post-conviction proportionately between a police department and the sheriff's department if costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting services. Currently, the fee may go only to sheriff's offices and regional jails.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB777/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB777","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220434,"bill_number":"SB778","title":"Nottoway River; extends portion that is designated as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","description":"Nottoway River scenic designation. Extends that portion of the Nottoway River that is designated as a scenic river from the current 39.5 miles to 72.5 miles. The bill does not preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, operating, or performing necessary maintenance on any transportation or public water supply project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB778/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB778","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220435,"bill_number":"SB779","title":"Joint enterprise zone; authorizes DHCD to expand an existing zone consisting of two localities, etc.","description":"Redesignation of joint enterprise zones. Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand an existing joint enterprise zone consisting of two localities provided (i) all the local governing bodies of all the localities in which the proposed redesignated zone submit to the Department resolutions supporting the proposed redesignation and applications for the redesignation and (ii) the area of the additional locality that will be included in the redesignated zone is contiguous to the existing joint enterprise zone and includes a revenue-sharing district that has experienced the loss of 900 permanent full-time positions within a 12-month period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB779/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB779","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220436,"bill_number":"SB780","title":"Recordation and grantor taxes; expands reduced tax accorded to deeds of trust.","description":"Recordation and grantor taxes. Expands, for a three-year period, the reduced recordation tax accorded to deeds of trust securing a refinanced mortgage with the same lender to all such refinancings, regardless of lender.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-27","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB780/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB780","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220437,"bill_number":"SB781","title":"VIEW; screening and assessment for use of illegal substances.","description":"Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.  Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal drugs. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal drugs, the Department shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include drug testing. Any person who fails or refuses to participate in a screening or assessment without good cause or who tests positive for the use of illegal drugs shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year; however, the person shall have an opportunity to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated once during the 12-month period following the date of the initial view assessment. The provisions of the bill are made conditional upon an appropriation of General Funds effectuating the provisions of the bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB781/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB781","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220438,"bill_number":"SB782","title":"Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.","description":"Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization from the attorney for the Commonwealth or a law-enforcement agency in his jurisdiction. Currently, the magistrate need only consult with the attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement agency. The bill also requires a written complaint if the complaint is by a person other than a law-enforcement officer; currently a written complaint is required in such a situation whenever practicable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB782/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB782","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220439,"bill_number":"SB783","title":"Zoning; cluster development subject to land use ordinance of locality.","description":"Zoning; clustering. Provides that a cluster development is otherwise subject to applicable land use ordinances of the locality; however, the locality shall not impose more stringent land use requirements for such cluster development. Also, the locality shall not prohibit extension of water or sewer from an adjacent property to a cluster development provided the cluster development is located within an area designated for water and sewer service by a county, city, or town.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB783/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB783","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220440,"bill_number":"SB784","title":"Affordable housing; assessments of real property.","description":"Assessments of real property; affordable housing. Requires owners of four or fewer rental units of real property to furnish to a real estate assessor, board, or department statements of income and expenses attributable to the property to determine that it is affordable rental housing. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB784/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB784","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220441,"bill_number":"SB785","title":"Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements.","description":"Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements. Clarifies that the partial exemption from the assessed value of real property subject to real property tax for improvements to rehabilitated, renovated, or replacement residential structures or for improvements in rehabilitation districts or redevelopment or conservation areas runs with the land and shall not be reduced during the period of exemption, unless the locality notifies the taxpayer at the time the exemption is approved that the amount may be reduced. The bill contains an emergency clause and technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB785/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB785","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220442,"bill_number":"SB786","title":"Mortgage loan originator for residential mortgage loan; allows for exception under definition.","description":"Definition of mortgage loan originator for residential mortgage loan; exception. Allows for a limited exception under the mortgage loan originator definition for an individual who is employed by a housing counseling organization certified or approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and who assists borrowers in default, or imminent default, on their residential mortgages by negotiating or offering terms of such loans but does not otherwise engage in activities for which a license is required. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0301)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB786/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB786","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220443,"bill_number":"SB787","title":"Wireless E-911 Services Board; changes name to E-911 Services Board.","description":"Wireless E-911 Services Board; name. Changes the name of the Wireless E-911 Services Board to the E-911 Services Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB787/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB787","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220444,"bill_number":"SB788","title":"Wireless E-911 Fund; amends procedure by which Wireless E-911 Services Board distributes funds.","description":"Wireless E-911 Fund; distributions. Amends the procedure by which the Wireless E-911 Services Board distributes funds in the Wireless E-911 Fund. The measure requires the Board to recalculate the distribution percentage for each public safety answering point annually before the start of each fiscal year based on the cost and call load data from one or more of the previous fiscal years. Currently, the Board calculates the distribution formula each October based on the data from the prior year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB788/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB788","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220445,"bill_number":"SB789","title":"E-Verify program; requires Virginia Employment Commission to use.","description":"Virginia Employment Commission; E-Verify program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to use the E-Verify program for each individual the Virginia Employment Commission refers to an employer to perform work within the Commonwealth. The bill also defines the E-Verify program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-28","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Employment Commission","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB789/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB789","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220446,"bill_number":"SB790","title":"Unemployment compensation bills; impact statement.","description":"Unemployment compensation bills; impact statement. Requires that bills enhancing unemployment compensation benefits payable to a claimant contain a statement reflecting the projected impact on the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund and the average increase in state unemployment tax liability of employers. Currently, such bills are required to contain an estimate of potential revenue losses of state tax revenues.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB790/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB790","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220447,"bill_number":"SB791","title":"Extended unemployment benefits; clarifies expiration of provisions that expanded certain criteria.","description":"Extended unemployment benefits. Clarifies the expiration of provisions, enacted in 2009, that expanded the criteria for a state \"on\" indicator, during which unemployed individuals are eligible for extended benefits to include weeks when the unemployment rate equaled or exceeded 6.5 percent and was more than 110 percent of the average for either or both of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years. The revised eligibility criteria will apply to weeks beginning not later than the week ending three weeks prior to the last week for which federal sharing is authorized by §2005(a) of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including weeks for which such sharing is authorized by an extension of or amendment to the federal law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB791/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB791","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220448,"bill_number":"SB792","title":"Airport shuttle service; same treatment of carriers in Henrico County as for those in Norfolk.","description":"Airport shuttle service. Provides for the same treatment of carriers in Henrico County as for those in the City of Norfolk for the purpose of improving airport shuttle service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB792/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB792","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220449,"bill_number":"SB793","title":"Mercury switches; extends sunset provision that requires removal in certain motor vehicles.","description":"Removal of mercury switches. Extends the sunset from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, on the law that requires the removal of mercury switches in certain motor vehicles prior to their demolition.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB793/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB793","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220450,"bill_number":"SB794","title":"Electric utilities; integrated resource plans.","description":"Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. Provides that an electric utility's integrated resource plan should take into consideration environmental impacts, externalities, and price stability. Externalities are defined as including the costs, benefits, and other effects on societal welfare, health, and the environment that result from the production of energy, delivery of energy, or reduction in the use of energy through efficiency improvements, and that are external to a transaction between the supplier of energy or efficiency improvements and the wholesale or retail customer of the energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-28","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB794/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB794","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220451,"bill_number":"SB795","title":"Foreclosure procedures; makes various changes to procedures.","description":"Foreclosure procedures. Makes various changes to procedures for foreclosure, including requiring additional documentation showing the right of the beneficiary to request foreclosure, altering the requirements for providing notice prior to a foreclosure sale, and imposing additional fiduciary duties on the trustee. The bill also provides that violating foreclosure provisions is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-28","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB795/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB795","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220452,"bill_number":"SB796","title":"Rehabilitative programming; earned sentence credits.","description":"Rehabilitative programming; earned sentence credits.  Allows prisoners to earn 10 additional sentence credits for each 30 days of incarceration for participation in programs aimed at earning a GED, college credit, or a certification through an accredited vocational training program or other accredited continuing education program, or interventional rehabilitation programs including mental health and sex offender treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-29","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (2-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB796/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB796","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220453,"bill_number":"SB797","title":"Human Rights Act; adds sexual orientation to definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.","description":"Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discriminatory practice; sexual orientation. Adds sexual orientation to the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-29","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB797/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB797","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220454,"bill_number":"SB798","title":"Judicial foreclosure; court must order sale of property subject to foreclosure for deeds of trust.","description":"Judicial foreclosure. Provides that a court must order the sale of property subject to foreclosure for deeds of trust entered into on or after July 1, 2011. Property secured by deeds of trust entered into prior to July 1, 2011, may still be foreclosed upon using current non-judicial procedures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-30","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virgina Bar Association","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB798/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB798","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220455,"bill_number":"SB799","title":"Community revitalization fund; City of Richmond to establish fund for preventing deterioration.","description":"City of Richmond; funding for community revitalization activities. Allows the City of Richmond to establish an enhanced building rehabilitation process using a newly created community revitalization fund for derelict residential property to combat blight, crime, and neighborhood decay.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0833)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB799/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB799","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220456,"bill_number":"SB800","title":"Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2010-2012 biennium.","description":"Budget Bill. Amending Chapter 874, 2010 Acts of Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-17","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB800/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB800","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220457,"bill_number":"SB801","title":"Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2011; created.","description":"Bonds; capital projects at institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $64,579,000 plus financing costs to finance revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB801/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB801","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220458,"bill_number":"SB802","title":"Child day programs; regulation, use of outdoor play equipment and areas.","description":"Regulation of child day programs; use of outdoor play equipment and areas. Provides that regulations governing child day centers shall not prohibit child day programs providing care for school-age children at a location that is currently approved for school occupancy and that houses a public or private school during the school year from allowing school-age children to use outdoor play equipment and areas approved for use by students of the school during school hours.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB802/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB802","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220459,"bill_number":"SB803","title":"Public schools; physical fitness requirement.","description":"Public schools; physical fitness requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical fitness per week on average for grades K through five and 225 minutes per week on average for grades six through eight during the regular school year, with a similar goal for high school students. Physical fitness may include (i) physical education classes, (ii) extracurricular athletics, or (iii) other programs and physical activities deemed appropriate by the local school board. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB966-Northam) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB803/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB803","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220460,"bill_number":"SB804","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.","description":"Special license plates; IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25 instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets) $15 will go to the VTV Family Outreach Foundation, to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB804/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB804","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220461,"bill_number":"SB805","title":"Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.","description":"Health insurance credits for retired school division employees. Provides that the health insurance credit currently being provided to retired teachers would also be provided to all retired employees of the local school division at the option of the local school division and as a cost borne by the local government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB805/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB805","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220462,"bill_number":"SB806","title":"Expert witnesses; literature designations.","description":"Expert witnesses; literature designations.  Provides that if any party, during the direct examination of his own expert witness, intends to rely on statements in treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets previously designated by an opposing party, copies of such specific statements must be provided to all parties within 10 days after receipt of the opposing party's designation unless ordered by the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-26","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB806/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB806","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220463,"bill_number":"SB807","title":"Commercial vehicles; person required to register with Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry.","description":"Commercial vehicles; persons required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Prohibits persons for whom registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is required from (1) driving school buses and passenger-carrying commercial vehicles and (2) being issued commercial driver's licenses and instruction permits to drive school buses and passenger-carrying commercial vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Crime Commission","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB807/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB807","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220464,"bill_number":"SB808","title":"Elections; voter identification requirements, absentee voting eligibility and procedures.","description":"Elections; voter identification requirements; absentee voting eligibility and procedures. Revises the list of items that a voter may show to prove identification at the polls. The bill adds to the list several items now allowed to prove the identity of first-time voters for federal elections who registered by mail: a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter. The bill deletes the provision that allows a voter to sign a sworn statement that he is the named registered voter he claims to be in lieu of showing identification and provides instead for the voter to cast a provisional ballot if he cannot provide a required form of identification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB808/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB808","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220465,"bill_number":"SB809","title":"Attorney liability to client; removes language from statute authorizing malpractice actions, etc.","description":"Attorney liability to client. Removes language from statute authorizing attorney malpractice actions that provides that damages not exceeding 15%, in lieu of interest, may be awarded against the attorney. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB809/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB809","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220466,"bill_number":"SB810","title":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations.","description":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations, etc. Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based that were not already in effect on June 30, 2008, with the exceptions of the graduation and completion rate index and the economics and financial literacy requirement, until July 1, 2012, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB810/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB810","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220467,"bill_number":"SB811","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing national motto: IN GOD WE TRUST.","description":"Special license plates; \"In God We Trust.\" Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the national motto: \"In God We Trust.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB811/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB811","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220468,"bill_number":"SB812","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; access to salary information, etc., of public employees.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; access to salary information, etc., of public employees.  Allows public access to the records of only the job position, official salary, or rate of pay of, and the allowances or reimbursements for expenses paid to, any officer, official, or employee of a public body. The bill specifically excludes the name of any such officer, official, or employee from disclosure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Freedom of Information Advisory Council","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB812/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB812","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220469,"bill_number":"SB813","title":"Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty.","description":"Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly communicates, in a writing, a threat to kill or do bodily harm to a person or class of persons, regardless of whether the person or a member of the class of persons who is the object of the threat actually receives the threat, and the threat would place the object of the threat in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law only governs threats made against a person or his family members or threats to do harm at a school or a school-related event or on a school bus. The bill also expands the types of government activities to include judicial proceedings for which threats to kill or do bodily injury with the intent to influence such government activities are punishable as Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB813/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB813","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220470,"bill_number":"SB814","title":"Offshore energy resources; State to support oil and natural gas exploration, etc., exception.","description":"Offshore energy resources. States that it shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to support oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production 75 miles or more off Virginia's coast, subject to the condition that such activities not be permitted if they would adversely affect the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay, including its fish, wildlife, and aquatic resources and the habitat and ecological functions upon which they depend. Currently, the Commonwealth's policy is to support these activities 50 miles or more off Virginia's coast. The measure also provides that it is the Commonwealth's policy to permit the siting and development of commercial-scale offshore wind installations, and states that in adopting these policies the Commonwealth is cognizant of the risks evidenced by the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Finally, the measure deletes the statement that the policy of the Commonwealth shall support the inclusion of the Atlantic Planning Areas in the Mineral Management Service's draft environmental impact statement with respect to offshore oil and natural gas exploration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 3-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB814/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB814","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220471,"bill_number":"SB815","title":"State Grievance Procedure; scope of hearing officer's decision, reinstatement.","description":"State Grievance Procedure; scope of hearing officer's decision; reinstatement. Clarifies that the reinstatement remedy that may be ordered by the hearing officer under the State Grievance Procedure consists of reinstatement to the same position, or if the position is filled, to an equivalent position.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB815/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB815","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220472,"bill_number":"SB816","title":"Civil cases; increases filing fees to finance judicial salaries.","description":"Fees for civil cases; judicial salaries.  Increases civil filing fees by $50 to finance judicial salaries.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB816/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB816","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220473,"bill_number":"SB817","title":"Lawyers; client accounts.","description":"Professions; lawyers; client accounts.  Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court from adopting a disciplinary rule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearing account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (11-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB817/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB817","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220474,"bill_number":"SB818","title":"Certificate of public need; exempts construction of an outpatient radiation therapy facility, etc.","description":"Certificate of public need; exemption. Exempts the construction of an outpatient radiation therapy facility, and the upgrade of the facility's equipment, from the certificate of public need requirements.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB818/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB818","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220475,"bill_number":"SB819","title":"Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; established.","description":"Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to two-year college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds paid shall not exceed $5 million, in aggregate, in any fiscal year. These funds shall be used to award scholarships to students who (i) are domiciled residents of Virginia and (ii) are enrolled in an associate degree program in a Virginia two-year college studying science, technology, engineering, math, education, or nursing. This will only become effective upon an appropriation of general funds effectuating the purposes of the bill passed by the 2011 General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-24","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB819/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB819","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220476,"bill_number":"SB820","title":"Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish.","description":"Mental health courts.  Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish a mental health court, which is a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court offering judicial monitoring of the treatment and supervision of certain individuals with mental illness who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal court. The court is required to (i) identify eligible individuals; (ii) obtain services from a willing local community services board or behavioral health authority serving the territorial jurisdiction of the court and which can provide, or contract for, appropriate treatment and services for the offender or, from a program offered to any eligible veteran by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; (iii) maintain court-established treatment and compliance terms of participation; and (iv) monitor adherence to court requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB820/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB820","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220477,"bill_number":"SB821","title":"Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.","description":"Office of the Children's Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to provide ombudsman services, including investigation of complaints, advocacy, and information for children, parents, and citizens involved with child-serving agencies. The provisions of the bill are made conditional upon an appropriation of General Funds effectuating the provisions of the bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB821/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB821","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220478,"bill_number":"SB822","title":"Circuit courts; juvenile's right to appeal transfer of case.","description":"Juvenile's right to appeal transfer to circuit court. Provides for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision in certain violent felony cases to transfer the juvenile's case to the circuit court for trial as an adult.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB822/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB822","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220479,"bill_number":"SB823","title":"Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.","description":"Workers' compensation; presumption that injury is work related. Creates a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related. The presumption arises in a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act where an employee is physically or mentally unable to testify and there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that the injury was work related.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB823/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB823","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220480,"bill_number":"SB824","title":"Tuition, in-state; waiver of one-year residency requirement for veterans.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB824/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB824","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220481,"bill_number":"SB825","title":"Open-end loan plans; caps finance charges.","description":"Open-end loan plans; finance charges. Caps the finance charges and other charges and fees that may be charged on extension of credit under certain open-end credit plans at an annual rate of 36 percent if the maximum amount that may be advanced under the plan does not exceed $2,500. If the maximum amount that may be advanced exceeds $2,500, the lender may impose finance charges and other charges and fees at such rates and in such amounts as the parties may agree.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 3-N 2-A)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB825/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB825","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220482,"bill_number":"SB826","title":"Publication of unlawful photographs; penalty.","description":"Publication of unlawful photographs; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to publish on the Internet a photograph or video made in violation of the current law prohibiting photographing, etc., a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB826/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB826","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220483,"bill_number":"SB827","title":"Electronic notary; notary to notarize document if signer is not present if identity is established.","description":"Electronic notaries. Allows, in the case of an electronic notarization, a notary to notarize a document when the signer is not in the notary's presence if satisfactory evidence of the identity is established. Furthermore, the bill allows satisfactory evidence to be based on video or audio conference technology that permits the notary to communicate with and identify the principal at the time of the notarial act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0834)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB827/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB827","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220484,"bill_number":"SB828","title":"Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing.","description":"Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing. Provides an exemption for the requirement that health professionals be licensed for a practitioner who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in another state and is in Virginia temporarily in order to transport a patient to a neighboring state for care.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB828/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB828","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220485,"bill_number":"SB829","title":"Tenants' assertion; rent escrow.","description":"Tenants' assertion; rent escrow. Incorporates sections from the Virginia Residential Landlord Act into the Virginia Landlord Tenant Law in situations where the tenant asserts that adverse conditions exist on the leased premises, including a fire hazard or a serious threat to the life, health or safety of occupants. The bill provides for rent to be placed in an escrow account before the judge determines the parties' responsibilities. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB829/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB829","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220486,"bill_number":"SB830","title":"Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory practice on applications that are for affordable housing.","description":"Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory practice, affordable housing. Specifies that localities shall not discriminate by failing to grant an application for land use or the permitting of a development, which is to be used either wholly or in part as affordable housing, solely on that basis. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-06","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB830/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB830","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220487,"bill_number":"SB831","title":"Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; issuance of civil investigative demands.","description":"Issuance of civil investigative demands under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Provides that the Attorney General may not issue a civil investigative demand to a Virginia public institution of higher education when the claim relates to a matter of academic inquiry or research. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB831/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB831","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220488,"bill_number":"SB832","title":"Green Public Buildings Act; definitions, building standards.","description":"Green Public Buildings Act.  Requires executive branch agencies and institutions entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, conform to Virginia Energy Conservation and Environmental Standards developed by the Department of General Services considering the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED) green building rating standard, the Green Building Initiative \"Green Globes\" building standard, and other appropriate requirements. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services upon a finding of special circumstances that make construction or renovation to the standards impracticable.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB832/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB832","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220489,"bill_number":"SB833","title":"Motor fuels taxes; indexing of tax rates.","description":"Fuels taxes; indexing of tax rates. Increases or decreases each year the rates of Virginia's fuels taxes using a fuel efficiency index. The bill would define the fuel efficiency index as the quotient that is obtained when using as the numerator the total annual vehicle miles traveled in the Commonwealth for the relevant year and using as the denominator the total gallons of motor fuel consumed for highway use in the Commonwealth for the relevant year. The numerator and denominator would be the corresponding amounts as published by the Federal Highway Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.  The bill would establish 2007 as the base year for the fuel efficiency index. Thus, the percentage change in the fuel efficiency index between the current year and 2007, the base year, would determine the annual percentage increase or decrease in the rates of Virginia's fuels taxes. Each December the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles would compute the adjusted rates of fuels taxes. Currently, Virginia's fuels taxes are fixed at the rate of $0.175 per gallon for each gallon of gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB833/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB833","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220490,"bill_number":"SB834","title":"VDOT; highway maintenance contracts.","description":"VDOT highway maintenance contracts. Allows VDOT to contract with private entities for the maintenance of state-owned highway rights-of-way in return for the Department's permission for display by the private entity of a single advertising sign, no larger than 18 inches x 24 inches, for each direction of traffic on the maintained portion of the right-of-way.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Department of Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB834/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB834","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220491,"bill_number":"SB836","title":"Notice of foreclosure; notify owner 30 days before proposed sale.","description":"Notice of foreclosure.  Provides that written notice of the intent to foreclose shall be sent to the present owner of the property at least 30 days before any proposed sale in execution of a deed of trust. The notice shall contain the name and contact information for (i) the party secured, (ii) the mortgage servicer, if any, and (iii) an agent of the party secured who is authorized to modify the terms of the loan. The failure to comply with the notice requirements gives a private cause of action to the property owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB836/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB836","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220492,"bill_number":"SB837","title":"Foreclosure; use of false records, documents, or statements.","description":"Foreclosure; use of false records, documents, or statements. Provides that any person who knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false or fraudulent record, document, or statement in support of any foreclosure upon property under this chapter shall be liable to the injured party. Upon proof of such violation and damages arising therefrom, the injured party shall be entitled to appropriate equitable relief and to recover such compensatory damages as may be proven. If compensatory damages are awarded, a victim may also be awarded punitive damages. A person violating the provisions of this bill shall be liable for reasonable attorney fees and costs of a civil action.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB837/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB837","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220493,"bill_number":"SB838","title":"Debt secured by deed of trust; recordation of certificate of assignment.","description":"Recordation of certificate of assignment of debt secured by deed of trust. Requires the assignee of a debt or other obligation that is secured by a deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor's lien on real estate to record a certificate of assignment in the clerk's office of the circuit court where the deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor's lien is recorded. Effective July 1, 2011, the recordation of a certificate of assignment will be necessary to transfer the benefit of the security provided by the deed of trust or mortgage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Defeated by Senate (14-Y 26-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB838/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB838","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220494,"bill_number":"SB839","title":"Homestead exemptions; adds one firearm, not to exceed $3,000 value, to list of exemptions.","description":"Homestead exemptions. Adds one firearm, not to exceed $3,000 in value, to the list of items that every householder shall be entitled to hold exempt from creditor process. The bill also increases the maximum exemption for a motor vehicle from $2,000 to $6,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB839","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220495,"bill_number":"SB840","title":"Judicial review of school board decision; aggrieved person.","description":"Judicial review of school board decision; aggrieved person. Provides that, for the purpose of judicial review, any parent, custodian, or legal guardian of a school-age child eligible to attend a school directly affected by an action of the local school board shall presumptively be considered to be aggrieved by such action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB840/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB840","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220496,"bill_number":"SB841","title":"Immunity of officers, etc., of nonprofit organizations; termination, etc., of corporation.","description":"Immunity of officers, etc. of nonprofits; dissolution. Provides that the immunity from civil liability the directors and other officers of tax exempt organizations enjoy for acts taken in their official capacities shall survive the termination, cancellation, or other discontinuance of the organization.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB841/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB841","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220497,"bill_number":"SB842","title":"Humane investigators; appointment.","description":"Humane investigators. Allows the appointment of new humane investigators. Currently, existing humane investigators may be reappointed, but the program is no longer open to new participants. The administrative entity that oversees animal control will be required to (i) supervise humane investigators and (ii) maintain and annually update a list of persons eligible for appointment as humane investigators. Circuit courts that appoint a humane investigator must notify the administrative entity that oversees animal control in the locality where the humane investigator serves if a humane investigator's term expires and he is not appointed to a succeeding term before or within 30 days. The administrative entity that oversees animal control in the locality where the humane investigator was appointed may suspend, discharge or restrict the performance of humane investigator appointees for good cause under the same administrative process used for disciplinary actions against animal control officers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB842/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB842","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220498,"bill_number":"SB843","title":"Aboveground storage tanks; Water Control Board to develop performance standards for certain tanks.","description":"Aboveground storage tanks. Requires the State Water Control Board to develop standards for facilities with aboveground storage tanks in the City of Fairfax having an aggregate capacity of one million gallons or greater, existing prior to January 29, 1992, to upgrade to meet best practices standards for new or retrofitted tanks. The tanks have to meet these performance standards by July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0884)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB843/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB843","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220499,"bill_number":"SB844","title":"Warrants; authorizes local governments to regularly publish information relating thereto.","description":"Publication of information contained in local warrants. Authorizes local governments to publish aggregated information relating to warrants paid by the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB844/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB844","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220500,"bill_number":"SB845","title":"Local officials; shall not be questioned on any legislative speech, etc., without leave of court.","description":"Legislative speech or debate of local elected officials. Provides that an elected member of a local governing body shall not be compelled by law to be questioned on any speech or debate engaged in by the elected member during the exercise of his legislative powers without leave of court.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: No action taken by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB845/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB845","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220501,"bill_number":"SB846","title":"Water and sewer charges and taxes; liens imposed by localities.","description":"Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes imposed by localities. Expands the authority localities have to impose liens against real estate served by the locality's waterline or sewer for unpaid taxes and charges. This legislation grants localities the same authority water and sewer authorities have in placing liens against owners, lessees or tenants of property and ranks the lien on a parity with liens for unpaid real estate taxes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB846/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB846","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220502,"bill_number":"SB847","title":"Charter; City of Fairfax.","description":"Charter; City of Fairfax. Amends the charter for the City of Fairfax by changing the date of the first meeting of the newly elected City Council members from the first Tuesday of July following their election to the second Tuesday of July following their election or at the first scheduled regular or special meeting of the City Council in July, whichever occurs first. Additionally, the charter is amended so that revenue bonds may be issued by the City without holding a bond referendum, as the charter currently requires.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB847/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB847","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220503,"bill_number":"SB848","title":"Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Permits any locality that is exempt from providing all of the special statutory retirement benefits to local law enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees because the locality's annual retirement allowance for such employees exceeds the statutory amount, to provide all of the other statutory benefits except the statutory annual retirement allowance (i) to all employees eligible for such benefits or (ii) only to eligible employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. The additional costs of providing the benefits would be borne by the locality making the election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB848/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB848","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220504,"bill_number":"SB849","title":"Illegal gambling; clarifies that poker games are deemed games of skill and are not illegal.","description":"Illegal gambling; poker a game of skill. Clarifies that poker games are deemed games of skill and nothing in the definition of illegal gambling shall be construed to make any poker game illegal. The bill defines \"poker game\" as any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the prize, stake or other consideration, or thing of value.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB849/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB849","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220505,"bill_number":"SB850","title":"Hunting; allows a person to hunt any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.","description":"Hunting on Sundays. Allows a person to hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (2-Y 13-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB850/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB850","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220506,"bill_number":"SB851","title":"Temporary injunctions; considerations in awarding.","description":"Temporary injunctions. Provides that, in assessing whether to award a temporary injunction, a court shall review the following factors: (i) the likelihood of irreparable harm to the party seeking the temporary injunction if the temporary injunction is denied; (ii) the likelihood of harm to the party not seeking the temporary injunction if the temporary injunction is granted; (iii) the likelihood that the party seeking the temporary injunction will succeed on the merits; and (iv) the public interest.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB851/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB851","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220507,"bill_number":"SB852","title":"Lobbyists; annual statement of expenditures, penalty for failure to file.","description":"Lobbyists; annual statement of expenditures; penalty. Caps at $10,000 the civil penalty that may be assessed against a lobbyist and lobbyist principal for failing to file an annual statement of expenditures. Currently a $10-per-day penalty is assessed from the eleventh day after the deadline until the statement is filed, with no cap on the total amount of the penalty. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"House: VOTE: DEFEATED (38-Y 58-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB852/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB852","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220508,"bill_number":"SB880","title":"Charter; City of Martinsville.","description":"Charter; City of Martinsville. Amends the charter of the City of Martinsville to change the date of the council member elections to the general election date in November. The measure also provides that three council members shall be elected on the November 2012 general election date and every four years thereafter, and the two other council members shall be elected on the November 2014 general election date and every four years thereafter. The terms of office of the council members begin in the January after their election, instead of the July after their election. This bill is similar to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0598)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB880/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB880","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220509,"bill_number":"SJR15","title":"Constitutional amendment; two or more counties and cities may share one electoral board, etc.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); electoral boards and general registrars. Permits the General Assembly to provide by law that two or more counties and cities may share one electoral board and general registrar if a majority of the voters in each participating county and city so approve. This proposed amendment is patterned after the provision in the present Constitution for the sharing of constitutional officers by consenting localities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-04","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR15/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ15","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220510,"bill_number":"SJR24","title":"Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly powers; regulations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house. The General Assembly may designate a joint legislative commission or pair of standing committees representing both houses to suspend any administrative rule or regulation during the interim that the General Assembly is not in session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR24/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ24","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220511,"bill_number":"SJR25","title":"Constitutional amendment; tax exemption for buildings, etc., constructed to conserve energy.","description":"Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact laws to permit localities to exempt from property taxes, any property, including real or personal property, equipment, facilities, or devices, constructed or designed to conserve energy and natural resources in a manner that meets or exceeds performance standards established for such purposes. The amendment also deletes the authorization for the General Assembly by general law to directly exempt from property taxes such property and property designed to abate pollution or transfer or store solar energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR25/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ25","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220512,"bill_number":"SJR27","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public use (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public uses.  Limits the exercise of eminent domain for the purpose of public use and specifies that, with the exception of property taken for public service corporations, public service companies, or railroads, property may not be taken if the primary purpose of the taking is private financial gain, private benefit, an increase in tax base or tax revenues, or an increase in employment. No more property shall be taken than is necessary to achieve the stated public use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR27/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ27","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220513,"bill_number":"SJR52","title":"Continuing care retirement community; SCC to study management and need for resident representation.","description":"Study; SCC; management of continuing care retirement communities and the need for resident representation in management and governance; report.  Requests the State Corporation Commission to study the management of continuing care retirement communities and the need for resident representation in management and governance including the various management and governance structures of continuing care retirement communities in the Commonwealth, and the need for and any benefits associated with requiring resident participation in management and governance of continuing care retirement communities. If the State Corporation Commission determines that a need exists and benefits would result from requiring resident participation in management and governance of continuing care retirement communities, the State Corporation Commission is further directed to study and make recommendations related to the best method for implementing such requirement, including any statutory or regulatory changes that may be required.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR52/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ52","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220514,"bill_number":"SJR62","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences subject to the conditions, requirements, and definitions set forth in that law. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR62/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ62","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220515,"bill_number":"SJR68","title":"Voter registration and election system; joint subcommittee to study administration thereof.","description":"Study; voter registration and election system. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the structure and operation of the registration and election processes. The joint subcommittee is to examine (i) measures that might be necessary or desirable in enhancing the authority of the State Board of Elections to establish and enforce uniform administration of state and federal laws by local election officials; (ii) methods by which the State Board might improve the training of local election officials and verify that local officials have participated in the appropriate level of training; (iii) measures to promote stability and reduce turnover among those responsible at the state level for administering the voter registration and election system; (iv) the desirability of establishing the position of professional agency director for the Board of Elections; and (v) any other matters that might promote the efficiency, uniformity, and integrity of the administration of the voter registration and election processes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR68/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ68","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220516,"bill_number":"SJR69","title":"Constitutional amendment; property tax relief for certain businesses.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property taxes; relief for certain businesses. Allows the General Assembly to authorize localities to exempt in whole or in part from property taxes (i) the property of a business that is new to the Commonwealth so long as the locality is defined by law to have the capacity to accept the expansion and (ii) the property of a business located in the Commonwealth so long as the business is presently located in an area defined by law as lacking the capacity to accommodate business expansion and so long as the locality granting the exemption is defined by law to have the capacity to accommodate the expansion. The General Assembly is required to provide definitions, restrictions, and conditions to implement this authorization and to limit the duration of the tax relief to three years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR69/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ69","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220517,"bill_number":"SJR88","title":"Local government reorganization; joint subcommittee to study.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study local government reorganization; report. Establishes a nine-member joint subcommittee to recommend methods for modernizing local government structure and organization, including the potential benefits of regional solutions to local problems and regional delivery of local services. This is a two-year study.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR88/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ88","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220518,"bill_number":"SJR92","title":"Constitutional amendment; conference committee report for general appropriation bills.","description":"Constitutional Amendment (first resolution); conference committee report for general appropriation bills. Provides that if no conference committee report for the general appropriation bill is agreed to by April 1 in an odd-numbered year or by May 1 in an even-numbered year, the chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance shall provide a bill that includes all proposed appropriations, general appropriation terms and conditions, anticipated revenues, and other matters in the general appropriation bill for which there is no disagreement to the Clerks of both houses. The bill would then be enrolled and presented to the Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR92/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ92","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220519,"bill_number":"SJR100","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, Priority Transportation Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest within four years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR100/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ100","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220520,"bill_number":"SJR137","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and Priority Transportation Fund. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2011, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment requires Funds be appropriated only for transportation systems and projects. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan or reduction must be repaid with reasonable interest within three years. The amendment also limits the use of general and other nontransportation funds for transportation purposes except for certain debt service payments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR137/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ137","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220521,"bill_number":"SJR275","title":"Commending Jackson-Feild Homes on the occasion of its 155th anniversary.","description":"Commending Jackson-Feild Homes on the occasion of its 155th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ275ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR275/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ275","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220522,"bill_number":"SJR276","title":"Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.","description":"Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ276ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR276/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ276","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220523,"bill_number":"SJR277","title":"Celebrating the life of William Hickerson Thomas.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Hickerson Thomas.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ277ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR277/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ277","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220524,"bill_number":"SJR278","title":"Celebrating the life of Yvonne Satterfield Six.","description":"Celebrating the life of Yvonne Satterfield Six.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ278ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR278/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ278","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220525,"bill_number":"SJR279","title":"Celebrating the life of Patrice R. Calloway.","description":"Celebrating the life of Patrice R. Calloway.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ279ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR279/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ279","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220526,"bill_number":"SJR280","title":"U.S. Constitution; application to U.S. Congress to call convention to propose an amendment.","description":"United States Constitution; amendment.  Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by the vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures. The resolution states that the application would be revoked and withdrawn if the convention acts to amend the Constitution for any purpose other than an amendment to permit such repeal of a federal law or regulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-15","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR280/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ280","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220527,"bill_number":"SJR281","title":"Commending David B. Nichols.","description":"Commending David B. Nichols.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ281ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR281/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ281","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220528,"bill_number":"SJR282","title":"Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.","description":"Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ282ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR282/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ282","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220529,"bill_number":"SJR283","title":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Irene Height.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Irene Height. Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow on the death of Dorothy Irene Height, native daughter and legendary civil rights leader.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ283ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR283/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ283","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220530,"bill_number":"SJR284","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences subject to the conditions, requirements, and definitions set forth in that law. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to law. This resolution incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR284/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ284","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220531,"bill_number":"SJR285","title":"Celebrating the life of Owen Bradford Pickett.","description":"Celebrating the life of Owen Bradford Pickett.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ285ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR285/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ285","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220532,"bill_number":"SJR286","title":"Celebrating the life of Hubert Carlyle Church, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Hubert Carlyle Church, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ286ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR286/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ286","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220533,"bill_number":"SJR287","title":"Commending Bishop Levi Edgar Willis II.","description":"Commending Bishop Levi Edgar Willis II.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ287ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR287/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ287","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220534,"bill_number":"SJR288","title":"Celebrating the life of Maxine Roberta Knight.","description":"Celebrating the life of Maxine Roberta Knight.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ288ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR288/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ288","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220535,"bill_number":"SJR289","title":"Celebrating the life of Marcus Alton Johnson, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Marcus Alton Johnson, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ289ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR289/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ289","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220536,"bill_number":"SJR290","title":"Celebrating the life of Adlena Holloman Coleman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Adlena Holloman Coleman.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ290ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR290/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ290","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220537,"bill_number":"SJR291","title":"Family History Month; designating as October, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Family History Month. Designates October, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Family History Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ291ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR291/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ291","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220538,"bill_number":"SJR292","title":"Public transportation; DRPT to evaluate level of study for improved services in Route 1 corridor.","description":"Study; public transportation in U.S. Route 1 corridor; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate the level of study necessary to identify and advance potential public transportation services to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County and the Marine Corps Base at Quantico in Prince William and Stafford Counties. In evaluating the level of study needed, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall consult with Fort Belvoir, the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, the Virginia Railway Express, the Counties of Fairfax, Prince William, and Stafford and affected federal agencies.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ292ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR292/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ292","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220539,"bill_number":"SJR293","title":"Commending the Va Association of Counties and Va Cooperative Extension; Supervisor Certification.","description":"Commending the Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia Cooperative Extension's County Supervisor Certification Program.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ293ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR293/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ293","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220540,"bill_number":"SJR294","title":"Eating disorders; Joint Commission on Health Care to study those diagnosed within State, etc.","description":"Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study eating disorders in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study eating disorders in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall (i) determine the number of incidences of diagnosed eating disorders in Virginia; (ii) assess the adequacy of training provided public school educators; (iii) evaluate the adequacy of the curriculum relating to eating disorders in Virginia's medical and nursing schools and continuing education requirements for Virginia medical professionals; (iv) determine strategies by which Virginia can increase awareness of eating disorders, including their symptoms, effects, and preventive interventions; (v) assess the cost of treatment incurred by eating disorder patients borne by the Commonwealth's Medicaid program as well as by private health plans and employers; (vi) assess issues concerning access to care for eating disorders within the Commonwealth; (vii) generate recommendations for improving education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of eating disorders in Virginia and estimate the fiscal impact on the Commonwealth and private payers for the implementation of such strategies; and (viii) consider, as the Commission may identify, such other issues related to the objectives of this study. The Commission must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-12-28","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR294/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ294","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220541,"bill_number":"SJR295","title":"Commending Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., in Virginia.","description":"Commending Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ295ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR295/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ295","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220542,"bill_number":"SJR296","title":"Commending Virginia's Operational Integration Cyberspace Center of Excellence and City of Hampton.","description":"Commending Virginia's Operational Integration Cyberspace Center of Excellence and the City of Hampton.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ296ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR296/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ296","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220543,"bill_number":"SJR297","title":"Transit-related issues; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study those in State.","description":"Study; transit programs in Virginia; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) to make a one-year study of transit programs in the Commonwealth, including but not limited to the funding of such programs.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ297ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR297/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ297","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220544,"bill_number":"SJR298","title":"Celebrating the life of William Carroll.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Carroll.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ298ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR298/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ298","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220545,"bill_number":"SJR299","title":"Celebrating the life of John L. Roper III.","description":"Celebrating the life of John L. Roper III.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ299ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR299/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ299","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220546,"bill_number":"SJR300","title":"Constitutional amendment; two or more counties and cities may share one electoral board, etc.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); electoral boards and general registrars. Permits the General Assembly to provide by law that two or more counties and cities may share one electoral board and general registrar if a majority of the voters in each participating county and city so approve and the localities already share clerks of court. This proposed amendment is patterned after the provision in the present Constitution for the sharing of constitutional officers by consenting localities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR300/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ300","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220547,"bill_number":"SJR301","title":"Constitutional amendment; right to a secret ballot (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); the right to a secret ballot. Adds a provision to the Bill of Rights to preserve and protect the right to a secret ballot in elections for office, votes on ballot measures, and votes to designate or authorize employee representation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR301/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ301","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220548,"bill_number":"SJR302","title":"Celebrating the life of David Paul Randlett.","description":"Celebrating the life of David Paul Randlett.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ302ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR302/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ302","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220549,"bill_number":"SJR303","title":"Celebrating the life of James L. Guffey.","description":"Celebrating the life of James L. Guffey.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ303ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR303/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ303","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220550,"bill_number":"SJR304","title":"Celebrating the life of Douglas Reed Oldham.","description":"Celebrating the life of Douglas Reed Oldham.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ304ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR304/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ304","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220551,"bill_number":"SJR305","title":"Celebrating the life of Brian Anthony Carderelli.","description":"Celebrating the life of Brian Anthony Carderelli.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ305ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR305/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ305","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220552,"bill_number":"SJR306","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of certain felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (excepting felony drug and election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence, including any term of probation or parole. The bill further provides that persons convicted of violent felonies, felony drug crimes, or election fraud crimes may have their civil rights restored by the Governor upon completion of sentence, including any term of probation or parole, and authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights to such persons. The restoration of rights pursuant to this provision has no effect on the right to possess firearms. This resolution was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SJ284-Miller, Y.B.) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR306/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ306","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220553,"bill_number":"SJR307","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public use (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public uses.  Limits the exercise of eminent domain for the purpose of public use and specifies that, with the exception of property taken for public service corporations, public service companies, or railroads, property may not be taken if the primary purpose of the taking is private financial gain, private benefit, an increase in tax base or tax revenues, or an increase in employment. No more property shall be taken than is necessary to achieve the stated public use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-05","last_action":"Senate: Motion to suspend the rules rejected (18-Y 22-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR307/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ307","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220554,"bill_number":"SJR309","title":"Celebrating the life of United States Army Corporal William Kyle Middleton.","description":"Celebrating the life of United States Army Corporal William Kyle Middleton.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ309ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR309/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ309","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220555,"bill_number":"SJR310","title":"Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ310ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR310/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ310","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220556,"bill_number":"SJR311","title":"Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ311ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR311/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ311","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220557,"bill_number":"SJR312","title":"Celebrating the life of John S. Adams.","description":"Celebrating the life of John S. Adams.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ312ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR312/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ312","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220558,"bill_number":"SJR313","title":"Celebrating the life of William Raymond Martin, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Raymond Martin, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ313ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR313/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ313","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220559,"bill_number":"SJR314","title":"Celebrating the life of Irene Pratt Taylor Martin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Irene Pratt Taylor Martin.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ314ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR314/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ314","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220560,"bill_number":"SJR316","title":"Commending Joel Christopher Robins.","description":"Commending Joel Christopher Robins.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ316ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR316/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ316","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220561,"bill_number":"SJR317","title":"Commending Ray A. Conner.","description":"Commending Ray A. Conner.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ317ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR317/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ317","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":220562,"bill_number":"SJR318","title":"Celebrating the life of Lance Corporal Cody Steven Childers.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lance Corporal Cody Steven Childers.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ318ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR318/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ318","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227177,"bill_number":"HB1630","title":"Cell phones or other wireless telecommunications devices; prohibited use while driving, exception.","description":"Cell phone use while driving prohibited. Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle while using a cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device, other than a citizens band radio, in any manner. The offense would be a secondary offense punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor when the operator of the motor vehicle is charged with any other moving violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1630/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1630","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227178,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Navy.","description":"Special license plates; members and former members of the U.S. Navy. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the U.S. Navy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB234/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB234","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227179,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"Judicial vacancies; removes requirement of certifying prior to legislature filling vacancies.","description":"Judicial vacancies. Removes the requirement that the Committee on District Courts and the Supreme Court certify vacancies in the judiciary prior to the legislature filling those vacancies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB242/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB242","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227180,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"Circuit courts; shall have original and general jurisdiction over certain cases.","description":"Termination of parental rights; original jurisdiction; circuit court. Provides that the circuit courts shall have original and general jurisdiction over all cases involving the termination of residual parental rights and eliminates the juvenile and domestic relations district courts' concurrent jurisdiction over such cases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB292/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB292","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227181,"bill_number":"HB743","title":"Ballot security; prohibits person from reproducing or copying ballot that has been cast in election.","description":"Elections; ballot security. Prohibits any person from reproducing or copying a ballot that has been cast in an election, except in response to a court order explicitly requiring otherwise.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB743/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB743","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227182,"bill_number":"HB1205","title":"College Building Authority; acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued.","description":"Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1205/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1205","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227183,"bill_number":"HB1370","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.","description":"Special license plates; members and former members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2010-12-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1370/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1370","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227184,"bill_number":"HB1399","title":"Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; waiver of sovereign immunity.","description":"Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act expressly waives sovereign immunity and creates a cause of action for an employee of the Commonwealth, its agencies, or any political subdivision against such entity if an adverse employment action is taken against the employee by his employer because the employee has opposed any practice by his employer prohibited by the Act or participated in an investigation, action, or hearing under the Act. Any relief awarded to an employee under this bill shall be reduced by any amount awarded to the employee through a state or local grievance process. This bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court's decision in Ligon v. Goochland, 279 Va. 312 (2010).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1399/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1399","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227185,"bill_number":"HB1407","title":"Underage drinking and driving; punishable as Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Punishment for underage drinking and driving; penalty. Provides that \"zero tolerance\" (0.02% BAC) underage drinking and driving is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, the punishment is loss of license for six months and a fine of no more than $500. This bill provides that the punishment must include forfeiture of such person's license to operate a motor vehicle for a period of one year from the date of conviction and either a mandatory minimum fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1407/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1407","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227186,"bill_number":"HB1408","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing national motto: \"In God We Trust.\"","description":"Special license plates; \"In God We Trust.\" Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the national motto: \"In God We Trust.\" This bill was incorporated in","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-09-13","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1418-O'Bannon) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1408/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1408","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227187,"bill_number":"HB1411","title":"Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license.","description":"Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license. Provides that a person's hunting or trapping license, or privilege to hunt or trap while possessing a firearm, may be revoked for a period of one to five years for a violation of §18.2-56.1 (reckless handling of firearms) while hunting. Revocation for a person whose privilege to hunt has been revoked who hunts with a firearm will be for a period of one year to life. Currently, the penalties are revocation for a period of one year to life and for hunting with a firearm while the privilege is revoked, an additional period of one to five years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1411/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1411","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227188,"bill_number":"HB1428","title":"Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation.","description":"Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation. Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center in which 25 or more first-trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and regulated by the Board of Health.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1428/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1428","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227189,"bill_number":"HB1439","title":"Cable television system, etc.; contracts with electric cooperative facilities for pole attachments.","description":"Pole attachments. Authorizes a telecommunications service provider or cable television system that is unable to arrive at a mutually agreeable contract with an electric cooperative for pole attachments to the electric cooperative's facilities to petition the State Corporation Commission to establish the rates, terms, and conditions for such a contract. The Commission's actions shall be consistent with the goal of promoting access to electric cooperative facilities by telecommunications service providers and cable television systems in order to promote broadband connections and deployment throughout the Commonwealth. The Commission shall utilize the principles established by the Federal Communications Commission in regulations and case law for pole attachments regulated pursuant to federal law in establishing such rates, terms, and conditions. A rate set by the Commission shall not exceed the highest rate for a similar attachment that is charged by an investor-owned electric utility that provides service in an area adjacent to the electric cooperative's service territory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-11-09","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1439/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1439","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227190,"bill_number":"HB1478","title":"Elections, Director of; Governor shall appoint.","description":"State Board of Elections; Director of Elections. Provides for the position of Director of Elections to be appointed by the Governor for a four-year term, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The Director shall serve as head of the elections agency, in place of the present Secretary who is a member of the State Board and appointed by the Governor. The Director shall, by his education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of election law and administration. The State Board will continue to consist of three members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1478/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1478","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227191,"bill_number":"HB1553","title":"Deer, bear or turkey hunting; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish separate licenses.","description":"Separate hunting licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish separate licenses to hunt either deer, bear or turkey. Once the Board has established the separate licenses, it will no longer sell the combined license for hunting deer, bear and turkey, referred to as the big game stamp.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1553/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1553","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227192,"bill_number":"HB1554","title":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations.","description":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations, etc. Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based that were not already in effect on June 30, 2008, with the exceptions of the graduation and completion rate index and the economics and financial literacy requirement, until July 1, 2012, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1554/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1554","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227193,"bill_number":"HB1555","title":"Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; definition of small business.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprise; definition of small business. Amends the definition of \"small business\" to include a business entity partly owned by another business entity provided (i) the same individuals hold ownership interests in both businesses and (ii) both businesses otherwise qualify for small business certification under the rules promulgated by the Department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1555/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1555","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227194,"bill_number":"HB1556","title":"Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur at night.","description":"Bear hound training. Allows the training of dogs to hunt bears to occur at night. Currently, the training of dogs to hunt bears is limited to one-half hour before sunrise until four and one-half hours after sunset.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1556/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1556","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227195,"bill_number":"HB1637","title":"Open container of alcohol; passenger in motor vehicle shall not possess, civil penalty.","description":"Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty. Provides that no person shall possess an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle upon a public highway of the Commonwealth in other than the manufacturer's unopened, original container. The bill punishes violators with a civil penalty of $25.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1637/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1637","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227196,"bill_number":"HB1651","title":"Driver's licenses, permits, and special identification cards; issuance only to U.S. citizens.","description":"Licenses, permits, and special identification cards issued only to U.S. citizens. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel any license, permit, or special identification card it has issued to an individual if it is notified by a federal government agency that the individual is not a citizen of the United States or is not legally present in the United States.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1651/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1651","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227197,"bill_number":"HB1663","title":"Mental health services; conditions for licensure of providers.","description":"Conditions for licensure of providers of mental health services. Provides that the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall not grant an initial license to a provider of mental health services other than a licensed hospital or a provider owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth if the provider is to be located within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school. The bill also provides that upon receiving notice of a proposal or application for licensure of a provider of mental health services, the Commissioner shall notify the local governing body and community services board of the locality in which the service is proposed to be established within 15 days of receiving such proposal or application, and that the local governing body and community services board shall submit comments on the proposal or application to the Commissioner within 30 days. The bill does not apply to applicants for a license to provide mental health services that have obtained a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the law and regulations in effect on June 30, 2011, or existing licensed providers proposing services within the same city or county in which they are currently providing services.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1663/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1663","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227198,"bill_number":"HB1670","title":"Notaries; conflicts of interests.","description":"Conflict of interests for notaries. Expands what conduct constitutes a conflict of interest for a notary to include the performance of any notarial act with respect to any document, writing, or electronic document where the notary is a signatory or is named in the document to be notarized. A notary who acts in violation of this bill's provision is guilty of official misconduct.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1670/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1670","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227199,"bill_number":"HB1675","title":"Emergency medical services; requirements for submission of applications for variances & exemptions.","description":"Emergency medical services; variances.  Provides that an agency or governmental entity applying for a variance or exemption from regulations governing emergency medical services shall submit the application to the local governing body or chief administrative officer of the local government for review, and shall include any recommendations of the local governing body or chief administrative officer of the local government together with the application for a variance or exemption. This bill provides that providers who are certified or candidates for certification by the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall not be required to submit an application for a variance or exemption to the local governing body or chief administrative officer of the jurisdiction for review but shall submit the application for a variance or exemption to the Operational Medical Director and the head of the agency with which the provider is affiliated and shall submit any recommendations of the Operational Medical Director or agency head together with the application. A provider who is not affiliated with an agency shall submit an application for a variance or exemption to the Commissioner of Health or the Board of Health, whichever is appropriate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1675/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1675","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227200,"bill_number":"HB1677","title":"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; increases maximum fine.","description":"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. Increases the maximum fine from $500 to $750.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1677/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1677","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227201,"bill_number":"HB1683","title":"Motor vehicles; passing of bicycles, etc.","description":"Following too closely; passing other vehicles. Adds bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds to the list of vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. In addition, the bill increases passing distance for passing bicycles from two to three feet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1683/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1683","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227202,"bill_number":"HB1692","title":"Speed limits; City of Va. Beach may, by ordinance, change on any highway in its jurisdiction.","description":"Authority to change speed limits. Allows the City of Virginia Beach to set variable speed limits on highways within its jurisdiction to be effective under conditions such as darkness, traffic conditions, atmospheric conditions, weather emergencies, and like conditions that may affect driving safety.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1692/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1692","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227203,"bill_number":"HB1700","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill also clarifies that the conduct of a game, contest, lottery, scheme, or promotional offering may be lawful if (i) no part of the purpose of the contest is illegal gambling, (ii) no part of the contest involves the use of a gambling device, and (iii) the contest complies with certain requirements enumerated in the bill. The bill provides that it is declaratory of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1700/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1700","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227204,"bill_number":"HB1710","title":"Public schools; physical fitness requirement.","description":"Public schools; physical fitness requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical fitness per week on average for grades K through five and 225 minutes per week on average for grades six through eight during the regular school year, with a similar goal for high school students. Physical fitness may include (i) physical education classes, (ii) extracurricular athletics, or (iii) other programs and physical activities deemed appropriate by the local school board. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Education (HB1644-O'Bannon) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1710/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1710","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227205,"bill_number":"HB1711","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Brunswick County to those localities authorized to impose.","description":"Transient Occupancy Tax; Brunswick County. Adds Brunswick County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any county may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed two percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1711/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1711","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227206,"bill_number":"HB1712","title":"Fishing; if person is in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to laws of jurisdiction.","description":"Fishing in interjurisdictional waters.  Clarifies that if a person fishes in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which he is fishing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1712/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1712","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227207,"bill_number":"HB1713","title":"Presumption against admission to bail; adds to list of crimes committed.","description":"Criminal procedure; presumption against admission to bail. Adds to the list of crimes charged for which there is a presumption against admission to bail, subject to rebuttal, obstruction of justice where a person threatens bodily harm or force to knowingly attempt to intimidate or impede a witness.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1713/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1713","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227208,"bill_number":"HB1714","title":"Identity Theft Passport; provisions for issuance.","description":"Identity Theft Passport. Makes the issuance of an Identity Theft Passport under certain conditions discretionary with the Office of the Attorney General, rather than mandatory. The bill also provides that the provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act denying the right of a government agency to require the disclosure of a social security number do not apply to the Code provisions that provide for issuance of an Identity Theft Passport.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1714/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1714","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227209,"bill_number":"HB1715","title":"Conservation easements; removes requirement that person recording easement mail certified copy.","description":"Notification of conservation easement. Removes the requirement that the person recording the conservation easement mail a certified copy to the Attorney General. The bill does require that copies of the easement and any associated plats be mailed to the commissioner of revenue for the locality in which the property under easement is located, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and any other public body named in the instrument. If the easement is on lands where there is a historic place or landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the Virginia Landmarks Register, notice of the date and place of recordation has to be given to the Department of Historic Resources rather than the Virginia Historic Landmarks Board, which currently receives such notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1715/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1715","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227210,"bill_number":"HB1716","title":"Protective orders; court may include in provisions prohibiting harm to companion animal, etc.","description":"Protective orders. Provides that a court may include in a protective order provisions prohibiting harm to a companion animal and damage to any item of personal property.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2063-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1716/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1716","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227211,"bill_number":"HB1717","title":"Insurance fraud; clarifies definition of insurer includes self-insured private & public employers.","description":"Insurance fraud.  Clarifies that the definition of \"insurer\" includes self-insured private and public employers for the purposes of the Department of State Police's investigation of insurance fraud, including who is entitled to protection from immunity for furnishing information to State Police as part of its investigation. The bill states that it is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1717/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1717","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227212,"bill_number":"HB1718","title":"Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments and bank deposits and collections.","description":"Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments and bank deposits and collections. Updates Articles 3 (Negotiable Instruments) and 4 (Bank Deposits and Collections) of the UCC to reflect court decisions and advances in technology. The amendments cover the following topics: payment and discharge, telephonically generated checks, electronic communications, and consumer notices. The amendments to Articles 3 and 4 were completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners, in conjunction with the American Law Institute, in 2002 and have been enacted in 10 states.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1718/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1718","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227213,"bill_number":"HB1719","title":"Vital records; certified copies for veterans or his survivor, free of charge.","description":"Vital records; copies for veterans. Allows any veteran or his survivor to obtain a certified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits, free of charge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1719/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1719","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227214,"bill_number":"HB1720","title":"Autism spectrum disorder; training of teachers and aides.","description":"Board of Education; teacher licensure; paraprofessional training. Requires the Board of Education to include in its regulations governing licensure a requirement that by September 1, 2014, every person seeking initial licensure or renewal of a license with an endorsement in special education and working with students with autism spectrum disorders must demonstrate proficiency in student behavior management. The bill also requires that by September 1, 2014, each local school division must provide 80 hours of training in student behavior management to any aide assigned to work with a teacher who has primary responsibility for students with an autism spectrum disorder within 60 days of the aide being so assigned.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1720/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1720","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227215,"bill_number":"HB1721","title":"Urban development areas; makes incorporation of areas optional rather than mandatory.","description":"Urban development areas. Makes incorporation of urban development areas optional rather than mandatory. Any locality that has previously adopted urban development areas may, and upon voter petition shall, reconsider such action. Also, when a locality votes to adopt a comprehensive plan, it shall also vote to readopt all of its zoning ordinances.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1721/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1721","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227216,"bill_number":"HB1722","title":"Freedom of Information Act; designation of records, penalties for certain violations.","description":"Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); designation of records; penalties for certain violations.  Requires that at the time of creation of any public record, the custodian of such records that are subject to FOIA shall designate whether the record is subject to FOIA's mandatory disclosure provisions or otherwise exempt from disclosure. The bill requires that such designation shall appear on the face of the record and be updated by the custodian in a timely manner in the event of any changes. Failure to make the required designation shall, upon receipt of a request for such record, waive any charge authorized under FOIA. The bill also provides that in addition to the civil penalty under FOIA, a public employee found to have committed a willful and knowing violation of FOIA may be subject to other disciplinary action, including suspension, demotion, or termination of public employment. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1722/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1722","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227217,"bill_number":"HB1723","title":"Virginia Marine Resources Commission; permits for encroachment on subaqueous beds.","description":"Virginia Marine Resources Commission; subaqueous beds; permit requirements. Increases the value of projects eligible for an expedited administrative permit review before the Commissioner from $50,000 to $500,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1723/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1723","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227218,"bill_number":"HB1724","title":"Crab dredging season; Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust opening or closing dates.","description":"Crab dredging season. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust the opening or closing dates of a crab dredge season or to close the crab dredge season for one or more years.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1724/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1724","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227219,"bill_number":"HB1725","title":"Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.","description":"Office of Farmland Preservation; Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund created.  Creates the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund, to consist of funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and any other moneys that may be made available from other public or private sources. The funds will be used solely for the purposes of preserving farmland in the Commonwealth and will be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0095)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1725/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1725","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227220,"bill_number":"HB1726","title":"Bridge vertical clearance; responsibility of signage.","description":"Bridge vertical clearance; signage. Clarifies that the Commissioner's responsibility for posting restricted vertical clearances applies only to bridges on roads under the Commissioner's jurisdiction. Localities are responsible for placing signs for restricted vertical clearances on roads maintained by the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1726/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1726","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227221,"bill_number":"HB1727","title":"Virginia Fair Employment Act; certain public contractors, etc., to enroll in E-Verify Program.","description":"Virginia Fair Employment Act; E-Verify Program. Requires public contractors, employers with 15 or more employees within the Commonwealth, and localities to enroll in the E-Verify Program by December 1, 2011, and to use the Program for each newly hired employee who is to perform work within the Commonwealth. Employers and contractors that fail to do so are subject to suspension or revocation of certain licenses and invalidation of public contracts. Licenses will be reinstated when an employer or contractor enrolls in the Program or, if already enrolled but not using the Program, prepares and implements a compliance plan.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1727/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1727","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227222,"bill_number":"HB1728","title":"Vehicle window tinting films; not to be applied to certain windows reducing light to less than 35%.","description":"Vehicle window tinting films. Increases the allowed tinting of front side windows so as to reduce permitted light transmittance from the present minimum of 50 percent to a minimum of 35 percent.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-24","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Secretary of Public Safety and Virginia State Police","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1728/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1728","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227223,"bill_number":"HB1729","title":"Criminal background checks; DBHDS to use for employment of certain persons.","description":"Background checks; providers licensed by DBHDS. Allows community services boards and providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to hire for compensation a person who has been convicted of not more than one offense of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer under §18.2-57, or an equivalent offense in another if (i) the person has been granted a simple pardon if the offense was a felony committed in Virginia, or the equivalent if the offense was committed in another state; (ii) more than 10 years have elapsed since the conviction; and (iii) the hiring provider determines, based upon a screening assessment, that the criminal behavior was substantially related to the applicant's substance abuse and that the person has been successfully rehabilitated and is not a risk to consumers based on his criminal history background and his substance abuse history, notwithstanding the statutory prohibition on employment of a person otherwise convicted of assault and battery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1729/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1729","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227224,"bill_number":"HB1730","title":"State Corporation Commission; moratorium on filing fees for business entities.","description":"Moratorium on filing fees for business entities. Provides that the State Corporation Commission shall not collect any filing fee, charter fee, or entrance fee for filing certain documents regarding domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. The measure expires July 1, 2012. The measure will take effect 21 days from enactment.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1730/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1730","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227225,"bill_number":"HB1731","title":"Firearms, etc.; those manufactured and retained in State exempted from federal regulation.","description":"Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in Virginia. Declares that firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured commercially or privately in Virginia, and that remain within the borders of Virginia, shall not be subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1731/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1731","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227226,"bill_number":"HB1732","title":"Concealed handgun permits; recognition of out-of-state permits.","description":"Concealed handgun permits; recognition of out-of-state permits. Allows any person who is at least 21 years of age with a valid concealed handgun or concealed weapons permit issued by another state to carry a concealed handgun within the Commonwealth, so long as he also carries a valid government-issued photo identification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1732/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1732","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227227,"bill_number":"HB1733","title":"Commercial vehicles; person required to register with Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry.","description":"Commercial vehicles; persons required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Prohibits persons for whom registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is required from (1) driving school buses and passenger-carrying commercial vehicles and (2) being issued commercial driver's licenses and instruction permits to drive school buses and passenger-carrying commercial vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2026-May) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1733/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1733","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227228,"bill_number":"HB1734","title":"Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals, Board for; licensed soil scientists.","description":"Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals; licensed professional soil scientists.  Requires professional soil scientists to be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals effective July 1, 2013. Currently, professional soil scientists are subject to voluntary certification. The bill sets out the requirements for licensure and continuing education and grandfathers soil scientists under certain conditions. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1734/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1734","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227229,"bill_number":"HB1736","title":"Investor-owned electric utilities; rate of return.","description":"Electric utility rates; added returns. Eliminates provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act that authorize investor-owned electric utilities to earn added basis points and other performance incentives that would increase the utility's fair combined rate of return on common equity above the rate determined by the Commission in biennial rate review proceedings. Currently, such utilities are authorized to earn performance incentives and enhanced rates of return on common equity if they satisfy performance standards, make certain investments in generation facilities, and successfully participate in a renewable energy program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1736/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1736","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227230,"bill_number":"HB1737","title":"Stormwater management systems; local regulation.","description":"Regulation of stormwater management systems. Clarifies statutory language and makes technical changes regarding a locality's authority to regulate stormwater management systems.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1737/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1737","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227231,"bill_number":"HB1738","title":"Reporting of water withdrawals; State Water Control Board to impose a civil penalty.","description":"Reporting of water withdrawals; penalty. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $1,000, upon any person who fails to register and report certain water withdrawal information. Any person who withdraws more than one million gallons in any single month for crop irrigation or who withdraws during any single month a daily average that exceeds 10,000 gallons per day is required to be registered and report the amount of his withdrawals. However, prior to determining whether a civil penalty should be assessed, the Board is required to follow certain due process procedures, such as issuing several notices in writing of the person's failure to report his withdrawals. The person will have 60 days after receiving the second notice to file the report. The bill also provides for public comment on the criteria for calculating the appropriate penalty that would be imposed. A violator has the option of entering into a consent agreement with the Board and paying a civil charge that could be less than the $1,000 penalty. The revenue generated from the civil penalties and charges will be deposited in a special fund that shall be used solely to fund the Department of Environmental Quality's water supply planning responsibilities.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"House: 67 affirmative votes required to override veto","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1738/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1738","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227232,"bill_number":"HB1739","title":"Municipal separate storm sewer facilities; right of entry of operators to certain properties.","description":"Right of entry. Gives the operators of a permitted MS4 system (localities) the right of entry to inspect properties that discharge into their municipal separate storm sewer facilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1739/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1739","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227233,"bill_number":"HB1740","title":"Special safety corridors; county or city to designate for vehicles transporting explosives, etc.","description":"Designation of special safety corridors for vehicles transporting explosives or inflammable gas or liquid. Allows the governing body of any county or city to designate any portion of the primary or secondary road system as a special safety corridor if the number of vehicles transporting explosives or inflammable gas or liquid averages more than 200 vehicles per day and the corridor is located near a school. Applicable fines for certain violations within the established special safety corridor shall be doubled.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1740/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1740","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227234,"bill_number":"HB1741","title":"Common interest communities; charges for access to association books and records.","description":"Common interest communities; charges for access to association books and records. Provides that charges for access to association books and records may be imposed only in accordance with a cost schedule adopted by the board. The cost schedule shall (i) specify the charges for materials and labor, (ii) apply equally to all members in good standing, and (iii) be provided to such requesting member at the time the request is made. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1741/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1741","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227235,"bill_number":"HB1743","title":"Nottoway River; extends portion that is designated as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","description":"Nottoway River scenic designation. Extends that portion of the Nottoway River that is designated as a scenic river from the current 39.5 miles to 72.5 miles. The bill does not preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, operating, or performing necessary maintenance on any transportation or public water supply project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1743/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1743","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227236,"bill_number":"HB1744","title":"Redesignation of joint enterprise zones; Department of Housing & Community Development to expand.","description":"Redesignation of joint enterprise zones. Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand an existing joint enterprise zone consisting of two localities to include an additional locality provided (i) all the local governing bodies of all the localities in which the proposed redesignated zone submit to the Department resolutions supporting the proposed redesignation and applications for the redesignation and (ii) the area of the additional locality that will be included in the redesignated zone is contiguous to the existing joint enterprise zone and includes a revenue-sharing district that has experienced the loss of 1,000 permanent full-time positions within a seven-month period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB2131-Barlow) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1744/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1744","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227237,"bill_number":"HB1745","title":"Retirement System; purchase of additional prior service credit by school division superintendents.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; purchase of additional prior service credit by school division superintendents. Provides that the reduction in the number of years of certain prior creditable service purchased by a school division superintendent that occurs if the superintendent does not remain in his position for at least the number of years purchased does not apply if the superintendent's termination is due to death, disability, or involuntary separation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1745/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1745","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227238,"bill_number":"HB1746","title":"Biennial county supervisor elections; staggered terms.","description":"Elections; biennial county supervisor elections; staggered terms. Provides that if the number of supervisors elected following the change to biennial elections and staggered terms who volunteer to accept a two-year term exactly equals the number of two-year terms to be assigned, they may accept the two-year terms and avoid the need for a drawing to assign the two-year and four-year terms. Present law provides that the county electoral board will assign the two-year and four-year terms by lot.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1746/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1746","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227239,"bill_number":"HB1747","title":"Child pornography; possession by law-enforcement agency.","description":"Possession of child pornography by law enforcement.  Provides that an employee of a law-enforcement agency may lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide law-enforcement purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1747/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1747","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227240,"bill_number":"HB1748","title":"Public schools; antibullying measures.","description":"Public schools; antibullying measures.  Adds specificity to the codes of student conduct required of local school divisions in terms of how incidents of bullying, harassment, and intimidation are handled. The bill requires teacher training in this area, and that incidents of bullying, harassment, and intimidation be reported to the division superintendent. The bill also requires that the codes of student conduct hold school administrators responsible for implementing the procedures outlined in the local policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1748/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1748","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227241,"bill_number":"HB1749","title":"Redistricting process; new method for preparation of state legislative and redistricting plans.","description":"Redistricting process. Provides a new method for the preparation of state legislative and congressional redistricting plans; spells out standards for developing plans including population equality, compactness, maintenance of cores of existing districts, and respect for locality boundaries; precludes consideration of incumbency and political data in developing plans; assigns responsibility to the Division of Legislative Services to prepare plans for submission to the General Assembly; and establishes a temporary redistricting advisory commission to advise the Division, disseminate information on plans, and hold hearings for public reaction to plans. The General Assembly may reject the Division's plans and may ultimately amend the plans. This bill is patterned after the Iowa redistricting process. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1749/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1749","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227242,"bill_number":"HB1750","title":"Cigarettes; increases tax rate.","description":"Cigarette tax rate. Increases the cigarette tax rate from $0.30 per pack to $0.80 per pack and increases the cigarette excise tax rate on roll-your-own tobacco from 10 percent to 27 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1750/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1750","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227243,"bill_number":"HB1751","title":"Lawn fertilizers; prohibits use and application of those that contain phosphorus.","description":"Lawn fertilizers; penalty.  Prohibits the application of fertilizers that contain phosphorus for use on lawns, golf courses, parks, and cemeteries. The prohibition does not apply to fertilizer products primarily intended for gardening, trees, shrubs, or indoor plants. The bill prohibits the application of fertilizer when the ground is frozen. Any fertilizer that runs onto impervious surfaces has to be immediately contained and collected. New lawns or lawns that have had soil tests in the last three years showing phosphorus levels are deficit based upon Department of Conservation and Recreation's nutrient management standards and criteria can use fertilizers that contain phosphorus. Beginning January 1, 2012, no person can display for sale lawn fertilizer that is labeled as containing phosphorus; however, such products can be stored off the sales floor and may be sold upon request. Also beginning on this date, a business selling fertilizers has to provide signage that informs the public of the new law and noting the effects of phosphorus on state waters. Any person who violates provisions of the new law may be assessed a civil penalty by the Department of Conservation and Recreation of up to $250. The moneys collected will be deposited in the Water Quality Improvement Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1831-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1751/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1751","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227244,"bill_number":"HB1752","title":"Virginia Respite Care Registry and Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Respite Care Registry and Fund established. Directs the Department for the Aging to establish and maintain the Respite Care Registry to make information about adult day services providers, community respite care organizations, and other providers of respite care available to the public. The bill also establishes the Virginia Respite Care Fund, to consist of voluntary income tax contributions to support the Respite Care Registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions (HB2086-Herring) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1752/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1752","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227245,"bill_number":"HB1753","title":"Income tax, state; livable home tax credit.","description":"Income tax; livable home tax credit. Adds building contractors to those taxpayers who are allowed an income tax credit when they build new residences or retrofit existing residences to provide universal accessibility, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1950-Villanueva) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1753/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1753","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227246,"bill_number":"HB1754","title":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.","description":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates. Extends until July 1, 2012, the sunset on use of HOV lanes by clean special fuel vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1432-Greason) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1754/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1754","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227247,"bill_number":"HB1755","title":"Human Rights Act; adds sexual orientation, etc., to safeguards for all individuals in State.","description":"Virginia Human Rights Act; policy of the Commonwealth. Adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the safeguards for all individuals in the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination. The bill defines sexual orientation and gender identity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1755/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1755","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227248,"bill_number":"HB1756","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for sales of nongraded U.S. gold or silver bullion coins.","description":"Retail sales tax exemption; gold and silver bullion coins.  Establishes a retail sales tax exemption for sales of nongraded United States gold or silver bullion coins.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1906-Miller, J.H.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1756/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1756","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227249,"bill_number":"HB1757","title":"Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions in State.","description":"Address Confidentiality Program. Expands the Address Confidentiality Program for victims of domestic violence to all jurisdictions within the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the Office of the Attorney General will prepare an evaluation of the statewide implementation of the program by December 31, 2012, and repeals the enactment clause that conditioned the continuation of the program upon an appropriation for that purpose. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1757/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1757","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227250,"bill_number":"HB1758","title":"Local roads; cities and towns responsible for construction programs.","description":"Local roads; notice. Provides that those cities and towns that decide to take over responsibility for their construction programs must notify the Commonwealth Transportation Board by December 31 (currently July 1) for implementation the following fiscal year. The bill exempts Rural Rustic Roads from regulations requiring additional engineering or improvements beyond those required to provide an adequate hard surface. The bill eliminates, in certain circumstances, the requirement that a local governing body hold a public hearing when provided notice that VDOT plans to pave a secondary road within the locality and requires that the local governing body provide concurrence or other recommendation to the Commissioner within 72 hours of VDOT providing such notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1758/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1758","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227251,"bill_number":"HB1759","title":"Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.","description":"Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; membership. Provides that the presidents of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University may appoint designees for the purpose of membership on the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The designees shall have voting privileges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1759/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1759","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227252,"bill_number":"HB1760","title":"Stormwater management fees; localities shall provide waivers to federal, state, etc., agencies.","description":"Stormwater management fees. Amends the code to clarify that localities shall provide full stormwater management fee waivers to federal, state, or local agencies when the agency owns and provides for maintenance of on-site storm drainage. This legislation also ensures that such agencies are not assessed fees on all properties acquired through the right of way acquisition process, not just on roads and public street rights-of-ways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB1737-Bulova) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1760/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1760","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227253,"bill_number":"HB1761","title":"Human Resource Management, Department of; TRICARE supplemental health coverage to military retirees.","description":"Department of Human Resource Management; TRICARE supplemental health coverage. Authorizes the Department of Human Resource Management to offer coverage under the state's cafeteria plan established under §125 of the Internal Revenue Code to military retirees and their dependents who are eligible for benefits under the TRICARE Military Health System supplemental health plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1761/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1761","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227254,"bill_number":"HB1762","title":"Schedule I; adds 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine to list.","description":"Inclusion of substance in controlled substances Schedule I.  Adds 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), a hallucinogenic substance found in psychoactive toads and plants, to the list of controlled substances in Schedule I.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1762/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1762","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227255,"bill_number":"HB1764","title":"Mopeds; riders and passengers required to wear helmets.","description":"Mopeds. Requires moped riders and passengers to wear helmets.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1764/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1764","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227256,"bill_number":"HB1765","title":"Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; makes several changes regarding obligations imposed on landlord.","description":"Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act. Makes several changes to the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act (Act) regarding obligations imposed on the landlord: (i) changes the requirement to provide a copy of the lease agreement from within seven days of the tenant's signing of the agreement to within seven days of both parties signing; (ii) removes the requirement that the landlord provide tenants with a copy of the Act at the time of contract and post on the premises of the park a copy of the Act and the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; (iii) provides that the rental agreement, under certain conditions, may make the tenant responsible for garbage collection and removal; and (iv) reduces the automatic renewal period from one year to 60 days. The bill also clarifies the responsibility of the tenant for the conduct of guests, invitees, and other persons on the premises with the tenant's consent. In addition, the bill adds a nondiscrimination clause to the Act and removes language providing that the refusal or restriction of the sale or rental of a manufactured home based exclusively or predominantly on the age of the home is unreasonable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1765/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1765","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227257,"bill_number":"HB1766","title":"Meth lab; penalty if present in same place as child, mentally incapacitated person, etc.","description":"Presence of meth lab in same place as child, mentally incapacitated person, or physically helpless person. Provides that any adult who knowingly allows a child or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person to be present in the same dwelling, apartment, unit of a hotel, garage, shed, or vehicle where the components of manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine are present is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years, five years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. Current law provides for enhanced punishment for the manufacture of methamphetamine in the presence of a child and omits the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1766/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1766","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227258,"bill_number":"HB1767","title":"Foster care; placement of child through an agreement between parents and local board.","description":"Placement of children; criminal history and central registry check.  Eliminates language granting local boards of social services and licensed child-placing agencies discretion in deciding when to obtain background checks on adult household members residing in a home with a person with whom the local board or agency is considering placing a child on an emergency, temporary, or permanent basis and makes such checks mandatory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1767/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1767","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227259,"bill_number":"HB1768","title":"Mold remediation; tenant shall be responsible for payment of rent, etc.","description":"Mold remediation; exemption from licensure; mold in dwelling units. Clarifies that a tenant, after a temporary relocation for mold remediation, is still responsible for payment of rent for the remainder of the term of the rental agreement following the remediation. The bill provides that the affected Code sections do not entitle the tenant to a termination of a tenancy where the landlord has remediated a mold condition in accordance with professional standards set in law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1768/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1768","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227260,"bill_number":"HB1769","title":"Annexations; amends law to allow townships to use traditional process to seek to expand boundaries.","description":"Annexations by townships. Amends the law to allow townships to use the traditional annexation process to seek to expand their boundaries as long as the consolidation agreement includes a provision allowing the exercise of that power. Only townships created as a result of a consolidation occurring subsequent to July 1, 2011, are authorized to use this annexation process.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0337)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1769/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1769","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227261,"bill_number":"HB1771","title":"Law-enforcement deputies; allocation to city sheriff in certain cities without a police force.","description":"Allocation of deputies to cities. Authorizes the State Compensation Board to allocate law-enforcement deputies to a city sheriff in cities without a police force if the city was created by the consolidation of a city and a county subsequent to July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1771/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1771","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227262,"bill_number":"HB1772","title":"Water and sewer charges; charges imposed by Town of Clifton Forge shall be lien on real estate.","description":"Lien for water and sewer charges. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities that may provide that charges imposed for water or sewers shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach (i) unless the user of the water or sewer services is also the owner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the agreement by which such water or sewer services were provided to the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1772/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1772","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227263,"bill_number":"HB1773","title":"Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; establishes position.","description":"Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security. Establishes the Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security with responsibility to the Governor for veterans services and homeland preparedness and security. The state entities reporting through the new Secretary's Office are the Department of Veterans Services, Secure Commonwealth Panel, Veterans Services Foundation, Virginia Military Advisory Council, and Virginia War Memorial Foundation. The bill also makes technical changes and is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1773/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1773","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227264,"bill_number":"HB1774","title":"State of emergency; preparation for response.","description":"State of emergency; preparation for response.  Authorizes the Governor to allocate a sum sufficient for preparation of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia State Defense Force to respond to certain enumerated circumstances, regardless of whether or not an official state of emergency is declared. However, the response preparation is limited to 300 personnel and five days, unless a state of emergency is declared. The bill also makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1774/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1774","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227265,"bill_number":"HB1775","title":"Students; school boards report to Board of Education number enrolled in English as second language.","description":"English as a Second Language; report. Requires local school boards to annually collect data on the number of students enrolled in English as a Second Language courses and report such data to the Board of Education, as well as provide the number of students unable to provide a birth record upon admission to the public schools. The Board of Education must compile all such data and report it, aggregated by school division, to the Governor and the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1775/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1775","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227266,"bill_number":"HB1776","title":"Police and court records; expungement.","description":"Expungement of police and court records; fingerprints. Requires a person petitioning for expungement because he was arrested or charged because his name or other identification was used without his consent to provide a complete set of fingerprints along with the petition. The bill also requires an expungement order to be accompanied by the petitioner's fingerprints when the charge is dismissed because the person arrested or charged is not the person named in the summons, warrant, etc.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1776/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1776","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227267,"bill_number":"HB1777","title":"Fake birth certificate; one who manufactures, etc., for false identity is guilty of misdemeanor.","description":"Fake birth certificate; penalty.  Provides that any person who manufactures, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for another person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law punishes obtaining, possessing, transferring and selling as a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1777/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1777","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227268,"bill_number":"HB1778","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana. The bill has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1778/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1778","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227269,"bill_number":"HB1779","title":"Protective orders, preliminary; prohibition on purchase & transport of firearms for certain persons.","description":"Preliminary protective orders. Makes the prohibition on purchasing and transporting a firearm applicable to persons subject to preliminary protective orders where a petition alleging abuse or neglect has been filed. Under current law, persons subject to a preliminary protective order are prohibited from purchasing or transporting a firearm regardless of any allegation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1779/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1779","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227270,"bill_number":"HB1780","title":"Communications intercepts; broadens court jurisdiction of order sought by Attorney General.","description":"Communications intercepts by the Attorney General.  Broadens the jurisdictional scope of a court issuing an order for a communications intercept sought by the Attorney General so that the order may be issued by the court in the jurisdiction where the crime occurs or where the intercept occurs. The bill also extends the timeline for submission of reports to the federal government regarding such intercepts, to accommodate intercepts not fully concluded by the end of the calendar year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1780/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1780","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227271,"bill_number":"HB1781","title":"Street gang; punishment for predicate act.","description":"Street gang; punishment for predicate act. Provides that any person who actively participates in or is a member of a criminal street gang and who knowingly and willfully participates in any predicate criminal act is guilty of a Class 5 felony (or a Class 4 felony if the perpetrator is an adult and the gang has a juvenile member). Current law requires that, for punishment of the crime of committing a predicate act, the act be committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1781/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1781","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227272,"bill_number":"HB1782","title":"Speed limit; shall be 35 mph on nonsurface treated highways for certain counties, where unposted.","description":"Maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways for certain counties. Adds Page County to the list of counties where the unposted maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways is 35 miles per hour.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1782/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1782","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227273,"bill_number":"HB1784","title":"Defined contribution retirement plan, local; locality to establish in lieu of other retirement plan.","description":"Local defined contribution retirement plan. Permits any locality or school board to establish a defined contribution retirement plan in lieu of any other retirement plan, for employees hired after such plan is established.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1784/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1784","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227274,"bill_number":"HB1786","title":"School boards; funds appropriated by locality shall be reappropriated to board.","description":"Local school boards; unexpended funds. Provides that any funds appropriated by the locality to a local school board that are not expended in any fiscal year must not revert to the locality but shall be reappropriated to the local school board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1786/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1786","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227275,"bill_number":"HB1787","title":"Child custody, shared; establishes a presumption that award thereof is in best interests of child.","description":"Shared child custody. Establishes a presumption in child custody cases that an award of joint legal and physical custody, with physical custody, to the extent feasible, shared equally between the parties, is in the best interests of the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1787/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1787","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227276,"bill_number":"HB1789","title":"Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project; clarifies extension of system.","description":"Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project. Clarifies that the extension of the proposed light rail system from the City of Norfolk to the oceanfront area of Virginia Beach is one option for, and has not been preselected as, the public transportation project to be constructed along the Interstate 264 corridor on the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railway.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1789/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1789","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227277,"bill_number":"HB1790","title":"Discharge from a training center; consent of legal authorized responsible person required.","description":"Discharge from a training center; consent of parent, guardian, or responsible person required. Provides that a consumer in a training center shall only be discharged upon consent of the consumer or, if the consumer lacks capacity to consent, upon the consent of his legally authorized representative, and following disclosure of information regarding the actual availability and accessibility of services sufficient to meet the needs of the consumer in the community. The provisions of this bill shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1790/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1790","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227278,"bill_number":"HB1791","title":"Driver's license reinstatement fees; additional fees for persons with multiple suspensions, etc.","description":"Driver's license reinstatement fees. Provides for additional fees for reinstatement of driver's licenses of persons with multiple current driver's license suspensions or revocations. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1791/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1791","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227279,"bill_number":"HB1792","title":"Standards of Quality; flexibility to use funds for staffing related to math, reading, etc.","description":"Standards of Quality; Standard 2. Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions for certain staffing standards related to instructional staff in mathematics, limited English proficiency, reading, technology, and assistant principals. Additionally, amends the definition of \"support services.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1792/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1792","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227280,"bill_number":"HB1793","title":"Diploma seals; allows local school boards to award.","description":"Public schools; diploma seals. Allows local school boards to award diploma seals for all Board of Education-approved diplomas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1793/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1793","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227281,"bill_number":"HB1794","title":"Retirement System; collection of overpayments.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; collection of overpayments. Authorizes the Virginia Retirement System to collect overpayment of retirement benefits from the retiree's employer under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1794/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1794","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227282,"bill_number":"HB1795","title":"Retirement System; difference in benefits for employee who becomes member on or after July 1, 2010.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; employee who becomes member on or after July 1, 2010. Amends certain provisions of the Workforce Transition Act and retirement plans administered by the Virginia Retirement System to recognize the difference in benefits accorded a person who becomes a Virginia Retirement System member before July 1, 2010, and on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0880)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1795/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1795","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227283,"bill_number":"HB1796","title":"Retirement System; technical changes.","description":"Plans administered by the Virginia Retirement System; technical changes. Makes certain technical changes to the administration of various Virginia Retirement System plans, including (i) permitting multiple deductions for purchase of prior service and for the purchase of partial months; (ii) clarifying the extent of coverage for the voluntary long-term care insurance programs previously administered by the Department of Human Resources Management; (iii) clarifying the retirement options of persons receiving disability benefits under the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; (iv) clarifying the eligibility for the health insurance credit as it relates to participants in the defined contribution plan for certain employees of public school divisions; and (v) clarifying the eligibility for participants in the defined contribution plan for certain political appointees to participate in the retiree health benefits program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1796/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1796","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227284,"bill_number":"HB1797","title":"Long-term care insurance; State employees in Sickness and Disability Program are to benefit.","description":"Long-term care insurance provided by the Commonwealth.  Clarifies that only employees participating in the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program are to benefit from long-term care insurance paid for by the Commonwealth for state employees. The bill also provides that the long-term care insurance program is to include provisions under which a person may purchase continuing coverage if he ceases to participate in the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-09","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)","last_action_date":"2011-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1797/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1797","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227285,"bill_number":"HB1798","title":"Motor vehicle rental tax; shall be determined by Tax Commissioner, exemptions.","description":"Motor vehicle rental tax.  Removes the administration and collection of the motor vehicle rental tax from the Department of Motor Vehicles and transfers it to the Department of Taxation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1798/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1798","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227286,"bill_number":"HB1799","title":"License plates, special; issuance to certain business entities with fleets of vehicles.","description":"Special license plates; fleet vehicles of businesses. Provides for the issuance of special license plates for fleet vehicles of business entities. The bill provides that these plates have their own fee structure and criteria for issuance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1799/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1799","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227287,"bill_number":"HB1800","title":"Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission; establish position of Inspector Gen.","description":"Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; establishment of Inspector General. Establishes an Inspector General for the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. The position is appointed by the Governor with the authority to (i) review the condition of the Commission's accounting, financial and administrative controls; (ii) investigate to resolve allegations of fraudulent, illegal, or inappropriate activities; and (iii) prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB2076-Landes) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1800/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1800","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227288,"bill_number":"HB1801","title":"Transportation Board; changes composition.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition. Changes the composition of the CTB. One member will be appointed from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts (as they were on January 1, 2011) and four more will be at-large appointees: one representing seaports, one representing aviation, one representing railroads, and one representing mass transit. The three ex-officio members remain unchanged.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1801/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1801","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227289,"bill_number":"HB1802","title":"Personal property tax; classification of certain fuel-efficient motor vehicles.","description":"Personal property tax; classification. Creates a separate class of property, for personal property tax rate purposes, for motor vehicles with an Environmental Protection Agency combined city and highway fuel-efficiency rating of 40 or more miles per gallon. The bill also makes a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1802/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1802","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227290,"bill_number":"HB1803","title":"Contractors, Board for; provides for certification of home energy auditors.","description":"Board for Contractors; regulation of home energy auditors. Provides for the certification of home energy auditors by the Board for Contractors. The bill defines home energy audits and includes one licensed home energy auditor to be appointed to the Board for Contractors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1803/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1803","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227291,"bill_number":"HB1804","title":"House of Delegates; digital recordings of meetings of standing committees and subcommittees.","description":"Digital recordings of House of Delegates standing committees and subcommittees. Provides that meetings of standing committees of the House of Delegates and their subcommittees shall be digitally recorded and made available on the legislative electronic information system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1804/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1804","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227292,"bill_number":"HB1805","title":"Tax administration; awards for detection of tax underpayments.","description":"Tax administration; awards for detection of tax underpayments. Creates a program for the payment of monetary rewards to individuals who provide information to the Tax Commissioner that leads to the successful collection of taxes that are owed by other individual or business taxpayers. Awards may only be given if the underpaying individual taxpayer's income exceeds $100,000 and the underpaying business taxpayer's income exceeds $500,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1805/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1805","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227293,"bill_number":"HB1806","title":"Award of credit; Board of Education to provide an elective credit for applied music study of piano.","description":"Award of credit; applied music study in piano. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the award of a standard unit of elective credit for achieving an independently verified level of proficiency in the applied music study of piano. The credit must only be awarded (i) if the student performs a minimum of two memorized pieces in the Virginia Music Teachers Association's annual Concerto Competition and achieves a passing score and (ii) completes any other requirements established by the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1806/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1806","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227294,"bill_number":"HB1808","title":"Arrearages; payments collected by DSS shall be applied first to interest associated with arrearage.","description":"Support; interest on arrearage.  Provides that payments collected by the State Department of Social Services on any support arrearage pursuant to an order being enforced by the Department shall be applied first to the interest on the arrearage and then to the arrearage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1808/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1808","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227295,"bill_number":"HB1809","title":"Attorneys for State and their assistants; duties.","description":"Duties of attorneys for the Commonwealth and their assistants. Provides that elected and assistant Commonwealth's attorneys may enforce the provisions of subsection D of §18.2-268.3 (the civil offense of refusal to submit to the DUI blood alcohol test). The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1809/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1809","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227296,"bill_number":"HB1811","title":"Child care services; DSS to identify strategies to increase reimbursement rates.","description":"Child care services; reimbursement rates.  Directs the Department of Social Services to identify strategies to increase reimbursement rates for child care services for TANF recipients and families whose incomes are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level to an amount comparable to the goal identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and directs the Department to develop criteria for determining an appropriate local match for funds available for child care services for such TANF recipients and families.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1811/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1811","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227297,"bill_number":"HB1812","title":"Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption for certain police officers.","description":"Workers' compensation; infectious disease presumption; police officers of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Norfolk Airport Authority. Adds police officers of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and the Norfolk Airport Authority to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to the presumption that certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. This presumption applies with respect to police officers of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority only for periods that the Authority voluntarily subjects itself to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1812/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1812","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227298,"bill_number":"HB1814","title":"Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in public buildings prohibited, penalty.","description":"Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in public buildings prohibited; penalty. Prohibits smoking in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof or any locality. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1814/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1814","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227299,"bill_number":"HB1815","title":"Cigarette and other tobacco products; increases tax rate.","description":"Cigarette and other tobacco products tax rates. Increases the cigarette tax rate from $0.30 per pack to $1.45 per pack and increases the cigarette excise tax on roll-your-own tobacco from 10 percent to 50 percent. The bill also increases the tax rate on certain other tobacco products from 10 percent of the manufacturer's sales price to 50 percent. The additional revenue attributable to the increase in tax rates on cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco is distributed as follows: 52 percent for Medicaid waivers for intellectual disabilities, 40 percent for Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals and doctors, four percent to the Virginia Department of Health for the Virginia state tobacco quitline, and four percent to the Virginia Healthy Youth Foundation to prevent tobacco use. The additional revenue attributable to the increase in the tax rate on other tobacco products is dedicated to Medicaid waivers for intellectual disabilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1815/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1815","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227300,"bill_number":"HB1816","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend; A LIFE LIKE YOURS, etc.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of The Arc of Virginia. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend A LIFE LIKE YOURS to members and supporters of The Arc of Virginia. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25 instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 would go to The Arc of Virginia, to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1816/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1816","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227301,"bill_number":"HB1817","title":"Green Public Buildings Act; definitions, building standards.","description":"Department of General Services; Green Public Buildings Act. Requires public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to build to either the LEED Silver or Green Globes two globe standard. The buildings shall be designed, constructed, verified, and operated to achieve energy savings that exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1-2004 (Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings) by at least 15 percent for new construction and 10 percent for major renovation. In addition, water systems designed for such buildings shall be required to provide water use savings of at least 25 percent over the baseline standard established in the federal Energy Policy Act of 1992. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services for state construction projects or by the governing body of a locality or school board for local projects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1817/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1817","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227302,"bill_number":"HB1818","title":"Nursing homes; required by Board of Health to send notices and information about family council.","description":"Nursing homes; information regarding family councils. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each nursing home and certified nursing facility to, upon the request of the facility's family council, send notices and information about the family council mutually developed by the family council and the administration of the nursing home or certified nursing facility and provided to the facility for such purpose to the contact person of the resident's choice up to six times per year. Such notices and information may be included together with a monthly billing statement or other regular communication, and shall be posted in a designated location within the nursing home or certified nursing facility. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1818/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1818","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227303,"bill_number":"HB1819","title":"Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; registration of athlete agents, penalty.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; registration of athlete agents; penalty.  Creates a registration requirement for athlete agents administered by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, sets out the requirements for registration and conduct of athlete agents, and provides for administrative, civil, and criminal penalties. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2011-05-05","last_action":"Governor: Vetoed by Governor","last_action_date":"2011-05-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1819/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1819","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227304,"bill_number":"HB1820","title":"Land preservation tax credit; limits maximum amount that any taxpayer may receive.","description":"Land preservation tax credits. Provides that the maximum amount of credits that may be issued in any calendar year by the Department of Taxation shall be $100 million plus any previously issued credits that have been disallowed or invalidated by the Department. The bill also allows the Tax Commissioner to have a second appraisal conducted on property for which an application for the credit has been made if he provides written notice to the donor within 30 days of the application being filed, and requires that the Tax Commissioner make a final determination within 180 days of such notice. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1820/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1820","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227305,"bill_number":"HB1821","title":"License plates, special; issuance to veterans who are members of American Legion.","description":"Special license plates; American Legion. Provides for the issuance of special license plates for veterans who are members of the American Legion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1821/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1821","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227306,"bill_number":"HB1822","title":"Local Defense Production Zone; created and creates a separate classification of machinery and tools.","description":"Local incentives for the design, development, or production of goods for national defense.  Creates a separate classification of machinery and tools designed and used directly in manufacturing or processing materials, components, or equipment for national defense. Local governments would be authorized to tax such machinery and tools at a rate that is less than the rate generally applicable to machinery and tools.   The bill also authorizes local governments to establish, by ordinance, local defense production zones including incentives and regulatory flexibility for the design, development, or production by a defense production business of materials, components, or equipment for national defense. The bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1822/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1822","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227307,"bill_number":"HB1824","title":"Commonwealth, Secretary of the; authentication of certain documents executed or issued in State.","description":"Secretary of the Commonwealth; authentication of certain documents.  Clarifies the authorization for the Secretary of the Commonwealth to issue certificates of authentication for documents executed or issued in the state. The bill further provides that no authentication may be issued for a document if the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that the authentication is requested for an unlawful or improper purpose.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1824/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1824","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227308,"bill_number":"HB1825","title":"Commissioner of Highways; changes title from Transportation Commissioner, report.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. Changes the title \"Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner\" to \"Commissioner of Highways.\" The bill also eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner employ an assistant commissioner for the environment, transportation planning, and regulatory affairs; allows the Commissioner to transfer, abandon, and discontinue roads in the primary and secondary systems of state highways or move roads from one such system to another when such actions are recommended as appropriate by the Chief Engineer in connection with a construction or maintenance project; eliminates the requirement that the CTB must declare excess right-of-way surplus before VDOT may sell the land; and amends the Code to allow VDOT to submit one comprehensive report focusing on VDOT operations and services. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1825/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1825","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227309,"bill_number":"HB1826","title":"Virginia Housing Development Authority; loan servicing agreements.","description":"Virginia Housing Development Authority; loan servicing agreements. Authorizes the Virginia Housing Development Authority to make contracts and enter into agreements to act as the loan servicer to a housing lender for loans on properties located in or outside of the Commonwealth to persons and families of any income.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1826/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1826","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227310,"bill_number":"HB1827","title":"Overweight permits; issuance for operation of certain vehicles used for hauling farm animal feed.","description":"Overweight permits for haulers of farm animal feed. Provides for issuance of overweight permits for operation of certain vehicles used for hauling farm animal feed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter (17-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1827/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1827","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227311,"bill_number":"HB1828","title":"Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements.","description":"Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements. Removes the rule that the Department of Environmental Quality must inspect all facilities covered by a Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit annually for confined animal feeding operations or at least once every five years for all others. The bill sets a new standard that all facilities should be inspected to ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and permit requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1828/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1828","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227312,"bill_number":"HB1829","title":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; increases voting membership.","description":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.  Increases the voting membership of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board from 10 to 12 by adding three new at-large members and changing the voting privileges of the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation from a voting member of the Board to a nonvoting ex officio member. The three new at-large appointees are required to be knowledgeable of stormwater management.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1829/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1829","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227313,"bill_number":"HB1830","title":"Resource management plans; effect of implementation, exclusions.","description":"Agriculture; resource management plans. Allows owners of agricultural land who implement and maintain a resource management plan to be deemed as being in full compliance with (i) any load allocation contained in a total maximum daily load (TMDL) established under §303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act addressing benthic, bacteria, nutrient, or sediment impairments; (ii) any requirements of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan; and (iii) applicable state water quality requirements for nutrients and sediment. The presumption does not prevent or preclude enforcement of provisions pursuant to (i) a resource management plan otherwise required by law, (ii) a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, (iii) a Virginia Pollution Abatement permit, or (iv) requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. The Soil and Water Conservation Board shall by regulation, and in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of Environmental Quality, specify the criteria to be included in a resource management plan. The bill sets out minimum criteria for such regulations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1830/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1830","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227314,"bill_number":"HB1831","title":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.","description":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling. Prohibits the sale, distribution and use of lawn maintenance fertilizer containing phosphorus beginning December 31, 2013. The prohibition does not apply to starter fertilizer, manipulated manure, yard waste compost, products derived from sewage sledge, soils containing fertilizer and fertilizer products intended for gardening, tree, shrub and indoor planting application, including nurseries, or reclaimed water. Also, beginning on December 31, 2013, it will be unlawful to offer for sale any deicing agent containing urea, nitrogen, or phosphorus intended for application on parking lots, roadways, and sidewalks, or other paved surfaces. However, retailers are allowed to sell their existing inventory of lawn maintenance fertilizer and deicing agents. On this date, a label will be required on bags of lawn fertilizer that states that the product should not be applied near storm drains or drainage ditches or when heavy rain is expected.  The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services will be required to establish reporting requirements for contractor-applicators and licensees who apply lawn fertilizer to more than 100 acres of nonagricultural lands annually. The report will include the total acreage or square footage and the location of where the fertilizer is being applied. The bill requires golf courses to implement nutrient management plans by July 1, 2017. The plans are to be submitted to the Department of Conservation and Recreation for review and approval. The Department is to provide technical assistance and training for golf course operators. The agency will also have to establish a cost-share program to assist in implementation of the nutrient management plan.  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to develop consumer information and recommended best practices for the application of lawn fertilizer. The agency is also required to provide a public listing of contractor-applicators who apply fertilizer on nonagricultural lands and have met the training requirements. Finally, the bill prohibits localities from further regulating (i) contractor-applicators who are in compliance with the fertilizer laws, (ii) golf courses that have approved nutrient management plans, and (iii) agricultural operations with a resources management plan or a nutrient management plan. If localities find it necessary to adopt more stringent stormwater ordinances, they will have to report this fact to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1831/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1831","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227315,"bill_number":"HB1833","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; annual fee for brewery licenses.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; annual fee for brewery licenses. Provides for an annual fee for retail off-premises brewery licenses of $120.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1833/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1833","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227316,"bill_number":"HB1834","title":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; permissible fireworks.","description":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; permissible fireworks. Redefines what constitutes permissible fireworks in Virginia, and prevents localities from prohibiting the use, design, possession, ignition, display, storage, sale, or transportation of permissible fireworks, or the setup or supervision thereof. Further, the bill provides that the storage and sale of permissible fireworks shall be governed by the Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sale of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles adopted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 1124, 2006 Edition), and to the extent that NFPA Standard 1124 doesn't apply to buildings or structures, a locality may enforce any mercantile occupancy requirements. The bill provides that it does not limit any local zoning authority lawfully exercised.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1834/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1834","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227317,"bill_number":"HB1835","title":"Service of notices from DMV; fee for renewal of driver's license, exchange of license plates.","description":"Notices from DMV; fee for exchange of license plates. Establishes certain practices relating to government efficiency, including allowing driver's license expiration notices, etc., to be sent by first-class mail or email and eliminating requirements to send notices of suspension or revocation and mandatory license clinic attendance by certified mail. The bill also imposes a $5 service charge on transactions performed at DMV Customer Service Centers if such transactions could have been completed by telephone, by mail, or electronically. The bill also creates a procedure and fee options for an exchange of license plates and imposes a minimum fee for the exchange. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1835/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1835","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227318,"bill_number":"HB1836","title":"Infants; blood sample provided to parents.","description":"Hospitals; DNA sampling of infants. Requires every hospital providing maternity care to offer to obtain a sample of blood from an infant born at the hospital and provide that sample to the mother of the infant. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1836/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1836","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227319,"bill_number":"HB1837","title":"Income tax, state; farm wineries and vineyards tax credit.","description":"Income tax; farm wineries and vineyards tax credit. Creates an income tax credit for licensed farm wineries equal to 25 percent of the cost of certain winery equipment and materials for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011. There is a $250,000 cap on the total amount of credits allowed in a calendar year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1837/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1837","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227320,"bill_number":"HB1838","title":"Motor vehicle dealers; bonding requirements, limitations on Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund.","description":"Motor vehicle dealers; bonding requirements; limitations on recoveries from Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund (MVTRF). Clarifies that a claimant may not collect more than a total of $20,000 between the bond and the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund (MVTRF). Only dealers in business less than three years carry a bond. The bill also modifies the method by which funds may be used from the MVTRF to pay for the administration of the Fund.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1838/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1838","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227321,"bill_number":"HB1839","title":"Rehabilitative Services, Department of; powers and duties.","description":"Statewide Independent Living Fund.  Eliminates the Statewide Independent Living Fund, eliminates obsolete language regarding the process by which the Department of Rehabilitative Services provides personal care assistance to persons with significant disabilities, and eliminates obsolete language related to the Department of Rehabilitative Services' role in efforts to eliminate environmental barriers affecting persons with disabilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1839/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1839","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227322,"bill_number":"HB1840","title":"Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance tax credit.","description":"Individual income tax; long-term care insurance tax credit. Doubles the amount of the credit an individual can take for long-term care insurance from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount of the premium paid for such insurance, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012. The bill has a reenactment clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1840/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1840","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227323,"bill_number":"HB1841","title":"Obstetrical and pediatric pilot programs; annual report.","description":"Obstetrical and pediatric pilot programs; annual report. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Health to annually report to the Joint Commission on Health Care on the impact and effectiveness of certain obstetrical and pediatric pilot programs in underserved areas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1841/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1841","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227324,"bill_number":"HB1842","title":"Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.","description":"Boards, commissions and councils; membership; appointing authority; abolition. Makes policy improvements and clarifications to several state boards, commissions, and councils including (i) establishing staggered terms for nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, (ii) clarifying the Governor's authority when provided lists of nominees by nongovernmental entities, and (iii) standardizing the terms of chairmen of entities appointed by the Governor to two years and limiting such appointees to two consecutive terms as chair. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1842/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1842","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227325,"bill_number":"HB1843","title":"Presidential primary; moves date to first Tuesday in March.","description":"Presidential primary. Moves the presidential primary date from the second Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in March. The bill retains the first Tuesday in March as the primary date before the May general election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1843/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1843","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227326,"bill_number":"HB1846","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Program; definition of professional services to include mediators.","description":"A bill to amend Chapter 13, Section 58.1-439.18 of Title 58.1, and Chapter 43 of Section 2.2-4301 of Title 2.2, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of professional services for the Neighborhood Assistance Program to include mediators certified pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Judicial Council of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1846/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1846","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227327,"bill_number":"HB1847","title":"Health workforce activities; repeals requirement for Commissioner of Health to submit annual report.","description":"Health workforce activities; annual report. Repeals the requirement for the Commissioner of Health to submit an annual report on health workforce activities to the Governor and the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1847/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1847","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227328,"bill_number":"HB1850","title":"Motorcycles; prohibits children under age eight from riding.","description":"Riding on motorcycles. Prohibits children under the age of eight from riding on motorcycles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1850/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1850","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227329,"bill_number":"HB1851","title":"Real property tax; classification of certain historical buildings.","description":"Real property tax; classification of certain historical buildings. Creates a separate class of property for real property tax rate purposes, consisting of buildings that are on the Virginia Landmarks Register that are maintained in proper condition, permitting localities to impose a lower tax rate than that imposed on other types of real property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0571)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1851/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1851","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227330,"bill_number":"HB1852","title":"State military laws; several technical changes and amendments.","description":"Military laws of Virginia.  Makes several amendments to the military laws of the Commonwealth. Many of the changes are technical, such as updating references to the Virginia State Guard and Virginia State Defense Force to the Virginia Defense Force and deleting obsolete references. The bill also makes amendments to the appointment of officers of the National Guard, nonjudicial punishment, and special courts-martial. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1852/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1852","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227331,"bill_number":"HB1853","title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding Pool; established.","description":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Funding Pool. Establishes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding Pool to consist of TANF block grant to be awarded to service providers for expanded TANF programs. Funds in the TANF Funding Pool shall be awarded by the Department of Social Services to service providers through a competitive grant program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1853/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1853","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227332,"bill_number":"HB1854","title":"Local mandates; mandate shall include fiscal impact statement and identify funding source.","description":"Local mandates. Provides that any mandate on localities shall include a fiscal impact statement and identify the funding source.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1854/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1854","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227333,"bill_number":"HB1859","title":"Public Procurement Act; state agencies to include in contract that contractor use E-Verify program.","description":"Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence. Provides that any employer with more than an average of 50 employees for the previous 12 months entering into a contract in excess of $50,000 with any agency of the Commonwealth to perform work or provide services pursuant to such contract shall register and participate in the federal E-Verify program to verify information and work authorization of its newly hired employees performing work pursuant to such public contract. Any such employer who fails to comply shall be debarred from contracting with any agency of the Commonwealth for a period up to one year. Such debarment shall cease upon the employer's registration and participation in the E-Verify program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1859/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1859","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227334,"bill_number":"HB1860","title":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement. Requires that the party against whom a FOIA petition is brought must receive a copy of the petition at least three working days prior to the filing of the petition. The bill contains technical amendments and is a recommendation of the FOIA Council. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1860/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1860","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227335,"bill_number":"HB1862","title":"Spouse of member of armed forces; provides extension of expiration of certain licenses, etc.","description":"Professions and occupations; expiration of certain documents issued to spouses of citizens of Virginia serving in the armed forces of the United States.  Provides an extension of the expiration of certain licenses, certifications, registrations or other documents held by the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States when the spouse accompanies the citizen for a period of service outside of the country.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1862/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1862","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227336,"bill_number":"HB1864","title":"Urban development areas; developable acreage is redefined to exclude certain lands.","description":"Urban Development Areas. Makes several changes to the urban development area legislation. Developable acreage is redefined to exclude (i) parks, rights-of-way of arterial and collector streets, railways, and resource protection areas, and wetlands; (ii) land used by public utilities solely for utility services; (iii) public lands and facilities; (iv) land within a five-mile radius of a military base over which the United States enjoys exclusive federal jurisdiction; and (v) land designated by a branch of the armed forces of the United States as its overfly zone. The legislation also permits light industrial use within urban development areas and specifies that the governing body's authority to accept proffered conditions is not impaired by anything in this legislation. Localities required to amend their comprehensive plan in accordance with this legislation are given an additional year to do so.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1864/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1864","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227337,"bill_number":"HB1865","title":"Transportation districts; membership by portions of counties, etc., collection of motor fuels taxes.","description":"Local transportation districts. Provides for membership in local transportation districts not only by whole counties and cities, but also by portions of counties and cities. The bill also allows members of local transportation districts to set terms upon which their memberships will cease, and allows members to determine whether the local motor fuel tax provided for in such districts will be collected, and, if so, in what amount (up to the maximum provided in statute).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 0-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1865/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1865","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227338,"bill_number":"HB1866","title":"Real estate tax relief; local government may cap taxes of elderly and disabled.","description":"Real estate tax relief for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled.  Authorizes a local government to cap real property taxes of the elderly and permanently and totally disabled, at an amount equivalent to a percentage of their income, as determined by the local government. The bill is applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB2278-Keam) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1866/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1866","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227339,"bill_number":"HB1868","title":"Adult adopted person; access to identifying information.","description":"Adult adopted person; access to identifying information.  Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to mail an adult adopted person's original certificate of birth to him upon order of the Commissioner of Social Services or order of a circuit court. This bill also provides that if a circuit court corrects or establishes a date of birth for a person born in a foreign country during an adoption proceeding or upon a petition to amend a certificate of foreign birth, the State Registrar shall issue a certificate of birth showing the date of birth established by the court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1868/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1868","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227340,"bill_number":"HB1869","title":"General Assembly; reports to accompany general appropriation bills.","description":"General Assembly; general appropriation bills. Requires the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to issue reports concurrently with the budget conference report that specifically identify (i) any nonstate appropriation, (ii) any item in the conference report that was not included in a general appropriation bill as passed by either the House or the Senate, and (iii) any item that represents legislation that failed in either house during the regular or a special session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1869/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1869","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227341,"bill_number":"HB1870","title":"VEDPA; reports by businesses receiving development subsidies.","description":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; reports by businesses receiving development subsidies. Requires any business entity that receives a development subsidy to file an annual report with the granting agency or the Authority no later than 60 days before the end of the fiscal year during which the development subsidy was received. The bill sets out the requirements for the annual report. The bill defines development subsidy as any expenditure of public funds with a value of at least $25,000 expended for the purposes of stimulating economic development and job creation in the Commonwealth, and including bonds, grants, loan guarantees, fee waivers, price subsidies, tax abatement, tax exemptions, or tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1870/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1870","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227342,"bill_number":"HB1872","title":"Public infrastructure maintenance bonds; City of Charlottesville may require from developers, etc.","description":"Public infrastructure maintenance bonds. Allows localities to require public infrastructure maintenance bonds from developers and property owners in conjunction with the construction of single- and two-family homes in instances where the provisions of a subdivision ordinance are not applicable. Such maintenance bonds shall not exceed an amount reasonably necessary to maintain and repair publicly owned streets, sidewalks and infrastructure on site or immediately adjacent to the construction and shall not exceed a maximum of $5,000. The ordinance shall make provision for the inspection of bonded improvements within five business days of completion and release of any performance guarantee within five business days of such inspection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1872/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1872","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227343,"bill_number":"HB1873","title":"Converted vehicles; definition, certain vehicles need not be examined by DMV.","description":"Converted vehicles. Creates a definition for vehicles converted from gas to electric power and provides that such vehicles, when accompanied by certain documents, need not be examined by the Department of Motor Vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1873/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1873","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227344,"bill_number":"HB1874","title":"State's tax code; advances conformity with federal law.","description":"Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances the conformity with the federal tax code from January 22, 2010, to December 31, 2010, and restores conformity to the qualified motor vehicle tax deduction. The bill also contains an emergency clause and ensures that the measure will override certain budget language.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1874/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1874","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227345,"bill_number":"HB1875","title":"Income tax, state; extends sunset date for rent reduction tax credit.","description":"Income tax; rent reduction tax credit. Extends the sunset date for the rent reduction tax credit from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2015.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1875/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1875","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227346,"bill_number":"HB1877","title":"Immunity of officers, etc., of nonprofit organizations; termination, etc., of corporation.","description":"Immunity of officers, etc. of nonprofits; dissolution. Provides that the immunity from civil liability the directors and other officers of tax exempt organizations enjoy for acts taken in their official capacities shall survive the termination, cancellation, or other discontinuance of the organization.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1877/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1877","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227347,"bill_number":"HB1878","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1878/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1878","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227348,"bill_number":"HB1879","title":"School zones; designation of zones in unincorporated planned residential communities.","description":"Designation of school zones in unincorporated planned residential communities. Provides for the designation and enforcement of school zones within unincorporated planned residential communities with the costs borne entirely by the communities in which they are located.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1879/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1879","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227349,"bill_number":"HB1880","title":"Disabled individuals; taxation of trusts established therefor.","description":"Taxation of trusts established for disabled individuals. Establishes an individual income tax deduction not to exceed $2,000 for the fair market value of contributions made during the taxable year to certain supplemental needs trusts established for disabled individuals. The bill also would exempt from taxation the income earned by such trusts. The bill would become effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1880/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1880","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227350,"bill_number":"HB1882","title":"Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting by localities.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting by localities. Authorizes the use of best value contracting by localities as an alternative to competitive bidding. The bill defines best value contracting as a procurement process where the lowest responsible bidder may be selected on the basis of objective criteria with the resulting selection representing the best combination of price and qualifications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1882/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1882","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227351,"bill_number":"HB1884","title":"Highway maintenance funds; requires CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.","description":"Highway maintenance funds.  Provides that when allocating funds for the interstate system of highways, the primary system of state highways, and the secondary system of state highways maintained by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall consider achieving a minimal level of disparity among highway construction districts in meeting asset performance standards. Prior to such allocation, the Board shall release for public review a comparison of the proposed allocation of funds by highway construction district with an allocation of funds based entirely on specific asset performance standards by highway construction district. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1491-Albo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1884/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1884","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227352,"bill_number":"HB1887","title":"VHDA Act; terms and conditions of purchases from and sales to lenders of mortgage loans.","description":"Virginia Housing Development Authority Act; terms and conditions of purchases from and sales to mortgage lenders of mortgage loans. Removes requirement that a lender reinvest sales proceeds and make certification of prudent investment in the case of single family loans that when made by the lender will be purchased by a housing development authority. The bill has an emergency clause. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1887/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1887","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227353,"bill_number":"HB1888","title":"Water and sewer charges; liens imposed by localities.","description":"Liens for water and sewer charges imposed by localities. Alters the method by which localities can collect delinquent water bills from users of residential rental properties. The changes will put such localities on the same footing as water and sewer authorities, including requirements that the locality (i) provide written notice to the owner of its lien policy when service is initiated, (ii) provide the owner duplicate copies of delinquent bills, and (iii) pursue regular collection efforts against the renter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1888/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1888","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227354,"bill_number":"HB1890","title":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement.","description":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement. Adjusts the mandatory retirement age under judicial retirement to age 73. Currently, judges are required to retire at age 70. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1890/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1890","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227355,"bill_number":"HB1892","title":"Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Fund; established, etc.","description":"Transportation funding and administration. Provides additional funding for transportation by (i) imposing a motor fuels sales tax rate of four percent, phased in over four years, for highway maintenance, (ii) increasing the state sales tax in Northern Virginia by 0.5 percent for transportation projects in Northern Virginia, and (iii) increasing the recordation tax in Northern Virginia at a rate of $0.40 per $100 valuation. The motor fuels tax is not effective until the unemployment rate in the Commonwealth decreases for four consecutive quarters after July 1, 2010. The bill also reduces the sales and use tax rate on food for human consumption from 1.5 percent to one percent, and repeals the authority for certain localities to impose a local income tax. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Virginia Port Authority and the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, to develop a fee schedule for overweight vehicles, to be presented to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability by December 15, 2011. In addition, the bill removes the sunset date from the 2009 Act of Assembly that reduced the special real property tax rate on commercial property in the localities embraced by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority from $0.25 per $100 of assessed value, to $0.125 per $100 of assessed value. Finally, the bill increases the special real property tax rate on commercial property in localities in Hampton Roads from $0.10 per $100 of assessed value to $0.125 per $100 of assessed value.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1892/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1892","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227356,"bill_number":"HB1893","title":"Abduction; penalty when person recruits, etc., child under 16 years of age for prostitution.","description":"Abduction; penalty. Provides that any person who, without legal justification or excuse, recruits, entices, solicits, seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes a child under 16 years of age, for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, is guilty of a Class 2 felony, and that any person who assists or aids in such activity or threatens to do so is guilty of a Class 5 felony, and that abduction of any person 16 years of age or older for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution is punishable as a Class 4 felony. The bill also provides that any person who causes another person to engage in forced labor or services in violation of subsection B of §18.2-47 (abduction) is guilty of a Class 4 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1898-Hugo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1893/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1893","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227357,"bill_number":"HB1894","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments.","description":"Condominium Act; Property Owners' Association Act; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments; priority of certain liens. Provides that a property owners' or condominium association may conduct a foreclosure sale on a lien for unpaid assessments subject to the lien of a first trust. The bill also provides that such portion of the unpaid assessments due and owing the association for a period not to exceed three years that is attributable to providing the maintenance and upkeep of the common areas and such other areas of association responsibility expressly provided for in the declaration, including capital expenditures, shall be prior to all other liens and encumbrances. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB2530-Scott, J.M.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1894/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1894","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227358,"bill_number":"HB1895","title":"Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty for false representation.","description":"Document verification for employment of illegal immigrants; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to falsely represent that an alien worker has documentation indicating that he is legally eligible for employment. The measure amends the existing prohibition on employing such aliens to provide that it is unlawful to continue employing such person who cannot provide the required documentation of eligibility. Each day of continued unlawful employment of each alien constitutes a separate civil offense punishable by a $250 civil penalty. The Department of Labor and Industry is charged with investigating and enforcing these provisions. Payments to satisfy a civil penalty shall be paid into a special fund and used by the Department in carrying out its duties under this section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1895/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1895","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227359,"bill_number":"HB1899","title":"Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements.","description":"Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements. Clarifies that the partial exemption from the assessed value of real property subject to real property tax for improvements to rehabilitated, renovated, or replacement residential structures or for improvements in rehabilitation districts or redevelopment or conservation areas runs with the land and shall not be reduced during the period of exemption, unless the locality notifies the taxpayer at the time the exemption is approved that the amount may be reduced. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1899/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1899","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227360,"bill_number":"HB1901","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages containing caffeine.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages containing caffeine. Prohibits the sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages containing caffeine; exception for mixed beverage licensees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1901/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1901","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227361,"bill_number":"HB1902","title":"Public Procurement Act; alternative dispute resolution.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; alternative dispute resolution. Provides that contractual claims submitted under §2.2-4363 related to a construction contract entered into by or on behalf of the Virginia Community College System for which the System has not made a final decision in the time specified in the contract or in §2.2-4363, shall be submitted for arbitration, mediation, or other nonbinding alternative dispute resolution procedures. The bill provides that nothing shall be construed to limit the contractor's right to institute immediate legal action pursuant to §2.2-4364; provided that if a contractual claim is subject to this subsection, then no legal action shall be filed until at least 60 days after the matter has been submitted to such nonbinding alternative dispute resolution procedures. The bill provides that it applies only to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1902/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1902","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227362,"bill_number":"HB1904","title":"License plates; issuance to persons delivering unladen vehicles.","description":"License plates; unladen vehicles. Provides that license plates for persons delivering unladen vehicles may also be issued to any business engaged in automobile auctions and can only be used if either the origin or destination of the vehicle being delivered is within the Commonwealth. In addition to the pickup and delivery of a vehicle, use of these license plates shall be limited to driving on the highway in order to test the installation, service, or repairs of vehicle equipment at a distance of not more than five miles from the place of business.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1904/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1904","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227363,"bill_number":"HB1906","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts gold, silver, and platinum bullion.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion. Exempts from sales and use tax gold, silver, or platinum bullion whose sales price exceeds $1,000.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 7-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1906/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1906","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227364,"bill_number":"HB1907","title":"Real Estate Board; requirements for licensure and practice of real estate.","description":"Real Estate Board; licensure and practice of real estate.  Requires the Real Estate Board to approve a continuing education program of at least three hours on the changes in the law made by this bill as a prerequisite for renewal or reinstatement of a broker or salesperson license. The bill further limits the liability of real estate licensees in their real estate dealings. The bill (i) defines the terms for property management agreements and brokerage agreements, and sets out required provisions in such agreements; (ii) revises the dual representation provisions for real estate licensees and provides standard disclosure forms to be used in connection therewith; (iii) allows all required documents and records to be maintained by real estate licensees to be kept in electronic form; and (iv) revises the required disclosures under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act and requires certain disclosures to be made on the Virginia Real Estate Board's website. The bill contains technical amendments and contains a delayed effective date for certain provisions contained in the bill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1907/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1907","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227365,"bill_number":"HB1911","title":"School buses; installation of video-monitoring systems thereon by school divisions.","description":"Video-monitoring system; school bus violations. Authorizes localities to adopt ordinances to allow local school divisions to install and operate video-monitoring systems on school buses in order to detect drivers passing stopped school buses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1911/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1911","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227366,"bill_number":"HB1912","title":"Commonwealth Energy Policy; SCC to consider effect of proposed facility on economic development.","description":"Electric utility ratemaking procedures; recognition of Commonwealth Energy Policy. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC), when required to approve the construction of an electric utility facility, to consider the economic and job creation objectives of the Commonwealth Energy Policy. The SCC is also directed, when determining the reasonableness or prudence of a utility's use of renewable energy resources, to consider the extent to which the use of such resources furthers the objectives of the Commonwealth Energy Policy and whether the cost of such resources is likely to result in unreasonable increases in rates paid by consumers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1912/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1912","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227367,"bill_number":"HB1915","title":"Local grievance procedure; circuit court shall make determination as to whether relief granted.","description":"Local grievance procedure. Provides that the circuit court, rather than the chief administrative officer, shall make the determination as to whether relief granted by a panel or hearing officer is consistent with written policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1915/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1915","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227368,"bill_number":"HB1917","title":"Health professionals; assisted living facility administrator report those with mental health issues.","description":"Reporting on health professionals; assisted living facilities. Provides that the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility shall report to the Department of Health Professions any information indicating that a health professional may have a substance abuse or mental health problem.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1917/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1917","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227369,"bill_number":"HB1921","title":"Sale by trustee; recordation of assignments.","description":"Sale by trustee; recordation of assignments.  Provides that the trustee under any deed of trust or mortgage entered into on or after July 1, 2011, shall not proceed with any sale of the property unless the land records of the locality in which the property is located contain a duly recorded assignment to the person who asserts that he is the holder of the obligation. If the deed of trust or mortgage has been assigned more than once, the trustee shall not proceed with any sale unless each assignment has been duly recorded.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1921/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1921","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227370,"bill_number":"HB1922","title":"Criminal records; clerk of court ensure nonconfidential records contain last two digits of social.","description":"Criminal records maintained by the clerk of the court; social security numbers.  Provides that the clerk of each district court shall ensure that all nonconfidential court records regarding a person's conviction for a criminal offense or a traffic infraction shall contain the last two digits of the person's social security number. The clerk of each circuit court must also comply with this requirement for such records that are made available via remote access.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1922/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1922","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227371,"bill_number":"HB1924","title":"Vehicles damaged by water; increases threshold for reporting water damage, etc.","description":"Water-damaged vehicles. Requires that insurance companies report to DMV when they pay claims of $3,500 or more for water damage to a vehicle. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1412-Hugo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1924/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1924","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227372,"bill_number":"HB1929","title":"Public Procurement Act; price matching by State's businesses.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; price matching by Virginia businesses. Provides that whenever the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is a resident of any other state and such state allows a resident contractor of that state a price-matching preference, then a like preference shall be allowed to responsive and responsible bidders who are residents of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1929/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1929","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227373,"bill_number":"HB1930","title":"Animal abuser registry; established.","description":"Animal abuser registry established. Defines \"animal abuser\" as an adult who has been convicted of a felony violation of §3.2-6570 (cruelty to animals) or 3.2-6571 (animal fighting) or of a substantially similar law of another state or of the United States and requires any animal abuser physically within the boundaries of the Commonwealth for more than 10 consecutive days to register in person with the sheriff of the county or city in which the animal abuser resides or is located. The bill also requires the offender to reregister annually. Failure to register or reregister is a Class 6 felony. The bill requires the sheriff to notify every residence and business within a one-half mile radius of the abuser's residence or location within 10 days of initial registration. The bill requires that registry information be maintained in a central registry by the State Police and posted on their website.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1930/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1930","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227374,"bill_number":"HB1931","title":"Zoning; cluster development subject to land use ordinance of locality.","description":"Zoning; clustering. Provides that a cluster development is otherwise subject to applicable land use ordinances of the locality; however, the locality shall not impose more stringent land use requirements for such cluster development. Also, the locality shall not prohibit extension of water or sewer from an adjacent property to a cluster development provided the cluster development is located within an area designated for water and sewer service by a county, city, or town.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1931/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1931","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227375,"bill_number":"HB1932","title":"Domestic abuser registry; established.","description":"Domestic abuser registry established; penalty. Defines \"domestic abuser\" as an adult who has been convicted of a violation of §16.1-253.2, 18.2-57.2, or 18.2-60.4 or of a substantially similar law of another state or of the United States and requires any domestic abuser physically within the boundaries of the Commonwealth for more than 10 consecutive days to register in person with the sheriff of the county or city in which the domestic abuser resides or is located. The bill also requires the offender to reregister annually. Failure to register or reregister is a Class 6 felony. The bill requires the sheriff to notify every residence and business within a one-half-mile radius of the abuser's residence or location within 10 days of initial registration. The bill requires that registry information be maintained in a central registry by the State Police and posted on the State Police website.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1932/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1932","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227376,"bill_number":"HB1935","title":"Legal notices; locality to meet notice requirements by utilizing their websites, radio, etc.","description":"Legal notices. Allows localities to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their web sites, radio or television rather than a newspaper of general circulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1935/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1935","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227377,"bill_number":"HB1937","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for event management companies.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; alcoholic beverage licenses for event management companies. Allows the Board to grant mixed beverage licenses to persons who provide event planning services.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1937/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1937","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227378,"bill_number":"HB1938","title":"Budget process; changes State's budget from biennial budget to budget covering single fiscal year.","description":"Budget process of the Commonwealth. Changes the Commonwealth's budget from a biennial budget to a budget covering a single fiscal year beginning with the budget for the period July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. The bill also provides that if a general appropriation act covering the immediately following fiscal year is not passed by the General Assembly within the time frame allowed for the conducting of business in a regular session of the General Assembly, as such time frame is initially adopted by the General Assembly, then General Assembly members would no longer receive an allowance for expenses subsequent to such time frame in a regular or special session of the General Assembly held in the same calendar year, until such time as the General Assembly passes a general appropriation act covering such fiscal year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1938/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1938","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227379,"bill_number":"HB1939","title":"Administrative Process Act; timing for filing certain regulations.","description":"Regulations promulgated when mandated by statute; requirements. Requires agencies, for regulatory changes that are nondiscretionary and necessary to conform to a change in law, to file the updated regulations with the Registrar of Regulations within 90 days of the law's effective date. The bill also requires the filing of a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action within 120 days of a law's effective date whenever a Virginia statutory change necessitates a change to, or repeal of, all or a portion of a regulation, or the adoption of a new regulation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1939/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1939","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227380,"bill_number":"HB1945","title":"Motor carriers; regulation by DMV.","description":"Regulation of motor carriers by DMV; commercial driver's licenses. Revises statutes relating to motor carriers, including requiring DMV to simply notify localities of the issuance of overweight and oversize permits and eliminating the requirement for for-hire contract passenger carriers and irregular-route common carriers to prove public convenience and necessity when applying for a license. The bill also updates Virginia law on commercial driver's licenses to comply with federal requirements. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0881)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1945/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1945","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227381,"bill_number":"HB1946","title":"Commercial vehicles; prohibits driving on left-most lanes of certain interstate highways.","description":"Commercial vehicles on interstate highways. Prohibits driving of commercial vehicles on the left-most lanes of interstate highways except where (i) the posted speed limit is less than 65 miles per hour or (ii) the average annual daily traffic exceeds 10,000 vehicles per lane per day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (39-Y 60-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1946/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1946","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227382,"bill_number":"HB1948","title":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.","description":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; review of databases. Changes the requirement that data in the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center databases be reviewed every year to a requirement that it be reviewed every three years. Information that is determined to not be related to terrorist activity shall be removed from the database.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1948/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1948","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227383,"bill_number":"HB1949","title":"Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business.","description":"Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business. Removes the requirement that an eligible business that is a 501(c)(3) be operating in Virginia and replaces it with a requirement that the 501(c)(3) business (i) has received $10 million or less in annual gross receipts under generally accepted accounting principles for each of its last three fiscal years or lesser time period if it has been in existence less than three years, (ii) has fewer than 250 employees, and (iii) has a net worth of $2 million or less.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1949/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1949","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227384,"bill_number":"HB1950","title":"Livable home tax credit; increases maximum amount, real estate developers eligible to receive.","description":"Livable home tax credit.  Increases the maximum amount of credit that may be allowed from $2,000 to $5,000 and makes licensed contractors eligible to receive the credit. Incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1950/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1950","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227385,"bill_number":"HB1951","title":"Public Procurement Act; raises minimum contract amount required for bid, performance, etc.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds. Raises the minimum contract amount required for bid, performance, or payment bonds from $100,000 to $500,000 for nontransportation-related construction projects. The bill provides that for nontransportation-related construction projects between $100,000 and $500,000 where the bond requirements are waived, the prospective contractors must be prequalified. The amount ($250,000) for transportation-related projects partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth, however, remains the same.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1951/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1951","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227386,"bill_number":"HB1953","title":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; receive & integrate criminal-related intelligence information.","description":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center. Allows the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center to receive and integrate criminal-related intelligence information, not just terrorist-related intelligence, to assist in preventing and deterring criminal activity generally.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1953/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1953","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227387,"bill_number":"HB1961","title":"Pharmacy, Board of; recusal requirement.","description":"Board of Pharmacy; recusal requirement. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations including the criteria for recusal of individual Board members from participation in any disciplinary proceeding involving a pharmacy, pharmacist or pharmacy technician with whom the Board member works, or by whom the member is employed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1961/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1961","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227388,"bill_number":"HB1962","title":"Toll violations; sets out procedures for issuance of notices.","description":"Toll violation notice. Sets out the procedures for issuance of toll violation notices.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1962/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1962","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227389,"bill_number":"HB1963","title":"Resident curator programs; locality may develop for managing, etc., historic areas owned or leased.","description":"Resident curator programs. Provides that a locality may develop a resident curator program for the purpose of managing, preserving, maintaining, or operating historic areas owned or leased by the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1963/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1963","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227390,"bill_number":"HB1964","title":"Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on race, color, etc.","description":"Public employment; nondiscrimination. Prohibits discrimination in public employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1964/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1964","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227391,"bill_number":"HB1965","title":"Local capital improvement programs; adds life cycle costs to facilities estimates.","description":"Local capital improvement programs. Adds \"life cycle costs\" to the facilities estimates prepared as part of the capital improvement program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1965/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1965","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227392,"bill_number":"HB1966","title":"Pharmacists; allows anyone to report to Board of Pharmacy those who may have substance abuse issue.","description":"Pharmacists; voluntary reporting. Allows anyone to report to the Board of Pharmacy any information on a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician who may have substance abuse or mental health issues that render him a danger to himself or others.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1966/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1966","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227393,"bill_number":"HB1968","title":"Physician assistants; signature to be included when law requires signature, etc., of a physician.","description":"Physician assistants; when signature accepted. Provides that whenever any law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, it shall be deemed to include a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician assistant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1968/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1968","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227394,"bill_number":"HB1969","title":"Sewage disposal systems; locality to use licensed contractor to issue civil summonses.","description":"Sewage disposal systems; civil penalties. Allows localities to use a properly licensed contractor working on behalf of the locality to issue civil summonses for certain violations related to sewage disposal systems.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1969/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1969","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227395,"bill_number":"HB1972","title":"Golf carts and utility vehicles; authorizes limited over-the-road operation by DCR employees.","description":"Golf carts and utility vehicles. Authorizes limited over-the-road operation of golf carts and utility vehicles by Department of Conservation and Recreation employees, provided the speed limit on the highway is no more than 35 mph.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1972/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1972","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227396,"bill_number":"HB1974","title":"Professional & Occupational Regulation, Department of; prerequisites for obtaining business license.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; architects and engineers; prerequisites for obtaining business license.  Requires any architect or professional engineer applying for or renewing a business license in any locality to furnish prior to the issuance or renewal of the business license either (i) satisfactory proof that he is duly licensed or (ii) a written statement, supported by an affidavit, that he is not subject to licensure as an architect or engineer. The bill also prohibits any locality from issuing or renewing a business license unless the architect or professional engineer has furnished his license number or evidence of being exempt from licensure.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1974/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1974","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227397,"bill_number":"HB1977","title":"Problem Gambling Treatment Fund; established.","description":"Problem Gambling Treatment Fund established. Establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment Fund for the prevention and treatment of gambling addiction and other problems related to gambling, and for the administration of such programs. The Fund shall receive one-sixth of one percent of the gross lottery proceeds annually, subject to the constitutionally required four-fifths vote. The bill also allows advertising that says lottery proceeds benefit the prevention and treatment of gambling addiction and other problems related to gambling.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1977/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1977","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227398,"bill_number":"HB1990","title":"Judicial circuits and districts; establishes new boundaries & reallocates number of judges serving.","description":"Courts of record; courts not of record; judicial circuits and districts; number of judges. Establishes new boundaries for the various judicial circuits and districts of the Commonwealth and reallocates the number of judges serving such circuits and districts. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill only becomes effective if reenacted during the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Supreme Court","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1990/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1990","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227399,"bill_number":"HB1993","title":"Reckless driving offenses; person who recklessly violates a traffic light.","description":"Reckless driving offenses. Provides that any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of §46.2-833 (running a red light) is guilty of reckless driving.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1993/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1993","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227400,"bill_number":"HB1994","title":"National Guard; failure to report for duty, penalty.","description":"Virginia National Guard; failure to report.  Amends the section of the Code of Virginia addressing a member of the Virginia National Guard's failure to report for duty. Failure to report would be a Class 4 misdemeanor; the bill allows any officer of the missing soldier's or airman's unit to swear out a warrant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1994/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1994","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227401,"bill_number":"HB1997","title":"Accused released on recognizance; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.","description":"Accused released on recognizance; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.  Provides that information necessary to make reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange required after the arrest of an accused, which must be accompanied by fingerprints, must be collected before an accused may be released upon satisfaction of the terms of recognizance.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1997/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1997","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227402,"bill_number":"HB1999","title":"Northern Virginia Transportation District; revises criteria for allocation of revenues.","description":"Northern Virginia Transportation District. Revises criteria for allocation of revenues to highway projects within the Northern Virginia Transportation District. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1999/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1999","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227403,"bill_number":"HB2000","title":"Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board of directors; appointments.","description":"Appointments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors. In appointing Virginia members of the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission shall include the Secretary of Transportation's designee or his voting member as a principal.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (8-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2000/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2000","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227404,"bill_number":"HB2004","title":"Bonds; public notice issued prior to public hearing shall state use of proceeds.","description":"Bonds; public notice. Provides that the public notice issued prior to a public hearing held in conjunction with the issuance of bonds shall state the proposed use of the proceeds, and if there is more than one use, state the proposed uses for which more than 10 percent of the total bond proceeds is expected to be used. In addition, a similar notice shall be provided to voters prior to a referendum involving the issuance of bonds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2004/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2004","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227405,"bill_number":"HB2005","title":"Firearms shows; promoter shall display materials developed by State Police at entrance.","description":"Firearms shows; dissemination of information about firearms laws. Requires the Virginia Department of State Police to develop materials concerning federal and state firearms laws and to make such materials available on its website. A firearms show promoter shall prominently display these materials at the entrance to the firearms show, and anyone selling or transferring firearms at a fixed location at the show must also make the materials available.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2005/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2005","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227406,"bill_number":"HB2015","title":"Charter; Town of Bluefield.","description":"Charter; Town of Bluefield. Updates the town's boundaries, provides for the selection of a vice-mayor, and lengthens the mayor's term from two to four years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2015/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2015","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227407,"bill_number":"HB2016","title":"Northern VA Transportation Authority, Northern VA Transportation Commission, etc.; consolidation.","description":"Consolidation of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission. Expands the duties of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to include the assumption and oversight of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission administrative activities, bus and commuter rail transit planning, programming, funding, and operation activities that occur in the areas embraced by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Upon enactment, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission will be dissolved. Additional technical changes are made throughout the Code to account for the consolidation. This bill has a delayed enactment of July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2016/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2016","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227408,"bill_number":"HB2018","title":"Cemetery Board; establish requirements for resale of interment rights in cemetery, exemptions.","description":"Cemetery Board; exemptions; resale of interment right.  Establishes requirements for the resale of interment rights in a cemetery located in the state. Any resale conducted in compliance with the requirements set out by the bill shall be exempt from regulation by the Cemetery Board. In addition the bill provides that any resale of an interment right in a regulated cemetery that was conducted prior to July 1, 2011, shall not be considered to have violated Chapter 23.1 of Title 54.1.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2018/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2018","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227409,"bill_number":"HB2019","title":"Town and county treasurers; reciprocal agreements.","description":"Town and county treasurer reciprocal agreements. Allows the treasurer of any county and the treasurer of any town partially or totally within that county to enter into a reciprocal agreement granting each treasurer the authority to collect the other's local real and personal property taxes. The governing body of each locality must approve the agreement. Identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2019/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2019","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227410,"bill_number":"HB2024","title":"Electrical transmission lines; to assist in approval of lines applicant to minimize adverse impact.","description":"Electrical transmission lines; impact minimizations plans. Requires that applications to the State Corporation Commission for approval of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more include a summary of the applicant's efforts to reasonably minimize adverse impacts on the scenic assets, historic districts, and environment of the area concerned.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2024/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2024","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227411,"bill_number":"HB2026","title":"Commercial vehicles; person required to register with Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry.","description":"Commercial vehicles; persons required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Prohibits persons for whom registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is required from driving school buses and from being issued commercial driver's licenses and instruction permits to drive school buses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2026/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2026","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227412,"bill_number":"HB2028","title":"Motor vehicle registration; federal and state safety requirements.","description":"Vehicle registration; federal and state safety requirements. Allows DMV to deny, suspend, or revoke vehicle registration as a result of a motor carrier's failure to comply with federal or state safety requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2028/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2028","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227413,"bill_number":"HB2029","title":"Vehicle emissions inspection program; provides for an on-road clean screen program, etc.","description":"Vehicle emissions inspection program. Provides for an on-road clean screen program, allowing a motor vehicle owner to certify compliance with emissions standards by means of on-road remote sensing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2029/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2029","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227414,"bill_number":"HB2030","title":"Strategic Manufacturing and Job Repatriation Act; created, report.","description":"Strategic Manufacturing and Job Repatriation Act; report. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to create a comprehensive manufacturing strategy designed to increase overall production, create private sector jobs, and identify emerging technologies to strengthen Commonwealth competitiveness and comparative advantages. By January 1, 2012, and every second year thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a survey of firms in the Commonwealth. Any firm choosing not to complete the survey will be ineligible to receive Virginia contracts or assistance. The survey shall identify Virginia firms that maintain manufacturing, design, or support service facilities outside the United States; categories of products manufactured at such facilities; and the number of jobs located at such overseas facilities. The Secretary is also directed to establish multiple repatriation task forces to promote repatriation in accordance with the established targets for job repatriation and manufacturing growth. The measure also creates the Economic Security Commission to study and make recommendations on policy relating to Commonwealth economic competitiveness, particularly in the manufacturing, information technology, energy, and biotechnology sectors of the global economy, and to study technology-based planning policies to bolster Commonwealth economic competitiveness. The Economic Security Commission's duties include (i) reporting on issues surrounding technology-based planning, emerging technologies, and Commonwealth economic competitiveness, specifically with regard to international trade agreements, taxation, cybersecurity, intellectual property laws and enforcement, vocational training, education, research and development programs, and infrastructure, and (ii) overseeing the development and operation of a technology spatial mapping program. Finally, the measure provides that the Secretary be requested to study the impact and feasibility of a tax incentive to encourage firms to repatriate jobs to the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall examine the merits of waiving all Virginia taxes on the return of offshore, untaxed profits by comparing the cost of such an incentive with the number of Virginia jobs created.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2030/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2030","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227415,"bill_number":"HB2043","title":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus.","description":"Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus. Provides that a person driving a motor vehicle shall stop his vehicle when approaching, from any direction, any school bus that is stopped on any highway, private road, or school driveway for the purpose of taking on or discharging children, etc., and remain stopped until all the persons are clear of the highway, private road, or school driveway and the bus is put in motion and that failure to do so is reckless driving. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2043/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2043","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227416,"bill_number":"HB2051","title":"Size and weight compliance agents; citations for overweight vehicles.","description":"Size and weight compliance agents; citations for overweight vehicles. Allows the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to appoint staff as \"size and weight compliance agents\" to enforce certain vehicle size limits. The bill outlines procedures for issuance of citations and enforcement of certain vehicle size limits by size and weight compliance agents. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2051/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2051","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227417,"bill_number":"HB2123","title":"Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.","description":"Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Control Board to the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. The Director, by examining the available and relevant data, shall determine whether a discharge may cause or contribute to an instream excursion above the narrative or numeric criteria of a water quality standard. If a total maximum daily load (\"TMDL\") has been established for the receiving water body, it shall be considered in the reasonable potential determination. If the receiving water body does not have a TMDL established, the Director may consider biological monitoring, chemical monitoring, and whole effluent toxicity testing. The Director may require whole effluent toxicity testing if he determines that the discharge adversely affects the biological condition of the receiving water body.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2123/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2123","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227418,"bill_number":"HB2135","title":"Motor vehicles; provides an option for permanent registrations.","description":"Expiration and renewal of registration. Provides an option for the permanent registration of motor vehicles.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2135/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2135","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227419,"bill_number":"HB2136","title":"Motor vehicle safety belts; makes nonuse a primary offense.","description":"Motor vehicle safety belts. Makes nonuse of motor vehicle safety belts a primary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2136/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2136","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227420,"bill_number":"HB2163","title":"Abandoned motor vehicle; definition.","description":"Abandoned motor vehicle; definition.  Removes from the definition of \"abandoned motor vehicle\" a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that (i) has remained unclaimed in a garage for more than 10 days or (ii) has remained unclaimed in a self-storage unit. The bill has technical amendments and an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2163/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2163","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227421,"bill_number":"HB2181","title":"Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.","description":"Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership. Provides that, in order to establish a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas, a claimant who is not the surface owner must submit the document by which the interest in coalbed methane gas was severed from the surface estate and identify with specificity the writing that conveys such interest. Pursuant to statutory and case law, the Gas and Oil Board may not find a conflicting claim to the ownership to coalbed methane gas pursuant if the claimant fails to show a severance of mineral interests other than coal. Affirmative determinations by the Board to find a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas and to place the royalties attributable to such claims into an escrow account shall be considered a case decision under the Administrative Process Act. Upon the request of a claimant, the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board shall also review any pooling order entered prior to July 1, 2011, to ensure that previous claims have met the same threshold requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2181/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2181","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227422,"bill_number":"HB2182","title":"Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, replaces Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control. Eliminates the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and replaces it with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, created by the bill. The bill provides for the appointment of the board of directors of the Authority and the appointment by the board of directors of a chief executive officer of the Authority, and sets eligibility requirements for appointment, including background checks. Among other things, the bill also (i) provides for the transfer of current ABC employees to the Authority, (ii) continues such employees' participation in the state health plan and VRS, and (iii) sets out the powers and duties of the Authority and the chief executive officer. The bill contains numerous technical amendments. The measure becomes effective on July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2182/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2182","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227423,"bill_number":"HB2194","title":"Motor vehicles; passing of bicycles, etc.","description":"Following too closely; passing other vehicles. Adds bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds to the list of vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. In addition, the bill increases passing distance for passing bicycles from two to three feet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2194/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2194","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227424,"bill_number":"HB2245","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.","description":"Special license plates; IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.  Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25 instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets) $15 will go to the VTV Family Outreach Foundation, to support its operation and programs in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2245/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2245","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227425,"bill_number":"HJR521","title":"Commending Philip A. Leone.","description":"Commending Philip A. Leone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ521ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR521/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ521","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227426,"bill_number":"HJR522","title":"Commending the Honorable Thomas L. Murphey.","description":"Commending the Honorable Thomas L. Murphey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ522ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR522/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ522","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227427,"bill_number":"HJR523","title":"Commemorating Henricus Historical Park and the Henricus Foundation.","description":"Commemorating Henricus Historical Park and the Henricus Foundation on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Citie of Henricus in 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ523ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR523/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ523","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227428,"bill_number":"HJR529","title":"Celebrating the life of Kirby Hugh Porter.","description":"Celebrating the life of Kirby Hugh Porter.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ529ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR529/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ529","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227429,"bill_number":"HJR542","title":"U.S. Constitution; application to U.S. Congress to call convention to propose an amendment.","description":"United States Constitution; amendment.  Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by the vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures. The resolution states that the application would be revoked and withdrawn if the convention acts to amend the Constitution for any purpose other than an amendment to permit such repeal of a federal law or regulation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR542/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ542","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227430,"bill_number":"HJR554","title":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, United States Army.","description":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, United States Army.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ554ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR554/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ554","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227431,"bill_number":"HJR555","title":"Commending Donald J. Ford.","description":"Commending Donald J. Ford.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ555ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR555/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ555","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227432,"bill_number":"HJR567","title":"General Assembly; establishing schedule for conduct of business.","description":"General Assembly; 2011 Session schedule. Establishes a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ567ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR567/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ567","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227433,"bill_number":"HJR568","title":"General Assembly; establishing prefiling schedule for 2012 Regular Session.","description":"General Assembly; 2012 Session prefiling schedule. Establishes a prefiling schedule for the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ568ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR568/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ568","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227434,"bill_number":"HJR593","title":"Constitutional amendment; free exercise of religion (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); free exercise of religion. Amends current free exercise of religion provisions of the Virginia Constitution to permit prayer and the recognition of religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including public schools in order to secure further the people's right to acknowledge God. The amendment also prohibits (i) the composing of school prayers by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, and (ii) requiring persons to join in prayer or other religious activity. The current free exercise of religion provisions of the Virginia Constitution mirror those in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and provide for the free exercise of religion and prohibit compelling persons to participate in religious activity.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR593/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ593","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227435,"bill_number":"HJR594","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; efficacy of establishing additional registries.","description":"Study; additional criminal information registries; report.  Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the efficacy of the establishment of additional registries similar to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry that would contain criminal justice information for use by the public in making informed decisions regarding their family members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR594/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ594","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227436,"bill_number":"HJR598","title":"Commending the Chesterfield Baseball Clubs Inc.","description":"Commending the Chesterfield Baseball Clubs Inc. Pony All-Star baseball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ598ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR598/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ598","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227437,"bill_number":"HJR603","title":"U.S. Route 1 Corridor; joint subcommittee to study creation of Corridor.","description":"Study; U.S. Route 1 Corridor; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the creation of a U.S. Route 1 Corridor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR603/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ603","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227438,"bill_number":"HJR604","title":"Constitutional amendment; repeal of state law or regulation by localities (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); repeal of state law or regulation by localities. Authorizes counties and cities containing at least two-thirds of the state's population to repeal a state law or regulation. The resolutions to accomplish the repeal must state the particular law or regulation to be repealed and be adopted within a 24-month period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR604/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ604","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227439,"bill_number":"HJR605","title":"National Offshore Wind Technology Center; General Assembly to support establishing in Hampton Roads.","description":"National Offshore Wind Technology Center.  Expresses the support of the General Assembly for the establishment of a National Offshore Wind Technology Center in Hampton Roads, Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ605ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR605/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ605","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227440,"bill_number":"HJR606","title":"Commending Robert W. Tucker, Jr.","description":"Commending Robert W. Tucker, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ606ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR606/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ606","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227441,"bill_number":"HJR607","title":"Commending Rabbi Bruce Aft.","description":"Commending Rabbi Bruce Aft.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ607ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR607/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ607","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227442,"bill_number":"HJR608","title":"Commemorating the Centennial of Armistice (Veterans) Day.","description":"Commemorating Veterans Day. Commemorates Veterans Day on November 11, 2011, in Virginia with a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. throughout the Commonwealth. Calls upon the Governor to lead and encourage citizens to pause for a moment of silence at the appointed time to honor and remember the sacrifices of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ608ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR608/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ608","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227443,"bill_number":"HJR609","title":"Continuing care retirement communities; SCC to study management & need for resident representation.","description":"Study; SCC; management of continuing care retirement communities and the need for resident representation in management and governance; report.  Requests the State Corporation Commission to study the management, governance, and financial structure of continuing care retirement communities and the need for resident representation in management and governance, including the need for and any benefits associated with requiring resident participation in management and governance of continuing care retirement communities. If the SCC determines that a need exists and benefits would result from requiring resident participation in management and governance of continuing care retirement communities, the SCC is further directed to study and make recommendations related to the best method for implementing such requirement, including any statutory or regulatory changes that may be required.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR609/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ609","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227444,"bill_number":"HJR610","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence including any period or condition of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The proposed amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to general law. This resolution is identical to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR610/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ610","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227445,"bill_number":"HJR611","title":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Dale Phillips.","description":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Dale Phillips.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ611ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR611/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ611","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227446,"bill_number":"HJR612","title":"General Assembly; notifying Governor of organization.","description":"Notifying the Governor of Organization.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ612ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR612/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ612","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227447,"bill_number":"HJR622","title":"Histiocytosis Awareness Month; designating as September 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Histiocytosis Awareness Month. Designates September, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Histiocytosis Awareness Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ622ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR622/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ622","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227448,"bill_number":"HJR623","title":"Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month; designating September 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Designates September, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ623ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR623/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ623","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227449,"bill_number":"HR47","title":"Scott, William Campbell; in remembrance of his services to Virginia.","description":"Memorializing William Campbell Scott of Powhatan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR47ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR47/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR47","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227450,"bill_number":"HR48","title":"Cox, James Henry; in remembrance of his service to Virginia.","description":"Memorializing James Henry Cox of Chesterfield.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR48ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR48/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR48","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227451,"bill_number":"HR49","title":"House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.","description":"Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR49ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR49/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR49","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227452,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"Criminal Street Gang Act; adds burglary and shooting to list of predicate criminal acts.","description":"Criminal street gangs; predicate criminal act. Adds burglary and shooting into an occupied dwelling to the list of predicate criminal acts for which a person committing such act may be convicted under the criminal street gang act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB142/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB142","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227453,"bill_number":"SB310","title":"Income tax, state; long-term care insurance tax credit.","description":"Long-term care insurance tax credit. Increases the amount of the long-term care insurance tax credit from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount paid by the individual during the taxable year in long-term care insurance premiums for long-term care insurance coverage for himself.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB310/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB310","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227454,"bill_number":"SB484","title":"Local government investment pool; limitations.","description":"Local government investment pool. Requires that no less than 10 percent of local government investment pool assets be invested in time, savings, or demand deposits at financial institutions qualified to accept public deposits under the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227455,"bill_number":"SB601","title":"Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc.","description":"Royalties from offshore drilling. Requires that at least 80 percent of any revenues and royalties paid to the Commonwealth as a result of offshore natural gas and oil drilling shall be deposited to the Transportation Trust Fund.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB601/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB601","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227456,"bill_number":"SB835","title":"Disabled parking; contents of permanent windshield placards.","description":"Disabled parking; contents of permanent windshield placards. Requires that permanent windshield placards used in connection with disabled parking display a symbol indicating the sex of the person to whom the placard was issued.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (3-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB835/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB835","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227457,"bill_number":"SB853","title":"Vital records; State Registrar to develop system for secure posting and retrieval of records online.","description":"Vital records; posting online. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to develop a system for the secure posting and retrieval of vital records online, to be accessible for a fee sufficient to cover the cost of such posting.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB853/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB853","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227458,"bill_number":"SB854","title":"Sales of secondhand building materials; police chief may refuse to issue permit if a felon.","description":"Sales of secondhand building materials.  Authorizes the chief of police or sheriff to refuse to issue a permit to allow a person to engage in the business of trading in secondhand building materials if the applicant has been convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude within three years preceding the application. The measure also (i) requires an applicant for a permit to provide his address, age, gender, and fingerprints; (ii) obligates junk dealers selling or acquiring secondhand building materials to report information about sales of secondhand building materials to the chief of police or sheriff; (iii) exempts authorized scrap sellers from the requirements; and (iv) provides that a person is deemed to be regularly engaged in the business of trading in secondhand building materials if he conducts 26 or more transactions within a year or offers for sale more than 600 pounds of secondhand building materials. Finally, the measure removes a provision making it unlawful for certain persons to \"accept\" certain secondhand metal items used by or belonging to certain utility or manufacturing companies; it remains unlawful to barter, purchase, exchange, or buy such items.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0836)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB854/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB854","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227459,"bill_number":"SB855","title":"Courthouse assessments; localities to raise fee assessed for courthouse construction, etc.","description":"Courthouse assessments. Allows localities to raise the fee assessed for courthouse construction, renovation, or maintenance above the current authorized amount of $2 once every two years beginning July 1, 2012, based upon the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. The fee is assessed as part of the costs in civil, criminal and traffic cases.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB855/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB855","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227460,"bill_number":"SB856","title":"Patriots Crossing project; requires VDOT to accept unsolicited proposals for development, etc.","description":"Patriots Crossing project. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to accept for review unsolicited proposals for construction of the Patriots Crossing (Third Crossing) project at Hampton Roads.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0633)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB856/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB856","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227461,"bill_number":"SB858","title":"Vehicles; right turns by those facing left green arrow signals.","description":"Right turns by vehicles facing left green arrow signals. Allows vehicles facing left green arrow signals to treat such signals as yield right-of-way signs for the purposes of making right turns.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (2-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB858/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB858","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227462,"bill_number":"SB859","title":"Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact; repealing Compact.","description":"Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Repeals the Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB859/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB859","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227463,"bill_number":"SB860","title":"Real property tax; classification of certain historical buildings.","description":"Real property tax; classification of certain historical buildings. Creates a separate class of property for real property tax rate purposes, consisting of buildings that are on the Virginia Landmarks Register that are maintained in proper condition, permitting localities to impose a lower tax rate than that imposed on other types of real property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB860/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB860","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227464,"bill_number":"SB861","title":"Defined contribution retirement plan, local; locality to establish in lieu of other retirement plan.","description":"Local defined contribution retirement plan. Permits any locality or school board to establish a defined contribution retirement plan in lieu of any other retirement plan for employees hired after such plan is established.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB861/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB861","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227465,"bill_number":"SB862","title":"Commonwealth Energy Policy; local renewable energy facility siting ordinances.","description":"Commonwealth Energy Policy; local renewable energy facility siting ordinances. Requires that a local ordinance addressing the siting of renewable energy facilities be consistent with provisions of the Commonwealth Energy Policy, provide reasonable criteria to be addressed in the siting of any such facility that generates electricity from wind and solar resources, and include provisions establishing reasonable requirements on the siting of any such facility. Measures required by the ordinance are required to be consistent with the locality's existing ordinances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB862/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB862","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227466,"bill_number":"SB863","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; amends definition of impoverished people.","description":"Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; definition of impoverished people. Amends the definition of \"impoverished people.\" Currently the definition differs based on what type of proposal is being submitted by a nonprofit entity requesting an allocation of tax credits under the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit. This legislation would eliminate any differences and define \"impoverished people\" as individuals with family annual incomes not in excess of 200 percent of the current poverty guidelines.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB863/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB863","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227467,"bill_number":"SB864","title":"Elections; voting procedures and voter identification requirements.","description":"Voter identification requirements; provisional ballots.  Eliminates the provision that allows a voter to sign a sworn statement that he is the named registered voter he claims to be in lieu of showing identification and provides instead for the voter to cast a provisional ballot if he cannot provide a required form of identification. The bill also provides that, in order to determine whether a person who cast a provisional ballot is a qualified voter, an electoral board may rely on a faxed copy of a person's identification. The bill also removes a Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card from the list of forms of identification that a voter can present to demonstrate that he is a qualified voter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB864/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB864","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227468,"bill_number":"SB865","title":"Vital records; records becoming public after a certain amount of time having elapsed.","description":"Vital records; records becoming public. Requires records of birth after 100 years have elapsed from the date of birth and records of death, marriage, or divorce certificates after 50 years have elapsed from the date of death, marriage, or divorce, to become public information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Joint Commission on Health Care","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB865/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB865","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227469,"bill_number":"SB866","title":"VIEW work requirement; exemption for parent or caretaker-relative of child under 12 months of age.","description":"VIEW work requirement; exemption.  Provides that a parent or caretaker-relative of a child under 12 months of age who personally provides care for the child may be exempt from mandatory participation in VIEW for up to 12 months. Months during which a parent or caretaker-relative is exempt from mandatory participation in VIEW may be consecutive or nonconsecutive.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB866/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB866","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227470,"bill_number":"SB867","title":"Budget bill; Conference Committee Report shall not be considered until on website for 72 hours.","description":"General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to the Budget.  Provides that no legislative action may be taken on (i) committee amendments to the budget, (ii) any conference committee report on the budget, or (iii) any Governor's recommendations on the budget until each has been posted on the General Assembly's website for at least 72 hours. The bill provides that each house may vote by two-thirds majority to override the posting requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB867/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB867","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227471,"bill_number":"SB868","title":"Damage of crops and livestock; lawful killing of deer, elk, and bear.","description":"Damage of crops and livestock; lawful killing of elk.  Changes the procedures for lawfully killing animals that damage agricultural operations and adds elk to those animals that may be killed. Whenever deer, elk, and bear are damaging agricultural operations, the landowner may request authorization from the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The Director shall authorize the landowner for a period of one year and the landowner shall report to the Director whenever such animals are killed. Any person receiving permission from the Director to kill deer, elk, and bear because of property damage may not charge a fee to transfer such privilege.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-02","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB868/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB868","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227472,"bill_number":"SB869","title":"Urban development areas; developable acreage is redefined to exclude certain lands.","description":"Urban Development Areas. Makes several changes to the urban development area legislation. Developable acreage is redefined to exclude (i) parks, rights-of-way of arterial and collector streets, railways, and resource protection areas, and wetlands; (ii) land used by public utilities solely for utility services; (iii) public lands and facilities; (iv) land within a five-mile radius of a military base over which the United States enjoys exclusive federal jurisdiction; and (v) land designated by a branch of the armed forces of the United States as its overfly zone. The legislation also permits light industrial use within urban development areas and specifies that the governing body's authority to accept proffered conditions is not impaired by anything in this legislation. Localities required to amend their comprehensive plan in accordance with this legislation are given an additional year to do so.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB869/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB869","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227473,"bill_number":"SB870","title":"Blue Alert Program; established.","description":"Blue Alert Program. Provides for the establishment of a Blue Alert Program to be administered by the Department of State Police when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a law-enforcement officer has not been apprehended and is a serious threat to the public or when a law-enforcement officer is missing while in the line of duty under suspicious circumstances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB870/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB870","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227474,"bill_number":"SB871","title":"Golf carts; clarifies existing law pertaining to crossing highways.","description":"Golf carts. Clarifies existing law pertaining to crossing of highways by golf carts and utility vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0140)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB871/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB871","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227475,"bill_number":"SB872","title":"Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.","description":"Expansion of gang-free zones. Adds school bus stops and publicly owned parks, libraries and hospitals to the list of places denoted \"gang-free zones.\" Criminal gang activity that occurs in gang-free zones receives additional punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB872/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB872","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227476,"bill_number":"SB873","title":"Subdivision of lot; localities to provide for conveyance to family member if land is held in trust.","description":"Subdivision of a lot held in trust for conveyance to a family member. Authorizes localities to provide for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member if the land is held in trust. All trust beneficiaries must be immediate family members and must agree that the property should be subdivided. Additionally, all beneficiaries must agree to place a restrictive covenant on the subdivided property that would prohibit the transfer of the property to a nonmember of the immediate family for a period of 15 years. A locality may provide exceptions to this 15-year time period but must execute a writing reflecting such modification.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB873/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB873","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227477,"bill_number":"SB874","title":"George Washington Toll Road Authority; adds Stafford County as participating locality.","description":"George Washington Toll Road Authority. Adds Stafford County as a participating locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB874/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB874","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227478,"bill_number":"SB875","title":"Renewable portfolio standard program; forest products.","description":"Renewable portfolio standards; forest products. Removes the requirement that utilities participating in a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program collectively use no more than 1.5 million tons of forest products such as wood chips, bark, and sawdust each year towards meeting RPS goals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB875/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB875","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227479,"bill_number":"SB876","title":"Castle doctrine; encodes version allowing use of deadly force, etc. against an intruder in dwelling.","description":"Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the \"castle doctrine,\" allowing a lawful occupant to use of physical force, including deadly force, against an intruder in his dwelling who has committed an overt act against him, without civil liability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB876/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB876","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227480,"bill_number":"SB877","title":"Family or household member; redefines and expands definition.","description":"Definition of family or household member; penalty.  Redefines the definition of \"family or household member\" to include (1) a person's in-laws regardless of whether the in-laws reside in the same house as the person and (2) any individual who is or was involved in a continuing relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the person. Expanding the definition of \"family or household member\" implicates crimes for which a family or household member is a victim (e.g., assault and battery against a family member) and protective orders under which a person may be protected (e.g., protective orders in cases of family abuse).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1222-Barker) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB877/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB877","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227481,"bill_number":"SB878","title":"Pseudoephedrine; prohibited from being sold without a prescription.","description":"Drug Control Act; pseudoephedrine. Adds pseudoephedrine to Schedule III of the Drug Control Act, which would prohibit it from being sold without a prescription.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB878/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB878","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227482,"bill_number":"SB879","title":"Pharmacy; conforms elements of State's freedom of choice law to North Carolina's law.","description":"Pharmacy freedom of choice. Conforms elements of Virginia's pharmacy freedom of choice law to North Carolina's pharmacy of choice law. The measure prohibits a health benefit plan from (i) prohibiting or limiting any resident who is eligible for reimbursement for pharmacy services under a health benefit plan from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish such benefits when the pharmacy has agreed to participate in the health benefit plan according to the terms offered by the insurer; (ii) denying a pharmacy the opportunity to participate as a contract provider under a health benefit plan if the pharmacy agrees to provide pharmacy services that meet the terms and requirements of the insurer; (iii) imposing a copayment, fee, or condition that is not equally imposed upon all individuals in the same benefit category, class, or copayment level or a monetary advantage or penalty under a health benefit plan that would affect or influence a beneficiary's choice of pharmacy; (iv) reducing allowable reimbursement for pharmacy services to a beneficiary because the beneficiary selects a pharmacy of his choice; or (v) requiring a beneficiary to purchase pharmacy services exclusively through a mail-order pharmacy. A pharmacist who waives, discounts, rebates, or distorts a copayment or a beneficiary's coinsurance portion of a prescription drug coverage or reimbursement, or who fails to provide its pharmacy services to all enrollees on the same terms, is subject to license revocation or suspension by the Board of Pharmacy. Discriminatory offering of rebates and marketing incentives are prohibited. A provision stating that the State Corporation Commission has no jurisdiction to adjudicate controversies arising out of the section is deleted. Insurers violating this measure are subject to civil penalties, license revocation or suspension, and injunctive relief. A violation creates a civil cause of action for damages or injunctive relief in favor of any person or pharmacy aggrieved by the violation. The Commissioner of Insurance is prohibited from approving any health benefit plan providing pharmaceutical services that does not conform to this section. A provision of a health benefit plan that is contrary to this measure is void.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB879/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB879","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227483,"bill_number":"SB881","title":"Integrated Directional Sign Program; fees charged for participation.","description":"Integrated Directional Sign Program. Provides that fees charged for participation in the Integrated Directional Sign Program (Logo Signs) will be based, in the case of single attractions accessible from more than one access ramp, on the number of access ramps at which the signs are places, and not the number of signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB881/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB881","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227484,"bill_number":"SB882","title":"Electric utility regulation; rebundles charges for transmission, etc., into base rates.","description":"Electric utility regulation. Rebundles charges for the transmission, distribution, and generation services into the base rates of investor-owned electric utilities and revises the system enacted in 2007 by which rates of investor-owned electric utilities are to be set. The measure restores the State Corporation Commission's authority to set the utility's authorized rate of return on equity at a level that reflects the utility's risk, allows the utility to attract capital, and will be fair to ratepayers. Existing provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act that establish floors on a utility's rate of return based on returns reported by peer group utilities in other Southeastern states are repealed. Other provisions (i) eliminate the ability of a utility to earn a margin on operating expenses for energy efficiency programs; (ii) limit the incentive for participation in the renewable energy portfolio program to an additional 50 basis points above the otherwise-available rate of return on new renewable energy generation facilities, in lieu of the existing provision that grants participating utilities a 50 basis point increase in its rate of return on all of its equity; (iii) authorize the Commission to increase the allowed return on equity for certain investments by up to 200 basis points for a period between 5 and 25 years based on the risk of the project, in lieu of the existing provision that establishes incentives with specific ranges and durations based on the type of project; (iv) require the Commission to consider all rate adjustment clause petitions in single annual proceedings in order to limit the number of rate increases; (v) provide that costs recoverable through rate adjustment clauses may be deferred and paid from earnings from other sources, in order to ensure that rates are not increased to recover such costs when the utility is overearning through its base rates; (vi) permit the Commission to extend the period for its review in cases by up to nine months, provided that the utility may place its proposed rate increase in effect subject to refund at the end of the original period; (vii) direct that a utility that has earned more than a fair rate of return in a biennium, after crediting the overage to deferred amounts under rate adjustment clauses, shall credit the overage to customers; (viii) eliminate a provision that limits the Commission's authority to lower a utility's rates to cases where the utility has earned more than 50 basis points above a fair rate of return for two consecutive biennia; and (ix) delete provisions requiring stand-alone determinations of income tax costs in ratemaking proceedings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB882/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB882","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227485,"bill_number":"SB883","title":"Electric utilities; reinstates part of system under which investor-owned were regulated.","description":"Electric utility regulation. Reinstates much of the system under which investor-owned electric utilities were regulated prior to 1999. The measure repeals the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act and reenacts provisions relating to State Corporation Commission (SCC) ratemaking, including provisions addressing the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs, that existed prior to the 2007 legislation that re-regulated most of Virginia's investor-owned electric utilities. Existing provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act pertaining to ratemaking for electric cooperatives, to net energy metering, to consumer education programs, and to interconnections by farms are relocated to other chapters in Title 56. Rate adjustment clauses approved by the SCC will remain in effect as set forth in an enactment clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB883/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB883","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227486,"bill_number":"SB884","title":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.","description":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.  Permits localities to acquire direct recording electronic (DRE) machines by deleting the provision enacted in 2007 and later amended that generally prohibited the acquisition of such machines on and after July 1, 2007.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB884/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB884","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227487,"bill_number":"SB885","title":"Wetlands; requirement of individual or general Virginia Water Protection Permit.","description":"Impacts to wetlands. Provides that no individual or general Virginia Water Protection Permit is required to be issued for a project's impacts to wetlands if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued an individual wetlands permit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB885/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB885","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227488,"bill_number":"SB905","title":"Bicycles; prohibits operating in willful or wanton disregard of safety of persons or property.","description":"Reckless cycling. Prohibits operating a bicycle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property. No demerit points are to be assigned for violations.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB905/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB905","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227489,"bill_number":"SB928","title":"Motor vehicles; passing of bicycles, etc.","description":"Following too closely; passing other vehicles. Adds bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds to the list of vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. In addition, the bill increases passing distance for passing bicycles from two to three feet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Tabled in Transportation (11-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB928/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB928","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227490,"bill_number":"SB946","title":"School buses; installation of video-monitoring systems thereon by school divisions.","description":"Video-monitoring system; school bus violations. Authorizes localities to adopt ordinances to allow local school divisions to install and operate video-monitoring systems on school buses in order to detect drivers passing stopped school buses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB946/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB946","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227491,"bill_number":"SJR95","title":"Constitutional amendment; forest harvesting & silvicultural activity equipment exempt from taxation.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property exempt from taxation. Amends the Constitution of Virginia to allow the General Assembly to authorize localities to exempt or partially exempt from taxation forest harvesting and silvicultural activity equipment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR95/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ95","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227492,"bill_number":"SJR145","title":"Appalachian Power; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study monopoly services.","description":"Study; Appalachian Power; report. Directs the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study alternatives to the monopoly service provided by Appalachian Power, which is the existing investor-owned electric utility serving portions of Southwest and Southside Virginia. The Commission is specifically directed to determine if customers within Appalachian Power's certificated service territory should be provided the option to purchase electric generation and other services from other providers of such services, including electric distribution cooperatives, investor-owned electric utilities, or licensed competitive service providers, and to determine if it would be in the best interests of the Commonwealth if Appalachian Power were to be replaced by another entity, which may be a new or existing investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative, as the certificated provider of electric utility services within Appalachian Power's service territory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2010-12-02","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR145/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ145","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227493,"bill_number":"SJR308","title":"Engineering curriculum; Department of Education to development in public schools, report.","description":"Department of Education; public schools; development of engineering curriculum; report. Requests the Department of Education to establish shared goals for an engineering program of study, and assign a shared responsibility for this program between the existing science, mathematics, and technology disciplines.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ308ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR308/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ308","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227494,"bill_number":"SJR315","title":"E-ZPass Program; subcommittee to study policies & procedures of other states participating therein.","description":"Study; E-ZPass; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the policies and procedures of other states participating in the E-ZPass program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR315/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ315","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":227495,"bill_number":"SJR319","title":"Celebrating the life of Russell E. Jones.","description":"Celebrating the life of Russell E. Jones.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ319ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR319/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ319","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228876,"bill_number":"HB1783","title":"Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.","description":"Juvenile records; confidentiality. Clarifies that the Department of Juvenile Justice may share confidential juvenile records with persons, agencies, and institutions having a legitimate interest regardless of the state in which they are located. The bill also allows the Department to share confidential juvenile records with a requesting party who has custody or is providing supervision for a juvenile and the release of the confidential information is in the interest of maintaining security in a secure facility in a state other than Virginia provided it meets that state's definition of \"secure facility.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1783/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1783","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228877,"bill_number":"HB1785","title":"Local treasurer; authorized to be compensated when collecting fines, costs, etc.","description":"Criminal procedure; collection of fines, costs, penalties, forfeitures, and restitution. Authorizes a local treasurer to recover the costs of collecting fines, costs, penalties, forfeitures, and restitution pursuant to an agreement with the attorney for the Commonwealth in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the amounts collected, and authorizes the local treasurer when undertaking such collection to employ collection powers used when collecting local taxes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1785/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1785","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228878,"bill_number":"HB1788","title":"Charitable gaming; winner-take-all games.","description":"Charitable gaming; winner-take-all games.  Reinstates the conduct of \"winner-take-all\" bingo games for charitable organizations. The bill also increases from 55 to 60 the number of bingo games that may be played in a session of bingo, and reduces the number of progressive games from six to three.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1788/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1788","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228879,"bill_number":"HB1807","title":"Child custody, etc.; single petition may be filed in juvenile & domestic relations district court.","description":"Petitions for child support, custody, or visitation. Clarifies that issues of support, custody, and visitation for a child may be included in a single petition in juvenile and domestic relations district court, and that such issues may be included in a single petition involving two or more children if such children have the same parents or legal guardians.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-24","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1807/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1807","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228880,"bill_number":"HB1810","title":"Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money or value of goods.","description":"Grand larceny; threshold amount. Increases from $200 to $750 the threshold amount of money or the value of the goods or chattel that the defendant must take before the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The same threshold is increased for certain property crimes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1810/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1810","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228881,"bill_number":"HB1813","title":"Handguns; prohibits possession of firearm in Capitol and General Assembly Building.","description":"Possession of handguns in legislative buildings. Prohibits the possession of a firearm in the Capitol and the General Assembly Building. The bill also allows a person who is lawfully carrying a handgun to check the handgun with the Capitol Police when entering the Capitol or the General Assembly Building. The prohibition would not apply to members of the General Assembly or to law-enforcement officers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1813/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1813","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228882,"bill_number":"HB1823","title":"Sexual offenses; prohibits convicted adult from residing in proximity to children, penalty.","description":"Sex offenses prohibiting residing in proximity to children; penalty. Prohibits an adult convicted of certain sex offenses from living within 500 feet of a playground, recreation center, athletic field or facility, or public pool. A violation is a Class 6 felony and there is an exception if the playground, recreation center, athletic field or facility, or public pool was established subsequent to the offender's conviction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1823/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1823","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228883,"bill_number":"HB1832","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorized restricted wagering facilities, penalty.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; retainage; illegal wagering on horse racing; penalty. Removes the specific percentage on pari-mutuel pools by the licensee and allows the Commission to approve an amount to be so retained as jointly requested by a recognized majority horseman's group and an unlimited licensee. The bill also (i) increases, for wagers placed on simulcast horse races outside of Virginia, the retainage of one and thirty one-hundredths percent of the pool, with five one-hundredths to be distributed to the Virginia Thoroughbred Association for the promotion of breeding in Virginia, and (ii) provides a heightened penalty for illegal wagering on horse racing. In addition, the bill provides that the Commission shall not issue a license to, and shall revoke the license of, an entity that withholds the sale at fair market value to an unlimited licensee of simulcast horse racing signals that such entity sells to other racetracks, satellite facilities, or advance deposit account wagering providers located in or outside of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1832/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1832","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228884,"bill_number":"HB1845","title":"Appeal bond; requirement if defendant's liability insurance doesn't confirm coverage.","description":"Appeal bond; liability insurance. Provides that an appeal bond is not required for an appeal of a civil case from district court if the defendant has sufficient indemnity coverage through a liability insurance policy to satisfy the judgment and the defendant's insurer provides a written irrevocable confirmation of coverage in the amount of the judgment. The bill also provides that the appeal bond shall be in an amount approved by the judge or the clerk of the district court or in an amount sufficient to satisfy the judgment of the district court. Currently, the appeal bond is set in an amount determined by the court or the clerk to be sufficient to satisfy the judgment of the circuit court to which the judgment is appealed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1845/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1845","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228885,"bill_number":"HB1849","title":"Criminal street gangs; clarification of definition.","description":"Criminal street gangs. Provides that notwithstanding the inclusion of the word \"street,\" a criminal street gang includes any entity that meets the criteria for a criminal street gang no matter where the gang is located.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1849/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1849","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228886,"bill_number":"HB1856","title":"Concealed handgun permits; holder may obtain replacement for lost or destroyed permits.","description":"Concealed handgun permits; lost or destroyed permits. Allows a concealed handgun permit holder to obtain a replacement permit in the event that the original permit is lost or destroyed. The permit holder would be required to submit a notarized statement to the clerk of the court that the permit was lost or destroyed and pay a fee not to exceed $5, and the clerk would be required to issue a replacement permit within 10 business days. The replacement permit will have the same expiration date as the original permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1856/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1856","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228887,"bill_number":"HB1857","title":"Firearms; documentation of residence for certain military members.","description":"Transfer of firearms; documentation of residence.  Clarifies that a member of the military may provide permanent orders assigning him to the Pentagon for purposes of providing documentation of residency when purchasing a firearm from a licensed dealer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1857/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1857","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228888,"bill_number":"HB1858","title":"Elections; voter registration for certain overseas voters, absentee voting by certain overseas.","description":"Elections; clarifications related to absentee voting and identification required for certain first-time voters. Provides that certain voter registrations remain valid until the next November general election or federal general election, whichever is later, rather than for 365 days or a federal election cycle. The bill also requires absentee ballots to be available 45 days prior to the election or three business days after receipt of the completed application, whichever is later; and makes other technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0458)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1858/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1858","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228889,"bill_number":"HB1861","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility for veterans who elect to establish Virginia as residence.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1861/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1861","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228890,"bill_number":"HB1863","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill also clarifies that the conduct of a game, contest, lottery, scheme, or promotional offering may be lawful if (i) no part of the purpose of the contest is illegal gambling, (ii) no part of the contest involves the use of a gambling device, and (iii) the contest complies with certain requirements enumerated in the bill. The bill provides that it is declaratory of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1863/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1863","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228891,"bill_number":"HB1867","title":"Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.","description":"Definition of gang-free zones.  Provides that any person who violates §18.2-46.2 (criminal street gang predicate acts) at any designated school bus stop, or upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any publicly owned or operated park or hospital is guilty of the felony offenses currently applicable, under existing law, to such violations committed upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any public or private elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school or any public or private two-year or four-year institution of higher education; upon public property or any property open to public use within 1,000 feet of such school property; on any school bus; or upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any publicly owned or operated community center or any publicly owned or operated recreation center.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1867/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1867","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228892,"bill_number":"HB1876","title":"Protective orders; expands class of persons who may be issued order from victims of stalking, etc.","description":"Protective order; grounds.  Expands the class of persons who may be issued a protective order from victims of stalking, sexual battery, aggravated sexual battery, or a criminal offense resulting in serious bodily injury to any party who is or has been subjected to conduct that causes a reasonable apprehension of death, criminal sexual assault, or bodily injury. The bill also authorizes protective orders to be issued based on the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the respondent for certain crimes. The protective order may be issued irrespective of the relationship between the petitioner and respondent. The bill does not affect provisions authorizing protective orders in cases of family abuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2063-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1876/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1876","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228893,"bill_number":"HB1881","title":"Composite index of local ability to pay; cap.","description":"Composite index of local ability to pay. Provides that a locality whose composite index exceeds 0.6750 must be considered as having an index of 0.6750 for purposes of distributing all payments based on the composite index.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1881/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1881","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228894,"bill_number":"HB1883","title":"Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty.","description":"Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated or elder adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct Class 6 felony if the underlying offense is a felony. The bill also provides that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months if the underlying offense is a felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1883/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1883","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228895,"bill_number":"HB1885","title":"Public schools; unfunded programs.","description":"Public schools; unfunded programs. Deletes references to educational programs that have not been funded and do not exist and updates language in other sections to conform to current practice. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1885/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1885","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228896,"bill_number":"HB1896","title":"School health services; school board to employ nurses to have ratio of one nurse per 1,000 students.","description":"School health services. Mandates that each school board employ nurses or contract with local health departments for nursing services in order to have a ratio of one nurse per 1,000 students.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1896/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1896","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228897,"bill_number":"HB1897","title":"Probationer; required to pay support to those legally responsible.","description":"Requiring payment of support by probationer. Provides that a defendant placed on probation following conviction shall be required, as a condition of probation, to provide for the support of his spouse or others for whose support he may be legally responsible. Under current law, a court has permissive authority to require the payment of spousal and child support as a condition of probation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1897/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1897","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228898,"bill_number":"HB1898","title":"Abduction of minors; for sexual purposes, penalty.","description":"Abduction; forced labor or services. Provides that abduction of any person for the purpose of prostitution or of a minor for the purpose of manufacturing child pornography is a Class 2 felony. The bill also provides that any person who receives any money or other valuable thing for or on account of causing any person to engage in forced labor or services, concubinage, prostitution, or the manufacture of any obscene material or child pornography is guilty of a Class 4 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1898/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1898","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228899,"bill_number":"HB1903","title":"Temporary transport license plates; use of print-on-demand program for delivery to dealers, etc.","description":"Print-on-demand program; temporary transport license plates to dealers and vehicle owners. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles may develop and implement procedures and requirements necessary for the delivery of temporary transport license plates to dealers and the issuance of temporary transport license plates by dealers to vehicle owners, using print-on-demand technology.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0786)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1903/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1903","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228900,"bill_number":"HB1908","title":"Recordation and grantor taxes; changes basis on which taxes are calculated on property conveyance.","description":"Recordation and grantor taxes. Changes the basis on which recordation and grantor taxes are calculated on the conveyance of real estate to the consideration for the property conveyed, effective July 1, 2013. Under current law, the basis is the greater of such consideration or the actual value of the property conveyed. For a three-year period, the bill also expands the reduced recordation tax accorded to deeds of trust securing a refinanced mortgage with the same lender, to all such refinancings, regardless of lender. Finally, the bill increases the penalty for fraudulent understatement of the consideration for the property conveyed, from an amount equal to the tax due on the understatement to twice that amount.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1908/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1908","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228901,"bill_number":"HB1909","title":"Search warrants; allows court to temporarily seal.","description":"Search warrants. Allows a court to temporarily seal, for a specified period of time, a warrant and a return on the warrant in addition to the affidavit supporting the warrant, and to seal the order sealing the affidavit, warrant or return. The conditions in existing law concerning the sealing of an affidavit apply: sealing is upon application of the attorney of the Commonwealth for good cause shown in an ex parte hearing and an aggrieved party may move the court for the unsealing of the warrant and return with the burden of proof for continued sealing on the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1909/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1909","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228902,"bill_number":"HB1913","title":"Menhaden fishing; prohibits from taking with purse nets in Rappahannock River & its tributaries.","description":"Menhaden fishing prohibited. Prohibits the taking or catching of menhaden with purse nets in the Rappahannock River and its tributaries. Currently, such fishing is prohibited in the Rappahannock above and west of the R.O. Norris, Jr., Bridge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1913/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1913","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228903,"bill_number":"HB1914","title":"E-Verify program; requires Virginia Employment Commission to use.","description":"Virginia Employment Commission; E-Verify program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to use the E-Verify program for each individual the Virginia Employment Commission refers to an employer to perform work within the Commonwealth. The bill also defines the E-Verify program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1914/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1914","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228904,"bill_number":"HB1918","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; limitation on prosecutions for violation.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; limitation on prosecutions for violation. Changes the time within which a prosecution for violations of the Uniform Statewide Building Code must be commenced from two years to one year. As a result there is no longer a conflict between the Building Code and the statute of limitations on prosecutions (§19.2-8). The bill also provides that the prosecution shall commence within one year of discovery by the building official and not the owner. For prosecutions relating to the maintenance code, the bill clarifies that any such prosecutions must be commenced within one year of the discovery of the offense by the building official.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB2168-Abbitt) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1918/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1918","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228905,"bill_number":"HB1920","title":"Recording assignment of deed of trust; prerequisite to sale.","description":"Recording assignment of deed of trust; prerequisite to sale.  Provides that the trustee under a deed of trust or mortgage entered into on or after July 1, 2011, shall not proceed with any sale of property at the request of a person asserting that he is the holder of the obligation secured by the deed of trust or mortgage unless an instrument evidencing the assignment of the deed of trust or mortgage to such person is recorded in the land records of the locality where the property is located.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1920/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1920","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228906,"bill_number":"HB1923","title":"Criminal history records; supplied at no charge for volunteers with Boy Scouts of America, etc.","description":"Dissemination of criminal history records.  Provides that criminal history record information shall be supplied at no charge to a person who has applied to be a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, Girls Scouts of the United States of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Inc., or any youth athletic league.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1923/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1923","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228907,"bill_number":"HB1933","title":"Smoking; prohibited on any public playground, penalty.","description":"Smoking on public playgrounds; penalty.  Provides that smoking shall be prohibited on any public playground. The bill defines \"public playground\" as any real property owned or operated by the state or a locality or otherwise open to the general public. The bill further provides that (i) any person who continues to smoke on a public playground after having been asked to refrain from smoking shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25, (ii) any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a violation; and (iii) any civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the treasury of the locality where the offense occurred and shall be expended solely for public health purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1933/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1933","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228908,"bill_number":"HB1941","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; changes distribution formula for communications sales tax in Lancaster Co.","description":"Communications sales and use tax; Lancaster County. Changes the distribution formula for communications sales and use tax revenues so that Lancaster County receives an increased amount each month, based on the amount it would have received in 2006, if the locality had imposed the local consumer utility tax.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0364)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1941/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1941","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228909,"bill_number":"HB1942","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; exempts certain agricultural produce when sold in farmers markets.","description":"Sales tax and litter tax; agricultural produce. Exempts agricultural produce or eggs from the sales and use tax when sold in farmers markets and at roadside stands provided the individual's annual income from such sales does not exceed $1,000. The bill also exempts agricultural produce or eggs from the litter tax when sold in farmers markets and at roadside stands provided the individual's annual income from such sales does not exceed $1,000 and any container provided by the individual to hold purchased items has been previously used.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1942/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1942","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228910,"bill_number":"HB1952","title":"Circuit courts; City of Virginia Beach to assume salaries and expenses of clerk's office.","description":"Compensation and expenses of clerks of certain circuit courts; Virginia Beach. Requires the City of Virginia Beach to assume the salaries and expenses of the circuit court clerk's office and allows the City to retain the funds the office collects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1952/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1952","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228911,"bill_number":"HB1954","title":"Obscenity; modifies educational, artistic, and theatrical exemption to laws.","description":"Obscenity. Modifies the educational, artistic, and theatrical exemption to obscenity laws by providing that certain crimes (child pornography and use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children) are not subject to the exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1954/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1954","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228912,"bill_number":"HB1955","title":"NCMEC; law enforcement to forward digital images of child pornography to Center.","description":"Images of child pornography to be sent to NCMEC. Requires law enforcement to forward digital images of child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1955/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1955","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228913,"bill_number":"HB1956","title":"Trespassing vehicles; regulation of removal by localities.","description":"Regulation of trespassing vehicles; localities. Provides that, when a local governing body regulates towing by ordinance, such ordinance shall not limit the ability to remove a trespassing vehicle from one locality and store or release it in another as long as the stored or released location is within five miles of the actual tow.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Board of Towing and Recovery Operators","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1956/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1956","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228914,"bill_number":"HB1959","title":"Administrative impoundment of vehicle; adds driving on suspended offenses to list of instances.","description":"Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle. Adds certain driving on suspended or revoked license offenses to list of instances when a motor vehicle must be impounded.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1959/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1959","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228915,"bill_number":"HB1967","title":"Attorney fees; collection of unpaid fines, etc.","description":"Collection of unpaid fines, etc.; attorney fees.  Provides that if the attorney for the Commonwealth is required to institute a proceeding or to contract with a private attorney or collection agency for the collection of delinquent fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, or restitution imposed in a criminal case, he shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees from the defendant.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from House calendar","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1967/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1967","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228916,"bill_number":"HB1970","title":"Move over law; driver to slow down when approaching stationary emergency vehicle.","description":"\"Move over\" law. Provides that if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe when approaching a stationary emergency vehicle, the driver must slow the vehicle by at least 10 mph below the posted speed limit and operate the vehicle at that reduced speed until the stationary vehicle is passed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1970/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1970","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228917,"bill_number":"HB1976","title":"Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Council on; membership.","description":"Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Adds a fifth citizen member to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and specifies that such member must be a representative from a military installation in Virginia. Such representative is to be appointed by the Governor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1976/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1976","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228918,"bill_number":"HB1978","title":"Substitute judges; allows an assistant attorney for State to be appointed.","description":"Courts not of record; substitute judges.  Allows an assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, on a volunteer basis, to be appointed a substitute judge to serve no more than two days a month in any locality other than the one in which he presently serves with the written concurrence of the attorney for the Commonwealth employing such assistant and the chief general and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges of the judicial district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1978/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1978","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228919,"bill_number":"HB1979","title":"ABC; exemption from payment of tax on wine and alcoholic beverages shipped out of state.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; tax on wine and other alcoholic beverages; exceptions. Provides an exemption from payment of tax on alcoholic beverages for shipments of alcoholic beverages (i) out of state for resale outside the Commonwealth and (ii) from Virginia to consumers outside of Virginia for personal consumption and not for resale. Current law provides the exception from payment of tax only for shipments to out-of-state wholesalers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1979/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1979","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228920,"bill_number":"HB1980","title":"Juveniles; transfer to circuit court for criminal trial.","description":"Transfer of juveniles to circuit court for criminal trial. Redefines \"violent juvenile felonies\" for purposes of the juvenile transfer statute (providing for transfer of juveniles charged with certain felonies from juvenile and domestic relations district court to circuit court for trial as an adult) to include attempts and conspiracies to commit those offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1980/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1980","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228921,"bill_number":"HB1981","title":"Traffic lights; motorcycle drivers, etc., in certain situations, to proceed through intersections.","description":"Traffic lights. Allows motorcycle and moped drivers and bicycle riders, in certain situations, to proceed through intersections controlled by traffic lights showing steady red signals. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1981/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1981","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228922,"bill_number":"HB1982","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from Fund.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from the fund. Reduces, among other things, the threshold for private investment and new job creation from $10 million and 100 new jobs to $5 million and at least 50 new jobs, and allows for awards from the Fund for projects with a minimum private investment of $100 million that create at least 25 new jobs. The bill also sets forth new investment and job creation thresholds for projects in fiscally stressed localities. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1982/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1982","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228923,"bill_number":"HB1983","title":"Net energy metering program; SCC shall approve a supplier's proposed standby charge methodology.","description":"Net energy metering program. Increases the maximum capacity of an electrical generation facility of a residential customer that qualifies for participation in a net energy metering program from 10 to 20 kilowatts. The measure also provides that a customer-generator whose generating facility has a capacity that exceeds 10 kilowatts shall pay a monthly standby charge. A supplier's methodology for assessing a standby charge is required to allow the supplier to recover only the portion of its infrastructure costs that are properly associated with serving the eligible customer-generators. The State Corporation Commission is directed to conduct a proceeding to determine the reasonableness of standby charges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1983/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1983","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228924,"bill_number":"HB1986","title":"Charter; Town of Weber City.","description":"Charter; Town of Weber City. Deletes outdated provisions of the town charter.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1986/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1986","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228925,"bill_number":"HB1987","title":"Methamphetamines; possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture, penalty.","description":"Possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture methamphetamines. Refines the list of substances involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine, the possession of two of which, coupled with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, is punished as a Class 6 felony. The change is intended to capture substances used in new methods of manufacture and to capture by-products, as well as precursors, of manufacture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1987/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1987","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228926,"bill_number":"HB1988","title":"Property conveyances; broadens statutory for ownership of space opened underground by coal removal.","description":"Property conveyances; mineral mining; ownership of underground void. Provides that, unless expressly excepted by the instrument creating an interest in a coal mineral estate, the owner or the lessee of coal retains the right to any coal remaining in place after the removal of surrounding coal, as well as the shell, container chamber, passage, space and void opened underground that was created by the removal of the coal. Such void opened underground may be used by the owner or lessee for any purpose in the furtherance of removal of coal. The bill will not affect contractual obligations entered into prior to July 1, 2011, or any determination of ownership rights in natural gas or coalbed methane.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1988/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1988","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228927,"bill_number":"HB1991","title":"Traffic lights; motorcycle drivers, etc., in certain situations, to proceed through intersections.","description":"Traffic lights.  Allows motorcycle and moped drivers and bicycle riders, in certain situations, to proceed through intersections controlled by traffic lights showing steady red signals. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1981-Greason) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1991/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1991","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228928,"bill_number":"HB1995","title":"Child pornography; restitution for victims.","description":"Child pornography. Provides that a defendant convicted of an offense relating to child pornography shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to the victim of the offense in an amount as determined by the court. The Commonwealth shall make reasonable efforts to notify victims of any such offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1995/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1995","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228929,"bill_number":"HB2008","title":"School calendar; school divisions to set so first day is no earlier than fourth Monday in August.","description":"Public schools; opening of the school year. Allows local school divisions to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend must be no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2008/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2008","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228930,"bill_number":"HB2009","title":"Open enrollment policy; any pupil residing in school division may attend school of choice.","description":"Open enrollment policies; local school divisions.  Provides that local school divisions may have policies that provide for the open enrollment to any school of any pupil residing within the school division upon the request of a parent or guardian. The bill describes optional criteria for local school boards to consider when developing any such plan.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 7-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2009/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2009","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228931,"bill_number":"HB2010","title":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; created.","description":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation. Creates the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation to replace the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, which will cease to exist on July 1, 2011. The bill sets out the membership and powers and duties of the Foundation. The bill provides that the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation is the successor in interest to the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, removes the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, and provides that members of the Commission serving terms shall continue their terms as members of the board of trustees of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2010/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2010","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228932,"bill_number":"HB2011","title":"Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; motor vehicle dealers to have Internet connections, etc.","description":"Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. Allows the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate someone to serve in his place on the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. The bill also requires motor vehicle dealers, T&M vehicle dealers, trailer dealers, and motorcycle dealers to have Internet connections and email addresses and sets fees for reprinting licenses, certificates, and registrations and for reinstating licenses, certificates, and registrations that have been suspended. Further, it requires dealers to keep records of safety inspections performed on vehicles sold at retail and to retain completed original buyer's orders for five years instead of the present four years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2011/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2011","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228933,"bill_number":"HB2012","title":"Law-enforcement employment; disclosure of juvenile records.","description":"Law-enforcement employment; disclosure of juvenile records. Provides that a person who was adjudicated delinquent may be denied employment with the State Police or a local police department or sheriff's office where such denial is based on the nature and gravity of the offense, the time since adjudication, the time since completion of any sentence, and the nature of the job sought. The bill also provides that juvenile record information may be disseminated to the State Police or a local police department or sheriff's office for the purpose of screening a person for employment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0622)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2012/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2012","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228934,"bill_number":"HB2023","title":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities on or after July 1, 2011.","description":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.  Permits localities to acquire direct recording electronic (DRE) machines by deleting the provision enacted in 2007 and later amended that generally prohibited the acquisition of such machines on and after July 1, 2007.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB2080-Landes) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2023/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2023","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228935,"bill_number":"HB2031","title":"Charter; Town of Purcellville.","description":"Charter; Town of Purcellville. Allows the town council to increase the size of the board of architectural review from five to seven members.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2031/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2031","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228936,"bill_number":"HB2032","title":"Electronic tracking devices; prohibits person from placing in or on vehicle, penalty.","description":"Electronic tracking devices; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor to place an electronic tracking device in or on a vehicle with the intent to track the vehicle without the knowledge and consent of the operator. The prohibition would not apply to law-enforcement officers, judicial officers, probation or parole officers, or employees of the Department of Corrections in the lawful performance of their duties, to the owner or lessee of the vehicle (unless subject to a protective order) or to parents or guardians of minors. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2032/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2032","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228937,"bill_number":"HB2044","title":"Statewide uniform grading policy; requires Board of Education to establish.","description":"Board of Education; statewide uniform grading policy. Requires the Board of Education to establish a statewide uniform grading policy whereby a student could receive a maximum of five quality points for an \"A\" in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual enrollment course.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2044/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2044","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228938,"bill_number":"HB2052","title":"Labor organization representation; right to vote by secret ballot.","description":"Right to vote by secret ballot on labor organization representation.  Declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2052/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2052","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228939,"bill_number":"HB2054","title":"License plates, special; issuance to those celebrating Smith Mountain Lake.","description":"Special license plates; Smith Mountain Lake. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates celebrating Smith Mountain Lake.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2054/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2054","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228940,"bill_number":"HB2057","title":"Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer, penalties.","description":"Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer. Revises the laws governing the manufacture and application of fertilizer to: (i) incorporate by reference the guidelines adopted by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, (ii) adopt generic precautionary labeling guidelines to prevent fertilizer runoff into the waterways, (iii) shift the permit year to begin on April 1 instead of July 1, (iv) require distributors of commercial fertilizer to submit an annual statistical report to the Commissioner regarding the amounts and localities of distributed product, (v) allow the Commissioner to issue written notices or warnings in lieu of instituting formal proceedings, (vi) authorize the Board to impose a civil penalty of up to $250 on anyone who violates a written stop sale, and (vii) allow the imposition of late fees for failing to renew a registration, license, or permit and for failing to obtain a registration, license, or permit after receiving notice of this requirement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2057/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2057","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228941,"bill_number":"HB2058","title":"Water quality reports; consolidates several reports on progress in cleaning State's impaired waters.","description":"Water quality reports. Consolidates several reports on the progress in cleaning up Virginia's impaired waters into semiannual and annual reports submitted by the Secretary of Natural Resources to the legislative committees of oversight.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2058/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2058","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228942,"bill_number":"HB2072","title":"Charter; City of Hopewell.","description":"Charter; City of Hopewell. Amends the charter to change election day for city council members from May to November, beginning in November 2012, and to extend the terms of the council's president and vice-president from June 30, 2012, to December 31, 2012. Additionally, the office of the city attorney is further defined to allow the city attorney to serve as chief legal advisor to the council and to the chief administrative officer. The city attorney also is given the power to appoint and remove his employees authorized by the council and assistants.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2072/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2072","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228943,"bill_number":"HB2073","title":"Redistricting local districts; local government may exclude from its calculations.","description":"Elections; redistricting local districts; prison populations. Provides that the local governing body may exclude from its calculations in drawing local districts for decennial redistricting the population of certain correctional facilities. The bill includes federal and regional, as well as state, correctional facilities and allows the exclusion of the facility population if it exceeds 12 percent of the ideal population of an election district of the locality. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2073/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2073","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228944,"bill_number":"HB2077","title":"Mandatory testing; exclusion of certain students.","description":"Violations related to secure mandatory testing; exclusion of students. Adds the act of excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed to the conditions under which the Board of Education may (i) bring a cause of action, (ii) suspend or revoke an administrative or teaching license, or (iii) initiate or cause to be initiated a review or investigation of any alleged break in security, unauthorized alteration, or improper administration of tests. The bill clarifies that any cause of action brought on behalf of the Board of Education may not be brought against a student enrolled in a public school.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2077/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2077","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228945,"bill_number":"HB2080","title":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.","description":"Elections; voting equipment; DREs. Allows, for a limited period until June 30, 2012, the purchase of direct recording electronic machines from any source to meet legal mandates to provide accessible voting equipment. The bill provides for oversight of such purchases by the State Board of Elections. Current law requires these purchases to be made from existing DRE inventories within the Commonwealth. The bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2080/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2080","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228946,"bill_number":"HB2082","title":"School boards; prohibited from charging fees for Advanced Placement testing, etc.","description":"Permitted fees and charges; local school boards. Prohibits local school boards from charging fees for (i) Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate testing, if such test is required for academic credit, or (ii) participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2082/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2082","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228947,"bill_number":"HB2094","title":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; updates powers and duties.","description":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Updates the primary duty of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to conform with the agency's recently updated mission statement. The bill contains technical amendments and repeals an outdated Code section.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2094/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2094","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228948,"bill_number":"HB2108","title":"Humane investigators; allows appointment thereof.","description":"Humane investigators. Allows the appointment of new humane investigators. Currently, existing humane investigators may be reappointed, but the program is no longer open to new participants. The administrative entity that oversees animal control will be required to (i) supervise humane investigators and (ii) maintain and annually update a list of persons eligible for appointment as humane investigators. Circuit courts that appoint a humane investigator must notify the administrative entity that oversees animal control in the locality where the humane investigator serves if a humane investigator's term expires and he is not appointed to a succeeding term before or within 30 days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2108/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2108","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228949,"bill_number":"HB2112","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; lowers minimum private investment to qualify for incentive.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund. Lowers the minimum private investment to qualify for incentives from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund for localities with a population of less than 50,000 or between 50,000 and 100,000 that also have unemployment rates one and one-half times or more the state average.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1982-Kilgore) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2112/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2112","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228950,"bill_number":"HB2114","title":"Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; membership.","description":"Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; membership.  Replaces legislators serving on the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission with nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules. The Commission continues to have 31 members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2114/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2114","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228951,"bill_number":"HB2115","title":"Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; performance audit, report.","description":"Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; performance audit; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to oversee and evaluate the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (the Commission) on a continuing basis and to administer biennial operational and programmatic performance audits of the Commission. The audits shall provide an objective and independent assessment of the Commission's effectiveness in meeting its strategic plans and goals, structure and governance, level of adherence and effectiveness in grant distribution and allocation policies and procedures, and success of projects receiving Commission funds at achieving stated goals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2115/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2115","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228952,"bill_number":"HB2117","title":"Electric utilities; reinstates part of system under which investor-owned were regulated.","description":"Electric utility regulation. Reinstates much of the system under which investor-owned electric utilities were regulated prior to 1999. The measure repeals the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act and reenacts provisions relating to State Corporation Commission (SCC) ratemaking, including provisions addressing the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs, that existed prior to the 2007 legislation that re-regulated most of Virginia's investor-owned electric utilities. Existing provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act pertaining to ratemaking for electric cooperatives, to net energy metering, to consumer education programs, and to interconnections by farms are relocated to other chapters in Title 56. Rate adjustment clauses approved by the SCC will remain in effect as set forth in an enactment clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2117/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2117","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228953,"bill_number":"HB2128","title":"License plates, special; increases number of prepaid applications DMV must receive to issue.","description":"Special license plates; minimum number of prepaid orders. Increases from 350 to 450 the minimum number of prepaid applications DMV must receive before issuing standard special license plates. The increase does not apply to special license plates issued or authorized on or before July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2128/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2128","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228954,"bill_number":"HB2129","title":"Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business.","description":"Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; definitions; eligible business. Removes from the definition of \"eligible business\" a nonprofit entity granted tax-exempt status under 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2129/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2129","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228955,"bill_number":"HB2130","title":"Charter; City of Franklin.","description":"Charter; City of Franklin. Establishes staggered terms for the city's appointed school board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0576)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2130/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2130","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228956,"bill_number":"HB2134","title":"Law-enforcement canines; regulation of rabies.","description":"Regulation of rabies; law-enforcement canines.  Provides that no canine used by any law-enforcement agency for law-enforcement purposes shall be quarantined unless such canine is showing active signs of rabies or is suspected of having rabies. The law-enforcement agency must notify the local health director of any abnormal behavior exhibited by the canine and provide the local health director access to the canine for examination at any reasonable time.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2134/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2134","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228957,"bill_number":"HB2137","title":"Nottoway River; extends portion that is designated as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","description":"Nottoway River scenic designation. Extends that portion of the Nottoway River that is designated as a scenic river from the current 39.5 miles to 72.5 miles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1743-Tyler) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2137/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2137","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228958,"bill_number":"HB2139","title":"Charter; City of Williamsburg.","description":"Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg so that vacancies in the city council are filled pursuant to Virginia Code. Vacancies may first be appointed by the remaining council members if a vacancy in the council occurs and then by the voters in a special election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2139/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2139","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228959,"bill_number":"HB2153","title":"Tuition, in-state; unlawfully present aliens in U.S. shall not be eligible.","description":"In-state tuition and educational benefits for unlawfully present aliens. Provides that an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residency within Virginia for any postsecondary educational benefit including, but not limited to, in-state tuition and state financial aid unless citizens or nationals of the United States are eligible for such benefits in no less an amount, duration, and scope, without regard to whether such citizens or nationals are Virginia residents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1465-Peace) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2153/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2153","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228960,"bill_number":"HB2156","title":"Procurement of services; DGS to require state agency to procure certain services to private sector.","description":"Procurement of services by certain state agencies.  Requires the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services to require each state agency, except law-enforcement agencies, to procure nonprofessional services from the private sector if such services are listed in the Commonwealth Competition Council's commercial activities list. The bill provides that upon a written determination made in advance by a state agency that the procurement of services from a commercial source is neither practicable nor fiscally advantageous, such service may continue to be performed by the state agency. The bill also requires the Commonwealth Competition Council to update its commercial activities list annually rather than every two years. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2156/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2156","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228961,"bill_number":"HB2179","title":"Choice health insurance pool; local inclusion of employees of area agencies on aging.","description":"Local choice health insurance pool; inclusion of employees of area agencies on aging. Includes employees of area agencies on aging in the local choice health insurance pool.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2179/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2179","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228962,"bill_number":"HB2186","title":"Chesapeake Bay crab meat; containers should include at least 51% by weight, crab taken from Bay.","description":"Misbranding of crab meat. Requires that containers of crab meat that are represented as Chesapeake Bay crab meat include at least 51 percent by weight crab meat from crab taken from the Chesapeake Bay and meet Health Department regulatory standards for blending and repacking of crab meat. The penalty for violating the Virginia Department of Agriculture's mislabeling law is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2186/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2186","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228963,"bill_number":"HB2195","title":"Cats and dogs; requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures, penalty.","description":"Devocalization of cats and dogs; penalty. Requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures, and provides that any person, including a licensed veterinarian, who performs a surgical devocalization on a cat or dog when such procedure is not necessary to treat or relieve an illness, disease, or injury or to correct a congenital abnormality that is causing or may cause the animal physical pain or harm, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2195/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2195","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228964,"bill_number":"HB2204","title":"School divisions, local; use any unexpended state funds to provide a one-time bonus to all teachers.","description":"Local school divisions; unexpended state funds. Provides that local school divisions may elect to use any unexpended state funds to provide a one-time bonus to all teachers of up to three percent of the annual base salary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2204/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2204","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228965,"bill_number":"HB2211","title":"Eluding police; vehicle driven shall be forfeited and sold by sheriff.","description":"Forfeiture of vehicle used to elude police.  Provides that any vehicle driven to elude police and in such a manner as to interfere with or endanger the operation of a law-enforcement vehicle or officer or to endanger a person (in a felony violation of §46.2-817) shall be forfeited and sold by the sheriff. The proceeds of the sale are to be delivered to the Literary Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1403-Loupassi) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2211/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2211","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228966,"bill_number":"HB2226","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; notice for registered public objections to new licensee applications.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; notice for registered public objections to new licensee applications. Requires public objections to new licensee applications be registered with the ABC Board within 30 days of initial publication of notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2226/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2226","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228967,"bill_number":"HB2242","title":"School divisions, local; annual notification of estimated average per pupil cost to put on website.","description":"Local school divisions; annual notification of the estimated average per pupil cost. Authorizes the annual notification of the estimated average per pupil cost for public education in the school division for the next school year to be posted to the division's website instead of distributing it separately or with any other materials being currently transmitted to the parents, guardians or other persons having control or charge of students. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Education (HB1885-Bell, Richard P.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2242/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2242","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228968,"bill_number":"HB2243","title":"School board policies; adopt policies which certain electronic records and signatures are accepted.","description":"Local school board policies; electronic records and signatures. Authorizes local school boards to adopt and implement policies pursuant to which electronic records and electronic signatures may be accepted from any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child enrolled in the relevant school division.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2243/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2243","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228969,"bill_number":"HB2249","title":"Elections, State Board of; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of the State Board of Elections. Authorizes the Board to impose a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 on a general registrar for conduct that has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of either the registrar's office or any election and demonstrates his failure to comply with his duties under state law or the policies of the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2249/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2249","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228970,"bill_number":"HB2250","title":"SCHEV; creation of nonstock corporation to support academic research.","description":"State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; creation of nonstock corporation to support academic research. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under Chapter 10 (§13.1-801 et seq.) of Title 13.1 as a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to assist the Council in (i) supporting academic research in Virginia; (ii) encouraging research initiatives, with emphasis on biological systems and nanotechnology, to support Virginia industry; (iii) directing the disbursement of funds for such research initiatives based on established scientific criteria from the Academic Research Initiative Fund, created pursuant to this bill; and (iv) conducting or undertaking other activities useful in carrying out the provisions of this bill. The Council shall require such corporation to report to it at least annually on its activities. The bill sets out the composition of the board of directors for such corporation. This bill was incorporated into HB 2324 (Lingamfelter).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2324-Lingamfelter) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2250/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2250","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228971,"bill_number":"HB2251","title":"Pollbooks; when electronic version fails to operate, officers shall maintain a written list.","description":"Elections; pollbooks. Provides that when the electronic pollbooks fail to operate and no alternative voter list or pollbook is available, the officers of election shall maintain a written list of the persons voting and provide provisional ballots to those persons.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2251/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2251","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228972,"bill_number":"HB2258","title":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic sports.","description":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic sports. Directs any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 to organize and govern interscholastic activities among the public high schools to provide an exception to its rules allowing eligibility for participation in interscholastic sports by a student who is receiving home instruction and who is eligible for free tuition in a public school in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Education (HB2395-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2258/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2258","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228973,"bill_number":"HB2263","title":"Commercial fisheries; provides for state and local tax, regulatory relief, and preservation thereof.","description":"State and local tax and regulatory relief for, and preservation of, commercial fisheries. Provides for tax and regulatory relief for and preservation of commercial fisheries by (i) including waterfront land used for commercial fisheries in property eligible for land preservation income tax credits; (ii) permitting localities to create commercial fisheries zones in which businesses may receive relief from local license taxes, fees, and regulations; (iii) creating as a separate class of property for personal property tax rate purposes property primarily designed for and used by commercial fisheries; and (iv) establishing procedures for creating a covenant to preserve the permanent availability and affordability of real property for commercial fisheries businesses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2263/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2263","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228974,"bill_number":"HB2266","title":"Pendente lite custody orders; may be appealed to appropriate appellate court.","description":"Pendente lite custody orders; appeals. Provides that pendente lite custody or visitation orders, despite their temporary nature, may be appealed to the appropriate appellate court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2266/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2266","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228975,"bill_number":"HB2275","title":"Spousal support; court shall have authority to order party to maintain existing life insurance.","description":"Spousal support and separate maintenance.  Provides that in any proceeding on the issue of determining spousal support or separate maintenance, the court shall have the authority to order a party to (i) maintain any existing life insurance policy on his life provided the party so ordered has the right to designate a beneficiary and (ii) designate the other party as the beneficiary of such life insurance for so long as the party so ordered has an obligation to pay spousal support to the other party.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2275/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2275","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228976,"bill_number":"HB2287","title":"Nonhazardous solid waste management facilities; annual fee.","description":"Permit fees for solid waste facilities. Establishes the same fee structure for sanitary landfills, noncaptive industrial landfills, and construction and demolition debris landfills. All of these types of facilities will be required to pay an annual fee of $0.145 per ton of waste deposited in their facility. Currently, noncaptive industrial landfills pay an annual fee of $8,000 and construction and demolition debris landfills pay $4,000 annually, while the fee schedule for sanitary landfills is based on the annual tonnage of waste deposited in the landfill. Incinerators and energy recovery facilities will be assessed an annual fee of $0.03 per ton. The fees will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. The annual fee has been increased for other types of facilities such as composting, regulated medical waste, transfer stations, etc. The bill also requires the Department of Environmental Quality to develop and implement policies and procedures to maximize efficiency and eliminate unnecessary delays in processing waste permit applications and permit amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2287/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2287","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228977,"bill_number":"HB2291","title":"Health requirements for home-instructed children; immunizations.","description":"Health requirements for students; immunizations. Allows licensed nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians, registered nurses or local health department employees, to immunize public school students and to provide proof of such immunizations. Also, provides that a licensed nurse practitioner may provide written certification that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health for purposes of compliance with health requirements for public school students, home-instructed children and children exempted or excused from school attendance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2291/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2291","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228978,"bill_number":"HB2293","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; restricted sale of malt beverages.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; restricted sale of malt beverages. Defines malt beverages and requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to adopt regulations as to the sale and labeling of malt beverages in government stores.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2293/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2293","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228979,"bill_number":"HB2295","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; definition of chaptalization and cider.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; definition of cider. Creates two classes of cider by defining it as any beverage, carbonated or otherwise, obtained by the fermentation of the natural sugar content of apples (i) containing not more than 10 percent of alcohol by volume without chaptalization or (ii) containing not more than seven percent of alcohol by volume regardless of chaptalization. The bill defines \"chaptalization\" as a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation. The expanded definition of cider is to take into account the natural sweetness of certain Virginia apples.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2295/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2295","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228980,"bill_number":"HB2296","title":"Commonwealth Scholars Program and Investment Fund; established.","description":"Commonwealth Scholars Program and Investment Fund; established. Provides for the establishment of the Commonwealth Scholars Program and Investment Fund whereby public or private organizations and individuals may make monetary contributions to provide scholarships for eligible students in order to expand access to higher education. Scholarship funds may be paid to any accredited, degree-granting public or private nonprofit institution of higher education in Virginia. Eligibility for the scholarships is limited to domiciled residents of Virginia as defined by §23-7.4 and who are admitted and enrolled as full-time students in a public or nonprofit private institution of higher education, and any other criteria established by the Council. Each scholarship recipient will be required to sign a promissory note agreeing to annually pay back into the Fund a percentage of his annual income, not to exceed five percent, beginning five years after the end of the scholarship funded program, and for a period not to exceed 25 years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2296/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2296","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228981,"bill_number":"HB2312","title":"Animal care; redefines home-based rescue.","description":"Animal care; home-based rescues.  Redefines \"home-based rescue\" to remove the requirement that the rescue operates primarily for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for companion animals. Also, prior to transferring animals, animal shelters and other certain releasing agencies are required to provide certifying documents that state conformance with existing law and assurance that any of its home-based rescues or foster care providers provide adequate care.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2312/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2312","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228982,"bill_number":"HB2344","title":"Cigarette butts; imposes civil penalty for improper disposal for each butt.","description":"Disposal of cigarette butts. Imposes a civil penalty of $100 for each cigarette butt that is improperly disposed of. The proceeds from the civil penalties will be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (11-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2344/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2344","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228983,"bill_number":"HB2354","title":"Charter; City of Franklin.","description":"Charter; City of Franklin. Establishes staggered terms for the city's appointed school board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB2130-Barlow) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2354/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2354","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228984,"bill_number":"HB2368","title":"Supplemental environmental projects; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.","description":"Supplemental environmental projects.  Authorizes the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and courts to provide for the undertaking of supplemental environmental projects through orders. A \"supplemental environmental project\" is an environmentally beneficial project undertaken as partial settlement of a civil enforcement action that is not otherwise required by law. The project must have a reasonable geographic nexus to the violation or, if no such project is available, advance objectives of the law or regulation violated. Categories of qualifying projects are listed in the bill, as are factors to be considered in determining the appropriateness and value of a project. The project must be agreed to by the person who is subject to the order and is enforceable as is any other provision of the order. A board, agency, or court decision to agree to a project is not subject to appeal. A similar authority was granted to the Department of Environmental Quality in 1997.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0505)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2368/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2368","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228985,"bill_number":"HJR627","title":"Celebrating the life of Marshal B. McAden.","description":"Celebrating the life of Marshal B. McAden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ627ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR627/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ627","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228986,"bill_number":"HJR628","title":"Commending Daren Gardner.","description":"Commending Daren Gardner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ628ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR628/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ628","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228987,"bill_number":"HJR629","title":"Commending the Potomac Falls High School boys' basketball team.","description":"Commending the Potomac Falls High School boys' basketball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ629ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR629/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ629","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228988,"bill_number":"HJR630","title":"Commending Alfred W. Gross.","description":"Commending Alfred W. Gross.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ630ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR630/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ630","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228989,"bill_number":"HJR631","title":"Commending Kyle King.","description":"Commending Kyle King.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ631ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR631/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ631","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228990,"bill_number":"HJR643","title":"Lyme Disease Awareness Month; designating as May 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Designates May, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Introduced bill reprinted 11100738D","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR643/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ643","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228991,"bill_number":"HJR651","title":"Commending Norman McIntosh.","description":"Commending Norman McIntosh.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ651ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR651/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ651","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228992,"bill_number":"HJR652","title":"Commending the Lakeland High School field hockey team.","description":"Commending the Lakeland High School field hockey team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ652ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR652/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ652","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228993,"bill_number":"HJR653","title":"Commending the Riverheads High School football team.","description":"Commending the Riverheads High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ653ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR653/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ653","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228994,"bill_number":"HJR654","title":"Commending Amherst County on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.","description":"Commending Amherst County on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ654ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR654/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ654","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228995,"bill_number":"HJR655","title":"Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.","description":"Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ655ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR655/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ655","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228996,"bill_number":"HJR656","title":"Commending the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women.","description":"Commending the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ656ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR656/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ656","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228997,"bill_number":"HJR657","title":"Commending Eileen and Larry Kugler.","description":"Commending Eileen and Larry Kugler.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ657ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR657/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ657","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228998,"bill_number":"HJR658","title":"Commending Chief Petty Officer Andraé D. Austin.","description":"Commending Chief Petty Officer Andraé D. Austin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ658ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR658/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ658","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":228999,"bill_number":"HJR659","title":"Commending the Altavista Combined School boys' cross country team.","description":"Commending the Altavista Combined School boys' cross country team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ659ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR659/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ659","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229000,"bill_number":"HJR660","title":"Commending Norma Hoffman.","description":"Commending Norma Hoffman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ660ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR660/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ660","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229001,"bill_number":"HJR661","title":"Celebrating the life of Joseph J. Moraski.","description":"Celebrating the life of Joseph J. Moraski.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ661ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR661/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ661","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229002,"bill_number":"HJR662","title":"Celebrating the life of Cora Baxley Thomasson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Cora Baxley Thomasson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ662ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR662/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ662","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229003,"bill_number":"HJR663","title":"Celebrating the life of Richard Lynn Williamson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Richard Lynn Williamson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ663ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR663/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ663","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229004,"bill_number":"HJR664","title":"Celebrating the life of Sam Lorenzo Callis.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sam Lorenzo Callis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ664ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR664/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ664","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229005,"bill_number":"HJR665","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles Leonard Willis, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles Leonard Willis, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ665ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR665/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ665","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229006,"bill_number":"HJR666","title":"Celebrating the life of Ellen Dickson Pearson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ellen Dickson Pearson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ666ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR666/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ666","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229007,"bill_number":"HJR667","title":"Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Taylor.","description":"Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Taylor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ667ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR667/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ667","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229008,"bill_number":"HJR668","title":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Woodell, Jr., USAF Ret.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Woodell, Jr., USAF Ret.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ668ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR668/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ668","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229009,"bill_number":"HJR670","title":"Commending Nicole Mariarose Ferraro.","description":"Commending Nicole Mariarose Ferraro.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ670ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR670/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ670","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229010,"bill_number":"HJR671","title":"Commending Shenandoah University on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in Winchester.","description":"Commending Shenandoah University on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in Winchester.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ671ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR671/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ671","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229011,"bill_number":"HJR672","title":"Commending Nick Bakos.","description":"Commending Nick Bakos.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ672ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR672/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ672","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229012,"bill_number":"HJR673","title":"Commending Gage Swartz.","description":"Commending Gage Swartz.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ673ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR673/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ673","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229013,"bill_number":"HJR674","title":"Commending the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Winchester Chapter 180.","description":"Commending the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Winchester Chapter 180.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ674ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR674/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ674","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229014,"bill_number":"HJR675","title":"Commending Austin Woodall.","description":"Commending Austin Woodall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ675ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR675/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ675","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229015,"bill_number":"HJR676","title":"Commending Reston Hospital Center.","description":"Commending Reston Hospital Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ676ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR676/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ676","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229016,"bill_number":"HJR683","title":"Osteoporosis Awareness Day; designating as May 10, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Osteoporosis Awareness Day. Designates May 10th, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Osteoporosis Awareness Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ683ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR683/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ683","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229017,"bill_number":"HJR684","title":"Commending Emory & Henry College.","description":"Commending Emory & Henry College.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ684ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR684/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ684","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229018,"bill_number":"HJR685","title":"Commending William Lloyd.","description":"Commending William Lloyd.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ685ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR685/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ685","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229019,"bill_number":"HJR686","title":"Commending the Council for the Arts of Herndon on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Council for the Arts of Herndon on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ686ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR686/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ686","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229020,"bill_number":"SB857","title":"Misdemeanor; maximum fine is raised each July 1, starting July 1, 2012.","description":"Misdemeanor fines. Provides that the maximum fine for a misdemeanor is raised each July 1, starting July 1, 2012, by an amount approximately equal to the annual rate of inflation for the previous calendar year.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB857/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB857","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229021,"bill_number":"SB886","title":"Elections; clarifications related to absentee voting and identification required.","description":"Elections; clarifications related to absentee voting and identification required for certain first-time voters. Provides that certain voter registrations remain valid until the next November general election or federal general election, whichever is later, rather than for 365 days or a federal election cycle. The bill also requires absentee ballots to be available 45 days prior to the election or three business days after receipt of the completed application, whichever is later; and makes other technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB886/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB886","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229022,"bill_number":"SB888","title":"Temporary voter registration; provision for voters overseas, spouses, and dependents, etc.","description":"Duration of temporary voter registration. Deletes provision that temporary voter registration for a voter who moves overseas for employment and his spouse and dependents residing with him is permitted only as long as the voter, his spouse, or dependent votes at least once every five years in an election held in the precinct where the voter was registered prior to moving.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB888/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB888","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229023,"bill_number":"SB891","title":"State of emergency; preparation for response.","description":"State of emergency; preparation for response.  Authorizes the Governor to allocate a sum sufficient for preparation of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia State Defense Force to respond to certain enumerated circumstances, regardless of whether or not an official state of emergency is declared. However, the response preparation is limited to 300 personnel and five days, unless a state of emergency is declared. The bill also makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB891/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB891","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229024,"bill_number":"SB893","title":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; created.","description":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation. Creates the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation to replace the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, which will cease to exist on July 1, 2011. The bill sets out the membership and powers and duties of the Foundation. The bill provides that the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation is the successor in interest to the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, and further provides that members of the Commission serving terms shall continue their terms as members of the board of trustees of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB893/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB893","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229025,"bill_number":"SB899","title":"Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands.","description":"Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands. Provides a new charter for the City of Alleghany Highlands, the city to be created by the consolidation of Alleghany County and the City of Covington, if approved by voters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB899/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB899","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229026,"bill_number":"SB910","title":"Military parents; delegation of visitation rights.","description":"Military parents; delegation of visitation rights. Provides that in cases involving a parent who is a member of the military and who has been deployed on active duty, a court may enter an order (i) delegating the deploying parent's visitation rights with a child to a family member of the deploying parent or (ii) awarding visitation rights to a family member of the deploying parent if the parent had physical custody of the child prior to the deployment and physical custody is awarded to the nondeploying parent or his family during the deployment. Written notice of the return of the deployed parent or guardian and the termination of the delegated visitation shall be provided by the previously deployed parent or guardian to any family member whose visitation is thereby terminated. The bill also provides that the court may provide for the appearance of parties and witnesses via electronic means at any hearing under the Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act (§20-124.7 et seq.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB910/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB910","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229027,"bill_number":"SB911","title":"Local grievance procedures; allows local government at its option to permit observer for each party.","description":"Local grievance procedures. Allows the local government at its option to permit an observer for each party at the informal first step of the grievance process. The grievant and the local government at their option may also have an observer of their choice at each subsequent step of the process. These persons may observe only and may not participate, interrupt, or act as either party's representative until the final management step, unless otherwise permitted by the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB911/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB911","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229028,"bill_number":"SB920","title":"Home food inspections; exempts private homes that process certain pickles and vegetables.","description":"Inspection of food establishments; exception for private homes. Adds certain pickles and other processed vegetables to the foods that may be prepared in private homes and sold to individuals at farmers markets or the preparer's home without an inspection by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. In order for the exemption to apply, the pickles or other processed vegetables must be grown on property owned or leased by the processor and have a pH value of 4.6 or lower after the completion of the recipe for such product. Currently, the exemption from inspection applies only to certain candies, jams, and jellies and baked goods that do not need refrigeration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB920/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB920","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229029,"bill_number":"SB922","title":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.","description":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.  Regulates several aspects relating to the application and use of fertilizer to lawns and turfs, including rules against applying fertilizers containing phosphorus or applying fertilizer when the ground is frozen, and the inclusion of a cautionary label on application and use. The prohibitions do not apply if: (i) the turf area is newly established or under repair; (ii) recent soil tests indicate the need for phosphorus fertilizer; (iii) the turf area is a golf course that has implemented a nutrient management plan; (iv) the area is a garden or greenhouse; or (v) the product being used is manipulated manure or yard waste compost. The bill also prohibits localities from regulating the use or application of fertilizers outside of any authority granted by the Stormwater Management Act. The Department of Conservation and Recreation is required to adopt regulations and operate a voluntary nutrient management training program to enable landowners and operators to prepare nutrient management plans for their own property. Golf course owners are specifically required to develop and implement nutrient management plans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB1055-Stuart) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB922/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB922","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229030,"bill_number":"SB932","title":"Virginia Redistricting Commission; created.","description":"Virginia Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a five-member commission to prepare redistricting plans for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made one each by the four majority and minority party leaders of the House and Senate. Those four appointees shall appoint the fifth member and chair of the Commission. If they cannot agree by a majority of at least three members, they shall submit the names of the two persons receiving the most votes to the Supreme Court for the Court to select the chairman. The Commission will prepare plans and submit them as bills to the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall then proceed to act on the bills in the usual manner. The bill provides for Commission comments on plans as they change in the legislative process. The bill also spells out the standards and process to be followed by the Commission in preparing plans, including limitations on the use of political data and opportunities for public comment on the plans. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB932/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB932","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229031,"bill_number":"SB935","title":"Healthy lifestyles education; Board of Education to develop and approve instructional objectives.","description":"Healthy lifestyles education. Requires the Board of Education to develop and approve instructional objectives for healthy lifestyles at the middle and high school levels, which shall be required of all students, and to provide for the systematic infusion of healthy lifestyle principles in the relevant Standards of Learning. The objectives shall include, but not be limited to, nutritional education, emphasizing the benefits of physical activity, and healthy lifestyle choices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB935/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB935","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229032,"bill_number":"SB939","title":"Visitors, boards of; adds two members to each public college and university.","description":"Boards of visitors; adding two members. Adds two members to the boards of visitors of each public college and university, to be chosen by the other members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB939/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB939","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229033,"bill_number":"SB940","title":"Striped bass; designated as official state saltwater fish.","description":"Emblems and designations; state saltwater fish. Designates the striped bass as the state saltwater fish.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB940/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB940","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229034,"bill_number":"SB950","title":"Confederate grave sites; authorizes $5 per grave site for 310 graves in Fredericksburg Cemetery.","description":"Maintenance of Confederate grave sites. Authorizes the expenditure of $5 per grave site or the average actual cost of routine maintenance for 310 graves in Fredericksburg Cemetery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0603)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB950/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB950","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229035,"bill_number":"SB964","title":"Coastal resource management; Marine Resources Commission, et al., to develop integrated guidance.","description":"Marine Resources Commission; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; coastal resource management. Requires the Marine Resources Commission to establish and implement a general permit regulation that authorizes and encourages the use of living shorelines as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines. The Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and with technical assistance from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), shall also develop integrated guidance for the management of tidal shoreline systems for the regulatory entities with authority over shoreline management projects. VIMS shall also develop comprehensive coastal resource management guidance for local governments. Those localities in Tidewater Virginia must incorporate such guidance at the next scheduled review of their comprehensive plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0885)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB964/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB964","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229036,"bill_number":"SB967","title":"Family life education; requires school division to implement standards of learning program.","description":"Family life education. Requires each school division to implement the standards of learning for the family life education program promulgated by the Board of Education, or a family life education program consistent with the guidelines developed by the Board, which shall have the goals of reducing the incidence of pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and substance abuse among teenagers. Any curricula or materials used must be evidence-based and supported by peer reviewed medical research.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB967/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB967","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229037,"bill_number":"SB968","title":"Endangered and threatened species; consolidates various programs administered by VDACS, et al.","description":"Endangered and threatened species. Consolidates the endangered plant and insect species program administered by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Natural Area Preserve Program and Cave Protection Program administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the endangered fish and wildlife program, into one program administered by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB968/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB968","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229038,"bill_number":"SB973","title":"Weights and measures; imposition of fee used for inspecting and testing petroleum dispensing pumps.","description":"Inspecting and testing of weights and measures; imposition of a fee used for inspecting and testing petroleum dispensing pumps. Imposes a fee of one-tenth of one cent on fuels subject to Virginia's fuels taxes, with the proceeds to be used solely to inspect and test petroleum dispensing pumps. The bill also states the intent of the General Assembly that each weight and measure commercially used be inspected and tested at least annually.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Appropriations by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB973/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB973","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229039,"bill_number":"SB990","title":"Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer.","description":"Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer. Revises the laws governing the manufacture and application of fertilizer to: (i) incorporate by reference the guidelines adopted by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, (ii) adopt generic precautionary labeling guidelines to prevent fertilizer runoff into the waterways, (iii) shift the permit year to begin on April 1 instead of July 1, (iv) require distributors of commercial fertilizer to submit an annual statistical report to the Commissioner regarding the amounts and localities of distributed product, (v) allow the Commissioner to issue written notices or warnings in lieu of instituting formal proceedings, (vi) authorize the Board to impose a civil penalty of up to $250 on anyone who violates a written stop sale, and (vii) allow the imposition of late fees for failing to renew a registration, license, or permit and for failing to obtain a registration, license, or permit after receiving notice of this requirement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB990/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB990","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229040,"bill_number":"SB1000","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; definition of chaptalization and cider.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; definition of cider. Creates two classes of cider by defining it as any beverage, carbonated or otherwise, obtained by the fermentation of the natural sugar content of apples (i) containing not more than 10 percent of alcohol by volume without chaptalization or (ii) containing not more than seven percent of alcohol by volume regardless of chaptalization. The bill defines \"chaptalization\" as a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation. The expanded definition of cider is to take into account the natural sweetness of certain Virginia apples.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1000/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1000","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229041,"bill_number":"SB1026","title":"Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.","description":"Care of agricultural animals by owner; penalty.  Provides standards of care specifically for agricultural animals that ensure accommodation for customary farming activities. An owner of an agricultural animal is required to provide feed to prevent malnourishment, water to prevent dehydration and veterinary treatment as needed to address impairment of health or bodily function when such impairment cannot be otherwise addressed through animal husbandry. The bill also clarifies certain procedures for the seizure and impoundment of agricultural animals. It allows agricultural animals whose owner has not met the new adequate care standards to be sold by a local governing body.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1026/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1026","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229042,"bill_number":"SB1055","title":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.","description":"Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling. Prohibits the sale, distribution and use of lawn maintenance fertilizer containing phosphorus beginning December 31, 2013. The prohibition does not apply to starter fertilizer, manipulated manure, yard waste compost, products derived from sewage sledge, soils containing fertilizer and fertilizer products intended for gardening, tree, shrub and indoor planting application, including nurseries, or reclaimed water. Also, beginning on December 31, 2013, it will be unlawful to offer for sale any deicing agent containing urea, nitrogen, or phosphorus intended for application or parking lots roadways, and sidewalks, or other paved surfaces. However, retailers are allowed to sell their existing inventory of lawn maintenance fertilizer and deicing agents. On this date, a label will be required on bags of lawn fertilizer that states that the product should not be applied near storm drains or drainage ditches or when heavy rain is expected.  The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services will be required to establish reporting requirements for contractor-applicators and licensees who apply lawn fertilizer to more than 100 acres of nonagricultural lands annually. The report will include the total acreage or square footage and the location of where the fertilizer is being applied. The bill requires golf courses to implement nutrient management plans by July 1, 2017. The plans are to be submitted to the Department of Conservation and Recreation for review and approval. The Department is to provide technical assistance and training for golf course operators. The agency will also have to establish a cost-share program to assist in implementation of the nutrient management plan.  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to develop consumer information and recommended best practices for the application of lawn fertilizer. The agency is also required to provide a public listing of contractor-applicators who apply fertilizer on nonagricultural lands and have met the training requirements. Finally, the bill prohibits localities from further regulating (i) contractor-applicators who are in compliance with the fertilizer laws, (ii) golf courses that have approved nutrient management plans, and (iii) agricultural operations with a resources management plan or a nutrient management plan. If localities find it necessary to adopt more stringent stormwater ordinances, they will have to report this fact to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1055/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1055","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229043,"bill_number":"SB1059","title":"Master Settlement Agreement; regulation of cigarette manufacturers.","description":"Master Settlement Agreement; regulation of cigarette manufacturers.  Permits a tobacco manufacturer to request removal from the Virginia Tobacco Directory under certain circumstances, such as the cessation of business operations, without penalty. Resellers may continue to vend cigarettes from such a manufacturer under limited conditions. Any manufacturer, wholesaler or retail dealer selling cigarettes for resale of a manufacturer or brand family that has been removed from the Directory shall notify the purchaser, who shall receive a refund. Any failure of the manufacturer to provide the purchaser with the refund shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation. The bill also extends the safe harbor for selling lawfully stamped cigarettes whose manufacturer and brand families have been removed from the Directory from 14 days to 45 days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0846)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1059/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1059","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229044,"bill_number":"SB1065","title":"Charter; Town of Narrows.","description":"Charter; Town of Narrows. Amends the charter for the Town of Narrows to change elections for mayor and town council members from May to the November general election date.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1065/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1065","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229045,"bill_number":"SB1079","title":"Cattle Industry Board; name change to Beef Industry Council.","description":"Cattle Industry Board; name change. Changes the name of the Cattle Industry Board to the Beef Industry Council. The name change brings the current board into consistent nomenclature with the Virginia beef checkoff program, which is used to promote marketing and research of beef products, and the terminology used in other states and nationally.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1079/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1079","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229046,"bill_number":"SB1081","title":"Charter; Town of Dayton.","description":"Charter; Town of Dayton. Amends the charter for the Town of Dayton so that the town council will consist of six members and a mayor, rather than seven members and a mayor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1081/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1081","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229047,"bill_number":"SB1083","title":"ABC; exemption from payment of tax on wine and alcoholic beverages shipped out of state.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; tax on wine and other alcoholic beverages; exceptions. Provides an exemption from payment of tax on alcoholic beverages for shipments of alcoholic beverages (i) out of state for resale outside the Commonwealth and (ii) from Virginia to consumers outside of Virginia for personal consumption and not for resale. Current law provides the exception from payment of tax only for shipments to out-of-state wholesalers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1083/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1083","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229048,"bill_number":"SB1088","title":"Land preservation tax credits; refunded by the Tax Commissioner.","description":"Land preservation tax credits; refunded by the Tax Commissioner.  Allows a donor of land or any interest in land to request a refund of unused land preservation tax credits with the Tax Commissioner for 90 percent of the face value of the credits. The bill provides for the Comptroller to deposit an amount equal to 10 percent of the face value of the credits into a special nonreverting fund to be used to provide matching grants to local purchase of development rights programs.   The bill provides that a donor may be refunded no more than an aggregate of $100,000 in unused land preservation tax credits regardless of the number of property donations made. No person who has transferred a land preservation tax credit to another person or acquired a land preservation tax credit from another person would be eligible for a refund of such unused tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1088/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1088","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229049,"bill_number":"SB1098","title":"ABC; public warning regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the board.  Provides that the Board shall require all off-premises retail licensees and all government stores to post a sign in a conspicuous location that bears a warning regarding the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1098/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1098","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229050,"bill_number":"SB1105","title":"Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.","description":"Office of Farmland Preservation; Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund created.  Creates the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund, to consist of funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and any other moneys that may be made available from other public or private sources. The funds will be used solely for the purposes of preserving farmland in the Commonwealth and will be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1105/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1105","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229051,"bill_number":"SB1131","title":"State Corporation Commission; prohibited conflicts of interest.","description":"State Corporation Commission; conflicts of interest. Requires a member of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) or any subordinate or employee of the SCC to recuse himself from and not participate in any regulatory matter at the SCC in which an entity whose rates, services, or financial ability to meet its obligations to the public is subject to supervision or regulation by the SCC is a party if the entity employs a member of the immediate family of the SCC member, subordinate, or employee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1131/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1131","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229052,"bill_number":"SJR322","title":"Eating Disorder Awareness Week; designating as last full week in February 2011.","description":"Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Designates the last full week in February, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ322ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR322/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ322","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229053,"bill_number":"SJR331","title":"Light Rail Safety Day; designating as April 29, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Light Rail Safety Day. Designates April 29, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Light Rail Safety Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ331ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR331/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ331","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229054,"bill_number":"SJR332","title":"Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Taylor.","description":"Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Taylor.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ332ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR332/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ332","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229055,"bill_number":"SJR333","title":"Celebrating the life of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr.  Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow and condolences on the death of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr., native son and the first African American mayor of Petersburg and in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ333ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR333/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ333","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229056,"bill_number":"SJR336","title":"Celebrating the life of Katherine A. Treherne, M.D.","description":"Celebrating the life of Katherine A. Treherne, M.D.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ336ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR336/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ336","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229057,"bill_number":"SJR337","title":"Celebrating the life of Mattrude Person Sharpe.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mattrude Person Sharpe.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ337ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR337/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ337","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229058,"bill_number":"SJR338","title":"Commending Cranford United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 110th anniversary.","description":"Commending Cranford United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 110th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ338ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR338/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ338","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229059,"bill_number":"SJR339","title":"Commending Colonel Claude M. Schonberger, USAFR Ret.","description":"Commending Colonel Claude M. Schonberger, USAFR Ret.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ339ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR339/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ339","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229060,"bill_number":"SJR340","title":"Celebrating the life of B. Mark Fried.","description":"Celebrating the life of B. Mark Fried.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ340ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR340/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ340","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229061,"bill_number":"SJR342","title":"Celebrating the life of James Riley Knight, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Riley Knight, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ342ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR342/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ342","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229062,"bill_number":"SJR343","title":"Commending Sheriff Clarence W. Dobson.","description":"Commending Sheriff Clarence W. Dobson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ343ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR343/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ343","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229602,"bill_number":"HB1855","title":"Harvell Dam; DGIF shall submit a report evaluating alternatives to proposed breach thereof.","description":"Fish passageways for the Harvell Dam. Requires the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries prior to any breach of the Harvell Dam on the Appomattox River to prepare a report on the alternatives to the proposed breach of the dam. The report is to be submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources on or before November 30, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1855/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1855","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229603,"bill_number":"HB1871","title":"Length of school term; minimum number of required days or hours.","description":"Length of school term; minimum number of required days or hours. Provides that, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, the minimum length of the school term shall increase by 5.5 hours annually for a period of 10 years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1871/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1871","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229604,"bill_number":"HB1886","title":"Crabbing area; clarifies boundaries where taking or catching of crabs is prohibited.","description":"Prohibited crabbing area. Clarifies the boundaries of the area where the taking or catching of crabs is prohibited.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1886/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1886","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229605,"bill_number":"HB1889","title":"Tracking dogs; may be used to find wounded or dead bear or deer.","description":"Tracking dogs. Allows the use of tracking dogs on a lead to find wounded or dead bear or deer during archery, muzzleloader, or firearm bear or deer hunting seasons, so long as those who are conducting the retrieval effort have permission to hunt on or have access to the land and don't have a weapon in their possession.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1889/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1889","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229606,"bill_number":"HB1891","title":"Governor's warrant; changes requirement that warrant of arrest be received within four days.","description":"Criminal procedure; issuance of Governor's warrant. Changes the requirement that a Governor's warrant of arrest and extradition be received within four days of the transmission of a facsimile of such document in order for the facsimile to be treated as an original. The proposal changes the requirement from four days to four working days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1891/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1891","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229607,"bill_number":"HB1928","title":"Health insurance; independent external reviews.","description":"Health insurance; independent external reviews. Revises the process for independent external reviews of a health carrier's adverse decision regarding covered health care benefits. The measure (i) eliminates the minimum eligibility threshold, (ii) eliminates the $50 filing fee, and (iii) expands situations for which an independent external review may be requested to include covered persons of all licensed health carriers. Currently, only persons covered by managed care health insurance programs may request an independent external review. Under this measure, insurers are required to incur the full cost of every review; currently, the Commonwealth incurs the cost of any review that does not result in denied services being covered. The measure tracks the Uniform Health Carrier External Review Model Act prepared by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires states to adopt such an external review program by July 1, 2011. The measure also requires health carriers to establish an internal appeals process. The utilization review standards are revised to apply to adverse determinations, which are defined as determinations by a managed care health insurance plan that a request for benefit does not meet the plan's requirements or is determined to be experimental or investigational, thereby resulting in a denial, reduction, or termination of the requested benefit. The length of time the utilization review entity is required to maintain records is increased from five to six years. The measure expires July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1928/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1928","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229608,"bill_number":"HB1936","title":"Family abuse protective orders; upon conviction of assault & battery, court may enter for a period.","description":"Family abuse protective orders. Provides that upon conviction of assault and battery against a family or household member, the court may enter a protective order for a specified period not exceeding two years from the date of conviction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1936/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1936","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229609,"bill_number":"HB1944","title":"Public oyster ground; increases amount of time MRC is required to post public notice before closing.","description":"Public oyster grounds.  Increases the amount of time from five days to 30 days that the Marine Resources Commission is required to post a public notice before closing a public oyster ground. The public notice requirement does not apply to public rocks closed by the Department of Health or state replenishment programs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0221)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1944/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1944","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229610,"bill_number":"HB1958","title":"Health insurance; federal market reforms.","description":"Health insurance; market reforms. Conforms inconsistent and conflicting requirements of Virginia's health insurance laws to corresponding provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that became effective on September 23, 2010. The provisions of the federal act that are implemented by these amendments include (i) requirements that employers offering dependent coverage provide coverage for dependents of employees until they reach age 26; (ii) limits on the ability of insurers to impose annual and lifetime dollar limits on essential benefits; (iii) limits on rescission of health insurance policies except in cases of fraud or misrepresentation; (iv) requirements that nongrandfathered plans cover preventive services without out-of-pocket cost-sharing for the insured; (v) requirements that nongrandfathered plans permit covered persons to designate any participating primary health care professional who is available to accept the covered person and prohibits such plans from requiring authorization or referral for obstetrical or gynecological care by in-network health care professionals specializing in obstetrics or gynecology; (vi) prohibitions on nongrandfathered plans imposing preexisting condition exclusions for enrollees who are under 19 years of age; and (vii) prohibitions on nongrandfathered plans charging higher cost-sharing for emergency services that are obtained out of a plan's network or from requiring preauthorization for emergency services. The measure expires July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1958/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1958","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229611,"bill_number":"HB1971","title":"Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; changes notification procedures.","description":"Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; notification procedures.  Changes the notification requirement that a landowner proceeding to acquire title to a vessel abandoned on his land or in water adjacent to his land publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation from three consecutive days to three consecutive issues.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1971/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1971","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229612,"bill_number":"HB1975","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; no banquet licenses required for private meetings or parties.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; banquet licenses; exception. Provides that no banquet license shall be required for private meetings or private parties limited in attendance to members of a common interest community as defined in §54.1-2345 and their guests, provided (i) the alcoholic beverages shall not be sold or charged for in any way, (ii) the premises where the alcoholic beverages are consumed is limited to the common area regularly occupied and utilized for such private meetings or private parties, and (iii) such meetings or parties are not open to the public.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1975/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1975","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229613,"bill_number":"HB1989","title":"General Assembly members; leaves of absence from employment.","description":"Leaves of absence; General Assembly members. Provides that all officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, who are members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to unpaid leaves of absence from their respective duties without loss of seniority, accrued leave or job performance rating on all days during which the General Assembly is in Session or during which a member is conducting official duties related to service in the General Assembly. A member of the General Assembly shall not be denied reemployment, retention in employment, promotion, or any benefit of employment by such employer solely on the basis of service in the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (27-Y 69-N 2-A)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1989/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1989","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229614,"bill_number":"HB2003","title":"Real property; DGS to inventory all property owned and update at least annually.","description":"Department of General Services; surplus real property; inventory of state-owned land. Changes the fund to receive the 50 percent portion of the proceeds from the sale, lease, or conveyance of surplus property owned by the Commonwealth from the Conservation Resources Fund to the State Park Acquisition and Development Fund. The bill requires the Department of General Services to develop the criteria for and conduct an inventory of all real property, as defined in §2.2-1147, owned by state departments, agencies, and institutions by January 1, 2012, and update the inventory at least annually thereafter. In addition, the bill requires the Department to provide a listing of surplus real property owned by the Commonwealth on its website with a description of the properties, including parcel identification.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2003/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2003","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229615,"bill_number":"HB2007","title":"Intergovernmental Cooperation, Virginia Commission on; powers and duties.","description":"Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation; powers and duties. Removes participation in the Council on State Governments from the powers and duties of the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2007/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2007","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229616,"bill_number":"HB2038","title":"Cigarette tax; Tax Commissioner shall convene a working group to review current policies, report.","description":"Local cigarette tax enforcement.  Calls for the Tax Commissioner to convene a working group of interested parties to review policies with regard to how the local cigarette tax is enforced and administered.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2038/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2038","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229617,"bill_number":"HB2042","title":"Veterans Services Foundation; annual report to Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.","description":"Veterans Services Foundation. Requires the Veterans Services Foundation to provide an annual report to the Secretary of Public Safety on or before November 30. The bill also (i) provides that ex officio members of the Foundation are ineligible to serve as the Foundation's chair, (ii) provides that the Foundation shall meet four times per year, and (iii) clarifies that a majority of voting members constitutes a quorum. The bill also contains a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2042/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2042","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229618,"bill_number":"HB2047","title":"Virginia Waterways Clean Up and Consumer Choice Act; paper and plastic bag fee.","description":"Paper and plastic bag fee.  Imposes a fee of $0.05 on paper and plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property from the place of purchase. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, newspapers, dry cleaning and prescription drugs are exempt from the fee. Retailers are allowed to retain $0.01 of the $0.05 fee or $0.02 if the retailer has a customer bag credit program. The revenues raised by the fee will be deposited in the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. Failure to collect and remit the fee will result in fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, third and thereafter offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2047/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2047","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229619,"bill_number":"HB2050","title":"Secondhand metal articles; sales procedures.","description":"Purchasers of secondhand metal articles. Requires any person buying secondhand metal articles used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, mining, industrial, manufacturing, or public utility company to pay for such articles by check if the cost of the items exceeds $1,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2050/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2050","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229620,"bill_number":"HB2056","title":"Income tax, corporate; tax credit for travel expenses reimbursement.","description":"Income tax; travel expenses reimbursement tax credit. Grants an income tax credit for the total amount paid annually by an employer for employees' travel expenses when such employees are required to travel outside Virginia in the natural gas industry. The credit will become available for taxable years on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2056/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2056","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229621,"bill_number":"HB2071","title":"Stormwater utility fees; an exemption for certain religious and nonprofit uses.","description":"Stormwater utility fees; exemptions. Provides for an exemption from stormwater utility fees for certain religious and nonprofit uses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2071/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2071","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229622,"bill_number":"HB2075","title":"Local governments; private capital lending.","description":"Private capital lending for local governments. Allows a local government to enter into certain conduit lending agreements to finance certain capital projects.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2075/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2075","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229623,"bill_number":"HB2079","title":"Local government; publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, and public hearings, etc.","description":"Local government; publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, and public hearings, etc.; alternatives. Gives localities alternatives to publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for legal ads and other notices of proposed action. These alternatives include publication in at least two of the following forms of publication: (i) in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality, including such newspaper's online publication, if any; (ii) on the locality's website; (iii) on any public access channel operated by the locality, to be aired during prime-time programming and at least two other times during the day; (iv) using any automated voice or text alert systems used by the locality; or (v) posting at the local public library established pursuant to §42.1-33, if any. In addition, the bill provides that any resident of the locality annually filing a written request for notification with the locality shall be provided notice by the locality in a manner mutually agreed upon by the locality and such individual. The request shall include the resident's name, address, zip code, daytime telephone number, and electronic mail address, if available. In selecting the methods of publication, the bill requires the locality to publish and advertise in a manner gauged to ensure that the maximum number of persons within the locality are likely to be informed of the existence and content of the proposed action. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2079/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2079","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229624,"bill_number":"HB2085","title":"Guardianship; child custody.","description":"Guardianship; child custody.  Eliminates the option for parents who are separated but not divorced to bring a custody proceeding in either circuit court or juvenile and domestic relations district court. Such actions shall be brought in juvenile and domestic relations district court, unless concurrent jurisdiction exists with the circuit court, i.e., divorce actions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2085/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2085","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229625,"bill_number":"HB2088","title":"Absentee voting; expands provisions on late in-person voting in business and medical emergencies.","description":"Elections; absentee voting; business and medical emergencies. Expands the provisions on late in-person absentee voting in business and medical emergencies to cover situations learned of by the voter after 6:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the election rather than after noon on the Saturday before the election. The voter is allowed to vote up to 2:00 p.m. on the Monday before the election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2088/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2088","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229626,"bill_number":"HB2098","title":"Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; conversion of contributions to personal use.","description":"Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; conversion of contributions to personal use. Enacts a separate provision to make it unlawful for any person to convert to his personal use, at any time, money and like intangibles that have been contributed to a candidate, campaign committee, or other type of political committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2098/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2098","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229627,"bill_number":"HB2107","title":"Low-income residential customers; investor-owned electric utilities to offer reduced rates.","description":"Reduced electricity rates for low-income residential customers; tax credit. Requires investor-owned electric utilities to offer eligible residential customers a reduced rate for electric service during December through April of each year. The reduced rate is 20 percent less than the rate that would be applicable to the customer if the customer was ineligible for the special rate. To be eligible for the special rate, a customer must be receiving (i) supplemental security income, (ii) aid to families with dependent children, (iii) aid to families with dependent children—unemployed, or (iv) food stamps, if the food stamp recipients are 60 years of age or older. The State Corporation Commission is required to certify each utility's revenue deficiency resulting from the special reduced rates, and the utility will receive an income tax credit calculated at 1.45 percent of the revenue deficiency. The Department of Social Services is required to adopt regulations establishing procedures to inform persons about the availability of the special reduced rates, assist applicants for the special reduced rates in proving their eligibility therefor, and assist utilities in determining the eligibility of persons for such rates. The Commission and the Department are required to adopt temporary emergency regulations implementing the program by October 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in Finance with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2107/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2107","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229628,"bill_number":"HB2109","title":"Income tax, state; credit for diesel power to natural gas power truck conversion.","description":"Income tax; credit for diesel power to natural gas power truck conversion. Provides an income tax credit to individual truck owners who convert or have converted their diesel-powered trucks to natural gas power for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011. The amount of the credit shall not exceed $3,500 or the cost of the conversion, whichever is less.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2109/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2109","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229629,"bill_number":"HB2110","title":"Eminent domain; just compensation, restricted access to property.","description":"Eminent domain; just compensation; restricted access.  Provides that any restriction, change, or loss of access to or from property taken under the power of eminent domain shall be considered as an element in assessing the damages to residue for the purposes of determining just compensation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2110/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2110","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229630,"bill_number":"HB2111","title":"Enterprise zone job creation grants; eligibility of business firm.","description":"Enterprise zone job creation grants. Provides that a business firm in a locality with an unemployment rate two percent or higher than the statewide average is eligible for an enterprise zone job creation grant of $500 per year for up to five years for each grant eligible position that during such year is paid at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2111/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2111","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229631,"bill_number":"HB2118","title":"Electric utility regulation; rebundles charges for transmission, etc., into base rates.","description":"Electric utility regulation. Rebundles charges for the transmission, distribution, and generation services into the base rates of investor-owned electric utilities and revises the system enacted in 2007 by which rates of investor-owned electric utilities are to be set. The measure restores the State Corporation Commission's authority to set the utility's authorized rate of return on equity at a level that reflects the utility's risk, allows the utility to attract capital, and will be fair to ratepayers. Existing provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act that establish floors on a utility's rate of return based on returns reported by peer group utilities in other Southeastern states are repealed. Other provisions (i) eliminate the ability of a utility to earn a margin on operating expenses for energy efficiency programs; (ii) limit the incentive for participation in the renewable energy portfolio program to an additional 50 basis points above the otherwise-available rate of return on new renewable energy generation facilities, in lieu of the existing provision that grants participating utilities a 50 basis point increase in its rate of return on all of its equity; (iii) authorize the Commission to increase the allowed return on equity for certain investments by up to 200 basis points for a period between 5 and 25 years based on the risk of the project, in lieu of the existing provision that establishes incentives with specific ranges and durations based on the type of project; (iv) require the Commission to consider all rate adjustment clause petitions in single annual proceedings in order to limit the number of rate increases; (v) provide that costs recoverable through rate adjustment clauses may be deferred and paid from earnings from other sources, in order to ensure that rates are not increased to recover such costs when the utility is overearning through its base rates; (vi) permit the Commission to extend the period for its review in cases by up to nine months, provided that the utility may place its proposed rate increase in effect subject to refund at the end of the original period; (vii) direct that a utility that has earned more than a fair rate of return in a biennium, after crediting the overage to deferred amounts under rate adjustment clauses, shall credit the overage to customers; (viii) eliminate a provision that limits the Commission's authority to lower a utility's rates to cases where the utility has earned more than 50 basis points above a fair rate of return for two consecutive biennia; and (ix) delete provisions requiring stand-alone determinations of income tax costs in ratemaking proceedings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2118/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2118","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229632,"bill_number":"HB2126","title":"Wetland mitigation banks; removes references to an outdated map used to identify.","description":"Location of wetland mitigation banks. Removes the references to an outdated map used to identify mitigation banks and instead uses the more readily identifiable hydrologic unit boundaries of the National Watershed Boundary Dataset.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2126/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2126","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229633,"bill_number":"HB2131","title":"Joint enterprise zone; authorizes DHCD to expand an existing zone consisting of two localities, etc.","description":"Redesignation of joint enterprise zones. Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand an existing joint enterprise zone consisting of two localities provided (i) all the local governing bodies of all the localities in which the proposed redesignated zone submit to the Department resolutions supporting the proposed redesignation and applications for the redesignation and (ii) the area of the additional locality that will be included in the redesignated zone is contiguous to the existing joint enterprise zone and includes a revenue-sharing district that has experienced the loss of 900 permanent full-time positions within a 12-month period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2131/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2131","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229634,"bill_number":"HB2138","title":"Cigarette tax; authorizes any county to impose.","description":"Local cigarette tax; counties. Authorizes any county to impose a local cigarette tax at a rate not to exceed $0.05 per pack or the amount levied under state law, whichever is greater. It also repeals the Code section that allows only certain counties to impose a local cigarette tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2138/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2138","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229635,"bill_number":"HB2142","title":"Bad checks; raises fee locality may charge.","description":"Fees for bad checks to localities. Raises the fee a locality may charge for the passing of a bad check to the locality from $35 to $50.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2142/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2142","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229636,"bill_number":"HB2148","title":"Trademark infringement; court in criminal proceeding to order that material be destroyed, etc.","description":"Trademark infringement. Requires the court in any criminal proceeding involving trademark infringement, upon the request of the Commonwealth, to order that material infringing on a trademark in the possession or under the control of a defendant or law-enforcement officer be destroyed or delivered for destruction, or alternatively disposed of in another manner with the consent of the owner of the registered mark. Currently, courts are required to order that such materials be destroyed, delivered, or otherwise disposed of in civil proceedings brought by the registrant of the trademark. The measure also provides that a mark is deemed to be in use in connection with goods whose nature makes the placement of a tag or label impracticable if the mark is on documents associated with the goods or their sale and the goods are possessed in the Commonwealth. Finally, the measure provides that it is the owner of a registered mark, rather than its registrant, to whom a person infringing on a trademark is liable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0801)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2148/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2148","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229637,"bill_number":"HB2151","title":"Income tax, corporate; eliminates State's tax for taxable years beginning January 1, 2011.","description":"Corporate income tax. Eliminates Virginia's corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2151/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2151","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229638,"bill_number":"HB2155","title":"Warrants; authorizes local governments to regularly publish information relating thereto.","description":"Publication of information contained in local payment warrants. Authorizes local governments to publish aggregated information relating to warrants paid by the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2155/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2155","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229639,"bill_number":"HB2161","title":"Eminent domain; condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to owner of condemned property.","description":"Eminent domain; procedures. Provides that if a condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to the owner of property sought to be condemned, the condemnor must provide copies of all appraisals that the condemnor obtained prior to making an offer to acquire or initiating negotiations for the property. The bill also makes changes to the procedure for offering to sell condemned property back to the former owner to clarify when such an offer is required to be made and how such an offer is communicated to the former owner. The bill also provides that certain definitions in certain chapters of Title 25.1 (Eminent Domain) apply to the entire title. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the acquisition of real property by a railroad, public service corporation, municipal corporation, local governmental unit, or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or a combination of two or more such entities, that is (i) the subject of a certificate recorded prior to July 1, 2011, (ii) the subject of a petition for condemnation filed prior to July 1, 2011, or (iii) required to construct a project funded by bonds approved for issuance by a locality prior to July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2161/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2161","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229640,"bill_number":"HB2165","title":"Menhaden fishing; Marine Resource Commission to assess fee for those caught with purse net.","description":"Menhaden assessment; penalty. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission to assess a fee of $10 for each ton of menhaden harvested. The fees are to be paid to the Commission semiannually and are to be used by the Commission to evaluate the condition of the menhaden fishery. The persons harvesting menhaden are also required to submit a monthly catch report to the Commission. The bill contains a five-year sunset.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2165/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2165","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229641,"bill_number":"HB2166","title":"Summer flounder; MRC to adopt regulations that establish size limits for commercial fishermen.","description":"Fish size limits; summer flounder. Directs the Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that establish the same size limits for summer flounder taken by commercially licensed hook-and-line fishermen and persons fishing recreationally with a hook and line.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2166/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2166","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229642,"bill_number":"HB2172","title":"Virginia Index of Performance program; Board of Education to encourage achievement in science, etc.","description":"VIP incentive program; STEM course offerings. Requires the Board of Education to take into account in its guidelines for the Virginia Index of Performance program a school division's increase in enrollments and elective course offerings in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2172/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2172","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229643,"bill_number":"HB2173","title":"Drinking water consumer confidence reports; publication.","description":"Drinking water community confidence reports; publication.  Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing waterworks, water supplies, and pure water a process whereby waterworks serving fewer than 10,000 people may seek and the Board may grant a waiver of the requirement that the waterworks mail copies of its consumer confidence report to each customer of the waterworks at least once annually and provides for an alternate means of notifying customers of the existence of the consumer confidence report in a newspaper of general circulation or by other means as the Board may deem appropriate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2173/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2173","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229644,"bill_number":"HB2175","title":"Health, Department of; dental and oral health programs for children.","description":"Department of Health; dental and oral health programs for children. Provides that the mission of the State Board of Health and the Department of Health shall include provision of a comprehensive program of dental and oral health services for children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2175/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2175","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229645,"bill_number":"HB2176","title":"Game & Inland Fisheries, Board of; to introduce new species of game, approval by local government.","description":"Stocking of game animals and fish.  Requires that policies to acquire and introduce any new species of game birds, game animals, or fish on the lands are implemented only with the authorization and cooperation of affected local governments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0805)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2176/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2176","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229646,"bill_number":"HB2178","title":"Smoking; prohibited in emergency medical services vehicles and other emergency response vehicles.","description":"Smoking in emergency response vehicles prohibited.  Prohibits smoking in emergency medical services vehicles and other emergency response vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2178/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2178","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229647,"bill_number":"HB2183","title":"Sales tax registration; allows dealers to register with local commissioner of the revenue.","description":"Sales tax registration with local commissioners of the revenue.  Allows dealers to register for sales tax purposes with the local commissioner of the revenue, if such commissioner elects to provide such service. Currently, dealers may register only with the Tax Commissioner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2183/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2183","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229648,"bill_number":"HB2185","title":"Sewage systems; submission of onsite soil evaluations for permits or letters.","description":"Submission of onsite soil evaluations for permits or letters for sewage systems.  Provides that the Department of Health shall require submission of onsite soil evaluations with every application for a permit or letter for any onsite sewage or alternative discharging sewage system, but authorizes the Department to waive such requirement for applicants whose incomes are below the federal poverty guidelines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2185/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2185","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229649,"bill_number":"HB2189","title":"Information Technologies Agency; assist in determining rules for distribution of electronic records.","description":"Virginia Information Technologies Agency; electronic government services. Provides for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to assist public bodies of the Commonwealth to determine the rules and standards applicable to the acceptance and distribution of electronic records and electronic signatures.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Science and Technology by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2189/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2189","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229650,"bill_number":"HB2197","title":"Income tax, corporate; telework expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; telework expenses tax credit. Provides a tax credit to employers for expenses incurred in allowing employees to telework pursuant to a signed telework agreement for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2014. An employer would be eligible for a credit of up to $1,200 per teleworking employee. The total credit amount any one employer may take for 2012 and 2013 is $50,000. The aggregate amount of tax credits that will be issued is capped at $1 million annually for taxable years 2012 and 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2197/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2197","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229651,"bill_number":"HB2198","title":"Employment of personnel; if executive branch employee is promoted, requires probationary period.","description":"Employment of personnel in the executive branch of state government. Clarifies that if an executive branch agency employee is promoted within the same agency to a higher position classification that requires a new probationary period and is unable to complete or satisfy the probationary period of employment for any reason other than misconduct, then such employee must be offered the previous classified position or an equivalent position for which a vacancy exists.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2198/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2198","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229652,"bill_number":"HB2215","title":"Local Defense Manufacturing Zones; created, allows local governments to designate.","description":"Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Such zones would give local governments another economic development tool.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1822-Peace) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2215/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2215","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229653,"bill_number":"HB2217","title":"Local disability services; agencies may convene local interagency services teams.","description":"Local disability services.  Eliminates the Disability Services Council and the State Rehabilitative Services Incentive Fund, the requirement that localities establish local disability services boards, and the authority of localities to establish local rehabilitative services incentive funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2217/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2217","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229654,"bill_number":"HB2231","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Act; permits trusts to be eligible for income tax credit.","description":"Neighborhood Assistance Act income tax credit. Permits trusts to be eligible for the Neighborhood Assistance Act income tax credit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2231/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2231","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229655,"bill_number":"HB2232","title":"Personal property tax; valuation of motor vehicles.","description":"Personal property tax; valuation of motor vehicles. Requires that valuation of motor vehicles be at the lowest price in the NADA pricing guide. If a motor vehicle's model and year are not listed in such pricing guide, the individual vehicle may be valued on the basis of percentage or percentages of original cost.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2232/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2232","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229656,"bill_number":"HB2235","title":"Lyme disease; adds confirmed and suspected cases to list of diseases required to be reported.","description":"Disease prevention and control; Lyme disease. Adds both confirmed and suspected cases of Lyme disease to the list of diseases required to be reported to the Department of Health.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2235/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2235","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229657,"bill_number":"HB2239","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts certain computer equipment and enabling software.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; certain computer equipment and enabling software. Expands the sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of computer equipment or enabling software by data centers. There is no longer a requirement for the creation of 50 new jobs, but rather the data center must have a creation of 25 new jobs provided that such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage, pay any wage rate provided the data center is located in a locality that has an unemployment rate for the preceding year of at least 150 percent of the average statewide unemployment rate for such year, or is located in an enterprise zone.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2239/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2239","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229658,"bill_number":"HB2241","title":"Length of school term; minimum number of teaching days if closed due to bad weather.","description":"Length of the school term; exception to 180 teaching day or 990 teaching hour requirement. Provides that when severe weather conditions or other emergency situations have resulted in the closing of a school or the schools in a school division for six days or more, a school board may determine that time spent at school other than in the classroom, such as but not limited to recess or lunch periods, shall be deemed instructional time in order to meet the minimum teaching day or teaching hour requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2241/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2241","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229659,"bill_number":"HB2255","title":"Health records; health care providers who prescribe or dispense controlled substances.","description":"Disclosure of health records; dispensing of controlled substances.  Clarifies that nothing in the Health Records Privacy Act shall prohibit a health care provider who dispenses a controlled substance to a patient from disclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program and contained in a patient's health care record to another health care provider when such disclosure is related to the care or treatment of the patient. This bill also provides that nothing shall prevent a person who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance from redisclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program to another prescriber or dispenser who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance to a recipient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2255/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2255","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229660,"bill_number":"HB2279","title":"Emergency medical services personnel; certification of applicants.","description":"Emergency medical services personnel; certification.  Requires the Commissioner of Health to consider relevant military experience, education, and training completed by an applicant for certification as emergency medical services personnel; provides that the Commissioner may accept such experience, education, and training as satisfying the requirements for certification; and requires the Board of Health to establish criteria for determining when an applicant's experience, education and training satisfies the requirements for certification.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2279/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2279","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229661,"bill_number":"HB2283","title":"Small business investment companies; creates credit against insurance license tax for investments.","description":"Credit against insurance license tax for investments in Virginia small business investment companies.  Creates a credit against the state insurance license tax for certain insurance companies that invest in a Virginia small business investment company (VSBIC). A VSBIC is a Virginia-based entity that has as its primary business activity the investment of cash in qualified businesses and that is certified by the Director of the Department of Business Assistance as meeting the program's requirements. An eligible insurance company that makes a qualifying investment in a VSBIC is eligible for a transferable credit against its license tax liability equal to 80 percent of the investment, subject to the program's limits. An investing insurer may claim up to one-sixth of the amount of its credits against its license tax liability in any taxable year beginning January 1, 2013. The total amount of the designated capital for which license tax credits may be allowed is capped at $100 million for the life of the program. The total amount of the designated capital for which license tax credits may be allowed for all participating investors in any year may not exceed the amount that would entitle all participating investors in VSBICs to take total credits of one-sixth of the $100 million lifetime capped amount. If the total license tax credits claimed exceeds a limit, allowable license tax credits shall be allocated on a pro rata basis. VSBICs are required to make investments in qualified businesses in accordance with a schedule that requires 15 percent of allocated capital to be in strategic investment areas. To qualify for a VSBIC investment, a business shall have its headquarters and principal place of operations in Virginia, have no more than 100 employees, and be engaged in manufacturing, processing, or assembling products, conducting research and development, or providing certain services. A VSBIC that makes distributions that are neither qualified distributions nor distributions representing repayments of capital contributions to its equity investors is required to pay a profit share tax, which is deposited in the Building Future Jobs Fund. The Director is authorized to decertify, or impose an administrative penalty of up to $25,000 on, a VSBIC that violates the program's provision. The measure states that the insurance license tax credits shall be paid from the portion of the license tax revenues that are deposited into the general fund of the state treasury.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2283/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2283","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229662,"bill_number":"HB2284","title":"Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.","description":"Jail processing fee. Allows a locality to divide the fees collected post-conviction proportionately between a police department and the sheriff's department if costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting services. Currently, the fee may go only to sheriff's offices and regional jails.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2284/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2284","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229663,"bill_number":"HB2285","title":"Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects.","description":"Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects. Entitles certain tourism projects to a percentage of the state and local sales tax revenues generated on the premises of the project, to be used towards debt service to bridge the gap between available debt and equity and the expected costs of the project. In order to qualify for the entitlement, the project must have at least 80 percent of the funding for the project in place. If a locality passes an ordinance adopting a tourism plan and identifies by ordinance a tourism project that meets a deficiency in the plan, and the State Comptroller certifies the project, then the project is entitled to one percent of the state sales tax generated on the premises of the project. The locality must also provide, by ordinance, one percent of the local sales generated on the premises, and the tourism project must provide a match for the one percent state sales tax revenue.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2285/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2285","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229664,"bill_number":"HB2288","title":"Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.","description":"Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements. Provides that advertisements on the Internet that do not contain sufficient space to display the required disclosure statement may meet disclosure requirements by providing a direct link to another Internet site that displays the required disclosure statement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2288/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2288","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229665,"bill_number":"HB2297","title":"Termination of water services; SCC to establish limitations for those with medical condition.","description":"Termination of water services; procedures to be followed. Provides that a public utility providing water service shall not terminate service for nonpayment until it first sends written notice to the customer by mail 10 days in advance of making the termination. In no event shall service be terminated until 20 days after the customer's bill has become due.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2297/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2297","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229666,"bill_number":"HB2302","title":"Virginia Early Childhood Investment Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Early Childhood Investment Fund.  Establishes the Virginia Early Childhood Investment Fund for the purpose of financing cost-effective early childhood development and educational programs throughout the Commonwealth. The Fund will be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation with oversight from the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Board of Education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2302/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2302","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229667,"bill_number":"HB2303","title":"Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.","description":"Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset. Extends the sunset for the Joint Commission on Health Care from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2303/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2303","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229668,"bill_number":"HB2326","title":"Waterworks systems; regulation.","description":"Water companies. Authorizes the Board of Health's regulations for determining the amount of bonds or escrowed funds required of licensed water suppliers to be based on the age and condition of the system infrastructure and the cost of maintaining, repairing, or replacing such infrastructure. The Board or a local governing body may proceed against the bond or escrowed fund upon the revocation of a waterworks operation permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2326/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2326","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229669,"bill_number":"HB2334","title":"Fish and Wildlife, Commission on; established, report.","description":"Fish and Wildlife Commission established; report. Establishes the eight-member Fish and Wildlife Commission to review matters relating to freshwater and tidal fisheries and wildlife that have been referred to it by the legislative committees having jurisdiction over such subject matter. The Commission has a three-year sunset.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2334/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2334","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229670,"bill_number":"HB2338","title":"Local government; alternative method is to give notice by mail.","description":"Alternative method for local government to give notice by mail. Provides that a locality may give notice by regular mail in any instance in which two or more notices are required for the same action, the first notice is required to be sent by certified or registered mail, and at least one notice has previously been sent by certified or registered mail. Such notice shall be sent to the last address available through government records.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2338/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2338","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229671,"bill_number":"HB2339","title":"Smoking in cars with minor present; civil penalty.","description":"Smoking in cars with minor present; civil penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to smoke in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which a child under the age of 13 is present, punishable by a civil penalty of $100.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2339/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2339","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229672,"bill_number":"HB2341","title":"Plastic bags; imposed tax of $0.20 on plastic bags used by purchasers.","description":"Plastic bag tax. Imposes a tax of $0.20 on plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property from the place of purchase. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, newspapers, dry cleaning, and prescription drugs are exempt from the tax. Retailers are allowed to retain $0.05 of the $0.20 tax or $0.07 if the retailer has a customer bag credit program. Failure to collect and remit the tax will result in fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, and third and subsequent offenses, respectively.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2341/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2341","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229673,"bill_number":"HB2342","title":"Income tax, state; tax credit for hiring employees with disabilities.","description":"Income tax; hiring employees with disabilities tax credit. Provides a tax credit for employers who hire qualified persons with disabilities for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before December 31, 2015. The amount of the credit is 20 percent of the first $5,000 of wages paid annually to such employees during the first two years of employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2342/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2342","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229674,"bill_number":"HB2348","title":"Fertilizer and deicing agents; requires certain localities to regulate sale and application.","description":"Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application; penalty.  Requires certain localities to regulate the sale and application of fertilizers and deicing agents. In those localities, effective January 1, 2014, fertilizer shall not (i) contain phosphorus, (ii) be applied during winter months, or (iii) be applied on impervious surfaces. The restrictions do not apply to newly established turf or lawn areas during their first growing season, turf or lawn areas where recent soil tests confirm the need for phosphorus, or gardens or to the application of compost. The sale of any deicing agent containing urea or other forms of nitrogen or phosphorus is also prohibited. A locality may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $250 per violation per day, not to exceed a total of $2,000 per year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1831-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2348/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2348","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229675,"bill_number":"HB2352","title":"Motor fuels tax; rate increase.","description":"Motor fuels tax; rate increase. Increases the motor fuels tax rate by $0.10 per gallon and dedicates the additional revenue for the expansion or improvement of rail transportation, and construction and maintenance of roads and bridges within each county, city, and town, on a pro rata basis according to the number of gallons distributed in each locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2352/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2352","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229676,"bill_number":"HB2358","title":"Benefit corporations; definition, requirements.","description":"Benefit corporations.  Authorizes a Virginia stock corporation to elect to be a benefit corporation. A benefit corporation is required to have, as one of its purposes, the purpose of creating a general public benefit, which is defined as a material positive impact on society and the environment taken as a whole, as measured by a third-party standard, from the business and operations of a benefit corporation. In addition, a benefit corporation may have the purpose of creating one or more specific public benefits, which include providing low-income or underserved individuals or communities with beneficial products or services; promoting economic opportunity for individuals or communities beyond the creation of jobs in the normal course of business; preserving the environment; improving human health; promoting the arts, sciences, or advancement of knowledge; increasing the flow of capital to entities with a public benefit purpose; and conferring any other particular benefit on society or the environment. In discharging their duties and considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, the board of directors and individual directors consider the effects of any corporate action on shareholders, employees, customers, and other persons and issues. A benefit corporation shall deliver to shareholders an annual report describing the ways in which the corporation generally pursued its general public benefit and related matters. A copy of the report shall be posted on the corporation's website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2358/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2358","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229677,"bill_number":"HB2360","title":"Income tax, corporate; tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance.","description":"Taxation; employee transportation assistance tax credit. Allows a tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012. Such credit shall be equal to 25 percent of all expenditures paid or incurred by the employer for such assistance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2360/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2360","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229678,"bill_number":"HB2371","title":"Real property tax assessment; notice to be published in newspaper 30 to 45 days prior.","description":"Real property tax assessment; notice. Requires that notice be published in a newspaper 30 to 45 days prior to the beginning of a reassessment cycle of real property advising taxpayers that they have (i) the right to have the assessor examine their property on site and (ii) the right to be present during such examination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2371/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2371","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229679,"bill_number":"SB887","title":"Special elections; adjusts various deadlines.","description":"Deadlines for certain special elections.  Adjusts various deadlines for certain special elections and nominations in response to changes required by the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act regarding when ballots are to be prepared and made available for absentee voting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB887/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB887","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229680,"bill_number":"SB889","title":"Referendum petitions; voter who signs may provide last four digits of his social security number.","description":"Referendum petitions; social security numbers. Provides that each voter who signs a petition to call for a referendum election may provide the last four digits of his social security number on the petition. Currently, the voter must provide his entire social security number.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB889/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB889","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229681,"bill_number":"SB901","title":"Law-enforcement deputies; allocation to city sheriff in certain cities without a police force.","description":"Allocation of deputies to cities. Authorizes the State Compensation Board to allocate law-enforcement deputies to a city sheriff in cities without a police force if the city was created by the consolidation of a city and a county subsequent to July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0350)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB901/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB901","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229682,"bill_number":"SB909","title":"Town and county treasurers; reciprocal agreements.","description":"Town and county treasurer reciprocal agreements. Allows the treasurer of any county and the treasurer of any town partially or totally within that county to enter into a reciprocal agreement granting each treasurer the authority to collect the other's local real and personal property taxes. The governing body of each locality must approve the agreement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB909/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB909","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229683,"bill_number":"SB912","title":"Biennial appropriation act; shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.","description":"Biennial appropriation act. Provides that the Commonwealth's biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years beginning with the biennial appropriation act for the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015. The bill would require that the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, would not be a part of any biennial appropriation act (i.e., it would be a single-year transitional budget).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB912/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB912","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229684,"bill_number":"SB913","title":"Chief Executive Officer for Transportation; replaces Transportation Commissioner, etc.","description":"Chief Executive Officer for Transportation. Abolishes the office of Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and replaces that position with a Chief Executive Officer for Transportation who takes over the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Aviation, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The Virginia Board of Aviation and the Rail Advisory Board are also abolished and their functions transferred to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board is changed to remove the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation and to provide for election of the at-large members of the Board by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB913/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB913","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229685,"bill_number":"SB924","title":"Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations required of Board of Health.","description":"Board of Health; regulation of facilities.  Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations containing minimum standards for policies related to infection prevention, disaster preparedness, and facility security of hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities. This bill provides that minimum standards for construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, equipping, staff qualifications and training, and conditions under which services may be provided, as well as requirements for policies related to infection prevention, disaster preparedness, and facility security for hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities shall also apply to any facility in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed, and that such facilities, shall be classified as a category of hospital for the purposes of such requirements. This bill requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act within 280 days of enactment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB924/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB924","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229686,"bill_number":"SB934","title":"Public schools; physical education requirement.","description":"Public schools; physical education requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through twelve. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB966-Northam) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB934/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB934","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229687,"bill_number":"SB937","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older will be entitled.","description":"Elections; absentee voting.  Provides that persons age 65 and older will be entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB937/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB937","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229688,"bill_number":"SB938","title":"Absentee voting; application by electronic mail or other electronic means.","description":"Absentee voting; application by electronic mail or other electronic means. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall implement a system to accept absentee ballot applications electronically. Currently, an applicant may request and receive, but not submit, an absentee ballot application electronically.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB938/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB938","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229689,"bill_number":"SB943","title":"Information Technology Advisory Council; advise CIO on creation of technology application framework.","description":"Information Technology Advisory Council; technology application framework. Requires the ITAC to advise the Chief Information Officer on the creation of a technology application governance framework through which executive branch agencies can address agency business needs with potential information technology solutions. Agency leaders and information technology managers shall participate with the ITAC in the design of this framework.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB943/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB943","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229690,"bill_number":"SB945","title":"Voters; when name is erroneously omitted from pollbook.","description":"Elections; voter whose name is erroneously omitted from the pollbook. Modifies the requirement that the voter provide his social security number, if any, to require only the last four digits of the number. The voter also provides his full name, birth date, and address on his sworn statement that he is a qualified and registered voter of the precinct. In these situations, the general registrar has informed the officers of election that the voter's name was omitted from the pollbook in error.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB945/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB945","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229691,"bill_number":"SB949","title":"Elections; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB949/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB949","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229692,"bill_number":"SB953","title":"Virginia Index of Performance program; Board of Education to encourage achievement in science, etc.","description":"VIP incentive program; STEM course offerings. Requires the Board of Education to take into account in its guidelines for the Virginia Index of Performance program a school division's increase in enrollments and elective course offerings in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB953/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB953","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229693,"bill_number":"SB957","title":"Real estate tax rates; authorizes City of Poquoson to impose on improvements to real property.","description":"City of Poquoson real estate tax rates. Authorizes the City of Poquoson to impose a tax rate on improvements to real property at a tax rate that is different than the City's tax rate on the land upon which the improvements are located.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0146)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB957/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB957","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229694,"bill_number":"SB960","title":"Children's hospitals; definition.","description":"Children's hospitals; definition.  Defines \"children's hospital\" as a hospital (i) whose inpatients are predominantly under 18 years of age and (ii) which is excluded from the Medicare prospective payment system pursuant to the Social Security Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB960/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB960","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229695,"bill_number":"SB963","title":"Aquaculture opportunity zones; removes authority of MRC to establish commercial shellfish zones.","description":"Aquaculture opportunity zones. Removes the authority of the Marine Resources Commission to establish commercial shellfish aquaculture opportunity zones in which temporary protective enclosures can be placed in the waters off the shores of the Northern Neck, the Middle Peninsula, and Tangier Island.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB963/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB963","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229696,"bill_number":"SB966","title":"Public schools; physical education requirement, exception.","description":"Public schools; physical education requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through eight, with a similar goal for high school students. This requirement would go into effect beginning with the 2014 -2015 school year and would not apply to any half-day kindergarten. This Bill incorporates","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB966/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB966","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229697,"bill_number":"SB969","title":"Local Defense Manufacturing Zones; created, allows local governments to designate.","description":"Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Such zones would give local governments another economic development tool.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB969/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB969","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229698,"bill_number":"SB970","title":"Local Defense Manufacturing Zones; created, allows local governments to designate.","description":"Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Such zones would give local governments another economic development tool. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB999-Stosch) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB970/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB970","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229699,"bill_number":"SB976","title":"Nursing homes; required by Board of Health to send notices and information about family council.","description":"Nursing homes; information regarding family councils. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each nursing home and certified nursing facility to, upon the request of the facility's family council, send notices and information about the family council mutually developed by the family council and the administration to the listed responsible party or a contact person of the resident's choice up to six times per year and to post notices and information in a designated location within the nursing home or certified nursing facility.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB976/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB976","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229700,"bill_number":"SB977","title":"Nursing homes; investigation of complaints by VDH, in-person interviews of residents.","description":"Nursing homes; investigation of complaints; in-person interviews of residents. Requires that, whenever the Department of Health investigates a complaint against a nursing home, the Department shall conduct an in-person interview of (i) the complainant, including any long term care ombudsman who submitted or investigated the complaint, and (ii) any patient of the nursing home who is the subject of the complaint or identified in the complaint, or his legally authorized representative.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB977/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB977","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229701,"bill_number":"SB979","title":"Land preservation tax credit; DCR to report on land qualifying for credit to protect water quality.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; threshold for verification of conservation value.  Provides that the annual report compiled by the Department of Conservation and Recreation on qualified donations of less-than-fee interests include information on riparian buffers required by deed restriction on land qualifying for tax credits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB979/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB979","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229702,"bill_number":"SB980","title":"Transient occupancy tax; extends sunset date provision for additional tax in Arlington County.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County.  Extends the sunset date for the additional transient occupancy tax in Arlington County from January 1, 2012, to January 1, 2015. Current law requires that the revenues from the tax be designated and spent for promoting tourism and business travel in the county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: VOTE: DEFEATED (42-Y 54-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB980/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB980","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229703,"bill_number":"SB981","title":"Renewable energy sources; tax credit for producing energy, exception.","description":"Renewable energy sources production tax credit.  Establishes, beginning January 1, 2012 and ending July 1, 2016, a $1-per-megawatt-hour income tax credit for each megawatt-hour of electricity or megawatt-hour equivalent in thermal energy that an energy producer generated from renewable energy sources harvested or captured in Virginia and sold or self-consumed during the taxable year. The bill provides that tax credits would be allowed only for electricity or thermal energy generated from equipment first placed in service on or after January 1, 2012. Under the bill, investor-owned incumbent electric utilities that have applied to the State Corporation Commission for approval to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program would be ineligible to receive the tax credit. The bill would provide a 10-year carryforward period for any credit not usable in the taxable year of sale.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB981/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB981","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229704,"bill_number":"SB984","title":"Transient occupancy tax; Counties of Brunswick and Washington authorized to impose.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Brunswick County; Washington County. Adds Brunswick County and Washington County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any county may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed two percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB984/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB984","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229705,"bill_number":"SB986","title":"Certificate of public need; exempts Veterans Services facilities.","description":"Certificate of public need; exempts Veterans Services facilities. Exempts any facility of the Department of Veterans Services from the certificate of public need requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB986/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB986","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229706,"bill_number":"SB987","title":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans.","description":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans. Codifies the constitutional amendment adopted by voters in November 2010 that provides for a property tax exemption for veterans who have a 100 percent, service-related disability. The constitutional amendment requires the General Assembly to enact the exemption in general law. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB987/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB987","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229707,"bill_number":"SB988","title":"Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.","description":"Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset. Extends the sunset for the Joint Commission on Health Care from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB988/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB988","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229708,"bill_number":"SB998","title":"Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.","description":"Corporate income tax; lower rate for certain businesses. Reduces the corporate income tax rate from six percent to three percent for the first three years after a business located (i) outside Virginia opens an office in a Virginia locality with population of 200,000 or fewer individuals and (ii) in a Virginia locality with a population exceeding 200,000 people opens a satellite office or operation in a Virginia locality with a population of 200,000 or fewer, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. The capital investment made by the corporation must be $250,000 or more and the tax reduction may not exceed the amount of that capital investment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB998/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB998","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229709,"bill_number":"SB999","title":"Local Defense Production Zone; created and creates a separate classification of machinery and tools.","description":"Local incentives for the design, development, or production of goods for national defense.  Creates a separate classification of machinery and tools designed and used directly in manufacturing or processing materials, components, or equipment for national defense. Local governments would be authorized to tax such machinery and tools at a rate that is less than the rate generally applicable to machinery and tools. The bill also authorizes local governments to establish, by ordinance, local defense production zones including incentives and regulatory flexibility for the design, development, or production by a defense production business of materials, components, or equipment for national defense. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0877)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB999/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB999","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229710,"bill_number":"SB1006","title":"Income tax, corporate; market-based sourcing.","description":"Corporate income tax; market-based sourcing. Changes the way the sales factor is determined, for purposes of the corporate income tax, so that it will be market-based sourcing rather than costs of performance, which is the current method used. The bill would become effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1006/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1006","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229711,"bill_number":"SB1011","title":"Low-income residential customers; investor-owned electric utilities to offer reduced rates.","description":"Reduced electricity rates for low-income residential customers; tax credit. Requires investor-owned electric utilities to offer eligible residential customers a reduced rate for electric service during December through April of each year. The reduced rate is 20 percent less than the rate that would be applicable to the customer if the customer was ineligible for the special rate. To be eligible for the special rate, a customer must be receiving (i) supplemental security income, (ii) aid to families with dependent children, (iii) aid to families with dependent children—unemployed, or (iv) food stamps, if the food stamp recipients are 60 years of age or older. The State Corporation Commission is required to certify each utility's revenue deficiency resulting from the special reduced rates, and the utility will receive an income tax credit calculated at 1.45 percent of the revenue deficiency. The Department of Social Services is required to adopt regulations establishing procedures to inform persons about the availability of the special reduced rates, assist applicants for the special reduced rates in proving their eligibility therefor, and assist utilities in determining the eligibility of persons for such rates. The Commission and the Department are required to adopt temporary emergency regulations implementing the program by October 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1011/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1011","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229712,"bill_number":"SB1024","title":"Drinking water community confidence reports; publication.","description":"Drinking water community confidence reports; publication.  Requires the Department of Health to include in its regulations governing waterworks, water supplies, and pure water a process whereby waterworks serving fewer than 10,000 people may seek and the Board of Health may grant a waiver of the requirement that the waterworks mail copies of its community confidence report to each customer of the system at least once annually. Such waterworks shall instead provide notice of the report via publication in a newspaper of general circulation and by such other means as the waterworks deems appropriate and make copies of the report available to the public upon request.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0843)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1024/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1024","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229713,"bill_number":"SB1027","title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; tax credit for hiring recipients thereof.","description":"Tax credit for hiring recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.  Provides that the tax credit would be issued on a fiscal year basis and that no more than $3 million in tax credits would be issued in any fiscal year of the Commonwealth. The bill charges the Department of Taxation with administering the tax credit. Under current law, the amount of tax credits that may be issued in a fiscal year is subject to the general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1027/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1027","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229714,"bill_number":"SB1029","title":"Health records; health care providers who prescribe or dispense controlled substances.","description":"Disclosure of health records; dispensing of controlled substances.  Clarifies that nothing in the Health Records Privacy Act shall prohibit a health care provider who dispenses a controlled substance to a patient from disclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program and contained in a patient's health care record to another health care provider when such disclosure is related to the care or treatment of the patient. This bill also provides that nothing shall prevent a person who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance from redisclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program to another prescriber or dispenser who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance to a recipient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0844)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1029/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1029","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229715,"bill_number":"SB1039","title":"Certificate of public need; removes an exception for requirements for certain nursing facilities.","description":"Certificate of public need; nursing facilities. Clarifies provisions allowing certain nursing facilities in continuing care retirement communities to participate in the Medical Assistance Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1039/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1039","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229716,"bill_number":"SB1045","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain computer equipment and enabling software.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; certain computer equipment and enabling software. Expands the sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of computer equipment or enabling software by data centers. There is no longer a requirement for the creation of 50 new jobs, but rather the data center must have a creation of 25 new jobs provided that such jobs pay at least one and one-half times the prevailing average wage, pay any wage rate provided the data center is located in a locality that has an unemployment rate for the preceding year of at least 150 percent of the average statewide unemployment rate for such year, or is located in an enterprise zone.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1045/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1045","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229717,"bill_number":"SB1058","title":"Air emissions; repeal of laws and regulations related to Clean Air Interstate Rule.","description":"Air emissions; repeal of laws and regulations related to the Clean Air Interstate Rule.  Repeals air emissions laws and regulations related to the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule upon the earlier of (i) the date when facilities in the Commonwealth become subject to the requirements of a federal implementation plan adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to the remand of the Clean Air Interstate Rule or (ii) the effective date of a final rule adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board implementing federal requirements adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to the remand of the Clean Air Interstate Rule. The bill requires that, in the event the State Air Pollution Control Board develops a final rule to implement federal requirements adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to the remand of the Clean Air Interstate Rule, the State Air Pollution Control Board shall evaluate the inclusion of a renewable and energy-efficiency source set-aside as part of a new source set-aside when developing such rule.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1058/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1058","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229718,"bill_number":"SB1060","title":"Impounding structure; determination of hazard potential classification, development of permit.","description":"Dam safety; regulation of impoundment structures. Allows the Director to provide financial assistance for the determination of the hazard classification for impounding structures, dam break analysis, the mapping and digitization of dam break inundation zones, incremental damage analysis, and other engineering requirements such as emergency action plan development. Dam owners whose impounding structure is not classified, or whose impounding structure is already classified but the owner believes that conditions indicate that the hazard potential classification should be reduced, may request that the Department conduct a simplified dam break inundation zone analysis to determine whether the impounding structure has a low hazard potential classification. Dam owners shall pay a fee not to exceed 50 percent of the costs for such services. If the Department finds that the impounding structure has a low hazard potential classification, the owner shall be eligible for coverage under a general permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1060/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1060","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229719,"bill_number":"SB1069","title":"Virginia Code Commission; changes appointment authority.","description":"Virginia Code Commission.  Changes appointment authority for the two circuit court member representatives to the Code Commission from the Governor to the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules and adds the Governor or his designee to the Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0848)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1069/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1069","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229720,"bill_number":"SB1082","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; added to Schedule I, penalty for possession.","description":"Synthetic marijuana; penalties. Adds synthetic marijuana (known as K2 and Spice and various other names) to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. Possession of a Schedule I drug is a Class 5 felony and the sentence for a first offense of manufacturing, selling, distributing or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give or distribute a Schedule I controlled substance is 5-40 years of imprisonment with a maximum fine of $500,000. There are additional felonies for subsequent offenses, transporting into the Commonwealth, distributing to a person under the age of 18 and selling, etc. on or near school property, etc.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1082/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1082","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229721,"bill_number":"SB1085","title":"Cigarette tax; Tax Commissioner shall convene a working group to review current policies, report.","description":"Local cigarette tax enforcement. Calls for the Tax Commissioner to convene a working group of interested parties to review policies with regard to how the local cigarette tax is enforced and administered. The working group will issue a report with recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Finance Committees by December 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1085/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1085","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229722,"bill_number":"SB1086","title":"Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemption to include certain four-wheel plug-in electric vehicles.","description":"Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemptions. Exempts from the motor vehicle sales and use tax certain four-wheel plug-in electric vehicles rated at 8,500 pounds unloaded gross vehicle weight or less and having a maximum speed capability of at least 55 miles per hour. The exemption would be limited to 10 vehicles owned by a business and one vehicle owned by an individual. The aggregate amount of exemptions allowed would be capped at $1 million, and the exemption would expire on July 1, 2012. The bill establishes a process to apply for an exemption from the Department of Taxation. The bill also includes clarifying amendments in regard to other sales tax exemptions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1086/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1086","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229723,"bill_number":"SB1087","title":"Land preservation tax credits; requires use of licensed transfer agent to transfer to taxpayer.","description":"Transfers of land preservation tax credits. Requires the use of a licensed transfer agent to transfer a land preservation tax credit to a taxpayer who is not an individual. Transfer agents would be licensed by the Department of Taxation. The bill provides licensing requirements for transfer agents. The bill allows the Tax Commissioner to revoke or suspend the license of, or impose a monetary penalty upon, any transfer agent who repeatedly transfers land preservation tax credits that are subsequently disallowed in whole or in part by the Department. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1232-Deeds) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1087/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1087","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229724,"bill_number":"SB1101","title":"Income tax, state & corporate; tax credit for using livestock waste nutrient to produce electricity.","description":"Income tax credits; electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients. Establishes individual and corporate income tax credits for energy property under §48(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is (i) placed in service in the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2011, and (ii) part of an electric energy facility producing electricity primarily from agricultural livestock waste nutrients. The amount of the credit would be equal to the amount of the energy credit allowed for the taxable year under §48 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for placing the energy property in service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1101/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1101","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229725,"bill_number":"SB1104","title":"Open-space land; expands definition.","description":"Open-space land. Expands the definition of open-space land in the Open-Space Land Act to include land which is provided or preserved for agricultural and forestal production.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0159)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1104/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1104","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229726,"bill_number":"SB1111","title":"Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit; extends sunset provision.","description":"Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit.  Extends from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2016, the sunset date for the redemption or refund provision of the tax credit, which would allow a person with an economic interest in coal to redeem with the Tax Commissioner that portion of the tax credit that exceeds the person's tax liability.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1111/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1111","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229727,"bill_number":"SB1183","title":"Legislative sessions; no bills may introduced in an odd-year regular session, exception.","description":"Legislative sessions. Provides that no bills may be introduced in an odd-year regular session except (i) amendments to the biennial budget, (ii) constitutional amendments, (iii) legislation continued from the even-year regular session immediately preceding an odd-year regular session, (iv) emergency legislation requested by the Governor or introduced by a member of the General Assembly upon the unanimous consent of the house of introduction, (v) legislation pertaining to procedural matters, and (vi) commending and memorial resolutions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rules (4-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1183/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1183","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229728,"bill_number":"SB1219","title":"Medical services at hospitals; charges by physician & surgeon who are not members of provider panel.","description":"Charges by nonparticipating physicians at participating hospitals. Requires a hospital that is a participating provider under a health insurance policy, contract, or plan to notify enrollees who are admitted for hospitalization of any physicians or surgeons who provide medical services at the hospital in the regular course of their practice and who are not members of a provider panel under the contract, policy, or plan. Such nonparticipating physicians and surgeons are required to inform enrollees admitted for hospitalization that they do not participate in a provider panel under the policy, contract, or plan and that the enrollee may be liable for the portion of his charges that exceeds the amount paid by the carrier for his services. Such providers are prohibited from billing an enrollee for any amount by which their charges for covered services exceed the amount paid by the carrier for the services unless the enrollee consented in writing, prior to receiving such services, to the use of his services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1219/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1219","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229729,"bill_number":"SB1269","title":"Autism Advisory Council; created, report.","description":"Autism Advisory Council created. Creates the Autism Advisory Council as an advisory council in the legislative branch of state government to promote coordination of services and resources among agencies involved in the delivery of services to Virginians with autism spectrum disorders and to increase public awareness of such services and resources. The Council will not be created unless funds are included in the appropriation act. The Council will expire on July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1269/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1269","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":229730,"bill_number":"SB1271","title":"Auditor of Public Accounts; required to review collection, etc., of local retail sales & use tax.","description":"Auditor of Public Accounts to review distribution of local retail sales and use tax. Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to review each year the collection and distribution of the retail sales and use tax, with a focus on the collection and distribution of local retail sales and use taxes. Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Auditor shall recommend annual benchmarks for evaluating the effectiveness of the Department of Taxation in collecting and distributing the local retail sales and use tax.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1271/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1271","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234562,"bill_number":"SB890","title":"Cable television system, etc.; contracts with electric cooperative facilities for pole attachments.","description":"Pole attachments. Authorizes a telecommunications service provider or cable television system that is unable to arrive at a mutually agreeable contract with an electric cooperative for pole attachments to the electric cooperative's facilities to petition the State Corporation Commission to establish the rates, terms, and conditions for such a contract. The Commission's actions shall be consistent with the goal of promoting access to electric cooperative facilities by telecommunications service providers and cable television systems in order to promote broadband connections and deployment throughout the Commonwealth. The Commission shall utilize the principles established by the Federal Communications Commission in regulations and case law for pole attachments regulated pursuant to federal law in establishing such rates, terms, and conditions. A rate set by the Commission shall not exceed the highest rate for a similar attachment that is charged by an investor-owned electric utility that provides service in an area adjacent to the electric cooperative's service territory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB890/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB890","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234563,"bill_number":"SB892","title":"Human Resource Management, Department of; TRICARE supplemental health coverage to military retirees.","description":"Department of Human Resource Management; TRICARE supplemental health coverage. Authorizes the Department of Human Resource Management to offer coverage under the state's cafeteria plan established under §125 of the Internal Revenue Code to military retirees and their dependents who are eligible for benefits under the TRICARE Military Health System supplemental health plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB892/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB892","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234564,"bill_number":"SB894","title":"Transportation Board; cooperation with persons maintaining marine museums.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board's cooperation with persons maintaining marine museums. Repeals a Code of Virginia provision authorizing the CTB to cooperate with persons maintaining marine museums in a county in the Commonwealth adjoining a city located on navigable water with a population of 30,000 or more.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB894/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB894","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234565,"bill_number":"SB895","title":"Turnpike or ferry corporations; donation of capital stock.","description":"Donation of capital stock of turnpike or ferry corporations. Repeals Code provision allowing any turnpike or ferry corporation to donate and transfer its entire capital stock to the Commonwealth Transportation Board or to political subdivisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0429)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB895/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB895","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234566,"bill_number":"SB896","title":"State and municipal turnpike projects; repeals certain Code provisions.","description":"State and municipal turnpike projects. Repeals certain Code provisions relating to the establishment of turnpikes. The Commonwealth Transportation Board and the Virginia Department of Transportation have never used these sections to issue revenue bonds for turnpike projects and no city or town has constructed a toll facility connected to a state turnpike project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB896/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB896","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234567,"bill_number":"SB897","title":"Interstate 66 Economic Development Program; repealed.","description":"Interstate 66 Economic Development Program. Repeals the Interstate 66 Economic Development Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0430)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB897/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB897","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234568,"bill_number":"SB898","title":"Photo-monitoring systems; repeals requirement that localities submit list of intersections approved.","description":"Photo-monitoring systems. Repeals the requirement that localities submit the list of intersections approved for installation of photo-monitoring systems to the Virginia Department of Transportation for final approval if the locality has a population of 149,500 or more.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB898/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB898","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234569,"bill_number":"SB900","title":"Annexations; amends law to allow townships to use traditional process to seek to expand boundaries.","description":"Annexations by townships. Amends the law to allow townships to use the traditional annexation process to seek to expand their boundaries as long as the consolidation agreement includes a provision allowing the exercise of that power. Only townships created as a result of a consolidation occurring subsequent to July 1, 2011, are authorized to use this annexation process.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB900/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB900","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234570,"bill_number":"SB902","title":"Judicial Retirement System; retired judges or justices appearing as counsel.","description":"Retired judges; appearing as counsel. Permits retired justices or judges to appear as counsel in cases in courts of the Commonwealth if (i) the retired justice or judge has been retired for at least two years and is not authorized for temporary recall by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, (ii) the retired justice or judge is appearing as counsel, pro bono, for an indigent person in a civil matter, (iii) such civil matter is assigned or referred to the retired justice or judge by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar, and (iv) the retired justice or judge is not an employee, officer, or board member of such nonprofit legal aid program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB902/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB902","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234571,"bill_number":"SB903","title":"Violent felony; possession of firearm on school property prohibited, penalty.","description":"Definition of violent felony; penalty. Removes an \"and\" in the list of violent felonies to make it clear that a person does not need to be convicted of both §18.2-308.1 (possession of weapon on school property) and §18.2-308.2 (possession of firearm by a felon) in order to have the offense qualify as a violent felony for the purpose of the sentencing guidelines. The bill also provides that using a firearm in a threatening manner in a school is the only felony in §18.2-308.1 that qualifies as a violent felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB903/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB903","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234572,"bill_number":"SB904","title":"Assault and battery; penalty when against family to be elevated to Class 6 felony.","description":"Family assault and battery. Allows the penalty for family assault and battery to be elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony if the defendant has previously been convicted of unlawful wounding or unlawful bodily injury by means of a substance. Under current law, malicious wounding and malicious bodily injury by means of a substance are two of the crimes that allow elevation of the penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Tabled in Appropriations by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB904/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB904","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234573,"bill_number":"SB906","title":"Family life education; SOL objectives related to dating violence, etc., to be taught in school.","description":"Family life education; dating violence. Provides that any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall require the Standards of Learning objectives related to dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships to be taught at least once during middle school and at least twice during high school.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB906/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB906","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234574,"bill_number":"SB907","title":"Electric utilities; inclining block rate schedules.","description":"Electric utilities; inclining block rate schedules. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in any proceeding in which an electric utility asks to modify an existing residential retail rate structure, or to offer a new residential retail rate structure, to consider the extent to which such proposed rates encourage conservation and the efficient use of electricity by incorporating inclining block rate schedules. Inclining block rates charge higher rates for consumption that exceeds a certain amount per billing period. The Commission is also required to consider in such proceedings (i) the extent to which the utility expands the desired effect of its inclining block rate schedule by incorporating three or more blocks and by incorporating elements that are currently fixed rate and (ii) the extent to which the utility incorporates consumer awareness of the new rate structure and helps customers make informed choices and decisions with respect to efficiency investments. If requested by the utility, the Commission shall allow for the recovery of revenue reductions related to a decrease in energy consumption directly attributed to the new schedules. Finally, the measure directs the Commission to encourage investor-owned electric utilities to file a proposal to offer their residential customers a revenue neutral standard tariff under which rates reflect inclining block rate schedules that charge higher rates for consumption over a certain amount per billing period for the seven non-heating months of April through October and flat rates for the five heating months of November through March. The Commission is directed to publish, by January 1, 2012, guidelines that provide design standards for inclining block rates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB907/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB907","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234575,"bill_number":"SB908","title":"Court fees; increases from $10 to $14 additional fees that are collected.","description":"Court fees.  Increases from $10 to $14 the additional court fees that are collected, upon commencement of a civil action in circuit or general district court, in cities and counties in which free, civil legal representation is provided for the poor by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar. The bill also changes from $9 to $13 the amount that, from such additional fee, is to be credited to the Virginia State Bar's Legal Aid Services Fund.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB908/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB908","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234576,"bill_number":"SB914","title":"Juveniles; offenses for which juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult.","description":"Offenses for which a juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult; penalty.  Provides that a juvenile age 14 or older will automatically be subject to a preliminary hearing in juvenile court and transferred to circuit court for trial as an adult if he is charged with any offense defined as an act of violence in §19.2-297.1 and has been previously adjudicated delinquent for such an offense.   The bill also provides that a juvenile court shall conduct a preliminary hearing upon notice by the attorney for the Commonwealth to the court and parties when a juvenile 14 years of age or older is charged with gang participation in violation of §18.2-46.2.   The bill also provides that a juvenile court shall conduct a preliminary hearing upon notice by the attorney for the Commonwealth to the court and parties whenever a juvenile 14 years of age or older is charged with manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance in violation of §18.2-248; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute methamphetamine in violation of §18.2-248.03; felonious selling, giving, distributing or possessing with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of §18.2-248.1; or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute anabolic steroids in violation of §18.2-248.5, if the juvenile has been previously adjudicated delinquent of any such offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB914/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB914","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234577,"bill_number":"SB915","title":"Inspection of motor vehicles; exceptions to requirements.","description":"Inspection of motor vehicles. Restates requirements for motor vehicle safety inspections and places exemptions under a single Code section.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB915/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB915","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234578,"bill_number":"SB916","title":"Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; notice to policy owners.","description":"Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; advertisements. Requires that the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association's summary document be posted on the Association's website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB916/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB916","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234579,"bill_number":"SB917","title":"Virginia Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; increase life insurance coverage.","description":"Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association. Increases the maximum amount of coverage provided by the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association for life insurance death benefits from $300,000 to $500,000. The measure also increases the maximum amount that the Association may become obligated to cover with respect to (i) the net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values for life insurance policies from $100,000 to $200,000 and (ii) the present value of annuity benefits, including net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values, from $250,000 to $500,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB917/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB917","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234580,"bill_number":"SB918","title":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; receive & integrate criminal-related intelligence information.","description":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center. Allows the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center to receive and integrate criminal-related intelligence information, not just terrorist-related intelligence, to assist in preventing and deterring criminal activity generally.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB918/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB918","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234581,"bill_number":"SB919","title":"Crimes against adults 60 years of age or older; increases criminal penalties.","description":"Penalty for certain crimes against adults 60 years of age or older. Increases criminal penalties when the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older and the offender knows or reasonably should know the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older as follows: Any person who commits a grand larceny shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than 20 years. Any person who obtains money by false pretenses is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person who signs another's name to a writing is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Any person who commits an identity theft resulting in financial loss of greater than $200 is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who commits a second or subsequent offense shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years in addition to the punishment provided for such offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1324-Herring) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB919/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB919","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234582,"bill_number":"SB921","title":"Pianakatank River & Narrows; VMRC to convey easements for purpose of installing, etc. cable system.","description":"Property conveyance. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to grant and convey a permanent easement and right-of-way across the bed of the Piankatank River and a permanent easement and right-of-way across the bed of the Narrows, including a portion of the Baylor Survey, to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Virginia Power), for the purpose of installing and operating a submarine electric distribution cable system. This is emergency legislation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB921/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB921","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234583,"bill_number":"SB923","title":"Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.","description":"Department of Corrections; inmate trust accounts.  Requires the Department of Corrections to establish for each inmate a personal trust account consisting of 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source until the account has a balance of $1,000. Funds in an inmate's personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole or final discharge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB923/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB923","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234584,"bill_number":"SB925","title":"Global Positioning System (GPS); tracking for person on bond or as a condition of probation.","description":"Bond; GPS tracking. Allows GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking for persons on secured bond or as a condition of probation or suspended sentence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB925/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB925","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234585,"bill_number":"SB926","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule I (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule I, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana. However, except where synthetic marijuana is specifically exempted, it will fall under provisions in the Virginia Code that refer to controlled substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB926/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB926","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234586,"bill_number":"SB927","title":"Sex offender registry; affidavits.","description":"Sex offender registry; affidavits. Clarifies several provisions regarding the use of an affidavit in a criminal proceeding for failure to register as a sex offender. The bill makes it clear that the Melendez-Diaz procedures do not have to be followed for a preliminary hearing and that in preliminary hearings the Commonwealth is not responsible for summoning the custodian of the records issuing the affidavit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB927/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB927","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234587,"bill_number":"SB929","title":"Tobacco products; wrappings may be sold in places not open to public and not accessible to minors.","description":"Sale of tobacco products. Provides that wrappings may be sold only in places that are not open to the general public and not generally accessible to minors and that an establishment which prohibits the presence of minors unless accompanied by an adult is not open to the general public. There is a civil penalty. Wrappings are defined in existing law as papers made or sold for covering or rolling tobacco or other materials for smoking in a manner similar to a cigarette or cigar.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB929/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB929","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234588,"bill_number":"SB930","title":"Debt management plan providers; exempts licensed certified public accountants or firms.","description":"Debt management plan providers; licensure; exemption. Provides that licensed certified public accountants and accounting firms engaging in usual and customary services performed on behalf of clients are not credit counselors, and thus are exempt from licensing requirements applicable to persons offering debt management plans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB930/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB930","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234589,"bill_number":"SB931","title":"Transfer fee covenants; shall not run with title to real property & not enforceable against owner.","description":"Transfer fee covenants. Provides that a transfer fee covenant recorded in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2011, shall not run with the title to real property and is not binding on, or enforceable against, any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in real property. The bill further provides that any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant recorded in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2011, is void and unenforceable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB931/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB931","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234590,"bill_number":"SB933","title":"Payday loans; permitted interest.","description":"Payday loans; permitted interest. Repeals provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB933/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB933","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234591,"bill_number":"SB936","title":"Virginia War Memorial; memorialization of fallen Virginians.","description":"Memorialization of fallen Virginians at the Virginia War Memorial. Codifies the criteria for inclusion of Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces on the Shrine of Memory at the Virginia War Memorial, as was required by legislation adopted in 2009. The bill also directs the Virginia War Memorial Foundation Board of Trustees to develop plans and criteria for an additional memorial to all Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces, even if they do not meet the criteria for inclusion on the Shrine of Memory.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB936/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB936","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234592,"bill_number":"SB941","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; harmonizes statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; statute of limitations. Harmonizes the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions under the Uniform Statewide Building Code at one year. Currently, the Uniform Statewide Building Code provides that such prosecutions shall be commenced within two years while §19.2-8 provides that such prosecutions must be commenced within one year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB941/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB941","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234593,"bill_number":"SB942","title":"Defective Chinese drywall; disclosure of information, real estate tax exemption.","description":"Defective Chinese drywall; disclosure, assessed value, real estate tax exemption. Requires licensees engaged by sellers and buyers, and landlords who have actual knowledge of defective Chinese drywall in a dwelling unit, to disclose that information to the prospective tenant or buyer. If a tenant is not provided disclosure within 60 days of discovery of defective drywall he may terminate the lease. The bill also provides upon confirmation by a building official that defective Chinese drywall is present, that the commissioner or other assessing official may reassess the property accordingly. Local governments may also place the property in a rehabilitation district for purposes of granting the owner a partial real estate tax exemption. This bill is a recommendation of the Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB942/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB942","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234594,"bill_number":"SB947","title":"Primary schedule in 2011; moves primary date to September 13, 2011 in anticipation of redistricting.","description":"Primary schedule in 2011. Moves the June 14, 2011, primary date to September 13, 2011, in anticipation of the 2011 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB947/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB947","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234595,"bill_number":"SB948","title":"Juvenile dispositions; gives circuit court authority to modify finding of guilt, etc.","description":"Juvenile dispositions. Gives the circuit court the authority to modify a finding of guilt to an adjudication of delinquency when a juvenile is tried in circuit court and fulfills the conditions of probation after the court has deferred the imposition of a final sentence and placed the juvenile on probation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB948/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB948","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234596,"bill_number":"SB951","title":"Freedom of Information Act; Library of Va. is custodian of records transferred to it for archiving.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; transfer of records.  Clarifies that the Library of Virginia is the custodian of records transferred to it for permanent archiving pursuant to the duties imposed by the Virginia Public Records Act (§42.1-76 et seq.) and for responding to requests for such records made under FOIA. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB951/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB951","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234597,"bill_number":"SB952","title":"Lake Anna; names six bridges in vicinity.","description":"Bridges in the vicinity of Lake Anna. Names six bridges in the vicinity of Lake Anna.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB952/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB952","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234598,"bill_number":"SB954","title":"Juvenile work programs; adds additional members to committee reviewing those employing offenders.","description":"Juvenile work programs.  Adds additional members to the committee that reviews agreements with a public or private entity for the operation of a work program for juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. In addition, the bill requires the committee to develop and submit to the Department a plan for the establishment of a network of businesses willing to employ juveniles released from the Department's commitment. The provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB954/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB954","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234599,"bill_number":"SB955","title":"Craney Island Disposal Area; Port Authority to take material dredged during expansion and dispose.","description":"Craney Island disposal. Authorizes the Virginia Port Authority to take material dredged during the expansion of Craney Island from sediment remediation and wetlands mitigation sites along the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River and dispose of it at the Craney Island Disposal Area.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB955/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB955","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234600,"bill_number":"SB958","title":"Veterans care centers; removes requirement for Commissioner to establish an advisory committee.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; duties of Commissioner; establishment of advisory committees for veterans care centers. Removes the requirement for the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to establish an advisory committee on the administration of veterans care centers established in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB958/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB958","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234601,"bill_number":"SB959","title":"Vital records; certified copies for veterans or his survivor, free of charge.","description":"Vital records; copies for veterans. Allows any veteran or his survivor to obtain a certified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits, free of charge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB959/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB959","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234602,"bill_number":"SB961","title":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption for U.S. Navy dredging projects.","description":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption; U.S. Navy. Extends the exemption from fee requirements for a Virginia Water Protection Permit to dredging activities performed by the Department of the Navy. Dredging operations sponsored by the Army Corps of Engineers are already exempted from such fees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB961/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB961","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234603,"bill_number":"SB962","title":"Methamphetamines; possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture, penalty.","description":"Possession of certain substances with intent to manufacture methamphetamines. Refines the list of substances involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine, the possession of two of which, coupled with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, is punished as a Class 6 felony. The change is intended to capture substances used in new methods of manufacture and to capture by-products, as well as precursors, of manufacture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB962/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB962","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234604,"bill_number":"SB965","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for spaceport activities.","description":"Retail sales and use tax exemption for spaceport activities.  Eliminates the sunset date of the sales and use tax exemption for personal property involved in spaceport activities. The sales and use tax exemption is set to expire on July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB965/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB965","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234605,"bill_number":"SB971","title":"Virginia Commonwealth University; board of visitors to convey certain property to City of Richmond.","description":"Property transfer; Virginia Commonwealth University: City of Richmond. Authorizes the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University to convey certain real property to the City of Richmond. Under the bill, the property must be used for the official Richmond Slave Trail located in Richmond, Virginia, and such use must commence within five years of the conveyance. If these conditions are not met, the property shall revert to the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB971/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB971","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234606,"bill_number":"SB972","title":"Retail Sales & Use & transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals computed based on total price.","description":"Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes on room rentals. Provides that retail sales and hotel taxes on transient room rentals are computed based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. For those cases in which a hotel or similar establishment contracts with an intermediary to facilitate the sale of the room and the intermediary charges the customer for the room and such facilitation efforts, the bill would require the intermediary to separately state the taxes on the bill or invoice provided to the customer and to collect the taxes based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. The effective date of the bill is January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB972/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB972","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234607,"bill_number":"SB974","title":"Income tax, state; agricultural best management practices tax credits.","description":"Income tax; agricultural best management practices. Allows any taxpayer to apply for a refund of individual income tax credits that he receives for agricultural best management practices and that he cannot use, which would be refunded by the Tax Commissioner on behalf of the Commonwealth for 100 percent of their face value.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0352)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB974/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB974","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234608,"bill_number":"SB975","title":"Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established.","description":"Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund. Requires the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to provide the option to make voluntary contributions to the Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund, which is established by this measure. Moneys in the Fund will be loaned for projects that involve the acquisition, installation, or operation of photovoltaic devices, solar water heating devices, or certain solar space heating devices at a residence, structure occupied by a nonprofit organization, or commercial establishment. The measure expires July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0839)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB975/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB975","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234609,"bill_number":"SB978","title":"FAMIS Plan; eligibility.","description":"FAMIS Plan eligibility. Changes the eligibility for the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan from children in families with an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level to those with an income at or below 225 percent of the federal poverty level. The provisions of this act will only become effective upon an appropriation of funds effectuating the purposes of the act passed by the 2011 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB978/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB978","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234610,"bill_number":"SB982","title":"Endangered and threatened species; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations.","description":"Endangered and threatened species. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations that allow the (i) taking, possession, exportation, transportation, or release of fish or wildlife within or among designated experimental populations of a specific species, within the context of an approved conservation plan for the species, and (ii) incidental taking of certain endangered or threatened species of fish and wildlife as long as the project enhances the long-term survival of the species and the taking is at a minimum level. The bill exempts the incidental taking of animals from designated experimental populations from the currently authorized prohibitions and penalties. Currently, the Board may permit the taking, transportation, exportation, or possession of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife only for zoological, educational, scientific, or preservation purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB982/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB982","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234611,"bill_number":"SB983","title":"Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; common interest communities, etc.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; common interest communities; powers of certain regulatory boards and programs. Extends the expiration deadline for provisional common interest community manager licenses from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2012. The bill also (i) amends bonding requirements for associations whose residents are exempt from licensure by the Common Interest Community (CIC) Board to conform to the Condominium and Property Owners Association Acts, (ii) provides for the payment of court-appointed receivers from the Common Interest Community Management Recovery Fund, and (iii) clarifies the CIC Board's authority to promulgate regulations. In addition, the bill clarifies Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act and Condominium Act provisions governing the irrevocable appointment for service of process to apply only to nonresidents and corrects an erroneous reference contained in the Condominium Act. The bill has an emergency clause and incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB983/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB983","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234612,"bill_number":"SB985","title":"Housing Development Authority Act; terms and conditions of purchases, etc., to lenders of mortgages.","description":"Virginia Housing Development Authority Act; terms and conditions of purchases from and sales to mortgage lenders of mortgage loans. Removes requirement that a lender reinvest sales proceeds and make certification of prudent investment in the case of single family loans that when made by the lender will be purchased by a housing development authority. The bill has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB985/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB985","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234613,"bill_number":"SB989","title":"Sheriffs & jail superintendents; written reports also to be received by local community boards, etc.","description":"Reports made by sheriffs and jail superintendents. Adds local community services boards and behavioral health authorities to the list of persons and entities that receive written reports made by jail superintendents and sheriffs of local jails showing the number and identity of, and other information about, jailed prisoners and juveniles.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB989/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB989","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234614,"bill_number":"SB991","title":"Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; changes notification procedures.","description":"Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; notification procedures.  Changes the notification requirement that a landowner proceeding to acquire title to a vessel abandoned on his land or in water adjacent to his land publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation from three consecutive days to three consecutive issues.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB991/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB991","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234615,"bill_number":"SB992","title":"Marijuana, imitation; same penalties for sale, gift, distribution, etc., as for marijuana.","description":"Imitation marijuana; penalty. Provides the same penalties for the sale, gift, distribution or possession with the intent to sell, give or distribute imitation marijuana as for marijuana. This includes any substance that is an imitation, is intended to imitate, or that the person should reasonably know is used as an imitation for marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB992/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB992","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234616,"bill_number":"SB993","title":"Motor vehicle emissions; testing procedures.","description":"Motor vehicle emissions; testing procedures.  Removes the requirement that BAR-90 and ASM 50-15 are the only authorized motor vehicle emissions testing equipment and allows the use of any computer software programs and emissions testing procedures necessary to comply with the applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Department of Environmental Quality","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB993/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB993","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234617,"bill_number":"SB994","title":"Best interests of child; jurisdiction to resolve a dispute how child shall be educated.","description":"Best interests of the child. Provides that when a court has jurisdiction to resolve a dispute between parents as to how a child shall be educated, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child's best interests to remain in the last educational setting to which both parents agreed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB994/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB994","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234618,"bill_number":"SB995","title":"Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license.","description":"Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license.  Creates an additional boat license option for special combined individual sportfishing licenses, which allows licensees to fish in in all the tidal waters of the Commonwealth. The new license would enable the owner of a recreational boat, in any recreational boat he may own, and his passengers, to fish in the tidal waters of the Commonwealth under one combined license. The cost of the license for residents is $125 and the cost of the license for nonresidents is $200. Funds from the licenses will be shared between the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund and the Game Protection Fund.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB995/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB995","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234619,"bill_number":"SB996","title":"Cash proffers; acceptance by localities.","description":"Cash proffers; acceptance by localities. Allows localities to delay collection or acceptance of a cash proffer until the completion of the final inspection of the subject property and prior to the time of the issuance of any certificate of occupancy. Currently, localities are required to delay collection or acceptance until such time.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB996/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB996","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234620,"bill_number":"SB997","title":"Street construction; no bond, escrow, etc., may be released until streets are accepted by agency.","description":"Street construction. Allows localities to retain full performance guarantees until streets in a new development are accepted by the state agency, local government department or agency, or other public authority that is responsible for maintaining and operating such public facility.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB997/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB997","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234621,"bill_number":"SB1001","title":"Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.","description":"Powers of the State Board of Corrections. Repeals the Board's authority to (1) ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local level; (2) review and comment on all applications for federal funds and all budget and appropriations requests for the Department of Corrections prior to submission to the Governor; and (3) monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing standards and goals of the Board. The bill also repeals the power of the Board to authorize the payment of medical expenses incurred by a prisoner after his release or discharge from the Department when such expenses are the result of an injury suffered by the prisoner while incarcerated and not caused by the misconduct of the prisoner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1001/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1001","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234622,"bill_number":"SB1002","title":"Vehicle emissions inspection program; provides for an on-road clean screen program.","description":"Vehicle emissions inspection program. Provides for an on-road clean screen program, allowing a motor vehicle owner to certify compliance with emissions standards by means of on-road remote sensing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1002/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1002","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234623,"bill_number":"SB1003","title":"Service of notices from DMV; fee for renewal of driver's license, exchange of license plates.","description":"Notices from DMV; fee for exchange of license plates. Establishes certain practices relating to government efficiency, including allowing driver's license expiration notices, etc., to be sent by first-class mail or email and eliminating requirements to send notices of suspension or revocation and mandatory license clinic attendance by certified mail. The bill also imposes a $5 service charge on transactions performed at DMV Customer Service Centers if such transactions could have been completed by telephone, by mail, or electronically. The bill also creates a procedure and fee options for an exchange of license plates and imposes a minimum fee for the exchange.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1003/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1003","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234624,"bill_number":"SB1004","title":"Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.","description":"Transportation agency efficiencies and cost recoveries. Exempts the Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) from paying any fee for remote access to land records; provides for VDOT to recommend to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) an annual rate to be used by VDOT to make payments for maintenance; deletes references to the statewide maintenance cost index, the base lane per mile rate, and fund allocation; and adds language indicating that total payments are not to exceed CTB allocations. The bill also ensures that payback provisions specified are available to VDOT if a locality chooses to cancel a project in the six-year plan after approval of the location and design. Further, the bill eliminates the requirement of refunding bonds any time within three years of the date of maturity.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1004/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1004","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234625,"bill_number":"SB1005","title":"Transportation Commissioner; changes title to Commissioner of Highways, report.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. Changes the title \"Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner\" to \"Commissioner of Highways.\" The bill also eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner employ an assistant commissioner for the environment, transportation planning, and regulatory affairs; allows the Commissioner to transfer, abandon, and discontinue roads in the primary and secondary systems of state highways or move roads from one such system to another when such actions are recommended as appropriate by the Chief Engineer in connection with a construction or maintenance project; eliminates the requirement that the CTB must declare excess right-of-way surplus before VDOT may sell the land; and amends the Code to allow VDOT to submit one comprehensive report focusing on VDOT operations and services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1005/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1005","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234626,"bill_number":"SB1007","title":"Permit fees for solid waste facilities; establishes same fee structure for sanitary landfills, etc.","description":"Permit fees for solid waste facilities. Establishes the same fee structure for sanitary landfills, noncaptive industrial landfills, and construction and demolition debris landfills. All of these types of facilities will be required to pay an annual fee of $0.115 per ton of waste deposited in their facility. Currently, noncaptive industrial landfills pay an annual fee of $8,000 and construction and demolition debris landfills pay $4,000 annually, while the fee schedule for sanitary landfills is based on the annual tonnage of waste deposited in the landfill. Incinerators and energy recovery facilities will be assessed an annual fee of $0.055 per ton. The fees will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. The annual fee has been increased for other types of facilities such as composting, regulated medical waste, transfer stations, etc. The bill also requires the Department of Environmental Quality to continue its efforts to improve its solid waste program and submit a report to the General Assembly regarding such efforts by December 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1007/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1007","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234627,"bill_number":"SB1008","title":"Retirement System; creates an optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution plan; member contributions. Creates an optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees. The Commonwealth would contribute to the defined contribution account of each employee as follows: (i) the Commonwealth would contribute two percent of the employee's salary with no contribution required of the employee; (ii) if the employee contributes to his defined contribution account, the Commonwealth would match the employee's contributions at a rate of 100 percent up to the first five percent of the employee's salary, which would be in addition to the Commonwealth's contribution under clause (i); and (iii) if the employee contributes more than five percent of his salary, the Commonwealth would match the employee's contributions at a rate of 50 percent for the employee's contributions that are in excess of five percent of his salary but not in excess of eight percent of the employee's salary, which would be in addition to the Commonwealth's contributions under clauses (i) and (ii). The bill allows political subdivisions that participate in the Virginia Retirement System to establish a substantially similar defined contribution plan. The bill also requires all state employees who participate in the Virginia Retirement System to contribute five percent of their salary to their defined benefit retirement accounts. Employees not already contributing five percent of their salary would be required to contribute an additional one percent of their salary beginning on each July 1st of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Local employers would retain the option of paying member retirement contributions on behalf of their employees participating in the Virginia Retirement System. The provisions of the bill requiring state employees to contribute five percent of their salary are conditioned upon state employees receiving at least a one percent salary increase on July 1, 2011. The bill expresses the intent of the General Assembly that state employees would receive at least an additional one percent salary increase beginning on each July 1st of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1008/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1008","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234628,"bill_number":"SB1009","title":"Mortgage loan originators; prohibits SCC from issuing provisional licenses on or after July 1, 2011.","description":"Mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, and mortgage loan originators. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission (SCC) from issuing provisional licenses to mortgage loan originators on or after July 1, 2011, and repeals the provision that authorized the SCC to issue such provisional licenses effective July 1, 2012. The measure authorizes the SCC to issue cease and desist orders with regard to mortgage loan originators that have violated requirements of applicable law. Finally, the measure requires applicants for a mortgage lender or mortgage broker license to pay an application fee of $150 for each office at which the business to be licensed is to be conducted.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1009/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1009","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234629,"bill_number":"SB1010","title":"Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.","description":"Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement.  Postpones the scheduled increase, from $2,700 to $3,000, in the minimum amount of wages an employee must have earned in the two highest earnings quarters of his base period in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits. The increase will apply to claims filed on or after July 1, 2012; it is currently scheduled to apply to claims filed on or after July 3, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-01","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)","last_action_date":"2011-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1010/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1010","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234630,"bill_number":"SB1013","title":"License plates, special; eliminates fee for issuance or renewal of Purple Heart license plates.","description":"Special license plates; Purple Heart recipients; fees. Eliminates the fee for issuance or renewal of Purple Heart license plates, provided that only one set of plates can be issued free for any one applicant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1013/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1013","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234631,"bill_number":"SB1014","title":"Dental hygienists; extension of educational and preventive care protocol.","description":"Dental hygienists; extension of educational and preventive care protocol. Extends for one year the protocol allowing dental hygienists to provide educational and preventive dental care in the Lenowisco, Cumberland Plateau, and Southside Health Districts, which are designated as Virginia Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas by the Department of Health. The bill also delays the report required until January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1014/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1014","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234632,"bill_number":"SB1015","title":"Insurance policies; exemptions of large commercial risks.","description":"Insurance; large commercial risks. Makes professional liability insurance policies eligible for the exemptions that currently exist for most types of policies written for large commercial risks. Currently, professional liability insurance and workers' compensation insurance are the only lines of insurance excluded from the provision that exempts insurance of large commercial risks from requirements that policy forms and rates be filed with, and approved by, the State Corporation Commission. The measure also eliminates the requirement that insurers issuing policies under the exemption for large commercial risks report annually to the State Corporation Commission on the number of exempted policyholders and the criteria establishing the exemption.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1015/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1015","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234633,"bill_number":"SB1016","title":"Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones).","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; establishment of Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB Zones). Requires the Department of General Services and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop procurement guidelines to facilitate the participation of small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones). The bill also authorizes local public bodies to develop procurement guidelines to facilitate the participation of small businesses located in HUB zones. Such programs must be in writing and comply with any enhancement or remedial measures authorized by the Governor in the case of state agencies or the chief executive of a local governing body in the case of local agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1016/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1016","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234634,"bill_number":"SB1017","title":"Game & Inland Fisheries, Board of; to introduce new species of game, approval by local government.","description":"Stoking of game animals and fish. Requires that policies to acquire and introduce any new species of game birds, game animals, or fish on the lands are implemented only with the authorization and cooperation of affected local governments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1017/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1017","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234635,"bill_number":"SB1018","title":"Vehicle race; raises penalty for causing death of another person while engaging.","description":"Causing the death of another while engaging in a vehicle race; penalty. Raises the penalty for causing the death of another person while engaging in a vehicle race to a mandatory minimum 20 years. The current penalty is a term of confinement of not less than one nor more than 20 years, one year of which is a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The racing must be done in a manner so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1018/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1018","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234636,"bill_number":"SB1019","title":"Fire Prevention; transfers to Fire Services Board authority for approving fee structure.","description":"Fire Prevention. Transfers from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Services Board the authority for approving the fee structure for the fees that the State Fire Marshal may charge to recover the actual cost of administering and enforcing the Code.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1019/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1019","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234637,"bill_number":"SB1020","title":"Driver's license reinstatement fees; additional fees for persons with multiple suspensions, etc.","description":"Driver's license reinstatement fees. Provides for additional fees for reinstatement of driver's licenses of persons with multiple current driver's license suspensions or revocations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1020/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1020","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234638,"bill_number":"SB1021","title":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; state agencies asked to review to provide comments within 45 days.","description":"Virginia Water Protection Permits; multiagency review.  Requires natural resources agencies other than the Department of Environmental Quality eligible to provide comments on the issuance of Virginia Water Protection Permits shall do so within 45 days or be deemed to have approved the permit without further opportunity to comment. Currently, such agencies, including the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the Department of Health, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must provide comments within 45 days, but the consequences of a failure to do so in a timely manner are not set out.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1021/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1021","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234639,"bill_number":"SB1022","title":"Retirement System; creditable compensation of teachers.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; creditable compensation of teachers.  Provides that the creditable compensation of teachers for retirement purposes under the Virginia Retirement System shall include all compensation payable to teachers by their public school boards, including compensation that is not pursuant to a contract for teaching.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1022/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1022","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234640,"bill_number":"SB1023","title":"Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; authority to create damage stamp compensation program.","description":"Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; damage stamp compensation program. Removes the local authority and responsibility to create and administer the damage stamp compensation program, which assists farmers whose crops and livestock are damaged by deer, elk, or bear, or by big game hunters. The fund and administration responsibilities are reestablished with the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries. Moneys in the fund, which come from special stamps paid by hunters of bear, deer, and elk, must be expended each year for crop damages or donated to support the activities of Hunters for the Hungry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB868-Stuart) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1023/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1023","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234641,"bill_number":"SB1025","title":"Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.","description":"Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Control Board to the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. The Director, by examining the available and relevant data, shall determine whether a discharge may cause or contribute to an instream excursion above the narrative or numeric criteria of a water quality standard. If a total maximum daily load (\"TMDL\") has been established for the receiving water body, it shall be considered in the reasonable potential determination. If the receiving water body does not have a TMDL established, the Director may consider biological monitoring, chemical monitoring, and whole effluent toxicity testing. The Director may require whole effluent toxicity testing if he determines that the discharge adversely affects the biological condition of the receiving water body.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1025/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1025","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234642,"bill_number":"SB1028","title":"Drug treatment courts; established in various counties.","description":"Drug Treatment Courts. Provides for the establishment of drug treatment courts in Buchanan, Dickenson, Goochland, Montgomery, and Russell Counties, and for the establishment of a drug treatment court in the County of Wise that will serve the Counties of Lee, Scott, and Wise; and that funding shall be from federal appropriations or other nongeneral funds as may be made available for the purpose.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1028/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1028","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234643,"bill_number":"SB1030","title":"Primaries; state will reimburse localities for costs of statewide and federal elections.","description":"Elections; costs of primaries. Provides that the state will reimburse the localities for the costs of statewide and federal primary elections held after January 1, 2013, as funded by the general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1030/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1030","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234644,"bill_number":"SB1031","title":"Public schools; allows local school divisions to keep any funds from State for use next year.","description":"Public schools; unexpended funds. Allows local school divisions to keep any unexpended funds from the Commonwealth or local sources for use the next year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Defeated by Senate (17-Y 23-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1031/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1031","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234645,"bill_number":"SB1032","title":"Revenue Stabilization Fund; Auditor of Public Accounts to calculate maximum size of Fund.","description":"Revenue Stabilization Fund; maximum size. Directs the Auditor of Public Accounts, when annually calculating the maximum size of the Revenue Stabilization Fund, to calculate the maximum at 15 percent (rather than 10 percent) as a result of the passage of the constitutional amendment that increased the maximum size from 10 percent to 15 percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1032/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1032","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234646,"bill_number":"SB1033","title":"Continuing care retirement community; no less than 20% of board shall be residents of facility.","description":"Continuing care retirement community board of directors; resident representation. Requires that no less than 20 percent of the members of the board of directors of a corporation providing continuing care at a facility shall be residents of the facility elected to serve as resident representatives by the residents of the facility. This bill provides that resident representatives shall have the same voting rights as other members of the board and that a corporation may comply with the requirement by increasing the number of directors on the board or by replacing sitting directors with resident representatives as their terms expire or vacancies arise.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1033/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1033","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234647,"bill_number":"SB1034","title":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.","description":"HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates. Extends until July 1, 2012, the sunset on use of HOV lanes by clean special fuel vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1034/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1034","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234648,"bill_number":"SB1035","title":"Open container of alcohol; passenger in motor vehicle shall not possess, civil penalty.","description":"Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty. Provides that no person shall possess an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle upon a public highway of the Commonwealth in other than the manufacturer's unopened, original container. The bill punishes violators with a civil penalty of $25.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 7-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1035/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1035","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234649,"bill_number":"SB1036","title":"Direct recording electronic voting machines (DREs); localities to modify to meet legal mandates.","description":"Elections; voting equipment; direct recording electronic voting machines (DREs). Allows localities to modify their DREs to meet legal mandates to provide accessible voting equipment and provides that the State Board of Elections must give prior approval to the modifications.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1036/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1036","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234650,"bill_number":"SB1037","title":"Foster care plan; eliminates independent living as permanency goal option.","description":"Foster care plan; independent living.  Eliminates independent living as a permanency goal option for foster care plans approved on or after July 1, 2011, except in cases involving children admitted to the United States as refugees or asylees who are 16 years of age or older.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1037/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1037","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234651,"bill_number":"SB1038","title":"Foster care; allows child placed in care to remain at his original school.","description":"Foster care; school placement. Allows a child placed in foster care to remain at his original school, if it is determined to be in his best interests. The bill requires the determination to be made in writing by the placing social services agency and the local school division together, and adds the school placement to the foster care plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1038/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1038","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234652,"bill_number":"SB1040","title":"Foster care; placement of child through an agreement between parents and local board.","description":"Placement of children; criminal history and central registry check.  Eliminates language granting local boards of social services and licensed child-placing agencies discretion in deciding when to obtain background checks on adult household members residing in a home with a person with whom the local board or agency is considering placing a child on an emergency, temporary, or permanent basis and makes such checks mandatory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1040/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1040","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234653,"bill_number":"SB1041","title":"Breach of medical information; adds private entities are required to provide notice.","description":"Notification of breach of medical information.  Extends the requirement to notify individuals of a breach of their medical information to all individuals and public and private entities, rather than just governmental agencies. The bill also allows the Attorney General to impose a civil penalty not to exceed $150,000 per breach of the security system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1041/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1041","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234654,"bill_number":"SB1042","title":"Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.","description":"Texting while driving.  Repeals the \"secondary enforcement\" provisions of the statute prohibiting texting, etc., while driving.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1042/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1042","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234655,"bill_number":"SB1043","title":"Claims; certain employees of the Prince William Health Department.","description":"Claims; certain employees of the Prince William Health Department. Provides relief in the amount of $53,618 to 47 employees of the Prince William Health Department who through no fault of their own and without their knowledge were overpaid and now owe that sum to the Department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1043/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1043","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234656,"bill_number":"SB1044","title":"Highway maintenance allocations; allocation by CTB for maintenance of assets.","description":"Highway maintenance allocations. Provides that allocation by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for maintenance of assets within the Interstate System of Highways and the primary and secondary systems of state highways shall be based on achieving a minimal level of disparity among highway construction districts in meeting asset management performance standards established pursuant to §33.1-13.02.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (5-Y 8-N 2-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1044/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1044","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234657,"bill_number":"SB1046","title":"Retirement System; benefits for law-enforcement retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel. Provides that a person retired under the Law-Enforcement Officers' Retirement System, the State Police Officers' Retirement System, or the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System may be hired as a local school board security officer or security person without interruption of his retirement allowance under the following conditions: (i) the person has attained age 50 and has been retired for at least one full calendar year (or such longer period as established by the Board of the Virginia Retirement System) prior to commencing employment; (ii) the person has not retired pursuant to an early retirement incentive; (iii) the person did not voluntarily resign or voluntarily retire under the Workforce Transition Act of 1995; and (iv) the hiring school division pays to the Virginia Retirement System, during the person's employment as a local school board security officer or security person, the employer share of the retirement funding contribution that would otherwise be due if the person were a covered employee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1046/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1046","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234658,"bill_number":"SB1047","title":"Driver's license holders, provisional; makes cell phone use while driving a primary offense.","description":"Provisional driver's license holders. Makes cell phone use while driving by a provisional driver's license holder a primary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1047/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1047","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234659,"bill_number":"SB1048","title":"HOT lane construction contracts; requirements for minimum average speed for vehicles using facility.","description":"HOT lane construction contracts. Requires that HOT lane construction contracts contain requirements for minimum average speed for vehicles using the facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1048/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1048","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234660,"bill_number":"SB1049","title":"Public Procurement Act; state agencies to include in contract that contractor use E-Verify program.","description":"Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence. Provides that any employer with more than an average of 50 employees for the previous 12 months entering into a contract in excess of $50,000 with any agency of the Commonwealth to perform work or provide services pursuant to such contract shall register and participate in the federal E-Verify program to verify information and work authorization of its newly hired employees performing work pursuant to such public contract. Any such employer who fails to comply shall be debarred from contracting with any agency of the Commonwealth for a period up to one year. Such debarment shall cease upon the employer's registration and participation in the E-Verify program. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1049/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1049","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234661,"bill_number":"SB1050","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from Fund.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans. Expands the options that a grant or loan may be awarded from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund by including proposed project that involve (i) a minimum private investment of $50 million creating 50 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage, or (ii) a minimum private investment of $100 million creating 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage. The bill also provides that if a project represents an emerging technology deemed to be of benefit to the Commonwealth and creates a minimum of 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than one and one half times the prevailing average wage of the local community, a grant or loan may be awarded from the Fund. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1379-Stanley) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1050/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1050","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234662,"bill_number":"SB1051","title":"Elections; extension of polling hours.","description":"Elections; emergencies; extension of polling hours. Provides for a court-ordered extension of polling hours in emergency situations and situations that interfere with the ability of voters to travel to the polls. The bill provides that no extension shall exceed three hours, provides for notice by any petitioner for an extension to the other potential petitioners, and includes other restrictions on the court's discretion and the premature release of election results. The potential petitioners are the Secretary of the State Board of Elections and the state chairs of the political parties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1051/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1051","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234663,"bill_number":"SB1052","title":"Domestic absentee voters; provide information concerning legal residence in Virginia.","description":"Elections; absentee voting procedures. Deletes the requirement that domestic absentee voters must provide detailed information concerning their legal residence in Virginia in their sworn statement on the envelope in which they return their marked absentee ballot. The bill retains the requirement that the statement contain the voter's full name (last, first, and middle).","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1052/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1052","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234664,"bill_number":"SB1053","title":"General fund balance; assignment of year-end general fund surplus.","description":"Assignment of general fund balance remaining at year-end. Changes current law for the assignment of any year-end general fund surplus to provide that the surplus shall be used (i) first, for the Revenue Stabilization Fund deposit, and (ii) then, the scheduled repayment of deferred contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained by the Virginia Retirement System for state employees. The Governor would then be required to include in his budget bill proposed appropriations from the general fund surplus for the funding of the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the repayment of such deferred contributions. No other assignment of the general fund surplus could be made unless the total amounts for clauses (i) and (ii) have been set aside from such surplus.   Current law does not provide for any assignment of the general fund surplus for funding of the repayment of deferred contributions to defined benefit retirement plans of the Virginia Retirement System. However, the current general appropriation act includes a requirement for the Governor to propose appropriations for the repayment of contributions to the Virginia Retirement System that are being deferred for the 2010-2012 biennium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1053/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1053","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234665,"bill_number":"SB1054","title":"Civics Education, Commission on; continuation of Commission until July 1, 2012.","description":"Commission on Civics Education. Clarifies that the Commission on Civics Education will continue until July 1, 2012, if the Commission is funded by a separate appropriation in the general appropriation act or funded with nongeneral funds or donations to sustain its work.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1054/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1054","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234666,"bill_number":"SB1056","title":"Wastewater treatment; State Water Control Board develop policies eliminating wastewater discharges.","description":"Wastewater treatment. Authorizes the State Water Control Board, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to eliminate wastewater discharges from sewage treatment facilities by July 1, 2020. They are to develop alternative treatment technologies or wastewater disposal methods to discharging pollutants into state waters that will still meet water quality standards.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1056/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1056","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234667,"bill_number":"SB1057","title":"State agencies; reports to General Assembly.","description":"Reports by executive branch entities to the General Assembly. Authorizes state entities required to submit a report to multiple legislative branch entities to develop a consolidated report containing all required information. Such report shall be (i) formatted in compliance with the specific reporting requirements and (ii) provided in a manner designed to clearly delineate each legislative branch entity for which specific information is provided.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0845)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1057/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1057","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234668,"bill_number":"SB1061","title":"State employee health insurance plan; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.","description":"State employee health insurance plan; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires that the health insurance plan for state employees provide coverage for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, and the treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals from age two through age six.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1061/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1061","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234669,"bill_number":"SB1062","title":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.","description":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and treatment for ASD in individuals from age two to six, subject to an annual maximum benefit of $35,000 of coverage for applied behavior analysis. Treatment for ASD includes applied behavior analysis when provided or supervised by a board certified behavior analyst, who shall be licensed by the Board of Medicine, and the prescribing practitioner is independent of the provider of the applied behavior analysis. The mandate to provide coverage will not apply to individual or small group policies, contracts, or plans. The mandate will apply to the state employees' health insurance plan and to the local choice health program. This measure will not apply to an insurer, corporation, or health maintenance organization, or to government employee programs, if the costs associated with coverage exceed one percent of premiums charged over the experience period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0878)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1062/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1062","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234670,"bill_number":"SB1063","title":"Veterans and military servicemembers; specialty treatment procedures.","description":"Servicemembers and veterans courts. Provides for the program established by the Department of Veterans Services to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans to cooperate with localities that may establish special treatment procedures for veterans and active military servicemembers in the criminal justice system. The bill further provides that to facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problem of crime in local communities and to effectively treat, counsel, rehabilitate, and supervise veterans and active military servicemembers who are offenders or defendants in the criminal justice system that any city, county, or combination thereof may develop, establish, and maintain policies, procedures, and treatment services for all such offenders who are convicted and sentenced for misdemeanors or felonies that are not felony acts of violence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1063/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1063","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234671,"bill_number":"SB1064","title":"Erosion & sediment control plans; may charge fee to cover costs associated with certain review, etc.","description":"Erosion and sediment control plans; local waste, water, and sewer authorities. Authorizes water, sewer, sewage disposal, stormwater control, refuse collection, and disposal authorities to file a general erosion and sediment control plan annually with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. For such authorities, the Board may also charge fees equal to the lower of (i) $1,000 or (ii) an amount sufficient to cover the costs associated with standard and specification review and approval, project inspections, and compliance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1064/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1064","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234672,"bill_number":"SB1066","title":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement.","description":"Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement. Adjusts the mandatory retirement age under judicial retirement to age 73. Currently, judges are required to retire at age 70. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (10-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1066/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1066","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234673,"bill_number":"SB1067","title":"Unauthorized practice of law; increases statute of limitations on prosecutions.","description":"Unauthorized practice of law; statute of limitations. Increases the statute of limitations on prosecutions of the unauthorized practice of law from one year to two years after discovery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1067/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1067","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234674,"bill_number":"SB1068","title":"Circuit court clerks; collection of fees.","description":"Fees collected by circuit court clerks.  Clarifies that the filing of a counterclaim or any other responsive pleading in annulment, divorce and separate maintenance proceedings is not subject to the $60 fee charged by circuit court clerks. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1068/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1068","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234675,"bill_number":"SB1070","title":"Small businesses; clarifies process review of existing regulations.","description":"Regulatory flexibility for small businesses; periodic review. Clarifies the process for the notice of completion of the small business impact statement and review of existing regulations to minimize the economic impact of regulations on small businesses. The bill (i) changes the periodic review requirement from five years to four years to conform to the procedures for regulatory review adopted by each Governor under §§2.2-4013 and 2.2-4017, (ii) adds a requirement to publish a notice of the review and report of the findings in the Virginia Register of Regulations and post the notice on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, and (iii) provides for a 21-day public comment period after publication of the notice. The bill is recommended by the Virginia Code Commission based on a report of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1070/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1070","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234676,"bill_number":"SB1071","title":"Irrevocable trusts; trustee's power to appoint assets into second trust.","description":"Irrevocable trusts; trustee's power to appoint assets into second trust. Authorizes the trustee of an irrevocable trust to appoint all or part of the principal or income of a trust into a second trust for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the original trust.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1071/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1071","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234677,"bill_number":"SB1072","title":"Inter vivos QTIP trusts; if established by donor spouse not to be included in estate.","description":"Inter vivos QTIP trusts.  Provides that the donor spouse who establishes for his spouse a QTIP (qualified terminable interest property) trust, which effectively gives the donee spouse a life estate in the trust property, or an inter vivos power of appointment marital deduction trust shall not have the trust property included in the donor spouse's estate for estate tax purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1072/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1072","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234678,"bill_number":"SB1073","title":"Real estate tax relief; for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled.","description":"Real estate tax relief for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled. Authorizes local governments to establish annual income or financial worth limitations as a condition of eligibility for real property tax relief for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled. The bill implements the amendment to Article X, Section 6 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia that limits the General Assembly's ability to establish the limitations and allows the General Assembly to authorize local governments to establish the limitations. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1073/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1073","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234679,"bill_number":"SB1074","title":"Tuition, in-state; person of other state meeting requirements called to National Guard is eligible.","description":"In-state tuition; National Guard. Provides in-state tuition for any person who met the requirements for in-state tuition prior to being called to active duty in the National Guard of another state following completion of active duty service if during active duty that person maintained one or more of the following in Virginia rather than in another state or jurisdiction: a driver's license, motor vehicle registration, voter registration, employment, property ownership, or sources of financial support.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0376)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1074/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1074","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234680,"bill_number":"SB1075","title":"Administrative suspension of license; changes period upon arrest for a DUI from seven to 60 days.","description":"Administrative suspension of license. Changes the period of administrative license suspension upon arrest for a DUI from seven to 60 days and, for a second or subsequent offense, from 60 days until the time of trial.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1075/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1075","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234681,"bill_number":"SB1076","title":"Elections; recount procedures.","description":"Elections; recount procedures. Provides that in a recount when ballots are rerun through optical scan tabulators, the total number of ballots counted by the tabulator and the total number of ballots set aside by the tabulator must equal the total number of ballots rerun through the tabulator. If this requirement is not met, all the optical scan ballots for the precinct must be counted by hand.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1076/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1076","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234682,"bill_number":"SB1077","title":"International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations; clarifies eligibility for credit.","description":"International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement; course credit.  Clarifies that students should be eligible for credit for International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations, not the courses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1077/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1077","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234683,"bill_number":"SB1078","title":"Child care; administration of certain medicines of those regulated by local government.","description":"Local government run child care; administration of certain medicines. Allows the employees of a child day program regulated by a local government to administer medication to a child if such employee (i) has satisfactorily completed a training program for this purpose approved by the Board of Nursing and taught by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or pharmacist; (ii) has obtained written authorization from a parent or guardian; (iii) administers drugs only to the child identified on the prescription label in accordance with the prescriber's instructions pertaining to dosage, frequency, and manner of administration; and (iv) administers only those drugs that were dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original, labeled container that would normally be administered by a parent or guardian to the child.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1078/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1078","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234684,"bill_number":"SB1080","title":"Virginia Condominium Act; limitation of future sales as smoke-free units.","description":"Virginia Condominium Act; amendment of condominium instruments; limitation of future sales as smoke-free units.  Authorizes the condominium instruments to be amended by agreement of two-thirds of the unit owners, or by a larger majority if the condominium instruments specify, to require that units conveyed or transferred after the effective date of amendment be smoke-free units.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1080/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1080","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234685,"bill_number":"SB1084","title":"Concealed handgun permittee information; prohibits clerk of court from disclosing information.","description":"Access to concealed handgun permittee information.  Prohibits the clerk of the court from disclosing identifying information contained on a concealed handgun permit application or on an order issuing a concealed handgun permit, if so requested by the applicant or permittee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1084/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1084","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234686,"bill_number":"SB1090","title":"Virginia-grown food products; purchase by state agencies and institutions, etc.","description":"Purchase of Virginia-grown food products by state agencies and institutions and local school divisions. Provides for the Department of General Services to establish procurement procedures to facilitate the purchase of Virginia-grown food products by state agencies and institutions and local public school divisions to the maximum extent possible. The bill also provides local school divisions with an exemption from competitive sealed bidding under certain circumstances when procuring Virginia-grown food products for student consumption.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1090/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1090","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234687,"bill_number":"SB1091","title":"Protective orders; expands class of persons who may be issued order from victims of stalking, etc.","description":"Protective order; grounds.  Expands the class of persons who may be issued a protective order from victims of stalking, sexual battery, aggravated sexual battery, or a criminal offense resulting in serious bodily injury to any party who is or has been subjected to conduct that causes a reasonable apprehension of death, criminal sexual assault, or bodily injury. The bill also authorizes protective orders to be issued based on the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the respondent for certain crimes. The protective order may be issued irrespective of the relationship between the petitioner and respondent. The bill does not affect provisions authorizing protective orders in cases of family abuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1222-Barker) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1091/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1091","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234688,"bill_number":"SB1092","title":"Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.","description":"Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; administration of program.  Creates a program administrator designated by the local governing body to oversee the application process under the Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act. Localities are given the authority to prescribe which maps or aerial photographs shall accompany the application, and applications are to first be reviewed by the program administrator and the advisory committee before going to the local governing body. Currently, the applications are first reviewed by the local governing body before going to the planning commission and advisory committee for their recommendations. The procedure for withdrawal of land from agricultural and forestal districts is amended to mirror the procedure for creation of a district.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1092/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1092","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234689,"bill_number":"SB1093","title":"Assisted living facilities; may continue to operate with an acting administrator.","description":"Administration of assisted living facilities. Provides that in cases in which a licensed assisted living facility administrator dies, resigns, is discharged, or becomes unable to perform his duties, an assisted living facility may continue to operate for up to 150 days with an acting administrator who has applied to an approved administrator-in-training program or has completed such program and is awaiting licensure, or for up to 90 days with an acting administrator who has not applied for licensure. The bill allows for a single 30-day extension for facilities operating with an acting administrator who has applied for licensure, completed the administrator-in-training program, and is awaiting the results of the national examination, and provides that no assisted living facility shall operate under the supervision of an acting administrator for more than one time during any two-year period unless authorized to do so by the Department of Social Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1093/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1093","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234690,"bill_number":"SB1094","title":"Youth health risk survey; Department of Health to develop and notify parents of students selected.","description":"Youth health risk survey. Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate planning and implementation of effective programs for substance abuse prevention through collection of information identifying trends in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and the assessment of risk and protective factors among youth of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that a student shall not be required to participate if his parents refuse consent in writing prior to administration of the survey, and requires local school boards to develop policies for the notification of parents of students selected for participation in the survey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1094/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1094","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234691,"bill_number":"SB1095","title":"Schedule II, etc., controlled substances; prescriber to request information about patient.","description":"Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances. Requires any prescriber who prescribes a controlled substance included in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act to request and review information about that patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program, and to continue to do so at least annually for so long as the prescriber continues to prescribe the controlled substance to the patient.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1095/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1095","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234692,"bill_number":"SB1096","title":"Pharmacies; shall have access to Prescription Monitoring Program.","description":"Pharmacies; access to Prescription Monitoring Program.  Provides that the Board of Pharmacy shall include in its regulations a requirement that nothing shall prevent a pharmacist who is eligible to receive information from the Prescription Monitoring Program from requesting and receiving such information. However, no pharmacy shall be required to maintain Internet access to the Prescription Monitoring Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1096/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1096","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234693,"bill_number":"SB1097","title":"Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license.","description":"Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for practitioners licensed by such Board who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1097/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1097","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234694,"bill_number":"SB1099","title":"Stormwater nonpoint nutrient offsets; establish priorities to be used by permit issuing authorities.","description":"Nonpoint nutrient offsets. Establishes priorities to be used by permit issuing authorities when considering off-site phosphorous control options for stormwater permits. The bill also provides conditions under which use of an off-site option can be granted. In addition, permit-issuing authorities are to allow the full or partial substitution of nonpoint nutrient offsets for existing on-site nutrient control when the offsets will compensate for 10 or fewer pounds of the annual phosphorous requirement associated with the land-disturbing activity or the existing on-site controls are not functioning as anticipated and the use of the offset will make up the deficiency. The bill authorizes the acquisition of nonpoint nutrient offsets in compliance actions to compensate for nutrient control deficiencies when nutrient control deficiencies occur during the period of noncompliance and for permanent deficiencies. The prioritization established for existing nutrient reductions at the time of the land-disturbing activity and the conditions under which off-site options may be utilized are limited to those instances when there are nonpoint nutrient offsets available within the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1099/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1099","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234695,"bill_number":"SB1100","title":"Nutrient Offset Fund; created.","description":"Water Quality Improvement Fund; nutrient offsets.  Creates the Nutrient Offset Fund as a subfund of the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund to be administered by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality for the purchase of nutrient reductions certified under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program. Using moneys from the subfund, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may enter into long-term contracts with producers of nutrient offsets to purchase such offsets. Priority shall be given to nutrient offsets produced from facilities that generate electricity from animal waste. The nutrient offsets purchased with moneys from the subfund will be available for sale to owners or operators of new or expanded facilities required to offset nutrient loads through the watershed general permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1100/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1100","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234696,"bill_number":"SB1102","title":"Point source nutrient trading; shall not be subject to a two-for-one trading ratio.","description":"Point source nutrient trading. Exempts from the \"two-for-one\" rule point source nutrient removal technologies such as manure gasifiers that are being used by nonpoint sources (a farm) to generate and sell nutrient allocation offsets. The current Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program requires that two pounds of a nutrient be purchased for each pound to be offset when the allocation is purchased from a nonpoint source.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1102/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1102","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234697,"bill_number":"SB1106","title":"Centralized fleet; Department of General Services, et al., to promulgate minimum mileage standards.","description":"Department of General Services; centralized fleet; minimum mileage standard.  Requires the Director of the Department of General Services to promulgate a minimum mileage standard for assigned passenger-type vehicles from the centralized fleet, taking into account best value, industry standard practices, and the use of alternative transportation methods. Currently, the minimum mileage required for assigning a vehicle is calculated using a statutory formula.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1106/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1106","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234698,"bill_number":"SB1107","title":"Public Procurement Act; increases small purchases exemption.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases. Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the small purchases exemption under the Virginia Public Procurement Act for single or term contracts for goods and services other than professional services. The bill also provides that, in addition to a written informal solicitation of a minimum of four bidders or offerors for such purchases that are expected to exceed $30,000, state agencies, departments, and institutions must post the notice on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. The bill also encourages local public bodies to use the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1107/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1107","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234699,"bill_number":"SB1108","title":"Home food inspections; exempts private home whose resident processes honey produced from hives.","description":"Home food inspections.  Exempts a private home whose resident processes and prepares honey produced from hives owned by the resident from inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. To be exempted the person has to meet certain conditions including selling less than 250 gallons of honey annually, affixing a label to the product that says \"PROCESSED AND PREPARED WITHOUT STATE INSPECTION. WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to Infants Under One Year Old,\" and annually certifying that these various conditions have been met.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1108/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1108","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234700,"bill_number":"SB1109","title":"Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System.","description":"Corrections; use of inmate labor. Authorizes the use of inmate labor at rest areas along the Interstate Highway System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1109/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1109","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234701,"bill_number":"SB1110","title":"UVA; to make full use of additional financial authority granted in management agreement.","description":"University of Virginia; management agreement. Clarifies that the University of Virginia is authorized to make full use of the additional financial and operational authority granted to it in its management agreement in providing assistance to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1110/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1110","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234702,"bill_number":"SB1112","title":"Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs); duties and responsibilities.","description":"Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs). Specifies the role of MPOs in the Commonwealth's transportation decision-making process.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1112/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1112","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234703,"bill_number":"SB1113","title":"Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.","description":"Unemployment compensation; Social Security offset. Eliminates the requirement that unemployment compensation benefits be reduced by 50 percent of the amount of the claimant's Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act retirement benefits in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund is less than 50 percent. Currently, such a reduction in unemployment benefits is not required in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund exceeds 50 percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1113/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1113","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234704,"bill_number":"SB1114","title":"DGS; review of proposed use and occupancy of real property by state agencies.","description":"Department of General Services; review of proposed use and occupancy of real property by state agencies; Governor's approval required. Clarifies that the use and occupancy of real property by state agencies shall comply with guidelines developed by the Department of General Services and require approval of the Governor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1114/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1114","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234705,"bill_number":"SB1115","title":"Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state & local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees. Creates an optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees beginning January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1115/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1115","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234706,"bill_number":"SB1116","title":"Laboratory results; authority to provide directly to insurance carrier, etc.","description":"Laboratory results; authority to receive directly. Allows a laboratory, with authorization from patient, to provide a copy of the report of the results directly to the insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan that provides health insurance or similar coverage to the patient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1116/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1116","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234707,"bill_number":"SB1117","title":"Death certificates; allows supervised nurse practitioners and physician assistants to sign.","description":"Death certificates; who may sign. Allows supervised nurse practitioners and physician assistants to determine cause of death and sign death certificates, provided they have access to the decedent's medical history and the death is due to natural causes. In addition, the bill expands the description of which physicians may determine cause of death and sign a death certificate and provides civil immunity for signature and determination of cause of death on a certificate for physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who sign death certificates and determine cause of death, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1117/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1117","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234708,"bill_number":"SB1118","title":"DUI ignition interlock; person convicted is required to have on first offense, restricted license.","description":"First offense DUI; ignition interlock and restricted license. Provides that a person who is convicted of DUI is required to have an ignition interlock on the first offense as a condition of a restricted license. Currently, the requirement for an interlock is imposed only upon a second offense or when the offender's blood alcohol content is above 0.15 percent. The bill also expands the likelihood that a first offender will be issued a restricted license when necessary for the offender's employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1118/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1118","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234709,"bill_number":"SB1119","title":"Permit compliance; Department of Environmental Quality increases limit of civil penalty issued.","description":"Department of Environmental Quality; permit compliance; civil penalty procedures.  Increases the limit of a civil penalty issued by a special order of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality from $10,000 to $10,000 for an initial violation, $15,000 for a second violation of the same provision, or $30,000 for a third or subsequent violation of the same provision. The Department may issue a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 after providing reasonable notice of the civil penalty in writing and allowing for an informal fact finding proceeding upon request. Additionally, the Department of Environmental Quality is required to develop guidance to improve communication and coordination between the Department of Environmental Quality and local governments regarding landfills, other than captive industrial landfills, including the issuance of permits.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2011-03-29","last_action":"Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1119/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1119","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234710,"bill_number":"SB1120","title":"Judgment lien; court shall not decree real estate to be sold to enforce.","description":"Court's jurisdiction to enforce judgment lien through sale of real estate.  Provides that a court shall not decree real estate to be sold to enforce a judgment lien if (i) such real estate is used as the owner's primary residence, (ii) such owner has an annual household gross income below $59,000, and (iii) the value of such real estate is not greater than $150,000 based upon the most recent tax assessment. However, this exception shall not apply if the judgment at issue was rendered against the owner of the real estate for the commission of an intentional tort or fraud or the failure to pay a child or spousal support obligation or state or local taxes or levies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1120/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1120","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234711,"bill_number":"SB1121","title":"Local government; establishment and administration of personnel system.","description":"Local government; establishment and administration of personnel system. Authorizes a locality to establish a personnel system for local administrative officials and employees based on merit and professional ability. The bill also authorizes a locality to include in any group life, accident and health insurance program an extension of coverage to any person to whom coverage could be extended pursuant to §38.2-3525 of the Code of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1121/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1121","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234712,"bill_number":"SB1122","title":"State employees; health insurance benefits.","description":"Health insurance benefits for state employees. Provides that the health insurance coverage that may be purchased by state employees for families and dependents may include coverage for any other person to whom coverage may be extended pursuant to §38.2-3525 of the Code of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1122/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1122","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234713,"bill_number":"SB1123","title":"Wireless E-911 surcharge; required to be remitted to Department of Taxation.","description":"Wireless E-911 surcharge. Requires that all E-911 surcharges collected from customers be remitted to the Department of Taxation rather than the Wireless E-911 Services Board. This was a recommendation of the Governor's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1123/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1123","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234714,"bill_number":"SB1124","title":"Gross premiums of certain insurance; administration of tax.","description":"Administration of gross premium tax on insurance companies. Transfers the administration of the gross premiums on certain insurance companies from the State Corporation Commission to the Department of Taxation. Surplus lines brokers that fail to file required reports are subject to fines and penalties. Provisions regarding the tax on surplus lines insurance policies are effective July 1, 2011. Other provisions shall become effective for the taxable year on or after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1124/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1124","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234715,"bill_number":"SB1125","title":"Labor organization representation; right to vote by secret ballot.","description":"Right to vote by secret ballot on labor organization representation.  Declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1125/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1125","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234716,"bill_number":"SB1126","title":"Public Procurement Act; transportation-related construction projects.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; transportation-related construction projects. Provides for the duration of contract terms for environmental location, design and inspection work to one initial term of two years and clarifies that the sum of all projects in a one-year term may not exceed $5 million. The bill also provides for the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to appoint a committee to review performance and payment bonding requirements for construction projects. The committee shall make recommendations regarding any changes to such performance and payment bonding requirements to the Commissioner by December 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1126/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1126","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234717,"bill_number":"SB1127","title":"Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; review of proposals.","description":"Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; review of proposals initiated by private entities. Provides that whenever a responsible public entity rejects a proposal initiated by a private entity that purports to develop specific cost savings, the public entity shall specify the basis for the rejection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1127/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1127","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234718,"bill_number":"SB1128","title":"National Guard; failure to report for duty, penalty.","description":"Virginia National Guard; failure to report.  Amends the section of the Code of Virginia addressing a member of the Virginia National Guard's failure to report for duty. Failure to report would be a Class 4 misdemeanor; the bill allows any officer of the missing soldier's or airman's unit to swear out a warrant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1128/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1128","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234719,"bill_number":"SB1130","title":"Taxation; removes obsolete language from various sections of Title 58.1.","description":"Taxation.  Removes obsolete language from various sections of Title 58.1. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1130/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1130","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234720,"bill_number":"SB1132","title":"Motor vehicle rental tax; shall be determined by Tax Commissioner, exemptions.","description":"Motor vehicle rental tax.  Removes the administration and collection of the motor vehicle rental tax from the Department of Motor Vehicles and transfers it to the Department of Taxation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1132/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1132","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234721,"bill_number":"SB1133","title":"Filled subaqueous bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission to convey title if lawfully deposited.","description":"Conveyance of state-owned bottomlands.  Declares that lands that (i) were once or may have been state-owned bottomlands, (ii) were filled prior to July 1, 1960, and (iii) were acquired by private persons after the bottomlands were filled, are free and clear of any claimed ownership by the Commonwealth. If a person desires further assurance of title, he may request the conveyance through a special Act of Assembly using the current conveyance procedure. In choosing to obtain the conveyance through this procedure, the person seeking the conveyance would be required to pay the amount equivalent to 25 percent of the assessed value of the specified parcel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1133/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1133","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234722,"bill_number":"SB1134","title":"Offshore Wind Development Authority; membership.","description":"Offshore Wind Development Authority; membership. Exempts members of the U.S. Armed Forces who serve on the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority from a provision barring federal government employees from holding a state office. The measure also clarifies the process by which the Governor appoints to the Authority persons nominated by the Secretary of the Navy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-01","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)","last_action_date":"2011-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1134/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1134","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234723,"bill_number":"SB1135","title":"Transportation Board; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of CTB. Makes various changes to the powers and duties of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB): (i) clarifies that local roads in counties outside the state secondary highway system are local roads, and not part of the state system; (ii) increases the limitation on contract values that the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and the Director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation may let; (iii) eliminates the duty of the CTB to regulate outdoor theaters; (iv) provides for the updating of the Statewide Transportation Plan every four years (instead of five); and (v) repeals the section that allows the CTB to designate its employees as special police officers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1135/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1135","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234724,"bill_number":"SB1138","title":"Charter; City of Portsmouth.","description":"Charter; City of Portsmouth. Repeals the existing charter and provides a new charter containing powers typically granted to cities. Numerous outdated and redundant provisions are deleted.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1138/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1138","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234725,"bill_number":"SB1139","title":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; updates powers and duties.","description":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Updates the primary duty of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to conform with the agency's recently updated mission statement. The bill contains technical amendments and repeals an outdated Code section.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1139/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1139","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234726,"bill_number":"SB1140","title":"Bad checks; person writing for child or spousal support is subject to criminal penalties.","description":"Bad checks; child support; penalties. Specifies that writing a bad check for child or spousal support is subject to the criminal penalties for bad checks. The bill also adds writing a bad check for child or spousal support on behalf of a business, firm, or corporation knowing that there are insufficient funds to the provisions that make it a Class 1 misdemeanor or Class 6 felony ($200 or more) for an employer to write a bad check for wages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1140/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1140","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234727,"bill_number":"SB1141","title":"Child abduction; money, property, etc., owned by person are subject to lawful seizure, etc.","description":"Child abduction. Makes it a duty of the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse to maintain close liaison with the National Crime Information Center and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information on children suspected of international travel. Furthermore, the bill makes property owned by a person and used to further the abduction of a child in violation of §18.2-47 (abduction and kidnapping), 18.2-48 (abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purposes), or 18.2-48.1 (abduction by prisoners) subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1141/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1141","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234728,"bill_number":"SB1142","title":"Criminal case; allows court to defer disposition.","description":"Deferred disposition. Allows a court to defer disposition in and discharge and dismiss any criminal case.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1142/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1142","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234729,"bill_number":"SB1143","title":"Child support; court shall make determination and enter an order at initial court date.","description":"Determination of child support.  Provides that a court shall make a determination of child support and enter an order containing such determination at the initial court date on any initial petition for support if the petitioner demonstrates that (i) he has physical custody of the child for whom support is being sought and (ii) he has personally served the respondent with the initial petition seeking child support unless the respondent appears in person on the initial court date. If the court makes a written finding that continuation of the matter is proper, such order shall be entered as a pendente lite order. However, if the respondent contests paternity and the court cannot lawfully establish paternity at the initial hearing, the case shall be continued without the entry of a pendente lite support order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1143/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1143","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234730,"bill_number":"SB1144","title":"Driver's license holders; DMV-required examinations of holders thought to be incompetent.","description":"Examination of driver's license holders thought to be incompetent. Allows DMV-required examinations of driver's license holders thought to be incompetent to be performed by licensed physician assistants.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1144/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1144","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234731,"bill_number":"SB1145","title":"Sexual abuse; limitations period.","description":"Torts; sexual abuse; limitations period. Extends the limitations period for actions for sexual abuse committed during the infancy or incapacity of the abused person from two years to 20 years from the time of the removal of the infancy or incapacity or from the time the cause of action otherwise accrues.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1145/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1145","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234732,"bill_number":"SB1146","title":"Dentists; sedation and anesthesia permits.","description":"Dentists; sedation and anesthesia permits. Requires dentists, with certain exceptions, who use sedation or anesthesia in a dental office to obtain either a conscious/moderate sedation permit or a deep sedation/general anesthesia permit issued by the Board of Dentistry. The bill requires the Board of Dentistry to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1146/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1146","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234733,"bill_number":"SB1147","title":"Health professions; social security numbers for investigations.","description":"Health professions; social security numbers for investigations. Allows the investigative personnel of the Department of Health Professions to request and receive social security numbers from practitioners or federal employee identification numbers from facilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1147/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1147","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234734,"bill_number":"SB1148","title":"Rehabilitative Services, Department of; powers and duties.","description":"Statewide Independent Living Fund.  Eliminates the Statewide Independent Living Fund, eliminates obsolete language regarding the process by which the Department of Rehabilitative Services provides personal care assistance to persons with significant disabilities, and eliminates obsolete language related to the Department of Rehabilitative Services' role in efforts to eliminate environmental barriers affecting persons with disabilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1148/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1148","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234735,"bill_number":"SB1149","title":"Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.","description":"Certificate of public need; amendment authorized. Allows the Commissioner of Health to accept and approve a request to amend the conditions of a certificate of public need issued to a continuing care provider registered with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 49 (§38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia in which nursing facility or extended care services are provided to allow such continuing care provider to continue to admit community patients, other than contract holders, to its nursing facility beds through December 31, 2014, if the following conditions are met: (i) the facility is located within the City of Suffolk and operated as a not-for-profit and (ii) the facility's contract holder occupancy rate is less than 85 percent at the time of such application.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1149/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1149","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234736,"bill_number":"SB1150","title":"Schedule II drugs; identification required for filling prescriptions.","description":"Schedule II drugs; identification required in filling prescriptions. Specifies that certain duties imposed upon a pharmacist in the delivery of Schedule II drugs may be undertaken by the agent of the pharmacist. The bill also provides that if the person seeking to take delivery of a drug listed on Schedule II pursuant to a prescription is not the patient for whom the drug is prescribed and the person is not known to the pharmacist or his agent, the pharmacist or his agent shall either make a photocopy or electronic copy of the person's identification or record the full name and address of the person. The bill also reduces the period of time for which the pharmacist must maintain records of the names and addresses or copies of the proof of identification of persons taking delivery of Schedule II drugs when they are not the person for whom the drug is prescribed from one year to one month.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1150/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1150","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234737,"bill_number":"SB1151","title":"Surgical assistants; required to be licensed by Board of Medicine, Advisory Board created.","description":"Health professions; licensure of surgical assistants. Requires surgical assistants to be licensed by the Board of Medicine and creates an Advisory Board on Surgical Assistants to assist with such licensure and regulation. A surgical assistant is an individual other than a licensed physician assistant, podiatrist assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, dental hygienist, or registered nurse who, under the direct supervision of a qualified surgeon, directly performs significant surgical tasks including manipulating tissues or organs, manipulating or inserting subcutaneous sutures, placing hemostatic agents, injecting local anesthetic, harvesting veins, and implanting devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1151/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1151","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234738,"bill_number":"SB1154","title":"License plates, special; DMV identify those which portion of fee benefits charitable organization.","description":"Special license plate fee; charitable donation.  Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, with the assistance of the Department of Taxation, to identify those special license plates for which a portion of the fee benefits a charitable organization and qualifies as a charitable donation. The list of qualified license plates must be made available on the Department of Motor Vehicle's website and in its office. The Department of Motor Vehicles must also provide a receipt for the registration or renewal of a registration for a special license plate indicating the amount of the fee that will be credited to the charitable organization. This will allow the person registering the license plate to claim a charitable tax deduction.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1154/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1154","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234739,"bill_number":"SB1155","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; supplemental allowance paid to certain members.","description":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Provides that the supplemental allowance currently paid to members upon retirement until age 65 would instead be paid until Social Security Retirement Age. The provisions of the bill are made conditional upon an appropriation of general funds effectuating the provisions of the bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1155/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1155","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234740,"bill_number":"SB1156","title":"General registrar, electoral board, and their employees; exemption from jury service.","description":"Exemption from jury service; general registrar, electoral board, and their employees. Provides that any general registrar, local electoral board member, or person appointed or employed by a general registrar or local electoral board, except officers of election, shall be exempt from jury service upon his request. This exemption applies only to jury service starting (i) during the period beginning 90 days before any election and continuing through election day; (ii) during the period to ascertain the results of the election and continuing for 10 days after the local electoral board certifies the results of the election or the State Board of Elections certifies the results of the election; or (iii) during the period of an election recount or contested election. Any officer of election shall be exempt from jury service upon his request only on the day of the election and during the period to ascertain the results of an election or the period of an election recount or contested election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1156/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1156","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234741,"bill_number":"SB1157","title":"Citations for vehicle equipment violations; if defects are remedied within 24 hours, case dismissed.","description":"Citations for vehicle equipment violations. Provides for a simplified procedure for processing simple vehicle equipment violations punishable as traffic infractions. If the defects are remedied within 24 hours, the case is dismissed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1157/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1157","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234742,"bill_number":"SB1158","title":"Primary schedule in 2011; moves primary date to September 13, 2011 in anticipation of redistricting.","description":"Primary schedule in 2011. Moves the June 14, 2011, primary date to September 13, 2011, in anticipation of the 2011 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1158/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1158","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234743,"bill_number":"SB1159","title":"Charter; City of Hopewell.","description":"Charter; City of Hopewell. Amends the charter to change election day for city council members from May to November, beginning in November 2012, and to extend the terms of the council's president and vice-president from June 30, 2012, to December 31, 2012. Additionally, the office of the city attorney is further defined to allow the city attorney to serve as chief legal advisor to the council and to the chief administrative officer. The city attorney also is given the power to appoint and remove his employees authorized by the council and assistants.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0853)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1159/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1159","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234744,"bill_number":"SB1160","title":"Water and sewer systems; authority may require adjacent property owners to connect their buildings.","description":"Mandatory connection to water and sewer systems. Provides that an authority may require adjacent property owners to connect their buildings to the authority's system upon or after the acquisition or construction of the water or sewer system. Currently, the law requires connection to be made upon the acquisition or construction of the water or sewer system.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1160/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1160","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234745,"bill_number":"SB1161","title":"The Road to Revolution; adds Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County to this heritage trail.","description":"The Road to Revolution. Adds Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County to this heritage trail of sites significant to Patrick Henry.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1161/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1161","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234746,"bill_number":"SB1164","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill also clarifies that the conduct of a game, contest, lottery, scheme, or promotional offering may be lawful if (i) no part of the purpose of the contest is illegal gambling, (ii) no part of the contest involves the use of a gambling device, and (iii) the contest complies with certain requirements enumerated in the bill. The bill provides that it is declaratory of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1195-Obenshain) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1164/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1164","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234747,"bill_number":"SB1165","title":"Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.","description":"Electric utility service terminations; customers with a serious medical condition. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish limitations on the authority of electric utilities to terminate electric service to the residence of a customer who has a serious medical condition or resides with a family member with a serious medical condition. The Commission is further directed to adopt regulations, by October 31, 2011, to implement the limitations. The regulations shall establish a cost recovery mechanism.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1165/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1165","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234748,"bill_number":"SB1166","title":"Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.","description":"Juvenile records; confidentiality. Clarifies that the Department of Juvenile Justice may share confidential juvenile records with persons, agencies, and institutions having a legitimate interest regardless of the state in which they are located. The bill also allows the Department to share confidential juvenile records with a requesting party who has custody or is providing supervision for a juvenile and the release of the confidential information is in the interest of maintaining security in a secure facility in a state other than Virginia provided it meets that state's definition of \"secure facility.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1166/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1166","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234749,"bill_number":"SB1167","title":"HOT lanes; when a vehicle crashes on certain interstates, driver must move to nearest pull-off area.","description":"Crashes on HOT lanes under construction on the Capital Beltway. Requires that when there is a vehicle crash on HOT lanes under construction on any portion of Interstate 95, 395, or 495 and the vehicles involved in the crash can be moved and there are no apparent bodily injuries, the drivers must move their vehicles to the nearest designated pull-off area.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1167/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1167","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234750,"bill_number":"SB1168","title":"Juvenile; may be detained in secure facility for violation if fail to adhere to conditions of court.","description":"Detention of juvenile for violation of conditions of release.  Provides that a juvenile taken into custody whose case is considered by a judge, intake officer or magistrate, who, following his release upon a Class 1 misdemeanor charge or a felony charge \"under such conditions as may be imposed\" by the judge, intake officer or magistrate and who then fails to adhere to the conditions of the court, intake officer or magistrate while on conditional release may be detained in a secure facility, pursuant to a detention order or warrant, upon a finding by the judge, intake officer, or magistrate. This is to clarify that a juvenile may be detained for violation of such conditions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1168/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1168","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234751,"bill_number":"SB1169","title":"Subpoenaed nonjudicial records; party requesting is liable for charges.","description":"Nonjudicial records; costs. Provides that the party requesting a subpoena or on whose behalf an attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum was issued for nonjudicial records is liable for the reasonable charges of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth, including searching, copying, and mailing the items produced.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1169/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1169","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234752,"bill_number":"SB1170","title":"Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.","description":"Release of persons from commitment on parole supervision. Changes the time during which the court services unity shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of a person released from the Department of Juvenile Justice to a locality from four weeks to 90 days prior to the date on which the person is released, and provides that during that time the court services unit and the local department of social services shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department's custody to the community. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition and how the services are to be provided.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1170/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1170","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234753,"bill_number":"SB1171","title":"Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth & Families, State Executive Council for; powers and duties.","description":"State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; powers and duties. Authorizes the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families to deny funding to a locality if services are not provided in compliance with applicable state law or policy or federal law. This bill also establishes timelines for development of policies governing denial of funding by the State Executive Council, and provides that the provisions of this act shall apply to services provided on or after July 1, 2011. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1171/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1171","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234754,"bill_number":"SB1173","title":"Planning and Budget, Department of; reestimate of agency needs.","description":"Department of Planning and Budget; reestimate of agency needs.  Provides that within five business days after the preliminary close of the Commonwealth's accounts at the end of each fiscal year, each of the several state agencies and other agencies and undertakings receiving financial aid from the Commonwealth shall report to the Department of Planning and Budget, in a format prescribed for such purpose, an estimate of cost reductions that may be accomplished by the agency without diminution of the services or programs provided by the agency. Of the reductions so identified, 50 percent shall be retained by the agency for its use; the remaining 50 percent shall be returned to the general fund to be directed first (i) to the revenue stabilization fund created in accordance with Article X, §8 of the Constitution of Virginia and thereafter (ii) to debt relief. Any moneys retained by an agency which have not been spent at the end of three quarters of the next fiscal year shall revert to the general fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1173/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1173","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234755,"bill_number":"SB1174","title":"Public Procurement Act; provisions for construction contracts involving certain schools.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; provisions for construction contracts involving certain school buildings. Requires public bodies to include in every construction contract involving certain school or school-related facilities provisions that (i) require each employee and individual independent contractor to provide a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing any criminal convictions or any pending criminal charges, (ii) establish policies for maintaining a drug-free workplace, including drug testing when the employer has cause to believe that the person has engaged in the use of illegal drugs and periodically during the course of employment on the project, and (iii) verify that all employees and individual independent contractors with which it contracts to perform work or provide services pursuant to the contract are legally eligible for employment in the United States. A contractor who violates the contract provision shall be subject to civil penalties. A third violation under the contract will result in the immediate termination of the contract or subcontract and debarment from contracting with any public body for a period of not more than three years.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1174/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1174","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234756,"bill_number":"SB1175","title":"Disabled individuals; taxation of trusts established therefor.","description":"Taxation of trusts established for disabled individuals. Establishes an individual income tax deduction not to exceed $2,000 for the fair market value of contributions made during the taxable year to certain supplemental needs trusts established for disabled individuals. The bill also would exempt from taxation the income earned by such trusts. The bill would become effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1175/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1175","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234757,"bill_number":"SB1176","title":"Claims; Michele G. Stevener.","description":"Claims; Michele G. Stevener. Provides relief for Michele G. Stevener, as part of her individual claim as a patient, to compensate for her emotional distress and suffering resulting from a birth of a child who suffered from neurological injuries related to the birth. The bill directs the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program to pay Ms. Stevener one statutory cap for her severe emotional distress and suffering for the period from December 25, 1998, to the present and future.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1176/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1176","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234758,"bill_number":"SB1177","title":"Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting by localities.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting by localities. Authorizes the use of best value contracting by localities as an alternative to competitive bidding. The bill defines best value contracting as a procurement process where the lowest responsible bidder may be selected on the basis of objective criteria with the resulting selection representing the best combination of price and qualifications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 3-N 2-A)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1177/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1177","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234759,"bill_number":"SB1178","title":"Child welfare; placement of children.","description":"Child welfare; placement of children.  Provides that in cases in which a child cannot be returned to his family or placed for adoption and kinship care is not in the best interests of the child, the Department of Social Services shall consider other placements and services that may be in the best interests of the child.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1178/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1178","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234760,"bill_number":"SB1179","title":"Trespassing vehicles; regulation of removal by localities.","description":"Regulation of trespassing vehicles; localities. Provides that, when a local governing body regulates towing by ordinance, such ordinance shall permit the towing company to tow the vehicle at least 10 miles from the origination of the tow.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1179/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1179","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234761,"bill_number":"SB1181","title":"DUI; raises penalty for maiming, etc.","description":"DUI maiming; penalty. Raises the penalty for DUI maiming, causing permanent impairment, from a Class 6 to a Class 4 felony and creates a Class 6 felony when the offense causes serious bodily injury without maiming.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1181/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1181","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234762,"bill_number":"SB1182","title":"Bar Examiners, Board of; expands methods of submitting an application to take bar exam.","description":"Board of Bar Examiners; exam application.  Expands the methods of submitting an application to take the bar exam to include third party commercial carriers in addition to mailing using the U.S.P.S.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1182/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1182","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234763,"bill_number":"SB1184","title":"Certificates of analysis; adds Forensic Document Laboratory as authorized lab in criminal matters.","description":"Certificates of analysis; labs. Adds the Forensic Document Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as an authorized lab in criminal matters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1184/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1184","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234764,"bill_number":"SB1185","title":"Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds during school-related activities.","description":"Sex offenses prohibiting entry onto school or other property; penalty. Expands the prohibition on entry onto school grounds by any adult convicted of a sexually violent offense to include any school bus as defined in §46.2-100 and any property, public or private, during hours when such property is being used solely by a public or private elementary or secondary school for a school-related or school-sponsored activity. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1185/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1185","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234765,"bill_number":"SB1186","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana. The bill has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1186/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1186","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234766,"bill_number":"SB1188","title":"Aircraft sales and use tax; exemption for qualified companies headquartered in Virginia.","description":"Aircraft sales and use tax; exemptions. Creates an exemption from the aircraft sales and use tax for qualified companies that are headquartered in Virginia, make a minimum of a $4 million capital investment in Virginia, create at least 50 new jobs in Virginia, and enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. The bill also creates an exemption from the aircraft sales and use tax for aircraft that are purchased in Virginia but are registered outside of the Commonwealth and removed from the Commonwealth within 60 days of purchase.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1188/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1188","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234767,"bill_number":"SB1189","title":"Charter; City of Williamsburg.","description":"Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg so that vacancies in the city council are filled pursuant to Virginia Code. Vacancies may first be appointed by the remaining council members if a vacancy in the council occurs and then by the voters in a special election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1189/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1189","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234768,"bill_number":"SB1190","title":"Aquaculture production activities; authority of local governments.","description":"Aquaculture; Virginia Marine Resources Commission; authority of local governments.  Expands the definitions of agricultural operation and production agriculture in the \"Right to Farm Act\" to include the practice of aquaculture. As a result, no special exception or conditional use permit shall be required for aquaculture production in areas zoned to allow agriculture.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1190/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1190","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234769,"bill_number":"SB1191","title":"Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; places limitations and conditions on relationship.","description":"Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. Places limitations and conditions on the relationship between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1191/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1191","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234770,"bill_number":"SB1192","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; ownership interests of manufacturers.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; ownership interests of manufacturers.  Allows manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to sell their product in retail establishments that they own or in which they have an ownership interest. Current law prohibits manufacturers from selling their alcoholic beverage product in the retail establishments that they own or in which they have ownership interests. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1192/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1192","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234771,"bill_number":"SB1195","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product, Internet access, or other thing (i.e., phone card, movie rental vouchers), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill provides that but for the free points or other measurable units, the purchase of the product, Internet access, or other thing would be of insufficient value in and of itself to justify the purchase or is merely incidental to the chance to win money.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0887)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1195/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1195","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234772,"bill_number":"SB1196","title":"Voter registration system; State Board of Elections may share voter information with other states.","description":"Elections; voter registration system; maintenance. Requires that the State Board of Elections promptly provide to general registrars pertinent information to update voter registration records and requires that the general registrars update records within 30 days of receipt of the information. The bill also allows the State Board to share voter registration information with the chief election officers of other states for the purpose of maintaining the voter registration system.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1196/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1196","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234773,"bill_number":"SB1198","title":"Communications intercepts; broadens court jurisdiction of order sought by Attorney General.","description":"Communications intercepts by the Attorney General.  Broadens the jurisdictional scope of a court issuing an order for a communications intercept sought by the Attorney General so that the order may be issued by the court in the jurisdiction where the crime occurs or where the intercept occurs. The bill also extends the timeline for submission of reports to the federal government regarding such intercepts, to accommodate intercepts not fully concluded by the end of the calendar year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1198/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1198","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234774,"bill_number":"SB1199","title":"Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions in State.","description":"Address Confidentiality Program. Expands the Address Confidentiality Program for victims of domestic violence to all jurisdictions within the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the Office of the Attorney General will prepare an evaluation of the statewide implementation of the program by December 31, 2012, and repeals the enactment clause that conditioned the continuation of the program upon an appropriation for that purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1199/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1199","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234775,"bill_number":"SB1200","title":"Criminal law; redefinition of triggerman rule, penalty.","description":"Criminal law; redefinition of the triggerman rule; penalty. Redefines the \"triggerman rule,\" by expanding the principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact who can be charged with capital murder. This bill allows a principal in the second degree to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he had the same intent to kill as the principal in the first degree in cases of the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of any person in the commission of rape, etc. The bill allows an accessory before the fact to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he ordered or directed the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing in such a case. The bill also removes the provision that a principal in the second degree or an accessory before the fact in a capital murder in the commission of an act of terrorism must have acted pursuant to the direction or order of a person engaged in an act of terrorism.   Current law provides that principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact can be charged as principals in the first degree in the cases of murder for hire, murder involving a continuing criminal enterprise, and terrorism (if done pursuant to the direction or order of one who is engaged in terrorism) and that in all other cases of capital murder only the actual perpetrator is eligible for the death penalty and accessories and principals in the second degree can be punished only as if guilty of first degree murder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1200/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1200","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234776,"bill_number":"SB1201","title":"Medicaid; JLARC to study feasibility, etc., of withdrawal in favor of state-run program.","description":"Study; feasibility and cost-effectiveness of withdrawal from Medicaid; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of withdrawing from Medicaid in favor of a state-run program. In conducting its study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall (i) review the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pertaining to the expansion of the Medicaid program and assess the potential impact of expanding the program in Virginia; (ii) evaluate the options of withdrawal from Medicaid and the establishment of a state-run program relative to the fiscal, social, and health impact of each option; (iii) propose the framework and estimate the cost of establishing a state-run program, including, but not limited to, eligibility criteria, covered benefits and services, qualifications of and payment levels for participating health care providers, and potential revenues and funding stream; (iv) consider such related matters as the Commission may deem appropriate; and (v) propose feasible and appropriate options. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission must submit its report to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (16-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1201/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1201","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234777,"bill_number":"SB1202","title":"Health benefits exchanges; abortion coverage not permitted.","description":"Health benefits exchanges; abortion coverage not permitted. Prohibits any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in the Commonwealth pursuant to federal health care reform legislation from providing coverage for abortions. The prohibition does not apply to an abortion performed (i) when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or (ii) when the pregnancy is the result of an alleged act of rape or incest.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1202/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1202","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234778,"bill_number":"SB1203","title":"Primary elections; political party shall pay costs.","description":"Primary elections; costs. Provides that the political party shall pay the costs of the primary. The bill provides that the party must post bond in advance of the primary to cover those costs. Currently the costs of the primary are paid by the localities. The bill will take effect January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1203/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1203","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234779,"bill_number":"SB1204","title":"Cash proffers; allows an award of fees, etc., to prevailing party when contesting certain actions.","description":"Cash proffers; court costs. Allows for an award of fees, expenses, and court costs to a party who successfully contests an action in conflict with the provisions of §15.2-2303.1:1. The sunset provision on this legislation is extended from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1204/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1204","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234780,"bill_number":"SB1206","title":"Traffic impact analysis; removes certain requirements.","description":"Traffic impact analysis. Removes the requirement that a supplemental traffic analysis accompany a plat or plan submitted to the Department of Transportation by a locality because the plat or plan substantially affects transportation on state-controlled highways if such plat or plan is permissible by right under the local zoning ordinance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1206/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1206","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234781,"bill_number":"SB1207","title":"Unborn children; constitutionally guaranteed rights.","description":"Constitutionally guaranteed rights of unborn children. Provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth, subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States and precedents of the appellate courts of Virginia and of the United States.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1207/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1207","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234782,"bill_number":"SB1209","title":"Personal jurisdiction or defective process; waiver of objection.","description":"Special appearance; waiver of objection to personal jurisdiction or defective process.  Delineates what affirmative conduct on the part of a party constitutes a waiver of any objection such party may have to personal jurisdiction or defective process and what conduct does not constitute such a waiver. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1209/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1209","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234783,"bill_number":"SB1210","title":"Motor fuel inspection; affixation of decal showing state and federal taxes.","description":"Motor fuel inspection; affixation of decal showing state and federal taxes. Requires state inspectors of motor fuels and motor fuel dispensers to attach a decal to dispensers showing the amount of federal and state taxes levied per gallon of motor fuel.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1210/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1210","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234784,"bill_number":"SB1211","title":"Mennel Milling Company; DGS to convey certain real property located in Roanoke County.","description":"Property transfer; Department of General Services; Mennel Milling Company. Authorizes the Department of General Services to convey certain real property to the Mennel Milling Company located in Roanoke County, Virginia. The property is in exchange for three parcels of land for use by the Virginia Department of Transportation for an area maintenance headquarters to serve the southwestern portion of Roanoke County. The bill includes an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2011-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 309 (effective 3/20/11)","last_action_date":"2011-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1211/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1211","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234785,"bill_number":"SB1212","title":"Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.","description":"Certificate of public need; amendment authorized. Allows the Commissioner of Health to approve a request to amend the conditions of a certificate of public need issued to a continuing care provider registered with the State Corporation Commission in which nursing facility or extended care services are provided to allow such continuing care provider to continue to admit community patients, other than contract holders, to its nursing facility beds through December 31, 2014, if the following conditions are met: (i) the facility is located within the County of Botetourt and operated as a not-for-profit and (ii) the facility's contract holder occupancy rate is less than 85 percent at the time of such application.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1212/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1212","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234786,"bill_number":"SB1213","title":"Voter registration applications; Board of Elections to make available where fishing license is sold.","description":"Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms. Provides that the State Board of Elections, in cooperation with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, will make mail voter registration application forms available where hunting and fishing licenses are sold.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1213/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1213","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234787,"bill_number":"SB1214","title":"Attorney General; investigation of complaints of abuse of person in care of others.","description":"Attorney General; investigation of complaints.  Provides that the Attorney General shall investigate complaints of alleged abuse or neglect of persons in the care or custody of others who receive payments for medical assistance under the state plan for medical assistance, regardless of whether the patient is a recipient of medical assistance. The bill also exempts records or information provided to the Office of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1214/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1214","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234788,"bill_number":"SB1215","title":"Medicaid fraud; restitution.","description":"Medicaid fraud; restitution. Requires the court to order restitution to be made to the Department of Medical Assistance Services for any loss caused by a felony conviction of making a false statement or representation in applications for payment under Medicaid.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1215/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1215","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234789,"bill_number":"SB1216","title":"Delinquent sewer & water fees; authority to provide 30 days notice prior to recording lien.","description":"Delinquent sewer and water fees and charges; notice. Requires that prior to recording a lien on an owner's property for a tenant's unpaid water or sewer fees, the water or sewer authority shall provide the owner with 30 days' written notification. The owner can avoid the lien by paying the obligations. If the former tenant pays the authority after the owner already has, the property owner shall be entitled to receive a refund and shall be subrogated against the former tenant in place of the authority in the amount paid by the property owner. Additionally, this legislation requires an authority to notify a property owner, if he so requests, of a tenant's delinquent water bill when a tenant's water bill has become 15 days delinquent. Furthermore, a locality or service authority may not deny service to a new tenant for unpaid fees and charges unless a lien has been recorded against the property owner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1216/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1216","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234790,"bill_number":"SB1217","title":"Abortion; person who forces or coerces pregnant female against her will is guilty of misdemeanor.","description":"Forced or coerced abortion prohibited; penalty. Provides that any person who forces or coerces a pregnant female to have an abortion against her will is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also creates a private right of action against the person who coerced her to have an abortion for the female herself and for the wrongful death of the unborn child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1217/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1217","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234791,"bill_number":"SB1218","title":"Nominating candidates; political parties to determine method.","description":"Political parties to determine method of nominating candidates.  Provides that only political parties may determine the method by which parties nominate candidates for office and eliminates exceptions that allowed incumbents in certain cases to determine the method of nomination. The change takes effect November 9, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1218/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1218","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234792,"bill_number":"SB1220","title":"Va. Residential Landlord Tenant Act; landlord to provide notice to tenant in event of foreclosure.","description":"Landlord and Tenant Law; notice to tenant in event of foreclosure.  Provides that if a landlord fails to notify the tenant of a notice of mortgage acceleration, or notice of foreclosure sale relative to the loan on the dwelling unit, then the tenant has the right to terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord at least five business days prior to the effective date of termination. In addition, the bill requires a landlord to disclose in writing to any prospective tenant if he has received any notice of mortgage default, notice of mortgage acceleration, or notice of foreclosure sale relative to the loan on the dwelling unit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0530)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1220/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1220","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234793,"bill_number":"SB1221","title":"Local rezoning actions; limited review by VDOT.","description":"Local rezoning actions. Provides for more limited review by VDOT when a property being considered for rezoning has already been subject to a VDOT review in connection with development of a local comprehensive plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0888)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1221/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1221","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234794,"bill_number":"SB1222","title":"Protective orders; expands class of persons eligible to obtain.","description":"Protective orders; availability; penalty.  Renames \"protective orders for stalking\" as \"protective orders\" and expands the class of persons that is eligible to obtain a protective order by enlarging the types of conduct that permit the issuance of a protective order from certain specified criminal acts to any act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. Such protective orders are available based on such conduct, regardless of the relationship of the parties involved. The bill also makes several amendments to make protective orders and family abuse protective orders more consistent, including amending the definition of \"family abuse\" to be consistent with the conduct that would allow for the issuance of a \"protective order\" and providing that a family abuse protective order may include a condition prohibiting the allegedly abusing person from committing a criminal offense that results in injury to person or property. The bill also makes the penalties for violating a protective order consistent with the penalties for violating a family abuse protective order: (i) any person convicted of a second violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense and when either the instant or prior offense was based on an act or threat of violence, shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days; (ii) any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, when such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or any of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 6 felony and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months; (iii) any person who commits an assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury upon a person protected by a protective order is guilty of a Class 6 felony; and (iv) any person who violates a protective order by furtively entering the home of the protected party while such party is present or enters and remains in such home until the protected party arrives is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1222/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1222","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234795,"bill_number":"SB1223","title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding Pool; established.","description":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Funding Pool. Establishes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding Pool Program to consist of TANF block grant funds to be awarded to service providers for expanded TANF programs. Funds shall be awarded by the Department of Social Services to service providers through a competitive Request for Proposals process.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1223/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1223","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234796,"bill_number":"SB1224","title":"TANF; establishes Fund, State to support agencies, etc., seeking to assist low-income Virginians.","description":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.  Provides that the Department of Social Services is designated as the state agency responsible for coordinating state efforts related to supporting public agencies and charitable and community groups seeking to assist low-income Virginians in their efforts to become self-sufficient and establishes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund to supplement the Department's administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant and assist the Commonwealth in maximizing program funds by leveraging individual, corporate, and charitable donations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1224/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1224","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234797,"bill_number":"SB1225","title":"DMV offices and agencies; agreements with commissioner of the revenue, treasurers, or localities.","description":"DMV offices and agencies; agreements; compensation. Provides that in any county, city, or town that does not have either a branch office or an automated agency, the Commissioner shall, upon request of any commissioner of the revenue, treasurer, or local governing body, jointly or separately, enter into an agreement with such commissioner of the revenue, treasurer, or local governing body, to act as an agent of the Commissioner and maintain a branch office. The bill also increases the compensation fixed for each nonautomated agency for the purpose of maintaining adequate annual service from 3.5 to 4.5 percent of the first $500,000 of gross collections made by the agency and increases the current two percent on gross collections between $500,000 and $1 million and one percent on gross collections over $1 million to five percent on all gross collections in excess of $500,000 during each fiscal year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Transportation (SB776-Marsh) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1225/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1225","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234798,"bill_number":"SB1226","title":"Commissioners of the revenue; powers and duties.","description":"Sales tax registration with local commissioners of the revenue. Allows dealers to register for sales tax purposes with the local commissioner of the revenue, if such commissioner elects to provide such service. Currently, dealers may register only with the Tax Commissioner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1226/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1226","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234799,"bill_number":"SB1227","title":"Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use.","description":"Jails; electronic visitation and messaging. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents who operate correctional facilities to charge a fee for the use of an electronic visitation system or electronic messaging system. The fee may not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating the system and the proceeds are to be used only to offset those costs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1227/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1227","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234800,"bill_number":"SB1228","title":"Water and sewer charges; charges imposed by Town of Clifton Forge shall be lien on real estate.","description":"Lien for water and sewer charges. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities that may provide that charges imposed for water or sewers shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach (i) unless the user of the water or sewer services is also the owner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the agreement by which such water or sewer services were provided to the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1228/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1228","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234801,"bill_number":"SB1229","title":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.","description":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program created.  Repeals both the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and the Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program to create a program that provides financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage. A wind energy supplier must make a capital investment of greater than $10 million and create at least 30 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage to be eligible for a grant. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1360-Stosch) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1229/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1229","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234802,"bill_number":"SB1230","title":"Hearings in Supreme Court of Virginia; complaints filed by Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.","description":"Hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.  Clarifies that the hearings allowed under the Constitution related to complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission are to be evidentiary hearings and that both the Commission and the judge are entitled to present evidence and argument during such hearings subject to any scheduling orders issued by the Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1230/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1230","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234803,"bill_number":"SB1231","title":"Public infrastructure maintenance bonds; City of Charlottesville may require from developers, etc.","description":"Public infrastructure maintenance bonds. Allows localities to require public infrastructure maintenance bonds from developers and property owners in conjunction with the construction of single- and two-family homes in instances where the provisions of a subdivision ordinance are not applicable. Such maintenance bonds shall not exceed an amount reasonably necessary to maintain and repair publicly owned streets, sidewalks and infrastructure on site or immediately adjacent to the construction and shall not exceed a maximum of $5,000. The ordinance shall make provision for the inspection of bonded improvements within five business days of completion and release of any performance guarantee within five business days of such inspection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1231/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1231","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234804,"bill_number":"SB1233","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds certain conservation officers as members.","description":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership.  Adds conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Conservation Officers would accrue retirement benefits under the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System only for creditable service on or after July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1233/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1233","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234805,"bill_number":"SB1234","title":"Bicycle operation; City of Charlottesville to permit in both directions of traffic on one-way roads.","description":"One-way roadways and highways; bicycle operation. Allows the governing body of City of Charlottesville to permit the operation of bicycles in either direction of traffic on one-way roadways and highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Transportation (12-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1234/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1234","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234806,"bill_number":"SB1235","title":"Charitable organizations; exemptions to reporting requirements for certain veterans' posts, etc.","description":"Charitable organizations; exemptions to reporting requirements.  Eliminates the exemption from submitting annual registration statements that was extended to certain veterans' posts and organizations during the 2010 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1235/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1235","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234807,"bill_number":"SB1236","title":"Income tax, state; clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit.","description":"Clean fuel vehicle and advanced cellulosic biofuels job creation tax credit; sunset date. Extends the sunset date of the tax credit from the 2011 taxable year to the 2014 taxable year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1236/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1236","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234808,"bill_number":"SB1237","title":"Ground water withdrawal permit fees; increases maximum amount State Water Control Board can charge.","description":"Ground water withdrawal permit fees. Increases the maximum amount that the State Water Control Board can charge for a permit to withdraw ground water from $6,000 to $12,000. The term of a ground water permit is up to 10 years. The State Water Control Board is also authorized to set up a fee schedule to allow permit holders to pay their permit fees on an annual basis over the term of the permit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (8-Y 14-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1237/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1237","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234809,"bill_number":"SB1238","title":"TANF; eligibility for assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.","description":"Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. .Requires persons otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits to not be denied benefits solely due to a previous conviction of a felony drug offense pursuant to §18.2-250. The otherwise eligible person must comply with all obligations imposed by the criminal court and be actively engaged in or have completed a substance abuse treatment program. The bill mirrors the authorized federal exemption already granted for food stamp applicants.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1238/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1238","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234810,"bill_number":"SB1240","title":"Courts; establishes new boundaries for judicial circuits and districts.","description":"Courts of record; courts not of record; judicial circuits and districts; number of judges. Establishes new boundaries for the various judicial circuits and districts of the Commonwealth and reallocates the number of judges serving such circuits and districts. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is effective July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1240/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1240","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234811,"bill_number":"SB1241","title":"Medical services; State's lien for payment.","description":"Commonwealth's lien for payment of medical services; limitations. Provides that a lien granted to the Commonwealth against any recovery from a third party obtained by an injured person whose medical costs were paid pursuant to the Virginia Medical Assistance Program shall only attach to the portion of the claim representing compensation for medical expenses incurred by the injured person. In the course of determining the amount of the Commonwealth's lien, a court may determine the fairness of any allocation of the proceeds from a claim for medical expenses. The bill is intended to bring Virginia law in conformity with the United States Supreme Court's decision in Arkansas Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268, 126 S.Ct. 1752, 164 L.Ed.2d 459 (2006).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1241/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1241","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234812,"bill_number":"SB1242","title":"Transportation; creates additional revenue by increasing motor vehicle sales & use and rental taxes.","description":"Revenues of the Commonwealth; transportation funding. Creates additional sources of revenue for transportation by increasing the motor vehicle sales and use tax by one-half percent and the motor vehicle rental tax by one percent and by imposing a five percent tax on the wholesale price of gasoline. The new revenue sources will be directed to the Rail Enhancement Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, and the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund for transportation projects and needs of the Commonwealth and to certain priority transportation projects, as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. The bill would also eliminate the one-half percent sales tax on food currently going to the Transportation Trust Fund and would raise the allowed credit for low-income taxpayers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1242/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1242","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234813,"bill_number":"SB1243","title":"Barrier crimes; listing of crimes.","description":"Barrier crimes; listing of crimes. Clarifies the individual crimes included in the various barrier crime statutes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1243/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1243","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234814,"bill_number":"SB1244","title":"Common Interest Community Board; provisional common interest community manager licenses.","description":"Common Interest Community Board; common interest community manager; provisional licenses. Extends the expiration deadline for provisional common interest community manager licenses from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2012. The bill includes an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB983-Whipple) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1244/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1244","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234815,"bill_number":"SB1245","title":"Registered nurses; provisional licensure for applicant.","description":"Registered nurses; provisional licensure. Allows the Board of Nursing to issue a provisional license to an applicant for licensure as a registered nurse who has met the educational and examination requirements for licensure, in order to allow the applicant to obtain clinical experience. A person practicing under a provisional license shall only practice under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse, in accordance with regulations established by the Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1245/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1245","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234816,"bill_number":"SB1246","title":"Presidential primary; moves date to first Tuesday in March.","description":"Presidential primary. Moves the presidential primary date from the second Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in March. The bill retains the first Tuesday in March as the primary date before the May general election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1246/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1246","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234817,"bill_number":"SB1247","title":"Commonwealth, Secretary of the; acceptance of certain electronic signatures.","description":"Secretary of the Commonwealth; acceptance of certain electronic signatures. Provides that nonsalaried citizen members of policy and supervisory boards, commissions, and councils in the executive branch of state government, and local boards, commissions, and councils, may sign their disclosure forms using electronic signatures. In addition, the bill authorizes the Secretary of the Commonwealth to accept electronic signatures on applications for recommissioning a notary or electronic notary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1247/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1247","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234818,"bill_number":"SB1248","title":"Passing a stopped school bus; punishes as reckless driving.","description":"Passing a stopped school bus. Rewrites the Code section that punishes passing a school bus as reckless driving to correct an error in legal construction and to further clarify the language. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB769-Marsden) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1248/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1248","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234819,"bill_number":"SB1249","title":"ABC; designates distillery licensee certified as an organic distillery to be an agent of ABC Board.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores; agents of the ABC Board. Designates a distillery licensee that is independently certified as an organic distillery (Catoctin Creek Distillery) by a USDA-accredited certification agency to be an agent of the ABC Board. As a result, such licensee may sell at retail its distilled spirits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1249/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1249","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234820,"bill_number":"SB1250","title":"Firearms; regulation by state entities.","description":"Regulation of firearms by state entities. Prohibits any department, agency, or other entity of the Commonwealth from adopting or enforcing any rule, regulation, or policy regarding firearms or ammunition except for those rules, regulations, or policies expressly authorized by statute. Any rule, regulation, or policy adopted prior to July 1, 2011, without express statutory authority would be invalid. The prohibition would not apply to local, state, or regional correctional facilities or facilities operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1250/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1250","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234821,"bill_number":"SB1251","title":"Electronic tracking devices; prohibits person from placing in or on vehicle, penalty.","description":"Electronic tracking devices; penalty. Prohibits a person from placing, through intentionally deceptive means, an electronic tracking device in or on a vehicle. The prohibition would not apply to law-enforcement officers, judicial officers, probation or parole officers, or employees of the Department of Corrections in the lawful performance of their duties or to parents or guardians of minors. A violation of the section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1251/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1251","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234822,"bill_number":"SB1252","title":"Voter registration; certain overseas voters.","description":"Voter registration; certain overseas voters. Changes the duration of a temporary voter registration for certain overseas voters from the end of the federal election cycle or 365 days to the end of the calendar year in which the voter submits the application. The change applies to those voters located overseas and voting absentee in an election due to active duty military service, membership in the merchant marines, employment, or temporary residence outside of the country, or the spouse or dependent residing with such a voter. The change also applies to those voters who reside overseas and were qualified to vote in Virginia prior to leaving the United States or would be qualified but for such overseas residence. This bill was incorporated into SB 886.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SB886-Martin) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1252/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1252","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234823,"bill_number":"SB1253","title":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant.","description":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant. Provides that a declaration may allow for declarant control of an association and its board of directors until three months after 80 percent of all lots that the declarant has reserved the right to develop in all phases of development have been conveyed to a person other than a declarant. The bill also provides that the declarant has the right to develop all additional lots in accordance with provisions in effect at the time of transfer of control and gives the declarant a seat on the board of the association until such time as all lots have been conveyed to a person other than a declarant. In addition, the bill prohibits, unless the declaration expressly provides otherwise, a declarant from amending the declaration to extend the period of declarant control including the power to appoint and remove some or all of the members of the board of directors or to exercise powers and responsibilities otherwise assigned to the board of directors or association unless the amendment is agreed to by 100 percent of the votes of the association.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1253/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1253","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234824,"bill_number":"SB1254","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; locality to reduce permit fees levied for construction, etc.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; building permit fees; incentives for energy-efficient buildings. Authorizes a locality to reduce permit fees levied for construction, rehabilitation, renovation, or improvement of a building by up to 10 percent of the amount otherwise charged if the building is an energy-efficient building.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1254/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1254","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234825,"bill_number":"SB1255","title":"Freedom of Information Act; exempts certain records provided to Attorney General from disclosure.","description":"FOIA exemption; Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Exempts records of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1255/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1255","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234826,"bill_number":"SB1256","title":"Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution.","description":"Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution.  Allows authorities created by proclamation of the Governor for the development of former federal areas to be dissolved not only upon resolution of the governing body of each locality within the area of operation of the authority but also upon determination by the Governor that the dissolution is appropriate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1256/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1256","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234827,"bill_number":"SB1257","title":"Real property; DGS to inventory all property owned and update at least annually.","description":"Department of General Services; surplus real property; inventory of state-owned land. Changes the fund to receive the 50 percent portion of the proceeds from the sale, lease, or conveyance of surplus property owned by the Commonwealth from the Conservation Resources Fund to the State Park Acquisition and Development Fund. The bill requires the Department of General Services to develop the criteria for and conduct an inventory of all real property, as defined in §2.2 1147, owned by state departments, agencies, and institutions by January 1, 2012, and update the inventory at least annually thereafter. In addition, the bill requires the Department to provide a listing of surplus real property owned by the Commonwealth on its website with a description of the properties, including parcel identification.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1257/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1257","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234828,"bill_number":"SB1258","title":"Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.","description":"Corrections facilities. Requires the Department of Corrections to offer to test an inmate who does not have a record of a positive test result for infection with human immunodeficiency virus within 60 days of his scheduled discharge. Prior to administering the test, the Department shall inform the inmate of the purpose of the test. An inmate may decline being tested.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1258/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1258","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234829,"bill_number":"SB1259","title":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.","description":"Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; review of databases. Changes the requirement that data in the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center databases be reviewed every year to a requirement that it be reviewed every three years. Information that is determined to not be related to terrorist activity shall be removed from the database.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1259/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1259","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234830,"bill_number":"SB1260","title":"Child pornography; possession by law-enforcement agency.","description":"Possession of child pornography by law enforcement.  Provides that an employee of a law-enforcement agency may lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide law-enforcement purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1260/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1260","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234831,"bill_number":"SB1261","title":"Fair Housing Law; concurrence of Office of Attorney General to determine housing discrimination.","description":"Virginia Fair Housing Law; concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General.  Requires the receipt of the concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General before the Fair Housing Board may make a determination of reasonable cause to believe a discriminatory housing practice has occurred. Receipt of the concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General is also required before the Fair Housing Board may issue a charge of an alleged discriminatory housing practice. Currently, consultation with the Office of the Attorney General is required for the Fair Housing Board to act.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1261/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1261","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234832,"bill_number":"SB1262","title":"Va. Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; designee of Attorney General may issue civil investigative demands.","description":"Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Provides that a designee of the Attorney General may issue civil investigative demands. The bill also provides that information obtained by the Attorney General or his designee pursuant to the issuance of a civil investigative demand may be shared with any qui tam relator if the Attorney General or his designee determines that such information is necessary as part of any false claims investigation. In addition, the bill changes the elements of offenses that make persons liable to the Commonwealth under the Act. Under current law, a person is civilly liable to the Commonwealth if he (i) knowingly presents to an officer or employee of the Commonwealth a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval; (ii) knowingly makes a false record to get a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the Commonwealth; (iii) has possession of property used by the Commonwealth and, intending to defraud the Commonwealth, knowingly delivers less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; or (iv) conspires to do any act described in clauses (i) through (iii). Under the bill, a person is civilly liable to the Commonwealth if he, respectively, (a) knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval (regardless of to whom the claim is made); (b) knowingly makes a false record material to a false or fraudulent claim (regardless of whether the claim was paid or approved by the Commonwealth); (c) has possession of property used by the Commonwealth and delivers less than all such money or property (regardless of whether the person intends to defraud the Commonwealth); or (d) conspires to do any act described in clauses (a) through (c).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1262/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1262","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234833,"bill_number":"SB1263","title":"Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; establishes position.","description":"Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security. Establishes the Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security with responsibility to the Governor for veterans services and homeland preparedness and security. The state entities reporting through the new Secretary's Office are the Department of Veterans Services, Secure Commonwealth Panel, Veterans Services Foundation, Virginia Military Advisory Council, and Virginia War Memorial Foundation. The bill also makes technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0858)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1263/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1263","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234834,"bill_number":"SB1264","title":"Income tax, state; farm wineries and vineyards tax credit.","description":"Income tax; farm wineries and vineyards tax credit. Creates an income tax credit for licensed farm wineries or vineyards equal to 25 percent of the cost of certain capital expenditures relating to new, or improvements to, Virginia farm wineries or vineyards for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011. Total amount of credits for a calendar year is limited to $250,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1264/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1264","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234835,"bill_number":"SB1265","title":"Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals, Board for; licensed soil scientists.","description":"Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals; licensed professional soil scientists.  Requires professional soil scientists to be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals effective July 1, 2013. Currently, professional soil scientists are subject to voluntary certification. The bill sets out the requirements for licensure and continuing education and grandfathers soil scientists under certain conditions. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0859)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1265/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1265","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234836,"bill_number":"SB1266","title":"Size and weight compliance agents; citations for overweight vehicles.","description":"Size and weight compliance agents; citations for overweight vehicles. Allows the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to appoint staff as \"size and weight compliance agents\" to enforce certain vehicle size limits. The bill outlines procedures for issuance of citations and enforcement of certain vehicle size limits by size and weight compliance agents.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1266/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1266","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234837,"bill_number":"SB1267","title":"Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time.","description":"Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; penalties. Decreases from 3,000 packs to 500 packs the threshold possession amount of contraband cigarettes that triggers a mandatory jail time. Currently, if an offender is found guilty of possessing 3,000 or more packages of contraband cigarettes, the sentence of such person includes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 90 days. The bill also changes the felony threshold amount from 3,000 unstamped packs to 500 packs, to mirror the levels set out in the definition for \"contraband cigarettes\" in the federal Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1267/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1267","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234838,"bill_number":"SB1268","title":"Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements and escrow payments by certain manufacturers.","description":"Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements; escrow payments by certain manufacturers. Requires that the bond posted by manufacturers for inclusion in the Directory be equal to the greater of $50,000 or the escrow amount the manufacturer was required to deposit based on its highest calendar year's sales in Virginia. Under current law, the bond amount to be posted is the greater of $50,000 or the escrow amount the manufacturer was required to deposit based on its previous calendar year's sales in Virginia. The bill also adds nonparticipating manufacturers that have been designated by the Attorney General as an elevated risk to the list of those manufacturers that may be required to make escrow payments on a quarterly rather than an annual basis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1268/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1268","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234839,"bill_number":"SB1270","title":"Standards of Quality; flexibility to use funds for staffing related to math, reading, etc.","description":"Standards of Quality; Standard 2. Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions for certain staffing standards related to instructional staff in mathematics, limited English proficiency, reading, technology, and assistant principals. Additionally, amends the definition of \"support services.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1270/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1270","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234840,"bill_number":"SB1272","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; privatization of ABC stores.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; privatization of ABC stores. Provides for the auction of \"package store\" licenses to authorize the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. The bill also requires the ABC Board to sell or transfer all interest in real property utilized in the wholesale and retail sale of alcoholic beverages. The bill requires the ABC Board to set a fixed number of licenses, not to exceed 1,000 licenses statewide. The initial issuance of licenses by the Board would be through regional auctions beginning July 1, 2012, which may also be conducted through the Department's publicly accessible website. The bill creates two new licenses, the wholesale spirits license and the spirits importer's license, and sets the privileges and applicable taxes for each. The bill also privatizes the wholesale function of the ABC Board. This bill contains numerous technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1272/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1272","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234841,"bill_number":"SB1273","title":"Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprise; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures. Requires state contracts awarded pursuant to enhancement or remedial measures implemented to enhance participation by small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses to include a requirement that no more than 60 percent of the work be subcontracted to another contractor except under certain circumstances. The bill authorizes the Department of Minority Business Enterprise to investigate complaints that the business has violated the contract provision and authorizes the Director to revoke the business's certification as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business for a period of one year upon determination that the contract provision has been violated. The bill also provides that any enhancement or remedial measure require the state agency to solicit bids from all qualified vendors and not be limited to bids submitted by small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Under the bill, any enhancement or remedial measure cannot exceed three percent of the total value of all vendor contracts calculated against the costs of accepting the lowest competent and qualifying bids.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1273/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1273","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234842,"bill_number":"SB1274","title":"Court records; secure remote access restrictions do not apply to secure access by attorneys, etc.","description":"Secure remote access to court records. Provides that restrictions on the secure remote access to court records do not apply to secure access by attorneys in good standing with the Virginia State Bar and their authorized agents and attorneys admitted to practice pro hac vice. The bill also permits secure remote access by governmental agencies authorized by the clerk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1274/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1274","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234843,"bill_number":"SB1275","title":"Sexually violent predators; procedure for rescission of respondent's refusal for examination.","description":"Sexually violent predators. Expands a procedure for rescission of a sexually violent predator's refusal to participate with a mental health examination to allow him to rescind a refusal to participate and provides that assessment hearings may be done by videoconference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1275/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1275","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234844,"bill_number":"SB1276","title":"Local disability services; agencies may convene local interagency services teams.","description":"Local disability services.  Eliminates the Disability Services Council and the State Rehabilitative Services Incentive Fund, the requirement that localities establish local disability services boards, and the authority of localities to establish local rehabilitative services incentive funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1276/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1276","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234845,"bill_number":"SB1277","title":"Onsite treatment works; Department of Health oversight of requirements for review.","description":"Professional engineering of onsite treatment works; Department of Health oversight.  Contains several provisions restricting the Department of Health's oversight of the requirements for and the review of onsite treatment works submitted by professional engineers.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1277/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1277","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234846,"bill_number":"SB1278","title":"Airports and landing areas; provides for removal of natural growth at grandfathered airports.","description":"Airport licensing. Provides for the removal of natural growth at \"grandfathered\" airports that are already licensed. The bill also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1278/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1278","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234847,"bill_number":"SB1279","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility for spouse of an active duty military service member.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition charges. Ensures that the established Virginia domicile of a spouse of an active duty United States military service member, and therefore in-state tuition eligibility, must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence in another jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining a joint household with such member. The bill also provides that the spouse of an active duty United States military service member, if such spouse has established domicile and claimed a dependent student on federal or state income tax returns, must not be subject to minimum income tests or requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0860)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1279/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1279","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234848,"bill_number":"SB1280","title":"Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.","description":"Boards, commissions and councils; membership; appointing authority; abolition. Makes policy improvements and clarifications to several state boards, commissions, and councils including (i) establishing staggered terms for nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, (ii) clarifying the Governor's authority when provided lists of nominees by nongovernmental entities, and (iii) standardizing the terms of chairmen of entities appointed by the Governor to two years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1280/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1280","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234849,"bill_number":"SB1281","title":"Commercial driver's licenses; revises statutes for issuance of overweight and oversize permits.","description":"Regulation of motor carriers by DMV; commercial driver's licenses. Revises statutes relating to motor carriers, including requiring DMV to simply notify localities of the issuance of overweight and oversize permits and eliminating the requirement for for-hire contract passenger carriers and irregular-route common carriers to prove public convenience and necessity when applying for a license. The bill also updates Virginia law on commercial driver's licenses to comply with federal requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0889)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1281/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1281","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234850,"bill_number":"SB1283","title":"Year-end surplus of general fund balance; changes priority of assignment.","description":"Assignment of year-end surplus.  Changes the priority for assigning any year-end surplus by requiring that any general fund balance remaining after funds are set aside for required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund would be assigned as follows: 50 percent for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund and 50 percent for the payment of certain deferred retirement contributions described under paragraph I 5 of Item 469 of Chapter 874 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 until such deferred retirement contributions have been paid in full. If any surplus remains after such assignments, the remainder would be assigned to the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund and other commitments including commitments to certain public institutions of higher education. Under current law, any year-end surplus is first assigned for deposit to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund, and other commitments, including commitments to certain public institutions of higher education. If any surplus remains after such assignments, the remainder is assigned two-thirds for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund and one-third for funding nonrecurring expenditures.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1283/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1283","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234851,"bill_number":"SB1284","title":"Real estate lending; creditworthiness of victims of Chinese drywall.","description":"Real estate lending; creditworthiness of victims of Chinese drywall. Prohibits any bank, savings institution, credit union, or licensed mortgage lender from making a detrimental decision with regard to a real estate loan application that has been submitted by an individual on the basis of the individual's credit history if, and to the extent that, the individual's credit history has been detrimentally affected by financial loss resulting from the individual's ownership of a dwelling that was damaged as a result of the use of Chinese drywall in its construction or in the making of repairs thereto. A lender who violates this prohibition shall be liable to the loan applicant for any actual damages he sustains.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1284/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1284","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234852,"bill_number":"SB1286","title":"Medicaid; DMAS to continue efforts to expand managed care of recipients throughout State.","description":"Medicaid; managed care.  Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue efforts to expand managed care of Medicaid recipients throughout the Commonwealth, to the extent possible. The Department shall have a goal of achieving statewide managed care by July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1286/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1286","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234853,"bill_number":"SB1287","title":"Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses.","description":"Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses. Provides that a sheriff or jail superintendent may seek payment from the local governing body of the city or county, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail for the cost of food, clothing, and medicines for inmates, and the local governing body of the county or city, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail shall be responsible for the payment of such costs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1287/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1287","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234854,"bill_number":"SB1288","title":"Electronic Work Verification Program, federal; public contractors to register.","description":"Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence. Requires all public contractors and their subcontractors to register and participate in a federal Electronic Work Verification Program or similar electronic verification of work authorization program to determine that their employees and individual independent contractors are legally eligible for employment in the United States. Contractors and subcontractors are required to verify the employment status of their employees and independent contractors, and are prohibited from employing or contracting with an individual who is not determined to be legally eligible for employment in the United States as determined through the verification of the individual's status. Contractors who do not register and participate in the registration program are ineligible for prequalification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1049-Barker) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1288/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1288","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234855,"bill_number":"SB1289","title":"Tuition; eligibility for in-state veterans who elect to establish Virginia residence.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB824-Edwards) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1289/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1289","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234856,"bill_number":"SB1290","title":"Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway; designating as I-664 and I-264 in Hampton Roads Highway District.","description":"Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. Designates I-664 and I-264 in the Hampton Roads Highway Construction District the \"Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1290/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1290","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234857,"bill_number":"SB1291","title":"Continuing care retirement community; no less than 20% of board shall be residents of facility.","description":"Continuing care retirement community board of directors; resident representation.  Requires that no less than 20 percent of the members of the board of directors of a corporation providing continuing care at a facility shall be residents of the facility elected to serve as resident representatives by the residents of the facility. This bill provides that resident representatives shall have the same voting rights as other members of the board. Existing providers may comply with the requirement by increasing the number of directors on the board, by replacing sitting directors with resident representatives as their terms expire or vacancies arise, or both, by July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1291/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1291","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234858,"bill_number":"SB1292","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; consumption of lawfully acquired wine at licensed establishments.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; conduct not prohibited; consumption of lawfully acquired wine at certain licensed establishments. Provides that any restaurant licensed by the ABC Board may permit the consumption of lawfully acquired wine by bona fide customers on the premises in all areas and locations covered by the license. The bill provides that a licensee may charge a corkage fee to such customer for the wine so consumed; however, the licensee may not charge any other fee to such customer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1292/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1292","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234859,"bill_number":"SB1293","title":"Disabled parking placards; valid for no more than five years.","description":"Disabled parking placards. Provides that placards will be valid for no more than five years and that renewals must be accompanied by the same certification of the applicant%92s disability as the original.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1293/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1293","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234860,"bill_number":"SB1295","title":"Transportation funding; provides new and increased taxes, tolls, and general fund revenues.","description":"Transportation funding.  Provides new and increased taxes, tolls, and general fund revenues for transportation funding. The bill would (i) decrease the motor fuels tax from $0.175 per gallon to $0.05 per gallon and establish a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based upon the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline; (ii) subject to the amount of the additional revenues generated by the changes described in clause (i), increase the motor fuels tax rate by $0.10 per gallon in increments of $0.02 per gallon each year over the five-year period beginning in 2012; (iii) beginning in 2012 increase the motor vehicle sales and use tax by 0.50 percent each year for four years; (iv) provide that of the retail sales and use tax revenues generated by the Commonwealth's four percent tax on sales of automobile parts and automobile accessories, an amount equivalent to the revenues generated by a 2.5 percent retail sales and use tax on such parts and accessories would be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; (v) subject to receipt of federal authorization, authorize the Commonwealth Transportation Board to impose and collect a toll of $1 per axle on every vehicle entering the Commonwealth from the state of North Carolina via Interstate Route 85 and Interstate Route 95; and (vi) dedicate for highway maintenance purposes 10 percent of the future growth in certain state taxes that is attributable to economic activity generated or facilitated by the public and private general cargo marine terminals and inland ports of the Commonwealth. All amounts generated under the bill would be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund to be used for highway maintenance except the revenues from tolls on vehicles entering the Commonwealth from North Carolina, which would be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1295/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1295","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234861,"bill_number":"SB1296","title":"Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exemption for certain commissions.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exemption for certain commissions. Allows any commission created by executive order to study and make recommendations concerning the prevention of closure and realignment of federal security installations in Virginia to withhold from public disclosure certain records relating to the relocation of national security facilities. The bill also allows those portions of meetings where such records are discussed to be closed to the public.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1296/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1296","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234862,"bill_number":"SB1297","title":"State Law Library; responsibility for placement of certain law books.","description":"State Law Library; responsibility for placement of certain law books. Removes the requirement for the Division of Purchases and Supply to ensure the placement of certain law books for the State Law Library.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1297/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1297","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234863,"bill_number":"SB1298","title":"Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements.","description":"Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements. Removes the rule that the Department of Environmental Quality must inspect all facilities covered by a Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit annually for confined animal feeding operations or at least once every five years for all others. The bill sets a new standard that all facilities should be inspected to ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and permit requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1298/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1298","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234864,"bill_number":"SB1299","title":"Fishing; if person is in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to laws of jurisdiction.","description":"Fishing in interjurisdictional waters.  Clarifies that if a person fishes in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which he is fishing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1299/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1299","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234865,"bill_number":"SB1300","title":"DCR; authorized to divest itself of certain properties conveyed to it by Norfolk Southern Railroad.","description":"Department of Conservation and Recreation; conveyance of property.  Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to divest itself of certain properties that were conveyed to it by Norfolk Southern Railroad for the High Bridge Trail State Park. These properties have no potential utility to the High Bridge Trail State Park and the divestiture would eliminate any liability to the Department associated with the private use of property by adjacent landowners, which preceded the donation by Norfolk Southern Railroad.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1300/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1300","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234866,"bill_number":"SB1301","title":"Public Procurement Act; exemptions for certain transactions.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; exemptions for certain transactions. Resolves the conflict between two sections of the Virginia Public Procurement Act relating to the amount ($50,000) for local construction contracts involving state aid.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1301/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1301","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234867,"bill_number":"SB1302","title":"Special meeting notification; member of local governing body to be notified via electronic mail.","description":"Special meeting notification. Allows a member of a local governing body to be notified of special meetings via electronic mail or facsimile, in lieu of in writing delivered to his home or business, if he so requests.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1302/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1302","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234868,"bill_number":"SB1303","title":"Air pollution; Board shall develop a model ordinance to regulate outdoor hydronic heaters, etc.","description":"Air pollution; outdoor wood-burning heaters. Requires the Air Pollution Control Board to develop a model ordinance for localities that could be used, in the discretion of the locality, to regulate air pollution emissions resulting from the use of outdoor hydronic heaters such as residential wood-fired boilers.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-26","last_action":"House: VOTE: DEFEATED (19-Y 77-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1303/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1303","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234869,"bill_number":"SB1304","title":"Electronic transfer of funds; required approval to transfer into consumer deposit account.","description":"Electronic transfer of funds; required approval. Requires a financial institution to give a depositor two weeks notice prior to honoring instructions directing the financial institution to electronically transfer funds in the consumer deposit account if the instructions do not include or contain the signature of a party to the consumer deposit account consenting to or approving the transfer. If the depositor does not notify the financial institution that he has not authorized the transfer, the financial institution may honor the instructions. If the depositor notifies the financial institution that he has not authorized the transfer, the financial institution shall cease making such transfers until it has determined that the transfers have been authorized by a party to the account or are otherwise legally required or permitted.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1304/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1304","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234870,"bill_number":"SB1305","title":"Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; open-enrollment period.","description":"Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; open-enrollment period.  Opens enrollment into the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program between October 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012, for eligible employees not currently participating in the program. Any employee electing to participate in the program would convert his sick leave balances to (i) additional retirement service credit on the basis of one month of service for each 173 hours of sick leave or (ii) disability credits on the basis of one hour of disability credit for each hour of sick leave. Disability credits would be used to continue periods for which the employee would receive income replacement at 100 percent of creditable compensation for a disability. An election to participate in the program must be in writing and is irrevocable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1305/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1305","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234871,"bill_number":"SB1306","title":"Higher Educational Institutions; Virginia College Building Authority to issue credit enhancements.","description":"Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1306/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1306","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234872,"bill_number":"SB1307","title":"Interbasin waters transfers; establishes a procedure.","description":"State waters; regulation of interbasin transfers. Establishes a procedure for the interbasin transfer of waters. Persons initiating an interbasin transfer, or expanding an existing interbasin transfer, in excess of two million gallons per day must seek a certificate of transfer from the State Water Control Board. Applicants must publish a notice of intent to interested parties and hold public hearings in affected areas. The applicant is required to provide the Department of Environmental Quality with an environmental impact statement showing comprehensive analysis of the impacts, including cumulative impacts, that would occur in the source and receiving basins; an evaluation of alternatives to the proposed interbasin transfer; and a description of measures to mitigate any adverse impacts that may arise.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1307/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1307","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234873,"bill_number":"SB1308","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; referendum on mixed beverage sales in counties.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; referendum on mixed beverage sales in counties.  Provides for the residents of towns with a population of more than 1,000 to vote on the referendum for the sale of mixed beverages within the county in which those towns are located. Under current law, such towns vote only in a referendum in the town.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1308/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1308","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234874,"bill_number":"SB1309","title":"Virginia Resources Authority; modifies provisions to conform to Public Finance Act.","description":"Virginia Resources Authority. Modifies provisions regarding the Virginia Resources Authority to conform to the Public Finance Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1309/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1309","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234875,"bill_number":"SB1310","title":"Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.","description":"Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Coal Mine Safety Act; penalty. Updates the Coal Mine Safety Act to reflect current federal law and industry standards. The changes include expanded safety and emergency response plans; circuitry, voltage, and grounding requirements; and a penalty for any person who provides false information during investigations by the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0862)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1310/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1310","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234876,"bill_number":"SB1311","title":"Dental school faculty; licensure.","description":"Dental school faculty; licensure. Revises several provisions related to temporary licenses for dental school faculty who are not otherwise licensed to practice dentistry in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1311/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1311","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234877,"bill_number":"SB1312","title":"Derelict buildings; authority of locality to appoint receivers to repair.","description":"Repair of derelict buildings; authority of locality to appoint receivers. Allows any locality that has adopted an ordinance pursuant to §15.2-907.1 to petition the circuit court for the appointment of a receiver to repair a residential building that has been declared a derelict building. The appointed receiver shall have the right of possession of the property and shall have the authority to contract for necessary labor and supplies, borrow money for repair, manage the property after repair, and enforce the receiver%92s lien or accept a deed in lieu of any enforcement action. The owner of any property subject to receivership may redeem it at any time by paying the receiver%92s lien in full and any accumulated taxes, penalties, reasonable attorney fees, interest, and costs thereon. The costs incurred by a court-appointed receiver shall constitute a lien against the property, which may be enforced by a sale of the property at public auction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1312/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1312","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234878,"bill_number":"SB1314","title":"Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; repeals certain authority of Attorney General.","description":"Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Repeals the authority of the Attorney General to issue civil investigative demands.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB831-Petersen) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1314/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1314","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234879,"bill_number":"SB1315","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; contract between political subdivision and beneficiary.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund. Provides that the contract between the political subdivision and the business beneficiary regarding a grant awarded under the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund must include consideration of layoffs when determining the total net number of new jobs created over the course of the contract. In addition, the bill provides that whenever net layoffs instituted by a business beneficiary over the course of the period covered by a grant contract causes the total number of the new jobs to be fewer than the number agreed to, then the business beneficiary must return such portion of any funds received as provided by the formula established in the guidelines. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1315/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1315","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234880,"bill_number":"SB1316","title":"Sentence credits; allows a maximum of seven and one-half for each 30 days served.","description":"Rate at which sentence credits may be earned.  Allows a maximum of seven and one-half sentence credits, as opposed to the current four and one-half, for each 30 days served.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1316/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1316","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234881,"bill_number":"SB1317","title":"Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease.","description":"Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease. Allows a practitioner to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1317/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1317","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234882,"bill_number":"SB1318","title":"Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds during school-related activities.","description":"Sex offenders on school property; penalty. Clarifies that a sex offender is prohibited from entering or being present on school property during school-related or school-sponsored events.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1318/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1318","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234883,"bill_number":"SB1320","title":"Charter schools; allows employees to choose whether to participate in Virginia Retirement System.","description":"Charter schools; employees. Allows public charter school employees to choose whether to participate in the Virginia Retirement System and specifies that they are not party to any existing collective bargaining agreement. Also allows only 75 percent of public charter elementary school teachers to be licensed, 50 percent of public charter middle and high school teachers to be licensed, and specifies that all teachers be otherwise be highly qualified, as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1320/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1320","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234884,"bill_number":"SB1321","title":"Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds.","description":"Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds. Allows an entity that has relocated nursing home beds in certain circumstances and thereafter closed the facility to, within 36 months of such closure, relocate the remaining beds to another facility, either existing or new, under common ownership or control, without regard to the criteria set forth in §32.1-102.3:5. The bill allows the Commissioner to issue a certificate of public need for such relocation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1321/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1321","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234885,"bill_number":"SB1322","title":"Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program; created, report.","description":"Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Creates the Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program, consisting of the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) and the GAP Fund program administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority. The bill makes significant changes to the existing CRCF, including creating a Commercialization Subfund, a Research Match Subfund, and an Eminent Scholar Subfund, and sets up a new process for the application, review, and award of funds from the CRCF. This bill was incorporated by","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB1485-Newman) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1322/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1322","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234886,"bill_number":"SB1323","title":"Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees.","description":"Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees. Decreases from 90 to 45 days, where settlement does not occur, the time when a seller of a condominium unit or lot will be responsible for the payment of all allowable fees related to the preparation of the disclosure packet provided by the association.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1323/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1323","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234887,"bill_number":"SB1324","title":"Incapacitated or elder adults; person who commits crimes against is guilty of misdemeanor.","description":"Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated or elder adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct Class 6 felony if the underlying offense is a felony. The bill also provides that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months if the underlying offense is a felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1324/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1324","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234888,"bill_number":"SB1325","title":"Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty.","description":"Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 5 felony to knowingly, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control of an elderly or vulnerable adult's property or financial resources with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the property or financial resources. If the violation is by a caregiver or person with a fiduciary relationship it is a Class 3 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1325/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1325","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234889,"bill_number":"SB1327","title":"Common interest communities; court may enter default judgment against unit owner on sworn affidavit.","description":"Common interest communities; rules violations; jurisdiction of general district courts.  Provides that a court may order the owner of common interest community property who is in violation of such community's rules to abate or remedy the violation. The bill also provides that a general district court may enter default judgment against an owner on the association's sworn affidavit. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1327/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1327","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234890,"bill_number":"SB1328","title":"Magistrates; ascertaining citizenship of arrested persons.","description":"Magistrates ascertaining citizenship of arrested persons.  Requires a magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction who issues a warrant following a warrantless arrest to inquire as to whether the arrested person (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States. The magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction shall make an immigration alien query to the Law Enforcement Support Center of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for any arrested person who responds that he (a) was born in a country other than the United States and (b) is a citizen of a country other than the United States, or for whom the answer to clause (i) or (ii) is unknown. The magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction shall communicate the results of any immigration alien query to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange. The information received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange concerning the person's immigration status shall be recorded in the arrested person's criminal history record. Under current law, sheriffs and jail officers have the above duties when a person is taken into custody at their jails.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1328/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1328","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234891,"bill_number":"SB1329","title":"Highway revenue sharing construction funds; removes $1 million cap.","description":"Highway \"revenue sharing\" construction funds. Removes the $1 million cap for individual allocations and changes first priority for allocation to congestion relief. The bill also changes the maximum and minimum appropriations from $50 million and $15 million to $250 million and $50 million. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1446-Wampler) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1329/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1329","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234892,"bill_number":"SB1330","title":"Medical malpractice action; plaintiff must provide defendant certification form within so many days.","description":"Medical malpractice actions. Changes from 10 business days to 21 days the number of days after receipt of written request of a defendant in which the plaintiff must provide the defendant with a certification form that affirms that the plaintiff had obtained the necessary certifying expert opinion at the time service was requested or affirms that the plaintiff did not need to obtain a certifying expert witness opinion. The bill further provides that this certification form is not necessary if the complaint, counter claim, or third party claim contains the foregoing affirmation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1330/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1330","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234893,"bill_number":"SB1331","title":"Speed limits; certain municipalities may increase or decrease on highways following investigation.","description":"Speed limits. Allows municipalities that maintain their own roads to increase or decrease speed limits on highways over which they have jurisdiction following appropriate traffic engineering investigation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1331/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1331","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234894,"bill_number":"SB1334","title":"State military laws; several technical changes and amendments.","description":"Military laws of Virginia.  Makes several amendments to the military laws of the Commonwealth. Many of the changes are technical, such as updating references to the Virginia State Guard and Virginia State Defense Force to the Virginia Defense Force and deleting obsolete references. The bill also makes amendments to the appointment of officers of the National Guard and special courts-martial. The bill is identical to HB 1852.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1334/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1334","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234895,"bill_number":"SB1336","title":"Aerospace Advisory Council; membership.","description":"Aerospace Advisory Council; membership. Provides that the President and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership or his designee shall be one of seven ex officio members of the Aerospace Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1336/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1336","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234896,"bill_number":"SB1337","title":"Freedom of Information Act; exempts Commercial Space Flight Authority from disclosure requirements.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; Commercial Space Flight Authority. Creates an exemption from the mandatory disclosure requirements of FOIA for (i) records relating to rate structures or charges for using the facilities of the Commercial Space Flight Authority and (ii) records provided by a private entity to the Commercial Space Flight Authority, to the extent that such records contain (a) trade secrets of the private entity as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (§59.1-336 et seq.); (b) financial records of the private entity, including balance sheets and financial statements, that are not generally available to the public through regulatory disclosure or otherwise; or (c) other information submitted by the private entity, where, if the records were made public, the financial interest or bargaining position of the Authority or private entity would be adversely affected. The bill also contains a meeting exemption for the discussion of the above records.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1337/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1337","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234897,"bill_number":"SB1338","title":"Governor; submission of financial plan to General Assembly.","description":"Governor; submission of financial plan; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.  Provides for the Governor's financial plan to be submitted to the General Assembly before the first day of each legislative session and for the plan to prospectively cover periods of six and 10 years. Under current law the plan is required to be submitted in even-numbered years and to cover a prospective period of six years. The bill also provides for the plan to include projections for total state indebtedness, projected future expenditures for debt service over time, and other relevant measures of debt. The plan must be updated within 60 days of the adoption of the state budget. The bill further provides for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to include a six-year projection of expenditures in programs identified as the largest and fastest growing programs in the Commission's annual report on state spending.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1338/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1338","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234898,"bill_number":"SB1339","title":"Urban development areas; population projections.","description":"Urban development areas; population projections. Allows population projections to be based on official government projections required for federal transportation planning purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1339/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1339","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234899,"bill_number":"SB1340","title":"Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.","description":"Elections; voting equipment; DREs. Allows, for a limited period until June 30, 2012, the purchase of direct recording electronic machines from any source to meet legal mandates to provide accessible voting equipment. The bill provides for oversight of such purchases by the State Board of Elections. Current law requires these purchases to be made from existing DRE inventories within the Commonwealth. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1340/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1340","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234900,"bill_number":"SB1342","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; buildings used by fraternal organizations.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; buildings used by fraternal organizations.  Provides that buildings used by fraternal organizations shall be classified as residential structures for the purposes of complying with the Building Code, provided such structures are used only by the members of the fraternal organizations and their guests, are not open to the general public, and contain no bedrooms or accommodations for overnight lodging. The bill defines fraternal organization. The bill also includes window replacements among the list of items for which a statement of the existence of asbestos will suffice instead of an asbestos inspection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1342/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1342","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234901,"bill_number":"SB1345","title":"Legislative Services, Division of; provide support only to commissions created by General Assembly.","description":"Division of Legislative Services; legislative staff support of commissions. Provides that the Division of Legislative Services may provide staff support only to commissions created by the General Assembly, or by either the Senate of Virginia or the House of Delegates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1345/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1345","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234902,"bill_number":"SB1349","title":"Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business.","description":"Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; definitions; eligible business. Removes from the definition of \"eligible business\" a nonprofit entity granted tax-exempt status under 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Stricken from Senate calendar (40-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1349/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1349","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234903,"bill_number":"SB1351","title":"Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits answering a call unless in hands-free mode.","description":"Wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles. Extends prohibition on use of wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles to initiating or answering a call on such device, unless the device is configured for hands-free operation and is being used in the hands-free mode. The bill also provides for graduated penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1351/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1351","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234904,"bill_number":"SB1352","title":"Local governments; private capital lending.","description":"Private capital lending for local governments. Allows a local government to enter into certain conduit lending agreements to finance certain capital projects.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1352/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1352","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234905,"bill_number":"SB1353","title":"Appropriation bills; Chairmen of House Appropriations & Senate Finance Committees to issue reports.","description":"General Assembly; general appropriation bills. Requires the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to issue reports concurrently with the budget conference report that specifically identify (i) any nonstate appropriation, (ii) any item in the conference report that was not included in a general appropriation bill as passed by either the House or the Senate, and (iii) any item that represents legislation that failed in either house during the regular or a special session.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1353/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1353","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234906,"bill_number":"SB1354","title":"Grass and weeds; adds James City County to list authorized to require cutting on occupied property.","description":"Cutting of weeds and grass. Adds the County of James City to the list of localities that may order the cutting of grass and weeds on certain occupied property. The existing portion of the statute that includes all localities applies to vacant property only.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1354/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1354","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234907,"bill_number":"SB1355","title":"General Assembly; compensation during regular session extension.","description":"General Assembly; compensation during regular session extension. Specifies that members of the General Assembly receive neither per diem allowance nor mileage reimbursement if the session is extended past the date scheduled for adjournment sine die.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1355/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1355","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234908,"bill_number":"SB1356","title":"Limited liability companies; derivative actions.","description":"Limited liability companies; derivative actions. Removes a provision that allows a member of a limited liability company to bring a derivative action without first demanding that the members or managers of the limited liability company bring the action if an effort to cause the members or managers to bring the action is not likely to succeed. Without this \"futility\" exception, a member will be required in every case to make a demand on the limited liability company before bringing a derivative action. A member shall not bring a derivative proceeding unless he fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company and is a proper plaintiff.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1356/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1356","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234909,"bill_number":"SB1357","title":"Veterans Services Officer pilot program; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to establish.","description":"Pilot program for Veterans Services Officer. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to establish a pilot program with a Virginia locality for a Veterans Services Officers to enhance efforts to provide services to veterans and their immediate family members. Financial support of the position will be provided from such state funds as may be appropriated. The bill provides for the participating to report on the pilot program to the Commissioner on or before November 30, 2012. The bill has a sunset of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1357/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1357","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234910,"bill_number":"SB1360","title":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.","description":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program created.  Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2013, and the Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2017, to create a program that provides financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage. A wind energy supplier must make a capital investment of greater than $10 million and create at least 30 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage to be eligible for a grant. Solar photovoltaic manufacturing grants based on sales in 2011 are capped at $1 million.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0864)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1360/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1360","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234911,"bill_number":"SB1361","title":"Spouse of member of armed forces; provides extension of expiration of certain licenses, etc.","description":"Professions and occupations; expiration of certain documents issued to spouses of citizens of Virginia serving in the armed forces of the United States.  Provides an extension of the expiration of certain licenses, certifications, registrations or other documents held by the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States when the spouse accompanies the citizen for a period of service outside of the country.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1361/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1361","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234912,"bill_number":"SB1362","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report.","description":"Virginia College Savings Plan. Clarifies the roles of the two advisory committees to the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan and requires the Board to post the annual report on its website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-01","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)","last_action_date":"2011-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1362/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1362","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234913,"bill_number":"SB1363","title":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; increases amount, students enrollment requirements.","description":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program. Increases the amount of the grant from $1,000 to $1,500, federal Expected Family Contribution threshold from $8,000 to $12,000, and requires the students who receive the grant to maintain the continued enrollment requirements at the institution to which they have transferred, rather than meeting a specific GPA requirement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1363/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1363","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234914,"bill_number":"SB1364","title":"Protective orders; definition, makes numerous changes to laws governing family abuse, etc.","description":"Protective orders; definition of family abuse; dating violence; penalty.  Makes numerous changes to the laws governing family abuse protective orders and stalking protective orders, including (i) amending the definition of \"family abuse\" to specifically include assault, stalking, sexual assault, forceful detention, and intentional damage to real or personal property with the intent to intimidate or control; (ii) expanding the availability of stalking protective orders to any person who has been a victim of \"dating violence\" or an \"act of violence\"; and (iii) providing that if both parties file for a protective order, the court may issue mutual orders upon finding by clear and convincing evidence that both parties have committed, and are likely to commit in the future, conduct justifying the issuance of an order. The bill also harmonizes certain provisions regarding the violation of a family abuse protective order and a stalking protective order, including making the penalties for violating the orders consistent, to wit: (i) any person convicted of a second violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense and when either the instant or prior offense was based on an act or threat of violence, shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days; (ii) any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, when such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or any of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 6 felony and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months; (iii) any person who commits an assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury upon a person protected by a protective order is guilty of a Class 6 felony; and (iv) any person who violates a protective order by furtively entering the home of the protected party while such party is present or enters and remains in such home until the protected party arrives is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that any person convicted of violating a protective order for which no mandatory minimum sentence is specified shall be sentenced to a term of confinement and shall not have his entire sentence suspended.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1222-Barker) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1364/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1364","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234915,"bill_number":"SB1366","title":"Health benefits exchange; intent to develop.","description":"Health benefits exchange; intent to develop. States that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Commonwealth create and operate its own health benefits exchange or exchanges that meet the relevant requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act. The Governor and the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance are requested to work with the General Assembly, relevant experts, and stakeholders generally to provide recommendations for consideration by the 2012 Session of the General Assembly regarding the structure and governance of the Virginia Exchange. The recommendations are due by October 1, 2011. The measure will expire on July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"Senate: Stricken from Senate calendar (22-Y 18-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1366/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1366","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234916,"bill_number":"SB1367","title":"Motor vehicle title loans; loans to nonresidents.","description":"Motor vehicle title loans; nonresidents. Eliminates provisions that prevent motor vehicle title lenders from making title loans to individuals whose motor vehicle is registered in another state. Currently, a title lender is required to have its security interest in the motor vehicle added to the vehicle's certificate of title by complying with the requirements of Virginia's motor vehicle laws. This measure will allow title loans to be made to nonresidents of Virginia provided the lender's security interest is added to its certificate of title by complying with the laws of the state where it is registered.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1367/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1367","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234917,"bill_number":"SB1368","title":"Telecommunications services; eliminates certain requirements.","description":"Telecommunications services; regulation. Eliminates certain requirements applicable to competitive telecommunications services. The requirement that competitive services be offered for sale under a filed tariff is eliminated. The State Corporation Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for retail telephone service not found prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local exchange telephone service. After July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail telephone services. In addition, the measure (i) eliminates the facility-building requirement of telephone companies in instances where a person has service available from one or more alternative providers of wireline or terrestrial wireless communications service at prevailing market rates; (ii) permits an incumbent provider to meet its obligation to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities through the use of any and all wireline or terrestrial wireless technology, subject to a requirement that when a telephone company restores service to an existing wireline customer, the company shall offer the option to furnish service using wireline facilities; (iii) provides that the Commission may conclude that competition can effectively ensure reasonably adequate retail services in competitive exchanges and may carry out its duty to ensure that a public utility is furnishing reasonably adequate retail service in its competitive exchanges by monitoring individual customer complaints and requiring appropriate responses to such complaints; (iv) amends the requirement of prior approval for the sale of all of the assets of a telephone company to provide that the Commission in such a proceeding shall consider only the financial, managerial, and technical resources to render local exchange telecommunications services of the person acquiring ownership or control; (v) eliminates requirements associated with telegraph service that is no longer offered in the Commonwealth; (vi) expands the definition of mail used for providing notice to customers to include electronic mail; (vii) provides that the prohibition on multiple rate increases within a 12-month period does not apply to competitive services; (viii) exempts telephone companies from provisions relating to energy and capital resource use conservation, standard units of products or service, and fuel purchases; (ix) eliminates provisions relating to the authority of the Commission to establish areas where a telephone company may provide mobile telephone service; (x) deletes obsolete provisions applicable to the extension of telephone facilities into rural areas and to the rates of telephone companies set by municipal ordinances; (xi) allows the detariffing of interexchange service; and (xii) provides that requirements that telephone companies file reports, other than reports relating to the special revenue tax, will expire on December 31 of each year unless the Commission extends the requirement after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1368/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1368","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234918,"bill_number":"SB1369","title":"Clerks; may provide official certificates and certified records in digital form, etc.","description":"Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings. Clarifies that clerks may provide official certificates and certified records in digital form of any document maintained by the clerk. The bill also confirms the clerks' authority to perform notarial acts. The bill also makes various changes to clerks' duties regarding electronic filing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1369/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1369","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234919,"bill_number":"SB1370","title":"Highway rumble strips; requires installation along all highways with speed limits of 55 mph or more.","description":"Highway rumble strips. Requires installation of rumble strips along all highways with speed limits of 55 mph or more.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1370/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1370","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234920,"bill_number":"SB1371","title":"Capital outlay plan; sets forth 6-year plan for project funded entirely from general fund resources.","description":"Capital outlay plan. Sets forth a six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"Senate: Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1371/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1371","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234921,"bill_number":"SB1372","title":"Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; increases maximum claim of one judgment creditor.","description":"Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund. Increases from $20,000 to $50,000 (i) the maximum claim of one judgment creditor against the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund based on an unpaid final judgment arising out of loss or damage for certain claims and (ii) the maximum recovery on bonds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1372/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1372","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234922,"bill_number":"SB1373","title":"Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for possession, sale, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, or distribution of or possession with intent to sell, give, or distribute synthetic cannabinoids. Creates a new category for \"synthetic cannabinoids\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule I (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule I, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic cannabinoids is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana. However, except where synthetic cannabinoids is specifically exempted, it will fall under provisions in the Virginia Code that refer to controlled substances. The bill has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1373/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1373","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234923,"bill_number":"SB1374","title":"Social work; unlawful for person not licensed by Board of Social Work to use title social worker.","description":"Social work; title protection. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person not licensed by the Board of Social Work to use the title \"Social Worker\" in writing or in advertising in connection with his practice unless he simultaneously uses the clarifying initials signifying a degree in social work. The bill provides exceptions for federally required and defined social workers in nursing homes and hospices and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1374/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1374","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234924,"bill_number":"SB1375","title":"Contractors, Board for; regulation of building analysts.","description":"Board for Contractors; regulation of building analysts. Provides for the licensure of residential building energy analysts by the Board for Contractors. The bill defines residential building energy analysis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0865)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1375/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1375","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234925,"bill_number":"SB1376","title":"Hunter safety education; requires 18 year old or younger to pass before obtaining hunting license.","description":"Hunter safety education. Requires persons 18 years of age or younger to pass a hunter safety education course before they can obtain a hunting license. Currently, the hunter safety education requirement applies to persons under the age of 16.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1376/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1376","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234926,"bill_number":"SB1377","title":"Claims-made liability insurance policies; prohibits an insurer from denying coverage.","description":"Claims-made liability insurance policies. Prohibits an insurer from denying coverage under a claims-made liability insurance policy for a claim based on the insured's failure to notify the insurer that a claim might be made under the policy, unless (i) the insured's failure to notify the insurer of the potential claim prejudices the insurer or (ii) the insured understood that the claim would be made under the policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1377/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1377","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234927,"bill_number":"SB1378","title":"Unborn children; constitutionally guaranteed rights.","description":"Constitutionally guaranteed rights of unborn children. Provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth, subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States and precedents of the appellate courts of Virginia and of the United States.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1378/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1378","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234928,"bill_number":"SB1379","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from Fund.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from the fund. Reduces, among other things, the threshold for private investment and new job creation from $10 million and 100 new jobs to $5 million and at least 50 new jobs, and allows for awards from the Fund for projects with a minimum private investment of $100 million that create at least 25 new jobs. The bill also sets forth new investment and job creation thresholds for projects in fiscally stressed localities. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1379/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1379","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234929,"bill_number":"SB1380","title":"Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.","description":"Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; membership. Provides that the presidents of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University may appoint designees for the purpose of membership on the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The designees shall have voting privileges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1380/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1380","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234930,"bill_number":"SB1382","title":"State agency mandates; assessment imposed on local governments.","description":"State agency mandates on localities. Provides that the assessment of mandates imposed on local governments currently required include an estimate of the fiscal impact of such mandates on the affected local governments in addition to a written justification regarding why the mandate should or should not be eliminated.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1382/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1382","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234931,"bill_number":"SB1383","title":"Retirement System; certain retirees hired as law-enforcement officers of certain towns.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as law-enforcement officers of certain towns. Provides that a person retired under the Local Enforcement Officers' Retirement System, the State Police Officers' Retirement System, or the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System may be hired by a town with a population of less than 10,000 as its Chief Law-Enforcement Officer without interruption of his retirement allowance under the following conditions: (i) the person has attained age 50 and has been retired for at least one full calendar year (or such longer period as established by the Board of the Virginia Retirement System) prior to commencing employment; (ii) the person has not retired pursuant to an early retirement incentive; (iii) the person did not voluntarily resign or voluntarily retire under the Workforce Transition Act of 1995; and (iv) the hiring town pays to the Virginia Retirement System, during the person's employment, the employer share of the retirement funding contribution that would otherwise be due if the person were a covered employee.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1383/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1383","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234932,"bill_number":"SB1384","title":"State's tax code; advances conformity with federal law.","description":"Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances the conformity with the federal tax code from January 22, 2010, to December 31, 2010, and restores conformity to the qualified motor vehicle tax deduction. The bill also contains an emergency clause and ensures that the measure will override certain budget language.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0866)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1384/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1384","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234933,"bill_number":"SB1385","title":"Year-end surplus of general fund balance; changes priority of assignment.","description":"Assignment of year-end surplus.  Changes the priority for assigning any year-end surplus by requiring that 10 percent of the general fund balance remaining after funds are set aside for required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, and other commitments would be assigned to provide funding to the Department of Veterans Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1385/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1385","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234934,"bill_number":"SB1387","title":"Automobile clubs; exempts an entity from licensing and other requirements under certain conditions.","description":"Automobile clubs; exemption. Exempts an entity from licensing and other requirements applicable to automobile clubs if the entity contracts with a licensed automobile club for the provision of emergency road service and towing service to the entity's customers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1387/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1387","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234935,"bill_number":"SB1388","title":"Retained asset accounts; to provide beneficiary at time a claim is made.","description":"Life insurance; retained asset accounts. Requires insurance companies licensed in the Commonwealth that offer retained asset accounts for death benefits to provide the beneficiary, at the time a claim is made, with written information describing the settlement options available under the policy. If the insurer settles benefits through a retained asset account, the insurer shall provide the beneficiary with a supplemental contract that clearly discloses the rights of the beneficiary and the obligations of the insurer under the supplemental contract. The insurer is also required to make certain disclosures regarding retained asset accounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1388/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1388","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234936,"bill_number":"SB1389","title":"Driver information; DMV to release to Virginia Council of Girl Scouts about volunteers.","description":"Release of driver information by Department of Motor Vehicles. Authorizes DMV to release to the Virginia Council of the Girls Scouts of the USA driver information about volunteers with the Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1389/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1389","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234937,"bill_number":"SB1390","title":"Life insurance; specified disease coverage or limited benefit health coverage.","description":"Life insurance; specified disease coverage or limited benefit health coverage. Provides that \"life insurance\" includes additional benefits providing specified disease coverage or limited benefit health coverage if these coverages comply with certain minimum standards established by the State Corporation Commission for individual accident and health insurance policies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1390/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1390","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234938,"bill_number":"SB1391","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility for veterans who elect to establish Virginia as residence.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB824-Edwards) (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1391/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1391","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234939,"bill_number":"SB1392","title":"Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.","description":"Electric utility ratemaking incentives; coalbed methane gas. Authorizes investor-owned electric utilities to earn an enhanced rate of return, equal to 150 basis points above the authorized rate of return, on their investments in generation facilities that are fired at least 50 percent by coalbed methane gas produced from Virginia wells.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0380)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1392/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1392","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234940,"bill_number":"SB1393","title":"Utility poles; vehicles transporting do not need over-length permits and escort vehicles.","description":"Vehicles transporting utility poles. Provides that vehicles transporting utility poles do not need over-length permits and do not need escort vehicles.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1393/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1393","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234941,"bill_number":"SB1395","title":"Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.","description":"Firearms; alcohol; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person who is under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs to carry a loaded firearm on or about his person in a public place and that a person found guilty is ineligible to apply for a concealed handgun permit for a period of five years. The bill also makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person to carry a loaded firearm on or about his person onto the premises of any restaurant or club licensed to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and consume an alcoholic beverage while on the premises.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1395/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1395","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234942,"bill_number":"SB1396","title":"Podiatry; expands definition.","description":"Podiatry; expands definition. Expands the definition of podiatry to include the diagnosis and treatment of lower extremity ulcers, provided that the treatment of severe lower extremity ulcers proximal to the foot and ankle only be performed by appropriately trained, credentialed podiatrists in certain approved hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1396/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1396","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234943,"bill_number":"SB1401","title":"Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria.","description":"Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria. Provides that certain individuals who have exhausted eligibility for unemployment benefits and who are enrolled in approved training programs are eligible for up to 26 weeks of additional benefits. The measure also provides that an individual who voluntarily separates from employment is not disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits if the separation is for a compelling family reason, which is defined as domestic violence, the illness or disability of a member of the individual's immediate family; or the need for the individual to accompany such individual's spouse to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute and due to a change in location of the spouse's employment. A provision allowing individuals to receive unemployment benefits if they voluntarily leave employment to follow a military spouse assigned to a new duty station, which provision will become effective only if the federal government appropriates adequate funds specifically for the purpose of paying benefits to such individuals, is repealed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1401/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1401","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234944,"bill_number":"SB1404","title":"Income tax, state; clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit.","description":"Income tax; clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit. Extends the sunset date from December 31, 2011, to December 31, 2016 for the clean fuel vehicle job creation income tax credit. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1236-Ticer) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1404/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1404","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234945,"bill_number":"SB1405","title":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; allows retail licensees to give gifts of alcohol to patrons.","description":"Alcoholic Beverage Control; gifts by licensees. Allows retail licensees and their employees to give gifts of alcohol to their patrons, limited to one alcoholic beverage per patron within a 24-hour period and limited to one bottle of wine per group of two or more patrons within a 24-hour period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1405/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1405","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234946,"bill_number":"SJR341","title":"Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.","description":"Study; Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; report. Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and effectiveness of the Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay. In conducting the study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall (i) review current statutory, constitutional, and budgetary provisions governing the calculation of SOQ costs and funding; (ii) examine the components of the Composite Index and how they interact; (iii) evaluate other states' public school funding formulas; (iv) hear local concerns and seek input from various Virginia and national experts, as available; and (v) evaluate the need to adjust the current basic school aid formula. The Commission must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR341/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ341","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234947,"bill_number":"SJR357","title":"U.S. Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment that was proposed by Congress in 1972.","description":"United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment.  Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress. This resolution is identical to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR357/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ357","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234948,"bill_number":"SJR358","title":"Cancer Prevention Day; designating as February 4, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Cancer Prevention Day. Designates February 4, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Cancer Prevention Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ358ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR358/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ358","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":234949,"bill_number":"SJR359","title":"Auditor of Public Accounts; joint committee to study method of selecting.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study method of selecting Auditor of Public Accounts; report. Establishes a five-member joint subcommittee to recommend the best method for selecting the Auditor of Public Accounts. This is a one-year study.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR359/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ359","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235843,"bill_number":"HB1844","title":"Zoning determination; providing notice to landowners when their real property is subject thereof.","description":"Notice of zoning administrator actions. Provides that when an applicant requesting a determination or other action from the zoning administrator is not the owner of the subject property, written notice shall be given to the owner within 10 days of the request.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1844/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1844","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235844,"bill_number":"HB1848","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility for spouse of an active duty military service member.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition charges. Ensures that the established Virginia domicile of a spouse of an active duty military service member, and therefore in-state tuition eligibility, must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence in another jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining a joint household with such member. The bill also provides that the spouse of an active duty military service member, if such spouse has established domicile and claimed a dependent student on federal or state income tax returns, must not be subject to minimum income tests or requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1848/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1848","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235845,"bill_number":"HB1900","title":"Compton Road; designating as Virginia byway in Fairfax County.","description":"Compton Road. Designates Compton Road in Fairfax County a Virginia byway.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1900/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1900","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235846,"bill_number":"HB1905","title":"Child day programs; exemption from licensure requirements.","description":"Child day programs; exemption from licensure requirements. Clarifies that a child day program that, by written policy given to and signed by a parent or guardian, allows school-aged children to enter and leave the premises without permission or supervision shall be exempt from licensure requirements regardless of (i) such program's location or the number of days per week of its operation; (ii) the provision of transportation services, including drop-off and pick-up times; or (iii) the scheduling of breaks for snacks, homework, or other activities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1905/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1905","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235847,"bill_number":"HB1910","title":"Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit.","description":"Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) Exams; course credit. Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies regarding the granting of credit for Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) examinations. The bill also provides that each institution's policy for course credit for Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) courses must be comparable to its policies for granting course credit for Advanced Placement courses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1910/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1910","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235848,"bill_number":"HB1916","title":"Virginia's Heritage Music Trail: The Crooked Road; adds portion of U.S. Route 58.","description":"Virginia's Heritage Music Trail: The Crooked Road. Adds to \"Virginia's Heritage Music Trail: The Crooked Road,\" designated in 2004, U.S. Route 58 from the Town of Stuart east to the City of Martinsville.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1916/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1916","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235849,"bill_number":"HB1919","title":"Virginia Defective Drywall Correction and Restoration Assistance Fund; SCC to collect from insurer.","description":"Assessment for the Virginia Defective Drywall Correction and Restoration Assistance Fund. Directs the State Corporation Commission to collect from each licensed insurer writing fire, homeowners, and the property portion of commercial multi-peril insurance an assessment in an amount equal to six-tenths of one percent of the direct gross premium income for such insurance during the preceding calendar year. The moneys collected from the assessment are to be used to provide revenue for the Virginia Defective Drywall Correction and Restoration Assistance Fund. The provision expires July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1919/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1919","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235850,"bill_number":"HB1925","title":"Garnishment; clarifies person's earnings that may be subject thereto including deposits into bank.","description":"Garnishment; earnings. Clarifies that a person's earnings that may be subject to garnishment include earnings deposited into a bank, credit union, or financial institution on the person's behalf and includes earnings that have been commingled with nonexempt funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1925/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1925","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235851,"bill_number":"HB1926","title":"Salem Highway Construction District Transportation Revenue Fund; established.","description":"Transportation funding; the Salem Highway Construction District. Provides funds for transportation in the Salem Highway Construction District by allocating revenue attributable to a portion of economic growth due to or facilitated by the Inland Port in Montgomery County.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1926/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1926","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235852,"bill_number":"HB1927","title":"Inspection reports; required to display a copy if licensed by State Board of Health.","description":"Display of restaurant inspection reports.  Requires every restaurant licensed by the State Board of Health to display a copy of the most recent restaurant inspection report, which shall include evidence of the number of critical violations found during the inspection, in a place where it is readily observable by the public transacting business with the establishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1927/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1927","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235853,"bill_number":"HB1934","title":"Immigration laws; State Police to enter into agreement with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.","description":"Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow the State Police to perform certain federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth. Such an agreement is often referred to as an agreement under the federal 287(g) program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1934/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1934","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235854,"bill_number":"HB1940","title":"Restaurant regulations; exemption for certain nonprofit fund-raisers.","description":"Restaurant regulations; exemption for certain nonprofit fund-raisers. Allows localities to adopt ordinances exempting nonprofit organizations selling food at fund-raisers from restaurant regulations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1940/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1940","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235855,"bill_number":"HB1943","title":"No discharge zones; criteria shall be premised on improvement of impaired tidal creeks.","description":"No discharge zones. Provides that the criteria for establishing no discharge zones shall be based on the improvement of impaired tidal creeks. The bill also describes the actions that must be taken to ensure that there is no discharge of sewage from vessels while in a no discharge zone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1943/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1943","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235856,"bill_number":"HB1947","title":"Right to enter on land; removes requirement for notice of intent be sent by certified mail.","description":"Right to enter on land for transportation purposes. Removes the requirement that notice of intent to enter be sent by certified mail. The bill also eliminates the required waiting period if the landowner agrees to or requests an earlier date of entry than that specified in the notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1947/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1947","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235857,"bill_number":"HB1957","title":"Transportation Board; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of CTB. Makes various changes to the powers and duties of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB): (i) clarifies that local roads in counties outside the state secondary highway system are local roads, and not part of the state system; (ii) increases the limitation on contract values that the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and the Director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation may let; (iii) eliminates the duty of the CTB to regulate outdoor theaters; (iv) provides for the updating of the Statewide Transportation Plan every four years (instead of five); and (v) repeals the section that allows the CTB to designate its employees as special police officers. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1957/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1957","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235858,"bill_number":"HB1960","title":"Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria to be eligible to receive tuition assistance.","description":"Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution not admitted to the program as of January 1, 2011, to be eligible, it must (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have its principal place of business within the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct its primary educational activity within the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting agency. The bill also defines \"principal place of business.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1960/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1960","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235859,"bill_number":"HB1973","title":"Court clerks' office; may transmit copies of orders for transfer of prisoners, etc.","description":"Efficiency of court clerks' offices. Provides that the person responsible for taking attendance when the potential jurors are assembled, and not the clerk, is responsible for verifying the identities of the jurors. The bill also allows clerks to transmit or make available electronically to the Director of the Department of Corrections copies of the order of trial and final order for persons sentenced to the Department. Finally, the bill provides that if a power of attorney that has been recorded is revoked, a clerk may require that the revocation of a power of attorney be prepared as a separate instrument which shall be recorded and indexed by the clerk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1973/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1973","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235860,"bill_number":"HB1984","title":"Child welfare; placement of children.","description":"Child welfare; placement of children.  Provides that in cases in which a child cannot be returned to his family or placed for adoption and kinship care is not in the best interests of the child, the Department of Social Services shall consider other placements and services that may be in the best interests of the child.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1984/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1984","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235861,"bill_number":"HB1985","title":"Underinsured motorist; insurance coverage.","description":"Underinsured motorist insurance coverage. Provides that a liability insurer's written offer to pay the limits of its policy may be made contingent upon waiver of subrogation. These provisions clarify legislation enacted in the 2010 Session that permits a liability insurer to be relieved of the costs of defending the owner or operator in a claim to the extent the costs are incurred after the liability insurer makes an irrevocable written offer to pay the limits of its policy. This measure further states that these provisions, including the liability insurer's irrevocable offer and the underinsured insurer's liability for defense costs, do not apply if a jury verdict is returned for an amount equal to or less than the total liability coverage available for payment or a ruling dismissing the complaint, including the plaintiff's voluntary nonsuit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1985/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1985","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235862,"bill_number":"HB1992","title":"Banks; capital stock.","description":"Banks; capital stock. Exempts restricted stock award plans from the requirement that a bank's capital stock be paid in money. The measure also provides that a stock option shall not be granted at a price which is less than 100 percent of the fair market value per share of the stock; an existing provision limits such price to 100 percent of the stock's book value as shown by the bank's last published statement prior to the granting of the option.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1992/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1992","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235863,"bill_number":"HB1996","title":"Child endangerment; willful act or omission, etc., to provide necessary care for child's health.","description":"Child endangerment; child abuse; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 18 who by willful act or omission or refusal to provide any necessary care for the child's health maliciously causes or permits serious injury to the life or health of the child is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the person is at least seven years older than the child and the child is less than 15 years of age, the person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of five years to 30 years, five of which shall be a mandatory minimum sentence, and, for a second or subsequent violation, by a term of 10 years to 40 years, 10 years of which shall be a mandatory minimum sentence. The bill also relocates the crime of child endangerment to Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally) from Title 40.1 (Labor and Employment) in order to emphasize its general application, but does not make any substantive changes to the language of the relocated statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1996/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1996","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235864,"bill_number":"HB1998","title":"Northern Virginia Transportation District; long-range transportation planning.","description":"Northern Virginia Transportation District; long-range planning. Establishes responsibilities for various entities for long-range transportation planning for the Virginia Department of Transportation in the Northern Virginia Transportation District.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1998/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1998","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235865,"bill_number":"HB2001","title":"Quiet pavement technology; requires VDOT to expedite development.","description":"Quiet pavement technology. Requires VDOT to expedite the development of quiet pavement technology.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2001/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2001","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235866,"bill_number":"HB2002","title":"Tuition, out-of-state; boards of visitors to set charges based on competitive market rates.","description":"Public institutions of higher education; undergraduate out-of-state tuition charges. Requires the boards of visitors of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to set tuition and fee charges at levels they deem to be appropriate for all nonresident student groups based on, but not limited to, competitive market rates, provided that the tuition and mandatory educational and general fee rates for nonresident undergraduate students are at least 100 percent of the average cost of their education. The determination of competitive market rates shall consider tuition and fees charged at comparable private and public institutions of higher education within the Commonwealth or in another state, totaling at least five, which are most similar to the public institution of higher education with respect to total undergraduate enrollment, undergraduate student body academic qualifications, and to which a significant number of students of the institution of higher education also applied. Additionally, at the time that undergraduate tuition is determined by each board of visitors, the board of visitors must include in its meeting records the tuition rates at comparable private institutions and any other factors used in establishing the undergraduate tuition and fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2002/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2002","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235867,"bill_number":"HB2006","title":"Small businesses; clarifies process review of existing regulations.","description":"Regulatory flexibility for small businesses; periodic review. Clarifies the process for the notice of completion of the small business impact statement and review of existing regulations to minimize the economic impact of regulations on small businesses. The bill (i) changes the periodic review requirement from five years to four years to conform to the procedures for regulatory review adopted by each Governor under §§2.2-4013 and 2.2-4017, (ii) adds a requirement to publish a notice of the review and report of the findings in the Virginia Register of Regulations and post the notice on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, and (iii) provides for a 21-day public comment period after publication of the notice. The bill is recommended by the Virginia Code Commission based on a report of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2006/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2006","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235868,"bill_number":"HB2013","title":"Community services boards; Commissioner to establish workgroup to develop a drug formulary for use.","description":"Community services boards; drug formulary. Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish and maintain a committee composed of representatives of the Department of Medical Assistance Services, state facilities operated by the Department, community services boards, and at least one health insurance plan, and at least one consumer to develop a drug formulary for use at all community services boards, state facilities operated by the Department, and providers licensed by the Department, and provides that the Department shall do so no later than July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2013/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2013","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235869,"bill_number":"HB2014","title":"Students; Disability Commission to study continued access to assistive technology devices.","description":"Disability Commission; study of continued access to assistive technology for students. Directs the Disability Commission to establish a work group to study continued access to assistive technology devices customized for students throughout the education process and upon graduation from or aging out of secondary education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2014/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2014","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235870,"bill_number":"HB2017","title":"Death certificates; organ procurement organizations to determine suitability of organs for donation.","description":"Death certificates; organ procurement organizations. Requires the State Registrar or the city or county registrar to disclose data about or issue a certified copy of a death certificate to a nonprofit organ, eye or tissue procurement organization that is a member of the Virginia Transplant Council for the purpose of determining the suitability of organs, eyes and tissues for donation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2017/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2017","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235871,"bill_number":"HB2020","title":"Freedom of Information Act; definition of public records.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions.  Clarifies that the definition of a \"public record\" does not include records that are not prepared for or used in the transaction of public business. The bill is in response to a court case in Loudoun County.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2020/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2020","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235872,"bill_number":"HB2021","title":"Allocation of revenue-sharing funds; removes priority structure to localities.","description":"Allocation of revenue-sharing funds. Removes the priority structure for allocation of revenue-sharing funds to localities and provides for funding of no less than $50 million each fiscal year. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2527-Howell, W.J.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2021/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2021","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235873,"bill_number":"HB2022","title":"Overweight vehicles; Commissioner of DMV to develop comprehensive, tiered schedule for fees, etc.","description":"Overweight vehicle fees. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, shall develop a comprehensive, tiered schedule of fees for overweight vehicles, taking into consideration the Virginia Department of Transportation's research on the cost impact of damage to Virginia's highways from overweight vehicles, the administrative feasibility of such fee structure, and the impact of such fee structure on the Commonwealth's economic competitiveness. Such fee structure shall be presented to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability by December 15, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2022/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2022","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235874,"bill_number":"HB2025","title":"Noise abatement practices; use of noise reducing design and pavement materials for highway projects.","description":"Noise abatement practices and technologies. Provides that first consideration should be given to the use of noise reducing design and low noise pavement materials for highway projects that require mitigation of traffic noise. The bill also clarifies use of vegetative screening when visual screening is required.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2025/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2025","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235875,"bill_number":"HB2027","title":"Underground transmission lines; extends scheduled expiration date of pilot program.","description":"Underground transmission lines; pilot program. Extends the scheduled expiration of the pilot program established in 2008 for the underground placement of certain electric transmission lines from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014. The due date for the State Corporation Commission's final report on the pilot program is postponed until December 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2027/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2027","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235876,"bill_number":"HB2033","title":"Prepayment of fines; circuit court may enter order for paying those under traffic infraction.","description":"Prepayment of fines under local ordinances. Provides that the chief judge of a circuit court may enter an order allowing for the prepayment of fines imposed under local traffic infraction and other local ordinances. Currently, such an order must be entered by all judges of the circuit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2033/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2033","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235877,"bill_number":"HB2034","title":"Attorney General; investigation of complaints.","description":"Attorney General; investigation of complaints.  Provides that the Attorney General shall investigate complaints of alleged abuse or neglect of persons in the care or custody of others who receive payments for medical assistance under the state plan for medical assistance, regardless of whether the patient is a recipient of medical assistance. The bill also exempts records or information provided to the Office of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0110)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2034/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2034","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235878,"bill_number":"HB2035","title":"Medicaid fraud; restitution.","description":"Medicaid fraud; restitution. Requires the court to order restitution to be made to the Department of Medical Assistance Services for any loss caused by a felony conviction of making a false statement or representation in applications for payment under Medicaid.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2035/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2035","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235879,"bill_number":"HB2036","title":"Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local social services.","description":"Release of persons from commitment on parole supervision. Changes the time during which the court services unity shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of a person released from the Department of Juvenile Justice to a locality from four weeks to 90 days prior to the date on which the person is released, and provides that during that time the court services unit and the local department of social services shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department's custody to the community. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition and how the services are to be provided.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2036/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2036","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235880,"bill_number":"HB2037","title":"Social work; unlawful for person not licensed by Board of Social Work to use title social worker.","description":"Social work; title protection. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person not licensed by the Board of Social Work to use the title \"Social Worker\" in writing or in advertising in connection with his practice unless he simultaneously uses the clarifying initials signifying a degree in social work. The bill provides exceptions for federally required and defined social workers in nursing homes and hospices and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2037/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2037","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235881,"bill_number":"HB2039","title":"Construction management; limits use of at-risk method for building construction projects.","description":"Procurement by public bodies; use of certain contracting processes. Limits the use of the construction management at-risk method for building construction to projects with a total value of $25 million or more. The bill also amends the definition of \"qualifying project\" in the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (§56-575.1 et seq.) to require that the project be totally supported by private funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2039/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2039","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235882,"bill_number":"HB2040","title":"Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System.","description":"Corrections; use of inmate labor. Authorizes the use of inmate labor at rest areas along the Interstate Highway System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2040/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2040","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235883,"bill_number":"HB2041","title":"Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exemption for certain commissions.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exemption for certain commissions. Allows any commission created by executive order to study and make recommendations concerning the prevention of closure and realignment of federal security installations in Virginia to withhold from public disclosure certain records relating to the relocation of national security facilities. The bill also allows those portions of meetings where such records are discussed to be closed to the public. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0111)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2041/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2041","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235884,"bill_number":"HB2045","title":"Blighted property; expands definition to include any residential structure.","description":"Housing; definition of blighted property. Expands the definition of blighted property to include any residential structure (i) for which a building permit was not obtained or the building permit has been revoked or has expired in accordance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code and (ii) which endangers the public's health, safety, or welfare.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2045/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2045","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235885,"bill_number":"HB2046","title":"Public employment; nondiscrimination.","description":"Public employment; nondiscrimination. Prohibits discrimination in public employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran. The bill defines \"sexual orientation\" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. The bill expressly provides that \"sexual orientation\" shall not include any person's attraction towards persons with whom sexual conduct would be illegal due to the age of the parties. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2046/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2046","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235886,"bill_number":"HB2048","title":"Packaged ice; person who establishes ice plant or offers to sell ice needs a license.","description":"Packaged ice; fees; penalty. Requires any person who establishes, operates, or maintains a packaged ice plant or who sells or offers to sell packaged ice for human consumption to obtain an annual license from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The measure establishes requirements applicable to the operation of packaged ice plants and ice vending machines. The Department may assess a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for any violation of a provision of this chapter. The measure provides that the failure to obtain a required license constitutes a Class 3 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2048/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2048","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235887,"bill_number":"HB2049","title":"Marijuana, synthetic; penalties for possession, intent to sell, distribute, etc.","description":"Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana.  Creates a new category for \"synthetic marijuana\" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446) of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions regarding punishment for possession and distribution of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1, punishment for possession and distribution of synthetic marijuana is largely in accord with the provisions for actual marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2049/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2049","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235888,"bill_number":"HB2053","title":"Higher educational institutions; board of visitors set rules so 75% enrolled be Virginia domiciles.","description":"Admission of in-state students at public institutions of higher education. Provides that the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education, except for the Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University, must establish rules and regulations requiring that at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution be Virginia domiciles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2053/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2053","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235889,"bill_number":"HB2055","title":"Statutory rules of evidence in civil actions; defines terms official publication and publish.","description":"Definitions for statutory rules of evidence in civil actions. Defines the terms \"official publication,\" \"publish,\" and \"required to be published pursuant to the laws thereof\" as they are used in Chapter 14 (Evidence) of Title 8.01 (Civil Remedies and Procedure).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2055/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2055","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235890,"bill_number":"HB2059","title":"Telecommunications devices; prohibiting use of obscene language including electronic messages.","description":"Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over the telephone; use of cellular telephones and other wireless telecommunications devices.  Clarifies that the current statutory provision prohibiting the use of obscene, vulgar, or indecent language over the telephone applies to electronic communications, including visual or electronic messages, received or transmitted by a cellular phone or other wireless telecommunications device. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2059/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2059","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235891,"bill_number":"HB2060","title":"Bail; magistrate shall set in accordance with order of court that issued capias.","description":"Bail terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.  Provides that a magistrate who is to set the terms of bail of a person arrested and brought before him pursuant to a capias shall, unless circumstances exist that require him to impose more restrictive terms of bail, set bail in accordance with the order of the court that issued the capias if such an order is affixed to or made a part of the capias by the court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2060/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2060","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235892,"bill_number":"HB2061","title":"Subordinate mortgage; increases maximum amount upon refinancing of primary mortgage.","description":"Subordinate mortgage. Increases to $150,000 from $50,000 the maximum amount of a subordinate mortgage that retains its subordinate status upon the refinancing of the primary mortgage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1682-Toscano) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2061/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2061","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235893,"bill_number":"HB2062","title":"Concealed weapons; allows Department of Corrections correctional officer to carry without a permit.","description":"Carrying concealed weapons; correctional officers. Allows a Department of Corrections correctional officer to carry a concealed handgun without a concealed handgun permit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2062/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2062","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235894,"bill_number":"HB2063","title":"Protective orders; expands class of persons eligible to obtain.","description":"Protective orders; availability; penalty.  Renames \"protective orders for stalking\" as \"protective orders\" and expands the class of persons that is eligible to obtain a protective order by enlarging the types of conduct that permit the issuance of a protective order from certain specified criminal acts to any act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. Such protective orders are available based on such conduct, regardless of the relationship of the parties involved. The bill also makes several amendments to make protective orders and family abuse protective orders more consistent, including amending the definition of \"family abuse\" to be consistent with the conduct that would allow for the issuance of a \"protective order\" and providing that a family abuse protective order may include a condition prohibiting the allegedly abusing person from committing a criminal offense that results in injury to person or property. The bill also makes the penalties for violating a protective order consistent with the penalties for violating a family abuse protective order: (i) any person convicted of a second violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense and when either the instant or prior offense was based on an act or threat of violence, shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days; (ii) any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, when such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or any of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 6 felony and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months; (iii) any person who commits an assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury upon a person protected by a protective order is guilty of a Class 6 felony; and (iv) any person who violates a protective order by furtively entering the home of the protected party while such party is present or enters and remains in such home until the protected party arrives is guilty of a Class 6 felony. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2063/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2063","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235895,"bill_number":"HB2064","title":"Assault and battery; penalty when against an employee of prison contractor.","description":"Assault and battery of an employee of a prison contractor. Adds an employee of a prison contractor, as defined in §53.1-261, to the list of persons who, when a victim of assault or assault and battery, subject the perpetrator to enhanced punishment as a Class 6 felony instead of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2064/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2064","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235896,"bill_number":"HB2066","title":"Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds or other property, penalty.","description":"Sex offenses prohibiting entry onto school or other property; penalty. Expands the prohibition on entry onto school grounds by any adult convicted of a sexually violent offense to include any school bus as defined in §46.2-100 and any property, public or private, during hours when such property is being used solely by a public or private elementary or secondary school for a school-related or school-sponsored activity. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2066/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2066","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235897,"bill_number":"HB2067","title":"Criminal proceedings; investigative costs of law-enforcement agency.","description":"Criminal proceedings; costs of law-enforcement agency.  Allows a law-enforcement agency to apply to the court for the recovery of investigative costs to be imposed upon a defendant as court costs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2067/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2067","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235898,"bill_number":"HB2068","title":"Health Care Decisions Act; medically inappropriate treatment.","description":"Health Care Decisions Act; medically inappropriate treatment. Clarifies that for the purpose of determining when a physician may refuse to provide medically or ethically inappropriate treatment, medical treatment shall not be deemed medically or ethically inappropriate on the basis of a view (i) that values extending the life of a younger, nondisabled, non-terminally ill individual more than extending the life of an elderly, disabled, or terminally ill individual; or (ii) different from that of the patient, or the individual authorized to act on the patient's behalf, on the tradeoff between extending the length of the patient's life and the risk of disability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2068/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2068","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235899,"bill_number":"HB2069","title":"Concealed handguns; person to inform law-enforcement officer of his possession, penalty.","description":"Carrying concealed handguns; penalty. Amends the section requiring a person to have a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun, making it legal for a person who may lawfully possess a firearm to carry a concealed firearm so long as he informs a law-enforcement officer of his possession as soon as practicable if detained and he secures the firearm at the officer's request or allows the officer to secure the weapon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2069/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2069","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235900,"bill_number":"HB2070","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations of Board of Housing and Community Development.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations of the Board of Housing and Community Development.  Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations establishing standards requiring existing buildings or facilities to have at least one accessible route connecting accessible parking and accessible passenger loading zones to an accessible entrance of such building or facility. The bill provides that such standards (i) shall apply regardless of the date of construction of the parking lot, loading zone, or building or facility and (ii) may include reasonable exemptions from such requirements as deemed appropriate by the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2070/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2070","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235901,"bill_number":"HB2074","title":"Check cashers; copy of customer identification, civil penalty.","description":"Check cashers; customer identification; civil penalty. Requires a person conducting business as a check casher to make a copy of each item cashed and either the customer's valid identification document or thumbprint. Records for each transaction are required to be retained for a period of one year and to be made available to law-enforcement officials. A violation of these requirements is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $200.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2074/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2074","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235902,"bill_number":"HB2076","title":"Inspector General, Office of; established.","description":"Office of the State Inspector General.  Establishes the Office of the State Inspector General to be headed by a State Inspector General to investigate complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption by a state agency or nonstate agency or the officers and employees thereof. The bill also authorizes the State Inspector General to examine the management and operation of state agencies. The bill defines \"nonstate agency\" and provides a record exemption under the Freedom of Information Act for certain investigative/audit documents of the Office. The bill consolidates the offices of inspector general of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Transportation and the Department of the State Internal Auditor into this new office, and adds responsibility for tobacco indemnification and revitalization. The bill contains technical amendments and has a delayed effective date. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0798)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2076/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2076","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235903,"bill_number":"HB2078","title":"Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.","description":"Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; administration of program.  Creates a program administrator designated by the local governing body to oversee the application process under the Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act. Localities are given the authority to prescribe which maps or aerial photographs shall accompany the application, and applications are to first be reviewed by the program administrator and the advisory committee before going to the local governing body. Currently, the applications are first reviewed by the local governing body before going to the planning commission and advisory committee for their recommendations. The procedure for withdrawal of land from agricultural and forestal districts is amended to mirror the procedure for creation of a district.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2078/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2078","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235904,"bill_number":"HB2081","title":"Death certificates; up to 10 certified copies shall be provided not to exceed fee for one copy.","description":"Death certificates; multiple copies.  Provides that the Board of Health shall require that, whenever certified copies of a death certificate are requested, up to 10 certified copies of such death certificate shall be provided to the requester at a cost not to exceed the fee for one certified copy of any other vital record.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2081/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2081","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235905,"bill_number":"HB2083","title":"Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease.","description":"Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease. Allows a Department of Health practitioner to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required. This bill also requires the Commissioner of Health to convene a workgroup consisting of Department of Health staff and private practitioners to evaluate services provided by the Department of Health pursuant to this act, and to make appropriate recommendations for the use of expedited partner therapy in Virginia. The Commissioner shall report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources concerning his findings and recommendations by July 1, 2012. The bill also has a sunset date of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2083/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2083","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235906,"bill_number":"HB2084","title":"Rapid re-housing pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.","description":"Department of Housing and Community Development; rapid re-housing pilot project. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a three-year rapid re-housing pilot project and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2084/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2084","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235907,"bill_number":"HB2086","title":"Virginia Respite Care Registry and Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Respite Care Registry and Fund established. Directs the Department for the Aging to establish and maintain the Respite Care Registry to make information about adult day services providers, community respite care organizations, and other providers of respite care available to the public. The bill also establishes the Virginia Respite Care Fund, to consist of voluntary income tax contributions to support the Respite Care Registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Health, Welfare and Institutions (8-Y 14-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2086/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2086","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235908,"bill_number":"HB2087","title":"Workers' compensation; adds methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus to infectious disease list.","description":"Workers' compensation; MRSA presumption. Adds methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to the list of infectious diseases that, if contracted by certain public employees with a documented occupational exposure to blood or body fluids, are presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2087/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2087","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235909,"bill_number":"HB2089","title":"Emergency protective orders; law-enforcement officer may serve notice.","description":"Service of notice of emergency protective orders.  Provides that a law-enforcement officer may effect service of an emergency protective order by personally serving the person subject to the order with a notification of the issuance of the order, which shall be on a form approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The officer making service shall enter or cause to be entered the date and time of service and other appropriate information into the Virginia Criminal Information Network and make due return to the court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2089/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2089","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235910,"bill_number":"HB2090","title":"Emergency custody orders; increases hours in which orders must be executed after its issuance.","description":"Execution of emergency custody orders.  Increases from four to six hours the time in which an emergency custody order must be executed after its issuance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2090/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2090","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235911,"bill_number":"HB2091","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; air conditioning in certain residential buildings.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; air conditioning in certain residential buildings. Designates May 1 as the date when cooling must be supplied in dwelling units, rooming units, or dormitory or guest rooms that are leased and include provision for cooling.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2091/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2091","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235912,"bill_number":"HB2092","title":"Death sentence; removes some circumstances which circuit courts are required to set execution dates.","description":"Death sentence; execution dates. Removes some of the circumstances in which circuit courts are required to set execution dates before state and federal review of an inmate's death sentence is complete. The federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has revised the remedies available to the convicted person and imposes a one-year statute of limitations for filing petitions for federal review of state convictions and sentences.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2092/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2092","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235913,"bill_number":"HB2093","title":"Conflict of Interests Act, State & Local Government; prohibited conduct by constitutional officers.","description":"State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited conduct by constitutional officers.  Prohibits a constitutional officer, during the one year after the termination of his public service, from acting in a representative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on any matter before the agency of which he was an officer. The bill provides that it does not apply to attorneys for the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2093/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2093","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235914,"bill_number":"HB2095","title":"Retirement System; loss of benefits for certain felony convictions.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; loss of benefits for certain felony convictions. Provides that a member of any of the retirement programs administered by the Virginia Retirement System forfeits his retirement benefits if it is determined that he has been convicted of a felony that arose out of misconduct in any position covered under the retirement programs administered by the Virginia Retirement System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2095/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2095","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235915,"bill_number":"HB2096","title":"Retirement System; benefits for constitutional officers.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; constitutional officers. Permits any constitutional officer who has 20 or more years of creditable service, and whose office is abolished, to retire with unreduced benefits (i) at the age of 60 if the officer is first elected to office after July 1, 2010, and (ii) at the age of 50 for all others.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2096/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2096","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235916,"bill_number":"HB2097","title":"Architect or professional engineers; required to maintain an error and omissions policy.","description":"Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects; required insurance for certain licensees. Provides that the Board shall, by regulation, require each architect or professional engineer to maintain an errors and omissions policy that is acceptable to the Board and to provide a certification or attestation that such policy is in effect as a prerequisite to license issuance or renewal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2097/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2097","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235917,"bill_number":"HB2099","title":"Real estate settlements; disclosures may be provided electronically and overnight delivery.","description":"Real estate settlements; disclosures. Provides that the disclosure required by the seller under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act may be provided by electronic means and overnight delivery using a commercial service or the U.S. Postal Service. Currently the disclosure must be made by either hand delivery or by United States mail. Regarding disclosures related to settlement service providers, the bill requires that a person making a referral to an affiliated settlement service provider where the person owns more than one percent of the affiliated service provider must disclose the percentage of the interest. Under the bill if the percentage is higher than 50 percent, the disclosure must state that the service provider is a subsidiary of the person making the referral.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2099/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2099","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235918,"bill_number":"HB2100","title":"Child care facility; some localities require certification from national criminal background check.","description":"Regulation of certain family day homes. Allows certain Northern Virginia localities to require persons who provide child-care services to provide certification from a national criminal background check in addition to other certifications that may be currently required.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2100/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2100","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235919,"bill_number":"HB2101","title":"Landlord enforcement; locality may hold landlords responsible for certain violations of tenants.","description":"Landlord enforcement of tenant violations; localities with four-year institutions of higher learning.  Affords localities located where there are four-year institutions of higher learning the option of adopting an ordinance to hold landlords responsible for tenants who continually violate sections of the Code dealing with drinking in public, urinating in public and profanity. The landlord will receive prompt notice when the tenant is convicted and if the tenant is convicted three times within a one-year period, and the landlord does not take curative steps, he is then fined. The bill provides localities the proper tools to ensure indifferent landlords take measures in situations where tenants are disruptive to neighborhood stability. This bill was endorsed by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2101/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2101","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235920,"bill_number":"HB2102","title":"Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Permits any locality that is exempt from providing all of the special statutory retirement benefits to local law enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees because the locality's annual retirement allowance for such employees exceeds the statutory amount, to provide all of the other statutory benefits except the statutory annual retirement allowance (i) to all employees eligible for such benefits or (ii) only to eligible employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. The additional costs of providing the benefits would be borne by the locality making the election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2102/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2102","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235921,"bill_number":"HB2103","title":"Aboveground storage tanks; Water Control Board to develop performance standards for certain tanks.","description":"Aboveground storage tanks. Requires the State Water Control Board to develop standards for facilities with aboveground storage tanks in the City of Fairfax having an aggregate capacity of one million gallons or greater, existing prior to January 29, 1992, to upgrade to meet best practices standards for new or retrofitted tanks. The tanks have to meet these performance standards by July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0883)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2103/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2103","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235922,"bill_number":"HB2104","title":"Retirement System; exempts certain employees from higher retirement age.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirement age for certain employees.  Exempts people who are hired after July 1, 2010, as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or law-enforcement officers from the higher retirement age and service requirements for employees hired on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2104/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2104","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235923,"bill_number":"HB2105","title":"Electric vehicle charging service; excludes certain persons from retail sale of electricity.","description":"Public utilities; electric vehicle charging service. Excludes any person who is not a public service corporation and who provides electric vehicle charging service at retail from the meaning of the terms \"public utility,\" \"public service corporation,\" or \"public service company.\" The ownership or operation of a facility at which electric vehicle charging service is sold, and the selling of electric vehicle charging service from that facility, does not render the person a public utility, public service corporation, or public service company solely because of that sale, ownership, or operation. The provision of electric vehicle charging service by a person who is not a public utility shall not constitute the retail sale of electricity if the electricity furnished in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service is used solely for transportation purposes and the person providing the electric vehicle charging service has procured the furnished electricity from the public utility that is authorized by the State Corporation Commission to engage in the retail sale of electricity within the exclusive service territory in which the service is provided. Providing electric vehicle charging service is declared to be a permitted electric utility activity of a certificated electric utility. The Commission is barred from setting the rates, charges, and fees for the provision of retail electric vehicle charging service provided by nonutilities. The measure directs public utilities to evaluate options to develop and offer off-peak charging rates or other incentives to encourage owners of an electric vehicle to charge or recharge its battery during nonpeak times, when practical. Finally, the measure provides that the Commission is authorized to approve pilot programs conducted by public electric utilities. The pilot programs may offer special rates, contracts, or incentives to determine the feasibility of allowing time-differentiated rates that encourage users of electric motor vehicles to charge vehicles during nonpeak periods. An electric utility that participates in a pilot program will be entitled to recover annually the costs of its participation in such a program conducted on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2105/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2105","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235924,"bill_number":"HB2106","title":"Global Positioning System (GPS); tracking for person on bond or as a condition of probation.","description":"Bond; GPS tracking. Allows GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking for persons on secured bond or as a condition of probation or suspended sentence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2106/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2106","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235925,"bill_number":"HB2113","title":"State-owned or leased vehicles; Governor to develop plan to eliminate use of foreign motor fuels.","description":"Governor; elimination of motor fuel supplied by a foreign country in all state-owned or leased vehicles.  Requires the Governor to develop a plan to eliminate the use of motor fuels supplied by a foreign country in all state-owned or leased vehicles. The bill requires the Governor, by executive order, to implement the plan on January 1, 2012, and provides that the plan may include criteria for determining when a particular vehicle qualifies for an exemption from the plan. Any exemption from the plan shall include a description of the vehicles so exempted and state the reasons for the exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2113/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2113","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235926,"bill_number":"HB2116","title":"The Road to Revolution; adds Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County to this heritage trail.","description":"The Road to Revolution. Adds Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County to this heritage trail of sites significant to Patrick Henry. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2116/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2116","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235927,"bill_number":"HB2119","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definitions.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill also clarifies that the conduct of a game, contest, lottery, scheme, or promotional offering may be lawful if (i) no part of the purpose of the contest is illegal gambling, (ii) no part of the contest involves the use of a gambling device, and (iii) the contest complies with certain requirements enumerated in the bill. The bill provides that it is declaratory of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2119/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2119","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235928,"bill_number":"HB2120","title":"Patriot Crossing; VDOT to review unsolicited proposal to add capacity to Intermodal Connector I-664.","description":"Intermodal Connector of I-664 (Patriots Crossing); unsolicited proposals. Directs the Virginia Department of Transportation to accept for review unsolicited proposals to add capacity to the Intermodal Connector of I-664 (Patriots Crossing). This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1612-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2120/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2120","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235929,"bill_number":"HB2121","title":"Substitute judges; judge of district court shall live within boundaries which he serves.","description":"Substitute judges; residence. Provides that every substitute judge of a district court may live within the boundaries of the district in which he serves or within an adjoining district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2121/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2121","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235930,"bill_number":"HB2122","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain computer equipment and enabling software.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; certain computer equipment and enabling software. Expands the sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of computer equipment or enabling software by data centers if new jobs are created by not only the data center operator but also collectively by the tenants of the data center.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2122/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2122","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235931,"bill_number":"HB2124","title":"Restaurants; State Board of Health to establish licensure fee based on size & annual gross receipts.","description":"Restaurants; licensure fee.  Provides that the State Board of Health shall establish in its regulations licensure fees for restaurants, which shall be based on the size of the restaurant and the amount of the restaurant's annual gross receipts from the sale of food prepared on the premises.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2124/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2124","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235932,"bill_number":"HB2125","title":"Electric utilities; SCC to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings.","description":"Electric utilities; biennial rate cases. Requires the State Corporation Commission to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings not more than eight months after the date of filing. Currently, such an order is required to be entered not more than nine months after the end of the investor-owned electric utility's test period under review. The measure has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2125/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2125","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235933,"bill_number":"HB2127","title":"Income tax, state; deduction for certain volunteer services.","description":"Income tax; deduction for certain volunteer services. Allows a deduction of $1,500 when determining Virginia taxable income for professional services provided by mental health professionals and educators who volunteer with inmate programs in the Departments of Corrections, Correctional Education or Social Services, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2127/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2127","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235934,"bill_number":"HB2132","title":"Grass and weeds; adds James City County to list authorized to require cutting on occupied property.","description":"Cutting of grass; James City County. Adds James City County to the list of localities that may enforce a grass cutting ordinance on occupied property. The existing general provisions apply to vacant property only.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2132/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2132","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235935,"bill_number":"HB2133","title":"Land trusts; trustee named in deed is unable to serve, beneficiaries shall name a successor trustee.","description":"Land trusts; successor trustee.  Provides that where a land trust has been created by the recordation of a deed of conveyance to a trustee, and the trustee named in the deed is unable to serve, the beneficiaries of the trust, by majority decision, shall name a successor trustee. If the beneficiaries cannot be identified, or cannot agree on a successor trustee, the circuit court where the deed was recorded shall name the successor trustee. The name and address of the successor trustee shall be recorded with the clerk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2133/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2133","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235936,"bill_number":"HB2140","title":"UVA; to make full use of additional financial authority granted in management agreement.","description":"University of Virginia; management agreement. Clarifies that the University of Virginia is authorized to make full use of the additional financial and operational authority granted to it in its management agreement in providing assistance to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2140/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2140","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235937,"bill_number":"HB2141","title":"Tax returns; filing by overnight delivery service.","description":"Tax; filing tax returns by overnight delivery service. Places filing of tax returns by overnight delivery service in the same category as filing by U.S. mail for timely filing purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2141/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2141","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235938,"bill_number":"HB2144","title":"Retirement System; increases health insurance credits for certain employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; health insurance credits for certain employees. Increases the monthly health insurance credits for retired constitutional officers, employees of constitutional officers, general registrars, employees of general registrars, and local social service employees, from $1.50 for each year of creditable service to $4.00 for each year of creditable service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2144/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2144","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235939,"bill_number":"HB2145","title":"Tax documents; specifies those admissible in court.","description":"Tax documents admissible in court. Specifies that tax bulletins, guidelines, and other published tax documents are admissible in court. There are technical amendments, also.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2145/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2145","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235940,"bill_number":"HB2146","title":"State training centers and hospitals; same requirements for closure shall apply.","description":"Closure of state training centers. Provides that the requirements for closure of state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall also apply to closure of state training centers for persons with mental retardation, including requirements for establishment of state and community consensus and planning teams, development of plans for the closure of the facility and provision of community-based services for residents of training centers, review by the Joint Commission on Health Care, and approval by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2146/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2146","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235941,"bill_number":"HB2147","title":"Health benefits exchanges; abortion coverage not permitted.","description":"Health benefits exchanges; abortion coverage not permitted. Prohibits any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in the Commonwealth pursuant to federal health care reform legislation from providing coverage for abortions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2147/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2147","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235942,"bill_number":"HB2149","title":"Commonwealth, Secretary of; elimination of need to publish printed certified list of local officers.","description":"Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; list of local officers. Eliminates the requirement that local governments send to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and that the Secretary of the Commonwealth publish a printed certified list of all local officers and constitutional officers. There is no need to print such a report since it is online.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2149/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2149","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235943,"bill_number":"HB2150","title":"Court fees; fixed misdemeanor and fixed felony fees.","description":"Court fees; fixed misdemeanor and fixed felony fees. Amends the fees collected by courts for felony and misdemeanor convictions to reflect 2010 amendments to §15.2-1627.3 by Chapter 874 increasing fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2150/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2150","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235944,"bill_number":"HB2152","title":"Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by certain retirees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by certain retirees. Permits a retiree to purchase one additional year of prior service credit as a law-enforcement officer with a locality that does not have a retirement plan administered by the Virginia Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2152/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2152","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235945,"bill_number":"HB2154","title":"Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) Program; eligibility.","description":"Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.  Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal drugs. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal drugs, the Department shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include drug testing. Any person who fails or refuses to participate in a screening or assessment without good cause or who tests positive for the use of illegal drugs shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2154/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2154","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235946,"bill_number":"HB2157","title":"Foreign adoptions; eliminates requirement for re-adoption in State.","description":"Recognition of foreign adoptions. Provides that in cases in which a child has been adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and enters the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the adoptive parents shall not be required to readopt the child in Virginia and the adoption shall be recognized by the Commonwealth and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined as though the order of adoption was entered by a court of the Commonwealth. This bill also establishes a streamlined process whereby adoptive parents of children adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and brought into the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa may obtain a certificate of birth for the child.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2157/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2157","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235947,"bill_number":"HB2158","title":"Bonds; in criminal or juvenile cases shall be payable to county, etc., where recognizance taken.","description":"Bonds in recognizances. Provides that bonds in recognizances in criminal or juvenile cases, whether the violation is committed against the Commonwealth or the locality, shall be payable to the jurisdiction where the recognizance was taken. Current law provides that such bonds in recognizances are paid to the Commonwealth of Virginia when the violation is committed against the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2158/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2158","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235948,"bill_number":"HB2159","title":"Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.","description":"Electric utility service terminations; customers with a serious medical condition. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish limitations on the authority of electric utilities to terminate electric service to the residence of a customer who has a serious medical condition or resides with a family member with a serious medical condition. The Commission is further directed to adopt regulations, by October 31, 2011, to implement the limitations. The regulations shall establish a cost recovery mechanism.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2159/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2159","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235949,"bill_number":"HB2160","title":"Implied warranties; allows vendee to give notice of breach to vendor by hand delivery.","description":"Implied warranties on new homes; notice of breach.  Allows a vendee to give notice of a breach to the vendor by hand delivery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2160/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2160","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235950,"bill_number":"HB2162","title":"Mennel Milling Company; DGS to convey certain real property located in Roanoke County.","description":"Property transfer; Department of General Services; Mennel Milling Company. Authorizes the Department of General Services to convey certain real property to the Mennel Milling Company located in Roanoke County, Virginia. The property is in exchange for three parcels of land for use by the Virginia Department of Transportation for an area maintenance headquarters to serve the southwestern portion of Roanoke County. The bill includes an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2162/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2162","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235951,"bill_number":"HB2164","title":"Railroad tracks; funding for construction of industrial access.","description":"Funding for construction of industrial access railroad tracks. Changes the limit on allocation of funds for construction of industrial access railroad tracks that any county, city, or town receives in any one fiscal year from not more than 25 percent to not more than 50 percent of the funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2164/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2164","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235952,"bill_number":"HB2167","title":"Biscuit Run; DCR to negotiate land exchange of certain acres in Albemarle County.","description":"Department of Conservation and Recreation; property conveyance.  Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to negotiate a land exchange of a part of 1,191 acres for receipt of 36 acres in an area known as Biscuit Run in Albemarle County, Virginia. The purpose of this exchange is to provide the Department with a site for a state park that is less encumbered with private uses that may be detrimental to operations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2167/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2167","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235953,"bill_number":"HB2168","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; harmonizes statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; statute of limitations. Harmonizes the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions under the Uniform Statewide Building Code at one year. Currently, the Uniform Statewide Building Code provides that such prosecutions shall be commenced within two years while §19.2-8 provides that such prosecutions must be commenced within one year. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0118)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2168/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2168","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235954,"bill_number":"HB2169","title":"Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license.","description":"Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices.  Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for licensed practitioners who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2169/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2169","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235955,"bill_number":"HB2170","title":"Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; parties' expenses.","description":"Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; parties' expenses. Prohibits the Workers' Compensation Commission from awarding attorney fees incurred in opposing a claimant's admission to the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. The measure also prohibits the award of attorney's fees and expenses incurred by any physician, hospital, or nurse midwife that is a party to a proceeding regarding admission to the Program, or their medical malpractice carrier, in a proceeding involving a birth-related neurological injury claim. The prohibitions on paying expenses do not apply to certain photocopying costs or compensation of the Office of the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2170/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2170","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235956,"bill_number":"HB2171","title":"Coeburn, Town of; real and personal property taxes interest and penalties.","description":"Real and personal property tax interest and penalties; Town of Coeburn. Permits the Town of Coeburn (i) to waive the interest and penalty payments on real and personal property taxes for all tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2009, provided that the taxes are paid during the period October 1, 2009, through December 31, 2011, and (ii) to refund any interest and penalty paid on such taxes during that time period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2171/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2171","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235957,"bill_number":"HB2174","title":"Nonemergency medical transport; DMAS to issue request for proposal for service in certain districts.","description":"Nonemergency medical transport.  Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to issue a request for, receive, and consider proposals for the coordination and provision of nonemergency medical transport services in Planning Districts I and II, and authorizes the Department to enter into a contract with a provider other than the current provider upon expiration of an existing contract.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2174/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2174","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235958,"bill_number":"HB2177","title":"Private cemeteries; prevents landowner from erecting wall, etc., that prevents ingress and egress.","description":"Access to private cemeteries. Prevents a landowner from erecting a wall, fence or other structure or device that prevents ingress and egress to the cemetery or grave on the landlord's private property by persons authorized by law to have a right of ingress and egress, unless the wall, fence or other structure or device has a gate or other means by which ingress and egress can be accomplished.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2177/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2177","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235959,"bill_number":"HB2180","title":"Drug treatment courts; established in Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties.","description":"Drug Treatment Courts. Provides for the establishment of Drug Treatment Courts in Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2180/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2180","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235960,"bill_number":"HB2184","title":"Wireless E-911 surcharge; definition.","description":"Telecommunications fees. Limits liability for the wireless E-911 surcharge to wireless customers with devices capable of two-way interactive voice communication.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2184/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2184","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235961,"bill_number":"HB2187","title":"Baylor Ground; removes certain area in waters of Crippen Creek from natural oyster beds, etc.","description":"Baylor Ground. Removes 0.19 acres from the Baylor Ground in Crippen Creek in Accomack County.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2187/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2187","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235962,"bill_number":"HB2188","title":"Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees.","description":"Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees. Decreases from 90 to 45 days, where settlement does not occur, the time when a seller of a condominium unit or lot will be responsible for the payment of all allowable fees related to the preparation of the disclosure packet provided by the association. The bill provides that such assessment must be made by the association within one year after delivery of the disclosure packet.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2188/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2188","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235963,"bill_number":"HB2190","title":"Victims of human trafficking; DSS to develop plan for provision of services.","description":"Department of Social Services; plan for the provision of services to victims of human trafficking.  Requires the Department of Social Services to develop a plan for the provision of services to victims of human trafficking, which shall include provisions for (i) identifying victims of human trafficking in the Commonwealth; (ii) assisting victims of human trafficking with applying for benefits and services to which they may be entitled; (iii) coordinating the delivery of services for victims of human trafficking; (iv) preparing and disseminating educational and training programs and materials to increase awareness of human trafficking and services available to victims; (v) developing and maintaining community-based services for victims of human trafficking; and (vi) assisting victims with family reunification or return to their place of origin if the person so desires.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2190/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2190","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235964,"bill_number":"HB2191","title":"Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established.","description":"Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund. Requires the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to provide the option to make voluntary contributions to the Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund, which is established by this measure. Moneys in the Fund will be loaned for projects that involve the acquisition, installation, or operation of photovoltaic devices, solar water heating devices, or certain solar space heating devices at a residence, structure occupied by a nonprofit organization, or commercial establishment. The measure expires July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2191/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2191","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235965,"bill_number":"HB2192","title":"Medicaid; coverage for pregnant women and children lawfully admitted non-permanent residents.","description":"Medicaid; coverage for certain pregnant women. Provides that the Board of Medical Assistance Services shall include a provision in the State Plan for Medical Assistance Services for medical assistance for pregnant women lawfully residing in the United States who are not admitted for permanent residence but who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2192/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2192","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235966,"bill_number":"HB2193","title":"Podiatry; expands definition.","description":"Podiatry; expands definition. Expands the definition of podiatry to include the diagnosis and treatment of lower extremity ulcers, provided that the treatment of severe lower extremity ulcers proximal to the foot and ankle only be performed by appropriately trained, credentialed podiatrists in an approved hospital or ambulatory surgery center at which the podiatrist has privileges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2193/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2193","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235967,"bill_number":"HB2196","title":"Government Transparency Advisory Council; established, searchable database website established.","description":"Government Transparency Act. Establishes a searchable database website that would allow persons to search and aggregate information including but not limited to (i) individual or specific appropriations or budget items, (ii) state agency spending and procurement data, (iii) financial disclosure statements, (iv) audit and state agency performance reports, and (v) contact information for public records access purposes. Under the bill, the searchable database website will be developed and maintained by the Department of Planning and Budget and is required to be operational by July 1, 2012. When fully operational, all data in the database would be maintained for a minimum of 10 years. The bill requires the Department to work with the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to avoid duplication of effort. The bill also establishes the Government Transparency Advisory Council to advise the Department on the practical usability of the website, considering all intended end users.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2196/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2196","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235968,"bill_number":"HB2199","title":"Journalists; prohibits a body authority to issue a subpoena to testify regarding any information.","description":"Journalists as witnesses. Prohibits a body with the authority to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process from compelling a journalist to testify regarding or to produce or disclose in an official proceeding any confidential or nonconfidential information, document, or item obtained or prepared while the person was acting as a journalist or to produce or disclose in an official proceeding the source of any such material. The bill prohibits a subpoena or other compulsory process from compelling the parent, subsidiary, division, or affiliate of a communication service provider or news medium to disclose the information, documents, or items, or the source of such material, that is privileged from disclosure under the provisions of the bill. The bill further authorizes a court, in limited circumstances, to compel a journalist, a journalist's employer, or a person with an independent contract with a journalist to testify regarding or to produce or disclose any information, document, or item or the source of any such material obtained while the person was acting as a journalist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2199/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2199","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235969,"bill_number":"HB2200","title":"Computers; facilitating certain offenses involving children.","description":"Computers; facilitating certain offenses involving children. Revises for clarity the terms used to describe offenders and victims in the section criminalizing use of a communications system to solicit sexual activity with children. The bill states that it is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2200/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2200","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235970,"bill_number":"HB2201","title":"Payroll Services Bureau; DPB to require participation of executive branch state agencies.","description":"Department of Planning and Budget; payroll services. Provides that the Department of Planning and Budget, in consultation with the Department of Accounts, shall require all agencies of the Commonwealth to participate to the fullest extent feasible in the Payroll Service Bureau operated by the Department of Accounts. Any agency identified by the Department of Planning and Budget not participating in the Payroll Service Bureau as of July 1, 2011, may be exempted from such participation if it can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Planning and Budget that participation is not feasible or fiscally advantageous.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2201/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2201","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235971,"bill_number":"HB2202","title":"Child support arrearage; Division of Child Support Enforcement to publish name of delinquent parent.","description":"Child support arrearages.  Provides that the Division of Child Support Enforcement shall, in order to enhance enforcement, publish at regular intervals a list of delinquent parents who owe child support.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2202/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2202","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235972,"bill_number":"HB2203","title":"Allocation of revenue-sharing funds; removes priority structure to localities.","description":"Allocation of revenue-sharing funds. Removes the priority structure for allocation of revenue-sharing funds to localities. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB2021-May) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2203/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2203","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235973,"bill_number":"HB2205","title":"Commonwealth, Secretary of the; acceptance of certain electronic signatures.","description":"Secretary of the Commonwealth; acceptance of certain electronic signatures.  Provides that nonsalaried citizen members of policy and supervisory boards, commissions, and councils in the executive branch of state government, and local boards, commissions, and councils, may sign their disclosure forms using electronic signatures. In addition, the bill authorizes the Secretary of the Commonwealth to accept electronic signatures on applications for recommissioning a notary or electronic notary. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2205/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2205","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235974,"bill_number":"HB2207","title":"State employees; removes statutory formulas for calculating sick leave & personal leave.","description":"State employees; sick leave and family and personal leave. Removes the statutory formulas for calculating sick leave and family and personal leave for state employees. The Department of Human Resource Management would establish the formulas for calculating state employee leave by policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2207/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2207","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235975,"bill_number":"HB2208","title":"Gang activities, etc.; enhanced penalties within 1,000 feet of housing for older persons.","description":"Housing for older persons; penalty. Provides enhanced penalties for gang activities or drug use or distribution within 1,000 feet of multi-family housing for older persons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2208/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2208","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235976,"bill_number":"HB2209","title":"Virginia Commonwealth University; board of visitors to convey certain property to City of Richmond.","description":"Property transfer; Virginia Commonwealth University: City of Richmond. Authorizes the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University to convey certain real property to the City of Richmond. Under the bill, the property must be used for the official Richmond Slave Trail located in Richmond, Virginia, and such use must commence within five years of the conveyance. If these conditions are not met, the property shall revert to the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2209/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2209","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235977,"bill_number":"HB2210","title":"Repair of derelict buildings; authority of locality to appoint receivers.","description":"Repair of derelict buildings; authority of locality to appoint receivers. Allows any locality that has adopted an ordinance pursuant to §15.2-907.1 to petition the circuit court for the appointment of a receiver to repair a residential building that has been declared a derelict building. The appointed receiver shall have the right of possession of the property and shall have the authority to contract for necessary labor and supplies, borrow money for repair, manage the property after repair, and enforce the receiver%92s lien or accept a deed in lieu of any enforcement action. The owner of any property subject to receivership may redeem it at any time by paying the receiver%92s lien in full and any accumulated taxes, penalties, reasonable attorney fees, interest, and costs thereon. The costs incurred by a court-appointed receiver shall constitute a lien against the property, which may be enforced by a sale of the property at public auction.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2210/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2210","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235978,"bill_number":"HB2212","title":"Law-Enforcement Pursuit Database; State Police to develop and maintain.","description":"State Police vehicular pursuit database.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall develop and maintain a Law-Enforcement Pursuit Database compiling incident reports of vehicular pursuits occurring statewide The database is to be made available to the Governor and General Assembly upon request and to any other entity so directed by the Governor or General Assembly. The bill requires law-enforcement agencies with law-enforcement duties to submit vehicular pursuit incident reports for each calendar year to the State Police annually on March 1, beginning March 1, 2013. The bill also defines \"vehicular pursuit\" to mean an active attempt by a law-enforcement officer in an authorized emergency vehicle to apprehend a fleeing suspect who is actively attempting to elude the law-enforcement officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2212/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2212","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235979,"bill_number":"HB2216","title":"Laboratory results; authority to provide directly to insurance carrier, etc.","description":"Laboratory results; authority to receive directly. Allows a laboratory, with authorization from patient, to provide a copy of the report of the results directly to the insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan that provides health insurance or similar coverage to the patient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0807)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2216/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2216","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235980,"bill_number":"HB2218","title":"Health care providers; third-party reimbursement programs.","description":"Health care providers; third-party reimbursement programs. Clarifies that physicians shall not be required to participate in any public or private third-party reimbursement program as a condition of licensure.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2218/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2218","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235981,"bill_number":"HB2219","title":"Correctional facilities, local; jailers have written policy for revocation of good conduct credits.","description":"Local correctional facilities; jailers; revocation of good conduct credits. Requires the jailer to have a written policy for the revocation of good time credit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2219/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2219","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235982,"bill_number":"HB2220","title":"Pharmacies; implement continuous quality improvement program for analysis of dispensing errors.","description":"Pharmacies; continuous quality improvement program.  Requires pharmacies to implement a continuous quality improvement program to provide for a systematic, ongoing process of analysis of dispensing errors that uses findings to formulate an appropriate response and to develop or improve pharmacy systems and workflow processes designed to prevent or reduce future errors. This bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to work cooperatively with pharmacists representing all areas of pharmacy practice in implementing the requirements of this act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2220/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2220","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235983,"bill_number":"HB2221","title":"Aircraft sales and use tax; exemption for qualified companies headquartered in Virginia.","description":"Aircraft sales and use tax; exemptions. Creates an exemption from the aircraft sales and use tax for qualified companies that are headquartered in Virginia, make a minimum of a $4 million capital investment in Virginia, create at least 50 new jobs in Virginia, and enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. The exemption expires December 31, 2014. The bill also creates an exemption from the aircraft sales and use tax for aircraft that are purchased in Virginia but are registered outside of the Commonwealth and removed from the Commonwealth within 60 days of purchase.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2221/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2221","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235984,"bill_number":"HB2222","title":"Transportation funding and administration; funding in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, etc.","description":"Transportation funding and administration. Provides for transportation funding and administration in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, the Richmond Highway Construction District, the Staunton Highway Construction District, and the Salem Highway Construction District. The amount of funding is based on (i) for Northern Virginia, a portion of the growth in certain state tax revenues in Northern Virginia; (ii) for Hampton Roads, a portion of the growth in certain state tax revenues generated or facilitated by the marine terminals in Hampton Roads; (iii) for the Richmond Highway Construction District, a portion of the growth in certain state tax revenues generated or facilitated by the Port of Richmond; (iv) for the Staunton Highway Construction District, a portion of the growth in certain state tax revenues generated or facilitated by the Inland Port at Front Royal; and (v) for the Salem Highway Construction District, a portion of the growth in certain state tax revenues expected to be generated or facilitated by the Elliston Intermodal Facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in Appropriations with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2222/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2222","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235985,"bill_number":"HB2223","title":"Tobacco products; wrappings may be sold in places not open to public and not accessible to minors.","description":"Sale of tobacco products. Provides that wrappings may be sold only in places that are not open to the general public and not generally accessible to minors and that an establishment which prohibits the presence of minors unless accompanied by an adult is not open to the general public. There is a civil penalty. Wrappings are defined in existing law as papers made or sold for covering or rolling tobacco or other materials for smoking in a manner similar to a cigarette or cigar.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2223/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2223","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235986,"bill_number":"HB2224","title":"Illegal gambling; amends definition.","description":"Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of \"illegal gambling\" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the purchaser for an opportunity to win money, is deemed consideration for the purposes of illegal gambling. The bill also clarifies that the conduct of a game, contest, lottery, scheme, or promotional offering may be lawful if (i) no part of the purpose of the contest is illegal gambling, (ii) no part of the contest involves the use of a gambling device, and (iii) the contest complies with certain requirements enumerated in the bill. The bill provides that it is declaratory of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2224/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2224","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235987,"bill_number":"HB2225","title":"Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.","description":"Department of Corrections; inmate trust accounts.  Requires the Department of Corrections to establish for each inmate a personal trust account consisting of 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source until the account has a balance of $1,000. Funds in an inmate's personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole or final discharge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2225/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2225","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235988,"bill_number":"HB2227","title":"Assessment of sexually violent predators; qualifications.","description":"Assessment of sexually violent predators; qualifications.  Eliminates requirement that persons who conduct risk assessments of sex offenders be skilled in the treatment of sex offenders and adds the requirement that such persons be knowledgeable about the treatment of sex offenders.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2227/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2227","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235989,"bill_number":"HB2228","title":"Open-end credit plans; prohibits anyone other than seller of certain goods from extending credit.","description":"Open-end credit plans. Prohibits anyone other than the seller of goods to be used for personal, family, or household purposes from extending credit under an open-end plan at interest rates that exceed the legal rate of interest. To extend credit under such a plan, the loan must be for the sole purpose of financing the bona fide purchase price of such goods.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2228/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2228","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235990,"bill_number":"HB2229","title":"Practitioners; competency assessments.","description":"Health professionals; competency assessments. Changes the requirement for assessing physicians who have had three medical malpractice judgments or claims in a 10-year period so that it only affects actively practicing physicians. The bill also changes the amount required to trigger the assessment from $10,000 to $75,000 and allows the Board of Medicine to post the number of assessments done on its website, rather than through a report to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0808)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2229/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2229","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235991,"bill_number":"HB2230","title":"Aircraft based in this Commonwealth; definition.","description":"Definitions; Title 5.1. Adds definition of \"aircraft based in this Commonwealth\" to the definitions section of Title 5.1 (Aviation). The bill also alphabetizes existing definitions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2230/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2230","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235992,"bill_number":"HB2233","title":"Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.","description":"Transportation agency efficiencies and cost recoveries. Exempts the Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) from paying any fee for remote access to land records; provides for VDOT to recommend to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) an annual rate to be used by VDOT to make payments for maintenance; deletes references to the statewide maintenance cost index, the base lane per mile rate, and fund allocation; and adds language indicating that total payments are not to exceed CTB allocations. The bill also ensures that payback provisions specified are available to VDOT if a locality chooses to cancel a project in the six-year plan after approval of the location and design. Further, the bill eliminates the requirement of refunding bonds any time within three years of the date of maturity. This bill is the same as","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0493)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2233/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2233","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235993,"bill_number":"HB2234","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for grants or loans from Fund.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans. Expands the options that a grant or loan may be awarded from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund by including proposed project that involve (i) a minimum private investment of $50 million creating 50 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage, or (ii) a minimum private investment of $100 million creating 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage. The bill also provides that if a project represents an emerging technology deemed to be of benefit to the Commonwealth and creates a minimum of 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than one and one half times the prevailing average wage of the local community, a grant or loan may be awarded from the Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1982-Kilgore) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2234/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2234","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235994,"bill_number":"HB2236","title":"Commercial use of State seals; State Treasurer to mint gold, etc., coins for commemorative use.","description":"Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth. Authorizes the Governor to direct the State Treasurer to cause to be minted gold, platinum and silver coins for commemorative use that bear the seals of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2236/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2236","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235995,"bill_number":"HB2237","title":"Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.","description":"Electric utility ratemaking incentives; coalbed methane gas. Authorizes investor-owned electric utilities to earn an enhanced rate of return, equal to 150 basis points above the authorized rate of return, on their investments in generation facilities that are fired at least 50 percent by coalbed methane gas produced from Virginia wells.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2237/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2237","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235996,"bill_number":"HB2238","title":"Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.","description":"Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District. Creates the Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District to provide a means of financing an extension of commuter rail service from Fairfax County into Prince William County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2238/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2238","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235997,"bill_number":"HB2240","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans from the Fund.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans. Expands the options that a grant or loan may be awarded from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund by including proposed project that involve (i) a minimum private investment of $50 million creating 50 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage, or (ii) a minimum private investment of $100 million creating 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than the prevailing average wage. The bill also provides that if a project represents an emerging technology deemed to be of benefit to the Commonwealth and creates a minimum of 25 jobs for which the average wage, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than one and one half times the prevailing average wage of the local community, a grant or loan may be awarded from the Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1982-Kilgore) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2240/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2240","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235998,"bill_number":"HB2244","title":"Personal Property Tax Relief Act; transmission of certain information by DMV.","description":"Personal Property Tax Relief Act; transmission of certain information. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall include in the information furnished to commissioners of the revenue regarding vehicles qualifying for personal property tax relief whether the vehicle is held in a private trust for nonbusiness purposes by an individual beneficiary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2244/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2244","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":235999,"bill_number":"HB2246","title":"Tuition, in-state; certain civilian employees of Department of Defense employees shall pay.","description":"In-state tuition; certain Department of Defense employees. Provides that any civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are realigned to Virginia as a result of Base Realignment and Closure, and their dependents, shall pay the in-state tuition rate at the public institution of higher education in which they are enrolled.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2246/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2246","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236000,"bill_number":"HB2247","title":"Repair of potholes on private property; localities to require on certain parking areas and roads.","description":"Repair of potholes on private property.  Allows localities to require repair of potholes on certain private parking areas and roads. If the property owner does not make such repair, the locality may, after reasonable notice, make the repair, and the expense thereof shall be chargeable to the owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2247/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2247","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236001,"bill_number":"HB2252","title":"Prescription Monitoring Program; report required for certain prescriptions.","description":"Prescription Monitoring Program; report required for certain prescriptions.  Requires prescribers to request a report from the Prescription Monitoring Program if (i) the prescription is for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II, III, or IV of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.); (ii) the prescriber has reasonable belief that the patient may be seeking the controlled substance, in whole or in part, for any reason other than for the treatment of an existing medical condition and (a) the patient is a new patient of the prescriber's or (b) the patient has not received a prescription for a controlled substance from the prescriber in the past 12 months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2252/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2252","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236002,"bill_number":"HB2253","title":"Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing.","description":"Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing. Provides an exemption for the requirement that health professionals be licensed for a practitioner who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in another state and who is treating a patient who is being transported to or from Virginia for care.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0811)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2253/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2253","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236003,"bill_number":"HB2254","title":"Drug treatment court; established in Montgomery County.","description":"Drug Treatment Court. Provides for the establishment of a Drug Treatment Court in Montgomery County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2254/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2254","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236004,"bill_number":"HB2256","title":"Schedule II drugs; identification required for filling prescriptions.","description":"Schedule II drugs; identification required in filling prescriptions. Specifies that certain duties imposed upon a pharmacist in the delivery of Schedule II drugs may be undertaken by the agent of the pharmacist. The bill also provides that if the person seeking to take delivery of a drug listed on Schedule II pursuant to a prescription is not the patient for whom the drug is prescribed and the person is not known to the pharmacist or his agent, the pharmacist or his agent shall either make a photocopy or electronic copy of the person's identification or record the full name and address of the person. The bill also reduces the period of time for which the pharmacist must maintain records of the names and addresses or copies of the proof of identification of persons taking delivery of Schedule II drugs when they are not the person for whom the drug is prescribed from one year to one month.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2256/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2256","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236005,"bill_number":"HB2257","title":"Surreptitious photographs; person who publishes is in violation of prohibiting upskirting.","description":"Publication of surreptitious photographs. Provides that any person who publishes a photograph or video made in violation of the provision prohibiting \"upskirting,\" etc., for financial gain, or on the web, or for mass distribution, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2257/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2257","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236006,"bill_number":"HB2259","title":"Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act; identity credentials.","description":"Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act; identity credentials. Provides for the liability or immunity of both providers and licensees of digital identity credentials in the provisioning, providing, and commercially reasonable reliance upon digital identity credentials. The bill also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2259/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2259","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236007,"bill_number":"HB2260","title":"Contractors, Board for; well water systems provider license, exception.","description":"Board for Contractors; well water systems provider license; exception.  Provides an exception to the licensing provisions relating to well water systems providers for any licensed plumbing tradesman performing normal maintenance and repair of water wells, water well pumps, and other equipment associated with the repair of water wells and water well systems, provided such tradesman has been continuously licensed as a plumbing tradesman under this article for at least three years, has not been the subject of any disciplinary proceeding by the Board, and has not engaged in any act that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2260/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2260","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236008,"bill_number":"HB2261","title":"Guardian ad litem; requires preliminary hearing be held prior to appointment.","description":"Guardianships and conservatorships; appointment; preliminary hearing. Requires that a preliminary hearing be held prior to the appointment of a guardian ad litem for or the conduct of any evaluations of a respondent for whom a petition to appoint a guardian or conservator has been filed. The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to determine whether such an appointment should be made or such evaluations should be conducted. The bill also limits who may file such a petition from any person to an adult member of the respondent's family, an agent or other legal representative of the respondent, or any person interested in the welfare of the respondent. The bill also makes the respondent's estate responsible for fees and costs associated with the proceedings if a guardian or conservator is appointed. The bill also makes changes to how hearings to appoint guardians or conservators are conducted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2261/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2261","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236009,"bill_number":"HB2262","title":"Green Public Buildings Act; definitions, building standards.","description":"Green Public Buildings Act. Requires public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to build to either U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard (LEED) Silver or Green Globes two globe standards. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services for state construction projects or the governing body of a locality or school board for local projects. The bill has a delayed implementation date of July 1, 2012, for local public bodies and school boards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2262/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2262","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236010,"bill_number":"HB2264","title":"Higher educational institutions; Virginia College Building Authority to issue credit enhancements.","description":"Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2264/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2264","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236011,"bill_number":"HB2265","title":"Local disability services boards; clarification of assistance to local governments.","description":"Local disability services boards. Clarifies the role of local disability services boards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2265/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2265","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236012,"bill_number":"HB2267","title":"Preneed funeral contracts; final expenses insurance.","description":"Preneed funeral contracts; final expenses insurance. Requires an insurer issuing a life insurance policy, certificate, or annuity contract in which the face amount is primarily based on the actual or estimated cost of funeral goods or services, but is not linked to a preneed funeral contract, to utilize a bank, savings institution, or trust company located in the Commonwealth as trustee if the insurer holds the policy in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the insured or places the policy in trust. Such a policy shall provide either that its face value will be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the Consumer Price Index or that it will have a death benefit at least equal to the premiums paid plus minimum interest or dividends. To meet this requirement, for the first 15 years interest or dividends shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent, and thereafter at the legal rate of interest. The same provisions regarding the minimum interest or dividends are made applicable to life insurance policies or annuity contracts used to fund preneed funeral contracts. Under both types of insurance, the rate chosen shall be disclosed in the policy at the time the policy is issued. Money received pursuant to a preneed funeral contract that is not funded by a life insurance or annuity contract shall be deposited in a special account in a bank, savings institution, or trust company that is located in the Commonwealth. Such an institution is located in the Commonwealth if it has a main office or branch office in the Commonwealth where deposits are accepted, checks are paid, and money is lent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 15-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2267/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2267","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236013,"bill_number":"HB2268","title":"Virginia Peninsula area solid waste management system authority; appointing Board of Directors.","description":"Virginia Peninsula area solid waste management system authority. Sets forth the requirements for appointing a Board of Directors over any authority created to collect and dispose of refuse with member localities consisting of the Cities of Hampton, Poquoson, and Williamsburg, the Counties of Essex, James City, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, Middlesex, and York, and the Towns of Tappahannock, Urbanna, and West Point.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2268/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2268","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236014,"bill_number":"HB2269","title":"Freedom of Information Act; criminal records are exempt from mandatory provisions.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal records.  Provides that criminal records are exempt from the mandatory provisions of FOIA prior to judicial proceedings, but pertinent records or pertinent information from records that are otherwise unlawful to disclose shall be disclosed in any judicial proceeding where such records or information is requested in the interest of transparency of government, except where disclosure of any pertinent record or information is specifically prohibited by law. A denial without legal grounds of pertinent records or information disclosure or a failure upon appeal to remand a case back to the court where there had been a denial without legal grounds of pertinent records or information disclosure by any judge is grounds for judicial impeachment, enforceable retroactively, in the interest of forcing the executive and judicial departments to become and to remain separate and distinct in accordance with Article I, Section 5 and Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2269/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2269","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236015,"bill_number":"HB2270","title":"Electric utility rate structures; advancing conservation and efficiency.","description":"Electric utility rate structures; advancing conservation and efficiency. Directs the State Corporation Commission to encourage investor-owned electric utilities to file tariffs with rate structures that reflect time of day and seasonal cost differentials. In proceedings that involve a new or amended retail rate structure, the Commission is directed to consider several factors, including the extent to which the rates are designed to align with the utility's marginal cost of providing service at different times of the day. In such rate structure proceedings, electric utilities may seek, and the Commission may approve, financial incentives for the implementation of creative rate options that would allow the utility and its customers to share the economic benefits of rate structures that lower the utility's fuel costs. The measure also directs the Commission to give the highest level of priority in its development of the electric energy consumer education program to efforts to increase consumer awareness and knowledge of electricity rate structures and the overall cost of electricity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2270/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2270","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236016,"bill_number":"HB2272","title":"Local professional license violations; creates a statute of limitations.","description":"Statute of limitation for local professional license violations.  Creates a statute of limitations for local licensure violations by providing that prosecution of any misdemeanor violation of any professional licensure requirement imposed by a locality shall commence within one year of the discovery of the offense by the complainant, but in no case later than five years from occurrence of the offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2272/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2272","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236017,"bill_number":"HB2273","title":"Local building officials; authority to issue summonses for violations of statutes.","description":"Additional powers of local building officials; unlicensed contractors. Provides that a locality may, by ordinance, authorize the building department to designate certain building officials as sworn investigators, who shall have the authority to issue summonses for violations of the statutes and regulations of the Board for Contractors governing unlicensed activity by contractors. In addition, the bill vests all designated building officials with the authority to (i) administer oaths or affirmations for the purpose of receiving complaints and conducting investigations of violations of Chapter 11 (§54.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 54.1 or any regulation of the Board for Contractors relating to unlicensed activity by contractors; (ii) obtain, serve and execute any warrant, paper or process issued by any court or magistrate; and (iii) request and receive criminal history information. The bill requires that all designated building officials receive the training required by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement personnel before exercising such powers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2273/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2273","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236018,"bill_number":"HB2274","title":"Claims-made liability insurance policies; prohibits insurer from denying coverage.","description":"Claims-made liability insurance policies. Prohibits an insurer from denying coverage under a claims-made liability insurance policy for a claim based on the insured's failure to notify the insurer that a claim might be made under the policy, unless (i) the insured's failure to notify the insurer of the potential claim prejudices the insurer or (ii) the insured understood that the claim would be made under the policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2274/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2274","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236019,"bill_number":"HB2276","title":"Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.","description":"Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole. Requires the court services unit to consult with the local department of social services 60 days prior to a person's release from the Department of Juvenile Justice's commitment on parole supervision about the return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person. Under current law, the court services unit shall make such consultation four weeks prior to such person's release.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2036-Peace) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2276/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2276","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236020,"bill_number":"HB2277","title":"State boards, commissions, and other collegial bodies; compensation paid to citizen members.","description":"Compensation paid to citizen members of state boards, commissions, and other collegial bodies.  Provides that nonlegislative members of boards, commissions, committees, councils, or other collegial bodies who are appointed at the state level and who receive three or more travel reimbursements annually shall be required to participate in the Electronic Data Interchange Program administered or authorized by the Department of Accounts as a condition of accepting such appointment. The bill provides that the requirement applies only to such nonlegislative members who are appointed or reappointed on or after July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2277/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2277","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236021,"bill_number":"HB2278","title":"Real estate tax; relief for elderly and permanently and totally disabled.","description":"Real estate tax relief for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled. Authorizes local governments to establish annual income or financial worth limitations as a condition of eligibility for real property tax relief for the elderly and permanently and totally disabled. The bill implements the amendment to Article X, Section 6 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia that limits the General Assembly's ability to establish the limitations and allows the General Assembly to authorize local governments to establish the limitations. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2278/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2278","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236022,"bill_number":"HB2280","title":"Menhaden fishing; Marine Resource Commission to assess fee for those caught with purse net.","description":"Menhaden fishery.  Directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review and repeals the Governor's authority to implement menhaden management measures by proclamation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2280/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2280","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236023,"bill_number":"HB2282","title":"Centralized fleet; DGS, et al., to establish plan for vehicles to use alternative fuels.","description":"Department of General Services; centralized fleet; alternative fuels. Requires the Director of the Department of General Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of Administration and the Governor's senior advisor on energy, to develop a plan providing for the replacement of vehicles in the centralized fleet with vehicles that operate using natural gas, electricity, or other alternative fuels, to the greatest extent practicable, considering available infrastructure, the location and use of vehicles, capital and operating costs, and potential for fuel savings. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor for his review and approval. Once the plan is approved by the Governor, the Director is required to implement the plan for the centralized fleet. The bill provides that all state agencies and institutions shall cooperate with the Director in implementing the plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2282/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2282","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236024,"bill_number":"HB2286","title":"Surplus lines insurance; eliminates requirement that broker be licensed in Virginia.","description":"Surplus lines insurance. Eliminates the requirement that a surplus lines broker be licensed in Virginia unless the broker is selling, soliciting, or negotiating contracts of insurance for insureds whose home state is Virginia. The measure also establishes uniform eligibility requirements for the approval of nonadmitted, or unlicensed, insurers in Virginia and clarifies that surplus lines premium taxes will be collected for risks whose home state is Virginia. The amendments implement provisions of the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2286/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2286","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236025,"bill_number":"HB2289","title":"Common interest communities; court may enter default judgment against unit owner on sworn affidavit.","description":"Common interest communities; rules violations; jurisdiction of general district courts.  Provides that a court may order the owner of common interest community property who is in violation of such community's rules to abate or remedy the violation. The bill also provides that a general district court may enter default judgment against an owner on the association's sworn affidavit. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2289/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2289","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236026,"bill_number":"HB2290","title":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; notice to lot owners of pesticide use.","description":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; notice to lot owners of pesticide use.  Requires the association to post notice of all pesticide applications in or upon the common areas at least 48 hours prior to the application.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2290/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2290","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236027,"bill_number":"HB2292","title":"Health records; electronic access.","description":"Health records; electronic access.  Provides that health records, disclosure of which has been authorized by a patient or as otherwise allowed by state law, shall be made available electronically but only to the extent and in the manner authorized by federal law, except that a health care entity shall not be obligated to provide records in the electronic format requested if (i) the electronic format is not reasonably available without additional cost to the health care entity, (ii) the records would be subject to modification in the format requested, or (iii) the health care entity determines that the integrity of the records could be compromised in the electronic format requested.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2292/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2292","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236028,"bill_number":"HB2294","title":"Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.","description":"Unemployment compensation; Social Security offset. Eliminates the requirement that unemployment compensation benefits be reduced by 50 percent of the amount of the claimant's Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act retirement benefits in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund is less than 50 percent. Currently, such a reduction in unemployment benefits is not required in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund exceeds 50 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2294/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2294","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236029,"bill_number":"HB2298","title":"Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner.","description":"Marijuana possession by prisoner. Reduces the penalty for possession of marijuana by a prisoner from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony, the same punishment as is currently imposed for possession of a firearm or a knife by a prisoner or for setting off an explosive device in a prison.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2298/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2298","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236030,"bill_number":"HB2299","title":"Income and sales & use taxes; removes remaining portion of tax from food for human consumption, etc.","description":"Individual income tax and sales and use tax. Removes the remaining portion of the state sales and use tax (one and one-half percent) from food for human consumption (effective July 1, 2012) and restructures the individual income tax rate brackets for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.  The changes in the individual income tax brackets are as follows:    In Excess Of But No More Than Tax Rate  $0 $3,000 2.0% (same as current law)  $3,000 $5,000 3.0% (same as current law)  $5,000 $20,000 5.0% (increase in top income amt)  $20,000 $300,000 5.75% (new income amounts)  $300,000 6.75% (new top rate)","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2299/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2299","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236031,"bill_number":"HB2300","title":"Planning and Budget, Department of; budget performance data provided by state agencies.","description":"Department of Planning and Budget; budget performance data provided by state agencies; establishment of Performance Improvement Officers. Requires each state agency to conduct an annual review and prioritization of its operations and programs. Under the bill, each agency shall develop a list of its three highest and three lowest priorities and include them in the budget estimates submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget. The bill also provides for the head of each state agency to designate an existing employee to serve as the agency's Performance Improvement Officer to assist in ensuring that the mission and goals of the agency are achieved through strategic and performance planning and measurement pursuant to the performance management system established by the Department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2300/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2300","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236032,"bill_number":"HB2301","title":"Conflict of Interests Acts, State & Local Government & General Assembly; disclosure of income.","description":"State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of certain professional services income; advocacy. Requires state and local government employees and officials to disclose any compensation received in excess of $1,000 each year for activities undertaken specifically to influence public policy or public opinion in the Commonwealth or elsewhere. Disclosure would be required if the compensation was received by the filer, a member of his immediate family, his associates, his employer, or a business for which the filer or a member of his family is a paid officer or director. The bill also requires the same of General Assembly members under the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2301/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2301","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236033,"bill_number":"HB2304","title":"Community boards; suspension of certain owner rights for rules violations.","description":"Common interest communities; suspension of certain owner rights for rules violations. Gives common interest community boards the authority, even in cases where the declaration does not expressly grant the authority to the boards, to (i) suspend a unit owner's right to use facilities or services, including utility services, provided directly through the association for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60 days past due, to the extent that access to the unit through the common elements is not precluded and provided that such suspension shall not endanger the health, safety, or property of any owner, tenant, or occupant and (ii) assess charges against any owner for any violation of the declaration or of the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for which such owner or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees are responsible. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2304/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2304","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236034,"bill_number":"HB2305","title":"Healthcare Organizations, Joint Commission on Accreditation of; truncates references in Code.","description":"References to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.  Truncates references in the Code to the \"Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations\" to the \"Joint Commission\" to reflect the recent name change of the organization.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2305/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2305","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236035,"bill_number":"HB2306","title":"Health Professions, Board of; membership.","description":"Board of Health Professions; membership. Adds two representatives of the health care service delivery system appointed by the Governor to the Board of Health Professions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2306/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2306","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236036,"bill_number":"HB2307","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; fines for texting while driving doubled in work zones.","description":"Texting while driving; highway work zones. Provides that the fines imposed for texting while driving shall be doubled if the offense is committed within a highway work zone.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2307/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2307","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236037,"bill_number":"HB2308","title":"Income tax, state; clean special fuels motor vehicle and plug-in electric motor vehicle tax credit.","description":"Income tax; clean special fuels motor vehicle and plug-in electric motor vehicle tax credit. Grants an income tax credit of $2,000 to each taxpayer who purchases a clean special fuels motor vehicle or plug-in electric motor vehicle for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2308/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2308","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236038,"bill_number":"HB2309","title":"General fund balance; assignment of year-end general fund surplus.","description":"Assignment of general fund balance remaining at year-end. Changes current law for the assignment of any year-end general fund surplus to provide that the surplus shall be used (i) first, for the Revenue Stabilization Fund deposit, and (ii) then, the scheduled repayment of deferred contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained by the Virginia Retirement System for state employees. The Governor would then be required to include in his budget bill proposed appropriations from the general fund surplus for the funding of the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the repayment of such deferred contributions. No other assignment of the general fund surplus could be made unless the total amounts for clauses (i) and (ii) have been set aside from such surplus. Current law does not provide for any assignment of the general fund surplus for funding of the repayment of deferred contributions to defined benefit retirement plans of the Virginia Retirement System. However, the current general appropriation act includes a requirement for the Governor to propose appropriations for the repayment of contributions to the Virginia Retirement System that are being deferred for the 2010-2012 biennium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2309/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2309","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236039,"bill_number":"HB2310","title":"Filled subaqueous bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission to convey title if lawfully deposited.","description":"Conveyance of state-owned bottomlands.  Creates an administrative procedure that allows the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to convey title to filled subaqueous bottomlands if the applicant can provide evidence that such fill was lawfully deposited. The bill also removes the requirement that grantees compensate the Commonwealth in an amount equivalent to 25 percent of the assessed value of the specified parcel. Grantees will pay a fee to the Commonwealth in an amount reasonably related to the costs to effect the conveyance. The new procedure does not apply to subaqueous bottomlands filled by publicly funded initiative and put to a continuing public use such as beach nourishment projects and public landings. The bill shall become effective on October 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2310/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2310","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236040,"bill_number":"HB2311","title":"Virginia State Virtual School, Board of Visitors of; established.","description":"Virginia State Virtual School; Board of Visitors; established. Establishes the Board of Visitors of the Virginia State Virtual School as a policy agency in the executive branch of government, under the name of the \"Virginia State Virtual School,\" for the purpose of governing the online educational programs and services offered to students enrolled in the Virginia State Virtual School. The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 11-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned various powers and duties. The bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth, subject to local school division approval and admission by the Board, and to provide an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality for grades K-12.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2311/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2311","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236041,"bill_number":"HB2313","title":"Charter schools, public; amends definition.","description":"Public charter schools. Amends the definitions of a public charter school and a regional public charter school to allow for such schools to operate as virtual school programs. The bill further provides that, in the case of a public charter school or regional public charter school operating as a virtual school program, school personnel may be employed through a contractual agreement with the local school board to deliver online instruction, provided that such personnel delivering online instruction to students through virtual school programs are licensed by the Board and subject to certain background check requirements.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2313/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2313","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236042,"bill_number":"HB2315","title":"Breach of medical information; adds private entities are required to provide notice.","description":"Notification of breach of medical information. Adds private entities to the list of those entities that are required to provide notice of a database breach involving medical information. Current law applies to state and local governmental entities only. Any entity, public or private, that is required to provide similar notice pursuant to federal law would be exempt from the state requirement.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2315/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2315","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236043,"bill_number":"HB2316","title":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.","description":"Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program created.  Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2013, and the Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2017, to create a program that provides financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage. A wind energy supplier must make a capital investment of greater than $10 million and create at least 30 full-time jobs that pay at least the prevailing wage to be eligible for a grant. Solar photovoltaic manufacturing grants based on sales in 2011 are capped at $1 million.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2316/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2316","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236044,"bill_number":"HB2317","title":"Information Technology Advisory Council; advise CIO on creation of technology application framework.","description":"Information Technology Advisory Council; technology application framework. Requires the ITAC to advise the Chief Information Officer on the creation of a technology application governance framework through which executive branch agencies can address agency business needs with potential information technology solutions. Agency leaders and information technology managers shall participate with the ITAC in the design of this framework.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2317/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2317","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236045,"bill_number":"HB2318","title":"Electronic notary; notary to notarize document if signer is not present if identity is established.","description":"Electronic notaries. Allows, in the case of an electronic notarization, a notary to notarize a document when the signer is not in the notary's presence if satisfactory evidence of the identity is established. Furthermore, the bill allows satisfactory evidence to be based on video or audio conference technology that permits the notary to communicate with and identify the principal at the time of the notarial act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2318/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2318","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236046,"bill_number":"HB2319","title":"State agency mandates; assessment imposed on local governments.","description":"State agency mandates on localities. Provides that the assessment of mandates imposed on local governments currently required include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the mandates on the affected local governments in addition to a written justification as to why the mandate should or should not be eliminated. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2319/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2319","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236047,"bill_number":"HB2320","title":"Electronic tracking devices; placement on vehicle of person for use in opposition research.","description":"Electronic tracking devices in opposition research; penalty. Prohibits a person from placing in or on a vehicle an electronic tracking device to track the location, movements, conduct, or activities of a person for use in opposition research. For the purposes of this bill, opposition research is defined as the gathering of information related to a person's activities to be disclosed for political purposes. A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2032-May) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2320/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2320","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236048,"bill_number":"HB2321","title":"Virginia Free File tax program; Tax Commissioner to renegotiate agreement with Consortium of Va.","description":"Virginia Free File tax program. Requires the Tax Commissioner to renegotiate the agreement with the Consortium of Virginia in order to allow any Virginia taxpayer who so desires to file his Virginia tax return electronically without charge, to do so for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2321/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2321","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236049,"bill_number":"HB2322","title":"Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding from 80 miles per hour to 90 miles per hour.","description":"Speeding; reckless driving.  Raises the threshold for per se reckless driving for speeding from 80 miles per hour to 90 miles per hour, though the threshold of 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit remains unchanged. The bill also imposes a fine on speeding of $50 per mile-per-hour in excess of 80 miles per hour. The fine for speeding at speeds of 80 miles per hour or less remains at $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of the applicable speed limit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2322/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2322","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236050,"bill_number":"HB2324","title":"Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program; created, report.","description":"Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Amends the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) to allow for awards for a matching funds program and an eminent researcher program. The bill also expands upon the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority's (IEIA) current responsibility to develop a strategic roadmap for research in the Commonwealth. The roadmap shall identify areas of focus for research investment in the Commonwealth based upon criteria set forth in the bill, and any awards from the CRCF must fall into one of these areas of focus. The bill establishes a Research and Technology Investment Advisory Committee to assist the IEIA in making awards from the CRCF by ensuring that applications considered for awards are based upon sound science and research, are in an area of focus identified in the roadmap, and present significant potential for commercialization in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2324/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2324","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236051,"bill_number":"HB2327","title":"Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems.","description":"Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems. Limits the operation of a traffic signal enforcement program, commonly referred to as a \"photo red program,\" to those localities that have adopted ordinances establishing the program prior to July 1, 2011. In addition, localities that have adopted such ordinances are prohibited from implementing or expanding a photo red program after July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Militia, Police and Public Safety (9-Y 12-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2327/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2327","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236052,"bill_number":"HB2328","title":"Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan; process by which agencies' requests for capital project are presented.","description":"Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan. Specifies the process by which agencies' requests for capital projects are presented to the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee and the process the Advisory Committee shall follow.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2328/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2328","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236053,"bill_number":"HB2329","title":"Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution.","description":"Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution. Allows authorities created by proclamation of the Governor for the development of former federal areas to be dissolved not only upon resolution of the governing body of each locality within the area of operation of the authority but also upon determination by the Governor that the dissolution is appropriate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2329/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2329","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236054,"bill_number":"HB2330","title":"Information exchange program; Secretary of Public Safety to establish.","description":"Secretary of Public Safety; information exchange program. Requires the Secretary of Public Safety to establish an information exchange program with states that share a border with Mexico or Canada. The purpose of the exchange is to aid in the sharing of intelligence relating to international gangs, terrorist organizations, and other illegal activities in the Commonwealth. The Secretary is required to present a plan for establishing the exchange to the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice no later than October 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2330/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2330","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236055,"bill_number":"HB2331","title":"Allocation of highway maintenance & construction funds; alters manner Transportation Bd. allocates.","description":"Allocation of highway maintenance and construction funds. Alters the manner in which the Commonwealth Transportation Board allocates highway maintenance and construction funds from the Transportation Trust Fund and the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in Appropriations with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2331/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2331","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236056,"bill_number":"HB2332","title":"Citizenship of arrestee; arresting officer to ascertain.","description":"Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is \"taken into custody\" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, independent of whether they were taken into custody at a jail, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States. The bill further provides that when a warrantless arrest is made and the law-enforcement officer finds probable cause to believe that the person is not legally present in the United States, he shall communicate to the judicial officer the facts and circumstances underlying his belief. If the judicial officer concurs in the determination of the officer and finds probable cause to believe that the person will not appear for trial or hearing, the judicial officer may refuse to admit the person to bail.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2332/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2332","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236057,"bill_number":"HB2333","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia firms using E-Verify program.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia firms using E-Verify program. Provides that in the case of a tie bid, preference shall be given to goods or services or construction provided by persons, firms or corporations using the E-Verify program for employees who perform work within the Commonwealth. Under the bill, in the case of a tie bid where none of the bidders use, or all bidders use, the E-verify program, preference shall be given to goods produced in Virginia or goods or services or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms or corporations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2333/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2333","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236058,"bill_number":"HB2336","title":"Save Our Sight Fund and Advisory Board; established.","description":"Save Our Sight Fund and Advisory Board established.  Establishes the Save Our Sight Fund, to consist of voluntary contributions made at the time of vehicle registration and used to provide grants to private, charitable, and nonprofit organizations for vision health and safety services. This bill also establishes the Save Our Sight Advisory Board to advise the State Board of Health regarding administration of the Fund.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2336/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2336","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236059,"bill_number":"HB2337","title":"State agencies; use of certified mail for certain notices.","description":"State agencies; use of certified mail for certain notices. Provides that whenever a state agency sends any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any additional mail or notice that is sent by such state agency pertaining to the same subject matter and purpose may be sent by regular mail.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2337/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2337","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236060,"bill_number":"HB2340","title":"Protective orders; expands class of persons eligible to include those in dating relationship.","description":"Protective orders; dating relationship. Expands the class of persons who is eligible to obtain a protective order in cases of family abuse to include persons who are in a dating relationship and who have been subjected to dating relationship abuse. The bill also defines the terms \"dating relationship\" and \"dating relationship abuse.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2063-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2340/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2340","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236061,"bill_number":"HB2343","title":"Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.","description":"Carrying a handgun while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; penalty.  Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person carrying a handgun in a public place while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and prohibits a person from obtaining a concealed handgun permit for five years following such a conviction. The prohibition applies regardless of whether the person is carrying the handgun openly or concealed with a concealed handgun permit. Current law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to carry a concealed handgun in a public place while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but does not speak to openly carrying a handgun while under the influence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2343/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2343","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236062,"bill_number":"HB2345","title":"National Guard; eligibility for service.","description":"Virginia National Guard; eligibility for service. States that eligibility for service in the Virginia National Guard shall adhere to laws and regulations adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2345/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2345","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236063,"bill_number":"HB2346","title":"Higher educational institutions; compensation of athletic coaches.","description":"Public institutions of higher education; compensation of athletic coaches. Requires that the board of visitors of every public institution of higher education adopts and implements policies such that the annual total compensation provided to any coach of an intercollegiate athletic team shall not include more than $300,000 of state funding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2346/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2346","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236064,"bill_number":"HB2349","title":"Maximum speed limits; shall be 60 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully placed signs.","description":"Maximum speed limits. Provides that the maximum speed limit shall be 60 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully placed signs, erected subsequent to a traffic engineering study and analysis of available and appropriate accident and law-enforcement data, on primary highways where they are nonlimited access, multilane, divided highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2349/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2349","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236065,"bill_number":"HB2350","title":"Reckless driving; person driving in excess of 20 mph over speed limit is guilty.","description":"Exceeding speed limit; reckless driving. Removes driving in excess of 80 mph regardless of the applicable speed limit as an instance of reckless driving.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2350/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2350","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236066,"bill_number":"HB2353","title":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; investor-owned electric utility, etc., to participate.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard. Requires each investor-owned electric utility and distribution cooperative to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program commencing with calendar year 2013. Under the program, each utility is required to generate renewable energy or to purchase renewable energy certificates, or both, in amounts that start in 2013 at three percent of the total electric energy sold in the base year of 2007 and that increase to 20 percent of such amount in 2020 and thereafter. A portion of the renewable energy used to meet the percentage goals is required to be from distributed generation. Renewable energy generated in-state, or from a community-based project, is eligible for additional credit toward meeting the RPS Goals. Failure to meet the required percentages will result in the assessment of alternative compliance payments, which payments are to be paid into the newly created Virginia Sustainable Energy Fund. The measure provides that an investor-owned electric utility that was authorized to receive a performance incentive as a consequence of its participation in the renewable portfolio standard program as it existed prior to the effective date of this act shall continue to receive the incentive until the utility's next biennial rate review proceeding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2353/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2353","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236067,"bill_number":"HB2355","title":"Transient Occupancy Tax; adds Brunswick County to those localities authorized to impose.","description":"Transient Occupancy Tax; Brunswick County. Adds Brunswick County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any county may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed two percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2355/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2355","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236068,"bill_number":"HB2356","title":"Stalking; enhanced penalties.","description":"Stalking; enhanced penalties. Provides that any person who commits a second or subsequent offense of stalking within five years of a conviction of a prior offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the Class 6 felony applies for a third or subsequent offense. The bill also provides that any person who commits an offense of stalking when, at the time of the offense, there is in effect any court order prohibiting contact between the defendant and the victim or the victim's family or household member is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2356/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2356","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236069,"bill_number":"HB2357","title":"Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.","description":"Unemployment compensation; Social Security offset. Eliminates the requirement that unemployment compensation benefits be reduced by 50 percent of the amount of the claimant's Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act retirement benefits in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund is less than 50 percent. Currently, such a reduction in unemployment benefits is not required in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund exceeds 50 percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2357/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2357","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236070,"bill_number":"HB2361","title":"Child abduction; money, property, etc., owned by person are subject to lawful seizure, etc.","description":"Child abduction. Makes it a duty of the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse to maintain close liaison with the National Crime Information Center and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information on children suspected of international travel. Furthermore, the bill makes property owned by a person and used to further the abduction of a child in violation of §18.2-47 (abduction and kidnapping), 18.2-48 (abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purposes), or 18.2-48.1 (abduction by prisoners) subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0818)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2361/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2361","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236071,"bill_number":"HB2362","title":"Restricted license; court to issue to travel to and from jail when defendant is on work release.","description":"Restricted license. Authorizes the court to issue a restricted license to a person convicted of DUI and certain other offenses to travel to and from jail to serve a sentence of confinement in jail on weekends or nonconsecutive days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2362/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2362","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236072,"bill_number":"HB2364","title":"Joint aid agreements by localities; localities to arrange aid to and from other localities.","description":"Joint aid agreements by localities. Provides that a locality may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize its chief administrative officer to arrange for provision of aid to other localities or receipt of aid from other localities, including approval by the chief administrator of agreements with other localities, subject to availability of resources. The ordinance or resolution may include terms and conditions deemed necessary by the governing body for participation in such aid and shall set forth the scope of the chief administrator's authority. Deployed personnel acting pursuant to the ordinance or resolution of the governing body shall have the same authority and immunity in other localities as in the locality where they are employed or volunteer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2364/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2364","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236073,"bill_number":"HB2365","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorization to join Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorization to join Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact. Authorizes the Virginia Racing Commission to enter into the Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact, as proposed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2365/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2365","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236074,"bill_number":"HB2366","title":"Out-of-state trust institutions; any national bank to serve as trustee without office in State.","description":"Out-of-state trust institutions.  Authorizes any national banking association that is supervised and regulated by the federal Comptroller of the Currency and is authorized by the Comptroller of the Currency to act as trustee, as executor, as administrator, or in another fiduciary capacity in the Commonwealth, to engage in the trust business in the Commonwealth. The measure codifies an opinion of the Attorney General that a statutory provision that bars out-of-state trust institutions without an office in the Commonwealth from engaging in trust business is preempted by §92a of the National Bank Act to the extent it applies to national banks that are supervised and regulated by the Comptroller of the Currency.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2366/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2366","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236075,"bill_number":"HB2367","title":"Telecommunications services; eliminates certain requirements.","description":"Telecommunications services; regulation. Eliminates certain requirements applicable to competitive telecommunications services. The requirement that competitive services be offered for sale under a filed tariff is eliminated. The State Corporation Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for retail telephone service not found prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local exchange telephone service. After July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail telephone services. In addition, the measure (i) eliminates the facility-building requirement of telephone companies in instances where a person has service available from one or more alternative providers of wireline or terrestrial wireless communications service at prevailing market rates; (ii) permits an incumbent provider to meet its obligation to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities through the use of any and all wireline or terrestrial wireless technology, subject to a requirement that when a telephone company restores service to an existing wireline customer, the company shall offer the option to furnish service using wireline facilities; (iii) provides that the Commission may conclude that competition can effectively ensure reasonably adequate retail services in competitive exchanges and may carry out its duty to ensure that a public utility is furnishing reasonably adequate retail service in its competitive exchanges by monitoring individual customer complaints and requiring appropriate responses to such complaints; (iv) amends the requirement of prior approval for the sale of all of the assets of a telephone company to provide that the Commission in such a proceeding shall consider only the financial, managerial, and technical resources to render local exchange telecommunications services of the person acquiring ownership or control; (v) eliminates requirements associated with telegraph service that is no longer offered in the Commonwealth; (vi) expands the definition of mail used for providing notice to customers to include electronic mail; (vii) provides that the prohibition on multiple rate increases within a 12-month period does not apply to competitive services; (viii) exempts telephone companies from provisions relating to energy and capital resource use conservation, standard units of products or service, and fuel purchases; (ix) eliminates provisions relating to the authority of the Commission to establish areas where a telephone company may provide mobile telephone service; (x) deletes obsolete provisions applicable to the extension of telephone facilities into rural areas and to the rates of telephone companies set by municipal ordinances; (xi) allows the detariffing of interexchange service; and (xii) provides that requirements that telephone companies file reports, other than reports relating to the special revenue tax, will expire on December 31 of each year unless the Commission extends the requirement after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2367/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2367","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236076,"bill_number":"HB2369","title":"Menhaden; cap on harvesting will be reduced 20 percent annually.","description":"Cap on the taking of menhaden. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2012, the cap on the harvesting of menhaden will be reduced 20 percent annually until the harvesting of menhaden is prohibited. The bill would become effective on January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2369/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2369","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236077,"bill_number":"HB2370","title":"Multiple-year licenses; Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue for hunting, fishing, etc.","description":"Multiple-year licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue multiple-year hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or permits. The costs of these types of licenses cannot exceed the costs of the permits or licenses if they were purchased on an annual basis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2370/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2370","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236078,"bill_number":"HB2372","title":"Flashing amber warning lights; state vehicles performing environmental functions to be equipped.","description":"Flashing amber warning lights on certain vehicles.  Allows certain state vehicles performing environmental functions to be equipped with flashing amber warning lights. The lights are not to be lit while the vehicle is in motion.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2372/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2372","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236079,"bill_number":"HB2373","title":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees.","description":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees. Provides that nothing in the statute governing privileged communications of certain health committees shall be construed as providing any privilege to any health care provider, emergency medical services agency, community services board, or behavioral health authority with respect to any factual information regarding specific patient health care or treatment, including patient health care incidents, whether oral, electronic, or written. However, the analysis, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and the deliberative process of any medical staff committee, utilization review committee, or other committee, board, group, commission, or other entity, as well as the proceedings, minutes, records, and reports, including the opinions and reports of experts, of such entities shall be privileged in their entirety under the aforementioned statute. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2373/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2373","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236080,"bill_number":"HB2374","title":"Moped; definition.","description":"Moped; definition. Sets out in the definitions for Title 46.2 what is already set out in §46.2-914: that a moped shall be considered a motorcycle when operated at speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2374/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2374","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236081,"bill_number":"HB2375","title":"Commonwealth Project Management Standard; created for information technology projects, etc.","description":"Commonwealth Information Technology Governance and Oversight; information technology project risk and complexity. Provides for the creation of the Commonwealth Project Management Standard, by which information technology projects in state agencies and most public institutions of higher education will be initiated, procured and governed. Also, this bill clarifies the roles of the Secretary of Technology and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the governance and oversight of technology projects. Projects shall be approved or disapproved by either the Secretary of Technology or the CIO based on the overall cost, as well as the overall risk and complexity of the project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2375/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2375","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236082,"bill_number":"HB2376","title":"Agency mandates; DSS to eliminate those related to office space, etc., of local social services.","description":"Elimination of agency mandates. Directs the Department of Social Services to eliminate mandates related to office space and facility requirements imposed on local departments of social services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2376/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2376","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236083,"bill_number":"HB2377","title":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees.","description":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees. Provides that factual information, whether written or oral, regarding specific patient care and treatment, including patient care incidents occurring within a health care facility, are not subject to the privilege granted to certain committees and entities. Currently, oral communications regarding a specific incident regarding patient care are privileged if made more than 24 hours after the incident. The bill also provides that the privilege enjoyed by such committees and entities applies only to communications originating with them and not communications provided to them. The bill also provides that reports of patient safety data in possession of a patient safety organization are discoverable if the reports are made available or required to be made available to health regulatory boards or other agencies by state or federal law. The bill further provides that the policies and procedures of such organizations and entities are not privileged and may be admissible in civil, criminal, or administrative hearings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2373-Peace) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2377/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2377","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236084,"bill_number":"HB2378","title":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations, etc.","description":"Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations, etc. Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based that were not already in effect on June 30, 2008, with the exception of the graduation and completion rate index, until July 1, 2012, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Education (HB1554-Wilt) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2378/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2378","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236085,"bill_number":"HB2379","title":"Discontinued secondary system highways; shall be available for use by public as a road.","description":"Discontinued secondary system highways. Provides that when a secondary system highway is discontinued, the highway shall continue to be available for use by the public as a road, unless it has been abandoned or its use has been modified by an ordinance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 129 (effective 7/1/11)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2379/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2379","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236086,"bill_number":"HB2380","title":"Firearms; civil immunity for employers who do not prohibit employees from storing in their vehicles.","description":"Firearms stored in employee vehicle; employer liability.  Provides civil immunity for employers who do not prohibit their employees from storing a firearm in their vehicles while parked on the employer's property from damages resulting from the storage of such firearm.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2380/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2380","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236087,"bill_number":"HB2381","title":"Street gang prosecution; expands definition of predicate criminal act to include burglary, etc.","description":"Gang prosecution; predicate criminal acts. Expands the definition of \"predicate criminal act\" for purposes of street gang prosecutions to include burglary (§18.2-89) and shooting into an occupied dwelling (§18.2-279) in the list of offenses constituting predicate acts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2381/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2381","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236088,"bill_number":"HB2383","title":"Freedom of Information Act; court review in cases of requester harassment.","description":"Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); court review in cases of requester harassment. Allows any public body to petition an appropriate court for a summary determination whether a requester, in making a request for records, is intending to harass or otherwise abuse the rights or privileges granted by FOIA or whether such request is overly burdensome on the public body.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2383/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2383","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236089,"bill_number":"HB2384","title":"Medicaid Works program; DMAS to increase maximum allowable earnings for individuals.","description":"Medicaid Works program; maximum allowable earnings.  Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to increase the maximum allowable gross earnings for individuals participating in the Medicaid Works program established pursuant to §1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) of the Social Security Act to the maximum gross income amount allowed by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 that does not trigger collection of mandatory premiums.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2384/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2384","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236090,"bill_number":"HB2386","title":"Concealed weapons permit; authorizes person to obtain permit to carry any lawfully possessed weapon.","description":"Concealed weapons permit. Authorizes a person to obtain a permit to carry any lawfully possessed weapon in a concealed manner, and not just a handgun.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2386/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2386","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236091,"bill_number":"HB2388","title":"Nursing homes & assisted living facilities; required to provide info. about family councils, etc.","description":"Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; family groups.  Requires nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to provide notice of and information about family councils, provide private space in which family councils may meet, and to convey information to and receive information from family councils.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions (HB1818-Hope) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2388/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2388","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236092,"bill_number":"HB2389","title":"Virginia Resources Authority; renewable energy projects.","description":"Virginia Resources Authority; renewable energy projects. Adds renewable energy projects to those projects which the Virginia Resources Authority may finance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2389/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2389","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236093,"bill_number":"HB2390","title":"Income tax, state; exemption for certain small businesses.","description":"Income tax; exemption for certain small businesses. Exempts certain small businesses from individual and corporate income tax for the first two years the business operates or until it produces $300,000 in gross income, whichever occurs first. A small business is defined as a business located in Virginia that is independently owned or operated by U.S. citizens or noncitizens in full compliance with U.S. immigration law and that has 250 or fewer employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2390/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2390","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236094,"bill_number":"HB2391","title":"Disposition of driver's licenses; court not to order surrender of license under certain conditions.","description":"Disposition of driver's licenses upon revocation or suspension.  Provides that the court shall not order the physical surrender of a driver's license for any revocation or suspension of a privilege to drive in Virginia of a person who does not have a Virginia driver's license but has a valid driver's license from another jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2391/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2391","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236095,"bill_number":"HB2392","title":"Risk management plan; local participation.","description":"Local participation in risk management plan. Provides that participation by constitutional officers in the Department of the Treasury's risk management plan shall be determined by the local governing body of the locality served by the officers rather than by the State Compensation Board. Also, local governments and constitutional officers choosing not to participate in the risk management plan shall not be subject to payment of any premium or administrative costs.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2392/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2392","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236096,"bill_number":"HB2393","title":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices required in business providing certain entertainment.","description":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices. Provides that any person who owns a business that provides entertainment commonly called stripteasing or topless entertaining or entertainment that has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist and who fails to post the following notice in a clearly visible place on the premises thereof is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor: \"IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS BEING FORCED TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY AND CANNOT LEAVE, WHETHER IT IS COMMERCIAL SEX, HOUSEWORK, OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY, CALL THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE AT 1-888-3737-888 TO ACCESS HELP AND SERVICES.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2393/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2393","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236097,"bill_number":"HB2394","title":"State health insurance plan; state employees who are nonclassified, hourly employees to participate.","description":"State health insurance plan; wage employees. Allows state employees who are nonclassified, hourly employees to participate in the state health insurance plan to the same extent that part-time state employees are allowed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2394/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2394","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236098,"bill_number":"HB2395","title":"Students, nonpublic school; participation in public school interscholastic programs, fees.","description":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs. Directs a nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 to organize and govern interscholastic programs among the public high schools to deem eligible for participation in interscholastic programs a student who (i) is receiving home instruction, (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two years, (iii) is entitled to free tuition in a public school, (iv) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current school year, (v) is an amateur, who receives no compensation, but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental and social benefits of the activity, (vi) complies with all disciplinary rules applicable to all public high school athletes, (vii) and complies with all other rules governing awards, all-star games, parental consents, and physical examinations applicable to all high school athletes. The bill allows such students to be charged reasonable fees for participation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2395/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2395","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236099,"bill_number":"HB2396","title":"Solicitation of children; unlawful for adult to entice minor to enter motor vehicle.","description":"Unlawful solicitation of a child by an adult; penalty. Provides that any adult who, by an offer of something of value or by misrepresentation of his identity, lures or entices a minor who is three or more years younger than the adult to enter a motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. There would be rebuttable presumption that the prohibition does not apply to any law-enforcement officer in the performance of his duties, to any family or household member or guardian of the minor, or to any person who has permission, granted by an adult family member of the minor or the guardian of the minor, to transport the minor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Crime Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2396/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2396","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236100,"bill_number":"HB2397","title":"Insured persons; attorney employed by insurance company shall not represent person insured.","description":"Representation of insured persons by staff counsel for insurance carrier. Provides that a licensed attorney who is a full-time employee of an insurance company shall not represent a person insured by the company as counsel of record in (i) an action brought by a third party against such person alleging a claim covered by the terms of an insurance policy issued by the company or (ii) the prosecution of a subrogation claim for property damage pursuant to the terms of an insurance policy issued by the company. However, the foregoing prohibitions shall not apply if such action is defended, or such subrogation claim is prosecuted, solely in the name of the company and the company assumes or is subrogated to the complete legal liability and pecuniary interest of the claim.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2397/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2397","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236101,"bill_number":"HB2399","title":"Snow and ice; requires operators to remove from their vehicles, penalty.","description":"Snow and ice on vehicles. Requires operators of motor vehicles to remove accumulated snow and ice from their vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2399/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2399","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236102,"bill_number":"HB2400","title":"Income tax, corporate; subcontracts tax credit.","description":"Corporate income tax; subcontracts tax credit. Provides a corporate income tax credit for certain large businesses that enter into qualified subcontracts with small businesses. The amount of the credit is six percent of the value of a large business's new qualified subcontracts or the increase in the existing subcontracts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2400/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2400","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236103,"bill_number":"HB2401","title":"Workers' compensation; increases farm and horticultural laborers to remain exempt from requirements.","description":"Workers' compensation; farm and horticultural laborers. Increases, from two to three, the number of full-time farm and horticultural laborers an employer may have in service and remain exempt from requirements of the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2401/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2401","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236104,"bill_number":"HB2402","title":"Interbasin water transfers; establishes a procedure.","description":"State waters; regulation of interbasin transfers. Establishes a procedure for the interbasin transfer of waters. Persons initiating an interbasin transfer, or expanding an existing interbasin transfer, in excess of two million gallons per day must seek a certificate of transfer from the State Water Control Board. Applicants must publish a notice of intent to interested parties and hold public hearings in affected areas. The applicant is required to provide the Department of Environmental Quality with an environmental impact statement showing comprehensive analysis of the impacts, including cumulative impacts, that would occur in the source and receiving basins; an evaluation of alternatives to the proposed interbasin transfer; and a description of measures to mitigate any adverse impacts that may arise.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2402/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2402","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236105,"bill_number":"HB2403","title":"Oversize and overweight permits; Transportation Board has authority to limit control on highways.","description":"Authority to use certain streets and highways; oversize and overweight permits. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Commonwealth Transportation Board, will have the authority to limit control for oversize and overweight permitting purposes for certain roads to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill sets out considerations when determining routes to be controlled for permitting purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2403/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2403","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236106,"bill_number":"HB2406","title":"Charter; Town of South Boston.","description":"Charter; Town of South Boston. Alters the method of filling vacancies on council and in the office of mayor so as to conform to state law. Other changes include updating Code references and allowing for incorporation of state law by reference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2406/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2406","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236107,"bill_number":"HB2407","title":"Charter; Town of Halifax.","description":"Charter; Town of Halifax. Changes the town's municipal elections to the date of the November general election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2407/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2407","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236108,"bill_number":"HB2408","title":"State agencies; requires notice to localities of certain state projects.","description":"Notice to localities of certain state projects. Requires that notice of certain state capital projects involving new construction costing at least $500,000 be sent to localities by registered mail and specifies that the notice shall be sent prior to, rather than during, the planning phase of the project. Failure of any state agency to strictly comply with such requirements will justify entry of an injunction on behalf of the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2408/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2408","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236109,"bill_number":"HB2409","title":"Water and sewer charges; charges imposed by Town of Abingdon shall be lien on real estate.","description":"Lien for water and sewer charges. Adds the Town of Abingdon to the list of localities that may by ordinance provide that taxes or charges for water or sewer service shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer system.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2409/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2409","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236110,"bill_number":"HB2410","title":"Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees. Creates an optional defined contribution retirement program and other related benefits for state and local employees beginning January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2410/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2410","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236111,"bill_number":"HB2411","title":"Land use approvals; existing performance bonds may be waived if locality has bonding moratorium.","description":"Extension of land use approvals; performance bonds. Provides that in instances where a locality has enacted a bonding moratorium or deferral option, existing performance bonds or other financial guarantees of completion may be waived or modified by the locality, in which case various land use approval extensions and deadline extensions shall continue to apply.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2411/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2411","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236112,"bill_number":"HB2413","title":"All-terrain vehicles; allows over-the-road operation at certain locations in Tazewell County.","description":"All-terrain vehicles in Tazewell County. Allows over-the-road operation of ATVs at certain locations in Tazewell County, subject to the approval of the County Board of Supervisors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0822)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2413/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2413","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236113,"bill_number":"HB2414","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of the James River Park System.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the James River Park System. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of the James River Park System. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Friends of James River Park to support its operation and programs in Virginia. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1418-O'Bannon) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2414/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2414","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236114,"bill_number":"HB2415","title":"Hunting license, special; established for partially disabled veterans.","description":"Hunting licenses for partially disabled veterans. Establishes a special hunting license for resident and nonresident veterans who have a service-connected disability of at least 70 percent as rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The resident veterans will pay one-half the cost of the annual state basic hunting license and the nonresident veterans will pay one-half the cost of the nonresident basic hunting license.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2415/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2415","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236115,"bill_number":"HB2416","title":"Accountability and Performance Review Commission; established.","description":"Accountability and Performance Review Commission.  Establishes the Accountability and Performance Review Commission to review agencies on an eight-year cycle and advise the General Assembly on the elimination of waste, duplication, and inefficiency on the part of such agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2416/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2416","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236116,"bill_number":"HB2418","title":"Virginia Railway Express; passenger surcharge when boarding in Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.","description":"Virginia Railway Express; passenger surcharge. Imposes a $1 per passenger surcharge on VRE passengers boarding in Manassas and Manassas Park. Proceeds of this surcharge are to be paid to the Northern Neck Planning District Commission to be used exclusively for economic development projects.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2418/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2418","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236117,"bill_number":"HB2420","title":"Televisions; prohibits use in a motor vehicle where screen is visible to driver while driving.","description":"Televisions in motor vehicles. Prohibits the use of a television receiver in a motor vehicle when moving images are visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2420/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2420","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236118,"bill_number":"HB2421","title":"Adoption procedures; makes numerous changes.","description":"Adoption procedures. Makes numerous changes to adoption procedures including (i) providing that venue for a parental placement adoption consent hearing lies in any city or county in the Commonwealth; (ii) providing that juvenile and domestic relations district courts have jurisdiction over petitions to review an adoption home study and petitions for the court to assist with the execution of another state's or jurisdiction's adoption consent or related document; (iii) under what conditions parental consent is not required for an adoption of a child from another country whose foreign placement will be finalized in the Commonwealth; and (iv) providing that procedures used in parental placement adoptions apply in all cases, except step-parent, relative, and agency placements. The bill also provides that a birth parent's consent to an adoption is not required if he has not visited or contacted the child for six months immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption or prior to any adoption-related proceeding in the juvenile and domestic relations district court where the birth parent has been notified of the Putative Father Registry or other adoption-related proceeding or has been contacted for the purpose of seeking his cooperation in a future adoption proceeding. Current law only provides that the birth parent's consent is not required if he had not visited or contacted the child for six months prior to the filing of the petition for adoption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2421/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2421","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236119,"bill_number":"HB2422","title":"Protective orders; makes numerous changes to laws governing family abuse and stalking, penalty.","description":"Protective orders; definition of family abuse; dating violence; penalty.  Makes numerous changes to the laws governing family abuse protective orders and stalking protective orders, including (i) amending the definition of \"family abuse\" to specifically include assault, stalking, sexual assault, forceful detention, and intentional damage to real or personal property with the intent to intimidate or control; (ii) expanding the availability of stalking protective orders to any person who has been a victim of \"dating violence\" or an \"act of violence\"; and (iii) providing that if both parties file for a protective order, the court may issue mutual orders upon finding by clear and convincing evidence that both parties have committed, and are likely to commit in the future, conduct justifying the issuance of an order. The bill also harmonizes certain provisions regarding the violation of a family abuse protective order and a stalking protective order, including making the penalties for violating the orders consistent, to wit: (i) any person convicted of a second violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense and when either the instant or prior offense was based on an act or threat of violence, shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days; (ii) any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, when such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or any of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 6 felony and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months; (iii) any person who commits an assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury upon a person protected by a protective order is guilty of a Class 6 felony; and (iv) any person who violates a protective order by furtively entering the home of the protected party while such party is present or enters and remains in such home until the protected party arrives is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that any person convicted of violating a protective order for which no mandatory minimum sentence is specified shall be sentenced to a term of confinement and shall not have his entire sentence suspended.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2063-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2422/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2422","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236120,"bill_number":"HB2423","title":"Drunk boating; reinstates language allowing for transfer of custody of person arrested.","description":"Transfer of custody of person suspected of drunk boating. Reinstates language allowing for transfer of custody of a person arrested for drunk boating. The language was removed, in Chapter 840 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010, from the statute providing for warrantless arrests and replaced with broader language applicable to arrests for both DUI and drunk boating that allows for an arrest in any location whether or not the offense was committed in the officer's presence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2423/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2423","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236121,"bill_number":"HB2424","title":"Appomattox State Scenic River; designating lower portion thereof as a scenic river.","description":"Scenic river.  Designates a 19.2-mile segment of the Appomattox River in Chesterfield County as a scenic river. The bill does not preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, operating, or performing necessary maintenance on any road or bridge project. The owner of the Harvell Dam in the City of Petersburg may construct, reconstruct, operate, and maintain the Harvell Dam subject to other law and regulation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2424/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2424","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236122,"bill_number":"HB2425","title":"Delinquent sewer & water fees; authority to provide 30 days notice prior to recording lien.","description":"Delinquent sewer and water fees and charges; notice. Requires that prior to recording a lien on an owner's property for a tenant's unpaid water or sewer fees, the water or sewer authority shall provide the owner with 30 days' written notification. The owner can avoid the lien by paying the obligations. If the former tenant pays the authority after the owner already has, the property owner shall be entitled to receive a refund and shall be subrogated against the former tenant in place of the authority in the amount paid by the property owner. Additionally, this legislation requires an authority to notify a property owner, if he so requests, of a tenant's delinquent water bill when a tenant's water bill has become 15 days delinquent. Furthermore, a locality or service authority may not deny service to a new tenant for unpaid fees and charges unless a lien has been recorded against the property owner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2425/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2425","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236123,"bill_number":"HB2427","title":"Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.","description":"Certificate of public need; amendment authorized. Allows the Commissioner of Health to approve a request to amend the conditions of a certificate of public need issued to a continuing care provider registered with the State Corporation Commission in which nursing facility or extended care services are provided to allow such continuing care provider to continue to admit community patients, other than contract holders, to its nursing facility beds through December 31, 2014, if the following conditions are met: (i) the facility is located within the County of Botetourt and operated as a not-for-profit and (ii) the facility's contract holder occupancy rate is less than 85 percent at the time of such application.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2427/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2427","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236124,"bill_number":"HB2428","title":"Homestead and other exemptions; exemption of real or personal property.","description":"Homestead and other exemptions.  Raises the homestead exemption from real or personal property not exceeding $5,000 in value to personal property not exceeding $5,000 in value and real property not exceeding $25,000 in value. The bill also adds certain specific items of personal property to the list of what a debtor may hold exempt from creditor process and increases from $2,000 to $7,500 the value of an automobile that may be held as exempt. The bill also provides that the amount of certain exemptions shall be adjusted for inflation every three years. The bill also provides that a debtor may elect between the exemptions permitted under federal bankruptcy law and Title 34. Current law does not allow a debtor to elect the bankruptcy exemptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1422-Albo) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2428/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2428","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236125,"bill_number":"HB2429","title":"Golf cart and utility vehicle; fixes a punctuation error to clarify exceptions for use on highways.","description":"Golf cart and utility vehicle use on highways. Fixes a punctuation error to clarify exceptions for use of golf carts and utility vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2429/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2429","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236126,"bill_number":"HB2430","title":"Family and Medical Leave Act; allows employees to take leave under certain circumstances.","description":"Leave for employees. Requires employers that are subject to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take leave under certain circumstances beyond the scope of the federal act's requirements. These additional circumstances are (i) providing care for law-enforcement officers and firefighters and covered service members who are injured or incurred a serious illness in the line of duty; and (ii) leave to arrange for or attend funeral or memorial services for a service member killed while engaged in active service or a law-enforcement officer or firefighter who is killed in the line of duty. Employers are required to restore employees taking leave to the position held when the leave commenced or an equivalent position and to maintain coverage for the employee under a group health insurance plan. Employers that violate these requirements are subject to civil penalties and affected employees may bring a private cause of action for damages and equitable relief.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2430/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2430","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236127,"bill_number":"HB2431","title":"Drug treatment courts; established in Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, etc.","description":"Drug treatment courts. Authorizes the establishment of drug treatment courts in the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, and Russell and in the courts of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2431/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2431","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236128,"bill_number":"HB2433","title":"Abortion; shall undergo ultrasound imaging and view image of her fetus.","description":"Informed consent includes ultrasound to determine gestation age. Requires that, as a component of informed consent to an abortion, to determine gestation age, every pregnant female shall undergo ultrasound imaging and be given an opportunity to view the ultrasound image of","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2433/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2433","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236129,"bill_number":"HB2434","title":"Health benefits exchange; intent to develop.","description":"Health benefits exchange; intent to develop. States that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Commonwealth create and operate its own health benefits exchange or exchanges that meet the relevant requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act. The Virginia Exchange shall ensure that no qualified health insurance plan sold or offered for sale through an exchange provides coverage for abortions, except for an abortion performed when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or when the pregnancy is the result of an alleged act of rape or incest. The Governor and the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance are requested to work with the General Assembly, relevant experts, and stakeholders generally to provide recommendations for consideration by the 2012 Session of the General Assembly regarding the structure and governance of the Virginia Exchange. The recommendations are due by October 1, 2011. The measure states that it shall not be construed or implied to recognize the constitutionality of the 2010 federal health care reform legislation. It further states that it constitutes the election of the Commonwealth to prohibit abortion coverage in qualified health plans offered through an exchange. The measure will expire on July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0823)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2434/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2434","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236130,"bill_number":"HB2435","title":"Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates.","description":"DOC; elimination of agency mandates. Directs the Department of Corrections to eliminate mandates related to contract inmate classification reporting requirements imposed on localities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2435/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2435","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236131,"bill_number":"HB2436","title":"Abortion coverage; offering through health benefits exchange.","description":"Health benefits exchanges; abortion coverage. Provides that any qualified health benefits plan offered through an exchange shall be neither required to provide nor prohibited from providing insurance coverage for abortion services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2436/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2436","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236132,"bill_number":"HB2453","title":"Certificate of public need; addition of nursing facility beds in Planning District 11, etc.","description":"Certificate of public need; nursing home beds in Planning District 11. Allows the Commissioner of Health to issue a certificate of need for a new 90-bed nursing home in Planning District 11, provided that (i) any such nursing home facility application also proposes the replacement and relocation of all nursing home beds of an existing nursing home located in Planning District 11, licensed as of December 31, 2010, of no more than 45 licensed beds, all of which shall be relocated to the new 90-bed nursing home; (ii) Virginia Health Information has reported that the fiscal year 2009 occupancy rate of the nursing home to be replaced was at least 85 percent; and (iii) such new 90-bed nursing home is be located in the city or county that is adjacent to the city or county of the nursing home that shall be replaced and relocated. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2453/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2453","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236133,"bill_number":"HJR616","title":"TANF cash assistance; JLARC to study costs and benefits of drug testing recipients.","description":"Study; JLARC to study costs and benefits of drug testing recipients of TANF cash assistance; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the costs and benefits of drug testing recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance in the Commonwealth in order to reduce costs associated with substance abuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR616/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ616","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236134,"bill_number":"HJR617","title":"Auditor of Public Accounts; joint committee to study method of selecting.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study method of selecting Auditor of Public Accounts; report. Establishes a five-member joint subcommittee to recommend the best method for selecting the Auditor of Public Accounts. This is a one-year study.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR617/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ617","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236135,"bill_number":"HJR618","title":"Health insurance; small business acting collectively to obtain, report.","description":"Study; small business acting collectively to obtain health insurance; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study whether state laws and regulations impede the ability of small businesses to act collectively in procuring health insurance. The study shall propose recommendations for legislation to eliminate any barriers created by state laws and regulations found to be so impeding small businesses. The joint subcommittee must report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR618/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ618","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236136,"bill_number":"HJR619","title":"Tolling of certain highways; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, et al., to study.","description":"Study; tolling of highways; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, in conjunction with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to study the tolling of certain highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR619/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ619","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236137,"bill_number":"HJR620","title":"Public schools; Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission to study post-Labor Day school opening.","description":"Study; post-Labor Day school opening; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility and effect of post-Labor Day opening of public schools in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall (i) determine the number of school divisions granted a waiver by the Board of Education each year pursuant to §22.1-79.1, requiring public schools to open after Labor Day; (ii) enumerate the opening and closing dates of public schools in school divisions granted waivers; (iii) evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of pre- and post Labor Day opening of public schools in Virginia, including the effect on instruction, student achievement, student preparation for national standardized examinations, the tourism industry, state revenues derived from post-Labor Day school opening, and disruption of end-of-summer family vacations; (iv) determine the number of high school students employed annually in Virginia's summer tourism industry, including recent high school graduates and students on work visas, and state revenues generated from their employment; (v) identify school opening dates in other states and determine, in states that have changed school opening dates within the past 10 years, whether and how post-Labor Day school opening has impacted public education and summer tourism; and (vi) examine other factors as the Commission may determine that should be considered in fashioning a feasible solution and sound public policy regarding post-Labor Day school opening and propose appropriate options and alternatives. The Commission must report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR620/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ620","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236138,"bill_number":"HJR621","title":"Cell phone; Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to study disincentives for use in motor vehicles.","description":"Study; Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; cell phone use; report. Requests the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to study disincentives for cell phone use in motor vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR621/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ621","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236139,"bill_number":"HJR624","title":"Shellfish industry and state regulators; USFDA, et al., to work to improve shellfish safety.","description":"Memorializing resolution. Memorializes the United States Food and Drug Administration and the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference to work collaboratively with the shellfish industry and state regulators to improve shellfish safety.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR624/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ624","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236140,"bill_number":"HJR625","title":"School divisions, local; DOE to study nature and effectiveness of antibullying policies.","description":"Study; antibullying policies; report. Requesting the Department of Education to study the nature and effectiveness of local school divisions' antibullying policies. In conducting its study, the Department of Education shall (i) review and compare antibullying measures in the student codes of conduct from each school division, (ii) compare existing policies with the Department's model policy for codes of student conduct, and (iii) determine if improvements to existing policies are warranted, in order to more effectively combat bullying in Virginia's public schools.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ625ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR625/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ625","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236141,"bill_number":"HJR626","title":"Defendants; VSCC to study disposition of those unrestorably incompetent.","description":"Study; disposition of unrestorably incompetent defendants; report.  Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the options available for the disposition of criminal defendants who are determined to be incompetent to stand trial and who cannot be restored to competency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR626/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ626","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236142,"bill_number":"HJR632","title":"Shaken Baby Syndrome and abusive head trauma; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.","description":"Joint Commission on Health Care to study Shaken Baby Syndrome; report.  Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the costs of Shaken Baby Syndrome and abusive head trauma in Virginia and identify best practices in reducing the incidence of Shaken Baby Syndrome and abusive head trauma.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ632ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR632/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ632","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236143,"bill_number":"HJR633","title":"Employment First initiative; Secretary of Health & Human Resources to develop & implement in State.","description":"Employment First initiative; report.  Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop and implement an Employment First initiative for the Commonwealth to increase opportunities for meaningful employment in integrated community settings for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR633/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ633","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236144,"bill_number":"HJR635","title":"PPACA; Joint Commission on Health Care to study implementation of insurance provisions thereof.","description":"Study; insurance provisions of PPACA; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the implementation of the insurance provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The joint subcommittee is directed to monitor the work of the Virginia Health Reform Initiative Council; monitor the actions of the State Corporation Commission in implementing the insurance provisions of PPACA; and make recommendations to appropriate public bodies regarding legislation necessary to implement such provisions of PPACA. The Commission must submit its report to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR635/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ635","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236145,"bill_number":"HJR636","title":"Engineering curriculum; Department of Education to development in public schools, report.","description":"Department of Education; public schools; development of engineering curriculum; report. Requests the Department of Education to establish mutually shared goals for the instruction of a K-12 engineering education and assign joint responsibility to the existing science, mathematics, and technology education disciplines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR636/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ636","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236146,"bill_number":"HJR637","title":"Veterans; Department of Veterans Services to study certification and licensing opportunities.","description":"Study; Department of Veterans Services; certification and licensing opportunities for veterans; report.  Requests the Department of Veterans Services to study certification and licensing opportunities for veterans. The Code of Virginia requires licensing and certification for many professions, and military training and experience could be used to meet some of the training requirements. This would assist veterans in transitioning to the civilian workforce.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR637/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ637","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236147,"bill_number":"HJR639","title":"Community-based services for intellectual & developmental disabilities; JLARC to study system.","description":"Study; transitioning to community-based services system for intellectual and developmental disabilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the costs of transitioning to 100 percent community-based services for intellectual and developmental disabilities. In conducting its study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall (i) review federal and state law, regulations, and requirements governing the provision of care and services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; (ii) determine the number of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth desiring community-based services and the number on the waiting list for Medicaid waivers; (iii) determine the costs of institutional care of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and assess whether a community-based services system would be cost effective; (iv) determine the cause of the Medicaid waiver backload and the costs of Medicaid waivers granted annually; (v) estimate the initial and ongoing costs of converting from care in institutional settings to community-based care and identify the potential revenue streams to support a 100 percent community-based care system in Virginia; and (vi) consider other public policy implications and necessary changes relative to transitioning to community-based services. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission must report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR639/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ639","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236148,"bill_number":"HJR640","title":"U.S. Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.","description":"United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment.  Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress. This resolution is identical to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR640/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ640","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236149,"bill_number":"HJR641","title":"Full-day kindergarten program; subcommittee to study efficacy & appropriateness of requiring.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study the efficacy and appropriateness of requiring full-day kindergarten programs in the Commonwealth; report.  Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the efficacy and appropriateness of requiring full-day kindergarten programs in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) examine current kindergarten programs in the Commonwealth, noting the number of half-day and full-day kindergarten programs, pursuant to the provisions of §22.1-199 of the Code of Virginia; (ii) determine the age appropriateness of curriculum and support programs; (iii) determine the number of four-year-olds enrolled in kindergarten programs and evaluate the efficacy of enrolling students before their fifth birthday; (iv) project the public school enrollment of students eligible for kindergarten over the next four years and evaluate the need for teachers, space, and other facilities to accommodate the current and anticipated enrollment; (v) determine the ability of half-day kindergarten programs to sustain the educational gains of at-risk students who have previously benefitted from full-day state-funded preschool initiatives; (vi) assess the effect of requiring full-day kindergarten programs on staff, infrastructure, and scheduling requirements; (vii) consider the fiscal and policy implications of requiring full-day kindergarten programs in the Commonwealth; and (viii) submit any findings and recommendations that the joint subcommittee deems appropriate.  The joint subcommittee must submit its report to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR641/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ641","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236150,"bill_number":"HJR642","title":"VAT; urging Virginia delegation of Congress to oppose legislation that would levy on certain goods.","description":"Memorializing the members of the Virginia delegation of the Congress of the United States; value-added tax. Urges the Virginia delegation of Congress to oppose any legislation that would levy a value-added tax (VAT) on the consumption of goods.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR642/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ642","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236151,"bill_number":"HJR644","title":"United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; extends official state recognition.","description":"Recognition of the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated. Extends official state recognition to the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated and grants the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated representation on the Virginia Council on Indians.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR644/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ644","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236152,"bill_number":"HJR645","title":"Local governments; procurement and sharing of technology applications, report.","description":"Study; procurement and sharing of technology applications for local governments; report.  Requests the Secretary of Technology to study opportunities to facilitate cooperative procurement and sharing of custom technology applications to leverage buying power and create efficiencies for local government.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ645ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR645/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ645","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236153,"bill_number":"HJR646","title":"Year-round schools; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficacy thereof.","description":"Study; efficacy of year-round schools; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficacy of year-round schools. In conducting its study, the Commission shall (i) review the Board of Education's procedure for approving year-round schools; (ii) determine which school divisions have implemented year-round schools and their experience with this alternative method of providing education; (iii) conduct a comprehensive analysis of each year-round school, scheduling format, instructional, and extracurricular programs offered, and number of students enrolled in the year-round school; (iv) consider the minimum number of required teaching days or hours that should constitute the length of a school term and the issues attendant thereto; (v) identify and review year-round schools offered by other states and countries, noting advantages and disadvantages; (vi) ascertain and weigh the essential factors that must be considered before implementing year-round schools statewide, including, but not limited to, instructional costs, transportation and special education services, and the need for additional classroom teachers, staff, and support services; (vii) evaluate the impact of changing the scheduling format on school functions and length of terms and school breaks; and (viii) consider and thoroughly vet other issues and matters related to year-round schools as the Commission may deem necessary to provide feasible and appropriate recommendations. Further, in conducting its study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall seek and include classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, representatives of localities with and without year-round schools, the Virginia School Boards Association, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, other educational organizations, and other persons with expertise in alternative educational programs and options in the Commission's deliberations.  The Commission must submit an executive summary to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly and its final report and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ646ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR646/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ646","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236154,"bill_number":"HJR648","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; DHCD, et al., to study feasibility of amendments, etc.","description":"Study; Amendments to the Uniform Statewide Building Code; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development, in cooperation with the Department of Rehabilitative Services, to study the feasibility and appropriateness of amendments to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to provide accessible routes for persons with disabilities into public and private buildings and facilities and promote universal features in dwelling units. The Departments must submit their joint findings and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ648ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR648/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ648","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236155,"bill_number":"HJR649","title":"Virginia Retirement System; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.","description":"Study; Virginia Retirement System; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the Virginia Retirement System to determine whether the General Assembly is complying with its Constitutional obligation to fund the Virginia Retirement System using methods that are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR649/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ649","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236156,"bill_number":"HJR650","title":"Adults; JCHC to study State's procedures for receiving, etc., reports of abuse, neglect, etc.","description":"Study; JCHC; adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; report.  Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the Commonwealth's procedures for receiving, investigating, and addressing reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR650/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ650","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236157,"bill_number":"HJR669","title":"Plug-in electric vehicles; Governor to appoint an interagency task force to study use thereof.","description":"Study; plug-in electric vehicle task force; report. Requests the Governor to appoint an interagency task force to study use of plug-in electric vehicles in Virginia. The task force shall report its findings to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR669/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ669","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236158,"bill_number":"HJR677","title":"Virginia State Police workforce; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study pay equity.","description":"Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; pay equity; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study pay equity in the Virginia State Police workforce.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR677/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ677","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236159,"bill_number":"HJR678","title":"Motor Vehicles, Virginia Department of; JLARC to study implementation of \"legal presence\".","description":"Study; implementation of \"legal presence\" by the Department of Motor Vehicles; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the implementation of \"legal presence\" by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. In conducting its study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall, among other things, (i) review federal and state laws requiring proof of legal presence and the application of the laws by the Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing driver's licenses and identification cards; (ii) ascertain the number of driver's licenses and identification cards issued to legal residents and unauthorized immigrants in Virginia each year; (iii) review the procedures used by and assistance provided to Virginians who are legal residents of the United States but have difficulty satisfying the proof of legal presence requirement; (iv) evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the proof of legal presence law in protecting and promoting the welfare of citizens; (v) determine the impact of the law on legal residents of the Commonwealth in obtaining driver's licenses and identification cards; (vi) identify the types of documents accepted by the Department of Motor Vehicles from legal residents and foreign nationals whose only form of identification to prove legal presence in the United States is the federal Employment Authorization Document (EAD); (vii) identify, if any, documents other than the EAD which are accepted by the Department of Motor Vehicles to verify proof of legal presence of persons who hold or are protected under the following types of legal presence status: temporary protected status, withholding of removal status, political asylum, labor certification, employment-based immigrant visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), T-visas, and U-visas; and (viii) propose comprehensive recommendations to facilitate consistency in applying the proof of legal presence law, to relieve legal residents of undue burdens in documenting legal presence, and to minimize the issuance of driver's licenses and identification cards to unauthorized immigrants in the Commonwealth. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission must report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR678/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ678","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236160,"bill_number":"HJR681","title":"Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.","description":"Study; Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; report. Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and effectiveness of the Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay. In conducting the study, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall (i) review current statutory, constitutional, and budgetary provisions governing the calculation of SOQ costs and funding; (ii) examine the components of the Composite Index and how they interact; (iii) evaluate other states' public school funding formulas; (iv) hear local concerns and seek input from various Virginia and national experts, as available; and (v) evaluate the need to adjust the current basic school aid formula. The Commission must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR681/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ681","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236161,"bill_number":"HJR682","title":"Substance abuse treatment; JCHC to study involuntary admission of persons in need in State.","description":"Study; JCHC; involuntary admission of persons in need of substance abuse treatment; report.  Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study involuntary admission of persons in need of substance abuse treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR682/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ682","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":236162,"bill_number":"HJR694","title":"Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; recognizing its outstanding program.","description":"Recognizing the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Recognizes the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum for its outstanding programs and exhibits as Virginia's official sports hall of fame and commending the 2011 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ694ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR694/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ694","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237924,"bill_number":"HB2065","title":"D N A samples; taken of those convicted of sexual battery when victim is a minor.","description":"DNA samples taken at arrest and upon conviction. Expands the scope of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) collection to provide that every person convicted of a violation of (i) §18.2-67.4 (sexual battery), (ii) §18.2-67.4:2 (sexual abuse of a child 13 years of age or older but under 15), (iii) subsection C of §18.2-67.5 (attempt to commit sexual battery), (iv) §18.2-130 (peeping), or (v) §18.2-370.6 (penetrating the mouth of a child under 13 with the tongue) shall have a sample of his blood, saliva, or tissue taken for DNA analysis. The bill also provides that the Department of Forensic Science may include the identification characteristics of an individual's DNA profile in the DNA data bank when ordered by a circuit court pursuant to a lawful plea agreement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2065/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2065","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237925,"bill_number":"HB2143","title":"Notice of seizure; when property is seized for forfeiture, notice is provided to treasurer.","description":"Notice of seizure for forfeiture. Provides that when property is civilly seized for forfeiture (in drug and certain other cases), notice of the seizure is provided to the treasurer of the locality in which seized property is located.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2143/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2143","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237926,"bill_number":"HB2206","title":"Bulk Sales; repeals Title 8.6A of Code of Virginia which is considered obsolete.","description":"Title 8.6A; Uniform Commercial Code - Bulk Sales. Repeals Title 8.6A of the Code of Virginia, which is considered obsolete. It has been repealed in 45 states. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws states that there is no evidence that fraudulent bulk sales occur frequently enough or engender credit losses significant enough to require regulation of all bulk sales.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2206/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2206","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237927,"bill_number":"HB2213","title":"Driver training standards; establish for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits.","description":"Driver training standards for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits.  Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall establish training standards and publish a model policy for law-enforcement personnel assigned to vehicle patrol duties that embody best practices for pursuits and for responding to emergency calls.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2213/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2213","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237928,"bill_number":"HB2214","title":"Criminal Justice Services, Department of; develop plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency.","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan for the prevention of juvenile delinquency in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2214/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2214","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237929,"bill_number":"HB2248","title":"Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Interference with transit operation or operator; penalty. Provides that any person who obstructs, hinders, or interferes with the operation or operator of a transit vehicle engaged in the performance of a public transportation service or a person engaged in his official duties as a conductor, station agent, or station attendant of a public transportation service is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2248/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2248","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237930,"bill_number":"HB2271","title":"Computer and digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as private security service business.","description":"Computer and digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as a private security service business. Exempts from regulation as a private security service business any individual engaged in (i) computer or digital forensic services or in the acquisition, review, or analysis of digital or computer-based information, whether for purposes of obtaining or furnishing information for evidentiary or other purposes or for providing expert testimony before a court, or (ii) network or system vulnerability testing, including network scans and risk assessment and analysis of computers connected to a network.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2271/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2271","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237931,"bill_number":"HB2281","title":"D N A data bank; modifies entities which Department of Forensic Science may release information.","description":"DNA data bank. Modifies the entities to which the Department of Forensic Science may release information from the DNA data bank to include attorneys for the United States Department of Justice and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and adds that such information may be released to further a prosecution, not just an investigation as under current law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)","last_action_date":"2011-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2281/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2281","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237932,"bill_number":"HB2314","title":"Education Improvement Scholarships; tax credit for donations by business entities.","description":"Income tax; educational improvement scholarships.  Establishes a credit beginning in taxable year 2012 for corporations donating cash to nonprofit organizations providing education improvement scholarships to students who would have been eligible for the free and reduced lunch program under federal law, in order for them to attend nonpublic elementary or secondary schools. Nonprofit organizations to which donations are made would be required to distribute at least 90 percent of their annual receipts for such scholarships. The credit would equal 70 percent of the donation made by the corporation and could be carried forward or back for 15 years. Any corporation taking a charitable deduction on its federal income tax return would be required to add that amount back to its Virginia taxable income in order to receive this credit. There is a $25 million cap for the credits.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2314/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2314","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237933,"bill_number":"HB2323","title":"State lottery; instant ticket game to benefit veterans.","description":"State lottery; instant ticket game to benefit veterans. Directs the State Lottery Board to create an instant ticket lottery game and dedicates the revenue generated for the benefit of veterans who reside in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2323/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2323","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237934,"bill_number":"HB2325","title":"Income tax, state; research and development expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; research and development expenses tax credit. Allows income tax credits for individuals and businesses for qualified research and development expenses for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2017. The tax credit amounts are 3% of the Virginia qualified research and development expenses, not exceeding the Virginia base amount and 10% of the amount by which the Virginia qualified research and development expenses exceed the Virginia base amount. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership shall develop policies and procedures for the application process for the tax credits. There is a $6 million cap on the total amount of credits allowed in any taxable year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1447-Cline) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2325/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2325","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237935,"bill_number":"HB2335","title":"Insurance premiums tax; retaliatory costs tax credit.","description":"Insurance premiums tax; retaliatory costs tax credit. Enhances the retaliatory tax credit for the insurance premiums tax by increasing the amount of the refund for certain taxpayers receiving the credit in 2000, beginning in taxable year 2011, from a maximum of $800,000 annually to $7 million annually.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2335/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2335","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237936,"bill_number":"HB2347","title":"Incarcerated defendant; waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs for certain cases.","description":"Waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs; incarcerated defendant. Provides for the purging of interest on fines and costs for an incarcerated defendant when such fines and costs have accrued on cases other than the one for which the defendant is incarcerated. Current law provides for the interest waiver only for the case for which the defendant is incarcerated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2347/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2347","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237937,"bill_number":"HB2351","title":"Writ of actual evidence; allows testing of biological evidence to be conducted.","description":"Biological evidence; writ of actual evidence. Allows testing of biological evidence to be conducted, for purposes of a writ of actual evidence, whether or not the testing procedure is employed by the Department of Forensic Science, provided the test is regarded as reliable by the Department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2351/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2351","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237938,"bill_number":"HB2363","title":"Multijurisdiction grand jury; investigate violation including insurance fraud.","description":"Criminal procedure; multijurisdiction grand jury. Includes a violation of §18.2-178 (obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretense) involving insurance fraud within the functions of a multijurisdiction grand jury to investigate any condition that involves or tends to promote certain criminal violations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2363/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2363","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237939,"bill_number":"HB2382","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; written notice to sex offenders of applicable laws.","description":"Written notice to sex offenders of applicable laws.  Directs that a copy of all laws applicable to the requirements placed upon persons who must register or reregister with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry be provided to such persons once per year upon registration or upon reregistration. The Attorney General is responsible for approving the list of laws to be provided, and such list shall be printed from the Department of State Police website and given directly to the person along with his receipt of registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2382/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2382","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237940,"bill_number":"HB2385","title":"Income tax, state; barge and rail usage tax credit.","description":"Income tax; barge and rail usage tax credit.  Grants an income tax credit for the usage of barge and rail to move cargo containers throughout the Commonwealth rather than trucks or other motor vehicles on the Commonwealth's highways. The amount of the credit is $25 per 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) moved by barge or rail. The credit will be available for taxable years beginning on January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2015. The Tax Commissioner would be allowed to issue up to $1.5 million in tax credits in a fiscal year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0820)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2385/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2385","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237941,"bill_number":"HB2387","title":"Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of the Criminal Justice Services Board and the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Repeals the requirements for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to (i) establish a Crime Prevention Center, (ii) adopt regulations for the implementation of detoxification center programs, and (iii) adopt the \"McGruff\" symbol and criteria for designation as a McGruff House. The bill also repeals the authority of the Board to provide for the coordination of the operation of a statewide comprehensive criminal justice information system for the exchange of criminal history record information among the criminal justice agencies of the state and its political subdivisions. In addition, the bill provides that the Virginia Law-Enforcement Accreditation Center established by the Department may, in cooperation with Virginia law-enforcement agencies, give technical assistance and administrative support, including staffing, for the establishment of a voluntary state law-enforcement accreditation standard. Under current law, the Department is required to give such assistance and support.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0821)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2387/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2387","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237942,"bill_number":"HB2398","title":"Treasurer; collection of local taxes.","description":"Treasurer; collection of local taxes. Provides that the treasurer of each county and city shall deposit with the State Treasurer an amount equal to 0.2 percent of all local taxes or other charges collected by the treasurer. Out of these deposits: (i) six percent of any tax or other charges collected shall be retained by the Compensation Board for administrative purposes, (ii) 47 percent of any tax or charges collected by the treasurer shall be allocated to the Compensation Board in support of local treasurers in accordance with existing law, and (iii) 47 percent of any tax or other charges collected by the treasurer shall be allocated by the Compensation Board in support of local commissioners of the revenue in accordance with existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 14-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2398/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2398","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237943,"bill_number":"HB2404","title":"State sales & use tax revenue; dedicates portion for transportation projects in Hampton Roads, etc.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue dedication; transportation in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Dedicates a portion of state sales and use tax revenue for transportation projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads equivalent to a one quarter percent sales and use tax rate in the localities in Northern Virginia and the localities in Hampton Roads, with the amount for each region calculated separately. The amounts calculated for Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads are transferred to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, respectively, to be used solely for projects in the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Six-Year Improvement Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2404/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2404","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237944,"bill_number":"HB2405","title":"Certificate of analysis; blood alcohol test equipment shall be presumed to be accurate.","description":"Accuracy of blood alcohol test equipment. Provides that equipment used to test the blood alcohol content of breath that generates a certificate of analysis admissible under §18.2-268.9 (use of breath test certificate as evidence) shall be presumed to be accurate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2405/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2405","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237945,"bill_number":"HB2412","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; court order plea.","description":"Sex offender registry.  Provides that no court order or plea agreement shall state that a person is not required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2412/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2412","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237946,"bill_number":"HB2417","title":"Cable television system, etc.; contracts with electric cooperative facilities for pole attachments.","description":"Electric cooperatives; attachments to utility poles by cable television systems; penalty. Provides that placing an unauthorized attachment to utility poles owned by an electric cooperative is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The measure also requires cable television systems to adhere to conditions and standards when attaching to an electric cooperative's poles. These conditions and standards include payment for unauthorized attachments, standards for overlashings, evidence of authority to occupy the right-of-way, and nondiscriminatory access to broadband services. In addition, a cable television system that violates safety and response provisions is subject to fines of up to $10,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2417/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2417","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237947,"bill_number":"HB2419","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; revenue distribution to certain public facilities.","description":"Sales tax revenue distribution; certain public facilities. Expands the definition of the public facilities in which the sales and use taxes collected are distributed to the locality in which the facility is located for repayment of bonds issued to create the public facility. The bill also expands the time in which such bonds may be issued.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2419/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2419","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237948,"bill_number":"HB2426","title":"Marital privilege; person may refuse to disclose communication between his spouse and him.","description":"Marital privilege in criminal cases. Provides that, except in the prosecution for certain specified criminal offenses, in any criminal proceeding a person has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent anyone else from disclosing, any confidential communication between his spouse and him during their marriage, provided he is married to that spouse at the time he objects to disclosure. Current law provides that the privilege survives regardless of whether he is married to that spouse at the time he objects to the disclosure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2426/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2426","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237949,"bill_number":"HB2432","title":"Law-enforcement officer; definition.","description":"Law-Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.  Adds certain employees of the Department of Corrections to the definition of \"law-enforcement officer\" for purposes of the Law-Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2432/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2432","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237950,"bill_number":"HB2437","title":"Bail bondsmen; regulation.","description":"Regulation of bail bondsmen. Provides that a licensed bail bondsman shall not charge less than 10 percent or more than 15 percent of the amount of the bond for a bail bond premium and shall not loan money with interest for the purpose of helping another obtain a bail bond. A bail bond premium is defined as the amount of money paid to a licensed bail bondsman for the execution of a bail bond.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2437/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2437","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237951,"bill_number":"HB2438","title":"Criminal cases; delayed appeal.","description":"Criminal cases; delayed appeal. Allows a defendant to move for a delayed appeal when an appeal from a criminal case has been denied or the conviction has been affirmed due to failure to file or timely file the indispensible transcript or written statement of facts. This provision is added to the current provisions that a defendant may move for leave to pursue a delayed appeal from circuit court to the Court of Appeals and from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court when an appeal in a criminal case was never initiated or was dismissed for failure to adhere to proper form, procedures, and time limits due to error, neglect, or fault of counsel, court reporter, the court, or an officer or employee of the court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2438/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2438","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237952,"bill_number":"HB2439","title":"Driver education; school boards in Planning District 8 to make available to certain students.","description":"Driver education in Planning District 8; nonpublic school students. Requires school boards in Planning District 8 to make the 90-minute parent/student driver education component available to all students and their parents or guardians who are in compliance with the compulsory school attendance statute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2439/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2439","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237953,"bill_number":"HB2440","title":"Prostitution; expungement of charge if person was forced.","description":"Forced prostitution; expungement. Provides that there shall exist an affirmative defense to the crime of prostitution when the person arrested or charged was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another. The bill also provides for expungement of a prostitution charge when the person was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2440/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2440","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237954,"bill_number":"HB2441","title":"Cemeteries; required to publish notice of intent to declare interment rights abandoned in newspaper.","description":"Cemeteries; abandoned interment rights; notice. Requires a cemetery to publish a general notice of its intent to declare interment rights abandoned in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city where the cemetery is located for four consecutive weeks when the cemetery has no information about the owner of interment rights. The bill spells out the requirements for declaring the interment abandoned.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Stricken from House calendar","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2441/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2441","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237955,"bill_number":"HB2442","title":"Hunting; allows a person to hunt any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.","description":"Hunting on Sundays. Allows a person to hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2442/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2442","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237956,"bill_number":"HB2443","title":"Hunting deer; allows persons to hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow on Sundays.","description":"Hunting deer with bow and arrow or crossbow on Sundays. Allows persons to hunt deer with a bow and arrow or crossbow on private lands in the Northern Virginia Planning District on Sundays.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2443/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2443","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237957,"bill_number":"HB2444","title":"Commissioners of the revenue; authorized to examine books and records for sales tax purposes.","description":"Commissioners of the revenue; authorized to examine books and records for sales tax purposes.  Authorizes local commissioners of the revenue to examine books and records of dealers and transportation companies. The commissioner of the revenue would be required to report on the results of his examination to the Tax Commissioner, including but not limited to any local use tax that has been incorrectly distributed to a county or city.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2444/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2444","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237958,"bill_number":"HB2445","title":"Juvenile information dissemination; info. disseminated to State Police or U.S. Attorney General.","description":"CCRE juvenile information dissemination. Provides that, for purposes of a determination as provided in §§18.2-308.2 and 18.2-308.2:2 (records checks for possession and purchase, respectively) of eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm, juvenile record information maintained in the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to the provisions of §16.1-299 (fingerprints and photographs of juveniles) shall be disseminated only to the State Police or the Attorney General of the United States. Currently, there are no named recipients.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2445/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2445","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237959,"bill_number":"HB2446","title":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; coalbed methane gas.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that an investor-owned electric utility will receive (i) double credit toward meeting the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program for energy from biomass or waste-to-energy; (ii) triple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight; and (iii) quadruple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight if the facility is located in Virginia and the majority of the products used to generate the energy are manufactured or assembled in the United States.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Commission on Electric Utility Regulation","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2446/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2446","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237960,"bill_number":"HB2447","title":"Renewable energy incentives; created for development of renewable energy facilities in State.","description":"Renewable energy incentives. Creates incentives for the development of renewable energy facilities in the Commonwealth. The incentives include (i) clarifying the definition of renewable energy to include wood waste materials; (ii) establishing a preference in energy procurement for state facilities for the use of renewable energy; (iii) directing the establishment of goals for the increased use by state agencies of renewable energy that will seek to have 20 percent of the energy consumed at state facilities to be renewable energy by 2025; (iv) allowing the Department of General Services to contract for renewable energy on a negotiated basis without using a competitive procurement process; (v) establishing a program to be administered by the Virginia Resources Authority under which 70 percent of the amount of loans for the capital cost of a qualifying facility may be guaranteed; and (vi) expanding the existing permit-by-rule program for small renewable energy facilities to include all renewable energy facilities, regardless of size.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2447/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2447","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237961,"bill_number":"HB2448","title":"Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process, penalty.","description":"Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process.  Clarifies that a person must knowingly violate the prohibition against making or soliciting certain political contributions during the procurement process to the Governor, his political action committee, or the Governor's Secretaries in order to be subject to the civil penalty. The bill also requires that the party receiving a prohibited contribution must return it or, if the contributor cannot be identified, donate it to charity. The bill also provides that in order to trigger the prohibition against political contributions, the bid or proposal must be submitted to an executive branch agency that is directly responsible to the Governor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2448/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2448","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237962,"bill_number":"HB2449","title":"Computer analysis; clerk may assess person fee performed by law-enforcement agency when convicted.","description":"Fee for analysis of computer of criminal defendant. Provides that a criminal defendant may be assessed costs in an amount equivalent to the actual cost for each computer analysis, not to exceed $100, performed by a law-enforcement or other investigative agency upon any criminal conviction of any charge or charges requiring computer analysis when the analysis revealed evidence used at the trial of the person.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0511)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2449/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2449","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237963,"bill_number":"HB2450","title":"Pretrial services agencies; removes mandatory requirement for locality to establish.","description":"Establishment of pretrial services agencies. Removes the mandatory requirement that any city, county or combination thereof that is required to submit a community-based corrections plan also establish a pretrial services agency, but preserves the permissive authority for any city, county or combination thereof to establish a pretrial services agency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2450/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2450","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237964,"bill_number":"HB2451","title":"State Corporation Commission staff; discovery of settlement negotiations.","description":"State Corporation Commission; discovery. Provides that staff of the State Corporation Commission shall be treated as a party for purposes of the Commission's rules governing discovery and hearing preparation procedures. The measure applies to matters that involve the Securities Act, the Retail Franchise Act, the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act, or the taxation of public service corporations, or that are initiated by a rule to show cause. This provision does not permit discovery pertaining to settlement negotiations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2451/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2451","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237965,"bill_number":"HB2452","title":"Virginia Tort Claims Act; abolishes sovereign immunity up to maximum limits of statutory cap.","description":"Virginia Tort Claims Act; localities. Includes counties, cities, and towns under the provisions of the Virginia Tort Claims Act and thereby statutorily abolishes sovereign immunity for such localities up to the maximum limits of the statutory cap on damages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2452/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2452","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237966,"bill_number":"HB2454","title":"Medical Fraud Control Unit; authorizes Attorney General to appoint investigators.","description":"Medical Fraud Control Unit; appointment of investigators. Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint investigators to the Medical Fraud Control Unit. Such investigators would be considered law-enforcement officers, and would be sworn to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth through the investigation of medical fraud and abuse. Such investigators would also be authorized to carry a concealed handgun while in the discharge of their official duties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2454/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2454","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237967,"bill_number":"HB2455","title":"Municipal utility services; notice of adverse judgment.","description":"Municipal utility services; notice of adverse judgment. Provides that when a court decision is entered against a locality holding that the locality has overcharged for utility services it provides, the locality must give notice of the decision to all users of such services who are potentially affected by the decision.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2455/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2455","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237968,"bill_number":"HB2456","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; privatization of government stores.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; retail privatization. Provides for the full implementation of retail privatization of distilled spirits by January 1, 2013. Under the provisions of the bill the ABC Board is to develop a plan for the discontinuation of government stores by December 31, 2011, at which time the process of auctioning of retail licenses for distilled spirits will begin. The ABC Board will still operate the warehouse for the wholesale sale of distilled spirits and wine produced by farm wineries. The bill creates a new distilled spirits retail license, which will be granted to successful bidders at an auction conducted by the ABC Board, and sets out the privileges of the license and the rates for the annual state and local license taxes. Under the provisions of the bill, these new licenses are transferable, are categorized by tier depending on square footage of the retail space and shelf space of the successful bidder, and are limited in number to one license per 8,000 people in each locality. Among other things, the bill (i) allows the new licensees the ability to set prices in accordance with their own individual business plans and in response to market conditions; (ii) provides that no one business entity shall be awarded more than 25 percent of the total number of distilled spirits retail licenses granted in any one tier, nor shall more than 25 percent of the total number of distilled spirits retail licenses in any one tier be held by businesses under common control; and (iii) provides that all revenue generated from the initial auction of distilled spirits retail licenses shall be deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund. The bill contains numerous technical amendments and has a delayed effective date to coincide with the full implementation of retail privatization by January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2456/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2456","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237969,"bill_number":"HB2457","title":"Abandoned and salvage vehicles; revises definition, penalty.","description":"Abandoned and salvage vehicles; licensees; penalty. Removes from the definition of \"abandoned motor vehicle\" a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that (i) has remained unclaimed in a garage for more than 10 days or (ii) has remained unclaimed in a self-storage unit. The bill provides that any licensee who utilizes machinery to crush a vehicle must apply for a permit if such crushing occurs at a location not specified on the license. The bill also allows law-enforcement officials to examine salvage vehicles that have been repaired or rebuilt for highway use and updates penalties for any violations by licensees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2457/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2457","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237970,"bill_number":"HB2458","title":"Demolished or dismantled motor vehicles; licensee requirements.","description":"Demolished or dismantled motor vehicles; licensee requirements. Sets out procedures by which licensees and scrap metal processors may demolish or dismantle certain motor vehicles. The provisions of the bill become effective on October 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2458/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2458","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237971,"bill_number":"HB2459","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older will be entitled.","description":"Elections; absentee voting.  Provides that persons age 65 and older will be entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2459/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2459","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237972,"bill_number":"HB2460","title":"Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process, penalty.","description":"Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process. Includes the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, and any member of a local governing body, planning commission or school board in the current prohibition against knowingly soliciting or accepting a contribution, gift, or other item with a value greater than $50 from any bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act, the Public-Private Transportation Act, or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act during the bidding period. The restrictions only apply if the stated or expected value of the contract is $5 million or more and do not apply to contracts awarded as the result of competitive sealed bidding. Furthermore, no bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal under such acts shall offer or promise to make such a gift to the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, or any member of a local governing body, planning commission or school board. Any violation shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 or up to two times the amount of the contribution or gift, whichever is greater.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2460/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2460","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237973,"bill_number":"HB2461","title":"Trucks; maximum weight limits for those hauling gravel, sand, etc.","description":"Maximum weight limits for certain trucks. Extends \"sunset\" on increased weight limits applicable to trucks hauling gravel and certain other cargoes in coal-producing counties to July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2461/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2461","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237974,"bill_number":"HB2462","title":"Juveniles; filing of petition not necessary for certain misdemeanor offenses.","description":"Certain misdemeanor offenses by minors. Provides that in the case of a misdemeanor violation of §18.2-250.1 (possession of marijuana) and §18.2-266.1 (underage drinking and driving) a petition need not be filed if the juvenile is released to the custody of a parent or legal guardian pending the initial court date. Current law provides that no petition need be filed in the case of any violation of §18.2-266 (DUI) or 29.1-738 (drunk boating). A procedure is established making it possible for a juvenile to have a misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge referred to intake for consideration of informal proceedings.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2462/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2462","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237975,"bill_number":"HB2463","title":"Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application, report.","description":"Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application; report.  Requires the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations (i) requiring professionals and public sector applicators of fertilizers to nonagricultural lands to become trained and certified in nutrient management and apply fertilizer in accordance with the principles thereof; (ii) prohibiting the application of phosphorus to turfgrass without a soil test; (iii) prohibiting the application of nutrients to impervious surfaces; and (iv) setting standards for soil analysis techniques, equipment calibration, and the timing of the application. Sellers and appliers of fertilizer shall be required to submit annual reports to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services noting the amounts sold or applied by locality. Lawn and turf fertilizer bags will carry a statement cautioning against improper application. Effective July 1, 2012, and subject to exemptions for newly established turfgrass and gardens, no businesses shall sell (a) turf maintenance fertilizer containing phosphorus without point-of-sale limitations; (b) deicing agent containing urea; and (c) fertilizer without prominently displaying cautionary signage regarding excessive use. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may impose a civil penalty of up to $250 for violations of these provisions. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is requested to provide a report concerning the use of slowly-available nitrogen in fertilizer material to the legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over agriculture and the environment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1831-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2463/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2463","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237976,"bill_number":"HB2464","title":"Drug Control Act; conforms Schedule II to federal drug classification schedule.","description":"Drug Control Act; Schedule II. Conforms Schedule II of the Drug Control Act to the federal drug classification schedule.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2464/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2464","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237977,"bill_number":"HB2465","title":"Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees. Creates a defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees hired on or after January 1, 2012, in place of the current defined benefit plan. Employees hired prior to January 1, 2012, may elect to become members of the defined contribution plan in lieu of the current defined benefit plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2410-Putney) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2465/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2465","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237978,"bill_number":"HB2466","title":"Virginia Biased-Based Profiling & Traffic Statistics Reporting Act; officers to record certain data.","description":"Virginia Biased-Based Profiling and Traffic Statistics Reporting Act. Requires state and local police officers to record certain data regarding motor vehicle stops, and report this information to the Department of State Police. The Department of State Police is required to develop a statewide database to analyze the data to determine the existence and prevalence of biased-based profiling in the Commonwealth. The Superintendent of State Police is required to report annually on the findings of the analysis to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General. The provisions of the act are set to expire on July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2466/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2466","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237979,"bill_number":"HB2467","title":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.","description":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and treatment for ASD in individuals from age two to six, subject to an annual maximum benefit of $35,000 of coverage for applied behavior analysis. Treatment for ASD includes applied behavior analysis when provided or supervised by a board certified behavior analyst, who shall be licensed by the Board of Medicine, and the prescribing practitioner is independent of the provider of the applied behavior analysis. The mandate to provide coverage will not apply to individual or small group policies, contracts, or plans. The mandate will apply to the state employees' health insurance plan and to the local choice health program. This measure will not apply to an insurer, corporation, or health maintenance organization, or to government employee programs, if the costs associated with coverage exceed one percent of premiums charged over the experience period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-29","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0876)","last_action_date":"2011-04-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2467/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2467","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237980,"bill_number":"HB2469","title":"Utility facilities; relocation or removal shall not be placed any closer to private residence.","description":"Relocation or removal of utility facilities. Provides that when the Commonwealth Transportation Board acquires property by eminent domain, the relocated utility facilities shall not be placed any closer to a private residence than those facilities were before the relocation, or 100 feet, whichever is closer.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2469/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2469","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237981,"bill_number":"HB2470","title":"Carbon dioxide; prohibits Air Polution Control Board and DEQ to restrict emission thereof.","description":"Department of Environmental Quality; carbon dioxide. Prohibits the State Air Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environmental Quality from taking any action to restrict the emission of carbon dioxide. Any federal law or regulation that purports to prohibit, limit, or control in any way the emission of carbon dioxide shall be without authority, void, and of no force within the boundaries of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2470/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2470","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237982,"bill_number":"HB2471","title":"Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.","description":"Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Coal Mine Safety Act; penalty. Updates the Coal Mine Safety Act to reflect current federal law and industry standards. The changes include expanded safety and emergency response plans; circuitry, voltage, and grounding requirements; and a penalty for any person who provides false information during investigations by the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2471/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2471","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237983,"bill_number":"HB2472","title":"Performance guarantees; no locality shall require those furnished include cost unless shown on plat.","description":"Performance guarantees. Provides that no locality shall require that a performance guarantee apply to any facility or improvement unless such facility or improvement is shown on the approved plat or plan. Also, the terms, conditions, and specifications contained in any agreement between a locality and an owner or developer of property entered into in conjunction with any performance guarantee shall be limited to those items provided for in the approved plan, plat, permit application, or similar document for which such performance guarantee is applicable.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2472/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2472","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237984,"bill_number":"HB2474","title":"National Guard; eligibility for service.","description":"Eligibility for service in the Virginia National Guard. Declares a person ineligible to serve in the Virginia National Guard if he would be ineligible to serve pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §654 and any accompanying Department of Defense Regulations implementing and enforcing this provision, as the law and regulations were in effect on January 1, 2009.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2474/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2474","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237985,"bill_number":"HB2476","title":"Estate tax; reinstated for persons dying on or after July 1, 2011.","description":"Estate tax reinstated. Reinstates the estate tax for persons dying on or after July 1, 2011. No estate tax will be imposed on a gross estate (i) whose value is less than $3 million or (ii) if the majority of the assets of the estate is an interest in a closely held business or a working farm. The revenues from the estate tax would first be used for funding staffing standards in nursing homes required to be established under the bill, which staffing standards would require a minimum period of time of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2476/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2476","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237986,"bill_number":"HB2477","title":"Workers' compensation coverage; revises requirements for determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis.","description":"Workers' compensation coverage; pneumoconiosis. Deletes the requirement that the 1980 standard of the International Labour Office Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis be used in determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis, and requires that the current ILO Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconiosis be used.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2477/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2477","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237987,"bill_number":"HB2478","title":"Southwest Virginia Health Authority; appointments.","description":"Southwest Virginia Health Authority; appointments. Adds two additional appointments to the Authority's board of directors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0514)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2478/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2478","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237988,"bill_number":"HB2479","title":"Virginia Liaison Office; changes title to Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.","description":"Virginia Liaison Office; Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; powers and duties. Changes the title of the Virginia Liaison Office to the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. The bill also reorganizes and clarifies the responsibilities of the Office and removes a general policy statement regarding the support of federal efforts to encourage pooling of health insurance by small businesses. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2479/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2479","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237989,"bill_number":"HB2480","title":"Portable electronics insurance; provides coverage for repair or replacement of such devices.","description":"Portable electronics insurance. Establishes a procedure for vendors of portable electronics to sell insurance that provides coverage for the repair or replacement of such devices. The vendor will be required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance agent license to sell or offer coverage under such policies. The vendor's employees and authorized representatives are not subject to licensure as producers if, among other requirements, the vendor is licensed, maintains a training program, and does not compensate its employees or authorized representatives based primarily on the number of customers purchasing coverage. The measure provides for the issuance of a license to an applicant whose home state does not issue a producer license with a similar line of authority. The State Corporation Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2480/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2480","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237990,"bill_number":"HB2483","title":"Court records; secure remote access restrictions do not apply to secure access by attorneys, etc.","description":"Secure remote access to court records.  Allows access to an attorney's staff if directly supervised by counsel of record on a particular case.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2483/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2483","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237991,"bill_number":"HB2484","title":"Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.","description":"Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.  Directs the General Assembly, in apportioning the state and local share for the costs of meeting the Standards of Quality, beginning July 1, 2011, to implement a formula that determines each locality's ability to pay based on the ratios of (i) the reimbursement payment made to the locality for providing tangible personal property tax relief to the reimbursement payments made statewide for providing tangible personal property tax relief; (ii) the total value of real estate in the locality adjusted by the index used for the pay differential for state employees residing in that locality to the statewide value of real estate per person; (iii) the median value of residential real estate in the locality adjusted by the index used for the pay differential for state employees residing in that locality to the statewide median value of residential real estate; (iv) sales subject to the state sales tax in the locality to the statewide sales subject to the state sales tax; (v) revenue collected from the local personal property tax to the revenue collected statewide from the local personal property tax; and (vi) revenue collected from local lodging, local cigarette, and local meals taxes to the revenue collected statewide from these local lodging, cigarette, and meals taxes, as provided in the appropriation act.  To determine each locality's composite index of ability to pay, (a) the sum of the ratios calculated on the basis of average daily membership for each locality shall be divided by the sum of the average daily membership ratios for all localities; (b) the sum of the ratios calculated on a per capita basis for each locality shall be divided by the sum of the per capita ratios for all localities; and (c) the locality's ratio calculated on the basis of average daily membership shall be multiplied by 0.66 and the locality's ratio calculated on a per capita basis shall be multiplied by 0.33. The sum of the two adjusted ratios in clause (c) shall be the local composite index of ability to pay.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237992,"bill_number":"HB2485","title":"Reckless driving; expands list to include parking lot, etc.","description":"Reckless driving; locations. Expands the list of places where a person can be found guilty of reckless driving to include governmental property open to the public.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2485/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2485","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237993,"bill_number":"HB2486","title":"Impaired waters; requires plan developed and implemented to restore waters be controlling.","description":"Plan for impaired waters. Requires that the plan developed and implemented to restore impaired waters be controlling unless it is amended or withdrawn by the State Water Control Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2486/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2486","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237994,"bill_number":"HB2488","title":"Claims; Carol Arwood Rivers.","description":"Claims; Carol Arwood Rivers. Allows Carol Arwood Rivers to buy Virginia Retirement System service credit for her years of service at Lonesome Pine Regional Library, which she was not allowed to buy although she was eligible to purchase such service when Lonesome Pine Regional Library joined the Virginia Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2488/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2488","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237995,"bill_number":"HB2489","title":"Sheriffs' offices vehicles; allows a sheriff to approve display of advertisements.","description":"Sheriffs' offices vehicles; advertising. Allows a sheriff to approve the display of advertisements on sheriff's office vehicles, so long as the advertisements are related to law enforcement and cover no more than 25 percent of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2489/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2489","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237996,"bill_number":"HB2490","title":"Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.","description":"Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.  Requires the chief law-enforcement officer of a public or private institution of higher education to report the death or an alleged rape of any person on campus property to the local law-enforcement agency of the locality in which the institution is located. The local law-enforcement agency would assume responsibility for leading the investigation, with cooperation from the institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2490/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2490","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237997,"bill_number":"HB2492","title":"Onsite sewage systems; certain owners may be exempt from requirements for operation and maintenance.","description":"Onsite sewage systems. Provides that the owner of an alternative onsite sewage system installed prior to January 1, 2010, with flows of less than 1,000 gallons per day serving an individual single-family dwelling occupied by such owner shall be exempt from the requirements for the operation and maintenance of the alternative onsite sewage system serving his own residence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Engrossment refused by House","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2492/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2492","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237998,"bill_number":"HB2493","title":"Public officials; any person who threatens to kill or injure is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Threats against public officials. Provides that any person who (i) threatens to kill or injure another person or to commit violence or injury against that person or his property, or to unlawfully trespass upon his property and (ii) knows or has reason to know that such other person is a judge, a law-enforcement officer, a correctional officer as defined in §53.1-1, a person employed by the Department of Corrections directly involved in the care, treatment or supervision of inmates in the custody of the Department, a firefighter as defined in §65.2-102, or a volunteer firefighter or lifesaving or rescue squad member, engaged in the performance of his public duties, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2493/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2493","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":237999,"bill_number":"HB2494","title":"Standards for Accreditation; any school board may seek approval of alternative plan for its schools.","description":"Standards for Accreditation; alternative accreditation. Provides that any school board, on behalf of one or more of its schools, may request from the Board of Education releases from state regulations and approval of an individual School Accreditation Plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2494/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2494","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238000,"bill_number":"HB2497","title":"Towing and Recovery Operators, Board of; abolishes Board.","description":"Board of Towing and Recovery Operators. Abolishes the Board of Towing and Recovery Operators.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2497/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2497","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238001,"bill_number":"HB2500","title":"Omnibus Citizen Bill of Rights; created.","description":"Omnibus Citizen Bill of Rights.  Creates the Citizen Bill of Rights designed to secure rights guaranteed to citizens of the Commonwealth by the Constitution of Virginia and achieves this goal by (i) providing a trial de novo for appeals from state agency decisions under the Administrative Process Act and local zoning and land development decisions, (ii) removing the presumption of official regularity and correctness in such appeals, (iii) increasing the cap on damages recoverable against the Commonwealth under the Virginia Tort Claims Act to $1 million from $100,000, (iv) increasing the statute of limitations in inverse condemnation cases to five years from three years, and (v) requiring the payment of reasonable costs and expert witness fees, and in certain cases attorney fees, to the property owner in condemnation cases where the amount awarded to the owner at trial exceeds the amount offered by the condemnor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2500/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2500","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238002,"bill_number":"HB2502","title":"Oysters; measurement standard.","description":"Measurement standard for oysters. Provides that oysters in the shell may be bought or sold by (i) one-half bushel or one bushel metallic containers or (ii) a container of not less than 2,800 cubic inches and not more than 3,000 cubic inches the make and model of which has been approved by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Current law prohibits buying or selling oysters in the shell by any measure other than metallic circular tubs with specific statutory dimensions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2502/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2502","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238003,"bill_number":"HB2503","title":"Governor's Transportation Regulatory Review Commission; created.","description":"Governor's Transportation Regulatory Review Commission. Creates the Governor's Tranportation Regulatory Review Commission as an advisory commission to annually review regulations to identify those regulations that may impede (i) the construction of any state or local transportation project or (ii) the maintenance of such transportation project. The bill requires the Commission to recommend to the Governor the suspension of any regulation that will cause additional cost to or delay of any state or local transportation project. The bill provides, however, that it does not apply to any state safety regulations or safety inspection procedures. Under the terms of the bill, the Commission will cease to exist on July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2503/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2503","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238004,"bill_number":"HB2504","title":"Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; appointments by Governor.","description":"Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads. Provides for appointment by the Governor of one member of the commission from each of the District's constituent localities. The bill also provides for the appointment of ex officio members with voting privileges by the District's constituent localities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2504/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2504","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238005,"bill_number":"HB2506","title":"Health benefits plans; sale by foreign health insurers to persons in State.","description":"Health benefits plans offered by foreign health insurers. Authorizes foreign health insurers to sell in Virginia any group and individual health benefits plans that the foreign insurers are authorized to offer in their domiciliary state. A foreign health insurer offering a health benefits plan is required to comply with Virginia provisions regarding unfair trade practices, capital and surplus requirements, payment of taxes and assessments, and obtaining authorization to transact business in the Commonwealth. In addition, the minimum benefits provided under such a health benefits plan shall satisfy any actuarial value standards established under Virginia or federal law.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2506/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2506","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238006,"bill_number":"HB2508","title":"Transportation Board; transfer of interest in and control over landings.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; transfer of interest in and control over landings. Provides that, for purposes of transfer of interest in and control over a landing to a public access authority, landing includes wharfs, piers, and docks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2508/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2508","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238007,"bill_number":"HB2509","title":"Employer's records; required to maintain and preserve payroll, etc., for their employees.","description":"Employer's recordkeeping duties; liability for unpaid wages. Requires employers to maintain and preserve payroll and other records for their employees, including his rate of pay, hours worked, and wages paid each pay period. If an employer fails to keep such records, an employee seeking wages or other moneys unlawfully withheld from him by his employer satisfies his burden of establishing that he is entitled to the moneys by proving that he performed work for which he was improperly compensated and produces sufficient evidence regarding the amount of his rate of pay and the extent of the work he performed to permit a reasonable inference regarding the amount owed to him. If the employee produces this evidence, the burden of proof shifts to the employer to come forward with evidence of the precise amount of work performed or to negate the reasonableness of the inference drawn from the employee's evidence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2509/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2509","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238008,"bill_number":"HB2510","title":"Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.","description":"Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. Establishes the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 for the purpose of fueling strong economic growth in the Commonwealth and preparing Virginians for the top job opportunities in the knowledge-driven economy of the 21st century. The bill provides for (i) a new higher education funding policy; (ii) the calculation of the state general fund share of an institution's basic operations and instruction funding need; (iii) per student enrollment-based funding; (iv) targeted economic and innovation incentives; (v) the creation of a STEM Public-Private Partnership; and (vi) the creation of a Higher Education Advisory Committee. The bill also makes technical amendments. This bill is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2510/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2510","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238009,"bill_number":"HB2515","title":"Health records; disclosure requirements.","description":"Health records; disclosure requirements. Clarifies that a health care entity is required to share, at the request of the subject of the records, health records with other health care entities, in the format requested by the individual in the manner authorized by the federal law unless (i) the electronic format is not reasonably available without additional cost to the health care entity, (ii) the records would be subject to modification in the format required, or (iii) the health care entity determines that the integrity of the records could be compromised in the electronic format requested.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2515/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2515","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238010,"bill_number":"HB2517","title":"Budget bill; basis for preparation.","description":"Basis for the preparation of the Budget Bill. Requires the Budget Bill for the 2012-2014 biennium and future Budget Bills to be prepared and formulated utilizing zero-based budgeting principles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2517/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2517","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238011,"bill_number":"HB2519","title":"Virginia Water Protection Permit; state agencies asked to review to provide comments within 45 days.","description":"Virginia Water Protection Permits; multiagency review. Requires that agencies having an opportunity to comment on a Virginia Water Protection Permit submit such comments within 45 days or be deemed as having approved the permit without further opportunity to comment. Currently, agencies such as the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the Department of Health, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must provide comments within 45 days, but the consequences of a failure to do so in a timely manner are not set out.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2519/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2519","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238012,"bill_number":"HB2520","title":"Advisory boards, councils, and other advisory collegial bodies, certain; elimination.","description":"Advisory boards, councils, etc; elimination.  Eliminates certain advisory boards, councils, and other advisory collegial bodies. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2520/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2520","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238013,"bill_number":"HJR613","title":"Constitutional amendment; limitation on debt (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limitation on debt. Provides that in any 10-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal years of the Commonwealth starting on or after July 1, 2012, no more than the amount computed by first multiplying each year's realized and projected blended revenues by five percent and then taking an average of the resulting products would be used directly or indirectly for principal, interest, or other payments on debt. The bill defines debt as any debt issued or entered into for transportation projects and purposes, public buildings, or capital leases and other long-term obligations primarily secured by blended revenues. This limitation may be exceeded only by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR613/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ613","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238014,"bill_number":"HJR614","title":"Constitutional amendment; aid for nonpublic higher education, religious or theological education.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); aid for nonpublic higher education; religious or theological education for military chaplains.  Allows the General Assembly to provide for loans to, and grants to or on behalf of, students attending nonprofit institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth whose primary purpose is to provide religious training or theological education, provided the students are approved candidates for the chaplaincy of any active duty or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR614/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ614","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238015,"bill_number":"HJR615","title":"Constitutional amendment; restriction on contents of bill or law that appropriates funds.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restriction on contents of a law that appropriates funds.  Prohibits the enactment of any law that appropriates funds containing (i) any provision that imposes, continues, increases, or revives any tax, fee, or fine or (ii) any provision that reduces, suspends, or eliminates any credit, deduction, or exemption associated with any tax, fee, or fine.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR615/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ615","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238016,"bill_number":"HJR634","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence including any period or condition of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor. The proposed amendment retains the right of the Governor to restore civil rights and adds the alternative for restoration of rights pursuant to general law. This resolution is identical to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR634/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ634","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238017,"bill_number":"HJR638","title":"Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.  Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights: (i) defined marriage as \"only a union between one man and one woman\"; (ii) prohibited the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing \"a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage\"; and (iii) prohibited the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing \"another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR638/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ638","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238018,"bill_number":"HJR647","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use.  Expands the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authorizing the General Assembly to define what constitutes a public use is removed. The measure (i) states that the right to private property is fundamental; (ii) clarifies that the damaging or taking of private property is prohibited except for public use, and only upon the payment of just compensation to the owner; (iii) requires that the owner receive just compensation for the property taken or damaged and for damages to the residue; (iv) states that just compensation is no less than the value of the property taken or damaged, business goodwill, relocation expenses, loss of access and other economic loss proximately caused by the taking or damaging; (v) prohibits the taking of more property than is necessary to achieve the stated public use; (vi) provides that a taking of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the authorized provision of a public utility, public service corporation, or railroad service or for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property; and (vii) requires the condemnor to bear the burden of proving that the use is public. This resolution was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ693-Joannou) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR647/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ647","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238019,"bill_number":"HJR679","title":"Constitutional amendment; legislative sessions.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); legislative sessions. Provides that the General Assembly may agree to delay the reconvened session for a period of up to one week. The Constitution now provides that the reconvened session will be held on the sixth Wednesday after adjournment of a regular or special session. The proposed amendment would allow the General Assembly to postpone the reconvened session for a brief period, for example, to avoid convening on a religious holiday.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2011-03-31","last_action":"House: Assigned Chapter 756 (effective - see bill)","last_action_date":"2011-03-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR679/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ679","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238020,"bill_number":"HJR680","title":"Constitutional amendment; contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employee.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employees. Requires that contributions to defined benefit retirement plans that are maintained for state employees and employees of participating political subdivisions and school divisions be made in strict adherence with contribution rates and times for the payment of the contributions as recommended by the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). Under the proposed amendment, the General Assembly could provide for the deferral of all or any portion of such contributions for any fiscal year by a recorded affirmative vote of four-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. In addition, for fiscal years 2013 through 2018 the General Assembly could make contributions at a rate that is less than the VRS-recommended contribution rate without a four-fifths vote and without any deferred contributions being recognized so long as the contributions are at least equal to certain minimum amounts. All contributions deferred would be required to be repaid within 10 years at an annual interest rate equal to the current actuarially calculated long-term rate of return as determined by VRS. The proposed amendment also would require that retirement contributions deferred in 2010 be repaid by June 30, 2022. The proposed amendment also specifies how certain other factors and variables used in setting contribution rates are to be determined.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR680/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ680","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238021,"bill_number":"HJR687","title":"Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly powers; limitations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house. The General Assembly may designate a joint legislative commission or pair of standing committees representing both houses to suspend any administrative rule or regulation during the interim that the General Assembly is not in session.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR687/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ687","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238022,"bill_number":"HJR688","title":"Celebrating the life of Mair Williams Conrad.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mair Williams Conrad.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ688ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR688/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ688","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238023,"bill_number":"HJR689","title":"Celebrating the life of John Howlett Woodfin.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Howlett Woodfin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ689ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR689/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ689","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238024,"bill_number":"HJR690","title":"Celebrating the life of Frank P. Soden.","description":"Celebrating the life of Frank P. Soden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ690ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR690/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ690","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238025,"bill_number":"HJR693","title":"Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use.  Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authorizing the General Assembly to define what constitutes a public use is removed. The proposed amendment provides that private property can be taken or damaged only for a public use, only with just compensation to the owner, and only so much taken as is necessary for the public use. Just compensation must equal or exceed the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services. In all other cases, a taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property. The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, without a presumption that it is. This resolution incorporates","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2011-03-31","last_action":"House: Assigned Chapter 757 (effective - see bill)","last_action_date":"2011-03-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR693/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ693","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238026,"bill_number":"HJR695","title":"Celebrating the life of Grover Ralph Eakin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Grover Ralph Eakin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ695ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR695/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ695","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238027,"bill_number":"HJR696","title":"Celebrating the life of Bradford Burleson Self.","description":"Celebrating the life of Bradford Burleson Self.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ696ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR696/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ696","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238028,"bill_number":"HJR697","title":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John F. McDonnell, USAF (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John F. McDonnell, USAF (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ697ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR697/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ697","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238029,"bill_number":"HJR698","title":"Celebrating the life of Sidney Boyd Savage.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sidney Boyd Savage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ698ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR698/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ698","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238030,"bill_number":"HJR703","title":"Celebrating the life of James A. Eichner.","description":"Celebrating the life of James A. Eichner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ703ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR703/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ703","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238031,"bill_number":"HJR704","title":"Judges; election in Court of Appeals, circuit court, general district court, etc.","description":"Election of Judges. Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ704ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR704/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ704","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238032,"bill_number":"HJR705","title":"Celebrating the life of Shirley Quarles Whorley.","description":"Celebrating the life of Shirley Quarles Whorley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ705ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR705/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ705","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238033,"bill_number":"HJR706","title":"Celebrating the life of Donna Rose Feldman Bergheim.","description":"Celebrating the life of Donna Rose Feldman Bergheim.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ706ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR706/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ706","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238034,"bill_number":"HJR718","title":"Celebrating the life of Frederick W. Peatross.","description":"Celebrating the life of Frederick W. Peatross.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ718ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR718/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ718","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238035,"bill_number":"HJR719","title":"Patient Safety Day; recognizing as February 2, 2011.","description":"Patient Safety Day. Designates February 2, in 2011 and each succeeding year, as Patient Safety Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ719ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR719/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ719","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238036,"bill_number":"HJR720","title":"Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ720ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR720/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ720","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238037,"bill_number":"HJR721","title":"Celebrating the life of Melvin Brown.","description":"Celebrating the life of Melvin Brown.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ721ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR721/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ721","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238038,"bill_number":"HJR722","title":"Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ722ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR722/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ722","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238039,"bill_number":"HJR723","title":"Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ723ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR723/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ723","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238040,"bill_number":"HJR724","title":"Celebrating the life of Jean Beaumont Merritt Mihalyka.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jean Beaumont Merritt Mihalyka.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ724ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR724/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ724","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238041,"bill_number":"HJR727","title":"Celebrating the life of Posey W. Dillon.","description":"Celebrating the life of Posey W. Dillon.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ727ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR727/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ727","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238042,"bill_number":"HJR728","title":"Celebrating the life of William Daniel Altice.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Daniel Altice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ728ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR728/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ728","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238043,"bill_number":"HR50","title":"Partnership for Air Mobility Innovation in the 21st Century; establishes.","description":"Encouraging the establishment of the Partnership for Air Mobility Innovation in the 21st Century. Encourages federal and local efforts of the NASA Aeronautics Support Team to establish the Partnership for Air Mobility Innovation in the 21st Century with headquarters at NASA Langley Hampton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR50ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR50/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR50","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238044,"bill_number":"HR51","title":"Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR51ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR51/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR51","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238045,"bill_number":"HR52","title":"Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR52ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR52/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR52","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238046,"bill_number":"HR53","title":"Judges; nominations for election to general district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR53ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR53/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR53","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238047,"bill_number":"HR54","title":"Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR54ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR54/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR54","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238048,"bill_number":"HR55","title":"House of Delegates; amends and readopts Rules 18 and 18(a).","description":"Rules of the House of Delegates. Amends the Rules of the House of Delegates relating to committee procedures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE REJECTED (40-Y 59-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR55/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR55","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238049,"bill_number":"HR56","title":"House of Delegates; amends and readopts Rules 18(a) and 18(c).","description":"Rules of the House of Delegates. Amends the Rules of the House of Delegates relating to committee procedures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE REJECTED (40-Y 59-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR56/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR56","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238050,"bill_number":"HR57","title":"Celebrating the life of Homer R. Pond.","description":"Celebrating the life of Homer R. Pond.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR57ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR57/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR57","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238051,"bill_number":"HR59","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. William Otey McCabe, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. William Otey McCabe, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR59ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR59/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR59","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238052,"bill_number":"HR60","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Charles Henry Sackett.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Charles Henry Sackett.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR60ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR60/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR60","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238053,"bill_number":"SB944","title":"Driver training standards; establish for law-enforcement pursuits and for emergency calls.","description":"Training standards for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits and lineups.  Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish a model policy for law-enforcement personnel assigned to vehicle patrol duties that embody current best practices for pursuits and for responding to emergency calls and to establish training standards and publish a model policy for law-enforcement personnel involved in criminal investigations that embody current best practices for conducting photographic and live lineups.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB944/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB944","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238054,"bill_number":"SB956","title":"Criminal history record information; Department of Rehabilitative Services to obtain for employment.","description":"Criminal history record information; certain agencies.  Authorizes the Department of Rehabilitative Services and the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of evaluating an individual's fitness for various types of employment and for the purpose of delivering comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services that will assist the individual in obtaining employment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB956/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB956","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238055,"bill_number":"SB1012","title":"Marijuana plants; when seizure of 10 or more, law-enforcement agency may destroy.","description":"Destruction of live marijuana plants.  Provides that where a seizure of more than 10 suspected marijuana plants is made in connection with any drug prosecution or investigation, the appropriate law-enforcement agency may destroy the plants by direction of the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee, without a court order, when it is not reasonably possible to preserve the plants in place or to remove the plants to another location; random and representative samples of the plants to be destroyed are retained for evidentiary purposes; and photographs or video recordings are taken to record the total amount of the suspected marijuana plants seized.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1012/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1012","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238056,"bill_number":"SB1089","title":"Psychological tests; court may, upon motion, seal test received in evidence.","description":"Sealing psychological tests received into evidence. Provides that a court may, upon motion, seal a psychological test or other assessment device received into evidence if the moving party establishes that (i) the value of the psychological test or assessment device depends in whole or in part on the subject lacking knowledge of the testing or assessment process and (ii) public access to such test or assessment device would compromise the objectivity, fairness, or integrity of the testing or assessment process. Such motion may be brought by either a party to the proceeding or a psychologist who used, administered, or prepared the test or assessment device and who was called to testify in the proceeding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1089/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1089","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238057,"bill_number":"SB1103","title":"Forensic Science, Department of; powers and duties.","description":"Department of Forensic Science; powers and duties. Provides for the Department of Forensic Science to provide forensic laboratory services upon the request of the head of any private police department that has been designated as a criminal justice agency by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1103/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1103","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238058,"bill_number":"SB1129","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program; extends sunset date.","description":"Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program.  Extends the sunset date of the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0317)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1129/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1129","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238059,"bill_number":"SB1136","title":"Income tax, state; international trade facility tax credit.","description":"Income tax; international trade facility tax credit. Grants an income tax credit equal to (i) $3,000 for every employee hired by Virginia shippers that results from increased cargo moving through a Virginia cargo facility operated by the Virginia Port Authority or (ii) two percent of any capital investment made by a Virginia shipper to facilitate increased cargo moving through a Virginia cargo facility operated by the Virginia Port Authority. The taxpayer would elect which credit to take. The Tax Commissioner would be allowed to issue up to $250,000 in tax credits in a fiscal year under the tax credit program. The credit will become available for taxable years on and after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-10","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)","last_action_date":"2011-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1136/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1136","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238060,"bill_number":"SB1137","title":"Virginia Fuels Tax Act; definition of commercial watercraft.","description":"Virginia Fuels Tax Act; definition of commercial watercraft.  Clarifies that the exemption from sales and use tax for motor fuels used in commercial watercraft applies to any watercraft owned by a private business and used in the conduct of its business and operations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1137/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1137","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238061,"bill_number":"SB1152","title":"Assessments in dispute; accrual of interest.","description":"Taxation; accrual of interest on assessments in dispute.  Provides that after a taxpayer is audited and assessed and an application for correction is filed with the Tax Commissioner, interest will accrue at the Federal short-term rate starting nine months from the assessment date.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1152/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1152","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238062,"bill_number":"SB1153","title":"Land preservation tax credit; credit shall not be reduced by amount of unused credit in prior year.","description":"Land preservation tax credit. Provides that a land preservation tax credit shall not be reduced by the amount of unused credit that could have been claimed in a prior year by the taxpayer but was unclaimed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0377)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1153/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1153","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238063,"bill_number":"SB1162","title":"Warrantless arrest; special agents authority to arrest person committing crime in his presence.","description":"Criminal procedure warrantless arrest. Gives authority to special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to arrest, without a warrant, any person who commits any crime in the presence of the agent and any person whom he has reasonable grounds or probable cause to suspect of having committed a felony not in his presence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1162/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1162","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238064,"bill_number":"SB1163","title":"Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of the Criminal Justice Services Board and the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Repeals the requirements for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to (i) establish a Crime Prevention Center, (ii) adopt regulations for the implementation of detoxification center programs, and (iii) adopt the \"McGruff\" symbol and criteria for designation as a McGruff House. The bill also repeals the authority of the Board to provide for the coordination of the operation of a statewide comprehensive criminal justice information system for the exchange of criminal history record information among the criminal justice agencies of the state and its political subdivisions. In addition, the bill provides that the Virginia Law-Enforcement Accreditation Center established by the Department may, in cooperation with Virginia law-enforcement agencies, give technical assistance and administrative support, including staffing, for the establishment of a voluntary state law-enforcement accreditation standard. Under current law, the Department is required to give such assistance and support.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1163/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1163","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238065,"bill_number":"SB1172","title":"Tracking devices; Department of Criminal Justices establish training standards.","description":"Training standards for law-enforcement using tracking devices during pursuits.  Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish a model policy for law-enforcement personnel for use of an electronic or mechanical tracking device in law-enforcement vehicle pursuits.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-02","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1172/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1172","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238066,"bill_number":"SB1180","title":"Pretrial deposition; creates a mechanism of a witness who is unavailable because of sickness, etc.","description":"Pretrial deposition of a witness in a criminal trial.  Creates a mechanism for the taking of a pretrial deposition of a witness in a criminal trial who has been shown to the satisfaction of the court to be likely to be unavailable for trial because of impending death.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1180/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1180","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238067,"bill_number":"SB1187","title":"Law-enforcement training; reimbursement for.","description":"Reimbursement for law-enforcement training by certain public employers.  Provides that whenever a public employer provides law-enforcement training for a person who has been or will be hired as a law-enforcement officer with such employer, and such person terminates his position with the employer to work as a law-enforcement officer within two years of completing the training, then the subsequent employer shall reimburse the former employer the reasonable costs incurred for the training.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1187/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1187","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238068,"bill_number":"SB1193","title":"Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects.","description":"Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects. Entitles certain tourism projects to a percentage of the state and local sales tax revenues generated on the premises of the project, to be used towards debt service to bridge the gap between available debt and equity and the expected costs of the project. In order to qualify for the entitlement, the project must have at least 80 percent of the funding for the project in place. If a locality passes an ordinance adopting a tourism plan and identifies by ordinance a tourism project that meets a deficiency in the plan, and the State Comptroller certifies the project, then the project is entitled to one percent of the state sales tax generated on the premises of the project. The locality must also provide, by ordinance, one percent of the local sales generated on the premises, and the tourism project must provide a match for the one percent state sales tax revenue.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1193/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1193","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238069,"bill_number":"SB1194","title":"Income tax, corporate; tax credits for donations to nonprofit organizations providing scholarships.","description":"Income tax; corporate tax credits for donations to nonprofit organizations providing educational scholarships.  Establishes a tax credit beginning in taxable year 2012 for corporations donating cash to nonprofit organizations providing scholarships to students in order for them to attend nonpublic elementary or secondary schools. Nonprofit organizations to which donations are made would be required to contribute at least 90 percent of their annual receipts for such scholarships. The tax credit would equal 90 percent of the donation made by the corporation.   The Department of Taxation would be responsible for issuing the tax credits. The Department would be allowed to issue up to $25 million in tax credits in each fiscal year of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1194/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1194","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238070,"bill_number":"SB1197","title":"DNA data bank; modifies entities to which Department of Forensic Science may release information.","description":"DNA data bank. Modifies the entities to which the Department of Forensic Science may release information from the DNA data bank to include attorneys for the United States Department of Justice and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and adds that such information may be released to further a prosecution, not just an investigation as under current law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1197/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1197","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238071,"bill_number":"SB1205","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for sales of nongraded U.S. gold or silver bullion coins.","description":"Retail sales tax exemption; gold and silver bullion coins.  Establishes a retail sales tax exemption for sales of nongraded United States gold or silver bullion coins.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1205/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1205","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238072,"bill_number":"SB1208","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; court order plea.","description":"Sex offender registry.  States that any court order or plea agreement that provides that a person is not required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is invalid and void ab initio if such provision is in conflict with the provisions of the Registry Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1208/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1208","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238073,"bill_number":"SB1232","title":"Land preservation tax credits; changes to procedures.","description":"Land preservation tax credits. Provides that the maximum amount of credits that may be issued in any calendar year by the Department of Taxation shall be $100 million plus any previously issued credits that have been disallowed or invalidated by the Department. The bill also allows the Tax Commissioner to have a second appraisal conducted on property for which an application for the credit has been made if he provides written notice to the donor within 30 days of the application being filed, and requires that the Tax Commissioner make a final determination within 180 days of such notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)","last_action_date":"2011-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1232/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1232","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238074,"bill_number":"SB1239","title":"Personal Information Privacy Act; makes several amendments to Act.","description":"Personal Information Privacy Act. Makes several amendments to the Personal Information Privacy Act. The bill would prohibit a person from requiring an individual to provide his social security number to access goods and services if he also is required to provide a credit card or debit card number. The bill reinserts language that states that restrictions on the use of social security numbers set forth in the Act do not apply to records open under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This language was removed by the General Assembly in 2008. Finally, the bill makes changes to the damages provisions of the Act.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1239/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1239","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238075,"bill_number":"SB1282","title":"Income tax, state; barge and rail usage tax credit.","description":"Income tax; barge and rail usage tax credit.  Grants an income tax credit for the usage of barge and rail to move cargo containers throughout the Commonwealth rather than trucks or other motor vehicles on the Commonwealth's highways. The amount of the credit is $25 per 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) moved by barge or rail. The credit will be available for taxable years beginning on January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2015. The Tax Commissioner would be allowed to issue up to $1.5 million in tax credits in a fiscal year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0861)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1282/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1282","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238076,"bill_number":"SB1285","title":"Highway contractors; state taxes paid to be dedicated for transportation purposes.","description":"State taxes paid by highway contractors dedicated for transportation purposes.  Dedicates to the Transportation Trust Fund all state retail sales and use and income taxes paid by highway contractors.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1285/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1285","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238077,"bill_number":"SB1294","title":"Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practice for supplier to sell defective drywall.","description":"Virginia Consumer Protection Act; defective drywall; penalties. Makes it a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to sell, offer for sale, or use in the construction, remodeling, or repair of any residential dwelling in Virginia, any drywall that he knows or has reason to know is drywall that, as a result of containing the same or greater levels of strontium sulfide that has been found in drywall manufactured in China and imported between 2004 and 2007, is capable of releasing sulfur compounds into the air. Such a sale, offering or use of drywall that has been designated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as posing a substantial product hazard is also made a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The prohibition does not apply to the sale or offering for sale of any building or structure in which such drywall has been permanently installed or affixed. The measure applies to transactions occurring on or after the effective date of the measure, which will become effective upon enactment pursuant to an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1294/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1294","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238078,"bill_number":"SB1313","title":"Income tax, corporate; tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance.","description":"Taxation; employee transportation assistance tax credit. Allows a tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012. Such credit shall be equal to 25 percent of all expenditures paid or incurred by the employer for such assistance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1313/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1313","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238079,"bill_number":"SB1319","title":"Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions, etc.","description":"Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions; exercising qualified financial contracts upon insolvency or delinquency. Establishes conditions under which domestic insurers may engage in transactions involving derivative instruments, including options, warrants, caps, floors, collars, swaps, forwards, and futures. Derivative instruments may be used to engage in hedging transactions and replication transactions provided insurers establish written guidelines for their use and procedures to determine that their transactions comply with such guidelines. The guidelines shall be submitted to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) for prior approval. The SCC may adopt rules and regulations for derivative transactions including financial solvency standards, valuation standards, and reporting requirements. An insurer engaged in hedging transactions shall demonstrate to the SCC the ongoing effectiveness of the derivative transaction or combination of the transactions through cash flow testing or other analyses. Limits are established on the percentage of assets that may be used in hedging transactions. An insurer's replication transactions are required to comply with limitations on investments by the insurer, and the aggregate statement value of all assets being replicated is limited to 10 percent of the insurer's admitted assets. The measure also provides rules regarding a person's ability to exercise a contractual right to terminate obligations under a netting agreement or qualified financial contract with an insurer because of the insurer's insolvency, financial condition, or default or the commencement of a delinquency proceeding against the insurer. A receiver may not avoid a transfer arising under or in connection with a netting agreement or qualified financial contract that is made before the commencement of a delinquency proceeding unless the transfer was made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the insurer, a receiver, or creditors. If a receiver disaffirms or repudiates a netting agreement or qualified financial contract within a reasonable period after the commencement of a delinquency proceeding, the claim of a counterparty against the estate arising from the disaffirmance or repudiation shall be allowed or disallowed as if the claim arose before the filing of the petition for liquidation or rehabilitation. The measure also provides that the prohibition on investments by domestic insurers in securities that will subject the insurer to any assessment does not include ordinary contractual payments or the transfer of collateral or margin made under derivative instruments. The measure includes an enactment clause that allows insurers currently investing in derivative instruments to continue doing so after the effective date of this act provided they submit guidelines to the SCC for review by April 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1319/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1319","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238080,"bill_number":"SB1326","title":"Income tax, state; research and development expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; research and development expenses tax credit. Allows income tax credits for individuals and businesses for qualified research and development expenses for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2017. The tax credit amounts are (i) 15 percent of the Virginia qualified research and development expenses, or (ii) 20 percent of the Virginia qualified research and development expenses, if the research was conducted in conjunction with a Virginia public or private college or university, to the extent the expenses exceed a base amount. The Tax Department shall develop policies and procedures for the application process for the tax credits. There is a $10 million cap on the total amount of credits allowed in any fiscal year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1326/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1326","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238081,"bill_number":"SB1332","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; limited licenses, licensing of limited duration meetings.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; limited licenses; licensing of limited duration meetings. Authorizes the Virginia Racing Commission to issue a limited duration license to owners of harness or Thoroughbred racing facilities provided that the owner or operator is a fair and a member of the Virginia Association of Fairs, Inc., or its successor not-for-profit association. The bill also provides that the prohibition on contributions to candidates for public office or public officer holders does not apply to a limited licensee when (i) the limited licensee has been granted tax exempt status under §501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) the duration of race meeting or meetings under the limited license is in aggregate three days or less in any calendar year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB1429-Norment) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1332/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1332","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238082,"bill_number":"SB1333","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; allocation of retainage.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; allocation of retainage. Authorizes the Virginia Racing Commission to establish by regulation the allocation of sums to be paid out of the retainage generated by pari-mutuel wagering and revenue from advance deposit wagering. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB1429-Norment) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1333/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1333","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238083,"bill_number":"SB1335","title":"Income tax, corporate; telework expenses tax credit.","description":"Income tax; telework expenses tax credit. Provides a tax credit to employers for expenses incurred in allowing employees to telework pursuant to a signed telework agreement for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2014. An employer would be eligible for a credit of up to $1,200 per teleworking employee. The total credit amount any one employer may take for 2012 and 2013 is $50,000. The aggregate amount of tax credits that will be issued is capped at $1 million annually for taxable years 2012 and 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)","last_action_date":"2011-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1335/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1335","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238084,"bill_number":"SB1341","title":"Locksmiths; licensure and registration.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; regulation of locksmiths. Transfers the regulation of locksmiths and locksmith services from the Department of Criminal Justice Services to the State Board for Contractors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1341/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1341","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238085,"bill_number":"SB1343","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; commercial and industrial exemptions.","description":"Retail sales and use tax; commercial and industrial exemptions. Extends from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2016, the sunset date for the retail sales and use tax exemption for property used in the drilling, extraction, or processing of natural gas or oil and the reclamation of the well area.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1343/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1343","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238086,"bill_number":"SB1344","title":"Historic Triangle area; additional transient occupancy tax.","description":"Additional transient occupancy tax; Historic Triangle area. Prohibits more than one person of the same local government, including the governing body of the locality, from serving as a member of the Williamsburg Area Destination Marketing Committee at the same time. This bill also provides that any person who has been selected to the Committee by other than a local governing body who becomes or is a member of the local governing body of the City of Williamsburg, the County of James City, or the County of York shall be ineligible to serve on the Committee. The Committee is charged with advertising the Historic Triangle area from the revenues of the additional local transient occupancy tax established for the same purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1344/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1344","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238087,"bill_number":"SB1346","title":"Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms.","description":"Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms. Provides that the State Board of Elections, in cooperation with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, will make mail voter registration application forms available where hunting and fishing licenses are sold.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SB1213-Smith) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1346/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1346","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238088,"bill_number":"SB1347","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorizes wagering on horse historical racing.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; simulcast horse racing; allocations. Authorizes wagering on historical horse racing. The bill also allocates the proceeds from such racing with forty-two percent of the proceeds distributed to the Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund and the remaining fifty-eight percent distributed to other entities. In addition, the bill (i) requires the existing race track to provide gambling educational programs including information on the availability of gambling addiction counseling and (ii) requires the promulgation of emergency regulations. The bill incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1347/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1347","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238089,"bill_number":"SB1348","title":"Enterprise zone incentive grants; policies and procedures for allocation.","description":"Enterprise zones; attestation of information. Eliminates the requirement that the accuracy and validity of information from business firms with base year employment of 100 or fewer positions, and that create 25 or fewer grant eligible positions, on permanent full-time positions, wage rates, and provision of health benefits provided in enterprise zone applications be attested to by an independent certified public accountant licensed in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1348/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1348","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238090,"bill_number":"SB1350","title":"Real property tax assessments; appeals.","description":"Real property tax assessments; appeals. Specifies that the burden of proof is on a taxpayer, when he appeals the assessment of real property to a board of equalization or to a circuit court, to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the property in question is valued at more than fair-market value or the assessment is not uniform in its application. The bill includes requirements on assessors to provide certain notice and to furnish certain information in appeals of assessments. The bill is applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1350/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1350","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238091,"bill_number":"SB1358","title":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans.","description":"Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans. Codifies the constitutional amendment adopted by voters in November, 2010, that provides for a property tax exemption for veterans who have a 100 percent, service-related disability. The constitutional amendment requires the General Assembly to enact the exemption in general law. This bill was incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB987-Puller) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1358/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1358","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238092,"bill_number":"SB1359","title":"Insurance premiums tax; retaliatory costs tax credit.","description":"Insurance premiums tax; retaliatory costs tax credit. Enhances the retaliatory tax credit for the insurance premiums tax by increasing the amount of the refund for certain taxpayers receiving the credit in 2000, beginning in taxable year 2011, from a maximum of $800,000 annually to $7 million annually.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0863)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1359/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1359","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238093,"bill_number":"SB1365","title":"Virginia small business investment companies; state insurance license tax credit.","description":"State insurance license tax credit. Provides a tax credit against the state license tax liability on certain insurance companies for investments in Virginia small business investment companies. The tax credit will be administered by the Tax Commissioner. The tax credit is capped one sixth of $100 million per year and may not exceed $100 million for the life of the program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1365/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1365","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238094,"bill_number":"SB1381","title":"Sovereign immunity; State, etc., have appeal right to Supreme Court of any order denying a plea.","description":"Interlocutory appeal; sovereign immunity. Provides that the Commonwealth or any agency, instrumentality, political subdivision, or agent or employee thereof, have an appeal of right to the Supreme Court of Virginia of any order denying a plea of sovereign immunity entered in a civil action prior to the commencement of trial.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-14","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1381/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1381","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238095,"bill_number":"SB1386","title":"Lottery Proceeds Fund; appropriates a portion to Department of Veterans Services.","description":"State lottery; instant ticket game to benefit veterans. Creates an instant ticket lottery game to benefit veterans, to be available beginning January 1, 2012. Proceeds from the sale of the tickets shall be used by the Department of Veterans Services to benefit veterans of the armed forces who reside in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1386/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1386","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238096,"bill_number":"SB1394","title":"State sales & use tax revenue; dedicates portion for transportation projects in Hampton Roads, etc.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue dedication; transportation in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Dedicates a portion of state sales and use tax revenue for transportation projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads equivalent to a one quarter percent sales and use tax rate in the localities in Northern Virginia and the localities in Hampton Roads, with the amount for each region calculated separately. The amounts calculated for Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads are transferred to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, respectively, to be used solely for projects in the Commonwealth Transportation Board%92s Six-Year Improvement Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (13-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1394/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1394","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238097,"bill_number":"SB1397","title":"Homeowners' associations; funds for highway maintenance to be distributed.","description":"Allocations to certain homeowners' associations; highway maintenance and maintenance replacement.  Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board annually to set aside from all funds available for highway maintenance and construction $50 million to be distributed among homeowners' associations within the Commonwealth for use exclusively for highway maintenance and maintenance replacement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1397/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1397","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238098,"bill_number":"SB1398","title":"Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.","description":"Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership. Provides that, in order to establish a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas, a claimant who is not the surface owner must submit the document by which the interest in coalbed methane gas was severed from the surface estate and identify with specificity the writing that conveys such interest. Pursuant to statutory and case law, the Gas and Oil Board may not find a conflicting claim to the ownership to coalbed methane gas pursuant if the claimant fails to show a severance of mineral interests other than coal. Affirmative determinations by the Board to find a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas and to place the royalties attributable to such claims into an escrow account shall be considered a case decision under the Administrative Process Act. Upon the request of a claimant, the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board shall also review any pooling order entered prior to July 1, 2011, to ensure that previous claims have met the same threshold requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1398/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1398","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238099,"bill_number":"SB1399","title":"Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of department staff to veterans residing in State.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; ratio of department staff to veterans residing in the Commonwealth. Clarifies that the number of employees assigned to the processing of benefit claims shall be sufficient to maintain a ratio of one staff person for every 26,212 veterans residing in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1399/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1399","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238100,"bill_number":"SB1400","title":"Fort Monroe Authority Act; created.","description":"Fort Monroe Authority Act. Moves the Fort Monroe Authority Act's enabling legislation from Title 15.2 to Title 2.2 and makes necessary technical changes. Additionally, the Authority may fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges for the use of the services or facilities provided, owned, operated, or financed by the Authority benefiting property within the Authority's Area of Operation, with an exception provided for use by the Commonwealth or the City of Hampton. The Authority is expressly prohibited from arranging or contracting for the furnishing of works, services, privileges, or facilities the City of Hampton provides, except to the extent necessary to provide additional, more complete, or more timely services than are generally available in the City of Hampton to the residents, businesses, and visitors of Fort Monroe. The bill provides a formula detailing the fees the Authority shall pay the City of Hampton each year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1400/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1400","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238101,"bill_number":"SB1402","title":"Law-enforcement officer; definition.","description":"Law-enforcement officer; definition. Expands the definition of law-enforcement officer under the Law Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act to include a uniformed corrections employee of the Department of Corrections, regardless of the officer's authority to make arrests.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1402/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1402","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238102,"bill_number":"SB1403","title":"Income tax, corporate; eliminates State's tax for taxable years beginning January 1, 2011.","description":"Corporate income tax. Eliminates Virginia's corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1403/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1403","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238103,"bill_number":"SB1406","title":"Impounding structure; definition, exempts certain dams.","description":"Definition of impounding structure. Exempts dams that are operated primarily for agricultural preservation and conservation purposes and that (i) are less than 30 feet in height or (ii) create a maximum impoundment capacity smaller than 100 acre-feet from the definition of impounding structure. Currently, the exemption applies to dams operated primarily for agricultural purposes that are less than 25 feet in height and that create a maximum impoundment capacity smaller than 100 acre-feet. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB1060-McDougle) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1406/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1406","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238104,"bill_number":"SB1407","title":"Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of National Guard and Air National Guard.","description":"Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Air National Guard. Includes under the coverage of the Line of Duty Act individuals employed as fire company personnel for the Virginia Air National Guard or the Virginia National Guard's Fort Pickett Reserve.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1407/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1407","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238105,"bill_number":"SB1408","title":"Business, professional, occupational license tax; exemption for unprofitable business.","description":"Business, professional, occupational license tax; exemption for unprofitable business. Allows localities to exempt from the BPOL tax businesses that lose money and are unprofitable during the taxable year, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012. The business is required to submit its income tax return as proof to the local commissioner of revenue.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1408/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1408","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238106,"bill_number":"SB1409","title":"Sex offender registry; if person 18 must register if convicted of consensual sex with 15 year old.","description":"Sex offender registry. Requires registration when a person 18 years of age or older is convicted of engaging in consensual sexual intercourse with a child 15 years of age or older. Registration will also be required for someone convicted of the federal crime of video voyeurism. Portions of the crimes against nature statute are moved from the regular registry to become classified as sexually violent offenses. Juveniles over the age of 13 adjudicated delinquent of a registerable offense on or after July 1, 2005, must register; however, their information is not required to be published on the Internet. Under current law the court has discretion in requiring registration for such juveniles. Passport and immigration information is added to the registration information that an offender must provide. Photographs will be taken at the time of physical verification by the authorities rather than every two years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1409/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1409","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238107,"bill_number":"SB1410","title":"Confederate graves, etc.; provides funds for maintenance at Portsmouth Cedar Grove Cemetery.","description":"Confederate graves. Provides funds for the maintenance of 407 Confederate graves at Portsmouth Cedar Grove Cemetery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1410/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1410","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238108,"bill_number":"SB1411","title":"Bad checks; person writing for payment of rent is subject to criminal penalties.","description":"Making, drawing, uttering, or delivering a bad check; penalty. Provides that any person making, drawing, uttering, or delivering any check, draft, or order in payment of rent pursuant to a lease agreement under Chapter 13 (Landlord and Tenant) or Chapter 13.2 (Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) of Title 55 with intent to defraud is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is less than $200, and a Class 6 felony if the amount is $200 or more.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1411/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1411","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238109,"bill_number":"SB1412","title":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; increases voting membership.","description":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.  Increases the voting membership of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board from 10 to 12 by adding three new at-large members and changing the voting privileges of the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation from a voting member of the Board to a nonvoting ex officio member. The three new at-large appointees are required to be knowledgeable of stormwater management.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)","last_action_date":"2011-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1412/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1412","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238110,"bill_number":"SB1413","title":"State Corporation Commission staff; discovery of settlement negotiations.","description":"State Corporation Commission; discovery. Provides that staff of the State Corporation Commission shall be treated as a party for purposes of the Commission's rules governing discovery and hearing preparation procedures. The measure applies to matters that involve the Securities Act, the Retail Franchise Act, the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act, or the taxation of public service corporations, or that are initiated by a rule to show cause. This provision does not permit discovery pertaining to settlement negotiations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-18","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1413/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1413","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238111,"bill_number":"SB1414","title":"Virginia Liaison Office; changes title to Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.","description":"Virginia Liaison Office; Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; powers and duties.  Changes the title of the Virginia Liaison Office to the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. The bill also reorganizes and clarifies the responsibilities of the Office and removes a general policy statement regarding the support of federal efforts to encourage pooling of health insurance by small businesses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0867)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1414/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1414","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238112,"bill_number":"SB1415","title":"Methamphetamines; manufacturing, selling, giving, possessing with intent to manufacture, penalties.","description":"Manufacturing, selling, giving, possessing with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; penalties. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, its isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $250,000 and imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 40 years, two years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to be served consecutively with any other sentence. The bill also adds a two-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to the existing sentence of 10-to-40-years for allowing a child to be present during the manufacture of methamphetamine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1415/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1415","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238113,"bill_number":"SB1416","title":"Vehicles damaged by water; increases threshold for reporting water damage, etc.","description":"Vehicles damaged by water. Increases threshold for reporting water damage from $1,000 to $3,500 and requires insurance companies to report payment of such a claim to the Department of Motor Vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1416/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1416","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238114,"bill_number":"SB1417","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; privatization of government stores.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; retail privatization. Provides for the full implementation of retail privatization of distilled spirits by January 1, 2013. Under the provisions of the bill the ABC Board is to develop a plan for the discontinuation of government stores by December 31, 2011, at which time the process of auctioning of retail licenses for distilled spirits will begin. The ABC Board will still operate the warehouse for the wholesale sale of distilled spirits and wine produced by farm wineries. The bill creates a new distilled spirits retail license, which will be granted to successful bidders at an auction conducted by the ABC Board, and sets out the privileges of the license and the rates for the annual state and local license taxes. Under the provisions of the bill, these new licenses are transferable, are categorized by tier depending on square footage of the retail space and shelf space of the successful bidder, and are limited in number to one license per 8,000 people in each locality. Among other things, the bill (i) allows the new licensees the ability to set prices in accordance with their own individual business plans and in response to market conditions; (ii) provides that no one business entity shall be awarded more than 25 percent of the total number of distilled spirits retail licenses granted in any one tier, nor shall more than 25 percent of the total number of distilled spirits retail licenses in any one tier be held by businesses under common control; and (iii) provides that all revenue generated from the initial auction of distilled spirits retail licenses shall be deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund. The bill contains numerous technical amendments and has a delayed effective date to coincide with the full implementation of retail privatization by January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1417/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1417","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238115,"bill_number":"SB1418","title":"State training centers & hospitals; same requirements for closure shall apply.","description":"Closure of state training centers. Provides that the requirements for closure of state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall also apply to closure of state training centers for persons with mental retardation, including requirements for establishment of state and community consensus and planning teams, development of plans for the closure of the facility and provision of community-based services for residents of training centers, review by the Joint Commission on Health Care, and approval by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1418/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1418","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238116,"bill_number":"SB1419","title":"Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license.","description":"Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for licensed practitioners who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances. The bill also requires the relevant Boards to seek to provide free online courses to fulfill this requirement.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1419/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1419","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238117,"bill_number":"SB1420","title":"Controlled substances; mandatory reporting by prescriber.","description":"Controlled substances; mandatory reporting. Requires, rather than authorizes, prescribers of controlled substances to notify law enforcement when they have reason to suspect that a person has obtained or attempted to obtain a controlled substance or prescription for a controlled substance by fraud or deceit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1420/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1420","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238118,"bill_number":"SB1421","title":"Correctional facilities, local; collection of fees and costs.","description":"Local correctional facilities; collection of fees and costs.  Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents to enter into installment payment agreements with prisoners for the payment, after release, of costs and fees owed for the prisoner's keep. The bill also allows the enforcement of such payment agreements through driver's license suspension. The bill allows the sheriffs and jail superintendents to use private attorneys and collection agencies to collect fees and costs due them.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1421/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1421","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238119,"bill_number":"SB1422","title":"Law; certain acts not deemed practice thereof.","description":"Practice of law. Provides that the practice of law shall not include (i) the design, creation, publication, distribution, display or sale of written materials, books, forms, computer software, or similar products, including publication, distribution, display, or sale by means of an Internet website, or (ii) the assembling of legal documents for use by consumers through an automated Internet website, if there is a clear and conspicuous notice to the consumer that the products or assembled documents are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1422/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1422","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238120,"bill_number":"SB1423","title":"Wills & trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate & generation-skipping transfer tax laws.","description":"Wills and trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws; application. Amends a section added to the Code during the 2010 Session that was designed to address the consequences of the anticipated repeal of the federal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes with respect to estates and taxable transfers occurring after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, to address the retroactive reinstatement of such taxes as well as other changes made to federal tax law. The bill provides that the decision by a decedent's personal representative not to have the estate tax apply to a decedent's estate in 2010 does not affect the meaning of formula clauses for calculating transfers or devises based on federal estate or generation-skipping transfer tax law contained in a will or other instrument. The bill also provides that the fiduciaries or beneficiaries of an estate may petition the court to determine how the decedent would want such formula clauses construed and may also enter into a nonjudicial agreement regarding the construction of such clauses. The bill contains an emergency clause and its provisions will be effective upon its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1423/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1423","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238121,"bill_number":"SB1424","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; action against contractor's payment bond.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; action against contractor's payment. Provides that any claimant with a direct contractual relationship with any subcontractor but who has no contractual relationship with the contractor, may bring an action on the contractor's payment bond only if he has given written notice to the contractor within 90 days from the day on which the claimant performed the last of the labor or furnished the last of the materials for which he claims payment. Currently the time for providing the notice is 180 days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1424/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1424","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238122,"bill_number":"SB1425","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for withdrawal of bid due to error.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for withdrawal of bid due to error. Clarifies the procedure for withdrawal of a bid when the public body opens bids one day after the time fixed for the submission of bids. Under the procedure, the bidder must submit to the public body his original work papers, documents, and materials used in the preparation of the bid at or prior to the time fixed for the opening of bids. The bill provides for the public body to notify the bidder of its decision within five days of the withdrawal request.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1425/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1425","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238123,"bill_number":"SB1426","title":"Child pornography; restitution for victims.","description":"Child pornography. Provides that a defendant convicted of an offense relating to child pornography shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to the victim of the offense in an amount as determined by the court. The Commonwealth shall make reasonable efforts to notify victims of any such offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1426/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1426","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238124,"bill_number":"SB1427","title":"Water reuse; Secretary of Natural Resources to develop guidelines that include criteria & incentive.","description":"Criteria for water reuse. Requires the Secretary of Natural Resources, in developing written guidelines for awarding grants from the Water Quality Improvement Fund, to develop guidelines that define criteria and financial incentives for water reuse.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1427/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1427","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238125,"bill_number":"SB1428","title":"Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan; process by which agencies' requests for capital project are presented.","description":"Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan. Specifies the process by which agencies' requests for capital projects are presented to the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee and the process the Advisory Committee shall follow.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1428/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1428","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238126,"bill_number":"SB1429","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; net pool wagering, retainage.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; net pool wagering; retainage. Changes the name of the Executive Secretary of the Commission to the Executive Director. The bill, among other things, also (i) increases the number of permissible satellite facilities (OTBs) from 10 to 20, (ii) revises the definition of pari-mutuel wagering, (iii) removes the specific retainage percentage on pari-mutuel pools by the licensee and allows the Commission to approve an amount to be so retained as jointly requested by a recognized majority horseman's group and an unlimited licensee, (iv) allows the determination of population for the purposes of the referendum on the establishment of a racetrack or satellite facilities to be based on the U.S. Census or the National Planning Data Corporation or other similar recognized source, and (v) allows the officers, directors, partners, spouses, and immediate family members thereof of a tax-exempt entity granted a limited duration license for thoroughbred or harness racing with pari-mutuel wagering to make contributions to any candidate for public office or public office holder at the state or local level. The bill authorizes net pool wagering on simulcast horse racing transmitted from outside of Virginia. Under the bill, net pool wagering is defined as a method of pari-mutuel wagering whereby amounts are awarded to winning wagers relative to the contribution, net of takeouts, to a pool by each participating jurisdiction or, if applicable, site. The bill requires the Racing Commission to adopt emergency regulations. The bill incorporates","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1429/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1429","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238127,"bill_number":"SB1430","title":"Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information.","description":"Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information. Prohibits insurers from setting rates for motor vehicle insurance on the basis of a person's credit history or credit score.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1430/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1430","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238128,"bill_number":"SJR320","title":"Virginia school children; joint subcommittee to study academic achievement.","description":"Study; establishing a joint subcommittee to study the academic achievement of Virginia school children compared with that of students internationally; report.  Directs the Commission on Youth to study how Virginia school children compare academically with students in other countries. In conducting its study, the Commission on Youth shall (i) compare the academic achievement of Virginia's students with that of students internationally for the past five years, especially in reading, mathematics, and science; (ii) identify features in the education systems of other countries that rank higher than the United States that may contribute to the academic success of their students; (iii) determine whether any of these features may be adapted for use in Virginia and the cost of implementation; (iv) determine whether and what changes in Virginia's public education system are warranted in light of findings from the comparison of the academic achievement of students in Virginia with students internationally; and (v) consider other matters related to the objectives of this resolution and recommend feasible and appropriate options and alternatives.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR320/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ320","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238129,"bill_number":"SJR321","title":"Constitutional amendment; establishes Virginia Redistricting Commission (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission.  Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw Congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made in the census year as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan members then select the 13th member by a majority vote, or, if they cannot agree on a selection, they certify the two names receiving the most votes to the Supreme Court, which will name the 13th member. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within one month of receipt of the new census data or by March 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within three months of receipt of the census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later. The standards to govern redistricting plans include the current Constitution's standards on population equality, compactness, and contiguity and additional standards to minimize splits of localities and to prohibit consideration of incumbency and political data.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR321/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ321","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238130,"bill_number":"SJR323","title":"Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work for the employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is against public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-10","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR323/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ323","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238131,"bill_number":"SJR324","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's interim appointments of certain persons. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor McDonnell of certain persons and communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ324ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR324/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ324","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238132,"bill_number":"SJR325","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's interim appointments of certain persons. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor McDonnell of certain persons and communicated to the General Assembly August 2, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ325ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR325/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ325","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238133,"bill_number":"SJR326","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's interim appointments of certain persons. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor McDonnell of certain persons and communicated to the General Assembly October 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ326ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR326/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ326","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238134,"bill_number":"SJR327","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's interim appointments of certain persons. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor McDonnell of certain persons and communicated to the General Assembly December 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ327ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR327/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ327","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238135,"bill_number":"SJR328","title":"Motor fuel tax; Center for Transportation Innovation & Research to study replacing with alternative.","description":"Study; replacement of the state motor fuel tax; report. Requests the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research to study the desirability and feasibility of replacing the state motor fuel tax with alternatives including a mileage-based fee predicated on vehicle-miles traveled in Virginia.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR328/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ328","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238136,"bill_number":"SJR329","title":"Economic development incentive grants; JLARC to study effectiveness in State.","description":"Study; JLARC; economic development incentive grants; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the effectiveness of economic development incentive grants in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ329ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR329/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ329","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238137,"bill_number":"SJR330","title":"Subaqueous bottomland; VIMS and VMRC to jointly study ways to better utilize those on seaside.","description":"Study; Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to establish a panel to study subaqueous bottomland in Virginia; report. Requests the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to jointly study ways the subaqueous bottomland on the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore might be better utilized.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ330ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR330/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ330","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238138,"bill_number":"SJR334","title":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; Secretary of Natural Resources to study.","description":"Study; expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; report.  Requests that the Secretary of Natural Resources study the expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program. In conducting its study, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall convene a stakeholder committee to include representatives from the nutrient source sectors identified in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, private sector interests with experience and expertise in market-based approaches and nutrient credits and trading, state agency personnel, local governments, conservation and environmental organizations, and any other persons deemed by the Secretary to have relevant knowledge, perspective, or experience.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ334ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR334/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ334","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238139,"bill_number":"SJR335","title":"Land conservation; JLARC to study long-term dedicated funding sources.","description":"Study; long-term dedicated funding sources for land conservation; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study long-term dedicated funding sources for land conservation. In conducting its study, the Commission is directed to look to other states for innovative funding mechanisms and identify and develop viable options for potential long-term dedicated funding sources for land conservation in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ335ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR335/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ335","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238140,"bill_number":"SJR344","title":"Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption on boats and watercraft (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); personal property tax exemption on boats and watercrafts. Allows the General Assembly to enact a general law allowing a locality to have the option to provide for a partial exemption for boats and watercrafts from local personal property taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: VOTE: REJECTED (19-Y 78-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR344/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ344","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238141,"bill_number":"SJR345","title":"Independent contractors; JLARC to study misclassification of employees.","description":"Study; misclassification of employees as independent contractors; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Department shall (i) review the status of employee misclassification in the state, (ii) review the consequences of misclassification to the workforce, (iii) determine the amount of lost revenue to the state and local governments, and (iv) suggest strategies for alleviating misclassification or improper classification of employees.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ345ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR345/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ345","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238142,"bill_number":"SJR346","title":"Public schools; requests Department of Education to study recycling education in schools.","description":"Study; recycling education in public schools; report. Requests the Department of Education to study recycling education in the public schools. In conducting its study, the Department of Education shall (i) evaluate the feasibility of requiring or promoting recycling education programs in the public schools; (ii) ascertain the number of and identify school divisions that have successfully implemented recycling education programs; (iii) review recycling education programs in other states to determine program components, costs, and methods of implementation and evaluation; and (iv) determine ways to increase recycling within public schools in Virginia.  The Department of Education must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR346/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ346","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238143,"bill_number":"SJR348","title":"Sex offender registry; Virginia State Crime Commission to study requirements.","description":"Study; sex offender registry; report.  Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study federal requirements regarding Virginia's sex offender registry, examine the effectiveness of the registry in preventing sexual victimization, and determine the feasibility of implementing a tiered system.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ348ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR348/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ348","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238144,"bill_number":"SJR349","title":"Death deeds; Virginia Bar Association to study merits of legislation authorizing transfer.","description":"Study; transfer on death deeds. Requests the Virginia Bar Association to study the merits of legislation authorizing transfer on death deeds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-11","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR349/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ349","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238145,"bill_number":"SJR350","title":"Joint Subcommittee to Study Strategies and Models for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.","description":"Joint Subcommittee to Study Strategies and Models for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment; report.  Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study Strategies and Models for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment for one additional year, through 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR350/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ350","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238146,"bill_number":"SJR351","title":"Commending the Lakeland High School field hockey team.","description":"Commending the Lakeland High School field hockey team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ351ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR351/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ351","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238147,"bill_number":"SJR353","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest within four years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR353/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ353","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238148,"bill_number":"SJR354","title":"State employee compensation; JLARC to study salary structure and pay.","description":"Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study state employee compensation; report.  Provides for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the salary structure and pay of state employees compared with similarly situated private sector employees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR354/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ354","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238149,"bill_number":"SJR355","title":"Zero-based budgeting; requesting Governor to consider, report.","description":"Requesting the Governor to consider zero-based budgeting.  Requests that the Governor, through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, consider the cost savings that may be achieved through zero-based budgeting.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-01","last_action":"House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR355/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ355","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238150,"bill_number":"SJR360","title":"Constitutional amendment; establishment of charter schools (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools.  Grants the Board of Education authority to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR360/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ360","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238151,"bill_number":"SJR361","title":"Constitutional amendment; limitation on debt (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limitation on debt. Provides that in any ten fiscal year period beginning with fiscal years of the Commonwealth starting on or after July 1, 2012, no more than the amount computed by first multiplying each year's realized and projected blended revenues by five percent and then taking an average of the resulting products would be used directly or indirectly for principal, interest, or other payments on debt. The bill defines debt as any debt issued or entered into for transportation projects and purposes, public buildings, or capital leases and other long-term obligations primarily secured by blended revenues.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-12","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR361/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ361","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238152,"bill_number":"SJR363","title":"Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and Priority Transportation Fund. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment requires Funds be appropriated only for transportation systems and projects. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan or reduction must be repaid with reasonable interest within three years. The amendment also limits the use of general and other nontransportation funds for transportation purposes except for obligations authorized or entered into before January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"Senate: Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR363/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ363","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238153,"bill_number":"SJR364","title":"Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; confirming appointment.","description":"Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. Confirming the appointment of Glen S. Tittermary as Director of JLARC.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ364ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR364/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ364","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238154,"bill_number":"SJR366","title":"Celebrating the life of Mae Ernestine Hamlin Scott.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mae Ernestine Hamlin Scott.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ366ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR366/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ366","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238155,"bill_number":"SJR367","title":"Celebrating the life of Gordon Churchill Willis, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gordon Churchill Willis, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ367ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR367/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ367","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238156,"bill_number":"SJR369","title":"Celebrating the life of Dolly Rose Murphy Goodwyn.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dolly Rose Murphy Goodwyn.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ369ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR369/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ369","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238157,"bill_number":"SJR370","title":"Celebrating the life of Richard Aubrey Farmar, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Richard Aubrey Farmar, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ370ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR370/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ370","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238158,"bill_number":"SJR371","title":"Constitutional amendment; contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employee.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employees. Requires that contributions to defined benefit retirement plans that are maintained for state employees and employees of participating political subdivisions and school divisions be made in strict adherence with contribution rates and times for the payment of the contributions as recommended by the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS).   Under the resolution, for fiscal years 2013 through 2018 the General Assembly could make contributions at a rate that is less than the VRS recommended contribution rate without any deferred contributions being recognized so long as the contributions are at least equal to certain minimum amounts. In addition, for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, the General Assembly could provide for the deferral of all or any portion of such contributions for any fiscal year in which the maximum amount is appropriated from the Revenue Stabilization Fund, by a separate vote of a majority of all the members voting in each house. All contributions deferred would be required to be repaid within 10 years at an annual interest rate equal to the current actuarially calculated long-term rate of return as determined by VRS. The resolution also would require that retirement contributions deferred in 2010 be repaid by June 30, 2022.   The resolution also specifies how certain other factors and variables used in setting contribution rates are to be determined.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-17","last_action":"House: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR371/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ371","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238159,"bill_number":"SJR373","title":"Commending Stewart D. Roberson.","description":"Commending Stewart D. Roberson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ373ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR373/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ373","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238160,"bill_number":"SJR374","title":"Commending V. Stuart Cook.","description":"Commending V. Stuart Cook.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ374ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR374/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ374","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238161,"bill_number":"SJR375","title":"Celebrating the life of Albert Eugene Simpson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Albert Eugene Simpson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ375ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR375/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ375","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238162,"bill_number":"SJR376","title":"Celebrating the life of Jube B. Shiver, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jube B. Shiver, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ376ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR376/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ376","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238163,"bill_number":"SJR377","title":"Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus.","description":"Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ377ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR377/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ377","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238164,"bill_number":"SJR378","title":"Commending NASA on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle.","description":"Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ378ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR378/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ378","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238165,"bill_number":"SJR379","title":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Woodell, Jr., USAF Ret.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Woodell, Jr., USAF Ret.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ379ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR379/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ379","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238166,"bill_number":"SJR380","title":"Commending the Altavista Combined School boys' cross country team.","description":"Commending the Altavista Combined School boys' cross country team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ380ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR380/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ380","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238167,"bill_number":"SJR381","title":"Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ381ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR381/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ381","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238168,"bill_number":"SJR382","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles Leonard Willis, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles Leonard Willis, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ382ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR382/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ382","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238169,"bill_number":"SJR384","title":"Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.","description":"Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ384ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR384/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ384","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238170,"bill_number":"SJR385","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's interim appointments of certain persons. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor McDonnell of certain persons and communicated to the General Assembly January 11 and 13, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ385ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR385/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ385","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238171,"bill_number":"SJR386","title":"Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; recognizing its outstanding program.","description":"Recognizing the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum for its outstanding programs and exhibits as Virginia's official sports hall of fame and commending the 2011 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ386ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR386/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ386","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238172,"bill_number":"SJR389","title":"Celebrating the life of Fred Dempsey Smith, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Fred Dempsey Smith, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ389ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR389/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ389","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238173,"bill_number":"SJR390","title":"Celebrating the life of Melvin Wilson Brown.","description":"Celebrating the life of Melvin Wilson Brown.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ390ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR390/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ390","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238174,"bill_number":"SJR391","title":"Celebrating the life of John DeWitt Whitlow.","description":"Celebrating the life of John DeWitt Whitlow.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ391ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR391/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ391","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238175,"bill_number":"SJR392","title":"Celebrating the life of Martin Fillmore Clark, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Martin Fillmore Clark, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ392ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR392/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ392","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238176,"bill_number":"SJR393","title":"Celebrating the life of Silas Asa Hall.","description":"Celebrating the life of Silas Asa Hall.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ393ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR393/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ393","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238177,"bill_number":"SJR394","title":"Commending Bland County on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","description":"Commending Bland County on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ394ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR394/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ394","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238178,"bill_number":"SJR395","title":"Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.","description":"Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ395ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR395/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ395","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238179,"bill_number":"SR21","title":"Senate; 2011 operating resolution.","description":"2011 Operating Resolution. Establishes the Operating Resolution for the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-13","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR21ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR21/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR21","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238180,"bill_number":"SR22","title":"VRS; Senate Committee on Finance to study investment portfolio managed thereby.","description":"Study; investment portfolio managed by VRS; report. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to study the investment portfolio managed by the Virginia Retirement System. In conducting its study, the committee shall examine how the Virginia Retirement System selects firms to manage its investment portfolio and determine if more minority-owned firms should be used to help the Virginia Retirement System manage its investment portfolio.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR22ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR22/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR22","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238181,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR23ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR23/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR23","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238182,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR24ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR24/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR24","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238183,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"Judges; nominations for election to general district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR25ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR25/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR25","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":238184,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-19","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR26ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR26/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR26","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241653,"bill_number":"HB2468","title":"Attorney General; representation of Commonwealth in civil actions.","description":"Attorney General. Representation of the Commonwealth in civil actions. Clarifies that the Attorney General may file a civil action in the name of the Commonwealth or parens patriae when asked to do so by the Governor; may not file a civil action or participate as amicus curiae on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia unless requested or authorized to do so by the Governor or by an act of the legislature; and may represent the Commonwealth in matters before the federal government when authorized or requested to do so by the Governor or the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2468/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2468","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241654,"bill_number":"HB2473","title":"Foreclosure procedures; assignment of deed of trust.","description":"Foreclosure procedures; assignment of deed of trust.  Provides that the trustee under any deed of trust or mortgage shall not proceed with any sale of the property unless the land records of the locality in which the property is located contain a duly recorded assignment to the person who asserts that he is the holder of the obligation. The trustee may proceed with the sale (i) upon the recordation of any assignments not recorded or, if an intervening assignment cannot be located, upon the receipt of an affidavit from the party secured that he is the party secured by the deed of trust, and (ii) upon the payment by the person who asserts that he is the holder of the obligation of any fees and taxes for recording the assignment. The bill also provides that a nominee of a grantee or mortgagee for a deed of trust or mortgage has no authority to request that the trustee proceed with any sale of the property conveyed to him by the deed of trust or mortgage. The bill also requires that the party secured by the deed of trust or mortgage provide notice of his intent to foreclose to the property owner at least 45 days before any proposed sale. The bill provides further that a person who (i) knowingly makes, used, or causes to be made or used any false or fraudulent record, document, or statement or (ii) knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter, in support of any foreclosure is liable for a civil penalty of $5,000, which shall be paid into the local treasury. The bill also creates a civil cause of action for such a violation in favor of the owner of the property foreclosed upon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2473/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2473","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241655,"bill_number":"HB2475","title":"Wilderness Road; designating certain highway segments as Virginia byways.","description":"The Wilderness Road. Designates the highway segments composing the Wilderness Road as Virginia byways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Tabled in Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2475/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2475","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241656,"bill_number":"HB2481","title":"U.S. Route 29; designating from Va.-North Carolina line to north of Town of Altavista as I-785.","description":"Designating a portion of U.S. Route 29 as Interstate 785. Designates U.S. Route 29 from the Virginia-North Carolina line to north of the Town of Altavista as Interstate 785. The bill provides that such designation shall not take effect until the Virginia Department of Transportation consults with the Federal Highway Administration to identify any steps that need to be taken along the designated route to meet federal interstate standards, and VDOT shall report to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability the steps that need to be taken for such designation by December 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2481/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2481","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241657,"bill_number":"HB2482","title":"Animal care; enforcement procedures and standards related to animal cruelty.","description":"Animal care; enforcement procedures and standards related to animal cruelty. Provides new procedures for the impoundment, seizure, return or forfeiture of animals when the owner or custodian is suspected of animal welfare violations. Animals in the custody or possession of dealers or pet shops that fail to adequately care for such animals shall be subject to impoundment by such dealer or pet shop pursuant to any directive or under any supervision as may be provided by the investigating official, animal control officer, or State Veterinarian's representative. Such animals are subject to seizure if (i) under a direct and immediate threat or (ii) the owner or custodian is unable to or does not provide adequate impoundment. Upon conviction of such person, impounded or seized animals may be forfeited or returned to the owner or custodian at the discretion of the court. The bill also repeals the prohibition on persons that have been convicted of animal cruelty from selling or trading companion animals. The welfare requirement that emergency veterinary treatment is provided for animals under certain conditions will no longer include treatment for disease progression.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2482/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2482","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241658,"bill_number":"HB2487","title":"Naturopaths; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.","description":"Naturopaths; license required. Requires the Board of Medicine to license and regulate naturopaths. The bill defines a naturopath as an individual, other than a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry, who may diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals, using physiological, psychological, or physical methods, and who may also use natural medicines, prescriptions, legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies, including light and air.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2487/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2487","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241659,"bill_number":"HB2491","title":"Virginia Correctional Enterprises; mandatory procurement, exception.","description":"Virginia Correctional Enterprises mandatory procurement; exception. Eliminates the mandatory purchase by state agencies of furniture manufactured by Virginia Correctional Enterprises.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2491/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2491","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241660,"bill_number":"HB2495","title":"Advanced Shipbuilding Training Facility Grant Program; revises Program.","description":"Advanced Shipbuilding Training Facility Grant Program. Revises the Advanced Shipbuilding Training Facility Grant Program by allowing the Commonwealth, the eligible city, and the qualified shipbuilder to structure an agreement whereby the eligible city would receive grants, not to exceed $42 million, to be used toward payment of the costs of building the Facility, and the qualified shipbuilder, upon fulfilling performance requirements, would gain ownership of the facility at the end of the grant period. These parties retain the authority under current law to structure an agreement whereby the qualified shipbuilder receives grants upon fulfilling performance requirements. The bill also changes the date by which a memorandum of understanding must be reached to qualify a shipbuilder for the Program, from June 30, 2009, to August 31, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2495/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2495","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241661,"bill_number":"HB2496","title":"Capital outlay plan; sets forth 6-year plan for project funded entirely from general fund resources.","description":"Capital outlay plan. Sets forth a six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2496/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2496","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241662,"bill_number":"HB2498","title":"Isle of Wight County; authorizes Department of General Services to convey certain property.","description":"Property conveyance. Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey certain property to Isle of Wight County.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2498/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2498","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241663,"bill_number":"HB2499","title":"Insurance license tax; dedicates to Highway Maintenance & Operating Fund one-third of total revenue.","description":"Insurance license tax. Dedicates to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund one-third of the total revenue from the insurance license tax, phased in over three years, beginning with fiscal year 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2499/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2499","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241664,"bill_number":"HB2501","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; creates a new wine and beer license for gourmet oyster houses.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet oyster house license. Creates a new wine and beer license for gourmet oyster houses and sets out the privileges of the license and the annual state and local license taxes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2501/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2501","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241665,"bill_number":"HB2505","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; creates art instruction studio license.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; art instruction studio license. Creates the art instruction studio license. The bill defines art instruction studio, sets out the privileges of this new license, and specifies the annual state and local license tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2505/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2505","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241666,"bill_number":"HB2507","title":"Deeds and deeds of trust; when trust is grantor or grantee, it shall contain certain names.","description":"Form of deeds. Provides that when a trust is the grantor or grantee of a deed, the deed shall contain the names of the trust's trustees serving at the time the deed was made.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2507/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2507","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241667,"bill_number":"HB2511","title":"Civil immunity; provided for persons acting in defense of property.","description":"Immunity for persons acting in defense of persons. Provides civil immunity for an occupant of a dwelling who injures or kills another while engaged in the defense of his dwelling when (i) the other person has unlawfully entered the dwelling and committed an overt act toward the occupant or another person in the dwelling and (ii) the occupant reasonably believes that he or another person in the dwelling is in imminent danger of bodily injury.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2511/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2511","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241668,"bill_number":"HB2512","title":"State employee health insurance plan; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.","description":"State employee health insurance plan; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires that the health insurance plan for state employees provide coverage for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, and the treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals from age two through age six. Incorporated into","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (HB2467-Greason) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2512/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2512","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241669,"bill_number":"HB2514","title":"Electric utility regulation; excludes certain investor-owned electric utility.","description":"Electric utility regulation. Excludes any investor-owned electric utility that was as of July 1, 1999, not bound by a rate case settlement adopted by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) that extended in its application beyond January 1, 2002, from provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act that establish floors on a utility's rate of return based on returns reported by peer group utilities in other Southeastern states. Petitions by such investor-owned electric utilities for rate adjustment clauses are required to be consolidated into a single annual proceeding. Changes in the rates of such a utility resulting from biennial reviews and annual rate adjustment clause proceedings will be effective no later than May 1 each year. In rate adjustment clause proceedings involving such utilities, the SCC is required to ensure that rate riders do not provide revenues that allow the utility to earn in excess of the authorized rate of return. The SCC will also be allowed to adjust rate riders in the future based on earnings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2514/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2514","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241670,"bill_number":"HB2516","title":"Income tax, state; allows taxpayer to transfer certain tax credits to another.","description":"Income tax; agricultural best management practices. Allows any taxpayer to transfer income tax credits that he receives for agricultural best management practices and that he cannot use to another taxpayer who can use the credits, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2516/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2516","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241671,"bill_number":"HB2518","title":"Income tax, state; mine inspection tax credit.","description":"Income tax; mine inspection tax credit. Provides an income tax credit to mine operators for personnel expenses incurred when providing employees to accompany or assist a mine inspector or delegate of the Secretary of Labor during mine inspections or reviews.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2518/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2518","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241672,"bill_number":"HB2521","title":"Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; relating to consumers.","description":"Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act. Expands who constitutes a consumer under Virginia's \"lemon law\" to include a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or business trust provided that the entity purchases fewer than 25 motor vehicles annually and uses the motor vehicles in the conduct of for-profit commercial activities. Currently, only a purchaser or lessee of a motor vehicle that is used in substantial part for personal, family, or household purposes qualifies as a consumer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2521/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2521","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241673,"bill_number":"HB2522","title":"Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act; form of notice.","description":"Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act; form of notice. Removes from the statutorily authorized form of the notice of a buyer's right to cancel a home solicitation sale a provision that allows notice of cancellation to be sent by telegram. The notice form is also amended to allow notice of cancellation to be sent by facsimile. The measure also includes several technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2522/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2522","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241674,"bill_number":"HB2523","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; license suspension or revocation.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; license suspension or revocation. Provides for the suspension or revocation of an alcoholic beverage license unless the licensee is actively engaged in providing assistance to intoxicated persons loitering on the licensee's premises.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2523/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2523","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241675,"bill_number":"HB2524","title":"Firearms; prohibition of sale, etc., of magazines that hold 20 or more rounds of ammunition.","description":"Prohibition of sale of certain firearms magazines. Prohibits any person from selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold 20 or more rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2524/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2524","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241676,"bill_number":"HB2525","title":"Judicial review of school board decision; aggrieved person.","description":"Judicial review of school board decision; aggrieved person. Provides that, for the purpose of judicial review, any parent, custodian, or legal guardian of a school-age child eligible to attend a school directly affected by an action of the local school board shall presumptively be considered to be aggrieved by such action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in Education","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2525/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2525","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241677,"bill_number":"HB2526","title":"Service handguns; purchase of weapon when resignation in good standing.","description":"Purchase of service handguns. Clarifies that when a law-enforcement officer is eligible to purchase his service handgun, he may purchase a weapon of like kind if his actual service handgun is not available.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2526/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2526","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241678,"bill_number":"HB2527","title":"Va. Transportation Infrastructure Fund and Va. Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report.","description":"Transportaion funding. Creates the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (Bank) as a new source for funding transportation projects. The Bank would be managed and administered by the Virginia Resources Authority and would be capitalized as recommended by the Governor and appropriated by the General Assembly. Up to 20 percent of the capitalization of the Bank would be used to make grants to localities for transportation projects, and the remainder would be used to make loans to private or public entities for transportation projects. The bill authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Transportation Grant Anticipation Revenue Notes whose outstanding aggregate principal amount, together with any outstanding aggregate principal amount of Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes, cannot exceed $1.2 billion, with the proceeds used for transportation projects as determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The bill also increases the aggregate principal amount of Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Capital Projects Revenue Bonds that may be issued in a fiscal year from $300 million to $600 million for FY 2012, and from $300 million to $500 million for FY 2013. The bill establishes the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund to be used by the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, with the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, on projects that expand and improve intercity passenger rail service. Finally, the bill increases from $50 million to $200 million the total limit on revenue-sharing funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to certain counties, cities, and towns in any one fiscal year and increases from $1 million to $10 million the per project cap on funds; and provides that the funds allocated by the CTB will be distributed in accordance with the revenue-sharing guidelines established by the CTB.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2527/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2527","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241679,"bill_number":"HB2528","title":"Motor Vehicles, Department of; vision screening.","description":"Department of Motor Vehicles; vision screening. Provides that Department of Motor Vehicles shall waive its vision screening conducted in Customer Service Centers at the time of application for a driver's license or learner's permit when the applicant (i) presents a certificate that verifies that the vision test conducted at a public school shows that he meets the visual acuity and field of vision requirements, and (ii) the vision test conducted by the school has been certified by a qualified organization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2528/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2528","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241680,"bill_number":"HB2529","title":"Life insurance; required disclosure.","description":"Life insurance; required disclosure. Requires an insurer to provide written notice to the owner of a life insurance policy if (i) an individual insured is age 60 or older or is known to be terminally ill or chronically ill and (ii) the individual requests the surrender of the policy, the individual requests an accelerated death benefit, the insurer sends a notice of lapse of the policy, or the State Corporation Commission otherwise requires the sending of the notice. The notice is required to include information regarding alternatives to the lapse or surrender of the life insurance policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2529/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2529","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241681,"bill_number":"HB2530","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments.","description":"Condominium Act; Property Owners' Association Act; lien for assessments; priority. Provides that such portion of the unpaid assessments due and owing the association for a period not to exceed three years that is attributable to providing the maintenance and upkeep of the common areas and such other areas of association responsibility expressly provided for in the declaration, including capital expenditures, shall be prior to all other liens and encumbrances except any real estate tax liens on the unit or lot. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2530/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2530","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241682,"bill_number":"HJR691","title":"Commending St. Catherine's School.","description":"Commending St. Catherine's School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ691ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR691/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ691","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241683,"bill_number":"HJR692","title":"Commending Gary Franke.","description":"Commending Gary Franke.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ692ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR692/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ692","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241684,"bill_number":"HJR699","title":"Commending Herndon Community Television Corporation.","description":"Commending Herndon Community Television Corporation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ699ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR699/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ699","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241685,"bill_number":"HJR700","title":"Commending Winn's Baptist Church on the occasion of its 235th anniversary.","description":"Commending Winn's Baptist Church on the occasion of its 235th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ700ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR700/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ700","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241686,"bill_number":"HJR701","title":"Commending Stephen L. Oesch.","description":"Commending Stephen L. Oesch.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ701ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR701/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ701","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241687,"bill_number":"HJR702","title":"Commending the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.","description":"Commending the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ702ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR702/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ702","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241688,"bill_number":"HJR707","title":"Commending the Chantilly High School Touch of Class Show Choir.","description":"Commending the Chantilly High School Touch of Class Show Choir.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ707ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR707/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ707","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241689,"bill_number":"HJR708","title":"Commending Frying Pan Farm Park.","description":"Commending Frying Pan Farm Park.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ708ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR708/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ708","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241690,"bill_number":"HJR709","title":"Commending the Surry County High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Commending the Surry County High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ709ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR709/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ709","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241691,"bill_number":"HJR710","title":"Commending the Northside High School softball team.","description":"Commending the Northside High School softball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ710ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR710/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ710","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241692,"bill_number":"HJR711","title":"Commending the Hanover Ruritan Club.","description":"Commending the Hanover Ruritan Club.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ711ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR711/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ711","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241693,"bill_number":"HJR712","title":"Commending the South Richmond Adult Day Care Center.","description":"Commending the South Richmond Adult Day Care Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ712ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR712/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ712","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241694,"bill_number":"HJR713","title":"Commending Big Blue of Old Dominion University, 2010 Capital One Mascot of the Year.","description":"Commending Big Blue of Old Dominion University, 2010 Capital One Mascot of the Year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ713ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR713/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ713","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241695,"bill_number":"HJR714","title":"Commending the Gate City High School football team.","description":"Commending the Gate City High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ714ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR714/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ714","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241696,"bill_number":"HJR715","title":"Commending the Town of Strasburg on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Town of Strasburg on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ715ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR715/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ715","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241697,"bill_number":"HJR716","title":"Commending the Reverend Dr. Curtis W. Harris.","description":"Commending the Reverend Dr. Curtis W. Harris.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ716ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR716/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ716","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241698,"bill_number":"HJR717","title":"Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).","description":"Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ717ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR717/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ717","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241699,"bill_number":"HJR725","title":"Commending Rosalyn H. and J.V. White.","description":"Commending Rosalyn H. and J.V. White.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ725ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR725/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ725","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241700,"bill_number":"HJR726","title":"Commending Save a Life - Save the World Foundation.","description":"Commending Save a Life - Save the World Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ726ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR726/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ726","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241701,"bill_number":"HJR729","title":"Commending Jack Swicegood.","description":"Commending Jack Swicegood.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ729ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR729/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ729","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241702,"bill_number":"HJR730","title":"Commending the Gretna High School softball team.","description":"Commending the Gretna High School softball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ730ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR730/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ730","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241703,"bill_number":"HJR731","title":"Commending James Bernard Scott.","description":"Commending James Bernard Scott.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ731ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR731/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ731","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241704,"bill_number":"HJR732","title":"Speaker of the House of Delegates; confirming appointments.","description":"Appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Confirms appointments by the Speaker to the Board of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, and the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ732ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR732/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ732","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241705,"bill_number":"HJR733","title":"FERPA and HIPAA, federal; urges Congress to restore in loco parentis, etc.","description":"Memorializing Congress to amend the federal to amend the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191). Urges Congress to restore in loco parentis at institutions of higher education and to require parental notification of destructive and illegal student behaviors by amending the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. §1232g) and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR733/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ733","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241706,"bill_number":"HJR734","title":"Pope John Paul II's Pilgrimage Day; designating as June 2, 2011, & each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Designating June 2, in 2011 and in each succeeding year, as Pope John Paul II's Pilgrimage to Poland Day in Virginia. Designates June 2, in 2011 and in each year thereafter, as Pope John Paul II's Pilgrimage to Poland Day in Virginia and commends the Virginia Holocaust Museum on its hosting of the exhibition, \"A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Introduced bill reprinted 11105489D","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR734/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ734","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241707,"bill_number":"HJR735","title":"Manufacturing jobs; Manufacturing Development Commission directed to develop plan for repatriating.","description":"Study; Repatriation of manufacturing jobs. Directs the Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission to develop a plan for repatriating manufacturing jobs and evaluating possible tax incentives. Report.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ735ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR735/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ735","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241708,"bill_number":"HJR736","title":"Commending Eldridge N. Cook.","description":"Commending Eldridge N. Cook.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ736ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR736/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ736","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241709,"bill_number":"HJR737","title":"Commending Brittany Nicole Poteet.","description":"Commending Brittany Nicole Poteet.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ737ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR737/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ737","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241710,"bill_number":"HJR738","title":"Celebrating the life of James L. Ruffa.","description":"Celebrating the life of James L. Ruffa.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ738ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR738/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ738","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241711,"bill_number":"HJR739","title":"Celebrating the life of John Alison Baum.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Alison Baum.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ739ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR739/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ739","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241712,"bill_number":"HJR740","title":"Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.","description":"Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ740ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR740/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ740","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241713,"bill_number":"HJR741","title":"Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ741ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR741/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ741","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241714,"bill_number":"HJR742","title":"Commending Heidi Peterson.","description":"Commending Heidi Peterson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ742ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR742/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ742","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241715,"bill_number":"HJR743","title":"Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.","description":"Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ743ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR743/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ743","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241716,"bill_number":"HR58","title":"Commending Sam Chelanga.","description":"Commending Sam Chelanga.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR58ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR58/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR58","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241717,"bill_number":"HR61","title":"Commending the Monument Terrace 'Support Our Troops' rallies.","description":"Commending the Monument Terrace \"Support Our Troops\" rallies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR61ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR61/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR61","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241718,"bill_number":"HR62","title":"House Ethics Advisory Panel; confirming nomination.","description":"Confirming a nomination to the House Ethics Advisory Panel. Confirms the nomination by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Honorable Leo C. Wardrup to serve for an unexpired term ending June 30, 2011, to succeed the Honorable John Rust.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR62ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR62/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR62","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241719,"bill_number":"SB1458","title":"Claims; Richard Hitt and Charles P. Jarrett.","description":"Claims; Richard Hitt; Chares P. Jarrett. Provides relief to Richard Hitt and to Chares P. Jarrett for not receiving the Virginia Retirement System benefits that are based on Hazardous Duty service when they were led to believe that certain purchased service would be counted as Hazardous Duty and, therefore, qualify them for the hazardous duty supplemental benefits. The bill authorizes the Virginia Retirement System to pay the hazardous duty supplement to Mr. Hitt and Mr. Jarrett as outlined in subsection B of §51.1-206.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1458/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1458","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241720,"bill_number":"SJR347","title":"Commending Linda Huntley.","description":"Commending Linda Huntley.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ347ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR347/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ347","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241721,"bill_number":"SJR352","title":"Commending Trooper Samuel Matthew Cochran.","description":"Commending Trooper Samuel Matthew Cochran.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ352ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR352/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ352","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241722,"bill_number":"SJR356","title":"Commending the Nelson County High School volleyball team.","description":"Commending the Nelson County High School volleyball team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-02-23","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ356ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR356/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ356","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241723,"bill_number":"SJR362","title":"Commending James Whitaker.","description":"Commending James Whitaker.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ362ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR362/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ362","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241724,"bill_number":"SJR365","title":"Commending St. Christopher's School on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.","description":"Commending St. Christopher's School on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-20","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ365ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR365/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ365","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241725,"bill_number":"SJR368","title":"Commending the Northside High School softball team.","description":"Commending the Northside High School softball team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-01-31","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ368ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR368/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ368","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241726,"bill_number":"SJR372","title":"Commending Marie Ridder.","description":"Commending Marie Ridder.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ372ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR372/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ372","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241727,"bill_number":"SJR383","title":"Commending the Surry County High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Commending the Surry County High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ383ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR383/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ383","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241728,"bill_number":"SJR387","title":"Commending Sheriff B.J. Roberts.","description":"Commending Sheriff B.J. Roberts.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ387ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR387/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ387","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241729,"bill_number":"SJR388","title":"Commending the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.","description":"Commending the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ388ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR388/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ388","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":241730,"bill_number":"SJR398","title":"Celebrating the life of Emyl Jenkins.","description":"Celebrating the life of Emyl Jenkins.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ398ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR398/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ398","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244057,"bill_number":"HB2513","title":"Deferred dispositions; no court shall have authority to defer and dismiss a criminal case.","description":"Inherent authority to defer and dismiss a criminal case.  Provides that no court shall have the authority, upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or after a plea of not guilty, when the facts found by the court would justify a finding of guilt, to defer proceedings or to defer entry of a final order of guilt for more than 60 days following the conclusion of the evidence or to dismiss the case upon completion of terms and conditions except as provided by statute. This is in response to the January 13, 2011, Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Hernandez v. Commonwealth, ___Va.___ (2011); record no. 092524.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Crime Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2513/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2513","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244058,"bill_number":"SB1431","title":"Retailers of motor vehicle tires; sufficient activity to require collection of certain state taxes.","description":"Tire recycling fee.  Provides that tire recycling fee shall be collected by the person who installs tires in the Commonwealth, pursuant to an agreement with a person who (i) makes the retail sale of such tires and (ii) does not collect the tire recycling fee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1431/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1431","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244059,"bill_number":"SB1432","title":"Income tax, state; industrial building rehabilitation tax credit.","description":"Income tax; industrial building rehabilitation tax credit. Creates a tax credit, not to exceed $100,000, for businesses that rehabilitate or retrofit older industrial buildings in which a new business is located, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1432/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1432","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244060,"bill_number":"SB1433","title":"Nursing homes; notice of liability insurance coverage.","description":"Nursing homes; notice of liability insurance coverage.  Requires nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to inform patients and residents about liability insurance available to pay claims of the patient or resident, and to report such information to the Commissioner of Health or the Commissioner of Social Services, as applicable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1433/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1433","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244061,"bill_number":"SB1434","title":"Certificate of public need; addition of nursing facility beds in Planning District 11, etc.","description":"Certificate of public need; nursing home beds in Planning District 11. Allows the Commissioner of Health to issue a certificate of need for a new 90-bed nursing home in Planning District 11, provided that (i) any such nursing home facility application also proposes the replacement and relocation of all nursing home beds of an existing nursing home located in Planning District 11, licensed as of December 31, 2010, of no more than 45 licensed beds, all of which shall be relocated to the new 90-bed nursing home; (ii) Virginia Health Information has reported that the fiscal year 2009 occupancy rate of the nursing home to be replaced was at least 85 percent; and (iii) such new 90-bed nursing home is be located in the city or county that is adjacent to the city or county of the nursing home that shall be replaced and relocated. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1434/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1434","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244062,"bill_number":"SB1435","title":"Abortion; person shall undergo ultrasound imaging and view image of her fetus.","description":"Informed consent includes ultrasound to determine gestation age. Requires that, as a component of informed consent to an abortion, to determine gestation age, every pregnant female shall undergo ultrasound imaging and be given an opportunity to view the ultrasound image of her fetus prior to the abortion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1435/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1435","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244063,"bill_number":"SB1436","title":"Eminent domain; condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to owner of condemned property.","description":"Eminent domain; procedures. Provides that if a condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to the owner of property sought to be condemned, the condemnor must provide copies of all appraisals that the condemnor obtained prior to making an offer to acquire or initiating negotiations for the property. The bill also makes changes to the procedure for offering to sell condemned property back to the former owner to clarify when such an offer is required to be made and how such an offer is communicated to the former owner. The bill also provides that certain definitions in certain chapters of Title 25.1 (Eminent Domain) apply to the entire title. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the acquisition of real property by a railroad, public service corporation, municipal corporation, local governmental unit, or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or a combination of two or more such entities, that is (i) the subject of a certificate recorded prior to July 1, 2011, (ii) the subject of a petition for condemnation filed prior to July 1, 2011, or (iii) required to construct a project funded by bonds approved for issuance by a locality prior to July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)","last_action_date":"2011-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1436/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1436","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244064,"bill_number":"SB1437","title":"Motor vehicle dealers, etc.; burden of proof of evidence in hearings before DMV Commissioner.","description":"Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. Provides that in every case of a hearing before the Commissioner authorized based on a request or petition of a motor vehicle dealer, the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch has good cause to take the action or actions for which the dealer has filed the petition for a hearing or that such actions are reasonable if required under the relevant provision.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1437/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1437","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244065,"bill_number":"SB1438","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorizes wagering on historical horse racing.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; simulcast horse racing; allocations. Authorizes wagering on historical horse racing. The bill also allocates the proceeds from such racing with forty-two percent of the proceeds distributed to the Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund and the remaining fifty-eight percent distributed to other entities. In addition, the bill (i) requires the existing race track to provide gambling educational programs including information on the availability of gambling addiction counseling and (ii) requires the promulgation of emergency regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB1347-Norment) (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1438/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1438","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244066,"bill_number":"SB1439","title":"Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria for higher educational institutions.","description":"Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution not admitted to the program as of January 1, 2011, to be eligible, it must (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have its principal place of business within the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct its primary educational activity within the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting agency. The bill also defines \"principal place of business.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1439/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1439","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244067,"bill_number":"SB1440","title":"Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund; created, report.","description":"Research and technology funding; Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund.  Creates the Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund. The Fund will be administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority to create, attract, retain, expand, and enhance technology research, innovation, and economic development in the Commonwealth. Beginning in 2013, the Fund will receive a portion of the income taxes withheld by science and innovation companies that employ persons in the Commonwealth. The percentage of the withheld taxes allocated to the Fund will be based on a percentage of the difference between the current year's withheld taxes and the amount withheld in 2012, the baseline year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1440/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1440","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244068,"bill_number":"SB1441","title":"Impaired waters; requires plan developed and implemented to restore waters be controlling.","description":"Plan for impaired waters. Requires that the plan developed and implemented to restore impaired waters be controlling unless it is amended or withdrawn by the State Water Control Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1441/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1441","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244069,"bill_number":"SB1442","title":"Income tax, state; small employer health insurance tax credit.","description":"Small employer health insurance tax credit. Establishes a tax credit for small employers that pay a portion of their employees' health insurance premiums. The credit would be equal to 30 percent of the federal small employer health insurance tax credit claimed by the employer and would have a seven-year carryforward period. Under the bill, a small employer is one with no more than 25 full-time employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1442/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1442","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244070,"bill_number":"SB1443","title":"Public Procurement Act; establishes preference in state contracting for goods produced in State.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; Department of General Services; preference for Virginia products. Establishes a preference in state contracting for goods produced in Virginia and goods or services or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations so long as the bid price of such firm or corporation is not more than 15 percent greater than the bid price of the low responsive and responsible non-Virginia bidder. The bill also provides for the Department of General Services to establish procurement procedures to facilitate the purchase of goods produced in Virginia and goods or services and construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations by state agencies and institutions.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1443/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1443","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244071,"bill_number":"SB1444","title":"Prison printing shops; higher educational institutions are not required to purchase products.","description":"Prison printing shops. Provides that state institutions of higher education may, but are not required to, purchase the products of print shops in state correctional facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1444/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1444","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244072,"bill_number":"SB1445","title":"Fines, costs, and fees; requires cost of collecting be added to total amounts due, etc.","description":"Collection of fines, costs, and fees, etc.  Requires the cost of collecting fines, costs, and fees be added to the total amounts due instead of paid from amounts collected. The bill also allows the Department of Taxation's fee to localities for collecting fines, costs, and fees to be added to the total amounts due.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1445/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1445","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244073,"bill_number":"SB1446","title":"Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report.","description":"Transportation funding. Creates the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (Bank) as a new source for funding transportation projects. The Bank would be managed and administered by the Virginia Resources Authority and would be capitalized as recommended by the Governor and appropriated by the General Assembly. Up to 20 percent of the capitalization of the Bank would be used to make grants to localities for transportation projects, and the remainder would be used to make loans to private or public entities for transportation projects. The bill authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Transportation Grant Anticipation Revenue Notes whose outstanding aggregate principal amount, together with any outstanding aggregate principal amount of Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes, cannot exceed $1.2 billion, with the proceeds used for transportation projects as determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The bill also increases the aggregate principal amount of Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Capital Projects Revenue Bonds that may be issued in a fiscal year from $300 million to $600 million for FY 2012, and from $300 million to $500 million for FY 2013. The bill establishes the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund to be used by the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, with the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, on projects that expand and improve intercity passenger rail service. Finally, the bill increases from $50 million to $200 million the total limit on revenue-sharing funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to certain counties, cities, and towns in any one fiscal year and increases from $1 million to $10 million the per project cap on funds; and provides that the funds allocated by the CTB will be distributed in accordance with the revenue-sharing guidelines established by the CTB.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0868)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1446/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1446","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244074,"bill_number":"SB1447","title":"Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; tax revenues generated by commercial spaceflight.","description":"Tax revenues generated by commercial spaceflight; Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority. Transfers to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority the portion of corporate income tax collected from corporations attributable to the sale of commercial human spaceflights and spaceflight training. The transfer to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority begins on July 1, 2011, and lasts through fiscal year 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1447/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1447","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244075,"bill_number":"SB1448","title":"Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit.","description":"Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit. Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies regarding the granting of credit for Cambridge Advanced Exams. The bill also clarifies that students should be eligible for credit for International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations, not courses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1448/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1448","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244076,"bill_number":"SB1449","title":"Bisphenol A-Free Children and Babies Act; created, prohibiting sale of certain child-care products.","description":"Sale of certain products containing Bisphenol A prohibited. Prohibits the sale of child-care products containing Bisphenol A in the Commonwealth. A \"child-care product\" means a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children three years of age or younger.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1449/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1449","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244077,"bill_number":"SB1450","title":"Fillable tax forms; Tax Commissioner to ensure all are in a portable document format, etc.","description":"Taxation; fillable tax forms. Requires the Tax Commissioner to ensure that all state tax forms are fillable forms in a portable document format for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012, and made available on the Department's website. The Tax Commissioner must develop guidelines for using the forms and publish them on the website. Finally, such forms shall not replace, supersede, modify, duplicate, or compete with the Virginia Free File program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1450/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1450","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244078,"bill_number":"SB1451","title":"Behavioral health services; posting of certain information to be available on its website.","description":"Licensure of behavioral health services; posting of information. Provides that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall make certain information about behavioral health services providers licensed by the Department, including reports of reviews or inspections of services and facilities, available on its website and requires service providers to make such information available to the public in any waiting room or public area of the provider.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1451/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1451","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244079,"bill_number":"SB1452","title":"Local Government, Commission on; shall assist a 5-member task force to review state mandates.","description":"Commission on Local Government; mandates. Provides that the Commission shall assist a five-member task force to be appointed by the Governor to review state mandates imposed on localities and to recommend temporary suspension or permanent repeal of such mandates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1452/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1452","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244080,"bill_number":"SB1453","title":"Human trafficking; DCJS, etc., regarding identification, etc., of offenses using existing statutes.","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; human trafficking.  Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, advise law-enforcement agencies and attorneys for the Commonwealth regarding the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking offenses using the common law and existing Virginia criminal statutes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1453/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1453","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244081,"bill_number":"SB1454","title":"General fund revenues; assignment of year-end surplus to Revenue Stabilization Fund.","description":"Assignment of year-end surplus. Provides that if the total amount of general fund revenues actually disbursed or expended at the end of the fiscal year is less than the total amount of general fund revenues actually disbursed or expended for the immediately preceding fiscal year, the Comptroller would assign any general fund balance remaining for any required deposit to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, but thereafter would make no further assignment of the general fund balance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1454/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1454","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244082,"bill_number":"SB1455","title":"Amusement Device Act; excludes snow tubing parks, etc., from definition of amusement device, etc.","description":"Virginia Amusement Device Act; amusement device or structure. Excludes snow tubing parks and rides, ski terrain parks, ski slopes and ski trails from the definition of amusement device or structure under the Virginia Amusement Device Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)","last_action_date":"2011-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1455/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1455","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244083,"bill_number":"SB1456","title":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; requires owners of dams to submit annual certifications.","description":"Soil and Water Conservation Board; dam safety.  Requires owners of dams who submit annual certifications relating to dam compliance to do so each year by January 15. Dam owners who fail to submit certifications in a timely fashion shall not enjoy the presumption that the dam is deemed to be in compliance with the spillway requirements of the Board's Impounding Structure Regulations. Dam owners must also make the same certifications available, upon request and within five business days, to any person. At each meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Board, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall identify those impounding structures that are currently classified as high hazard and determined noncompliant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1456/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1456","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244084,"bill_number":"SB1457","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; prorated license fees for act of God.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; regulations; prorated license fees for act of God.  Provides for proration of ABC license taxes for licensees whose place of business is destroyed by an act of God, including but not limited to fire, earthquake, hurricane, or storm and requires the ABC Board to prescribe the schedule of proration. The bill also requires the ABC Board to adopt reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on outdoor alcoholic beverage advertising so that such advertising does not encourage or otherwise promote the consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons to whom alcoholic beverages may not be sold. The bill specifies the parameters within which outdoor advertising regulations must comport. EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1457/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1457","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244085,"bill_number":"SB1459","title":"Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.","description":"Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. Establishes the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 for the purpose of fueling strong economic growth in the Commonwealth and preparing Virginians for the top job opportunities in the knowledge-driven economy of the 21st century. The bill provides for (i) a new higher education funding policy; (ii) the calculation of the state general fund share of an institution's basic operations and instruction funding need; (iii) per student enrollment-based funding; (iv) targeted economic and innovation incentives; (v) the creation of a STEM Public-Private Partnership; and (vi) the creation of a Higher Education Advisory Committee. The bill also makes technical amendments. This bill is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1459/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1459","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244086,"bill_number":"SB1460","title":"Workforce skills enhancement training program; established for unemployed workers.","description":"Workforce skills enhancement training program for unemployed workers. Establishes a program whereby unemployed workers may continue to receive unemployment compensation benefits while participating in workforce skills enhancement training from a potential employer. Workers may participate in the program for a maximum of 24 hours per week for a maximum of six weeks. When the program is complete, workers are assessed for possible employment. Participating workers do not receive any compensation from the potential employer providing the training, but are eligible for a Commonwealth-funded training stipend averaging $100 per week for costs of child care, transportation, and other training-related costs. The Commonwealth will also reimburse the potential employer for the incremental additional cost of its workers' compensation insurance coverage. Funding for the workers' stipends and the reimbursement for workers' compensation insurance costs is subject to appropriation. The measure will become effective only if funds for its implementation are appropriated by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Passed by in Appropriations with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1460/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1460","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244087,"bill_number":"SB1461","title":"Universal Broadband Deployment Act; establishes process for SCC to certify priority suppliers.","description":"Universal broadband deployment. Establishes a process for the State Corporation Commission to certify priority rural broadband suppliers. Applicants for certification are required to identify the rural counties in which they commit to provide universal broadband service. Rural counties are counties with a population of less than 25,000 in which fewer than 90 percent of business locations or 50 percent of homes have access to broadband service. Rates of certificated priority rural broadband suppliers are subject to regulation by the Commission and other obligations imposed on public utilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1461/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1461","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244088,"bill_number":"SB1462","title":"VDOT; review and adopt revisions to certain regulations applicable to transportation planning.","description":"VDOT regulations; transportation planning; subdivision streets. Requires VDOT to review and revise certain of its regulations applicable to transportation planning and subdivision streets.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0870)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1462/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1462","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244089,"bill_number":"SB1463","title":"Kinesiotherapists; requires Board of Medicine to license and regulate.","description":"Kinesiotherapists; licensure required. Requires the Board of Medicine to license and regulate kinesiotherapists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 26-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1463/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1463","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244090,"bill_number":"SB1464","title":"Medicaid; eligibility for legal permanent residents.","description":"Medicaid; legal permanent residents. Requires the state plan to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services delivered to permanent residents who have been legally present in the United States for the federally required five-year waiting period and meet all other eligibility requirements. The provisions of the Act are made contingent upon an appropriation of general funds.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-08","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1464/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1464","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244091,"bill_number":"SB1465","title":"Lawn fertilizers; regulation of application and labeling.","description":"Lawn fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.  Requires professional lawn fertilizer applicators to become certified in nutrient management and prohibits the application of lawn fertilizer to impervious surfaces and frozen ground. The use of lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus is restricted unless the lawn area is being established or repaired. Lawn fertilizer shall not be used within 15 feet of state waters, nor shall lawn fertilizer containing nitrogen be used at a rate more frequent or greater than prescribed by the label on the lawn fertilizer container. The sale of lawn fertilizer that contains more than zero percent phosphorus is restricted. The sale of lawn fertilizer containing no more than 0.7 pounds of water-soluble nitrogen and no more than 0.9 pounds of total nitrogen is prohibited, as is the sale of any deicing agent containing urea or other forms of nitrogen or phosphorus.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB1055-Stuart) (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1465/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1465","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244092,"bill_number":"SB1466","title":"Liens; water and waste authorities required to notify property owner of those that may be placed.","description":"Water and waste authorities; liens. Requires that a property owner be informed in advance by written notice that liens may be placed on his property under certain circumstances for the unpaid charges to a lessee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: VOTE: DEFEATED (18-Y 80-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1466/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1466","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244093,"bill_number":"SB1467","title":"Freedom of Information Act; criminal investigative records.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; criminal investigative records. Amends the definition of \"criminal investigative file\" so that the exemption applies to records relating to active or ongoing investigations or prosecutions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Freedom of Information Advisory Council","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1467/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1467","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244094,"bill_number":"SB1468","title":"Rail Transportation Development Authority; established, abolishes Rail Advisory Board.","description":"Rail Transportation Development Authority.  Establishes the Rail Transportation Development Authority. The Authority is to be responsible for identifying needed construction, reconstruction, improvements, or repairs to railroads and their facilities and equipment. The Authority is given the power to finance or assist in financing any such rail transportation project. The bill requires the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, in conjunction with the Authority, to develop a rail transportation plan for the Commonwealth. The bill further abolishes the Rail Advisory Board and repeals Chapter 1041 of the 2003 Acts of Assembly, which provided for the creation of a Rail Transportation Development Authority, but never became effective because it included a reenactment clause, and the act was not reenacted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1468/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1468","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244095,"bill_number":"SB1469","title":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees.","description":"Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees. Provides that nothing in the statute governing privileged communications of certain health committees shall be construed as providing any privilege to any health care provider, emergency medical services agency, community services board, or behavioral health authority with respect to any factual information regarding specific patient health care or treatment, including patient health care incidents, whether oral, electronic, or written. However, the analysis, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and the deliberative process of any medical staff committee, utilization review committee, or other committee, board, group, commission, or other entity, as well as the proceedings, minutes, records, and reports, including the opinions and reports of experts, of such entities shall be privileged in their entirety under the aforementioned statute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-28","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)","last_action_date":"2011-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1469/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1469","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244096,"bill_number":"SB1470","title":"Sexually violent predators; conditional release of those civilly committed.","description":"Sexually violent predators; civil commitment. Provides that the Crime Commission, with input from Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Attorney General's Office shall examine, as possible components of conditional release of civilly committed sexually violent predators, the feasibility of all appropriate treatment options and the use of residential housing facilities, operated by the Commonwealth or by private providers contracted with the Commonwealth on property owned by the Commonwealth, and shall report the results of the examination to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2012. The bill also directs the Crime Commission to review the offenses that qualify as sexually violent offenses, the Department's process for evaluation of individuals to determine whether they meet the criteria for treatment as sexually violent predators, and the Commonwealth's program for treatment of sexually violent predators to determine whether changes may be made to reduce the cost of treatment and care of sexually violent predators while protecting the safety and welfare of citizens of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1470/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1470","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244097,"bill_number":"SB1471","title":"Advisory boards, councils, and other advisory collegial bodies, certain; elimination.","description":"Advisory boards, councils, etc; elimination.  Eliminates certain advisory boards, councils, and other advisory collegial bodies. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1471/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1471","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244098,"bill_number":"SB1472","title":"Electric utilities; SCC to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings.","description":"Electric utilities; biennial rate cases. Requires the State Corporation Commission to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings not more than eight months after the date of filing. Currently, such an order is required to be entered not more than nine months after the end of the investor-owned electric utility's test period under review. The measure has an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)","last_action_date":"2011-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1472/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1472","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244099,"bill_number":"SB1473","title":"Business Assistance, Department of; job retraining account program created within Department.","description":"Department of Business Assistance; job retraining accounts; tax exemptions. Allows an individual to open a job retraining account through the Department of Business Assistance. The account would be a trust or savings account administered by the Department and would be used by the individual for expenses related to job retraining. An individual's employer would be authorized to make matching contributions to the account and would be eligible for a tax deduction for the contributions to the extent that the contribution was included in the employer's federal taxable income. The bill contains a reenactment clause.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Tabled in Finance (12-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1473/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1473","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244100,"bill_number":"SB1474","title":"Shared work programs; established.","description":"Unemployment compensation; shared work programs. Establishes a shared work program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees, while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. Program participation requires Virginia Employment Commission approval of a plan, which must provide that the reduction in hours of work is in lieu of a layoff of an equivalent percentage of employees, and that employees' fringe benefits cannot be reduced or eliminated during the plan. Employees must be available to work and available for full-time work with a participating work sharing employer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Letter sent to Commission on Unemployment Compensation","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1474/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1474","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244101,"bill_number":"SB1475","title":"Water and sewer services; fees & charges imposed by Town of Leesburg to out of town customers.","description":"Town of Leesburg; charges to residents for water and sewer services. Provides that the percentage differential between the rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Town of Leesburg for water and sewer services to customers located outside of its municipal limits and the rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Town of Leesburg for water and sewer services to customers within its municipal limits shall not be increased from the percentage differential existing as of January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (6-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1475/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1475","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244102,"bill_number":"SB1476","title":"Charitable gaming; progressive games shall be sold and priced separately from other bingo games.","description":"Charitable gaming; progressive games. Provides that progressive games shall be sold and priced separately from other bingo games and no price discounts shall be given. The bill also provides that each bingo card or sheet used in progressive games shall be sold at $1 per face. The bill increases the maximum amount for an instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card prize for a single card from $599 to $1,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"House: Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1476/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1476","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244103,"bill_number":"SB1477","title":"Inspector General, Office of State; established.","description":"Office of the State Inspector General. Establishes the Office of the State Inspector General to be headed by a State Inspector General to investigate complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption by a state agency or nonstate agency or the officers and employees thereof. The bill also authorizes the State Inspector General to examine the management and operation of state agencies. The bill defines \"nonstate agency\" and provides a record exemption under the Freedom of Information Act for certain investigative/audit documents of the Office. The bill consolidates the offices of inspector general of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Transportation and the Department of the State Internal Auditor into this new office, and adds responsibility for tobacco indemnification and revitalization. The bill contains technical amendments and has a delayed effective date. The bill is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0871)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1477/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1477","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244104,"bill_number":"SB1478","title":"Judicial sale of real estate; authorizes locality to institute proceedings to sell certain property.","description":"Judicial sale of real estate. Authorizes a locality to institute proceedings to sell real property that is located within or abutting a community development authority and upon which special taxes or assessments have been imposed when the special tax or assessment is delinquent on the first anniversary of the date on which the tax or assessment became due. Under the bill, a locality is not allowed to institute proceedings to sell property that is (i) a single-family residence if the owner of the property is the resident on such first anniversary or (ii) an individual residential unit in a multi-unit structure or building if the owner of the unit is the resident of the unit on such first anniversary. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)","last_action_date":"2011-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1478/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1478","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244105,"bill_number":"SJR396","title":"Constitutional amendment; limitation on debt (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limitation on debt. Provides that in any 10-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal years of the Commonwealth starting on or after July 1, 2012, no more than five percent of projected blended revenues applicable to the 10-year period would be used directly or indirectly for principal, interest, or other payments on debt. In addition, no more than five percent of projected blended revenues for each year of the 10-year period would be included in the official estimates of the debt capacity of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR396/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ396","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244106,"bill_number":"SJR397","title":"Person-centered practice; SHHR & human services agencies to adopt & implement in providing services.","description":"Person-center practices in providing services. Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and human services agencies to adopt and implement person-center practices in providing services to citizens.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ397ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR397/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ397","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":244107,"bill_number":"SJR399","title":"FERPA and HIPAA, federal; urges Congress to restore in loco parentis, etc.","description":"Memorializing Congress to amend the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191). Urges Congress to restore in loco parentis at institutions of higher education and to require parental notification of destructive and illegal student behaviors by amending the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. §1232g) and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-21","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR399/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ399","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245698,"bill_number":"HJR744","title":"Celebrating the life of Creston Martin Owen.","description":"Celebrating the life of Creston Martin Owen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ744ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR744/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ744","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245699,"bill_number":"HJR745","title":"Celebrating the life of Paul Michael Dittamo.","description":"Celebrating the life of Paul Michael Dittamo.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ745ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR745/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ745","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245700,"bill_number":"HJR746","title":"Celebrating the life of Edwin F. Gulick.","description":"Celebrating the life of Edwin F. Gulick.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ746ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR746/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ746","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245701,"bill_number":"HJR747","title":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Sean Russell Cutsforth.","description":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Sean Russell Cutsforth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ747ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR747/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ747","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245702,"bill_number":"HJR748","title":"Commending Mark Twain Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Mark Twain Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ748ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR748/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ748","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245703,"bill_number":"HJR749","title":"Commending Senior Lieutenant Phillip Harrover, Jr.","description":"Commending Senior Lieutenant Phillip Harrover, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ749ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR749/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ749","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245704,"bill_number":"HJR750","title":"Commending William F. Fox Model School.","description":"Commending William F. Fox Model School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ750ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR750/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ750","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245705,"bill_number":"HJR751","title":"Commending Janice Holland.","description":"Commending Janice Holland.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ751ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR751/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ751","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245706,"bill_number":"HJR752","title":"Commending Victoria Christian Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","description":"Commending Victoria Christian Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ752ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR752/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ752","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245707,"bill_number":"HJR753","title":"Commending Lucille Liechty.","description":"Commending Lucille Liechty.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ753ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR753/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ753","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245708,"bill_number":"HJR754","title":"Commending Dave Edwards.","description":"Commending Dave Edwards.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ754ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR754/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ754","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245709,"bill_number":"HJR755","title":"Commending Marian A. White.","description":"Commending Marian A. White.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ755ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR755/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ755","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245710,"bill_number":"HJR756","title":"Commending Tommy Woodson.","description":"Commending Tommy Woodson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ756ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR756/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ756","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245711,"bill_number":"HJR757","title":"Commending Abingdon Masonic Lodge No. 48 on the occasion of its 215th anniversary.","description":"Commending Abingdon Masonic Lodge No. 48 on the occasion of its 215th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ757ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR757/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ757","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245712,"bill_number":"HR63","title":"Commending the Battlefield High School football team.","description":"Commending the Battlefield High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-01-27","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR63ER)","last_action_date":"2011-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR63/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR63","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245713,"bill_number":"SB1479","title":"Rapid re-housing pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.","description":"Department of Housing and Community Development; rapid re-housing pilot project.  Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a three-year rapid re-housing pilot project and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1479/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1479","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245714,"bill_number":"SB1480","title":"Teachers; those seeking renewal of license to complete study of civics education.","description":"Teacher training; civics education. Clarifies the requirement that any teacher seeking renewal of a license with an endorsement in middle education 6-8 complete study of the structures, function, and powers of state and local government of Virginia and the importance of citizen participation in the political process in state and local government of Virginia only if such endorsement has a concentration in history and social sciences. Also, the bill provides that the requirement shall also apply to a holder of a previous version of an elementary, middle school, or secondary license and who is renewing such license, if such teacher's responsibilities include the teaching of social studies and/or history, civics, geography or economics.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1480/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1480","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245715,"bill_number":"SJR400","title":"Development loan defaults; Bureau of Financial Institutions of SCC to review certain issues, report.","description":"Study; Bureau of Financial Institutions to study development loan defaults; report.  Requests the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the State Corporation Commission to convene members of the financial services, homebuilding, and commercial development industries to (i) review whether loans on development projects are being called as a result of a reduction in the debt to value ratio or the debt to equity ratio, or both, with respect to the borrower's property; (ii) determine whether banks are being required or encouraged to call such loans under federal regulations or as a condition of participation in federal programs; and (iii) determine whether changes in Virginia law would insulate solvent borrowers from adverse action on their loans without jeopardizing the ability of banks in Virginia to participate in federal programs or comply with federal regulations. The Bureau's report is to be provided by October 31, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR400/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ400","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245716,"bill_number":"SJR401","title":"Constitutional amendment; reversing present schedule of General Assembly sessions (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); sessions of the General Assembly. Provides that the General Assembly sessions convened in odd-numbered years shall be long sessions and sessions convened in even-numbered years shall be short sessions, reversing the present schedule.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-25","last_action":"Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2011-02-08","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR401/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ401","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":245717,"bill_number":"SJR402","title":"Commending Jane Carter Branson.","description":"Commending Jane Carter Branson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ402ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR402/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ402","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247068,"bill_number":"HJR758","title":"Commending Charles A. Sledd.","description":"Commending Charles A. Sledd.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ758ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR758/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ758","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247159,"bill_number":"HJR759","title":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Edward J. Burke, USA (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Edward J. Burke, USA (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ759ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR759/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ759","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247492,"bill_number":"HB2531","title":"Income tax, corporate; Virginia port volume increase tax credit.","description":"Corporate income tax; Virginia port volume increase tax credit. Provides an income tax credit to taxpayers engaged in manufacturing goods or the distribution of manufactured goods that use Virginia port facilities and increase their port cargo volume by five percent in a single year over their base year port cargo volume. The tax credit would equal $50 for each TEU above the base year port cargo volume. The five percent requirement may be waived for a taxpayer qualifying as a major facility. The total credit amount available in a calendar year is $3.2 million and each taxpayer generally would be limited to $250,000 annually. The credit would be available for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2531/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2531","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247915,"bill_number":"SJR404","title":"Terrorist attacks; remembering Virginians lost and injured on September 11, 2001.","description":"Remembering the Virginians lost and injured in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Remembers those Virginians who lost their lives and those who were injured in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ404ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR404/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ404","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247937,"bill_number":"HJR766","title":"Commending the Equipping Businesses for Success Institute.","description":"Commending the Equipping Businesses for Success Institute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ766ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR766/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ766","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":247967,"bill_number":"SJR406","title":"Celebrating the life of Barbara Ann Simpson LeSeur.","description":"Celebrating the life of Barbara Ann Simpson LeSeur.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ406ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR406/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ406","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248016,"bill_number":"SJR407","title":"Celebrating the life of Patricia McCormick Delano.","description":"Celebrating the life of Patricia McCormick Delano.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ407ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR407/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ407","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248026,"bill_number":"SB1481","title":"Income tax, corporate; Virginia port volume increase tax credit.","description":"Corporate income tax; Virginia port volume increase tax credit. Provides an income tax credit to taxpayers engaged in manufacturing goods or the distribution of manufactured goods that use Virginia port facilities and increase their port cargo volume by five percent in a single year over their base year port cargo volume. The tax credit would equal $50 for each TEU above the base year port cargo volume. The five percent requirement may be waived for a taxpayer qualifying as a major facility. The total credit amount available in a calendar year is $3.2 million and each taxpayer generally would be limited to $250,000 annually. The credit would be available for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0872)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1481/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1481","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248113,"bill_number":"HJR760","title":"Celebrating the life of Timothy Wayne Pigg.","description":"Celebrating the life of Timothy Wayne Pigg.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR760/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ760","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248166,"bill_number":"SB1482","title":"Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; surplus funds.","description":"Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; surplus funds. Establishes a procedure for the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association to dispose of surplus funds on hand with respect to the insolvency of an insurer. This measure requires the Association to use such surplus funds to reimburse member insurers for assessment costs not otherwise amortized and offset and then to pay the remaining surplus to the State Corporation Commission for deposit to the general fund. A member insurer that contends that it is entitled to any portion of the surplus refunded to the Commonwealth may present evidence of such entitlement to the Commission. If the Commission determines that the member insurer is entitled to a portion of the surplus, the State Treasurer is directed to pay such amount to the member insurer. These provisions replace existing requirements that the Association's board refund to member insurers the amount by which the assets of the account exceed the amount necessary to carry out the Association's obligations by an equitable method established in the plan of operation in proportion to the contribution of each insurer to that account.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1482/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1482","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248216,"bill_number":"SJR403","title":"Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).","description":"Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ403ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR403/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ403","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248244,"bill_number":"HJR763","title":"Commending Reston Interfaith.","description":"Commending Reston Interfaith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-09","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ763ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR763/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ763","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248254,"bill_number":"SJR405","title":"Commending Loudoun County's observance of Earth Day.","description":"Commending Loudoun County's observance of Earth Day.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ405ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR405/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ405","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248292,"bill_number":"HJR762","title":"Commending Inova Fairfax Hospital on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Inova Fairfax Hospital on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ762ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR762/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ762","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248356,"bill_number":"HJR764","title":"Commending the Veterans Independence Program.","description":"Commending the Veterans Independence Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ764ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR764/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ764","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248364,"bill_number":"HJR765","title":"Commending Niki Swann.","description":"Commending Niki Swann.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ765ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR765/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ765","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248394,"bill_number":"HJR767","title":"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.","description":"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ767ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR767/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ767","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":248434,"bill_number":"HJR761","title":"Celebrating the life of Susan Lowell Butler.","description":"Celebrating the life of Susan Lowell Butler.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ761ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR761/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ761","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249156,"bill_number":"SJR410","title":"Commending the Veterans Independence Program.","description":"Commending the Veterans Independence Program.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ410ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR410/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ410","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249213,"bill_number":"SJR408","title":"Commending David G. Dickson.","description":"Commending David G. Dickson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ408ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR408/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ408","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249410,"bill_number":"HJR769","title":"Celebrating the life of Obediah Gladen Baker, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Obediah Gladen Baker, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ769ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR769/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ769","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249497,"bill_number":"SJR409","title":"Commending Thurston Spring Service Inc.","description":"Commending Thurston Spring Service Inc.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ409ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR409/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ409","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249509,"bill_number":"HJR770","title":"Celebrating the life of Johnnie Knight.","description":"Celebrating the life of Johnnie Knight.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ770ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR770/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ770","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249541,"bill_number":"HJR773","title":"Commending Virginia's Rx Partnership and its partners.","description":"Commending Virginia's Rx Partnership and its partners.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ773ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR773/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ773","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249543,"bill_number":"SB1484","title":"Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund.","description":"Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund revenues. Provides that nongeneral fund revenues of institutions of higher education under a management agreement pursuant to the Restructuring Act that are deposited in the state treasury shall only be expended for the educational and general or auxiliary enterprise purposes for which they were received. Such revenues shall in no case be transferred to the general fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-01-28","last_action":"House: Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249564,"bill_number":"HJR772","title":"Celebrating the life of Mel Leaman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mel Leaman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ772ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR772/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ772","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249691,"bill_number":"HJR774","title":"Commending the Washington County Technology Student Association chapters.","description":"Commending the Washington County Technology Student Association chapters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ774ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR774/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ774","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249802,"bill_number":"HJR771","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry W. Hicks.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry W. Hicks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ771ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR771/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ771","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249871,"bill_number":"HR65","title":"Commending Freedom 4/24.","description":"Commending Freedom 4/24.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR65ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR65/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR65","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":249983,"bill_number":"HJR775","title":"Commending Chris and Jennie Simms.","description":"Commending Chris and Jennie Simms.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ775ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR775/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ775","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250032,"bill_number":"HJR776","title":"Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School girls' tennis team.","description":"Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School girls' tennis team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ776ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR776/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ776","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250040,"bill_number":"SB1483","title":"State and local government entities; limitation of authority over certain charitable organizations.","description":"Limitation of state and local government authority; certain charitable organizations.  Places limits on the authority of state and local government entities over charitable organizations that are nonstock corporations granted tax-exempt status under §509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the bill, government agencies are prohibited from (i) requiring disclosure of demographic information regarding employees, officers, directors, trustees, owners of the organization or recipients of money or in-kind contributions without the consent of such individuals or entities; (ii) requiring the membership of the governing body to include individuals based on demographic characteristics; and (iii) requiring the distribution of funds to an individual or entity based on the demographic characteristics of the individual or entity.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0873)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1483/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1483","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250076,"bill_number":"HR66","title":"Commending the Richmond Boys Choir.","description":"Commending the Richmond Boys Choir.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR66ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR66/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR66","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250172,"bill_number":"SJR411","title":"Commending the Richmond Boys Choir.","description":"Commending the Richmond Boys Choir.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ411ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR411/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ411","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250281,"bill_number":"HJR777","title":"Commending Joy Ranch on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Joy Ranch on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ777ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR777/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ777","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250310,"bill_number":"HR64","title":"Clerk of House of Delegates; posting recorded votes to the legislative information system.","description":"Posting recorded votes to the legislative information system. Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to post recorded committee, subcommittee, and floor votes of the members of the House of Delegates to the legislative electronic information system, beginning with the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR64ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR64/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR64","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":250375,"bill_number":"HJR768","title":"Celebrating the life of Taylor McGregor.","description":"Celebrating the life of Taylor McGregor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ768ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR768/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ768","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252441,"bill_number":"HJR783","title":"Commending the McLean Orchestra.","description":"Commending the McLean Orchestra.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ783ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR783/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ783","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252449,"bill_number":"SJR412","title":"Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ412ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR412/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ412","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252551,"bill_number":"SJR414","title":"Commending Donald J. Ford.","description":"Commending Donald J. Ford.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ414ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR414/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ414","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252603,"bill_number":"HJR778","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert B. Smithwick.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert B. Smithwick.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ778ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR778/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ778","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252623,"bill_number":"SJR419","title":"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.","description":"President Ronald Wilson Reagan. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ419ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR419/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ419","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252679,"bill_number":"SJR418","title":"Commending Colonial Behavioral Health.","description":"Commending Colonial Behavioral Health.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ418ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR418/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ418","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252718,"bill_number":"HJR779","title":"Celebrating the life of Francis V. Gardner.","description":"Celebrating the life of Francis V. Gardner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ779ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR779/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ779","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252727,"bill_number":"HJR781","title":"Commending Dr. George P. Scouras.","description":"Commending Dr. George P. Scouras.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ781ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR781/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ781","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252777,"bill_number":"HJR780","title":"Commending the Mosby Spartans.","description":"Commending the Mosby Spartans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ780ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR780/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ780","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252788,"bill_number":"SJR416","title":"Commending the students, etc., of Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Comp.","description":"Commending the students, faculty sponsors, and organizers of the Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Competition.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ416ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR416/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ416","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252799,"bill_number":"HJR782","title":"Commending the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ782ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR782/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ782","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252829,"bill_number":"SJR417","title":"Commending Hardy W. Cash, Sr.","description":"Commending Hardy W. Cash, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ417ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR417/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ417","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252868,"bill_number":"HB2532","title":"Charter; Town of Urbanna.","description":"Charter; Town of Urbanna. Shifts the town's elections from May to November.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-24","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)","last_action_date":"2011-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2532/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2532","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252872,"bill_number":"SJR415","title":"Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award Program.","description":"Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award Program.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ415ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR415/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ415","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252884,"bill_number":"HJR784","title":"Commending the McLean Youth Orchestra.","description":"Commending the McLean Youth Orchestra.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ784ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR784/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ784","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252905,"bill_number":"HJR785","title":"Commending Arthur W. Arundel.","description":"Commending Arthur W. Arundel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-03","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ785ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR785/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ785","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":252967,"bill_number":"SJR413","title":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, United States Army.","description":"Celebrating the life of Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, United States Army.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ413ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR413/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ413","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":253028,"bill_number":"SB1485","title":"Investment in research and technology; expands Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund, etc.","description":"Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Amends the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) to allow for awards for a matching funds program and an eminent researcher program. The bill also expands upon the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority's (IEIA) current responsibility to develop a strategic roadmap for research in the Commonwealth. The roadmap shall identify areas of focus for research investment in the Commonwealth based upon criteria set forth in the bill, and any awards from the CRCF must fall into one of these areas of focus. The bill establishes a Research and Technology Investment Advisory Committee to assist the IEIA in making awards from the CRCF by ensuring that applications considered for awards are based upon sound science and research, are in an area of focus identified in the roadmap, and present significant potential for commercialization in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-04-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0874)","last_action_date":"2011-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1485/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1485","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254153,"bill_number":"HJR792","title":"Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2010.","description":"Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2010.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ792ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR792/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ792","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254204,"bill_number":"HJR791","title":"Commending Michael Wardian.","description":"Commending Michael Wardian.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ791ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR791/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ791","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254239,"bill_number":"HJR787","title":"Celebrating the life of Wilbert Thomas Cooke, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Wilbert Thomas Cooke, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ787ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR787/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ787","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254249,"bill_number":"HJR793","title":"Commending Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.","description":"Commending Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ793ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR793/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ793","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254315,"bill_number":"HJR788","title":"Celebrating the life of Josephine Faoro Weber.","description":"Celebrating the life of Josephine Faoro Weber.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ788ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR788/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ788","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254326,"bill_number":"HJR789","title":"Celebrating the life of Khristin Kyllo.","description":"Celebrating the life of Khristin Kyllo.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ789ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR789/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ789","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254384,"bill_number":"HJR794","title":"Commending the Huguenot Republican Women's Club.","description":"Commending the Huguenot Republican Women's Club.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ794ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR794/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ794","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254529,"bill_number":"HJR790","title":"Celebrating the life of Cynthia Alice Martin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Cynthia Alice Martin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ790ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR790/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ790","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254555,"bill_number":"HJR795","title":"Celebrating the life of Wilbur Coleman Allen.","description":"Celebrating the life of Wilbur Coleman Allen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ795ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR795/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ795","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254574,"bill_number":"HJR786","title":"Celebrating the life of Edward E. Purcell, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Edward E. Purcell, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-10","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ786ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR786/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ786","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":254577,"bill_number":"HR67","title":"Commending the Honorable Robert H. Bork.","description":"Commending the Honorable Robert H. Bork.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-04","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR67ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR67/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR67","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":255212,"bill_number":"HJR807","title":"Commending Suffolk Christian Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","description":"Commending Suffolk Christian Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ807ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR807/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ807","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":255236,"bill_number":"HJR808","title":"Celebrating the life of William Baxter Perkinson, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Baxter Perkinson, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ808ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR808/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ808","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":255242,"bill_number":"SJR430","title":"Commending Beverly Cosham.","description":"Commending Beverly Cosham.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ430ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR430/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ430","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":264364,"bill_number":"HJR817","title":"Commending David A. Kirby.","description":"Commending David A. Kirby.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ817ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR817/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ817","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264503,"bill_number":"HJR818","title":"Commending the County of Henrico on the occasion of its 400th anniversary.","description":"Commending the County of Henrico on the occasion of its 400th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ818ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR818/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ818","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264506,"bill_number":"HJR823","title":"Celebrating the life of Martin Fillmore Clark, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Martin Fillmore Clark, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ823ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR823/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ823","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264508,"bill_number":"HJR821","title":"Commending the United States Army's First Infantry Division.","description":"Commending the United States Army's First Infantry Division.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ821ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR821/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ821","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264554,"bill_number":"HJR830","title":"Celebrating the life of Joseph Glenwood Baker.","description":"Celebrating the life of Joseph Glenwood Baker.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ830ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR830/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ830","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264613,"bill_number":"HJR813","title":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Hughes, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Hughes, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ813ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR813/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ813","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264671,"bill_number":"HJR840","title":"Commending B. David Canada.","description":"Commending B. David Canada. Commends B. David Canada, longtime city manager of the City of Petersburg, on his retirement after 30 years of service to the people of Petersburg and the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ840ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR840/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ840","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264720,"bill_number":"SJR436","title":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Taylor.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Taylor.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ436ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR436/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ436","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":264760,"bill_number":"HJR844","title":"Commending Chief Douglas Davis.","description":"Commending Chief Douglas Davis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ844ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR844/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ844","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264765,"bill_number":"HJR841","title":"Commending Warren County on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.","description":"Commending Warren County on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ841ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR841/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ841","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264842,"bill_number":"HJR846","title":"Commending White Oaks Elementary School.","description":"Commending White Oaks Elementary School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ846ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR846/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ846","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264872,"bill_number":"SJR441","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Walter Henry Maxwell, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Walter Henry Maxwell, Sr. Expresses the General Assembly's great sorrow upon the death of the Reverend Dr. Walter Henry Maxwell, Sr., former member of the Senate of Virginia and of the Virginia House of Delegates.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ441ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR441/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ441","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264877,"bill_number":"HJR838","title":"Celebrating the life of James L. Smith, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of James L. Smith, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ838ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR838/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ838","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264927,"bill_number":"SJR444","title":"Celebrating the life of Private First Class Benjamin Jaewon Park.","description":"Celebrating the life of Private First Class Benjamin Jaewon Park.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ444ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR444/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ444","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":264963,"bill_number":"SJR439","title":"Celebrating the life of Alan Ivan Kay.","description":"Celebrating the life of Alan Ivan Kay.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ439ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR439/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ439","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264985,"bill_number":"SJR445","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry Theodore Northcott Graves.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry Theodore Northcott Graves.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ445ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR445/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ445","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":264990,"bill_number":"HJR849","title":"Commending Longfellow Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Longfellow Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ849ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR849/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ849","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265020,"bill_number":"HJR834","title":"Celebrating the life of Richard DeForest Robertson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Richard DeForest Robertson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ834ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR834/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ834","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265051,"bill_number":"SJR446","title":"Celebrating the life of Fred H. Scott.","description":"Celebrating the life of Fred H. Scott.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ446ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR446/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ446","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265057,"bill_number":"HJR843","title":"Commending Lance Corporal Mark Sackett.","description":"Commending Lance Corporal Mark Sackett.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ843ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR843/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ843","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265066,"bill_number":"HJR837","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas H. Wood, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas H. Wood, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ837ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR837/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ837","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265071,"bill_number":"HJR845","title":"Commending Augusta Health.","description":"Commending Augusta Health.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ845ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR845/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ845","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265126,"bill_number":"HJR851","title":"Commending Pinnacle Academy.","description":"Commending Pinnacle Academy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ851ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR851/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ851","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265155,"bill_number":"HJR850","title":"Commending Kinhaven School on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.","description":"Commending Kinhaven School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ850ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR850/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ850","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265176,"bill_number":"HJR842","title":"Commending Eugene R. Tewalt.","description":"Commending Eugene R. Tewalt.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ842ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR842/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ842","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265188,"bill_number":"SJR437","title":"Commending DeAngelo Eugene Hall.","description":"Commending DeAngelo Eugene Hall.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-02-23","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ437ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR437/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ437","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265226,"bill_number":"HJR836","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable George Moffett Cochran.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable George Moffett Cochran.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ836ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR836/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ836","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265323,"bill_number":"HJR847","title":"Commending Lake Braddock Secondary School on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.","description":"Commending Lake Braddock Secondary School on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-02-09","last_action":"House: Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2011-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR847/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ847","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265335,"bill_number":"SJR443","title":"Commending Harley Swift.","description":"Commending Harley Swift.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ443ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR443/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ443","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265347,"bill_number":"HJR835","title":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Landis Nicewarner, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Landis Nicewarner, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ835ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR835/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ835","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265397,"bill_number":"HJR839","title":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Ernest Bush, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Samuel Ernest Bush, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-17","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ839ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR839/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ839","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265414,"bill_number":"SR28","title":"Natural right of an individual; memorializing Congress of United States to honor.","description":"Memorializing the Congress of the United States to honor the natural right of an individual to privately exercise his or her own judgment free from coercion or intimidation when making decisions that affect his or her life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Expresses the sense of the Senate of Virginia that Congressional measures that jeopardize the secret ballot in workplace decisions on unionization and any mandates that threaten, weaken, or dissolve Virginia's laws protecting one's right to work should be defeated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR28/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR28","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265475,"bill_number":"SJR442","title":"Commending Linda Nichols Daniels.","description":"Commending Linda Nichols Daniels.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ442ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR442/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ442","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265502,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"Greenhouse gas emissions; urging Congress of United States to address proposed regulations of EPA.","description":"Memorializing Congress regarding greenhouse gas emissions regulation. Urges the United States Congress to address the proposed regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to greenhouse gas emissions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-02-07","last_action":"Senate: Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2011-02-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR29/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR29","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":265503,"bill_number":"SJR438","title":"Commending the Virginia State Parks on the occasion of their 75th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Virginia State Parks on the occasion of their 75th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ438ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR438/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ438","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":267974,"bill_number":"HJR860","title":"Commending the Fairfax County Park Authority.","description":"Commending the Fairfax County Park Authority.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ860ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR860/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ860","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":267979,"bill_number":"SJR447","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas H. Wood, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas H. Wood, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ447ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR447/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ447","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":267996,"bill_number":"HJR861","title":"Celebrating the life of Merrill Sickles, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Merrill Sickles, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ861ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR861/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ861","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268012,"bill_number":"SJR456","title":"Commending Joe C. Tate.","description":"Commending Joe C. Tate.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ456ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR456/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ456","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268038,"bill_number":"SJR460","title":"Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Ride.","description":"Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Recognizes the brave actions of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the Freedom Riders on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ460ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR460/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ460","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268078,"bill_number":"SJR457","title":"Commending the Westmoreland Ruritan Club.","description":"Commending the Westmoreland Ruritan Club.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ457ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR457/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ457","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268092,"bill_number":"SJR459","title":"Commending Sean Brown.","description":"Commending Sean Brown.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ459ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR459/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ459","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":268244,"bill_number":"SJR458","title":"Celebrating the life of Andra Kern Foss.","description":"Celebrating the life of Andra Kern Foss.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ458ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR458/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ458","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":268262,"bill_number":"SJR451","title":"Commending R. DuVal and Anne D. Dickinson.","description":"Commending R. DuVal and Anne D. Dickinson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ451ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR451/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ451","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268278,"bill_number":"SJR448","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable George Moffett Cochran.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable George Moffett Cochran.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ448ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR448/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ448","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":268447,"bill_number":"HR73","title":"Federal ethanol policy; U.S. Congress urged to address issues of liability, etc.","description":"Memorializing the Congress of the United States to address issues related to the current federal ethanol policy and to request the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its waivers until all pertinent testing on the impacts of e-15 is completed and satisfactory. Expresses the sense of the Virginia House of Delegates that Congress address the issues of liability, auto warranties, food inflation, and other economically deleterious effects of the current federal ethanol policy and request the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its waivers until all pertinent testing on the impacts of e-15 is completed and satisfactory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR73ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR73/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR73","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268453,"bill_number":"HR72","title":"Greenhouse gas emissions; urging Congress of United States to address proposed regulations of EPA.","description":"Memorializing Congress regarding greenhouse gas emissions regulation. Urges the United States Congress to address the proposed regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to greenhouse gas emissions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-23","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR72ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR72/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR72","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268495,"bill_number":"HJR862","title":"Commending James I. Robertson, Jr.","description":"Commending James I. Robertson, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ862ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR862/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ862","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":268508,"bill_number":"SJR455","title":"Contributions of Turkish-American community of Virginia.","description":"Contributions of Turkish-American community of Virginia. Recognizes the contributions of the Turkish-American community of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ455ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR455/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ455","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":268522,"bill_number":"HJR857","title":"Commending Jack Knapp.","description":"Commending Jack Knapp.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ857ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR857/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ857","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285891,"bill_number":"HJR969","title":"Commending Frank Friedman.","description":"Commending Frank Friedman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ969ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR969/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ969","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285894,"bill_number":"HJR920","title":"Celebrating the life of Patrick W. Ephriam.","description":"Celebrating the life of Patrick W. Ephriam.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ920ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR920/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ920","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":285901,"bill_number":"HJR877","title":"Commending Virginia Wesleyan College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Virginia Wesleyan College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ877ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR877/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ877","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285902,"bill_number":"HJR915","title":"Commending Pastor Don C. Forrester.","description":"Commending Pastor Don C. Forrester.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ915ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR915/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ915","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285907,"bill_number":"HJR889","title":"Commending Christine Loveday Hall.","description":"Commending Christine Loveday Hall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ889ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR889/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ889","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285922,"bill_number":"HJR950","title":"Commending the Honorable Lewis F. Payne.","description":"Commending the Honorable Lewis F. Payne.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ950ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR950/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ950","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285927,"bill_number":"HJR946","title":"Celebrating the life of James Frank Phelps.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Frank Phelps.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ946ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR946/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ946","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285947,"bill_number":"HJR903","title":"Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.","description":"Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ903ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR903/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ903","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":285957,"bill_number":"SJR498","title":"Celebrating the life of Captain Grace E. Sharp.","description":"Celebrating the life of Captain Grace E. Sharp.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ498ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR498/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ498","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285963,"bill_number":"HJR876","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Robert John Robertson, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Robert John Robertson, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ876ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR876/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ876","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285966,"bill_number":"HJR905","title":"Commending the Sherwood Regional Library.","description":"Commending the Sherwood Regional Library.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ905ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR905/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ905","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":285980,"bill_number":"SJR502","title":"Commending the Staunton Augusta Art Center.","description":"Commending the Staunton Augusta Art Center.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ502ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR502/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ502","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":285997,"bill_number":"HJR975","title":"Commending Corbin Alexander Anglin.","description":"Commending Corbin Alexander Anglin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ975ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR975/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ975","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286006,"bill_number":"SJR500","title":"Commending the Reverend Joe B. Fleming.","description":"Commending the Reverend Joe B. Fleming.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-02","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ500ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR500/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ500","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286017,"bill_number":"HJR955","title":"Commending Lucy E. Denney.","description":"Commending Lucy E. Denney.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ955ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR955/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ955","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286023,"bill_number":"SJR474","title":"Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.","description":"Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ474ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR474/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ474","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286025,"bill_number":"HJR956","title":"Commending Betty and Chris Welch.","description":"Commending Betty and Chris Welch.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ956ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR956/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ956","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286026,"bill_number":"HJR885","title":"Commending Ed Dandar.","description":"Commending Ed Dandar.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ885ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR885/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ885","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286031,"bill_number":"SJR482","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Bernard Wilkinson.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Bernard Wilkinson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ482ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR482/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ482","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286040,"bill_number":"HJR913","title":"Commending Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation.","description":"Commending Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ913ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR913/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ913","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286041,"bill_number":"HJR875","title":"Celebrating the life of Felicia Coleman Matheny.","description":"Celebrating the life of Felicia Coleman Matheny.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ875ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR875/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ875","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286047,"bill_number":"HJR866","title":"Commending Richard M. Nelms.","description":"Commending Richard M. Nelms.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ866ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR866/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ866","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286048,"bill_number":"HJR867","title":"Commending Claudia Ann Brown Hunter.","description":"Commending Claudia Ann Brown Hunter.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ867ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR867/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ867","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286054,"bill_number":"HJR948","title":"Commending Wayside Theatre.","description":"Commending Wayside Theatre.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ948ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR948/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ948","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286062,"bill_number":"SJR485","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Claudette Laverne Black McDaniel.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Claudette Laverne Black McDaniel. Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow upon the death of Dr. Claudette Laverne Black McDaniel, native daughter and Richmond's first African American female Vice Mayor.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ485ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR485/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ485","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286067,"bill_number":"SJR487","title":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Horace Mann III, USA Ret.","description":"Celebrating the life of Colonel Horace Mann III, USA Ret.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ487ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR487/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ487","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286068,"bill_number":"HJR941","title":"Celebrating the life of David A. Edwards.","description":"Celebrating the life of David A. Edwards.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ941ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR941/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ941","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286075,"bill_number":"HJR886","title":"Commending Cecil Campbell.","description":"Commending Cecil Campbell.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ886ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR886/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ886","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286077,"bill_number":"HJR918","title":"Celebrating the life of Carl Douglas Adams.","description":"Celebrating the life of Carl Douglas Adams.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ918ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR918/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ918","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286097,"bill_number":"HJR939","title":"Commending Richmond City Public Schools.","description":"Commending Richmond City Public Schools.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ939ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR939/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ939","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286099,"bill_number":"HJR904","title":"Commending Megan P. Lawless.","description":"Commending Megan P. Lawless.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ904ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR904/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ904","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286100,"bill_number":"SJR492","title":"Celebrating the life of Arthur W. Arundel.","description":"Celebrating the life of Arthur W. Arundel.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ492ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR492/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ492","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286107,"bill_number":"SJR486","title":"Commending Fort Gibson United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 225th anniversary.","description":"Commending Fort Gibson United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 225th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ486ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR486/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ486","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286108,"bill_number":"HB2533","title":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund; administration of Fund, report.","description":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund. Requires that the Fund be used for behavioral health and developmental services and to facilitate transition from state training centers to community-based services. The bill requires that the Fund be used for the purpose of financing community-based services, including services provided through the Medicaid Intellectual Disability Home and Community Based Waiver program, and for the purpose of transitioning individuals with intellectual disabilities from state training centers to community-based care. The bill also requires the Secretary to submit semi-annual reports to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2533/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2533","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286115,"bill_number":"HJR873","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. George J. Falk.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. George J. Falk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ873ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR873/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ873","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286125,"bill_number":"SJR503","title":"Celebrating the life of Mary Alice Burch.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mary Alice Burch.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ503ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR503/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ503","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286128,"bill_number":"SJR471","title":"Celebrating the life of Vincent Joseph Genson, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Vincent Joseph Genson, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ471ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR471/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ471","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286130,"bill_number":"HJR883","title":"Commending Anne C. Hall.","description":"Commending Anne C. Hall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ883ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR883/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ883","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286133,"bill_number":"HJR911","title":"Commending Jim Gianniny.","description":"Commending Jim Gianniny.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ911ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR911/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ911","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286141,"bill_number":"HJR930","title":"Celebrating the life of Darrell Patton Dougherty.","description":"Celebrating the life of Darrell Patton Dougherty.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ930ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR930/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ930","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286148,"bill_number":"SJR469","title":"Commending Fran Rooker.","description":"Commending Fran Rooker.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ469ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR469/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ469","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286151,"bill_number":"HJR874","title":"Celebrating the life of Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr. Mourns the loss of Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr., native son and the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and expresses the General Assembly's appreciation of and gratitude for his contributions to the people of the Commonwealth and his dedicated service and inspired leadership as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and its deep and abiding respect for his memory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ874ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR874/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ874","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286152,"bill_number":"HJR962","title":"Commending Mantua Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Mantua Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ962ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR962/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ962","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286156,"bill_number":"SJR481","title":"Commending George E. Lovelace.","description":"Commending George E. Lovelace.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ481ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR481/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ481","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286160,"bill_number":"HJR940","title":"Celebrating the life of Laird Peterson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Laird Peterson. Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow upon the death of Laird Peterson and its gratitude for his faithful community service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ940ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR940/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ940","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286168,"bill_number":"HJR960","title":"Commending Francis T. Eck.","description":"Commending Francis T. Eck.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ960ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR960/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ960","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286169,"bill_number":"HJR924","title":"Commending T. Wayne Oakes.","description":"Commending T. Wayne Oakes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ924ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR924/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ924","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286184,"bill_number":"HJR971","title":"Commending the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.","description":"Commending the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ971ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR971/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ971","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286205,"bill_number":"SJR470","title":"Commending Robert T. Williams.","description":"Commending Robert T. Williams.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ470ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR470/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ470","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286210,"bill_number":"SJR497","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. John Francis Dammann.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. John Francis Dammann.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ497ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR497/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ497","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286211,"bill_number":"HJR934","title":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Taylor.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Taylor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ934ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR934/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ934","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286214,"bill_number":"HJR951","title":"Commending Peppy Linden.","description":"Commending Peppy Linden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ951ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR951/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ951","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286218,"bill_number":"SJR472","title":"Celebrating the life of Louis P. Chisholm, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Louis P. Chisholm, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ472ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR472/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ472","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286224,"bill_number":"HJR970","title":"Commending Jack Page.","description":"Commending Jack Page.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ970ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR970/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ970","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286226,"bill_number":"HJR863","title":"Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th anniversary of Freedom Ride.","description":"Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Recognizes the brave actions of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the Freedom Riders on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Introduced bill reprinted 11105135D","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR863/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ863","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286229,"bill_number":"HJR978","title":"Commending Howard Herman.","description":"Commending Howard Herman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ978ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR978/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ978","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286231,"bill_number":"HJR882","title":"Commending Russell Claar.","description":"Commending Russell Claar.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ882ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR882/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ882","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286252,"bill_number":"SJR478","title":"Senate Committee on Rules; confirming appointment.","description":"Appointment by the Senate Committee on Rules. Confirms the appointment by the Senate Committee on Rules of Angela M. W. Thanyachareon to the Board of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ478ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR478/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ478","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286254,"bill_number":"HJR878","title":"Celebrating the life of Joseph J. Kokalas.","description":"Celebrating the life of Joseph J. Kokalas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ878ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR878/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ878","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286255,"bill_number":"SJR499","title":"Commending Jasmine Brown.","description":"Commending Jasmine Brown.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ499ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR499/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ499","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286263,"bill_number":"SB1486","title":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund; administration of Fund, report.","description":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund. Requires that the Fund be used for behavioral health and developmental services and to facilitate transition from state training centers to community-based services. The bill requires that the Fund be used for the purpose of financing community-based services, including services provided through the Medicaid Intellectual Disability Home and Community-Based Waiver program, and for the purpose of transitioning individuals with intellectual disabilities from state training centers to community-based care. The bill also requires the Secretary to submit semi-annual reports to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-03-26","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)","last_action_date":"2011-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1486/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1486","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286264,"bill_number":"HJR964","title":"Commending James E. Bundschuh.","description":"Commending James E. Bundschuh.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ964ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR964/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ964","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286266,"bill_number":"HJR884","title":"Commending Harvey and Ellen Ussery.","description":"Commending Harvey and Ellen Ussery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ884ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR884/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ884","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286272,"bill_number":"HJR929","title":"Celebrating the life of Betty Harrington Macdonald.","description":"Celebrating the life of Betty Harrington Macdonald.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ929ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR929/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ929","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286275,"bill_number":"SJR491","title":"Commending Henry W. McLaughlin.","description":"Commending Henry W. McLaughlin. Commends Henry W. McLaughlin for his remarkable devotion to the law and ceaseless labor to ensure equal justice and access to quality legal services for the poor.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ491ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR491/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ491","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286299,"bill_number":"SJR476","title":"Celebrating the life of Wilbur Coleman Allen.","description":"Celebrating the life of Wilbur Coleman Allen.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ476ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR476/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ476","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286302,"bill_number":"HJR893","title":"Celebrating the life of Jack Edward Corkey.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jack Edward Corkey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ893ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR893/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ893","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286303,"bill_number":"HJR943","title":"Celebrating the life of Joseph Preble Weeks.","description":"Celebrating the life of Joseph Preble Weeks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ943ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR943/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ943","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286308,"bill_number":"HJR937","title":"Commending the Hampton Roads Stuff the Bus toy collection program.","description":"Commending the Hampton Roads Stuff the Bus toy collection program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ937ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR937/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ937","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286311,"bill_number":"HJR879","title":"Celebrating the life of Walter Ernest Mettler, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Walter Ernest Mettler, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ879ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR879/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ879","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286316,"bill_number":"SJR480","title":"Commending Pinnacle Academy.","description":"Commending Pinnacle Academy.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ480ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR480/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ480","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286321,"bill_number":"SJR475","title":"Commending WHRO on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending WHRO on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ475ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR475/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ475","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286331,"bill_number":"HJR870","title":"Commending the Honorable Aundria D. Foster.","description":"Commending the Honorable Aundria D. Foster.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ870ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR870/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ870","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286333,"bill_number":"HJR917","title":"Celebrating the life of Philip John Farley III.","description":"Celebrating the life of Philip John Farley III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ917ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR917/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ917","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286337,"bill_number":"SJR501","title":"Celebrating the life of Mary Elizabeth Jones.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mary Elizabeth Jones.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ501ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR501/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ501","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286342,"bill_number":"HJR899","title":"Celebrating the life of Earl Augustine Robinson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Earl Augustine Robinson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ899ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR899/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ899","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286343,"bill_number":"HJR967","title":"Commending Kenneth Rasmussen.","description":"Commending Kenneth Rasmussen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ967ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR967/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ967","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286349,"bill_number":"HJR926","title":"Celebrating the life of Gladys Evans Jones.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gladys Evans Jones.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ926ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR926/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ926","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286352,"bill_number":"HJR887","title":"Commending Caitlin Connor Uze.","description":"Commending Caitlin Connor Uze.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ887ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR887/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ887","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286354,"bill_number":"HJR963","title":"Commending Esson McKenzie Miller, Jr.","description":"Commending Esson McKenzie Miller, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ963ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR963/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ963","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286356,"bill_number":"HJR906","title":"Commending the Military Aviation Museum.","description":"Commending the Military Aviation Museum.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ906ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR906/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ906","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286371,"bill_number":"SJR479","title":"Commending Mark Bendorf.","description":"Commending Mark Bendorf.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ479ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR479/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ479","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286385,"bill_number":"SJR493","title":"Celebrating the life of FitzGerald Bemiss.","description":"Celebrating the life of FitzGerald Bemiss.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ493ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR493/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ493","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286397,"bill_number":"HJR979","title":"Celebrating the life of Billie Ray Burchett.","description":"Celebrating the life of Billie Ray Burchett.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ979ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR979/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ979","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286399,"bill_number":"HJR974","title":"Commending Benedictine High School in Richmond, Va, on the Occasion of the Centennial of Founding.","description":"Commending Benedictine High School in Richmond, Virginia, on the Occasion of the Centennial of its Founding.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ974ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR974/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ974","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286404,"bill_number":"HJR925","title":"Commending Major Kenneth D. Fitzgerald.","description":"Commending Major Kenneth D. Fitzgerald.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ925ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR925/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ925","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286415,"bill_number":"HJR895","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Gordon Kyle Leonard.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Gordon Kyle Leonard.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ895ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR895/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ895","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286428,"bill_number":"SJR495","title":"Commending Margo Deihl.","description":"Commending Margo Deihl.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ495ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR495/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ495","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286430,"bill_number":"HJR952","title":"Commending Dr. Harry D. Simpson.","description":"Commending Dr. Harry D. Simpson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ952ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR952/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ952","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286442,"bill_number":"HJR919","title":"Celebrating the life of William Walker Edwards, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Walker Edwards, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ919ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR919/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ919","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286446,"bill_number":"SJR461","title":"Celebrating the life of First Lieutenant Todd W. Weaver.","description":"Celebrating the life of First Lieutenant Todd W. Weaver.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ461ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR461/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ461","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286448,"bill_number":"SJR463","title":"Celebrating the life of Suzanne P. Scull.","description":"Celebrating the life of Suzanne P. Scull.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ463ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR463/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ463","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286458,"bill_number":"HJR880","title":"Celebrating the life of Albert Teich, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Albert Teich, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ880ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR880/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ880","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286464,"bill_number":"HJR897","title":"Celebrating the life of Clarence W. Burton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Clarence W. Burton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ897ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR897/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ897","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286467,"bill_number":"HJR959","title":"Commending Jason Alsbaugh, Anthony Burtt, Justin Hacker, David Hyde, and Pamela Anthony.","description":"Commending Jason Alsbaugh, Anthony Burtt, Justin Hacker, David Hyde, and Pamela Anthony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ959ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR959/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ959","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286473,"bill_number":"HJR922","title":"Commending Lawrence Distributing Co., Inc.","description":"Commending Lawrence Distributing Co., Inc.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ922ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR922/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ922","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286478,"bill_number":"HJR931","title":"Celebrating the life of Billy Wayne Craig.","description":"Celebrating the life of Billy Wayne Craig.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ931ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR931/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ931","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286511,"bill_number":"HJR945","title":"Celebrating the life of Gregory J. Gilker.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gregory J. Gilker.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ945ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR945/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ945","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286517,"bill_number":"HJR907","title":"Commending Ernest Guill.","description":"Commending Ernest Guill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ907ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR907/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ907","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286534,"bill_number":"HJR961","title":"Commending the City of Fairfax on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending the City of Fairfax on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ961ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR961/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ961","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286539,"bill_number":"HJR973","title":"Commending John Blair Gilmer.","description":"Commending John Blair Gilmer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ973ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR973/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ973","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286545,"bill_number":"HJR916","title":"Commending the Fairfax County Public Schools winners of Governor's Awards.","description":"Commending the Fairfax County Public Schools winners of the Governor's Award for Educational Excellence, Board of Education Excellence Award, and Board of Education Competence to Excellence Award.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ916ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR916/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ916","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286550,"bill_number":"HJR908","title":"Commending Ray Vandall.","description":"Commending Ray Vandall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ908ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR908/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ908","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286554,"bill_number":"HJR890","title":"Commending Boy Scout Troop 1140 on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Boy Scout Troop 1140 on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ890ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR890/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ890","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286559,"bill_number":"HJR957","title":"Commending Walt Whitman Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Walt Whitman Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ957ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR957/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ957","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286568,"bill_number":"HJR923","title":"Commending Robert W. Dowd.","description":"Commending Robert W. Dowd.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ923ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR923/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ923","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286571,"bill_number":"HJR932","title":"Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Thomas Nelson, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Thomas Nelson, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ932ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR932/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ932","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286577,"bill_number":"HJR914","title":"Commending Jeff Todd.","description":"Commending Jeff Todd.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ914ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR914/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ914","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286586,"bill_number":"HJR892","title":"Celebrating the life of Thomas E. Sawner.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thomas E. Sawner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ892ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR892/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ892","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286603,"bill_number":"HJR872","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Howard William Lee.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Howard William Lee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ872ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR872/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ872","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":286607,"bill_number":"HJR936","title":"Commending the Alexandria Domestic Violence Program.","description":"Commending the Alexandria Domestic Violence Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ936ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR936/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ936","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286621,"bill_number":"HR75","title":"Commending Manual Rios and the Midlothian Middle School 'We the People' Team.","description":"Commending Manual Rios and the Midlothian Middle School \"We the People\" Team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-22","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR75ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR75/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR75","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286631,"bill_number":"HJR933","title":"Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Rush.","description":"Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Rush.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ933ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR933/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ933","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286637,"bill_number":"HJR871","title":"Commending Centra Health.","description":"Commending Centra Health.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ871ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR871/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ871","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286641,"bill_number":"HR74","title":"Celebrating the life of Henrietta Lacks.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henrietta Lacks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-18","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR74ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR74/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR74","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286648,"bill_number":"HJR921","title":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Hill.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Hill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ921ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR921/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ921","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286662,"bill_number":"HJR865","title":"Commending Jerry Fischer.","description":"Commending Jerry Fischer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ865ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR865/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ865","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286671,"bill_number":"HJR944","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard Rhoades Finney.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard Rhoades Finney.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ944ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR944/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ944","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286686,"bill_number":"HJR927","title":"Celebrating the life of Arthur W. Arundel.","description":"Celebrating the life of Arthur W. Arundel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ927ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR927/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ927","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286692,"bill_number":"HJR888","title":"Commending Virginia Warren Garrett.","description":"Commending Virginia Warren Garrett.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ888ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR888/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ888","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286700,"bill_number":"HJR928","title":"Celebrating the life of Alfred James Dumas.","description":"Celebrating the life of Alfred James Dumas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ928ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR928/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ928","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286706,"bill_number":"HJR949","title":"Commending Franklin Foster Smith.","description":"Commending Franklin Foster Smith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ949ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR949/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ949","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286714,"bill_number":"SJR473","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming appointments made by the Governor of certain persons during the 2011 Session. Confirms appointments made by Governor McDonnell during the 2011 Session of an agency head and various board and council members.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ473ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR473/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ473","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286726,"bill_number":"HJR938","title":"Commending Charles Maurice Robinson.","description":"Commending Charles Maurice Robinson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ938ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR938/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ938","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286737,"bill_number":"HJR881","title":"Celebrating the life of Sara Boone Baird.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sara Boone Baird.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ881ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR881/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ881","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286748,"bill_number":"HJR965","title":"Commending John S. Rorer.","description":"Commending John S. Rorer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ965ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR965/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ965","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286749,"bill_number":"SJR490","title":"Celebrating the life of George Borum Little.","description":"Celebrating the life of George Borum Little. Mourns the loss of George Borum Little, and expresses the General Assembly's esteem for his courage, convictions, and contributions to the people of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ490ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR490/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ490","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286750,"bill_number":"HJR966","title":"Commending the Korean-American Association of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Korean-American Association of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ966ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR966/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ966","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286760,"bill_number":"HJR900","title":"Celebrating the life of C. Braxton Parks.","description":"Celebrating the life of C. Braxton Parks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ900ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR900/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ900","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286780,"bill_number":"SJR488","title":"Celebrating the life of Gerald Marshall Cubbage.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gerald Marshall Cubbage.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ488ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR488/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ488","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286781,"bill_number":"HJR935","title":"Commending Frank W. Cox High School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending Frank W. Cox High School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ935ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR935/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ935","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286788,"bill_number":"SJR496","title":"Celebrating the life of Keith Wayne Sprouse.","description":"Celebrating the life of Keith Wayne Sprouse.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ496ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR496/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ496","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286791,"bill_number":"HJR901","title":"Commending Donald W. Comer, Jr.","description":"Commending Donald W. Comer, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ901ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR901/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ901","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286803,"bill_number":"SJR484","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Milton A. Reid.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Milton A. Reid. Expresses the General Assembly's sorrow upon the death of the Reverend Dr. Milton A. Reid, noted civil rights and social justice activist.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ484ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR484/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ484","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286806,"bill_number":"HJR909","title":"Commending Gretchen Blair Clark.","description":"Commending Gretchen Blair Clark.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ909ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR909/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ909","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286809,"bill_number":"HJR902","title":"Commending the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ902ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR902/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ902","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286820,"bill_number":"HJR910","title":"Commending E. Budge Kent.","description":"Commending E. Budge Kent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-24","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ910ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR910/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ910","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286821,"bill_number":"HJR972","title":"Commending Nu Xi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on occasion of its 25th anniversary.","description":"Commending the Nu Xi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ972ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR972/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ972","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286827,"bill_number":"HJR954","title":"Commending the Honorable Benjamin N.A. Kendrick.","description":"Commending the Honorable Benjamin N.A. Kendrick.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ954ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR954/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ954","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286836,"bill_number":"SJR467","title":"Celebrating the life of Ann Richardson Yankovich.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ann Richardson Yankovich.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ467ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR467/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ467","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286840,"bill_number":"HJR976","title":"Commending the Reverend Cessar L. Scott, Sr.","description":"Commending the Reverend Cessar L. Scott, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ976ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR976/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ976","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":286842,"bill_number":"SJR465","title":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Dudley Digges.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Edward Dudley Digges.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ465ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR465/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ465","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289117,"bill_number":"SJR525","title":"Commending the Reverend Dr. Curtis W. Harris.","description":"Commending the Reverend Dr. Curtis W. Harris.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ525ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR525/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ525","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289258,"bill_number":"SJR516","title":"Commending Daniel M. Chichester.","description":"Commending Daniel M. Chichester.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ516ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR516/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ516","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289365,"bill_number":"SJR524","title":"Commending James Alfred Farrior.","description":"Commending James Alfred Farrior. Commends James Alfred Farrior, native son, on his remarkable professional football career, great humanitarian spirit, and efforts to assist the underprivileged in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ524ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR524/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ524","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289415,"bill_number":"SJR513","title":"Celebrating the life of John P. Fishwick.","description":"Celebrating the life of John P. Fishwick.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ513ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR513/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ513","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289430,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"Commending Justin Grant.","description":"Commending Justin Grant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR84ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR84/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR84","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289486,"bill_number":"SJR521","title":"Commending Bahjet \"Bob\" J. Nassif.","description":"Commending Bahjet \"Bob\" J. Nassif.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ521ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR521/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ521","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289489,"bill_number":"HR80","title":"Celebrating the life of Kathy Gear Owens.","description":"Celebrating the life of Kathy Gear Owens.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR80ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR80/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR80","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289503,"bill_number":"SJR505","title":"Commending the Woman's Club of Newport News.","description":"Commending the Woman's Club of Newport News.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ505ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR505/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ505","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289507,"bill_number":"HR81","title":"Celebrating the life of Karen Cronin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Karen Cronin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR81ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR81/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR81","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289604,"bill_number":"SJR509","title":"Commending the Louisa Little League Association.","description":"Commending the Louisa Little League Association.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ509ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR509/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ509","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289607,"bill_number":"SJR520","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Benjamin W. Robertson.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Benjamin W. Robertson. Expresses the Senate of Virginia's great sadness upon the loss of the Reverend Dr. Benjamin W. Robertson, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ520ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR520/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ520","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":289678,"bill_number":"HR87","title":"Commending Paul R. Deel.","description":"Commending Paul R. Deel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-26","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR87ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR87/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR87","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289735,"bill_number":"SJR514","title":"Commending the Honorable Edward M. Turner III.","description":"Commending the Honorable Edward M. Turner III.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ514ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR514/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ514","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289737,"bill_number":"SJR504","title":"Commending H. Carter Myers III.","description":"Commending H. Carter Myers III.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ504ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR504/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ504","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289740,"bill_number":"SJR518","title":"Commending E. Kenneth Wysor.","description":"Commending E. Kenneth Wysor.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ518ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR518/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ518","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289747,"bill_number":"SJR512","title":"Commending Frances Hallam Hurt.","description":"Commending Frances Hallam Hurt.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ512ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR512/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ512","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289772,"bill_number":"SJR507","title":"Commending Robert M. Stanton.","description":"Commending Robert M. Stanton.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ507ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR507/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ507","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289840,"bill_number":"SJR506","title":"Commending Esson McKenzie Miller, Jr.","description":"Commending Esson McKenzie Miller, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ506ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR506/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ506","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289865,"bill_number":"SJR515","title":"Commending the Piedmont Arts Association.","description":"Commending the Piedmont Arts Association.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ515ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR515/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ515","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289870,"bill_number":"SJR517","title":"Celebrating the life of Earl Eugene Dellinger.","description":"Celebrating the life of Earl Eugene Dellinger.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ517ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR517/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ517","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289885,"bill_number":"SJR511","title":"Commending Colonel Henry Winfred Stanley, Jr.","description":"Commending Colonel Henry Winfred Stanley, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ511ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR511/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SJ511","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":289924,"bill_number":"HR85","title":"Commending the Honorable Dorothy H. Clarke.","description":"Commending the Honorable Dorothy H. Clarke.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-26","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR85ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR85/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR85","sponsor":null},
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{"bill_id":290128,"bill_number":"HJR985","title":"General Assembly; extends deadline for first conference on budget bill until Feb. 26, 2011.","description":"General Assembly; 2011 procedural resolution. Extends the deadline for the first conference on the Budget Bill(s) until noon, Saturday, February 26, 2011.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-25","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ985ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR985/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HJ985","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":290208,"bill_number":"SR33","title":"Celebrating the life of Donald Pomerening.","description":"Celebrating the life of Donald Pomerening.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR33ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR33/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR33","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":290330,"bill_number":"SR31","title":"Commending the Virginia State Bar's Diversity Conference.","description":"Commending the Virginia State Bar's Diversity Conference.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR31ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR31/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR31","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":290408,"bill_number":"SR32","title":"Celebrating the life of Frank Joseph Wittman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Frank Joseph Wittman.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR32ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR32/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR32","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":310097,"bill_number":"HR88","title":"Celebrating the life of Turpin A. Saunders, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Turpin A. Saunders, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2011-02-26","last_action":"House: Bill text as passed House (HR88ER)","last_action_date":"2011-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR88/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HR88","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":313300,"bill_number":"SR36","title":"Celebrating the life of Connie Amos Thurston.","description":"Celebrating the life of Connie Amos Thurston.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2011-03-07","last_action":"Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR36ER)","last_action_date":"2011-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR36/2011","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SR36","sponsor":null},
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