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{"bill_id":435126,"bill_number":"HB1","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":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435127,"bill_number":"HB8","title":"Vessel accident; requires passengers 18 years of age or older to report, penalty.","description":"Reporting of vessel accident; penalty. Requires any passenger 18 years of age or older who is a passenger in a vessel that is involved in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury or death and in which the operator has (i) failed to stop and render assistance, and (ii) failed to report the accident in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to notify, within a reasonable time, a law-enforcement officer, conservation police officer, or an officer of the Virginia Marine Police. If such a report is not filed, the passenger is subject to a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB8/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB8","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":435128,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"BPOL tax; maximum fee and tax rates established by a locality.","description":"BPOL tax; maximum fee and tax rates established. Prohibits a locality from increasing its local license (BPOL) fees or taxes above the rates of its BPOL fees and taxes imposed for the 2011 license year. The prohibition on increasing BPOL fees and taxes expires beginning with the 2015 license year. The bill also authorizes a locality to impose the BPOL tax on (i) gross receipts or (ii) the Virginia taxable income of a corporation, the net income of a sole proprietorship, and the net income of a pass-through entity.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB10/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB10","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":435130,"bill_number":"HB48","title":"Castle doctrine; self-defense and defense of others.","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.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-12-13","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB48/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB48","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435131,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"Primary dates; presidential primary.","description":"Primary dates; presidential primary. Provides that all primaries for offices to be filled at the November election in presidential election years shall be held on the date of the presidential primary. With respect to candidates for election in November of a presidential election year, the bill also lifts the requirement that petition signatures must be collected after January 1 of the presidential election year.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2012-11-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB55/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB55","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":435132,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"Elections; persons entitled to have name placed on ballot, etc.","description":"Elections; persons entitled to place on ballot; compliance with campaign finance disclosure provisions. Provides that a candidate will not be entitled to have his name printed on the ballot unless he has filed all required campaign finance reports and satisfied all civil and criminal penalties imposed under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. The bill also creates a rebuttable presumption that candidates and committees have received the notices of campaign finance violations that were sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, by the State Board of Elections or local electoral boards.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB59/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB59","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":435134,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; composition of Board of Directors, powers.","description":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; composition of Board of Directors; powers. Equalizes board representation among the City of Richmond, Chesterfield County, and Henrico County. The bill also requires that certain actions of the Authority related to construction or acquisition of limited access highways receive approval from the local governing bodies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-29","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB107/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB107","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435136,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"Small business job creation tax credit; creates credit for those creating new full-time jobs.","description":"Small business job creation tax credit. Creates an individual and corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2012, for small businesses creating new full-time jobs in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $1,000 for each new job created. A small business would be allowed the credit for an aggregate of 50 jobs. The provisions of the bill would expire on January 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-30","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB111/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB111","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435137,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"Electric utilities; purchases from net metering sellers.","description":"Electric utilities; retail competition; purchases from net metering sellers. Authorizes individual retail customers who are eligible customer-generators under Virginia's net energy metering program to purchase electricity provided 100 percent from renewable energy exclusively for their own consumption from a net metering seller. A net metering seller is a person, other than a utility or licensed supplier, that owns or operates a renewable energy electricity generation source on premises that is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by an eligible customer-generator and sells the electricity generated from the renewable generation source exclusively to the eligible customer-generator under a power purchase agreement. This exception to the incumbent electric utility's exclusive service territory applies even if the utility offers an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB129/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB129","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":435138,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"Income tax, state; military retirement pay subtraction.","description":"Individual income tax; military retirement pay subtraction. Establishes an individual income tax subtraction for annual retirement compensation received for service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard. The subtraction is effective beginning with the 2012 taxable year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB130/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB130","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":435140,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"Income tax, state; tax credit for disabled military veterans.","description":"Individual income tax credit; disabled military veterans. Establishes an individual income tax credit beginning with the 2012 taxable year for veterans with a military service-connected disability. The credit would be computed by multiplying the veteran's disability rating for the taxable year by the amount of his Virginia individual income tax liability for the year. The veteran's disability rating would be determined using the disability ratings of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB131/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB131","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":435141,"bill_number":"HB149","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 outside Virginia opens a satellite office in a Virginia locality with a population of 200,000 or fewer or after a business located in a Virginia locality with a population exceeding 200,000 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, 2012. 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":"2012-01-05","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB149/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB149","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":435142,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"Devocalization of cats and dogs; veterinarians to keep records of procedures, etc., 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 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-06","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB158/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB158","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435144,"bill_number":"HB159","title":"Nursing home patients; notice to Long-Term Care Ombudsman when patient is discharged or transferred.","description":"Discharge or transfer of nursing home patients; notice to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.  Provides that in cases in which a nursing home patient is involuntarily transferred or discharged from a nursing home, a copy of the written notice of such transfer or discharge shall be sent to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman at the same time such notice is sent to the patient.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-06","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB159/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB159","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435145,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"Telecommunications services; SCC to excercise jurisdiction over rates and charges for prisoners.","description":"Telephone services for incarcerated persons. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to exercise jurisdiction over rates and charges of telecommunication services that enable correctional inmates to originate calls at pay telephones or other telephones that are designated for prisoners' personal use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-06","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB162/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB162","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435146,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"Campaign practices; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members.","description":"Campaign finance; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members. Requires any member of the General Assembly who leaves office for any reason to file his final campaign finance report and disburse all surplus funds within six months of leaving office. A member with campaign debts at the time of leaving office is required to file the final report within six months of leaving office or within two months of repaying the debts, whichever time is later.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB168/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB168","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":435147,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.","description":"Interpreter appointed for non-English-speaking defendant. Provides that the cost for an interpreter for a non-English-speaking defendant shall be borne by the defendant if he is convicted of the criminal offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB173/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB173","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435151,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.","description":"Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend PEACE BEGINS AT HOME to support the programs of the Domestic Violence Action Alliance for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB182/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB182","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":435152,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"Sewage sludge; authorizes a locality to prohibit land application of.","description":"Authority to prohibit land application of sewage sludge. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to prohibit the land application of sewage sludge within its boundaries; makes clarifying amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB186/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB186","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":435153,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"Small businesses; tax credit for those hiring graduates of Virginia's colleges and universities.","description":"Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's colleges. Creates, beginning January 1, 2012, an individual and corporate income tax credit for certain small businesses creating new full-time jobs that are filled by persons holding associate's or bachelor's degrees from in-state institutions of higher education. The credit would equal $2,500 for each such new full-time job. The credit would be claimed for the taxable year at which time the new full-time job was continuously filled for at least 12 months. Any unused credit would be allowed to be carried over for five taxable years. The tax credit would sunset in 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB191/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB191","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":435155,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes 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. The bill has a sunset date of June 30, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB207/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB207","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":435156,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB208/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB208","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":435157,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"Deaf and hard-of-hearing children; special education.","description":"Deaf and hard of hearing children; special education. Requires local school divisions to ensure that Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing children and address those needs as appropriate in the child's IEP.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB218/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB218","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435159,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement, report.","description":"Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement; study; report. Provides that eligibility for unemployment benefits is contingent upon the claimant's performance of at least 24 hours per week of volunteer service with a nonprofit charitable organization. This requirement does not apply during the first eight weeks of eligibility. The Virginia Employment Commission may waive or alter the requirement in certain cases or situations. The measure also directs the Commission on Unemployment Compensation to conduct a study of changes to the existing unemployment compensation system that will ensure that claimants remain engaged in the workforce while receiving benefits and that unemployment benefits do not serve as a disincentive to finding employment. Possible changes to be studied include conditioning eligibility for benefits on performing community or volunteer service, enrolling in job training or educational programs, or relocating to areas with greater employment opportunities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB219/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB219","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":435160,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"Income tax, corporate; credit for contracting with small or minority-owned businesses.","description":"Tax credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses. Establishes a corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses to perform federal government contract work. The tax credit would equal five percent of the amount paid by the federal contractor under the subcontract to the small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business. The small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business would be required to perform all subcontract work in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone or a state enterprise zone. Tax credits would be capped at $10 million each fiscal year. The tax credit would sunset on December 31, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB228/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB228","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435161,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; suspension of license for local tax delinquency.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; suspension of license for local tax delinquency. Provides that upon receipt by the ABC Board of a notice certified by the treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, or finance director of any locality that a licensee of the ABC Board is delinquent in the payment of any taxes, penalties, or interest lawfully imposed by the locality, and who does not have presently pending a bona fide application or appeal with respect to such taxes, penalties, or interest, the ABC Board shall suspend the license until such taxes, penalties, or interest are paid in full.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB230/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB230","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":435163,"bill_number":"HB231","title":"Gas pipeline safety; information disclosures.","description":"Gas pipeline safety; information disclosures. Prohibits employees and members of the State Corporation Commission from disclosing to any person any investigative notes and other correspondence and information furnished in confidence by a public service company with respect to a gas pipeline safety inspection or investigation. The prohibition applies to information produced by, obtained by, or disclosed to any employee or member of the Commission before or after the measure's effective date.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB231/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB231","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":435164,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information.","description":"Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; protective order registry; dissemination of information.  Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of a National Instant Criminal Background check to determine a person's eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm under state or federal law. The bill also limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns only. Under current law, the Virginia-specific criminal history record information check applies to all purchases of any firearm in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB237/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB237","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":435165,"bill_number":"HB248","title":"Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.","description":"Corporate income tax. Eliminates Virginia's corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB248/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB248","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":435167,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.","description":"House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 75, 87, and 99 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate administration of legislative elections by local officials. All districts remain within one percent deviation of the ideal population. The bill incorporates HB 295, HB 574, HB 808, and HB 838.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB259/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB259","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":435169,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"Interstate Health Care Compact; established.","description":"Interstate Health Care Compact established.  Creates the Interstate Health Care Compact to (i) secure the right of the member states to regulate health care in their respective states pursuant to the compact and to suspend the operation of any conflicting federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders within their states and (ii) secure federal funding for member states that choose to invoke their authority under the compact. The bill also creates the Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission to study issues related to the regulation of health care that are of particular concern to the member states and make nonbinding recommendations related to the regulation of health care to the member states for consideration by the legislatures of the member states. The bill provides that the compact becomes effective within a member state upon adoption of the compact by at least two member states and consent of the United States Congress.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB264/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB264","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":435170,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"Dental laboratories; register with Board of Dentistry.","description":"Dental laboratories; register with the Board of Dentistry. Requires any individual or business entity engaged in the manufacture or repair of dental prosthetic appliances to register with the Board of Dentistry. The bill also requires the Board to develop regulations governing the operation of dental laboratories.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB267/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB267","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":435172,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, decreases in Seventeenth.","description":"Number of circuit court judges; Fifteenth and Seventeenth Judicial Circuits.  Increases the number of circuit court judges in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit from eight to nine, and decreases the number of such judges in the Seventeeth Judicial Circuit from four to three.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB274/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB274","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":435173,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"Deeds; affidavit by an attorney involved in transaction may be used in correcting errors.","description":"Correcting errors in deeds; affidavit. Allows, in the event that a recorded deed or other instrument contains an obvious description error, the recordation of a corrective affidavit by an attorney, settlement agent, or title insurance company involved in the transaction that resulted in the recordation of the deed or other instrument needing correction. Obvious description errors include (i) errors transcribing courses and distances, (ii) errors incorporating previously recorded plat or deed references, (iii) errors incorporating tax map or other identification numbers, and (iv) omitted exhibits that supply property parcel descriptions. Before a corrective affidavit may be recorded, all parties to the deed or other instrument and, if necessary, the title insurance company must be provided with a copy of the affidavit and such parties have 30 days to object in writing to the recordation of the corrective affidavit. If a corrective affidavit is recorded, the title insurance company shall amend the title insurance policy and deliver a copy of the amended policy to all parties to the policy.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB280/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB280","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":435174,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for State businesses.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses. Provides a bid match preference for Virginia business in procurements up to $100,000. Under the bill, a Virginia business has an opportunity to match the lowest bid of an out-of-state bidder if the bid of a Virginia business is within five percent or $10,000 of the lowest bid of an out of state bidder, whichever is less.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB334","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":435175,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"Deer or bear; person whose property may be damaged are authorized to kill.","description":"Designation of a person authorized to kill deer or bear damaging property. Permits a landowner or lessee whose property may be damaged by deer or bear to request that another person or persons be designated to kill such animals upon any written authorization to kill deer or bear that may be granted. The legislation instructs the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish a website where a landowner may register property and establish hunting conditions and where a person may apply on a first-come, first-served basis to be designated on a written authorization to kill deer or bear damaging the property. The Director is required to pay the landowner at least half of the fee charged to the designated person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB342","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":435179,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"Dietitians; requires Board of Medicine to promulgate regulations for licensure.","description":"Licensure of dietitians. Requires the Board of Medicine to promulgate regulations for the licensure of dietitians in the Commonwealth; provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to practice as or hold himself out to be a dietitian or to use in conjunction with his name the letters or words \"dietitian,\" \"L.D.,\" or \"Licensed Dietitian\" without a license issued by the Board of Medicine beginning July 1, 2013; and establishes the Advisory Board for Dietitians to advise the Board of Medicine regarding the regulation of dietitians in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB345/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB345","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":435181,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"Student suspension or expulsion from school; requires superintendent to ensure continued education.","description":"Compulsory public education; student suspension or expulsion from school. Requires the superintendent of each school division to ensure that any student who has been suspended or expelled from school continues to receive an education. The Constitution of Virginia requires a compulsory elementary and secondary education for every eligible child of appropriate age.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB365/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB365","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":435182,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"Suspension and expulsion; prohibits instances of disorderly or disruptive behavior offenses.","description":"Student discipline; suspension and expulsion. Prohibits instances of only disorderly or disruptive behavior offenses or technology offenses as providing sufficient cause for a long-term suspension or expulsion. Currently, a student may be suspended or expelled for sufficient cause, although truancy may not be considered sufficient cause for suspension.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB366/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB366","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":435184,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"Invasive plants; Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to control.","description":"Invasive plants. Instructs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations for the control of invasive plants. The bill classifies invasive plants as belonging to one of two tiers, depending upon whether the plant is widely disseminated in Virginia. Any activity involving a tier 1 invasive plant would be prohibited without written approval, while the provision of tier 2 invasive plants to consumers by nurseries and landscaping services would be permitted if the provider were to clearly identify the plants as tier 2 invasive plants.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB396/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB396","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435185,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"Radiology benefits managers; decision to deny physician's order for diagnostic radiology test.","description":"Radiology benefits managers. Requires that any decision by a radiology benefits manager to deny a treating physician's order or recommendation for a diagnostic radiology test be made by a physician. An authorization to perform a diagnostic radiology test given by a health carrier or by a radiology benefits manager shall be conclusive to satisfy any requirement of medical necessity in a health benefit plan or a health carrier's plan, policy, or schedule of benefits. A managed care health insurance utilization review entity's utilization review plan is required to include a provision designed to ensure that adverse determinations by a radiology benefits manager are made by a licensed physician. Any person who countermands the treatment order or recommendation of a treating physician for a diagnostic radiology test by any means or manner that is intended to influence the patient to refuse a recommended diagnostic radiology test or to elect to receive a different service than the diagnostic radiology test ordered or recommended by the treating physician shall be deemed to be practicing medicine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB398/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB398","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435186,"bill_number":"HB407","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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB407/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB407","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":435188,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"Planning districts; requires preparation of regional strategic plans for guidance of district.","description":"Planning districts; strategic plans. Requires all planning districts to prepare regional strategic plans for the guidance of the district. Currently, planning districts in which regional planning is conducted by multistate councils of government are excluded from such requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB426/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB426","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":435189,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"Virginia 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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB428/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB428","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":435190,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"Telephone bills; blocking third-party charges.","description":"Telephone bills; blocking third-party charges. Prohibits a billing carrier from including in a customer's bill charges for products, goods, or services submitted by a service agent or service provider after the customer has requested the billing carrier to block such billings. Billing carriers are also prohibited from entering into agreements to bill for a service provider or billing agent with respect to a customer who has requested the billing carrier to block such billings. Finally, the measure provides that a customer is not liable for an amount charged through a billing carrier after the billing carrier has received and processed a request from the customer that the billing carrier block such billings. A customer may submit a request in writing, orally, or electronically.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB429/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB429","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":435192,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"Parental rights; procedure for restoration, child and parent to consent to restoration of rights.","description":"Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may be filed by the local board of social services or the child's guardian ad litem. In order to order the restoration of rights, the court must find that such an order is in the child's best interest and that the child has not achieved or sustained his permanency goal and is not likely to do so in the next six months. Both the child and the parent whose rights are to be restored must consent to the restoration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB450/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB450","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":435193,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"Riparian forest tax credit; refund.","description":"Riparian forest tax credit; refund. Makes the existing tax credit for riparian forest buffer protection for waterways refundable. Currently, the tax credit may be carried forward for five taxable years, but is not refundable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB456/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB456","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":435194,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; photograph required of person pawning, selling, etc.","description":"Pawnbrokers and precious metal dealers; records required to be maintained; digital images. Requires pawnbrokers and precious metal dealers to take a digital image of (i) the form of identification used by the person involved in the transaction, which identification must bear a photograph of the person pawning or selling the goods, and (ii) the article or thing pawned, pledged, or sold.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB459/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB459","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":435196,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"Juveniles; legal custody transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice.","description":"Legal custody of juveniles in custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.  Clarifies that commitment of a child by a court to the Department of Juvenile Justice is a transfer of legal custody if, at the time of commitment, the child is in foster care.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-03","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB463/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB463","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":435198,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"Algebra readiness assessment; Board of Education to develop or approve for students.","description":"Algebra readiness assessment.  Requires the Board of Education to develop or approve a model assessment of algebra readiness for students to take prior to enrolling in non-remedial algebra. Beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, every student shall be required to take an algebra readiness test.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB469/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB469","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":435199,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"Real property tax; concerning validity of valuation of property, etc.","description":"Real property tax; collection of certain taxes. Provides that the current authority to increase the assessment of real property taxes for three preceding tax years by increasing the amount of the valuation of the property applies only to errors related to (i) new construction or improvements to the property, (ii) a change in the use of the property, or (iii) fraud on the part of the taxpayer.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB483/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB483","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":435201,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"VRS; certain higher educational institution employees in optional retirement plan.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; certain employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education. Provides employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education the opportunity to purchase service credit in the defined benefit plan with accrued contributions and earnings, and thereafter be covered under the defined benefit plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB486/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB486","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":435202,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"Prisoners; allows localities to charge persons for costs of transporting them to jail.","description":"Collection by locality of cost of transporting prisoners.  Allows localities to charge persons convicted of violations of state law or ordinance for the costs of transporting them to jail or other holding facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB487/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB487","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":435203,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance credit.","description":"Income tax; long-term care insurance credit. Increases the amount of the credit an individual may claim for long-term care insurance premiums from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount of the premiums paid. The bill would be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB505/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB505","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435204,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"Tax credits; for costs to comply with excessive state regulations.","description":"Tax credits for costs to comply with excessive state regulations. Establishes a tax credit beginning January 1, 2012, for the direct costs of a business attributable to its location in the Commonwealth to comply with excessive state regulations. The bill defines direct costs to include lost profits from business in the Commonwealth. The bill defines excessive state regulations as regulations or mandatory rules or guidelines that are (i) imposed by the Commonwealth, (ii) not required by any federal law or other federal authority, (iii) in general, costly to comply with, and (iv) imposed on a business for conducting business in the Commonwealth that restrict, condition, or prohibit ordinarily harmless property conditions or the ordinarily harmless exercise or enjoyment by the business of its legal rights. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade would be charged with identifying excessive state regulations for which tax credits would be allowed. The bill provides for a five-year carryover period for unused tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB514/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB514","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":435208,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"Income tax, state; creates deductions for life, medical, and dental insurance premiums.","description":"Individual income tax deductions; life, medical, and dental insurance premiums. Creates individual income tax deductions beginning January 1, 2012, for (i) life insurance premiums paid by the individual for a life insurance policy covering him and (ii) medical and dental insurance premiums paid by the individual for any person for which individual tax filers may claim a deduction for such premiums under federal income tax laws.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB517/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB517","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":435209,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"Income tax, state; deductions for life, medical, and dental insurance premiums for certain people.","description":"Individual income tax deductions; life, medical, and dental insurance premiums. Provides that beginning January 1, 2012, an individual age 66 or older with earned income of at least $20,000 for the year is allowed to deduct the amount he pays annually for (i) life insurance premiums under a policy that covers him and (ii) medical and dental insurance premiums for any person for which individual tax filers may claim a deduction for such premiums under federal income tax laws.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB518/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB518","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":435210,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"Certificate of public need; exemption from Request for Applications (RFAs) process.","description":"COPN; exemption from RFA process. Allows the Commissioner of Health, in his discretion, to accept and approve applications for a certificate of public need that have been submitted without the Commissioner having issued a Request for Applications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB534/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB534","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":435212,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"Suspension and expulsion; prohibits instances of disorderly or disruptive behavior offenses.","description":"Student discipline; suspension and expulsion. Prohibits instances of only disorderly or disruptive behavior offenses or technology offenses as providing sufficient cause for a long-term suspension or expulsion. Currently, a student may be suspended or expelled for sufficient cause, although truancy may not be considered sufficient cause for suspension.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB544/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB544","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":435213,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"Child support arrearages; publication of names.","description":"Child support arrearages; publication of names.  Requires the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Department of Social Services to publish a list of parents who are delinquent in the payment of child support in order to facilitate locating such parents and to enhance enforcement of child support obligations. Currently, the law only requires that the Division publish a list of the \"most wanted delinquent parents.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-06","last_action":"Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB549/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB549","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":435214,"bill_number":"HB576","title":"Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies.","description":"Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and retained. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals who have not achieved continuing contract status prior to the 2013-2014 school year may be eligible for three-year term contracts. Five years of service is required to attain term contract status. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals with term contract status will be evaluated in the third year of their term contract and will be informally evaluated at least once during each of their first two years. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals who have achieved continuing contract status prior to the 2013-2014 school year will retain their continuing contract status. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals with continuing contract status will be formally evaluated every three years, and evaluated informally at least once each year in which they are not formally evaluated. The bill also defines the standard 10-month contract as 200 days, of which a minimum must be 180 days of instructional time. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB576/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB576","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435216,"bill_number":"HB586","title":"Corrections, Department of; confinement of local inmates in State correctional facilities.","description":"Department of Corrections; confinement of local inmates in state correctional facilities. Allows sheriffs and regional jail administrators to sign agreements with the Department of Corrections for the housing of local inmates in state prisons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB586/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB586","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435217,"bill_number":"HB592","title":"Concealed handgun permittees; criminal history record information check exemption for some firearms.","description":"Criminal history record information check for transfer of certain firearms; exemption for concealed handgun permittees.  Provides an exemption from Virginia-specific criminal history record information checks upon the purchase of firearms from licensed dealers when the purchaser is a Virginia resident holding a valid Virginia-issued concealed handgun permit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB592/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB592","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435219,"bill_number":"HB593","title":"VEDP; required provisions in economic development agreements.","description":"Economic development; Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; required provisions in economic development agreements. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and any locality to include in an economic development agreement a provision requiring the business beneficiary to give Virginia persons, firms, or corporations the opportunity to participate in the procurement of any goods, services, or construction that is or will be solicited by the business entity. Any such procurement shall be based on competitive principles and shall in each instance seek competition to the maximum practical degree.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB593/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB593","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435221,"bill_number":"HB604","title":"License plates, special; issuance of 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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB604/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB604","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":435222,"bill_number":"HB631","title":"Application of foreign law; court decisions and contracts will be void as violation of policy.","description":"Application of foreign law in Virginia courts.  Provides that court decisions and contracts and other agreements will be void as violative of the public policy of the Commonwealth where such decisions or contracts are based on foreign law, i.e., law applied in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, where the application of such foreign law would violate a person's rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB631/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB631","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":435223,"bill_number":"HB643","title":"Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone call includes any text message sent.","description":"Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone calls. Provides that the term \"telephone call\" for purposes of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act includes any text message sent via short message service (SMS), any message containing multimedia content sent via multimedia messaging service (MMS), or any message sent via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The Act regulates telephone calls made to any natural person's residence in the Commonwealth or to any wireless telephone with a Virginia area code for the purpose of offering or advertising any property, goods, or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including offering or advertising an extension of credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB643/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB643","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":435225,"bill_number":"HB651","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE.","description":"Special license plates; I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of Homeless Animal Rescue Team and its programs of animal rescue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB651/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB651","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":435226,"bill_number":"HB660","title":"Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way.","description":"Lease of highway space for solar electric production. Provides for VDOT analysis of desirability of leasing space within highway rights-of-way for solar photovoltaic power production projects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB660/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB660","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":435227,"bill_number":"HB679","title":"Criminal history information; prohibits sale of person's conviction when record is expunged.","description":"Unlawful sale of criminal history information. Provides that the sale or offer for sale of the criminal history information of a person pertaining to a charge or conviction of a criminal offense after the arrest and charge history for that offense has been expunged pursuant to Title 16.1 or 19.2 by a seller or offeror who knows or has reason to know that the information has been expunged is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB679/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB679","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":435228,"bill_number":"HB697","title":"Higher educational institutions; mental health policies.","description":"Higher education; mental health.  Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement a policy requesting each student to identify points of contact to be notified should the student experience a mental health crisis while attending the institution. The policy may require the student to waive any privacy or confidentiality privilege granted to him under law and related to mental health care if a crisis were to arise and the points of contact were to be notified.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB697/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB697","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":435230,"bill_number":"HB705","title":"Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening.","description":"Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening. Prohibits a health carrier from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect to any diagnostic service or test, or related procedure, that is administered or conducted as a result of, or in conjunction with, preventive care or screening if the health carrier is prohibited from imposing any cost-sharing requirements with respect to the preventive care or screening. The measure expires July 1, 2014, which is the same expiration date that applies to the existing provision that bars health carriers from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect to preventive care and screenings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB705/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB705","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":435231,"bill_number":"HB707","title":"Funeral protests; penalty.","description":"Funeral protests; penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to disrupt a funeral or memorial service during the 60 minutes immediately preceding through the time immediately following such service with the intent to disrupt the service. A violation of this provision is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB707/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB707","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":435232,"bill_number":"HB709","title":"Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits, assignments.","description":"Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits; assignments. Invalidates assignments of medical expenses benefits provided under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Medical expense benefits due to a covered injured person may be paid directly to a state or federal assistance program that provided benefits to such injured person that arose out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle. The measure also provides that medical expense benefits may not be reduced because of any benefits paid, payable, or provided by a health insurance policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB709/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB709","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":435236,"bill_number":"HB720","title":"Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount for tax years beginning January 1, 2012.","description":"Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount. Increases the worker retraining tax credit for worker retraining courses taken by employees at private schools from a maximum of $100 per year per employee to $250 per year per employee or $500 per year per employee if the worker retraining includes retraining in a STEM or STEAM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or applied mathematics) discipline, including but not limited to a health care-related discipline.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB720/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB720","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":435237,"bill_number":"HB724","title":"False advertising; exempts real estate brokers and salespersons from criminal and civil liability.","description":"False advertising; liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; exemption. Exempts a licensed real estate broker or salesperson from criminal and civil liability for making an advertisement that contains any promise, assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, deceptive, or misleading if the information was (i) provided to such broker or salesperson by his client; (ii) obtained from a governmental entity; (iii) obtained from a nongovernmental person or entity that obtained the information from a governmental entity; or (iv) obtained from a person licensed, certified, or registered to provide professional services in the Commonwealth, upon which such broker or salesperson relies, and such broker or salesperson did not (a) have actual knowledge that the information was false or (b) act in reckless disregard of the truth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB724/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB724","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":435238,"bill_number":"HB727","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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB727/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB727","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":435241,"bill_number":"HB741","title":"Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; powers.","description":"Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; powers. Authorizes the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission to review the detailed proposal for certain qualifying transportation facilities under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 prior to the execution of an interim or comprehensive agreement by the responsible public entity. The bill sets out the time frames for review by the Commission. The bill also requires a public hearing on proposals during the proposal review period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB741/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB741","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":435242,"bill_number":"HB781","title":"Minority Business Enterprises, Department of; changes definition of small business.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprises; definition of small business. Changes the definition of \"small business\" to be a business located in Virginia that meets the definition of a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. §631 et seq.).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB781/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB781","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":435243,"bill_number":"HB787","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption on renewable energy equipment.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; renewable energy equipment. Provides refunds of sales and use tax paid on the purchase of certain renewable energy equipment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB787/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB787","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":435245,"bill_number":"HB798","title":"Salvage vehicles; consumer awareness of issues that may occur from purchasing at auction.","description":"Salvage vehicles. Heightens consumer awareness of issues that may arise in connection with the purchasing of motor vehicles at salvage auctions without fully understanding the disclaimers and waivers related to total-loss vehicles. The bill would allow consumers more readily to identify total-loss vehicles and imposes additional notice requirements in connection with the sale of salvage vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB798/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB798","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":435246,"bill_number":"HB799","title":"Wetlands and streams; water protection permits, conditions for contribution to Board-approved fund.","description":"Wetlands and streams; water protection permits; conditions for contribution to a Board-approved fund. Requires as a condition for contribution to a State Water Control Board-approved fund, in lieu of creating or restoring compensatory wetland or stream acreage, either a showing that sufficient compensatory mitigation bank credits are unavailable or that the Board has determined that unique circumstances exist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB799/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB799","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":435247,"bill_number":"HB807","title":"Electronic tracking devices; person who uses without consent to track location of another, penalty.","description":"Use of electronic tracking devices; penalty. Provides that any person who uses an electronic tracking device through intentionally deceptive means and without consent to track the location of another person is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill includes exceptions. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB807/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB807","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":435249,"bill_number":"HB814","title":"Virginia Public Health Foundation; established, report.","description":"Virginia Public Health Foundation; established. Creates the Virginia Public Health Foundation in order to (i) support the development and implementation of innovative activities and creative solutions for the prevention of disease and the promotion of public health, with a particular focus on emergency preparedness and response, as well as environmental health issues including provision of safe drinking water and sanitary on-site sewage disposal; (ii) secure and distribute resources in support of core public health functions and essential services; and (iii) support the mission and goals of the Department of Health.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB814/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB814","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":435250,"bill_number":"HB815","title":"University of Virginia; university-related foundation funds used in relation to FOIA.","description":"University-related foundation funds; University of Virginia; Virginia Freedom of Information Act.  Provides that if the University of Virginia uses funds from one of its affiliated foundations to pay for costs incurred by the University in relation to the enforcement of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, the foundation shall provide a list of its donors for the prior three years to the University. The University shall disclose this list to any party upon request and shall make no attempt to withhold it.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB815/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB815","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435251,"bill_number":"HB816","title":"Freedom of Information Act; university-related foundation funds.","description":"University-related foundation funds; Virginia Freedom of Information Act.  Provides that if a Virginia college or university uses funds from one of its affiliated foundations to pay for costs incurred by the college or university in relation to the enforcement of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, the foundation shall provide a list of its donors for the prior three years to the college or university. The college or university shall disclose this list to any party upon request and shall make no attempt to withhold it.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB816/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB816","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435253,"bill_number":"HB817","title":"FOIA; use of general fund appropriations by colleges or universities.","description":"Use of general fund appropriations; Virginia Freedom of Information Act.  Provides that a Virginia college or university may only use funds appropriated to it from general fund revenues, and not from any other source, to pay for any costs incurred by the college or university in relation to the enforcement of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB817/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB817","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435254,"bill_number":"HB818","title":"Freedom of Information Act; use of general fund appropriations.","description":"Use of general fund appropriations; Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the University of Virginia may only use funds appropriated to it from general fund revenues, and not from any other source, to pay for any costs incurred by the University in relation to the enforcement of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB818/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB818","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435255,"bill_number":"HB819","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan; acceptance of commemorative coins minted by State Treasurer.","description":"Virginia College Savings Plan; acceptance of commemorative coins minted by the State Treasurer. Requires the Plan to accept as payment under prepaid tuition contracts and savings trust accounts gold, platinum, or silver coins minted by the State Treasurer for commemorative use. Under the bill, any gain on the sale of the coins would be deductible for Virginia income tax purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB819/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB819","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435256,"bill_number":"HB825","title":"Application of foreign law; court decisions will be void as violation of public policy of State.","description":"Application of foreign laws. Prohibits any Virginia court or administrative agency from applying the law of any jurisdiction outside of the United States and its territories unless the application is required by the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Virginia, or any federal or state law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB825/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB825","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435258,"bill_number":"HB832","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue to localities based on school-age population.","description":"Distribution of sales tax revenue to localities based on school-age population. Permits local school divisions that make the determination that the annual estimate of school-age population within the division provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia is substantially inaccurate, to present evidence of such inaccuracy to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and have the Superintendent correct the estimate if is in agreement with the local school division.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB832/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB832","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":435259,"bill_number":"HB835","title":"Shared work programs; established, report.","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. The measure authorizes an affected employee to participate in a Commission-approved training program sponsored by his shared work employer or any other employer on days that he is not directed to report to work by his shared work employer without reduction in shared work benefits. If the U.S. Department of Labor finds that any provision of this measure violates federal law, the finding shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions. Finally, the measure requires the Commission to submit reports on the program's implementation and accomplishments, with recommendations to improve its effectiveness.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB835/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB835","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435260,"bill_number":"HB843","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Trees Virginia.","description":"Special license plates; Trees Virginia. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of Trees Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB843/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB843","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":435264,"bill_number":"HB850","title":"General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.","description":"Appointment, compensation, and offices of general registrars.  Provides that all general registrars shall serve on a full-time basis. The bill takes effect on enactment of an appropriation to effectuate its purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB850/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB850","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":435265,"bill_number":"HB859","title":"Concealed handgun permittees; criminal history record information check exemption for some firearms.","description":"Criminal history record information check for transfer of certain firearms; exemption for concealed handgun permittees.  Provides an exemption from the required criminal history record information check upon firearms transfers in the Commonwealth for persons holding a valid Virginia-issued concealed handgun permit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB859/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB859","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":435266,"bill_number":"HB862","title":"Income tax, state; deduction for tolls.","description":"Individual income tax deduction for tolls. Establishes an individual income tax deduction beginning with the 2013 taxable year for tolls paid for the use of a publicly owned and publicly operated highway located in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB862/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB862","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":435269,"bill_number":"HB864","title":"Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition. Changes the composition of the CTB so that one member will be appointed from each of Virginia's congressional districts and three more will be at-large appointees. The three ex officio members remain unchanged. The bill also replaces the term metropolitan statistical areas with metropolitan planning areas with populations greater than 200,000.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB864/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB864","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":435270,"bill_number":"HB866","title":"Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections.","description":"Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections. Allows for staggered terms for the Fairfax County school board beginning with the November 2015 general election upon a majority vote of its members.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB866/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB866","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":435271,"bill_number":"HB883","title":"Income tax, state; credit for solar energy equipment systems.","description":"Income tax credit; solar energy equipment systems. Provides a personal and corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2012, for the purchase and installation of equipment that (i) generates electricity from solar energy or (ii) uses solar energy to heat or cool a structure or provide hot water. The amount of the credit would be 10 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing eligible solar energy equipment systems, capped at $1,000 per year. Any unused tax credit could be carried over for five years until all the tax credit is taken. The solar energy equipment system must provide a minimum of 10 percent of the energy needs of the structure in which it is installed, and must be approved by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB883/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB883","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":435273,"bill_number":"HB887","title":"Student suspension or expulsion from school; requires superintendent to ensure continued education.","description":"Compulsory public education; student suspension or expulsion from school. Requires the superintendent of each school division to ensure that any student who has been suspended or expelled from school continues to receive an education. The Constitution of Virginia requires a compulsory elementary and secondary education for every eligible child of appropriate age.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB887/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB887","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":435275,"bill_number":"HB890","title":"Mortgage foreclosure; right to reinstatement.","description":"Mortgage foreclosure; right to reinstatement. Provides that the grantor under a first priority deed of trust securing a loan on residential real property may, at any time up to the date of the sale of the property, cure any default, de-accelerate, and reinstate the loan by paying all sums that would have been due in the absence of default, paying other fees and costs incurred by the trustee and beneficiary in connection with the 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 only once.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB890/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB890","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":435276,"bill_number":"HB891","title":"Mobile infrared transmitters; violation of prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles.","description":"Operation of vehicles equipped with mobile infrared transmitters; penalty. Increases from a traffic infraction to a Class 4 misdemeanor any violation of the prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles equipped with mobile infrared transmitters used to change traffic light signals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB891/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB891","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":435278,"bill_number":"HB908","title":"Land preservation tax credit; application for credits prior to any donation.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; application for credits prior to any donation. Provides that beginning January 1, 2013, a donor would be given the option to apply to the Department of Taxation for land preservation tax credits prior to making any donation of land. The Tax Commissioner, in general, would be required to provide such donors with a determination letter conditionally allowing the land preservation tax credits, in whole or in part, or denying the application for tax credit within 120 days of a complete application. After the Tax Commissioner's determination letter, the donor could complete the conveyance of the donation and in such case would provide the Department with certified copies of the recorded deeds and instruments conveying the donation. The Department then would provide the donor with a written certification issuing the tax credits that were previously conditionally allowed. If the Tax Commissioner issues land preservation tax credits to a donor who elected to apply for the credits prior to making any donation, the fair market value of the donation would thereafter not be subject to dispute, except upon a showing of fraud or the misrepresentation of a material fact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB908/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB908","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":435279,"bill_number":"HB918","title":"Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations. Regarding overpayments.","description":"Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations.  Provides that all recommended or final case decisions in administrative hearings regarding Medicaid overpayments shall be made in accordance with the Administrative Process Act, shall be based on the whole evidentiary record, and shall be limited to a determination of whether the Director's initial decision was within the scope of his statutory or legal authority. The bill also provides that no recommended or final case decision shall be based on principles of contract law or equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB918/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB918","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":435280,"bill_number":"HB923","title":"Concealed handgun permits and carrying concealed weapons; reorganizing and recodifying law.","description":"Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing § 18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections to address the general criminal prohibition against carrying concealed weapons; the requirements for applying for a concealed handgun permit; the process the circuit court follows in reviewing, issuing, and denying permits; the appeals process; procedures for nonresidents to obtain permits; the renewal process; disqualifications; and other procedural issues currently addressed in § 18.2-308. The bill also contains numerous technical amendments. This bill does not make any substantive changes to existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB923/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB923","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":435282,"bill_number":"HB930","title":"Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; administration of election laws for military voters.","description":"Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act. Adopts the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to promote uniformity of treatment and improved administration of election laws for military and overseas voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB930/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB930","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":435283,"bill_number":"HB966","title":"Guardian ad litem; shall not be appointed to represent child, etc. if committed delinquent act.","description":"Child custody; guardian ad litem.  Provides that a court shall not appoint a guardian ad litem for a child or a child's parent or guardian in any case in which the child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act unless there is a conflict of interests between the child and the parent or guardian, no parent or guardian can be located, or good cause exists to make such an appointment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB966/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB966","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":435284,"bill_number":"HB980","title":"Health insurance; time limit on submitting claims.","description":"Health insurance; time limit on submitting claims. Establishes a minimum period of one year for the filing of a claim with a health insurance carrier. If it is not reasonably possible to submit a claim within this period, the carrier shall not reduce or deny the claim due to the provider's failure to submit the claim within such period if the claim is filed as soon as reasonably possible.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB980/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB980","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":435285,"bill_number":"HB992","title":"Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against a family or household member.","description":"Assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties.  Provides for a Class 1 misdemeanor for the assault followed by a battery through the application of physical force against a member of a family or household member. The bill addresses the decision in U.S. v. White from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB992/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB992","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435287,"bill_number":"HB999","title":"Telework tax credit; creates income tax credit for certain employees.","description":"Tax credit for individual who teleworks. Creates a $500 credit for an individual who teleworks a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the year. The credit is available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB999/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB999","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435288,"bill_number":"HB1000","title":"Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2015.","description":"Telework expenses tax credit. Raises the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits available in calendar years 2012 and 2013 for telework expenses from $1 million to $1.5 million. The bill also raises the cap on the amount of credits that can be claimed by an employer from $50,000 per employer to $75,000 per employer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1000/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1000","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435289,"bill_number":"HB1001","title":"Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and 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 United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorized under 8 U.S.C. §1357(g), to permit the State Police to perform federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth after arrest of an alien.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1001/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1001","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435293,"bill_number":"HB1006","title":"Home school instruction tax credit; includes amount paid for materials and correspondence courses.","description":"Home school instruction tax credit. Creates an individual income tax credit beginning January 1, 2012, for amounts paid by a parent or legal guardian for his child for home instruction-related materials and correspondence courses or distance learning programs used in the home instruction. The credit would equal the lesser of the amount actually paid during the year for such costs or $1,000. The credit would be able to be carried over for four years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1006/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1006","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435294,"bill_number":"HB1008","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; rights of owners.","description":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; rights of owners.  Provides that no provision of the declaration or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall prohibit an owner or any person entitled to occupy a unit or lot from exercising his constitutionally protected right of freedom of speech upon property to which the owner or person entitled to occupy has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession. The bill further provides that any provision of a declaration or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto that prohibits the exercise of such right upon such property shall be void as against public policy. The bill allows, however, an association to establish reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on such property provided the restrictions are necessary to protect a substantial interest of the association. In any action brought by an association for a violation of such restriction, the association bears the burden of proof that such time, place, or manner restriction is necessary to protect a substantial interest of the association. Finally, the bill provides that the association may restrict an owner's exercise of freedom of speech upon the common areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1008/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1008","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435295,"bill_number":"HB1012","title":"Criminal history record information check; elimination of fees.","description":"Criminal history record information checks; elimination of fees.  Eliminates the fees to be collected by licensed dealers for every firearms transaction that requires a criminal history record information check.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1012/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1012","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435297,"bill_number":"HB1036","title":"Primary elections expenses; local electoral boards authorized to establish procedures.","description":"Primary elections expenses. Gives local electoral boards authorization to establish procedures for political party committee elections on the primary date and at other times.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1036/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1036","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":435298,"bill_number":"HB1040","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.","description":"Special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1040/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1040","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":435299,"bill_number":"HB1041","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for hiring veterans.","description":"Tax credit for hiring military veterans. Establishes beginning January 1, 2012, an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers hiring returning or disabled military veterans into new jobs paying an annual salary of at least $50,000. Returning military veterans are persons who served on active duty on or after September 1, 2001, but not including any person who first served on active duty on or after January 1, 2015. Disabled military veterans are persons who are rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having at least a 50 percent service-connected disability and who were unemployed for at least six months in the calendar year immediately preceding the date on which they were hired into the new job. The tax credit would equal $500 each year for five years for returning military veterans holding the new job continuously throughout the year and $1,000 each year for five years for disabled military veterans holding the new job continuously throughout the year. No credit would be allowed for any year in which the number of full-time employees of the taxpayer is less than the average annual number of full-time employees of the taxpayer in the immediately preceding three years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1041/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1041","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":435302,"bill_number":"HB1044","title":"Minority Business Enterprises, Department of; changes definition of small business.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprises; definition of small business. Changes the definition of \"small business\" to be a business that meets the definition of a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. §631 et seq.).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1044/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1044","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":435303,"bill_number":"HB1049","title":"Income tax, state; tax credit for taxpayers employing persons in STEM internship positions.","description":"Income tax; STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) internship tax credit. Establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers employing persons in STEM internship positions in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the intern to have an associate's or bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline or to be a graduate of a STEM trade school. In addition, the person's STEM internship with the taxpayer must be for a definite period that does not exceed 12 months. Taxpayers hiring STEM interns would be eligible for a tax credit equal to 25 percent of the wages or salary paid to the intern. Taxpayers would apply to the Department of Taxation for the tax credit. The Department would issue tax credits by providing a written certification to the taxpayer that reports the amount of tax credit that may be claimed. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $2 million in tax credits during any fiscal year. The Department would be allowed to issue tax credits only for fiscal years 2013 through 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1049/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1049","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435304,"bill_number":"HB1050","title":"Income tax, state; tax credit for hiring military persons as STEM interns.","description":"Income tax; tax credit for hiring military persons as STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) interns. Establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers employing military persons in STEM internship positions in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the military person to be a retiree of or honorably discharged from the Virginia National Guard, the national guard of another state or U.S. territory, the armed forces of the United States, or the armed forces reserves of the United States. In addition, the person's STEM internship with the taxpayer must be for a definite period that does not exceed 12 months. Taxpayers hiring military persons in STEM internships would be eligible for a tax credit equal to 25 percent of the wages or salary paid to the intern. Taxpayers would apply to the Department of Taxation for the tax credit. The Department would issue tax credits by providing a written certification to the taxpayer that reports the amount of tax credit that may be claimed. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $2 million in tax credits during any fiscal year. The Department would be allowed to issue tax credits only for fiscal years 2013 through 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1050/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1050","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435306,"bill_number":"HB1052","title":"Firearms and other weapons; removing prohibition against carrying in air carrier airport terminals.","description":"Carrying weapons in air carrier airport terminals; removing prohibition against carrying firearms.  Removes the prohibition against carrying certain firearms and other weapons in air carrier airport terminals. The bill retains the prohibition against carrying explosives in such areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1052/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1052","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435307,"bill_number":"HB1055","title":"Voter registration; military and overseas voters to return application by fax.","description":"Voter registration; return of voter registration applications. Allows military and overseas voters to return a completed mail voter registration application by fax in accordance with instructions of the State Board of Elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1055/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1055","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435308,"bill_number":"HB1057","title":"Absentee voting; procedures for military and overseas voters.","description":"Elections; military and overseas voters. Improves registration and absentee voting procedures for military and overseas voters; includes authorization for pilot programs for secure electronic ballot delivery and other reforms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1057/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1057","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435309,"bill_number":"HB1070","title":"All-terrain and utility vehicles; expands definition.","description":"Definitions of all-terrain and utility vehicles. Expands the definition of all-terrain vehicles to include six-wheeled vehicles and vehicles that can carry passengers and narrows the definition of all-terrain vehicles to exclude riding lawn mowers. The bill also expands the definition of utility vehicles to include those with more than 25 horsepower. The bill also makes numerous technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1070/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1070","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435311,"bill_number":"HB1077","title":"Day labor centers; use of E-Verify program.","description":"Day labor centers; use of E-Verify program. Requires day labor centers to be enrolled in the E-Verify program by December 1, 2012, and to use the E-Verify program for each day laborer referred by the day labor center to a third-party employer for day labor employment on and after December 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1077/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1077","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435312,"bill_number":"HB1078","title":"Deferred Retirement Option Program; Fairfax County to exclude elected officials from participating.","description":"Fairfax County; retirement. Requires Fairfax County to exclude members of its retirement system who are elected officials from participating in its Deferred Retirement Option Program (\"DROP\").","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1078/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1078","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435313,"bill_number":"HB1079","title":"Cigarette tax; prohibits locality from restricting owner from transferring stamped cigarettes.","description":"Local cigarette tax. Prohibits any locality from restricting the owner of a business from transferring stamped cigarettes he legally possesses from one of his business locations to another of his business locations. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1079/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1079","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435315,"bill_number":"HB1080","title":"Student discipline; parental notification.","description":"Student discipline; parental notification.  Requires the school principal to take certain procedures, including parental notification and the issuance of due process warnings, prior to questioning a student in the case of a serious violation. A serious violation is defined as a violation of a school board policy or the compulsory school attendance requirements when such violation could result in the student's suspension, the notification of law enforcement, or the filing of a court petition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1080/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1080","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435317,"bill_number":"HB1081","title":"Cigarettes; repeals statute authorizing localities in administering and enforcing local taxes.","description":"Local taxes on cigarettes; administration and enforcement. Repeals the statute authorizing localities to utilize specific methods in administering and enforcing local taxes on cigarettes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1081/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1081","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":435318,"bill_number":"HB1087","title":"Nursing home patients; notice of discharge or transfer to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.","description":"Discharge or transfer of nursing home patients; notice to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.  Provides that in cases in which a nursing home patient is involuntarily transferred or discharged from a nursing home, a copy of the written notice of such transfer or discharge shall be sent to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman at the same time such notice is sent to the patient.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1087/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1087","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":435322,"bill_number":"HB1112","title":"Human papillomavirus vaccine; 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":"2012-01-26","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1112/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1112","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":435323,"bill_number":"HB1125","title":"Dead bodies; requires court authorization for locality to pay reasonable expenses for disposition.","description":"Disposition of dead bodies; how expenses paid. Requires court authorization for a county or city to pay reasonable expenses for the disposition of a dead body in all cases in which a dead body is unclaimed or is claimed by a claimant who is unable to pay such expenses. The bill also provides that in such cases, if the decedent has an estate out of which all or part of disposition expenses can be paid, the county or city may take the estate for that purpose. Currently, court authorization for payment is required, and the taking of the estate is allowed, when in cases in which the body of decedent is in the custody of the sheriff of the county or city where the death occurred.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1125/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1125","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":435324,"bill_number":"HB1132","title":"Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc.","description":"Elections and ballots. Allows write-in votes in primary elections when the duly constituted political party authorities have authorized write-in votes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1132/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1132","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":435326,"bill_number":"HB1135","title":"Concealed handgun permit; removes certain requirements for out-of-state permits.","description":"Out-of-state concealed handgun permits; photo identification.  Removes certain requirements for an out-of-state concealed handgun permit to be recognized and accepted in Virginia. Requires an out-of-state permittee to carry and present a valid government-issued photo identification in order for his valid out-of-state concealed weapon permit to be recognized and accepted in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1135/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1135","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":435327,"bill_number":"HB1138","title":"Civil remedies; use of depositions.","description":"Civil remedies; use of depositions. Allows for motions for summary judgment to be based, in whole or in part, upon pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions on file, or affidavits. Currently, such motions cannot be based on depositions unless agreed to by the parties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1138/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1138","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":435328,"bill_number":"HB1150","title":"Cash proffers; removes provision allowing court to award attorney fees in certain cases.","description":"Cash proffers. Removes the provision allowing the court to award attorney fees in certain cases involving collection of cash proffers. Also, the bill provides that the statute shall not apply to proffer agreements made prior to July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-16","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1150/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1150","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":435330,"bill_number":"HB1155","title":"Income tax, state; taxation of trusts established for disabled individuals.","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, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-16","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1155/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1155","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":435331,"bill_number":"HB1165","title":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; may establish and maintain police department, etc.","description":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; police.  Provides that the Authority may exercise full law-enforcement powers upon all property owned, operated, managed, leased, or maintained by or under the control of the Authority; establish and maintain a police department; and appoint and employ police officers to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, the ordinances of the City of Richmond or the County of Chesterfield or Henrico, whichever may be applicable, and all rules and regulations of the Authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1165/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1165","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":435332,"bill_number":"HB1170","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; credit for service renewable energy property.","description":"Income tax credits. Grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to individuals for placing into service renewable energy property. Individuals placing into service solar panels would be allowed a tax credit as follows: $1.25 per watt for the first 2,000 watts; $0.75 per watt for 2,001 through 8,000 watts; and $0.25 per watt for 8,001 through 20,000 watts, not to exceed $10,000 per system. The bill would allow up to $2,000 in tax credit for placing into service a solar hot water system and 10 percent of the installed cost of placing into service a geothermal heat pump, not to exceed $3,000. Individuals would also be allowed tax credit equal to 50 percent of the cost of a residential energy audit performed on their primary residence, not to exceed $250, provided the individual implemented all energy efficiency improvements recommended in the auditor's report. Tax credits for individuals under the bill would be capped at $3 million each fiscal year. The bill also grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to corporations for placing into service renewable energy property. Corporations placing into service solar panels would be allowed a tax credit as follows: $1.25 per watt for the first 2,000 watts; $0.75 per watt for 2,001 through 8,000 watts; and $0.25 per watt for 8,001 through 20,000 watts, not to exceed $2.5 million per system. The bill would allow a tax credit equal to 25 percent of the installed cost of placing into service a solar hot water system, not to exceed $10,000, and 10 percent of the installed cost of placing into service a geothermal heat pump, not to exceed $10,000. Corporations would also be allowed tax credit equal to 50 percent of the cost of a commercial property energy audit, not to exceed $500, provided the corporation implemented all energy efficiency improvements recommended in the auditor's report. Tax credits for corporations under the bill would be capped at $5 million each fiscal year. Beginning January 1, 2012, the bill reduces from 85 percent to 75 percent the redemption percentage for unused coalfield employment enhancement tax credits that would be paid to taxpayers who earned the credit. The 10 percent difference would not be paid and would accrue to the benefit of the general fund of the state treasury to help offset any fiscal impact from the individual and corporate renewable energy property and energy audit income tax credits established under the bill.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1170/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1170","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":435334,"bill_number":"HB1172","title":"Human Rights Council; authority to act.","description":"Human Rights Council; authority to act. Provides that a majority of a quorum of the Human Rights Council is required to exercise its powers and duties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1172/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1172","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":435335,"bill_number":"HB1180","title":"Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.","description":"Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $300 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Improvement Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys from the original bonds issued in 2007.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1180/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1180","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":435336,"bill_number":"HB1190","title":"Workers' compensation; injured employee's choice of pharmacy providers shall not be restricted.","description":"Workers' compensation; pharmacy providers. Provides that neither an employer nor his agent shall restrict an injured employee's choice of pharmacy providers pursuant to a workers' compensation claim.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1190/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1190","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":435337,"bill_number":"HB1194","title":"Farm wineries and vineyards tax credit; raises credit beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","description":"Farm wineries and vineyards tax credit. Raises the total annual amount of tax credits available under the farm wineries and vineyards tax credit to $500,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1194/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1194","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435339,"bill_number":"HB1195","title":"Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.","description":"Tandem axle weight limit. Increases the maximum tandem axle weight limit from 34,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1195/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1195","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":435340,"bill_number":"HB1207","title":"Higher education; right of students to assert objection to requirement of academic degree program.","description":"Right of students to assert conscientious objection to any requirement of an academic degree program in an institution of higher education; liability. Provides that no public or private institution of higher learning may penalize or deny academic credit to a student because he refuses to perform academic coursework because it would force him to violate a sincerely held religious belief. The bill also provides that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall not recognize any accrediting agency that takes any adverse action against an institution of higher learning that exempts students from academic coursework for such reason. The Attorney General or any student, prospective student, or former student aggrieved under the bill may bring a civil action against the institution of higher learning, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, or the relevant accrediting agency for damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and any other relief authorized by law and may be entitled to reasonable attorney fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1207/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1207","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":435341,"bill_number":"HB1209","title":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control period.","description":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control period. Provides that, except to the extent the time-share instruments expressly provide otherwise, the developer control period shall terminate when the developer (i) transfers to purchasers legal or equitable ownership of at least 90 percent of the time-share estates, excluding any reacquisition by the developer; (ii) is no longer the beneficiary on deeds of trust secured of at least 10 percent of the time-share estates; or (iii) has completed all of the promised common elements and facilities comprising the time-share estate project, whichever occurs later.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1209/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1209","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":435343,"bill_number":"HB1225","title":"State parks; Department of Conservation and Recreation to set camping fees annually, etc.","description":"Camping grounds; competition with private businesses. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, on or before March 1 of each year, to set its camping ground fees at or above the mean fee charged for the same service by private camping grounds in the same and adjoining counties. The bill prohibits the Department from constructing any new camping ground unless it concludes that private camping ground operators are not providing the area with adequate camping facilities. The bill also prohibits the Department from operating any restaurant, store, or other facility that competes with a private business in the same county or an adjoining county unless it makes a good-faith, unsuccessful effort to secure a private business to operate the facility every two years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1225/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1225","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":435344,"bill_number":"HB1234","title":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; appointment of executive director.","description":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; appointment of executive director. Provides that the Governor and not the Authority board of directors shall appoint the executive director of the Authority. The bill further provides that the executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1234/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1234","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":435345,"bill_number":"HB1236","title":"License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Army Rangers.","description":"Special license plates; U.S. Army Rangers. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the U.S. Army Rangers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1236/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1236","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":435349,"bill_number":"HB1242","title":"Dangerous wild animals; Class 1 misdemeanor to privately possess, sell, transfer, etc.","description":"Dangerous wild animals. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to privately possess, sell, transfer, or breed dangerous wild animals, which are identified by taxonomic classification. The bill would grandfather in the ownership of any existing lawful dangerous wild animals; however, the owner of such animals is required to meet certain conditions in order to maintain possession of the animals. The bill limits the possession of dangerous wild animals to certain types of entities and facilities. The legislation sets out the procedures to be followed in the impoundment and forfeiture of dangerous wild animals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1242/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1242","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":435350,"bill_number":"HB1246","title":"Dulles Greenway; allowed to lease property for outdoor advertising, SCC to approve toll rates.","description":"Dulles Greenway; outdoor advertising; tolls. Allows the Dulles Greenway to lease property under its control for purposes of outdoor advertising. The bill also requires that the amount of toll vary according to distance traveled and take into consideration any income generated by the advertising leases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1246/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1246","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":435352,"bill_number":"HB1249","title":"Duck blinds license; renewal date changed.","description":"Duck blinds. Changes the dates for renewing a person's riparian duck blind license. For persons holding riparian duck blind license the time for obtaining a license is changed from the current period May 1 through June 15 to the period February 1 to August 15. The time for obtaining a nonriparian duck blind license is changed from the current July 1 through August 15 time frame to July 1 through September 15. The bill also requires the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to notify persons holding a riparian or nonriparian duck blind license that their license will expire unless renewed by a certain date.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1249/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1249","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":435354,"bill_number":"HB1254","title":"Unemployment benefits; symphony orchestra performers.","description":"Unemployment benefits for symphony orchestra performers. Provides that an individual is not eligible for unemployment benefits based on services consisting of performing or training with a symphony orchestra. The provision applies to weeks of unemployment commencing during periods between successive orchestra seasons when there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform in the ensuing orchestra season.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1254/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1254","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435355,"bill_number":"HB1255","title":"Cable franchise; right of cable operator to renew its authority by means of an ordinance.","description":"Cable franchise renewal. Provides that the right of a cable operator to renew its authority by means of an ordinance franchise shall not apply to any locality where the cable operator is in material default of the terms and conditions of the franchise last granted by that locality. The bill also requires a cable operator that seeks to renew its franchise do so no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the existing agreement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1255/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1255","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435356,"bill_number":"HB1256","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, deeds of trust, or mortgages, regardless of when recorded, on the unit or lot. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1256/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1256","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":435358,"bill_number":"HB1265","title":"Mechanics' lien' notice; claimant must send to property owner 30 days before filing.","description":"Mechanics' lien notice. Provides that any person intending to perfect a mechanics' lien against a one- or two-family residential dwelling unit must send the mechanics' lien agent designated on the building permit or, if no agent is designated, the property owner written notice of his intention at least 30 days before filing the memorandum of lien with the clerk of the court. The bill also provides that if no mechanics' lien agent is designated on the building permit, the permit shall contain the name and mailing address of the property owner.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1265/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1265","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":435359,"bill_number":"HB1267","title":"Income tax, corporate; combined reporting requirements.","description":"Corporate income tax; combined reporting requirements. Requires, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, combined reporting for corporate income tax purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1267/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1267","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":435360,"bill_number":"HB1268","title":"Land preservation tax credit; reduces amount that may be claimed for taxable years 2012 and 2013.","description":"Land preservation tax credit. Reduces from $100,000 to $50,000 the amount of the land preservation tax credit that may be claimed for taxable years 2012 and 2013. Any taxpayer affected by the credit reduction would be allowed two additional taxable years in which to claim the land preservation tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1268/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1268","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":435363,"bill_number":"HB1279","title":"Felonies by prisoners; penalties.","description":"Crimes by prisoners; penalties. Provides that a prisoner may be charged under the Code sections that apply to crimes by prisoners, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, and possession of a firearm by a felon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1279/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1279","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":435364,"bill_number":"HB1283","title":"Child custody or visitation; person with a legitimate interest.","description":"Child custody and visitation; person with a legitimate interest. Provides that a person with a legitimate interest who may petition for custody or visitation of a child that is not his or her own must be a grandparent, stepparent, former stepparent, blood relative, or family member of the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1283/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1283","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":435365,"bill_number":"HB1285","title":"Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; created, penalty.","description":"Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty.  Creates the Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The act, created in new Article 9.1 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. The prohibition is predicated on the assertion that a fetus is capable of feeling pain at 20 weeks. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks gestation, the physician is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would provide the unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes an abortion in violation of the article as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physician who performs an abortion in violation of the article.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1285/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1285","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":435367,"bill_number":"HB1289","title":"Impaired health care providers; amends definition of impairment.","description":"Impaired health care providers. Amends definition of \"impairment.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1289/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1289","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":435369,"bill_number":"HB1302","title":"Tolling fees; prevents VDOT from charging monthly fees for payment program and its transponders.","description":"Tolling fees. Prevents the Department of Transportation from charging monthly fees for the automatic electronic tolling payment program and its transponders.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-07-16","last_action":"Tabled in Transportation (13-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1302/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1302","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435370,"bill_number":"HB1303","title":"Small businesses; tax credit for hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges and universities.","description":"Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges. Establishes, beginning January 1, 2013, an individual and corporate income tax credit for certain small businesses creating new full-time jobs that are filled by persons holding associate's or bachelor's degrees from public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $2,500 for each such new full-time job. The credit would be claimed for the taxable year at which time the new full-time job was continuously filled for at least 12 months. Any unused credit would be allowed to be carried over for five taxable years. The tax credit would sunset in 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-07-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1303/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1303","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":435371,"bill_number":"HB1304","title":"Income tax, corporate; credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, etc., businesses.","description":"Tax credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses. Establishes a corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses to perform federal government contract work. The tax credit would equal five percent of the amount paid by the federal contractor under the subcontract to the small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business. The small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business would be required to perform all subcontract work in Virginia within a Historically Underutilized Business Zone or a state enterprise zone.   The Department of Business Assistance would issue the tax credits and would be authorized to issue up to $10 million in tax credits each fiscal year. The tax credit would sunset on December 31, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-02","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1304/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1304","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435373,"bill_number":"HB1305","title":"Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment, unless evidence to contrary.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment. Revises the provision enacted in 2011 that created a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related if an employee is physically or mentally unable to testify and there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that the injury was work related. This measure clarifies that where the factual circumstances are of sufficient strength from which the only rational inference to be drawn is that the accident arose out of and in the course of employment, it shall be presumed the accident arose out of and in the course of employment, unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of competent evidence to the contrary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1305/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1305","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435374,"bill_number":"HB1306","title":"Federal Oversight, Commission on; established, report.","description":"Commission on Federal Oversight; established; report. Creates the Commission on Federal Oversight, consisting of eight legislative members representing the House of Delegates and the Senate, to meet twice a year with the United States Senate members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation, and to communicate with Virginia's members of the United States House of Representatives, to address public policy issues for which both federal and state policy makers have responsibility. The Division of Legislative Services will provide staff support, and other state agencies will provide technical assistance upon request. The act establishing the Commission will not become effective unless an appropriation of funds effectuating the purpose of the act is included in the general appropriation act passed during the 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly that becomes law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-15","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1306/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1306","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":435375,"bill_number":"HB1307","title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); restrictions on use of cash assistance.","description":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance paid to an eligible recipient (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or lottery tickets or (ii) in any transaction in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, or adult entertainment establishment in which performers appear nude or partially nude.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-30","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1307/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1307","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":435379,"bill_number":"HB1308","title":"Writ of actual innocence; petition by juvenile adjudicated delinquent upon felony charge.","description":"Writ of actual innocence for juveniles adjudicated delinquent. Provides that a juvenile adjudicated delinquent in a circuit court of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult may petition the Supreme Court to issue a writ of actual innocence on the basis of biological or nonbiological evidence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1308/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1308","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435380,"bill_number":"HB1309","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and 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":"2012-09-07","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1309/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1309","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":435381,"bill_number":"HB1310","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and 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":"2012-09-19","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1310/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1310","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435383,"bill_number":"HB1311","title":"Appeal of bond decision; court may stay execution of order for so long as reasonably practicable.","description":"Appeal of bond decision. Provides that when a bail, bond, or recognizance decision is appealed, the court that made the decision may, for good cause shown, stay the execution of the order for so long as reasonably practicable for the party appealing the order to obtain an expedited hearing before the court to which such order was appealed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1311/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1311","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435384,"bill_number":"HB1312","title":"Standards of Learning; Board of Education to adopt regulations for an additional testing period.","description":"Board of Education; administration. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations providing for an additional testing period, to occur prior to March 1 of each year, for the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to students. Local school boards may elect to participate in such additional testing period. Any student who does not achieve a passing score during such additional testing period shall be permitted to retake the test during another a subsequent testing period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-21","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1312/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1312","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435385,"bill_number":"HB1313","title":"Income tax, state; deconforms State laws from provision of Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.","description":"Income tax. Deconforms Virginia income tax laws from two provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that otherwise would increase the state income tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1313/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1313","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435387,"bill_number":"HB1314","title":"Health insurance; contraception coverage.","description":"Health insurance; contraception coverage. Provides that each insurer issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies, corporation providing individual or group accident or sickness subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services that offers a policy, contract, or plan that includes coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices shall be required to offer a policy, contract, or plan identical in all respects except that no such coverage is included. The bill also provides that any employer who provides for health and medical care or reimbursement of medical expenses for his employees as a self-insurer is not required to include coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-03","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1314/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1314","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435388,"bill_number":"HB1315","title":"Health insurance; contraception coverage.","description":"Health insurance; contraception coverage. Provides that no individual or group accident and sickness insurance policy, individual or group accident or sickness subscription contract, or health care plan for health care services shall provide coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices unless the subscriber or enrollee in the policy, contract, or plan requests such coverage. The bill also provides that any employer who provides for health and medical care or reimbursement of medical expenses for his employees as a self-insurer is not required to include coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-03","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1315/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1315","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435389,"bill_number":"HB1316","title":"Sex-selective abortions; penalty.","description":"Sex-selective abortions; penalty. Provides that a person who performs an abortion with knowledge that the abortion is sought solely and exclusively on account of the sex of the unborn child is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill also requires that the information that must be provided to a woman seeking an abortion prior to obtaining her informed written consent to the procedure shall include a statement that the physician would be committing a criminal offense if he performs an abortion solely on account of the sex of the unborn child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-03","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1316/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1316","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435390,"bill_number":"HB1317","title":"Standards of Learning; Board of Education to adopt regulations establishing additional testing.","description":"Board of Education; administration. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations providing for an additional testing period, to occur prior to March 1 of each year, for the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to students. Local school boards may elect to participate in such additional testing period. Any student who does not achieve a passing score during such additional testing period shall be permitted to retake the test during another testing period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1317/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1317","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435392,"bill_number":"HB1318","title":"Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; certain liquefied propane gas containers exempt from Act.","description":"Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; liquefied propane gas containers. Exempts stationary American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) LP-Gas containers used exclusively in propane service from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act if their capacity does not exceed 2,000 gallons and the owner or his servicing agent inspects the tank every five years, maintains records of the inspection, and makes the records available to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The measure also provides that boilers and pressure vessels on the property of private residences and apartment houses with fewer than four units are exempt from the Act; the current exemption applies only to such equipment in such residences or apartment houses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1318/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1318","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":435393,"bill_number":"HB1319","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":"2012-10-15","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1319/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1319","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435394,"bill_number":"HB1320","title":"Peanuts; extends excise tax on those grown in and sold in Virginia.","description":"Excise tax on peanuts. Extends the $0.30 per 100 pounds excise tax on all peanuts grown in and sold in Virginia until July 1, 2016. The proceeds from the tax will be used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1320/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1320","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":435396,"bill_number":"HJR91","title":"National Women's History Museum; Congress to support establishing in Washington, D.C.","description":"Memorializing Congress. Memorializes Congress to support the establishment of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-07","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR91/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ91","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":435397,"bill_number":"HJR92","title":"Value-added tax; memorializing members of Va. Delegation of Congress of United States to oppose.","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":"2012-02-03","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR92/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ92","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":435398,"bill_number":"HJR94","title":"School prayer and prayer in public meetings, public voluntary; urges Congress to propose amendment.","description":"Memorializing Congress; voluntary school prayer and prayer in public meetings.  Memorializes the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow for voluntary public school prayer and public prayer.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR94/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ94","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435400,"bill_number":"HJR97","title":"Regional higher education centers; SCHEV to study management and structure.","description":"Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; management and structure of higher education centers; report.  Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the management and structure of the Commonwealth's four regional higher education centers. The study will review best practices in the administration of higher education centers; opportunities for efficiency in the operation of higher education centers; and strategies that would ensure higher education centers meet statewide and regional goals.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR97/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ97","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435401,"bill_number":"HJR124","title":"Public Safety Memorial; requests Governor to include names of state and local parole officers, etc.","description":"Governor; Virginia's Public Safety Memorial. Requests the Governor to include in the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial the names of state and local probation and parole officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR124/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ124","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":435402,"bill_number":"HJR148","title":"Turkey, Government of; General Assembly to encourage to grant certain right to Ecumenical Patriarch.","description":"Encourage the Government of Turkey to grant certain rights to the Ecumenical Patriarch. Encourages the Government of Turkey to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate international recognition, ecclesiastical succession, and the right to train clergy of all nationalities and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-07","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR148/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ148","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":435406,"bill_number":"HJR173","title":"Eastern Virginia Medical School; SCHEV to study merging with Old Dominion University.","description":"Study; merging Eastern Virginia Medical School with Old Dominion University; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study merging Eastern Virginia Medical School with Old Dominion University. In conducting its study, the Council shall examine the impact of having a state-supported medical school in the Hampton Roads region; consider the fiscal implications merging Eastern Virginia Medical School into Old Dominion University; and accept input from interested stakeholders, including the boards of visitors of both institutions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR173/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ173","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":435407,"bill_number":"HJR226","title":"Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land.","description":"Town of Chincoteague. Memorializes the U.S. Department of the Interior to oppose the federal purchase of land within the Town of Chincoteague.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR226/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ226","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":435408,"bill_number":"HJR227","title":"National energy policy; urging President of U.S. and Congress of U.S. to adopt.","description":"Memorializing the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to adopt a national energy policy. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the President and the Congress adopt a national energy policy that supports the responsible exploration for and development of all of this nation's diverse energy resources in order to secure abundant supplies of affordable, reliable energy for our economic recovery and future prosperity.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR227/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ227","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":435410,"bill_number":"HJR362","title":"Commending CACI International Inc. on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.","description":"Commending CACI International Inc.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-17","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR362/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ362","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":435411,"bill_number":"HJR535","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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":"2012-07-18","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR535/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ535","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":435412,"bill_number":"HJR536","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 are 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 constitutes an illegal combination or conspiracy and is void.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Rejected by Senate (18-Y 22-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR536/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ536","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435415,"bill_number":"HJR537","title":"Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, limitations (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); powers of General Assembly; 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 regular session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-02","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR537/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ537","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":435416,"bill_number":"HJR538","title":"Celebrating the life of Ray Houser.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ray Houser.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ538ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR538/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ538","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435417,"bill_number":"HJR540","title":"Commending the City of Staunton Department of Public Works.","description":"Commending the City of Staunton Department of Public Works.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ540ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR540/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ540","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435418,"bill_number":"HJR541","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Patricia Holbert Menk.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Patricia Holbert Menk.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ541ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR541/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ541","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":435421,"bill_number":"HJR542","title":"Constitutional amendment; limits on taxes and revenues, Revenue Stabilization Fund, taxpayer refund.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limits on taxes and revenues; Revenue Stabilization Fund; taxpayer refunds. Provides for the refund of surplus revenues, above the amount required to be deposited to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, to the Commonwealth's income-tax payers, provided such surplus exceeds $50 million.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-12","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR542/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ542","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":435422,"bill_number":"HJR543","title":"Commending Randal E. Arno.","description":"Commending Randal E. Arno.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ543ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR543/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ543","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":435423,"bill_number":"HJR544","title":"Commending Smithfield Little Theatre.","description":"Commending Smithfield Little Theatre.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ544ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR544/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ544","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":435425,"bill_number":"HR83","title":"Celebrating the life of Landon White Trigg.","description":"Celebrating the life of Landon White Trigg.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR83ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR83/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR83","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":435426,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","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 substances. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal substances, the local department of social services 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 substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program; however, an individual has one opportunity during the subsequent 12-month period to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits. This bill is contingent upon an appropriation of General Funds effectuating the provisions of the bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-14","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB6/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB6","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":435427,"bill_number":"SB18","title":"Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State's membership.","description":"Fishery compact. Removes authorization for Virginia's membership in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to promote better utilization of the marine, shell, and anadromous fisheries of the Atlantic seaboard through the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and by the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. If any state desires to remove itself from the Compact, it must send a six months' notice in writing to the member states of its intention to withdraw from the Compact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-28","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB18/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB18","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435430,"bill_number":"SB21","title":"Rape; person who has sexual intercourse with complaining witness accomplished by coercion.","description":"Rape by coercion.  Provides that any person who has sexual intercourse with a complaining witness, accomplished against the complaining witness's will by coercion, is guilty of rape. Currently such an offense must be accomplished by force, threat, or intimidation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-28","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB21/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB21","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435431,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties.","description":"Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties. Requires a 180-day mandatory minimum sentence for misdemeanor entitlement fraud, a one year mandatory minimum sentence for felony entitlement fraud, a repayment of three times the benefits received, and a lifetime bar on receipt of entitlement. The entitlements covered by the bill are housing assistance programs, medical assistance, food stamps, energy assistance, and any other program designated under regulations of the State Board of Social Services, State Board of Health, or Board of Medical Assistance Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-28","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB24/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB24","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435432,"bill_number":"SB25","title":"Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; appointment of Director.","description":"Appointment of Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Removes the authority of the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to appoint the Director of the Department, resulting in the Governor making the appointment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-28","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB25/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB25","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435436,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"License plates; display of single plate on registered vehicles.","description":"Display of vehicle license plates.  Provides for display of a single license plate on registered vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-28","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB27/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB27","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":435437,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"Life, Accident, and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; guidelines for use of logo.","description":"Virginia Life, Accident, and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; advertisements. Exempts displays of the logo of the Virginia Life, Accident, and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association on letterheads and signs, plaques, and posters within the office or other place of business of an agent of a member insurer from the prohibition on any advertisement that uses the existence of the Association for the purpose of selling or soliciting covered insurance. The measure also permits agents to display or distribute pamphlets that state the types of policies for which guaranty funds will provide coverage and the maximum amount of such coverage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-30","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB38/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB38","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":435438,"bill_number":"SB61","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 outside Virginia opens a satellite office in a Virginia locality with a population of 200,000 or fewer or after a business located in a Virginia locality with a population exceeding 200,000 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, 2012. 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":"2012-01-05","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB61/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB61","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":435440,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"Income tax, corporate; creates 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, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB68/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB68","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":435441,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; two-year sales tax moratorium for construction materials & supplies.","description":"Sales tax exemption; construction materials.  Establishes a two-year sales tax moratorium for construction materials and supplies purchased by licensed contractors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB70/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB70","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":435442,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"Larceny; court may require accused to undergo an assessment and enter treatment program, etc.","description":"Grand larceny; first offender. Allows the court to defer disposition for a person charged with larceny who has not previously been convicted of or charged with a felony, an offense related to larceny, embezzlement, fraud, or any crime of moral turpitude. As a condition of probation the court must require the defendant to complete any required treatment or education program, make a reasonable effort to secure and maintain employment, perform community service, and make restitution.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB71/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB71","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":435444,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"Absentee voting; military and overseas voters.","description":"Absentee voting; military and overseas voters. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures for the submission of ballots from military and overseas voters by fax or other electronic means.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB82/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB82","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":435445,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"Driver's licenses; requires DMV send initial notice of suspension or revocation by certified mail.","description":"Notice of suspension or revocation of driver's licenses. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to send initial notice of the suspension or revocation of a driver's license by certified mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB88/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB88","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":435446,"bill_number":"SB90","title":"Private security services; allows those out-of-state to contract with those licensed in State.","description":"Definition of private investigator; out-of-state private security services.  Allows a private security services business licensed by another state to contract with a private security services business licensed by the Commonwealth to act as a private investigator for a specific investigation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB90/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB90","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":435447,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"Nursing homes; involuntary discharge notification.","description":"Nursing homes; involuntary discharge notification. Requires that a copy of the written notice of intent to involuntarily discharge a patient from a nursing home also be sent to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Also contains a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB92/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB92","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":435449,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing word: RESTON! and legend: LIVE WORK PLAY.","description":"Special license plates; Reston. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for Reston bearing the word: \"RESTON!\" and the legend: \"LIVE WORK PLAY.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB93/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB93","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":435450,"bill_number":"SB96","title":"Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, 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 filming, videotaping, or photographing a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB96/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB96","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":435451,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"Barrier crimes; clarifies individual crimes included in background check and barrier crime statutes.","description":"Barrier crimes; listing of crimes. Clarifies the individual crimes included in the background check and barrier crime statutes affecting the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, certain licensees of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Social Services, and certain licensees of the Department of Social Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB97/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB97","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":435453,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent, penalty.","description":"Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent; penalty. Emphasizes that an agent who violates the Uniform Power of Attorney Act with the intent to defraud the principal and who thereby converts funds or other property is guilty of embezzlement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB108/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB108","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":435454,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; adds veterans organizations to nonprofit entities that qualify.","description":"Exemptions for nonprofit entities; veterans organizations. Adds veterans organizations to those nonprofit entities that can qualify for sales and use tax exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB114/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB114","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":435455,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established.","description":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program. Creates the Virginia Public School Improvement Program to offer more educational options and flexibility for parents, teachers, and students. The bill authorizes local school boards to designate or approve any public school within its school division to participate in the Program, if (i) it has not applied for, converted to, or received permission from the local school board to operate as a public charter school, or (ii) a majority of parents and teachers of students at the school have petitioned the school board to participate in the Program, or (iii) the school board has determined that, notwithstanding having satisfied the requirements of the Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation, less than 81 percent of the students enrolled in a public school within the school division have failed to demonstrate proficiency in reading and less than 79 percent of the students enrolled have failed to demonstrate proficiency in mathematics for three consecutive school years. Local school boards would continue to receive state basic school aid funding for such schools; participating schools would be exempt from certain school division policies and state regulations, but would have to meet SOQ, SOL, SOA, and certain federal requirements; participation can be rescinded by petition of a majority of parents and teachers, violation of the contract with the local school board, or failure of students to achieve satisfactory academic progress each year for two consecutive school years. The Board of Education must establish guidelines to assist school boards in implementing the Program in the school division and provide technical assistance to school boards upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB118/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB118","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":435457,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"State mandates on localities; Governor to temporarily suspend certain unfunded.","description":"State mandates on localities. Directs the Governor to temporarily suspend certain unfunded state mandates on localities pending a review of such mandates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB129/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB129","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":435458,"bill_number":"SB137","title":"Gunston Hall; administrative head is appointed by Governor, report.","description":"Gunston Hall; administration.  Clarifies that, consistent with existing law, any administrative head of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason bequeathed to the Commonwealth by a former owner, is appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. Additionally, the Board of Visitors of Gunston Hall shall appoint a Board of Advisors to assist in its fulfillment of reporting responsibilities set out in the deed of gift regarding the management of Gunston Hall.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB137/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB137","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":435459,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"County precincts; separate precinct for certain towns.","description":"County precincts; separate precinct for certain towns. Requires a county to establish a separate county precinct for any town entirely surrounded by a combination of a United States armed forces base and water.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB139/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB139","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":435463,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"Transportation Board; increases number of membership.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; composition. Increases the number of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to 18 and changes the areas of representation to the congressional districts. The bill also assigns the at-large members to specific transportation areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB161/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB161","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":435465,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"Public schools; closed-circuit cameras prohibited for purpose of monitoring student conduct.","description":"Public schools; closed-circuit cameras. Prohibits the use of closed-circuit cameras for the purpose of monitoring student conduct within the school, unless necessary to protect the physical safety and security of the students.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB168/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB168","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":435466,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming, etc.","description":"Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming; poker games authorized; regulation of poker tournaments. Provides that poker is a game of skill and therefore not illegal gambling. The bill also allows a qualified organization to conduct poker games in conjunction with its charitable gaming activities, but does not allow charitable organization to conduct poker tournaments. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Charitable Gaming Board to regulate poker tournaments, defined in the bill as a competition organized for the purpose of conducting poker games at one or multiple tables where (i) competitors play a series of poker games, (ii) prizes are awarded to winning players on a fixed or proportional payout basis, and (iii) the total prize amount awarded to all winning players at the event is $50,000 or more. Finally, the bill requires poker tournament sponsors to obtain a permit before conducting a tournament, and tournament manager and operators to be registered with the Department. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB172/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB172","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":435468,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"Postrelease supervision of felons; amends provisions.","description":"Postrelease supervision of felons.  Amends provisions regarding the imposition of an additional term of incarceration and postrelease supervision for certain felons who are sentenced to an active prison term. The bill clarifies that an additional term of incarceration is to be imposed and provides that if the court fails to impose the term, the length of the term is six months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB175/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB175","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435469,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws.","description":"Jurisdiction of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Removes the jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws in the waters of Back Bay and the inlets and navigable waters in the Tidewater counties and cities from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB176/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB176","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435470,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"Satellite office expenses tax credit; creates a $250,000 tax credit for certain businesses.","description":"Satellite office expenses tax credit. Creates a $250,000 tax credit for a business that opens a satellite office or operation in a Virginia locality that reduces the commute of at least 10 current employees to five miles or less. The capital investment made by the corporation to establish the satellite office or operation must be at least $250,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB178/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB178","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435472,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; use tax be reported annually.","description":"Sales and use tax; remittance of use tax. Provides that use tax be reported annually rather than every three months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB181/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB181","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435473,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.","description":"Interpreter appointed for non-English-speaking defendant. Provides that the cost for an interpreter for a non-English-speaking defendant shall be borne by the defendant if he is convicted of the criminal offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB184/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB184","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":435474,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"Virginia War Memorial; memorialization of fallen Virginian, Governor may establish certain criteria.","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.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB194/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB194","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":435475,"bill_number":"SB196","title":"Fairfax County Parkway; requires CTB to transfer to state primary highway system.","description":"Fairfax County Parkway. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to transfer the Fairfax County Parkway to the state primary highway system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB196/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB196","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435477,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"Pedestrians; requires vehicle drivers to stop at marked crosswalks, etc.","description":"Pedestrians. Requires vehicle drivers to stop for pedestrians crossing at marked crosswalks or at intersections not controlled by traffic signals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB199/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB199","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435478,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"Fox and coyote penning; Class 1 misdemeanor for purpose of hunting or killing with dogs.","description":"Penning of fox and coyote; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to erect or maintain an enclosure for the purpose of pursuing, hunting, or killing or attempting to pursue, hunt, or kill a fox or coyote with dogs. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to pursue, hunt, or kill or attempt to pursue, hunt, or kill a fox or coyote within such an enclosure with dogs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB202/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB202","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435479,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"Adjudication of certain crimes; penalty.","description":"Adjudications same as conviction for certain offenses. Provides that in the case of second offense domestic assault and battery, second offense possession of marijuana and second or subsequent offense larceny, one is guilty of such crime if one has been adjudicated guilty as well as if one has been convicted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB203/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB203","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435482,"bill_number":"SB207","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. The court will be a three-judge panel of the Virginia Supreme Court appointed by the Chief Justice.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB207/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB207","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435483,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"Comptroller; assignment of general fund balance remaining at year end.","description":"Assignment of general fund balance remaining at year end.  Changes current law for the assignment of any year-end general fund surplus. The surplus would first be used for any Revenue Stabilization Fund deposit. Next, 30 percent of the remaining amount of the surplus would be set aside as additional contributions (i) for defined benefit retirement plans maintained by the Virginia Retirement System if the ratio of the actuarial assets to actuarial liabilities of any such plan is less than 0.80 and (ii) to the retirement plans of certain employees of public institutions of higher education who elected to be covered for retirement purposes under an optional defined contribution retirement plan in lieu of the Virginia Retirement System defined benefit retirement plan, if certain minimum contributions have not been made to such optional retirement plans. Any general fund balance remaining would then be set aside as provided under current law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB211/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB211","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435485,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions. The provisions of the bill would only apply to a person hired on or after July 1, 2012, but before July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB216/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB216","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435486,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"Parental rights; procedure for restoration, child to consent to restoration of rights.","description":"Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may be filed by the local board of social services or the child's guardian ad litem jointly with the child's parent. In order to order the restoration of rights, the court must find that such an order is in the child's best interest and that the child has not achieved or sustained his permanency goal and is not likely to do so in the next six months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB218/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB218","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435490,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"General fund; assignment of year-end surplus.","description":"Assignment of year-end surplus. Changes the priority for assigning any year-end surplus by requiring that of any general fund balance remaining after funds are set aside for required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, 50 percent would be assigned for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund. 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB220/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB220","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435491,"bill_number":"SB224","title":"Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against a family or household member.","description":"Assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Provides for a Class 1 misdemeanor for a battery through the application of physical force against a family or household member. This provision addresses the decision in U.S. v. White from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2010. The proposal also expands the list of offenses that may be counted as prior convictions for the purposes of enhancing the penalty for assault and battery of a family or household member to include unlawful wounding under § 18.2-51 and nonmalicious injury by a caustic substance or fire, in violation of § 18.2-52.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB224/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB224","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":435492,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.","description":"Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend PEACE BEGINS AT HOME to support the programs of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB225/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB225","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":435494,"bill_number":"SB247","title":"Child support; DCE to withhold payments from prisoners who maintain job within Department.","description":"Opportunities for work and career and technical education; child support. Requires the Department to withhold child support payments out of moneys paid to prisoners who maintain a job within the Department. Child support payments owed will also be withheld from any inmate trust account established for the prisoner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rehabilitation and Social Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB247/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB247","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":435495,"bill_number":"SB258","title":"Minority Business Enterprises, Department of; changes definition of small business.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprises; definition of small business. Changes the definition of \"small business\" to be a business located in Virginia that meets the definition of a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. §631 et seq.).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB258/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB258","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":435496,"bill_number":"SB268","title":"Virginia Racing Commission; authorizes wagering on historical horse racing & allocation of proceeds.","description":"Virginia Racing Commission; simulcast horse racing; allocations. Authorizes wagering on historical horse racing. The bill also allocates the proceeds from such racing with 50 percent of the proceeds distributed to the Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund and the remaining 50 percent distributed to other entities. In addition, the bill (i) requires an existing racetrack 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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB268/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB268","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":435497,"bill_number":"SB269","title":"Physical education, high school; JROTC participation fulfills requirement.","description":"Physical education; JROTC participation fulfills requirement. Requires local school boards to accept participation in the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps as fulfillment of any high school physical education requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB269/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB269","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":435499,"bill_number":"SB272","title":"General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to budget bill.","description":"General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to the budget bill or general appropriation act.  Provides that no legislative action may be taken on (i) any committee amendment to the budget bill or general appropriation act, (ii) any conference committee report on the budget bill or general appropriation act, or (iii) any Governor's recommendation on the budget bill or general appropriation act until each such amendment, report, recommendation, or budget bill 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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB272/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB272","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":435500,"bill_number":"SB277","title":"Abortion, forced or coerced; prohibited, penalty.","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB277/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB277","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":435501,"bill_number":"SB281","title":"Elections; persons entitled to place on ballot when in compliance with campaign finance disclosure.","description":"Elections; persons entitled to place on ballot; compliance with campaign finance disclosure provisions. Provides that a candidate will not be entitled to have his name printed on the ballot unless he has filed all required campaign finance reports and satisfied all civil and criminal penalties imposed under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB281/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB281","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":435503,"bill_number":"SB290","title":"Geriatric prisoners; removes petition requirement for Parole Board to consider conditional release.","description":"Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Removes the petition requirement for the Parole Board to consider a geriatric release, and requires the Parole Board to report to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services not later than December 1, 2012, on the number of individuals considered for conditional release, the number of individuals actually released, and the number of individuals conditionally released who are subsequently arrested and recommitted to the Department of Corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-14","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB290/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB290","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435505,"bill_number":"SB304","title":"License plates; display of a single plate on registered vehicles.","description":"Display of vehicle license plates.  Provides for display of a single license plate on registered vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB304/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB304","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":435506,"bill_number":"SB311","title":"Charter; City of Franklin.","description":"Charter; City of Franklin. Provides that neither the city council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or the removal of any person from any office or employment by the city manager. The bill also sets forth a number of ways in which a council member may forfeit office. Furthermore, a procedure is outlined for recall of council members and the mayor. Finally, council members will be required to resign their seats in order to run for mayor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB311/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB311","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":435508,"bill_number":"SB312","title":"Four-for-Life; substantive review.","description":"Four-for-Life; substantive review. Requires that a reallocation of moneys set aside from the Four-for-Life fees be made pursuant to legislation that has been reviewed by the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The bill includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB312/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB312","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":435509,"bill_number":"SB313","title":"Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by Board of Medicine.","description":"Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by the Board of Medicine. Requires surgical assistants to be licensed and surgical technologists to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The bill also grandfathers in surgical assistants and surgical technologists practicing at any time during the six months prior to July 1, 2012, and allows a 12-month grace period in order to meet licensure and certification requirements for those completing a training program between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB313/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB313","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":435510,"bill_number":"SB320","title":"Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks prior to dispensing certain controlled substances.","description":"Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances. Requires any prescriber who prescribes to a patient a controlled substance included in Schedule II, III, or 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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB320/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB320","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435513,"bill_number":"SB324","title":"Limitation on Administrative Actions Relating to Firearms Act; established.","description":"Limitation on administrative actions relating to Firearms Act.  Establishes legislative preemption of any administrative action taken by an administrative body that has the direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, unless the administrative body has express statutory authority. Under the bill, any administrative action taken prior to July 1, 2012, having a direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, other than those expressly authorized by statute, is invalid. The bill also requires administrative bodies to take appropriate action to bring any contrary administrative action into compliance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB324/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB324","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435514,"bill_number":"SB327","title":"Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.","description":"Workers' Compensation; presumptions; members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to those public safety employees who are entitled to presumptions that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB327/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB327","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435515,"bill_number":"SB331","title":"Law enforcement officers; early retirement.","description":"Law-enforcement officers retirement; early retirement. Requires that all employers electing to provide benefits equivalent to the State Police Officers' Retirement System for employees in hazardous duty positions consider employees eligible for full retirement after reaching the age of 50 and completing 25 years of service, for employees retiring on or after July 1, 2012. Under current law, certain employers could elect to provide for full retirement after employees complete 30 years of service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB331/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB331","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435519,"bill_number":"SB333","title":"Mopeds; prohibited on highways with speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour.","description":"Mopeds. Prohibits the operation of mopeds on highways with posted speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB333/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB333","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435520,"bill_number":"SB334","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of NASCAR.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of NASCAR. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of NASCAR. Revenues derived from sale of these plates will be shared with Richmond International Raceway CARES once a minimum of 1,000 plates are sold.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB334","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":435521,"bill_number":"SB336","title":"All-terrain and utility vehicles; expands definition.","description":"Definitions of all-terrain and utility vehicles. Expands the definition of all-terrain vehicles to include six-wheeled vehicles and vehicles that can carry passengers and narrows the definition of all-terrain vehicles to exclude riding lawn mowers. The bill also expands the definition of utility vehicles to include those with more than 25 horsepower. The bill also makes numerous technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB336/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB336","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":435523,"bill_number":"SB339","title":"Advertising & advertisements; allows running animation on structures.","description":"Advertisements and advertising structures. Allows running animation on advertisements and advertising structures. The bill also allows scrolling animation on on-premises advertisements and advertising structures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB339/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB339","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":435524,"bill_number":"SB341","title":"Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance credit.","description":"Income tax; long-term care insurance credit. Increases the amount of the credit an individual may claim for long-term care insurance premiums from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount of the premiums paid. The bill would be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB341/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB341","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":435525,"bill_number":"SB342","title":"Dental laboratories; register with Board of Dentistry.","description":"Dental laboratories; register with the Board of Dentistry. Requires any individual or business entity engaged in the manufacture or repair of dental prosthetic appliances to register with the Board of Dentistry. The bill also requires the Board to develop regulations governing the operation of dental laboratories.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB342","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":435526,"bill_number":"SB357","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds conservation officers of DCR 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, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB357/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB357","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":435528,"bill_number":"SB358","title":"Mobile infrared transmitters; local governments by ordinance to permit use by fire-fighting vehicle.","description":"Infrared traffic light signal changers. Allows local governments by ordinance to permit use of infrared traffic light signal changers by firefighting vehicles in nonemergency situations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB358/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB358","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":435529,"bill_number":"SB372","title":"Community Colleges, State Board for; development of mental health services.","description":"State Board for Community Colleges; mental health services.  Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop standards and policies directing community colleges to adopt, incrementally and as resources become available, a mental health services action plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB372/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB372","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435530,"bill_number":"SB376","title":"Shared work programs; established, report.","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. The measure authorizes an affected employee to participate in a Commission-approved training program sponsored by his shared work employer or any other employer on days that he is not directed to report to work by his shared work employer without reduction in shared work benefits. If the U.S. Department of Labor finds that any provision of this measure violates federal law, the finding shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions. Finally, the measure requires the Commission to submit reports on the program's implementation and accomplishments, with recommendations to improve its effectiveness.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB376/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB376","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435532,"bill_number":"SB377","title":"Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, manufactured goods must be produced in USA.","description":"Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, and manufactured goods must be produced in the United States. Prohibits use of state funds for construction projects, including any construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public works project, unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods, including equipment, used in the project are produced in the United States. Under the bill an exception to the requirement is provided if the administrative head of the contracting state agency determines in writing that (i) iron, steel, and relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality or (ii) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United Sates will increase the costs of the overall project by more than 25 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB377/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB377","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":435533,"bill_number":"SB388","title":"License plates, special; issuance of 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":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB388/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB388","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435534,"bill_number":"SB390","title":"Juvenile life sentences; proceding for sentence modification.","description":"Juvenile life sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to life for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB390/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB390","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435536,"bill_number":"SB392","title":"Transportation Board; increases number of membership.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; composition. Increases the number of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to 18 and changes the areas of representation to the congressional districts. The bill also assigns the at-large members to specific transportation areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB392/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB392","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435537,"bill_number":"SB399","title":"Deaf and hard-of-hearing children; special education.","description":"Deaf and hearing-impaired children; special education. Requires local school divisions to ensure that Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of hearing-impaired children and address those needs as appropriate in the child's IEP.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB399/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB399","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":435538,"bill_number":"SB402","title":"Nutrient Offset Fund; priority for funding for certain facilities.","description":"Nutrient Offset Fund. Establishes as a priority for funding from the Nutrient Offset Fund those nutrient offsets that are produced from facilities that generate electrical or heat energy, steam, or hot water using animal waste as a fuel source. The initial priority for funding will be the oxygen-starved gasification of up to 75,000 tons of animal waste per year that has been generated on poultry or dairy farms in Augusta, Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties. The nutrient offsets purchased with moneys from the Fund will be available for sale to owners or operators of new or expanded facilities required to offset nutrient loads through the watershed general permit. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Conservation and Recreation to conduct a 12-month assessment of the success of the operation of the first gasification facility to receive initial priority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB402/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB402","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":435540,"bill_number":"SB403","title":"Land preservation tax credit; increased for working farmers.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; working farmers.  Increases the land preservation tax credit from 40 percent to 50 percent of the fair market value of the conveyance for working farmers, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB403/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB403","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":435541,"bill_number":"SB410","title":"Wetlands and streams; water protection permits, conditions for contribution to Board-approved fund.","description":"Wetlands and streams; water protection permits; conditions for contribution to a Board-approved fund. Requires as a condition for contribution to a State Water Control Board-approved fund, in lieu of creating or restoring compensatory wetland or stream acreage, either a showing that sufficient compensatory mitigation bank credits are unavailable or that the Board has determined that unique circumstances exist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB410/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB410","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":435542,"bill_number":"SB423","title":"License plates; required to display only single plate on rear of vehicle.","description":"Motor vehicle license plates. Provides that motor vehicles whose manufacturers do not provide, as original equipment, for a bracket or other device for displaying a license plate on the front of the vehicle will be required to display only single license plates, on the rear of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB423/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB423","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":435545,"bill_number":"SB426","title":"Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations. Regarding overpayments.","description":"Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations.  Provides that all recommended or final case decisions in administrative hearings regarding Medicaid overpayments shall be made in accordance with the Administrative Process Act, shall be based on the whole evidentiary record, and shall be limited to a determination of whether the Director's initial decision was within the scope of his statutory or legal authority. The bill also provides that no recommended or final case decision shall be based on principles of contract law or equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB426/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB426","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":435546,"bill_number":"SB429","title":"Criminal history record information check; required forms upon sale of a firearm.","description":"Criminal history record checks for firearms; required forms. Provides that only certain information about the purchaser may be required on the State Police form to be completed when purchasing a firearm.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB429/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB429","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":435547,"bill_number":"SB434","title":"Funeral or memorial service disruption; penalty.","description":"Funeral protests; penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to address speech to a person attending a funeral or memorial service that is reasonably likely to provoke an imminent breach of the peace, or to engage in picketing activity within 250 feet of a funeral or memorial service that targets one or more persons attending such service. A violation of this provision is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB434/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB434","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":435549,"bill_number":"SB435","title":"Criminal history record information check; making false statements, penalty.","description":"Criminal history record information check; making false statements; penalty.  Provides that any person who knowingly makes a materially false statement on criminal history background check forms required for the purchase and transfer of firearms is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Current law uses the phrase \"willfully and intentionally\" rather than \"knowingly.\" The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB435/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB435","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":435550,"bill_number":"SB439","title":"Medical Fraud Control Unit; Attorney General to appoint investigators.","description":"Medical Fraud Control Unit; appointment of investigators. Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint unit investigators to investigate fraud, abuse, or neglect in the provision of care under the plan for medical assistance. 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":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB439/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB439","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":435551,"bill_number":"SB452","title":"Charitable gaming; authorizes network bingo.","description":"Charitable gaming; network bingo. Authorizes the conduct of a new charitable game known as network bingo. The bill sets out the terms and conditions under which network bingo may be conducted, provides for the licensing of network bingo network providers, and sets the maximum prize amount for network bingo. The bill defines the terms \"network bingo,\" \"pari-mutuel play,\" and \"network bingo network provider,\" and contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB452/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB452","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":435552,"bill_number":"SB465","title":"General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.","description":"Appointment, compensation, and offices of general registrars. Provides that all general registrars shall serve on a full-time basis. The bill takes effect on enactment of an appropriation to effectuate its purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB465/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB465","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":435554,"bill_number":"SB466","title":"Menhaden management; authorizes Marine Resources Commission to adopt certain regulations.","description":"Menhaden management. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to comply with Amendment 2 to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB466/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB466","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":435555,"bill_number":"SB477","title":"Dangerous wild animals; Class 1 misdemeanor to privately possess, sell, transfer, etc.","description":"Dangerous wild animals. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to privately possess, sell, transfer, or breed dangerous wild animals. The bill would grandfather in the ownership of any existing lawful exotic animals; however, the owner of such animals is required to meet certain conditions in order to maintain possession of the exotic animals. The bill limits the possession of dangerous wild animals to facilities accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and bona fide sanctuaries. The legislation describes the procedures to be followed in the seizure and care of dangerous wild animals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB477/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB477","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435558,"bill_number":"SB483","title":"Asbestos workers; reporting violations, penalties for noncompliance.","description":"Asbestos workers; violations; penalties. Requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to maintain a registry of employee complaints alleging the existence or imminent threat of an asbestos NESHAP violation. The measure prohibits employers from discharging or otherwise penalizing an employee who files a complaint in good faith. An employee who is subject to retaliation may bring an action against the employer for reinstatement and other remedies. The Commissioner is required to keep the identity of any employee filing a complaint confidential, and such information generally will be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The measure also provides that the amount of any noncompliance penalty for a violation shall not be less than $2,000 per violation or more than $25,000 for multiple violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB483/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB483","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":435559,"bill_number":"SB494","title":"Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.","description":"Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities and combined sewer overflow projects. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $378 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Improvement Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys from the original bonds issued in 2007. A portion of the bond revenues could also be used for combined sewer overflow projects in the Cities of Lynchburg and Richmond. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB494/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB494","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":435560,"bill_number":"SB496","title":"Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.","description":"Virginia Health Benefit Exchange.  Creates the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange, which will be established and operated by a new division within the State Corporation Commission. The Exchange shall facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans and qualified dental plans to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The Exchange will be funded by assessments on health insurers offering plans in the Exchange. A health plan will not be required to cover any state mandated health benefit if federal law does not require it to be covered as part of the essential benefits package. The essential health benefits are items and services included in the benchmark health insurance plan, which is the largest plan in the largest product in the Commonwealth's small group market as supplemented in order to provide coverage for the items and services within the statutory essential health benefits categories. The Exchange shall ensure that no qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through the Exchange provides coverage for abortions, except for 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. The measure shall expire if any section, clause, provision, or portion of Title I, subtitle D of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall be repealed or held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB496/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB496","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":435562,"bill_number":"SB505","title":"Combined heat and power facilities; incentives.","description":"Combined heat and power facilities; incentives. Provides that combined heat and power facilities that meet the output and efficiency qualifications for the federal combined heat and power tax credit are eligible for a performance incentive of 200 basis points for the first portion of service life. Such combined heat and power facilities are declared to be certified pollution control equipment and facilities, which are exempt from state and local taxation pursuant to Article X, Section 6 (d) of the Constitution of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB505/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB505","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":435563,"bill_number":"SB516","title":"Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits, assignments.","description":"Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits; assignments. Invalidates assignments of medical expenses benefits provided under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Medical expense benefits due to a covered injured person may be paid directly to a state or federal assistance program that provided benefits to such injured person that arose out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle. The measure also provides that medical expense benefits may not be reduced because of any benefits paid, payable, or provided by a health insurance policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB516/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB516","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":435564,"bill_number":"SB518","title":"Mandated health insurance; not applicable if exceed essential benefits package.","description":"Mandated health insurance benefits; essential benefits package. Provides that health insurance plans will not be required, effective January 1, 2014, to provide coverage for state-mandated health benefits to the extent that the benefit is not an essential benefit that is required to be covered under a qualified health plan offered within a health benefit exchange established pursuant to the federal health reform law. The measure also provides that the entity operating a health benefit exchange for Virginia shall not condition its approval to the offering of a health plan within the health benefit exchange upon the plan's providing coverage for a state-mandated health benefit, to the extent that the state-mandated health benefit is not an essential benefit, that is required to be covered under a qualified health plan offered within the health benefit exchange.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB518/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB518","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":435566,"bill_number":"SB547","title":"Assault and battery; adds prison contractor to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty.","description":"Assault and battery a felony when certain classes of people are victimized; penalty. Expands the class of people for whom, when they are victims of an assault or assault and battery, the offense is punished as a Class 6 felony. The expanded class would include a person employed as a prison contractor as defined in §53.1-261.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-16","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB547/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB547","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":435567,"bill_number":"SB550","title":"Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore.","description":"Public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore; adjustment of boundaries. Instructs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust the boundaries of the public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore using the Baylor survey as a basis. The bill requires the Commission to make its procedures public and sets out the criteria that the Commission must address as it considers any adjustment to the boundaries of the public shellfish beds encompassed within the bill. The bill also instructs the Commission to include or exclude certain bottomlands from the adjusted boundaries and provides considerations for leasing of state-owned bottomlands.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB550/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB550","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":435568,"bill_number":"SB553","title":"School divisions, local; may use unexpended state funds to provide one-time bonus to 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":"2012-01-16","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB553/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB553","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":435572,"bill_number":"SB554","title":"Firearms; possession within residence of victim by persons subject to protective orders.","description":"Possession or transportation of firearms; certain emergency protective orders; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the physical possession of a firearm while in the residence of the alleged victim or the transport of a firearm by a person subject to an emergency protective order issued as a result of an assault and battery against a family or household member.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB554/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB554","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":435573,"bill_number":"SB555","title":"Parental rights; procedure for restoration, child to consent to restoration of rights.","description":"Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may be filed by the local board of social services or the child's guardian ad litem jointly with the child's parent. In order to order the restoration of rights, the court must find that such an order is in the child's best interest and that the child has not achieved or sustained his permanency goal and is not likely to do so in the next six months.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-16","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB555/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB555","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":435574,"bill_number":"SB567","title":"Low-income and student toll tax credit; established.","description":"Low-income and student toll tax credit. Establishes a tax credit for students and low-income persons who have an E-ZPass or who pay tolls. The amount of the credit is capped at $1,000 per qualified taxpayer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB567/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB567","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435575,"bill_number":"SB581","title":"Fairfax County school board; staggered elections.","description":"Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections. Allows for staggered terms for the Fairfax County school board beginning with the November 2015 general election upon a majority vote of its members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB581/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB581","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":435577,"bill_number":"SB582","title":"Net energy metering; SCC shall approve utility's proposed standby charge methodology.","description":"Net energy metering; stand-by charges. Requires the State Corporation Commission, when determining whether to approve a utility's proposed standby charge methodology, to find that (i) the methodology utilized by the supplier is generally accepted in the industry for making such determinations, (ii) the methodology proposed by the supplier calculates costs based upon sample statistics derived solely from the class of residential eligible customer-generators, and (iii) the quantity of the class of residential eligible customer-generators represents a sufficient base to form reasonable statistical conclusions. These criteria are in addition to the existing requirement that the standby charges collected from eligible customer-generators allow the supplier to recover only the portion of the supplier's infrastructure costs that are properly associated with serving eligible customer-generators. The measure also provides that the supplier's infrastructure costs include, in addition to the direct costs associated with the supplier's infrastructure, an offset for any benefits derived from any net energy metering provided by eligible customer-generators to the supplier. Finally, the measure requires the Commission to deny a utility's application for standby charges if its methodology fails to consider all four of the criteria.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB582/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB582","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":435579,"bill_number":"SB586","title":"Felonies by prisoners; penalties.","description":"Crimes by prisoners; penalties. Provides that a prisoner may be charged under the Code sections that apply to crimes by prisoners, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, and possession of a firearm by a felon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB586/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB586","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":435580,"bill_number":"SB601","title":"Public procurement; requirement that American iron, steel, etc., be used in public works projects.","description":"Public procurement; products manufactured in the United States. Requires public contracts for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance of a public building or public works to contain a provision that the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used or supplied in the performance of the public contract or any subcontract are manufactured in the United States. This requirement does not apply if the requirement is inconsistent with the public interest, the products are not manufactured within the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or with satisfactory quality, or using the products will increase the cost of the public contract by 25 percent or more. A person intentionally mislabeling or misrepresenting the origin of products will be ineligible to receive any other public contracts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB601/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB601","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":435582,"bill_number":"SB605","title":"Tuition, in-state; military personnel eligibility.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition; military personnel.  Provides that, for current and former military personnel and their dependents, the intent to attend a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth is sufficient for the purpose of establishing domiciliary intent and determining eligibility for in-state tuition rates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB605/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB605","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":435583,"bill_number":"SB610","title":"Agricultural animals; regulation of care and handling.","description":"Regulation of care and handling of agricultural animals. Provides that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services occupies the entire field of regulation of the care and handling of agricultural animals and that no locality or humane society shall do so. The bill also defines several terms relating to agricultural animals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB610/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB610","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435584,"bill_number":"SB612","title":"Criminal history record information check; transfer of rifles and shotguns.","description":"Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information. The bill limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns. The bill requires the Virginia Attorney General to inform the U.S. Attorney General of Virginia law provisions regarding the purchase of firearms and that certain information regarding juvenile criminal history records and protective orders will be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for use in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB612/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB612","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435586,"bill_number":"SB621","title":"State-owned buildings; DGS to establish program requiring energy efficiency data.","description":"Department of General Services; energy efficiency data for state-owned buildings. Provides for the Department of General Services to establish a program requiring an energy analysis of each state-owned building containing more than 50,000 square feet of usable space to identify opportunities for reduced energy use. By December 31, 2012, such buildings are required to obtain an energy efficiency score utilizing the Energy Star assessment and ratings program. The Energy Star score will be published on the Department's website and updated annually.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB621/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB621","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":435587,"bill_number":"SB624","title":"Higher educational institutions; required to notify parents that student may be suicidal.","description":"Institutions of higher education; suicidal students. Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents any time the institution receives notification from any source that a student may be suicidal, to the extent permitted by the federal law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB624/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB624","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":435588,"bill_number":"SB634","title":"Impaired health care providers; amends definition of impairment.","description":"Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program; impaired health care providers.  Provides that the term \"impairment\" includes psychological and behavioral disabilities, including the mismanagement of countertransference, for the purposes of determining eligibility for the Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB634/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB634","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":435590,"bill_number":"SB635","title":"Senate Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.","description":"Senate districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in Senate Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, and 39 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate administration of legislative elections by local officials. All districts remain within two percent deviation of the ideal population.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB635/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB635","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":435591,"bill_number":"SB642","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; amends definition of retail sale to include lottery tickets.","description":"Sales and use tax; lottery tickets. Amends the definition of \"retail sale\" to include lottery tickets, for purposes of the imposition of the sales and use tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB642/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB642","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":435592,"bill_number":"SB650","title":"Hospitals and physicians; processing health insurance claims.","description":"Hospitals and physicians; processing health insurance claims. Requires any hospital or licensed physician who treats a patient who presents proof of health insurance providing coverage within the applicable provider network to process such patient's claims and provides that a patient is not liable for any amount in excess of what would be owed if the claim was properly filed in such instances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB650/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB650","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":435594,"bill_number":"SB651","title":"Women-owned and minority-owned businesses; enhancement measures.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; women-owned and minority-owned businesses; remedial measures. Provides that the Governor shall require state agencies to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law when a persuasive analysis exists that documents statistically significant disparity between the availability and utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB651/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB651","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":435595,"bill_number":"SB659","title":"Medicaid; DMAS to develop and implement long-term care system.","description":"Medicaid; coordinated long-term care. Directs the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop and implement a statewide, fully integrated risk-based long-term care system that integrates Medicaid-reimbursed primary, acute, and long-term care services. The long-term care system shall expand access to and utilization of cost-effective home and community-based alternatives to institutional care for Medicaid-eligible individuals. The system shall include a nursing facility transition initiative, along with an expansion of community-based services, and an acuity-based methodology for reimbursement of nursing facility services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB659/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB659","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":435597,"bill_number":"SB661","title":"Shenandoah; designating as official state song.","description":"State song. Designates \"Shenandoah\" as the official state song. The bill also contains a technical amendment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in General Laws and Technology","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"General Laws and Technology","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB661/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB661","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":435601,"bill_number":"SB665","title":"Standards of Learning; method of administration.","description":"Standards of Learning; method of administration. Allows a local school division to administer any Standards of Learning assessment for elementary school students online or by paper.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB665/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB665","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435602,"bill_number":"SB667","title":"Child endangerment; relocated to Title 18.2, cruelty and injuries to children, penalty.","description":"Child endangerment; penalty. 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. The bill removes language that prohibited willfully or negligently causing or permitting a child to be placed in a situation that his life, health, or morals may be endangered and adds language stating that it is child endangerment, a Class 6 felony, to endanger the life or health of a child by willful act or omission that is so gross, wanton, and culpable to show a reckless disregard for human life.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB667/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB667","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435603,"bill_number":"SB668","title":"Sex offense; felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor.","description":"Felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor sex offense; penalty.  Provides that when a person is convicted of a specified misdemeanor sex offense and it is alleged in the warrant that he was convicted of two or more substantially similar offenses under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the United States within the previous 10 years, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the prior convictions are limited to convictions under Virginia law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB668/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB668","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435604,"bill_number":"SB671","title":"Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.","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, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB671/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB671","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":435606,"bill_number":"SB673","title":"Income tax, state; deconforms State laws from provision of Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.","description":"Income Tax. Deconforms Virginia income tax laws from two provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that otherwise would increase the state income tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB673/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB673","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435608,"bill_number":"SB677","title":"State Inspector General, Office of; performance review of state agencies.","description":"Performance review of state agencies. Requires that the Office of the State Inspector General conduct a performance review of each executive branch agency at least every four years. The effective date of the bill is July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB677/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB677","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":435609,"bill_number":"SB683","title":"Tick control; Sunday hunting of deer and permits for application of acaricides in Loudoun County.","description":"Tick control; Sunday hunting of deer and permits for application of acaricides. Authorizes Sunday hunting of deer within the boundaries of any locality upon a finding by the governing body of that locality that tick-borne Lyme disease constitutes a serious threat to public health within the locality and that reduction in the number of deer in the locality is necessary to control the spread of Lyme disease, certification by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries that there is an overabundance of deer in the locality, and enactment of an ordinance authorizing hunting of deer on Sundays by the governing body of such locality. This bill also directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to develop a pilot program for the issuance of permits for the application of host-specific acaricides to deer via four-poster devices for the purpose of controlling the tick population and reducing the spread of tick-borne Lyme disease in Loudoun County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB683/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB683","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435611,"bill_number":"SB687","title":"Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; created, penalties, report.","description":"Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the licensing scheme for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill, casino gambling shall be limited to localities that in which at least 50 percent of the land area is exempt from local real property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Section 6 (a) (1) through (a) 5 and (a) 7 of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-07-16","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB687/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB687","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435612,"bill_number":"SB688","title":"Charter; City of Portsmouth.","description":"Charter; City of Portsmouth. Changes the deadline for the filing of a petition nominating a candidate for the office of mayor or city council member from the first Tuesday in June to the second Tuesday of June of the year of election. The amendment also moves the deadline for appointing a campaign treasurer from the first to the second Tuesday of June and makes the technical change of allowing the circulation of petitions to begin on January 1, as permitted by the Code of Virginia, rather than on the first Tuesday in January.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB688/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB688","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435613,"bill_number":"SB689","title":"Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; created, penalties, report.","description":"Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming in the state. Under the bill, the conduct of casino gaming is limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of the assessed value of all real estate situated in the locality is exempt from local property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Section 6 or 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-07-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB689/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB689","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435615,"bill_number":"SB690","title":"Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements.","description":"Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and from 400 to 200 signatures in each congressional district. The bill makes similar reductions to 5,000 and 200 in the number of signatures required for a person to qualify for a presidential primary ballot.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB690/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB690","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435616,"bill_number":"SB691","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes bullion and currency.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; bullion and currency. Exempts from sales and use tax (i) gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion, and (ii) currency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-31","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB691/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB691","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":435617,"bill_number":"SB692","title":"Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.","description":"Elimination of the corporate income tax. Eliminates the corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, by setting the rate of the tax at zero percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-08-31","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB692/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB692","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":435619,"bill_number":"SB693","title":"Circuit court judges; restricts appointment to office if General Assembly fails to elect.","description":"Appointment of judge by circuit court. Restricts the circuit courts from appointing to judicial office any person either house of the General Assembly failed to elect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB693/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB693","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435620,"bill_number":"SB694","title":"Reckless driving; removes driving in excess of 80 mph, etc.","description":"Reckless driving. Removes the finding of reckless driving for driving at speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-18","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB694/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB694","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435621,"bill_number":"SB698","title":"Peanuts; extends excise tax on those grown in and sold in Virginia.","description":"Excise tax on peanuts. Extends the $0.30 per 100 pounds excise tax on all peanuts grown in and sold in Virginia until July 1, 2016. The proceeds from the tax will be used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB698/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB698","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":435623,"bill_number":"SJR2","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 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":"2011-11-21","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR2/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ2","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":435624,"bill_number":"SJR5","title":"Constitutional amendment; contributions to defined benefit retirement plan maintained for employees.","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 the six fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 2014, 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, 2020, 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 requires 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":"2011-12-19","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR5/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ5","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":435625,"bill_number":"SJR6","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 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":"2011-12-22","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR6/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ6","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":435629,"bill_number":"SJR14","title":"Composite Index Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.","description":"Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and effectiveness of the Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay. In conducting its study, the Commission shall (i) review current statutory, constitutional, and budgetary provisions governing the calculation of Standards of Quality 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 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR14/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ14","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":435630,"bill_number":"SJR17","title":"Constitutional amendment; Board of Education authorized to establish charter schools.","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":"2012-01-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR17/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ17","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":435631,"bill_number":"SJR25","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.  to the","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR25/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ25","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":435632,"bill_number":"SJR35","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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR35/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ35","sponsor":"Yvonne Miller"},
{"bill_id":435634,"bill_number":"SJR44","title":"Constitutional amendment; maximum lawful rate of interest (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); maximum lawful rate of interest. Caps the maximum lawful rate of interest on any contract for the loan or forbearance of any money, if the money is for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, at 36 percent per year. The provisions do not apply to loans made by a depository institution that is subject to licensure by the Commonwealth or another state or by the federal government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2012-11-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR44/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ44","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":435635,"bill_number":"SJR45","title":"Property owners, low-income; JLARC to study real property tax relief.","description":"Study; JLARC; property tax relief for low-income property owners; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study issues relating to property tax relief for low-income property owners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR45/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ45","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":435636,"bill_number":"SJR48","title":"Virginia Retirement System; JLARC to study system for determining eligibility for disability claims.","description":"Study; JLARC; determination eligibility for disability claims under the Virginia Retirement System; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the system for determining eligibility for disability claims under the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program administered by the Virginia Retirement System. In conducting the study, JLARC shall (i) examine and compare the system operating when determinations of eligibility were made by Virginia physicians and health care professionals to the current system where the determinations are made by a contractor, (ii) review the differences in the rates of approval and denial under the two systems, and (iii) review and compare the rate of appeals under the two systems and the decisions of hearing officers regarding such appeals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR48/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ48","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435638,"bill_number":"SJR57","title":"Property owners, low-income; JLARC to study real property tax relief, executive summary.","description":"Study; JLARC; property tax relief for low-income property owners; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study issues relating to property tax relief for low-income property owners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR57/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ57","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":435639,"bill_number":"SJR69","title":"Judges; Virginia State Crime Commission to study mandatory retirement age.","description":"Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; mandatory retirement of judges; report.  Directs the State Crime Commission to study mandatory retirement of judges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR69/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ69","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":435640,"bill_number":"SJR70","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 thirteenth 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 of Virginia, which will name the thirteenth 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 constitutional 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":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR70/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ70","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":435642,"bill_number":"SJR71","title":"Foreclosure procedures; Virginia Housing Commission to study.","description":"Study; Virginia Housing Commission; foreclosure procedures; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission to study the foreclosure procedures of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR71/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ71","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":435643,"bill_number":"SJR73","title":"Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; recognizes existence within State, etc.","description":"Recognition of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation.  Recognizes the existence of Appalachian Cherokee Nation within the Commonwealth and grants the Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated, representation on the Virginia Council on Indians.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR73/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ73","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":435644,"bill_number":"SJR74","title":"Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for surviving spouse of disabled veterans.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses of disabled veterans. Expands the real property tax exemption for the primary residence of a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran, to include the situation in which the disabled veteran died prior to January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR74/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ74","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":435646,"bill_number":"SJR85","title":"Income tax, corporate; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study phase-out of tax.","description":"Study; JLARC to study phase-out of the corporate income tax; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and make recommendations as to how best to phase out the corporate income tax over a period of eight years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR85/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ85","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":435647,"bill_number":"SJR88","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":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR88/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ88","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":435648,"bill_number":"SJR90","title":"Juvenile facilities, secure; JLARC to study excess capacity.","description":"Study; JLARC to study excess capacity at secure juvenile facilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission to study excess capacity at secure juvenile facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR90/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ90","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435650,"bill_number":"SJR96","title":"ICPRB; joint subcommittee to study State's withdrawal & effects upon source of drinking water, etc.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from ICPRB; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin and its effects upon the viability of the Potomac as a source of drinking water, recreation, and other benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR96/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ96","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":435651,"bill_number":"SJR131","title":"Abraham Lincoln Day; designating as February 12, 2012 and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Designating Abraham Lincoln Day in Virginia. Designates February 12, in 2012 and in each succeeding year, as Abraham Lincoln Day in Virginia. This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR131/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ131","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":435652,"bill_number":"SR17","title":"Religious freedom; supporting those suffering religious persecution and discrimination.","description":"Religious freedom.  Memorializes the Secretary of State of the United States of America to support those suffering religious persecution and discrimination in countries that do not recognize religious freedom.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR17/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR17","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":437853,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"Coastal primary sand dunes; standards for use, exemption.","description":"Standards for use of coastal primary sand dunes; exemption.  Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to determine which structures or properties are in imminent danger from erosion or storm damage. If such structures or properties are found to be in imminent danger, the property owners will be able to erect or maintain protective bulkheads of a type, size and configuration approved by the Board. This is the same exemption from the Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches Act that applies to homes located in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-14","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB40/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB40","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":437854,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","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 substances. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal substances, the local department of social services 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 substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program; however, an individual has one opportunity during the subsequent 12-month period to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-21","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB73/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB73","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":437858,"bill_number":"HB82","title":"Real property tax; roll-back taxes shall not apply to property that loses its designation, etc.","description":"Real property tax; land use valuation. Provides that roll-back taxes shall not apply to real property that loses its designation as devoted to agricultural or horticultural use because of excavation of sand or gravel on it, provided that such property returns to agricultural or horticultural use within two years after commencement of the extraction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2011-12-21","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2012-11-29","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB82/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB82","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":437860,"bill_number":"HB1321","title":"Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine by local health department employee.","description":"Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Requires local school boards to include in policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine a provision allowing any local health department employee approved by the local governing body to provide health services pursuant to §22.1-274 who is authorized and trained in the administration of epinephrine to administer the drug to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-23","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1321/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1321","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":437864,"bill_number":"HB1322","title":"Application of foreign law in Virginia courts; decisions concerning domestic relations.","description":"Application of foreign law in Virginia courts; domestic relations. Provides that if a court, arbitrator, administrative agency, or other adjudicative or enforcement authority bases its decision in a domestic relations matter on foreign law, and such decision violates a person's rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and Constitution of Virginia, then such decision will be void as violative of the public policy of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-10-26","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1322/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1322","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":437866,"bill_number":"HB1323","title":"Scrap metal processors; reports of purchases.","description":"Scrap metal processors; reports of purchases. Requires each scrap metal processor to furnish to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which it conducts business a report of its purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles, other than aluminum cans and interior household items. The reports are due on the next business day following the date of a purchase. Currently, scrap metal processors are required to submit such reports only if requested by a law-enforcement officer of the locality.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-10-31","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1323/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1323","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":437868,"bill_number":"HB1324","title":"Efficiency Evaluation Fund; established, grants to localities.","description":"Efficiency Evaluation Fund; grants to localities. Creates the Efficiency Evaluation Fund to provide matching grants to localities to pay for evaluations by private consultants to determine ways in which localities may become more efficient.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-01","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1324/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1324","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":437871,"bill_number":"HB1325","title":"Juveniles; deferral and dismissal of serious offenses.","description":"Deferral and dismissal of serious juvenile offenses. Provides that the juvenile court or circuit court hearing the case shall not, except with the concurrence of the attorney for the Commonwealth, defer disposition for any criminal offense alleged to have been committed by a juvenile for which transfer to a circuit court is mandatory or for which transfer to a circuit is mandatory upon notice to the court by the attorney for the Commonwealth (serious juvenile offenses set forth in subsections B and C of § 16.1-269.1) or for any gang-related felony offense described in § 18.2-46.2 or 18.2-46.3.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-05","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1325/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1325","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":437875,"bill_number":"HB1326","title":"Concealed handgun permits; firearms safety courses.","description":"Concealed handgun permit; firearms safety course. Eliminates certain firearms safety courses the completion of which currently satisfies the requirement that all resident and nonresident applicants for a concealed handgun permit demonstrate competence with a handgun. The bill also requires that certain firearms safety courses that satisfy this requirement focus primarily on the use and handling of a concealed handgun.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-05","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1326/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1326","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":437880,"bill_number":"HB1327","title":"Port of Va. Economic & Infrastructure Development Zone Grant Fund; certain businesses eligible.","description":"Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone Grant Fund. Adds the City of Franklin and the Counties of Page and Shenandoah to the list of localities in which certain businesses related to commerce through the Port of Virginia may locate or expand and be eligible to apply for grants based on the number of new jobs created. The bill is contingent upon funding in the general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law, and the General Assembly finds that such requirement has been satisfied.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1327/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1327","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":437884,"bill_number":"HB1328","title":"Highways, Commissioner of; agreements with localities.","description":"Commissioner of Highways; agreements with localities. Adds Prince William County to existing provisions that allow Fairfax County to enter into agreements with the Commissioner of Highways regarding enforcement of provisions related to signs and advertisements within highway limits. The penalties and costs collected under such agreements are paid to the affected locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1328/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1328","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":437885,"bill_number":"HB1329","title":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.","description":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes localities not to pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-11-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1329/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1329","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":437888,"bill_number":"HB1330","title":"Admissions tax; adds Loudoun County to list of counties that are authorized to levy.","description":"Admissions tax in certain counties; Loudoun County. Adds Loudoun County to the list of counties that are authorized to levy a tax on admissions charged for attendance at events.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-11-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1330/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1330","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":437892,"bill_number":"HB1331","title":"Local employees; retirement benefits.","description":"Retirement benefits for local employees. Provides that any locality may establish and maintain a defined contribution retirement plan for its employees in lieu of any other retirement plans for employees hired on or after July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-12","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1331/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1331","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":437894,"bill_number":"HB1332","title":"Local government audit; allowed to request audit from Auditor of Public Accounts upon majority vote.","description":"Local government audit; Auditor of Public Accounts. Allows a local governing body to request an audit from the Auditor of Public Accounts at any time upon a majority vote, with the expense of the audit to be borne by the locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1332/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1332","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":437899,"bill_number":"HB1333","title":"Service district boundaries; allows localities to amend after notice and public hearing.","description":"Amendment of service district boundaries. Allows localities to amend service district boundaries after notice and a public hearing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1333/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1333","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":437900,"bill_number":"HB1334","title":"Virginia ports; 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 any Virginia port is permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-16","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1334","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":437904,"bill_number":"HB1335","title":"Local officers; senior judge may appoint temporary member to electoral board.","description":"Electoral board; temporary appointment. Allows the senior judge, for good cause, to appoint a temporary member to the electoral board in order to maintain a quorum.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1335/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1335","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":437907,"bill_number":"HB1337","title":"Polling place procedures; voter identification to be current, valid, and contain photograph.","description":"Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter and a voter's social security card. The bill also requires that all forms of acceptable identification contain a photograph of the voter or the voter's name and address, which conforms to the identification requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and harmonizes the identification requirements for state and federal elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1337/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1337","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":437912,"bill_number":"HB1338","title":"Circuit court judges; restricts appointment to office if General Assembly fails to elect.","description":"Appointment of judge by circuit court. Restricts the circuit courts from appointing to judicial office any person either house of the General Assembly failed to elect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1338/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1338","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":437914,"bill_number":"HB1339","title":"Election districts & redistricting; locality permitted to exclude from census correctional facility.","description":"Local election districts and redistricting. Permits any county, city, or town governing body to exclude from the census population used in decennial redistricting the adult inmate populations of federal, state, or regional adult correctional facilities located in the localities. Current law allows the exclusion of such inmate populations only if they exceed 12 percent of the ideal population of a local election district.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1339/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1339","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437920,"bill_number":"HB1340","title":"Electoral boards and general registrars; reimbursement of costs of compensation and expenses.","description":"Compensation and expenses of electoral boards and general registrars. Provides for reimbursement by the state to the localities of the entire costs of compensation and expenses of the electoral boards and general registrars.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-20","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1340/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1340","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437922,"bill_number":"HB1341","title":"Presidential primaries; localities shall be reimbursed by State for all costs incurred.","description":"Presidential primary costs. Provides that localities shall be reimbursed by the state for all costs incurred in conducting the presidential primary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-20","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1341/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1341","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437926,"bill_number":"HB1342","title":"Elections; costs of primaries.","description":"Elections; costs of primaries. Provides that the state will reimburse the localities for the costs of primary elections as funded by the general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-20","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1342","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437928,"bill_number":"HB1343","title":"Service district boundaries; allows localities to amend after notice and public hearing.","description":"Amendment of service district boundaries. Allows localities to amend service district boundaries after notice and a public hearing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-20","last_action":"Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1343/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1343","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437933,"bill_number":"HB1344","title":"Deaf or hard-of-hearing children; special education.","description":"Special education; children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Permits local school divisions to ensure that individualized education program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and address those needs as appropriate in the child's IEP.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1344/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1344","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":437934,"bill_number":"HB1345","title":"Rappahannock River Basin Commission; reduces number of members.","description":"Membership of Rappahannock River Basin Commission.  Reduces the membership of the Commission from 34 to 32 members. The reduction in the number of members is due to redistricting that resulted in the removal of one Senate district and one House of Delegates district from the Basin area. The bill also reduces the number of members that constitute a quorum from 12 to 11.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1345/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1345","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":437939,"bill_number":"HB1346","title":"Presidential electors; candidate petitions, required signatures, etc.","description":"Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and from 400 to 200 signatures in each congressional district. The bill makes similar reductions to 5,000 and 200 in the number of signatures required for a person to qualify for a presidential primary ballot. The bill also provides a method for substituting persons listed as electors for presidential candidates for groups other than the major parties in the event such persons die or become incapacitated.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1346/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1346","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":437944,"bill_number":"HB1347","title":"Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries incurred by public safety officers. States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1347/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1347","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":437947,"bill_number":"HB1348","title":"House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.","description":"House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 75, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, and 99 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate administration of legislative elections by local officials. All districts remain within one percent deviation of the ideal population.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-27","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1348/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1348","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":437952,"bill_number":"HB1349","title":"Dental hygiene and dental hygienist; definitions and licensure.","description":"Dental hygiene and dental hygienist; definitions and licensure. Defines \"dental hygiene\" as duties related to patient assessment and the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services specified in regulations of the Board and not otherwise restricted to the practice of dentistry. The bill defines \"dental hygienist\" as a person who is licensed by the Board of Dentistry to practice dental hygiene. The bill also clarifies the licensure requirement for a dental hygienist of graduation from a dental hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and offered by an accredited institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1349/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1349","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":437953,"bill_number":"HB1350","title":"Standards of Learning; local school divisions shall provide math remediation, etc., for grades 6-8.","description":"Mathematics assessments; targeted remediation and intervention for computational deficiencies. Requires local school divisions to provide targeted mathematics remediation and intervention to students in grades six through eight who show computational deficiencies on any diagnostic or grade-level Standards of Learning mathematics test that measures non-calculator computational skills.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1350/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1350","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":437956,"bill_number":"HB1351","title":"Credit unions, federal; those operating within State to comply with Virginia Small Estate Act.","description":"Credit unions; Virginia Small Estate Act. Provides that federal credit unions operating in the Commonwealth, to the extent allowable under federal law, shall comply with provisions of the Virginia Small Estate Act requiring a person having possession of an asset belonging to a decedent with a value of no more than $50,000 to pay or deliver that asset to the designated successor of the decedent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1351/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1351","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":437959,"bill_number":"HB1352","title":"Health care records; increases maximum copying fee that a health care provider may charge.","description":"Health care records; copying fees. Increases the maximum fee that a health care provider may charge for retrieving, reviewing, and preparing copies of patient records in response to a subpoena duces tecum or a request by the patient, his attorney, or his executor or administrator. The maximum fee is raised from $0.50 to $0.75 per page for up to 50 pages and from $0.25 to $0.50 per page for documents in excess of 50 pages. The bill also raises the maximum search and handling fee from $10 to $20.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-29","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1352/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1352","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":437963,"bill_number":"HB1353","title":"Absentee voting; persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.","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":"2012-11-29","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1353/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1353","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":437968,"bill_number":"HB1354","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes service charges of photographers and videographers.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; service charges of photographers and videographers. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for separately stated service charges of photographers and videographers.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-11-29","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1354/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1354","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":437970,"bill_number":"HB1355","title":"Writs of actual innocence; petitions.","description":"Petitions for writs of actual innocence. Provides that petitions for writs of actual innocence in the case of either biological or nonbiological evidence may be brought for any felony and upon any plea. The bill also provides that, for both writs, the petitioner shall allege that the new evidence, had it been available at trial, would have created in a rational trier of fact reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the petitioner, as opposed to the current required allegation that the evidence \"will prove that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.\" For the writ based on nonbiological evidence, the bill removes the limit that only one writ per conviction may be filed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-30","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1355/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1355","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":437974,"bill_number":"HB1356","title":"Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.","description":"Health insurance for local government employees.  Gives local governments the option of having all their employees and retirees, as well as their dependents, eligible to participate in the state employee health insurance plan in lieu of the current state-administered local health insurance plan. The local government shall be responsible for whatever portion of the cost of such insurance that is not paid by the employee, except any portion that the General Assembly elects to pay.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-02","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1356/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1356","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":437977,"bill_number":"HB1357","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving a primary offense.","description":"Texting while driving. Makes texting while driving a primary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-03","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1357/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1357","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":437980,"bill_number":"HB1358","title":"Law-enforcement officer; impersonating local, etc., law-enforcement officer is Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Impersonating a law-enforcement officer. Adds federal law-enforcement officers and any local, city, county, and state law-enforcement officers to the list of law-enforcement officers for which it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to falsely assume or exercise the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or peace officer, or to falsely assume or pretend to be any such officer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1358/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1358","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":437983,"bill_number":"HB1359","title":"Consumer finance companies; rate of interest.","description":"Consumer finance companies; rate of interest. Adjusts the caps on the annual rate of interest that a consumer finance company may charge on loans. This measure allows a consumer finance company to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 78 percent annually on loans of not more than $1,500 and not exceeding 36 percent annually on loans of more than $1,500. Currently, a consumer finance company may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 36 percent annually on loans of not more than $2,500, and may charge interest at any rate agreed to in its contract with the borrower on loans of more than $2,500.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-03","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1359/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1359","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":437985,"bill_number":"HB1360","title":"Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty.","description":"Reckless driving; using a handheld communications device; penalty. Provides that driving while simultaneously using a handheld communications device for something other than verbal communication constitutes driving a motor vehicle that is not under proper control, punishable as reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the more specific offense of \"texting while driving\" (repealed by this bill) incurs a $20 fine and is a secondary offense, which means that a law-enforcement officer must have cause to stop or detain a driver for some other violation, the primary offense, before issuing a citation for texting while driving, the secondary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1360/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1360","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":437991,"bill_number":"HB1361","title":"Absentee voting; persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.","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":"2012-12-04","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1361/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1361","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":437994,"bill_number":"HB1362","title":"Election Day; designating as a state holiday.","description":"State holidays; Election Day. Designates the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, i.e., Election Day, as a legal holiday.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1362/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1362","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":437998,"bill_number":"HB1363","title":"Private security services businesses; exempts certain employees and representatives from training.","description":"Private security services businesses; exemption.  Exempts employees and sales representatives of an electronic security equipment retailer from training requirements when they (i) sell the equipment at a store location, online, or by telephone, but not at the end user's premises; (ii) are not electronic security technicians; and (iii) do not have access to end user confidential information regarding the end user's electronic security equipment from dispatcher training requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1363/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1363","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":438003,"bill_number":"HB1364","title":"Court-appointed experts; compensation in criminal cases.","description":"Compensation of experts in criminal cases. Provides that counsel for the defendant may request a waiver on the maximum limitation of compensation for a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or other expert appointed by the court to render professional service in a criminal case other than capital murder, currently set at $750, in an amount up to an additional $750, depending on the time and effort expended by the expert, the novelty and difficulty of the case in which the professional service was rendered, and other circumstances warranting such a waiver.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-06","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1364/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1364","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438004,"bill_number":"HB1365","title":"Mental health experts; appointment in criminal cases not involving insanity defense or competency.","description":"Appointment of mental health experts in criminal cases not involving insanity defense or competency to stand trial. Provides that in a felony criminal case for an alleged crime other than capital murder, the attorney for the Commonwealth or the defendant may, at least 60 days prior to trial, move the court to require a mental health evaluation of the defendant. Upon such motion, and for good cause shown, the court shall conduct a hearing to consider evidence of mental health issues relevant to the trial or sentencing of the defendant when consideration of such issues is not otherwise provided for, e.g., when insanity is raised as a defense or competency to stand trial is at issue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-06","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1365/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1365","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438009,"bill_number":"HB1366","title":"Smoking; unlawful for person to smoke in motor vehicle with minor present, civil penalty.","description":"Smoking in a car with a minor present; civil penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to smoke in a motor vehicle in the presence of a child younger than 13 years of age; punishable by a civil penalty of $100.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-06","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1366/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1366","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438011,"bill_number":"HB1367","title":"Cigarettes; deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash.","description":"Littering; cigarettes, civil penalty. Includes cigarettes specifically in the category of things deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash. The bill also provides that in lieu of the imposition of the Class 1 misdemeanor criminal penalty, the court may order the defendant to perform community service in litter abatement activities. If the offense involves a cigarette or cigarettes, the court shall order the payment of a $100 civil penalty payable to the Litter Control and Recycling Fund established in §10.1-1422.01 in addition to the imposition of such community service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-06","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1367/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1367","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438016,"bill_number":"HB1368","title":"Jury duty; requires employer to excuse an employee for each day of service that exceeds three hours.","description":"Employees; jury duty. Requires employers, including the Commonwealth and localities, to excuse an employee from employment for each day the employee's service as a juror exceeds three hours. The requirement applies when an employee is summoned for jury duty in a federal or state court and provides his immediate supervisor, on the next working day after receiving the summons, with the original or a photocopy of the summons. With certain exceptions, the employee is entitled to his usual compensation for periods he is excused, though the employer may deduct any compensation the employee receives for the jury service. Employers may not discharge or discriminate against an employee for jury duty if the required notice was given. An employee who is discharged, demoted, or suspended in violation of these provisions may seek reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and benefits and recovery of attorney fees and court costs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-06","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1368/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1368","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":438018,"bill_number":"HB1369","title":"School bus stops; school boards shall develop policy for stops located near sex offender residence.","description":"School bus stops; sex offenders. Provides that local school boards shall develop and implement policies for minimizing the number of school bus stops located within 500 feet of the residence of a registered sex offender and shall notify the parent of each student enrolled in the school division of any school bus stop located within 500 feet of such a residence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-07","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1369/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1369","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438021,"bill_number":"HB1370","title":"Small business; creates an individual and corporate tax credit for those creating new jobs.","description":"Small business job creation tax credit. Creates an individual and corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for small businesses creating new full-time jobs in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $1,000 for each new job created. A small business would be allowed the credit for an aggregate of 50 jobs. Any unused tax credit would be allowed to be carried forward for five taxable years. The credit would sunset on January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1370/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1370","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":438024,"bill_number":"HB1371","title":"Reckless driving; removes driving in excess of 80 mph, etc.","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":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1371/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1371","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438029,"bill_number":"HB1372","title":"Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.","description":"Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification. Provides that an individual is ineligible for unemployment benefits if he has been discharged because he lost or failed to renew a license or certification that is required for his job.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1372/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1372","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":438031,"bill_number":"HB1373","title":"Legal notices; advertisement by locality.","description":"Legal notices; advertisement by locality. Allows localities with a population of 50,000 or greater to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their websites, radio, or television instead of a newspaper of general circulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1373/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1373","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":438038,"bill_number":"HB1374","title":"Summary judgment; use of depositions.","description":"Summary judgment; use of depositions. Allows motions for summary judgment to be based, in whole or in part, upon depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions in the proceedings, or affidavits. Currently, such motions cannot be based on depositions unless agreed to by the parties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1374/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1374","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":438039,"bill_number":"HB1375","title":"Customer access to restrooms; retail establishment required to allow customer to use, penalty.","description":"Customer access to restrooms; civil penalty. Requires a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow a customer who suffers from Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility, to use that facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. The measure does not apply to certain filling stations or service stations or to banks or savings institutions. The operator of a retail establishment that violates this requirement is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $100. A violation does not subject the retail establishment to further liability to the customer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1375/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1375","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":438043,"bill_number":"HB1376","title":"Controlled substances; law-enforcement officer's testimony regarding field-test identification.","description":"Testimony regarding field-test identification of controlled substances. Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall be permitted to testify as to results of field tests approved by the Department of Forensic Science regarding identification of a substance at issue in a preliminary hearing on a violation of subdivision 6 of §53.1-203 (possession of drugs by an inmate). Under current law, this provision applies to only violations of Article 1 (§18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 (drug crimes).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1376/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1376","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":438045,"bill_number":"HB1377","title":"Students; care of those who have been diagnosed with diabetes.","description":"Care of students who have been diagnosed with diabetes. Requires the parents of any public school student who has been diagnosed with diabetes to designate in a diabetes care plan a delegated care aide to provide diabetes care for the student, including the administration of insulin and glucagon, when a school nurse or physician is not present in the school or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill also requires the delegated care aide to receive training in diabetes care and every school employee to receive basic training in responses to emergency situations. The bill further allows a student of suitable age and discretion to perform certain tasks in the management of his diabetes. The bill provides that no school board shall prohibit a student who has been diagnosed with diabetes from attending a school or a school-sponsored activity on the basis of his diabetes. The bill finally prohibits a school nurse or delegated care aide from being disciplined for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions made during the care of a student who has been diagnosed with diabetes. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1377/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1377","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438050,"bill_number":"HB1378","title":"Legal notices; locality to publish on its website instead of advertising in newspaper.","description":"Advertisement of legal notices on websites. Allows a locality to publish required legal notices on its website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1378/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1378","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438053,"bill_number":"HB1379","title":"Law-Enforcement Assistance Program; DCJS to develop a peer-counseling program.","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; Law Enforcement Assistance Program. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a peer-counseling program to provide services, in the event of the death of or tragedy involving a law-enforcement officer in the course of his duties, to requesting immediate family members of the officer or to any other requesting law-enforcement officer. The program must include a training course for any law-enforcement officer who volunteers as a peer counselor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1379/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1379","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":438056,"bill_number":"HB1380","title":"Assault and battery; includes campus police officers within enhanced penalty provision.","description":"Crimes; assault and battery of campus police. Includes campus police within the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1380/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1380","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":438059,"bill_number":"HB1381","title":"Plastic bags; imposes $0.05 tax beginning 7/1/14 on those used by purchasers to carry certain goods.","description":"Plastic bag tax. Imposes a tax of five cents ($0.05) beginning on July 1, 2014, on plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property purchased in grocery stores, convenience stores, or drug stores. 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 one cent ($0.01) of the five-cent ($0.05) tax or two cents ($0.02) 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. The revenues from the tax would be deposited into the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1381/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1381","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438065,"bill_number":"HB1382","title":"Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.","description":"Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification. Provides that an individual is ineligible for unemployment benefits if he has been discharged because he lost or failed to renew a license or certification that is required for his job.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1382/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1382","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":438068,"bill_number":"HB1383","title":"Criminal history record information; emergency medical services providers.","description":"Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to submit fingerprints and provide personal descriptive information for the purpose of a state and national criminal history record check.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1383/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1383","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":438072,"bill_number":"HB1384","title":"Transportation Accountability, Joint Commission on; removes obsolete provision.","description":"Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability.  Removes obsolete provision requiring the Commonwealth to provide the Commission with \"adequate office space.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1384/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1384","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":438075,"bill_number":"HB1385","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":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1385/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1385","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":438079,"bill_number":"HB1386","title":"Overweight vehicle permits; allows court to invalidate standard permit in certain circumstances.","description":"Overweight vehicle permits. Allows the court to invalidate a standard overweight permit in circumstances where a super load permit was required.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1386/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1386","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":438082,"bill_number":"HB1387","title":"License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Washington Nationals baseball team.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team to support the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1387/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1387","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":438086,"bill_number":"HB1388","title":"Teaching positions; notice to principals, assistant principals, or supervisors of reassignment.","description":"Principals, assistant principals, and supervisors; reassignment. Changes the deadline for a school board to notify principals, assistant principals, or supervisors under continuing contract of their reassignment to teaching positions from April 15 to June 15.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1388/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1388","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":438090,"bill_number":"HB1389","title":"Higher educational institutions; allocation of in-state undergraduate tuition and state funds.","description":"Higher education; allocation of in-state undergraduate tuition and state funds. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education to ensure that all funds received from in-state undergraduate tuition are dedicated to the purpose of undergraduate education, that 65 percent of such funds are dedicated to undergraduate instructional expenses, and that 65 percent of all funds received from the Commonwealth for the education and general programs of instruction, academic support, student services, institutional support, and operation and maintenance of the physical plant are dedicated to undergraduate instructional expenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1389/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1389","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":438091,"bill_number":"HB1390","title":"Charter; Town of Kilmarnock.","description":"Charter; Town of Kilmarnock. Amends the town's charter of 1952, as amended, regarding the town's boundaries; the service of council members appointed to fill vacant seats; the authorities of the town manager and the director of public utilities; the use of electronic meeting minutes; and other matters. The amendments clarify the duties and terms of service of the town clerk and town treasurer and reduce the proportion of council members who must vote to set the salaries of council members from two-thirds of the full membership to a majority of those in attendance. The bill also strikes antiquated provisions from the charter, such as provisions dealing with the operation of a workhouse, the appointment of special policemen, and the storage of gunpowder, and makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1390/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1390","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":438095,"bill_number":"HB1391","title":"State legislative buildings; prohibits possession of weapons in Capitol of Va., exception.","description":"Possession of weapons in state legislative buildings. Prohibits the possession of weapons in legislative buildings except by any person who lawfully possesses a handgun. The provisions of the bill would not apply to General Assembly members or staff or to any law-enforcement officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-15","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1391/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1391","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":438098,"bill_number":"HB1392","title":"Higher educational institutions; modifications to prior revenue bond bills, emergency.","description":"Revenue bond bills for higher education; modifications. Modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2008 by changing a project at Radford University from \"construct residence halls\" to \"renovate residence halls.\" The bill also modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2012 by (i) changing a project at the College of William and Mary from \"renovate dormitory\" to \"renovate dormitories,\" (ii) increasing the amount allocated for such project from $5,000,000 to $14,650,000, and (iii) increasing the maximum aggregate amount of bonds that may be issued from $125,594,000 to $135,244,000. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1392/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1392","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":438102,"bill_number":"HB1393","title":"Fleet management; DGS to issue guidance documents to govern use of vehicles in State fleet.","description":"Department of General Services; guidance documents establishing policy for fleet management. Provides for the Department of General Services to issue guidance documents, rather than regulations, to govern use of vehicles in the state fleet.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1393/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1393","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438107,"bill_number":"HB1394","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older on day of an election are entitled to vote absentee.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1394/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1394","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438109,"bill_number":"HB1395","title":"Abandoned vehicles; public auction conducted by locality shall include an Internet sale by auction.","description":"Abandoned vehicles; sale of those taken into custody at auction. Provides that \"public auctions\" at which abandoned vehicles are sold by local governments can include Internet sales. The bill also reduces the time period that a locality must hold the proceeds from such a sale for the owner from 90 to 60 days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1395/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1395","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438111,"bill_number":"HB1396","title":"Portable electronics insurance; eliminates provision that caps incidental compensation, etc.","description":"Portable electronics insurance. Eliminates a provision that caps, at $10 per customer, the incidental compensation that a vendor of portable electronics may provide to its employees or authorized representatives who sell portable electronics insurance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1396/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1396","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438115,"bill_number":"HB1397","title":"Dan River; designates 15-mile segment as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","description":"Scenic river designation. Designates a 15-mile segment of the Dan River as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1397/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1397","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438121,"bill_number":"HB1398","title":"Land preservation tax credits; Budget Bill to include an appropriation for land preservation, etc.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; unissued tax credits. Provides that, beginning with calendar year 2013, the maximum amount of land preservation tax credits that shall be issued to taxpayers shall be $100 million. However, the $100 million shall continue to be annually indexed, as is done under current law. The Governor would be required to include in the Budget Bill or in his amendments to the general appropriation act a recommended appropriation from the general fund in an amount equal to the difference between the indexed amount and $100 million to be appropriated as follows: 80 percent of the unissued credits to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, of which at least 50 percent must be used for acquisitions with public access; 10 percent to the Civil War Site Preservation Fund; and 10 percent to the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Signed by President as reenrolled","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1398/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1398","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":438123,"bill_number":"HB1399","title":"RS&UT; deletes portion of tax exemption for pollution control equipment and facilities.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; pollution control equipment and facilities. Deletes that portion of the sales and use tax exemption for pollution control equipment and facilities that expired July 1, 2006, related to coal, oil, and gas production, to clarify that such exemption did not expire in 2006, and continues because of a cross-reference to another statute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1399/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1399","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":438124,"bill_number":"HB1400","title":"Oyster replenishment tax; penalties.","description":"Oyster replenishment tax; penalties. Reorganizes, clarifies, and renames the oyster replenishment tax system as a system of oyster resource user fees. In addition to repealing four Code sections, the bill replaces the former price-based replenishment tax with a volume-based oyster resource user fee, specifying that no harvester shall pay more than one such fee per year. The bill removes the exemption from licensing requirements for an oyster grounds leaseholder, distinguishes from other fees the license fee to be paid by a person who buys from the catcher oysters caught from the public grounds, simplifies the description of the fisheries data that harvesters and others are required to record, simplifies the prohibition on carrying oysters out of state without a permit, and removes certain oyster inspection tax provisions. The bill also makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1400/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1400","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":438128,"bill_number":"HB1401","title":"Real property tax; collection of delinquent taxes, notice to taxpayer regarding payment agreement.","description":"Real property tax; sale of sole dwelling for delinquent taxes. Requires that, prior to initiating judicial proceedings to sell real property because of delinquent taxes, the locality must notify the taxpayer that he has the right to request that the treasurer enter into a payment schedule with him to pay the delinquent taxes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1401/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1401","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438136,"bill_number":"HB1402","title":"Income tax, state; adjusts elements of Virginia's individual income tax to account for inflation.","description":"Individual income tax adjusted for inflation. Adjusts elements of Virginia's individual income tax to account for inflation. The individual income tax income brackets, return filing thresholds, standard deduction, and personal exemption amounts would be adjusted every two years beginning with taxable year 2015 by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), for all items, for the 24-month period ending on September 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the affected calendar year","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1402/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1402","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438138,"bill_number":"HB1403","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; increases amount of revenue dedicated to Transportation Trust Fund.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund. Increases the amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund from an amount generated by a 0.5 percent tax rate under current law to an amount generated by a one percent tax rate, phased in by a 0.1 percent increase each year for five years, or over a longer period of time if there is a lack of growth in general fund revenues.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1403/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1403","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438142,"bill_number":"HB1404","title":"Residential development; impact fees to defray costs of public facilities.","description":"Residential development; impact fees to defray the costs of public facilities. Authorizes any locality to impose impact fees on residential developments in order to defray the costs of constructing public facilities necessitated by those developments. Under current law, such impact fees may be imposed only by those localities that have established urban transportation service districts in accordance with § 15.2-2403.1.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1404/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1404","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":438143,"bill_number":"HB1405","title":"Private road easements; maintenance and repairs.","description":"Private road easements; maintenance and repairs. Provides that all the property owners served by a private road or right-of-way that serves as the primary source of ingress and egress for the properties are jointly and equally responsible for the cost of maintaining and repairing the road or right-of-away unless the owners agree otherwise. Such costs include the cost of snow removal but do not include the cost of capital improvements to the road or right-of-way.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1405/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1405","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":438148,"bill_number":"HB1406","title":"Eating disorders; school board shall provide parent educational information for grades 5 through 12.","description":"Parent educational information for public school students; eating disorders. Requires each school board to annually provide parent educational information on eating disorders for public school students in grades five through 12. The bill also requires the Department of Education and the Department of Health to develop and implement policies for providing parent educational information on eating disorders.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1406/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1406","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":438150,"bill_number":"HB1407","title":"Inmates; eligibility for medical assistance.","description":"Inmates; eligibility for medical assistance. Provides that a person who is in the custody of a state or local correctional facility and who meets the criteria for eligibility for services under the state plan for medical assistance shall remain eligible for medical assistance while he is confined, but that no services under the state plan for medical assistance shall be furnished unless federal financial participation is available for the cost of the services provided. This bill also provides that such person shall be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance immediately upon release from a state or local correction facility and that, to the extent permitted by federal law, the time during which the person is confined to a state or local correction facility shall not be included in any calculation of when the person's eligibility for medical assistance shall need to be recertified.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1407/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1407","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":438154,"bill_number":"HB1500","title":"Budget Bill.","description":"Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 3, 2012 Special Session I Acts of Assembly.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Reenrolled bill text (HB1500ER2)","last_action_date":"2013-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1500/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1500","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":438156,"bill_number":"HJR539","title":"Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, executive clemency (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; executive clemency; restoration of right to vote. Provides that no person convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless he has completed service of his sentence, including any modifications of the sentence, and made payment in full of any restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed against him as a result of the felony conviction. The proposed amendment removes the power of the Governor or other appropriate authority (such as another state's law) to restore the right to vote to a felon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-07","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR539/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ539","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":438159,"bill_number":"HJR545","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Lee Burruss, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Lee Burruss, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ545ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR545/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ545","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438162,"bill_number":"HJR546","title":"Commending Sue Forbes Watson.","description":"Commending Sue Forbes Watson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ546ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR546/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ546","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438166,"bill_number":"HJR547","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; restoration of civil rights. Directs 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":"2012-11-12","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR547/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ547","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":438170,"bill_number":"HJR548","title":"Commending Delores Darden.","description":"Commending Delores Darden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ548ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR548/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ548","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":438173,"bill_number":"HJR549","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":"2012-11-16","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR549/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ549","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":438174,"bill_number":"HJR550","title":"Diwali Day; designating as last Saturday in October 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Diwali Day. Designates the last Saturday in October, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Diwali Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ550ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR550/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ550","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":438178,"bill_number":"HJR551","title":"Constitutional amendment; General Assembly may exempt real property of spouses of soldiers killed.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action. Provides that the General Assembly may provide a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of surviving spouses of members of the military who are killed in action. Such tax exemption may not be claimed by a surviving spouse who has remarried.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727)","last_action_date":"2013-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR551/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ551","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":438182,"bill_number":"HJR552","title":"K-9 Veterans Day; designating as March 13, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"K-9 Veterans Day. Designates March 13, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as K-9 Veterans Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ552ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR552/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ552","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438184,"bill_number":"HJR553","title":"Celebrating the life of William Francis Harris, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Francis Harris, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ553ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR553/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ553","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438189,"bill_number":"HJR554","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Richard L. Hoffman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Richard L. Hoffman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ554ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR554/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ554","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":438190,"bill_number":"HJR555","title":"Commending Dorothea McLaughlin.","description":"Commending Dorothea McLaughlin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ555ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR555/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ555","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":438195,"bill_number":"HJR556","title":"Celebrating the life of Ira L. Andrews III.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ira L. Andrews III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ556ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR556/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ556","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438197,"bill_number":"HJR557","title":"Celebrating the life of William Stuart Crabtree, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Stuart Crabtree, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ557ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR557/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ557","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438202,"bill_number":"HJR558","title":"Commending Deborah Lane.","description":"Commending Deborah Lane.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ558ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR558/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ558","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":438205,"bill_number":"HJR559","title":"Commending Billy Apperson.","description":"Commending Billy Apperson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ559ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR559/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ559","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":438209,"bill_number":"HJR560","title":"Commending Ebonee Sanders.","description":"Commending Ebonee Sanders.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ560ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR560/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ560","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":438211,"bill_number":"HJR561","title":"Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown triumph.","description":"Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown triumph.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ561ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR561/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ561","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":438215,"bill_number":"HJR562","title":"Commending the Jamestown High School boys' soccer team.","description":"Commending the Jamestown High School boys' soccer team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ562ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR562/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ562","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":438217,"bill_number":"HJR563","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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-04","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR563/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ563","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":438221,"bill_number":"HJR564","title":"Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, limitations (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 when the General Assembly is not in a regular session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR564/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ564","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":438224,"bill_number":"HJR565","title":"U.S. Constitution; application to Congress of United States to call an amendment convention.","description":"United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call an amendment convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced federal budget.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-10","last_action":"VOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 49-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR565/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ565","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":438228,"bill_number":"HJR566","title":"Commending the Fauquier High School Falcon Marching Band.","description":"Commending the Fauquier High School Falcon Marching Band.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ566ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR566/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ566","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":438231,"bill_number":"HJR567","title":"VegWeek; designating as last full week in April 2013, and in each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"VegWeek. Designates the last full week in April, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as VegWeek in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-15","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR567/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ567","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":438235,"bill_number":"HJR568","title":"Commending Philip Watlington.","description":"Commending Philip Watlington.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ568ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR568/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ568","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438238,"bill_number":"HJR569","title":"General Assembly; establishing schedule for conduct of business.","description":"General Assembly; 2013 Session schedule. Establishes a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ569ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR569/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ569","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":438240,"bill_number":"HJR570","title":"General Assembly; establishing prefiling schedule for 2014 Regular Session.","description":"General Assembly; 2014 Session prefiling schedule. Establishes a schedule for the prefiling period for the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ570ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR570/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ570","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":438243,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"Commending the Roanoke Catholic High School girls' volleyball team.","description":"Commending the Roanoke Catholic High School girls' volleyball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR84ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR84/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR84","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":438246,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"Highway maintenance; allocation of funds by CTB for maintenance of assets within Interstate System.","description":"Highway maintenance allocations. Provides that allocation of funds 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 standards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB213/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB213","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":438249,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"Breach of medical information; notification.","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":"2012-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB214/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB214","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":438253,"bill_number":"SB479","title":"Weighing of vehicles; exempts those owned or leased by City of Suffolk.","description":"Weighing of vehicles. Exempts vehicles owned or leased by the City of Suffolk from being weighed at DMV-controlled weigh-stations along U.S. Route 58 in Suffolk.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2012-11-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB479/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB479","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438256,"bill_number":"SB695","title":"Va. Toll Relief Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.","description":"Virginia Toll Relief Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-26","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB695/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB695","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438259,"bill_number":"SB696","title":"Va. Toll Abatement Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.","description":"Virginia Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill conduct of casino gaming shall be limited to counties, cities, and towns that are located in Planning District 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20, 21, 22, or 23. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-26","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB696/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB696","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438263,"bill_number":"SB697","title":"Va. Transportation Enhancement and Toll Abatement Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation.","description":"Virginia Transportation Enhancement and Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill conduct of casino gaming shall be limited to counties, cities, and towns that are located in Planning Districts 8, 9, 10, and 15 through 23. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-09-26","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB697/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB697","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438266,"bill_number":"SB699","title":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.","description":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion obtained by the plaintiff of an expert witness who certified that the defendant deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was the proximate cause of the injuries claimed. Such a certification is required before any action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice may be instituted, except in cases where cause of the injuries claimed lies within the jury's common knowledge and experience.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB699/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB699","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":438271,"bill_number":"SB700","title":"Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds.","description":"Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds. Makes the retail sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuels subject to the general 5% retail sales and use tax and reduces the fuels tax on such fuels by $0.05 per gallon from $0.175 per gallon to $0.125 per gallon. Under current law, the sale of fuels is exempt from the general retail sales and use tax, but fuels are subject to a fuels tax imposed at the rate of $0.175 per gallon. Of the net additional revenues generated each year under the bill, $250 million would be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund and the remainder would be deposited into the Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund created under the bill. Moneys deposited into the Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund would be used to finance or fund the construction, acquisition, reconstruction, or replacement of or improvements or additions to highway projects as specifically set forth in the general appropriation act to be financed or funded using moneys from the Fund. The bill also authorizes the issuance of up to $5 billion in bonds for such highway projects with the bonds and the interest thereon to be repaid from the net additional revenues generated by the bill and deposited into the Fund.  The Commonwealth Transportation Board is charged with ensuring that of the revenues deposited into the Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund, over the long term, approximately 38% of such revenues would be used for projects in the Northern Virginia highway construction district, 31% for projects in the Hampton Roads highway construction district, and 31% for projects in all other highway construction districts in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-10-23","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB700/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB700","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":438273,"bill_number":"SB701","title":"State government employment; nondiscrimination.","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB701/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB701","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":438276,"bill_number":"SB702","title":"Absentee voting; persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.","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":"2012-11-01","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB702/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB702","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":438279,"bill_number":"SB703","title":"Concealed handgun permit fees; provides an exemption for certain retired correctional officers.","description":"Concealed handgun permit fees; correctional officers; exemption. Provides an exemption for any retired correctional officer with at least 15 years of service from any fee charged for the issuance of a concealed handgun permit. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB703/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB703","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":438282,"bill_number":"SB704","title":"Workers' compensation; disease presumption, corrections officers.","description":"Workers' compensation; disease presumption; corrections officers. Adds correctional officers to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that hypertension and heart disease and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-26","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB704/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB704","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":438287,"bill_number":"SB705","title":"Child restraint devices; penalty if child suffers injury or death.","description":"Child restraint devices; penalty. Expands the violation of the Child Restraints article to include a misdemeanor for a violation where the child suffers injury or death.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-27","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB705/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB705","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438288,"bill_number":"SB706","title":"Mentally incapacitated persons; financial exploitation, penalty.","description":"Financial exploitation of incapacitated persons; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who knows or should know that another person suffers from mental incapacity to, through the use of that other person's mental incapacity, take, obtain, or convert money or other thing of value belonging to that other person with the intent to permanently deprive him thereof. A violation is punishable as larceny.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB706/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB706","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438294,"bill_number":"SB707","title":"Health care providers; submitting health insurance claims.","description":"Health care providers; submitting health insurance claims. Requires any in-network provider that provides health care services to a covered patient to submit its claim to the health insurer for the health care services in accordance with the terms of the applicable provider agreement. The requirement does not apply if the covered patient fails to provide information required by the terms of the plan documents. If an in-network provider does not submit its claim as required, then the covered patient is not obligated to pay for health care services for which the in-network provider was required to submit its claim, and the in-network provider shall not have the benefit of certain liens with regard to the health care services. In addition, such an in-network provider is prohibited from recovering payment from medical expense benefits provided under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB707/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB707","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":438297,"bill_number":"SB708","title":"Assisted living facilities; self-administration of medications by residents.","description":"Assisted living facilities; self-administration of medications. Requires the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing the administration and management of medications in assisted living facilities developed by the Board of Social Services in conjunction with the Board of Nursing and the Board of Pharmacy a provision that a resident for whom the uniform assessment indicates the ability to self-administer medications may store medications that would normally be self-administered in a secure location in his room, may self-administer such medications, and shall not be required to allow the facility to store or administer such medications or pay any cost associated with the storage or administration of such medications.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-11-28","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB708/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB708","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":438301,"bill_number":"SB709","title":"Concession stands at youth athletic activities; exempt from regulations applicable to restaurants.","description":"Regulations applicable to restaurants; concession stands at youth athletic activities exempt. Exempts concession stands at youth athletic activities from regulations governing restaurants, provided that such concession stands are promoted or sponsored either by a youth athletic association or by any charitable nonprofit organization or group thereof that has been recognized as being a part of the recreational program of the political subdivision where the association or organization is located by an ordinance or resolution of such political subdivision.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0317)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB709/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB709","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":438303,"bill_number":"SB710","title":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes, report.","description":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes a locality to not pay interest on refunds owed to a taxpayer that are due to willful errors made by the taxpayer. The bill also directs the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Finance to convene a working group to consider the feasibility and fiscal impact on local governments of establishing uniform methods of assessing interest earned on overpayment of taxes or charged for underpayment of taxes and uniform criteria for evaluating the timely repayment of taxes.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-11-28","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB710/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB710","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":438307,"bill_number":"SB711","title":"Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.","description":"Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts. Provides that any trustee under a will of a decedent, whenever probated, shall be relieved of the duty to file an inventory or annual accounts with the commissioner of accounts if the will does not direct the filing of such inventory or accounts and the trustee (i) obtains the written consent of all adult beneficiaries and the consent of all incapacitated beneficiaries and (ii) files those consents with the commissioner on or before the date on which the inventory or next required accounting would otherwise be due. Currently, this relief is only available for trustees of wills probated on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-28","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (2-Y 12-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB711/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB711","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438309,"bill_number":"SB712","title":"Hoax explosive devices; increases penalty for use, construction, etc.","description":"Hoax explosive devices; penalty. Raises from a Class 6 felony to a Class 5 felony the construction, use, placement, sending, or causing to be sent any hoax explosive device so as to intentionally cause another person to believe that such device is a bomb or explosive.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-28","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB712/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB712","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438314,"bill_number":"SB713","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act; definition of transportation facility, port facility excluded.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act; definition of transportation facility; port facility excluded. Removes port facility as defined in § 62.1-140 from the definition of \"transportation facility\" under the Public-Private Transportation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-30","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB713/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB713","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438317,"bill_number":"SB714","title":"Va. Toll Mitigation Act & Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.","description":"Virginia Toll Mitigation Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators will be paid into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the (i) Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and (ii) Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project. Under the bill, a referendum of the location of a casino gaming operation shall be limited to localities within the Hampton Roads Transportation District, and no initial license to operate a casino gaming operation may be issued unless a regional referendum approving casino gaming has been conducted and approved.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-30","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB714/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB714","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438322,"bill_number":"SB715","title":"Motor vehicle titles, etc.; provides for transfer to designated beneficiary upon death of owner.","description":"Transfer of vehicles on death. Provides for the transfer of title to motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the owner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB715/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB715","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438323,"bill_number":"SB716","title":"Virginia ports; 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 any Virginia port is permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-30","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB716/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB716","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438328,"bill_number":"SB717","title":"Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.","description":"Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes. Increases the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and requires hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth to pay this fee. However, owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth would be eligible for a refund of the new five percent tax on motor fuels sales. Prohibits the placement of tolls on existing roads in the Commonwealth without the approval of the General Assembly. Lowers individual income tax rates and changes the individual income tax structure, effective January 1, 2014. Income less than $5,000 would be taxed at a 0.75% rate, income over $5,000 and up to $17,000 would be taxed at a 4.5% rate, and income over $17,000 would continue to be taxed at a 5.75% rate. Repeals income tax credits for vehicle emissions testing equipment, clean-fuel vehicles, and biodiesel fuel producers effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Eliminates the sales tax exemption currently extended to certain services, such as auto repairs, taxi and limousines, armored cars, travel, and transportation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-30","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB717/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB717","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":438330,"bill_number":"SB718","title":"Child support; imputation of income, custodial parent attendance in educational, etc., program.","description":"Child support; imputation of income; attendance in educational or vocational program. Provides that a parent's decision to attend and complete an educational or vocational program that is likely to maintain or increase the parent's earning potential may be considered as a factor in determining whether to impute income to such parent for purposes of the parent's child support obligation. The bill also provides that any child care costs incurred by a custodial parent due to the parent's decision to attend such an education program may also be considered.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB718/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB718","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":438334,"bill_number":"SB719","title":"Polling place procedures; voter identification requirements, application for absentee ballot, etc.","description":"Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter and a voter's social security card. The bill also requires that all forms of acceptable identification contain a photograph of the voter or the voter's name and address, which conforms to the identification requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and harmonizes the identification requirements for state and federal elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB719/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB719","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438338,"bill_number":"SB720","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Grayson County to list of counties authorized to levy.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Grayson County. Adds Grayson County to the list of counties authorized to levy a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent. The bill makes technical revisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB720/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB720","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438341,"bill_number":"SB721","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","description":"Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal substances. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal substances, the local department of social services shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include drug testing. In cases in which drug testing is required, the cost of testing shall be paid by the Department of Social Services. 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 substances shall be ineligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program; however, an individual has one opportunity during the subsequent 12-month period to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB721/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB721","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438343,"bill_number":"SB722","title":"Emergency absentee ballots; ballots provided to hospitalized voters.","description":"Emergency absentee ballots; hospitalized voters; electoral board representative. Permits an electoral board to designate a hospital administrator to serve as its representative and to provide applications for emergency absentee ballots to hospitalized voters.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-03","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB722/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB722","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438348,"bill_number":"SB723","title":"Electoral College; State's electoral votes shall be allocated by congressional district.","description":"Electoral College. Provides that the Commonwealth's electoral votes shall be allocated by congressional district. Receipt by a slate of presidential electors of the highest number of votes in a congressional district constitutes the election of the congressional district elector of that slate. Receipt by a slate of electors of the highest number of votes in a majority of congressional districts constitutes the election of the two at-large electors of that slate. In the event no slate receives the highest number of votes in a majority of districts, receipt by a slate of the highest number of votes statewide shall constitute election of the two at-large electors of that slate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB723/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB723","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438352,"bill_number":"SB724","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older on day of an election are entitled to vote absentee.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB724/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB724","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":438355,"bill_number":"SB725","title":"Misdemeanors; expungement of criminal records.","description":"Expungement of certain misdemeanors. Allows a person convicted of certain misdemeanors who has successfully completed all terms of probation to file a petition for expungement 10 years after the conviction if he has never been convicted of any other offense. DUI, child abuse or neglect, domestic violence, sex offenses, and crimes that caused serious bodily injury do not qualify for expungement. Any conviction that is expunged will be considered a prior conviction for purposes of prosecution of any subsequent offense for which the prior conviction aggravates punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB725/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB725","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438358,"bill_number":"SB726","title":"Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming, etc.","description":"Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming; poker games authorized; regulation of poker tournaments. Defines \"poker games\" as games of skill and therefore not illegal gambling. The bill allows a qualified organization to conduct poker games in conjunction with its charitable gaming activities, but does not allow a charitable organization to conduct poker tournaments. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Charitable Gaming Board to regulate poker tournaments, which are defined in the bill as a competition organized for the purpose of conducting poker games at one or multiple tables where (i) competitors play a series of poker games, (ii) prizes are awarded to winning players on a fixed or proportional payout basis, and (iii) the total prize amount awarded to all winning players at the event is $50,000 or more. Finally, the bill requires poker tournament sponsors to obtain a permit before conducting a tournament and tournament managers, operators and suppliers to be registered with the Department. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-05","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB726/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB726","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":438362,"bill_number":"SB727","title":"Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.","description":"Workers' compensation; presumptions; members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to those public safety employees who are entitled to presumptions that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB727/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB727","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438365,"bill_number":"SB728","title":"Jails; court can adopt regional jail until it can obtain adequate facility.","description":"Court adoption of jails. Clarifies that when a county or city is without an adequate jail the court can adopt a regional jail until it can obtain an adequate jail. Currently the statute provides for the adoption of the jail of another county or city in such circumstances without specifying regional jails.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-11","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB728/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB728","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":438368,"bill_number":"SB729","title":"Jail facilities, temporary; Chesapeake allowed certain waivers for current temporary structures.","description":"Temporary jail facilities; Chesapeake. Allows the City of Chesapeake to receive a waiver from the construction requirements of the \"Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities\" for a jail enlargement project using a temporary structure for housing community custody inmates. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB729/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB729","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":438371,"bill_number":"SB800","title":"Budget Bill.","description":"Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 3, 2012 Special Session I Acts of Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB800/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB800","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":438373,"bill_number":"SJR254","title":"Celebrating the life of Warren Gordon Richardson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Warren Gordon Richardson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ254ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR254/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ254","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":438378,"bill_number":"SJR255","title":"Income tax, corporate; JLARC to study impact of eliminating in State.","description":"Study; JLARC to study elimination of the corporate income tax; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the potential impact of the elimination of the corporate income tax in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-11-13","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR255/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ255","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438381,"bill_number":"SJR256","title":"Celebrating the life of David Martin Pearson.","description":"Celebrating the life of David Martin Pearson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ256ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR256/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ256","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438386,"bill_number":"SJR257","title":"Celebrating the life of Andrew David Fox.","description":"Celebrating the life of Andrew David Fox.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ257ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR257/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ257","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":438390,"bill_number":"SJR258","title":"Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ258ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR258/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ258","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":438391,"bill_number":"SJR259","title":"Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ259ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR259/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ259","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":438393,"bill_number":"SJR260","title":"Vaisakhi; designating as April 14, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Designating observance of Vaisakhi in Virginia. Designates April 14, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as the day to recognize the observance of Vaisakhi in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ260ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR260/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ260","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":438398,"bill_number":"SJR261","title":"Constitutional amendment; expands freedom of speech provisions (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); freedom of speech. Expands the freedom of speech provisions of the Constitution of Virginia to permit prayer and the recognition of religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including public school property. The amendment also provides that the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, including public school divisions, shall not compose prayers and shall not require any person to join in prayer or other religious activity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-03","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR261/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ261","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438402,"bill_number":"SJR262","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Freddye Sue Turner Davy.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Freddye Sue Turner Davy.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ262ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR262/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ262","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":438404,"bill_number":"SJR263","title":"Celebrating the life of James Wesley Dix, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Wesley Dix, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ263ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR263/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ263","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":438660,"bill_number":"HB1336","title":"Telework tax credit; creates income tax credit for certain employees.","description":"Tax credit for employees who telework. Creates a $250 income tax credit for employees who telework a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the taxable year. The employee would apply for tax credit to the Department of Taxation. The Department would determine whether the applicant has met the statutory requirements for the tax credit and would issue tax credits to those employees meeting such requirements. Tax credits would be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $1 million in tax credits in any fiscal year. Any unused credit would not be allowed to be carried forward or carried back against the individual's tax liability. The credit would be available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, but before January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1336/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1336","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":438663,"bill_number":"HB1408","title":"Planning commissioners, local; removes requirement that members own real property.","description":"Requirement that certain planning commissioners own real property. Removes the requirement that at least one-half of the members of a local planning commission be owners of real property.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1408/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1408","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":438666,"bill_number":"HB1409","title":"Motor fuels tax; 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":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1409/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1409","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":438669,"bill_number":"SJR274","title":"Celebrating the life of Ralph Williams.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ralph Williams.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ274ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR274/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ274","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438672,"bill_number":"SJR271","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ271ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR271/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ271","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":438675,"bill_number":"SJR270","title":"Commending Lilian Lumber Company Inc.","description":"Commending Lilian Lumber Company Inc.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ270ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR270/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ270","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438678,"bill_number":"SJR268","title":"Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ268ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR268/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ268","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":438681,"bill_number":"SJR267","title":"Commending Delores Darden.","description":"Commending Delores Darden.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ267ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR267/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ267","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":438685,"bill_number":"SJR265","title":"Celebrating the life of Earl Lloyd Chittum.","description":"Celebrating the life of Earl Lloyd Chittum.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ265ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR265/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ265","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438688,"bill_number":"SJR264","title":"Celebrating the life of Kenneth Tyree Whitescarver III.","description":"Celebrating the life of Kenneth Tyree Whitescarver III.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ264ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR264/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ264","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":438691,"bill_number":"SB735","title":"Limited liability company; charging orders entered against a member.","description":"Charging orders entered against a member of a limited liability company. Entitles judgment creditors to levy upon the membership interest of a judgment debtor when the debtor is a member of a limited liability company that is operating as an instrumentality to defraud creditors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB735/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB735","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438694,"bill_number":"SB734","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 shall be liable to the injured party. Upon proof of both a violation and damages, the injured party shall be entitled to appropriate equitable relief and compensatory damages. If compensatory damages are awarded, an injured party 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB734/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB734","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438698,"bill_number":"SB733","title":"Virginia's fuels taxes; annually changing rate by using changes in fuel efficiencies of vehicles.","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 defines 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, as published by the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The bill establishes 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 17.5 cents ($0.175) per gallon for each gallon of gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB733/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB733","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438701,"bill_number":"SB732","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases number of membership, changes areas of representation.","description":"Composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Increases the number of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to 18, by the addition of one citizen member, and changes the areas of representation from the construction districts to the congressional districts.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB732/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB732","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438706,"bill_number":"SB731","title":"Mopeds; prohibited on highways with speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour.","description":"Mopeds. Prohibits the operation of mopeds on highways with posted speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Transportation with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB731/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB731","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":438709,"bill_number":"SB730","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; adds veterans organizations to nonprofit entities that qualify.","description":"Exemptions for nonprofit entities; veterans organizations. Adds veterans organizations to those nonprofit entities that can qualify for sales and use tax exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB730/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB730","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":438713,"bill_number":"HJR572","title":"Commending Mount Airy Elementary School.","description":"Commending Mount Airy Elementary School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ572ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR572/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ572","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":438716,"bill_number":"HB1416","title":"School buses; exempted weight limits for certain traffic on U.S. Route 52 on Fancy Gap Mountain.","description":"Weight limits for certain traffic on U.S. Route 52 on Fancy Gap Mountain. Exempts school buses from weight limits applicable to other vehicles traveling south on U.S. Route 52 on Fancy Gap Mountain.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1416/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1416","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":438720,"bill_number":"HB1415","title":"Self-defense and defense of others; encodes version of \"castle doctrine.\"","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 and without limit to any other existing defense or immunity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1415/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1415","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":438723,"bill_number":"HB1414","title":"Local jails; compensation for cost of incarceration.","description":"Local jails; compensation for cost of incarceration. Changes the date on which the Department of Corrections shall begin compensating local jails for the cost of incarcerating state prisoners from the sixty-first to the thirty-first day following the mailing or electronic transmission of the final sentencing order to the Director of the Department of Corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1414/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1414","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":438727,"bill_number":"HB1413","title":"Nonresident freshwater fishing license; establishes one-day license to fish inland waters of State.","description":"Nonresident freshwater fishing license. Establishes a one-day fishing license for nonresidents to fish in the inland waters of the Commonwealth. The license will specify the date on which the license is valid. The Board of Game and Inland Fisheries will establish the cost of the license.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1413/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1413","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":438730,"bill_number":"HB1412","title":"VIEW Program; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance recipients.","description":"Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (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 local department of social services 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1412/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1412","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":438732,"bill_number":"HB1411","title":"Hoax explosive devices; imitation weapons of terrorism, increased penalties.","description":"Hoax explosive devices; imitation weapons of terrorism; increased penalties. Increases the penalty for constructing, using, placing, or sending a hoax explosive device from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony. The bill also increases from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony the penalty for using, selling, giving, distributing, or manufacturing any device or material that by its design, construction, content, or characteristics appears to be a weapon of terrorism, but that is an imitation of a weapon of terrorism.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1411/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1411","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":438733,"bill_number":"HB1410","title":"Firearms; possession of weapons following conviction of certain crimes, penalty.","description":"Possession of firearms following conviction of certain crimes; penalty. Prohibits any person who is convicted of stalking, sexual battery, or assault and battery of a family member that results in serious bodily injury from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm or any other weapon for a period of five years following his conviction. A violation would constitute a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any weapon possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. Finally, the bill provides for a process by which a violator may petition the circuit court for a reinstatement of his rights to possess, transport, or carry a weapon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1410/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1410","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":438832,"bill_number":"HB1417","title":"Health insurance; contraception coverage.","description":"Health insurance; contraception coverage. Provides that no health insurance plan, regardless of whether such plan consists of self-insurance, purchased insurance, a combination of purchased and self-insurance, or the use of a health maintenance organization, offered by the Commonwealth or any locality to its employees or by any agency, department, division, or institution of the Commonwealth or any locality authorized by law to offer such a plan to its employees is required to include coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1417/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1417","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":438836,"bill_number":"HB1418","title":"Charter; City of Falls Church.","description":"Charter; City of Falls Church. Allows the city to set the tax year for real estate, tangible personal property, and machinery and tools by ordinance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1418/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1418","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":438841,"bill_number":"HB1419","title":"Family health care structures, temporary; zoning provisions, extends time structure must be removed.","description":"Zoning provisions for temporary family health care structures. Amends requirements governing zoning ordinances for temporary family health care structures by altering the occupancy restriction to allow a married couple, under certain conditions, to reside in a temporary family health care structure and by extending the time by which a temporary family health care structure must be removed from 30 to 60 days from the date on which the temporary family health care structure was last occupied by a mentally or physically impaired person receiving or in need of assistance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1419/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1419","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":438846,"bill_number":"HB1420","title":"Intervener; purposes of regulations promulgated by Board of Education.","description":"Board of Education; definition of \"intervener.\" Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations defining \"intervener\" as an individual with knowledge and skill in the mode of communication of a deaf-blind student and who can communicate to the deaf-blind student what is occurring in the student's educational setting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1420/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1420","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":438850,"bill_number":"HB1421","title":"U.S. Constitution; delegates to attend convention to amend.","description":"Convention to amend the United States Constitution; delegates. Provides for the selection by the General Assembly of delegates, alternate delegates, and observers to attend a convention called for by the states to amend the United States Constitution and grants the General Assembly the power to recall delegates, alternate delegates, and observers and appoint new delegates, alternate delegates, and observers. The bill provides that delegates must take an oath to adhere to the instructions of the General Assembly and a delegate who violates his oath is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1421/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1421","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":438855,"bill_number":"HB1422","title":"Interchangeable biosimilar biological products; permits pharmacists to dispense, etc.","description":"Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products.  Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber indicates such substitution is not authorized or the patient insists on dispensing of the prescribed biological product. The bill requires any pharmacist who dispenses an interchangeable biosimilar to inform the patient prior to dispensing the biosimilar and record the brand name or the product name and name of the manufacturer of the biosimilar on the record of dispensing and the prescription label. The bill also requires, until July 1, 2015, that the pharmacist provide notification of the substitution to the prescriber and provide retail cost information for both the prescribed biological product and the interchangeable biosimilar to the patient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1422/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1422","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":438860,"bill_number":"HB1423","title":"Mandatory outpatient treatment; who may file petition.","description":"Mandatory outpatient treatment; who may file petition. Allows the community services board serving the county or city in which the person who would be the subject of an order for mandatory outpatient treatment following a period of voluntary or involuntary treatment resides and the community services board serving the county or city where such person receives treatment to petition for an order of mandatory outpatient treatment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1423/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1423","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":438866,"bill_number":"HB1424","title":"Jails; court can adopt regional jail until it can obtain adequate facility.","description":"Court adoption of jails. Clarifies that when a county or city is without an adequate jail the court can adopt a regional jail until it can obtain an adequate jail. Currently the statute provides for the adoption of the jail of another county or city in such circumstances without specifying regional jails.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1424/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1424","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":438870,"bill_number":"HB1425","title":"Tenant's remedies; interrupted utility service.","description":"Tenant's remedies; general district court.  Provides that if a landlord unlawfully causes an interruption of utility services for leased premises, the residential tenant may obtain an order from general district court to recover possession of the premises, require the landlord to resume such interrupted utility services, or terminate the rental agreement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0110)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1425/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1425","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":438875,"bill_number":"HB1426","title":"Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring.","description":"Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1426/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1426","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438880,"bill_number":"HB1427","title":"Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; grants Authority \"quick take\" condemnation powers.","description":"Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; eminent domain. Grants to the Authority the \"quick take\" condemnation powers that are currently available to the Virginia Department of Transportation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1427/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1427","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438884,"bill_number":"HB1428","title":"General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis beginning July 1, 2013.","description":"Appointment, compensation, and offices of general registrars. Provides that all general registrars shall serve on a full-time basis.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1428/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1428","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438893,"bill_number":"HJR575","title":"Commending World Pediatric Project.","description":"Commending World Pediatric Project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ575ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR575/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ575","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":438898,"bill_number":"HJR577","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Creed Wampler, Sr","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Creed Wampler, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ577ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR577/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ577","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438904,"bill_number":"HR85","title":"Commending the Galax High School baseball team.","description":"Commending the Galax High School baseball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR85ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR85/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR85","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438909,"bill_number":"HR86","title":"Celebrating the life of Ralph E. McCray.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ralph E. McCray.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR86ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR86/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR86","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438913,"bill_number":"HR87","title":"Commending Glade Spring Middle School.","description":"Commending Glade Spring Middle School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR87ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR87/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR87","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438918,"bill_number":"HR88","title":"Celebrating the life of John Bassett Vaughan.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Bassett Vaughan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR88ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR88/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR88","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438925,"bill_number":"HR89","title":"Celebrating the life of Merle Martin Warren Dickert.","description":"Celebrating the life of Merle Martin Warren Dickert.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR89ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR89/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR89","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438930,"bill_number":"HR91","title":"Commending Justin Grimm.","description":"Commending Justin Grimm.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR91ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR91/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR91","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438935,"bill_number":"HR92","title":"Commending Emma Buchanan.","description":"Commending Emma Buchanan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR92ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR92/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR92","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438940,"bill_number":"HR93","title":"Celebrating the life of Godfrey Morris Curd.","description":"Celebrating the life of Godfrey Morris Curd.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR93ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR93/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR93","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438945,"bill_number":"HR94","title":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Rhea Starnes.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Rhea Starnes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR94ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR94/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR94","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438949,"bill_number":"HR95","title":"Celebrating the life of Julia Marie Ferguson Cecil.","description":"Celebrating the life of Julia Marie Ferguson Cecil.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR95ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR95/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR95","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438953,"bill_number":"HR96","title":"Celebrating the life of Virginia Wright Fields.","description":"Celebrating the life of Virginia Wright Fields.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR96ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR96/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR96","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438959,"bill_number":"HR97","title":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Holmes.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Holmes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR97ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR97/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR97","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438963,"bill_number":"HR98","title":"Celebrating the life of Stella Mae Smith Lowe.","description":"Celebrating the life of Stella Mae Smith Lowe.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR98ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR98/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR98","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":438968,"bill_number":"SB736","title":"Motor vehicle doors; requires drivers and passengers to wait for reasonable opportunity to open.","description":"Opening and closing motor vehicle doors. Requires drivers and passengers to wait for a reasonable opportunity to open vehicle doors on the side adjacent to moving traffic. A violation constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $100.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB736/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB736","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438973,"bill_number":"SB737","title":"Nonmotorized vessels; freshwaters of State shall be open certain times for purposes of recreation.","description":"Navigation on freshwaters. Provides that the freshwaters of the Commonwealth shall be open to nonmotorized vessels for purposes of recreation between sunrise and sunset. This policy will apply regardless of whether the water body is deemed to be navigable or nonnavigable or whether the adjoining banks are publicly or privately owned.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB737/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB737","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438977,"bill_number":"SB738","title":"Indigent defense; creates an appellate defender office under Virginia Indigent Defense Commission.","description":"Indigent defense; appellate defender office. Creates an appellate defender office under the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB738/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB738","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438983,"bill_number":"SB739","title":"Mechanical and electronic voting devices; number required, effective date.","description":"Voting devices; number required. Provides that there shall be at least one voting device for each 500 registered voters in a precinct. The current requirement is for one device for each 750 registered voters. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2016, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB739/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB739","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438988,"bill_number":"SB740","title":"Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age under Judicial Retirement System from 70 to 73 years.","description":"Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB740/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB740","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":438993,"bill_number":"SB741","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":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB741/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB741","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":438997,"bill_number":"SB742","title":"Virginia Redistricting Commission; established.","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 on the fifth member 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 of Virginia 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB742/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB742","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":439002,"bill_number":"SB743","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 an absentee ballot application electronically but may not submit the completed application electronically. The bill further provides that any applicant for an absentee ballot may request that the ballot materials be sent to him by electronic transmission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB743/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB743","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":439007,"bill_number":"SB745","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 outside Virginia opens a satellite office in a Virginia locality with a population of 200,000 or less or after a business located in a Virginia locality with a population exceeding 200,000 opens a satellite office or operation in a Virginia locality with a population of 200,000 or less, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The bill provides that 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":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB745/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB745","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439011,"bill_number":"SB746","title":"Children; failure to report missing, penalty.","description":"Failure to report missing child; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 12 who, with intent to conceal the fact that the child is missing, fails to report to law enforcement that the child is missing within a reasonable period of time after discovery of the fact is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB746/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB746","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439019,"bill_number":"SB747","title":"Income tax, corporate; creates 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 vacant older industrial buildings in which a new business is located for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2014, and ending December 31, 2018.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB747/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB747","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439023,"bill_number":"SB748","title":"Building Revitalization Grant Fund; created, report.","description":"Building Revitalization Grant Fund. Establishes the Building Revitalization Grant Fund administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to award grants of up to $100,000 to businesses that make a capital investment of $1 million in revitalizing or retrofitting existing buildings to serve as a new place of business.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB748/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB748","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439027,"bill_number":"SB749","title":"Income tax, state; tax credits for donations to STEM programs at qualified schools.","description":"Tax credits for donations to science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) educational programs at qualified schools. Establishes a tax credit beginning in taxable year 2014 through taxable year 2018 for donations made to STEM organizations. The tax-credit-derived funds must be used by the STEM organization to support STEM education at public schools in the Commonwealth with a high concentration of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. The credit would equal 65 percent of the donation made by the taxpayer and may be carried forward for five years. The program would have a cap of $25 million per year. The Department of Education would administer the program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB749/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB749","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439032,"bill_number":"SB750","title":"Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, etc.; notice of liability insurance coverage, etc.","description":"Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; notice of liability insurance coverage. Provides that regulations of the Board of Health shall require nursing homes and certified nursing facilities to maintain liability insurance coverage in a minimum amount of $1 million and professional liability coverage in an amount at least equal to the recovery limit set forth in § 8.01-581.15 to compensate patients or individuals for injuries and losses resulting from the negligent or criminal acts of the facility. The bill provides that failure to maintain such minimum insurance coverage shall result in revocation of the facility's license. The bill also provides that regulations of the Board of Social Services shall require that assisted living facilities disclose to any resident or prospective resident whether the assisted living facility maintains liability insurance in force to compensate residents for injuries and losses and that no facility shall state that liability insurance is in place unless such insurance provides a minimum amount of coverage established for purposes of disclosure by regulations of the Board of Social Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB750/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB750","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439037,"bill_number":"SB751","title":"Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty.","description":"Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty. Makes the aggravated malicious wounding of another without the specific intent to main, disfigure, disable, or kill a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB751/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB751","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439041,"bill_number":"SB752","title":"Clerks' fees; collection of restitution payments.","description":"Clerks' fees; collection of restitution payments. Allows the clerk of a circuit court to assess a fee of 10 percent of the total amount of restitution for collection of restitution payments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB752/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB752","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":439046,"bill_number":"SB753","title":"Magistrates; supervision by Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.","description":"Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; supervision of magistrates. Requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to establish and require magistrates be available for performing certain duties related to issuing temporary detention orders. Under current law, the chief judge of each district court is responsible for this oversight. The change makes this responsibility consistent with the current supervisory structure set out in § 19.2-35, which grants supervisory authority over the magistrates to the Executive Secretary. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB753/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB753","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":439051,"bill_number":"SB754","title":"Higher educational institutions; modifications to prior revenue bond bills, emergency.","description":"Revenue bond bills for higher education; modifications. Modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2008 by changing a project at Radford University from \"construct residence halls\" to \"renovate residence halls.\" The bill also modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2012 by (i) changing a project at the College of William and Mary from \"renovate dormitory\" to \"renovate dormitories,\" (ii) increasing the amount allocated for such project from $5,000,000 to $14,650,000, and (iii) increasing the maximum aggregate amount of bonds that may be issued from $125,594,000 to $135,244,000. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB754/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB754","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":439057,"bill_number":"SB755","title":"Payday lending; repeals provisions authorizing lending in State.","description":"Payday lending. Repeals provisions authorizing payday lending in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB755/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB755","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":439061,"bill_number":"SB756","title":"Perpetuities waiver; exclusions from statutory rule, nondonative transfers.","description":"Rule against perpetuities waiver. Corrects errors in the rule allowing a settlor of a trust with an interest in personal property to opt out of the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. The bill moves the opt-out provision from the Code section that applies to nondonative transfers to the section that lists other exceptions to the application of the Uniform Rule. The bill also specifies that the exception to the Uniform Rule shall not extend to an interest in real property, which does not include an interest in a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, business trust, or other entity, even if such entity owns an interest in real property. The bill further provides that the provisions of the bill are declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB756/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB756","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439066,"bill_number":"SB757","title":"No-contest clauses; limitations on penalty clause.","description":"No-contest clauses; exceptions. Allows the beneficiary of a will or trust to institute an action to seek interpretation or enforcement of a provision of a will or trust without triggering the penalties of a no-contest clause. This bill does not eliminate the general utility of no-contest clauses to prevent unwarranted challenges or contests to the validity of a will or trust.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB757/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB757","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439071,"bill_number":"SB758","title":"Uniform Trust Code; interested trustees subject to ascertainable standard.","description":"Uniform Trust Code; interested trustees subject to ascertainable standard. Expands the rule in the Uniform Trust Code that subjects an interested trustee to an ascertainable standard to include a person who is deemed to have any power of a trustee, whether because such person has the right to remove or replace any trustee or because a reciprocal trust or power doctrine applies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB758/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB758","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439075,"bill_number":"SB759","title":"Guardianship and conservatorship; makes various changes to laws.","description":"Guardianship and conservatorship. Makes various changes to guardianship and conservatorship laws, including: (i) permitting another person to initiate a guardianship proceeding before an incapacitated child turns 18 if there is no living parent; (ii) requiring a petition to state the basis for the court's jurisdiction; (iii) requiring the court to hold a hearing on the appointment of a guardian or conservator within 120 days from filing; (iv) confirming that the court should consider the respondent's best interests when determining the need for a guardian or conservator; (v) granting a conservator the power to make elections for a family allowance, exempt property allowance, and homestead allowance; and (vi) granting a court the ability to authorize a conservator, for good cause shown, to create and fund a trust for an incapacitated person.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB759/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB759","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439081,"bill_number":"SB760","title":"Wills & trusts; allows testator/settlor to petition court during his lifetime to determine validity.","description":"Pre-death proof of wills and trusts. Allows a testator or settlor to petition the court during his lifetime to determine the validity of his will or revocable trust. The bill requires that notice of the proceeding be given to all interested persons and provides that the court order proving the will or revocable trust is binding after the testator's or settlor's death.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB760/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB760","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439085,"bill_number":"SB761","title":"Fiduciary attorney-client privilege; common law privilege to be extended to seeking advice.","description":"Fiduciary attorney-client privilege. Provides for the common law attorney-client privilege to be extended to fiduciaries when they are seeking advice from counsel. This bill specifies that only the person acting as a fiduciary is considered the client of the attorney for the purposes of this privilege.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB761/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB761","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439089,"bill_number":"SB762","title":"Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age under Judicial Retirement System from 70 to 73 years.","description":"Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB762/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB762","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439094,"bill_number":"SB763","title":"Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, 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 filming, videotaping, or photographing a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-17","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB763/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB763","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":439099,"bill_number":"SB764","title":"Smyth County; added to list permitted to charge for water and sewer shall be a lien on real estate.","description":"Smyth County; ordinance providing that charges for water and sewer shall be a lien on real estate. Adds Smyth County to the list of localities permitted to provide by ordinance that charges for water and sewer shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB764/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB764","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":439104,"bill_number":"SB765","title":"Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring.","description":"Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (3-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB765/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB765","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":439109,"bill_number":"SB766","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes hurricane preparedness equipment.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption for hurricane preparedness equipment; eligible equipment. Adds gas-powered chain saws with a selling price of $350 or less and chain saw accessories to the list of equipment eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for hurricane preparedness equipment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB766/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB766","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439116,"bill_number":"SB767","title":"Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.","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 requires 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, 2014.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB767/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB767","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439121,"bill_number":"SB768","title":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; directs state agencies to remove Lynnhaven River.","description":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. Directs state agencies to remove the Lynnhaven River watershed from inclusion in the James River Basin for purposes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB768/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB768","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439125,"bill_number":"SB769","title":"Credit unions; limit on authorized investments in certain property, retained earnings.","description":"Credit unions; retained earnings. Increases the maximum amount of a credit union's funds that may be invested in its real estate, office buildings, equipment, and furnishings, without the prior written authorization of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The measure sets the maximum amount of such investments at five percent of the total of members' share accounts and retained earnings. Currently, the cap is five percent of only such share accounts. Finally, the measure defines \"retained earnings\" as undivided earnings, regular reserve, reserve for contingencies, supplemental reserves, reserves for losses, and other appropriations from undivided earnings as designated by management or the Bureau of Financial Institutions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB769/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB769","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439130,"bill_number":"SB770","title":"Driver improvement clinics; increases fee that clinics may charge for courses.","description":"Fees for driver improvement clinics. Increases the cap that clinics may charge for driver improvement courses from $75 to $100.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB770/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB770","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439136,"bill_number":"SB771","title":"License plates; display of a single plate on registered vehicles.","description":"Number and display of vehicle license plates. Reduces the number of license plates furnished by DMV to registered motor vehicles from two to one and requires the single license plate to be attached to the rear of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB771/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB771","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439141,"bill_number":"SB772","title":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control in time-share estate program, etc.","description":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control in time-share estate program; control liens; foreclosure procedure. Provides that in addition to the current developer control termination provisions and to the extent that the purchase contract or time-share instrument does not expressly provide otherwise, the developer control period shall terminate when the developer is no longer the beneficiary on deeds of trust secured on at least 20 percent of the time-share estates. Under current law, the transfer must occur when the developer has (i) transferred to purchasers legal or equitable ownership of at least 90 percent of the time-share estates or (ii) completed all of the promised common elements and facilities comprising the time-share estate project, whichever occurs last. Under the bill, the commissioner of accounts to whom an account of sale is returned in connection with a foreclosure shall be entitled to a fee, not to exceed (a) $70, on each foreclosure of a lien on a time-share estate for unpaid past due regular and special assessments and (b) $125 per foreclosure of a purchase money deed of trust taken back by the developer. The bill includes a second enactment clause stating the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of the bill relating to the developer control period shall apply retroactively to all registered time-share projects to the extent that the purchase contract or time-share instrument does not expressly provide otherwise. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB772/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB772","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":439147,"bill_number":"SB773","title":"Emergency medical services personnel; administration of medications.","description":"Administration of medications. Clarifies the circumstances under which emergency medical services personnel may administer medications and provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer medications pursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB773/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB773","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":439151,"bill_number":"SB774","title":"Workers' compensation; disease presumption, corrections officers.","description":"Workers' compensation; disease presumption; correctional officers. Adds correctional officers to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that hypertension and heart disease and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB774/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB774","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":439155,"bill_number":"SB775","title":"Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments, penalty for fraudulent claims.","description":"Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments; penalty for fraudulent claims. Provides that an employer shall not be relieved from a claimant's benefit charges relating to an overpayment of unemployment benefits when the employer has established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests. A similar requirement is established for reimbursable employing units. A pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests exists if an employer fails to respond adequately to a request for information four times in a four-year period. After the first three such failures, the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) is required to give the employer a notice, and is required to assess a $75 civil penalty for a third failure. The VEC is required to monitor the implementation of this provision and report its findings periodically to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. The measure also provides that any person who is disqualified for unemployment benefits as a result of a fraudulent act or omission shall be assessed a penalty of 15 percent of the amount of any unemployment benefits received for which he was not entitled. Finally, the measure allows benefit overpayments and penalties to be recovered through offsets and eliminates the provision that makes individuals who have obtained benefits as the result of fraud ineligible for benefits until such benefits have been repaid. The enactment of a noncharging provision and a fraud penalty are required pursuant to the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011. The measure is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB775/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB775","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439160,"bill_number":"SB776","title":"Virginia New Hire Reporting Center; employer to submit information concerning newly hired employee.","description":"Virginia New Hire Reporting Center; employer reporting of newly hired employees. Expands the obligations of employers to report information about the hiring of employees to the Virginia New Hire Reporting Center. Employers are required to submit information concerning each newly hired employee to the Center within 20 days of the employment of a newly hired employee. The measure defines a newly hired employee as an employee who has not previously been employed by the employer or who was previously employed by the employer but has been separated from such prior employment for at least 60 consecutive days. The enactment of the expanded definition of a newly hired employee is required pursuant to the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011. The measure also clarifies the purposes for which the Division of Child Support Enforcement may use the information. This is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0329)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB776/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB776","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439165,"bill_number":"SB777","title":"Insurance; notice of lapse in coverage for certain life and accident and sickness policies.","description":"Insurance; notice of lapse in coverage. Restates a provision enacted in 1991 that was intended to provide that the requirement that insurers issuing certain life and accident and sickness insurance policies provide notice of lapse for failure to pay the premium does not apply to group policies, contracts, or plans. In addition, the requirement does not apply to individual policies, contracts, or plans if the insurer, health services plan, or health care plan either (i) as a general business practice provides its policy owners, contract owners, or plan owners with written notices of premiums due or (ii) has furnished its policy owner, contract owner, or plan owner with written notice separate from that contained in the policy that the failure to pay premiums in a timely manner will result in a lapse of such policy, contract, or plan. The measure is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB777/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB777","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439169,"bill_number":"SB778","title":"State Corporation Commission; pro bono legal services.","description":"State Corporation Commission; pro bono legal services. Authorizes members of the State Corporation Commission and its subordinates and employees having a license or certificate to practice law to engage in the private practice of law on a pro bono public basis with the Commission's approval. Currently, all private practice of law by such persons is prohibited.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB778/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB778","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439175,"bill_number":"SB779","title":"Limited liability companies; assignment of interest.","description":"Limited liability companies; assignment of interest. Amends the Virginia Limited Liability Company Act to provide that an assignment of an interest in a limited liability company does not entitle the assignee to participate in the management and affairs of the limited liability company or to become or to exercise any rights of a member, except as provided in subsection A of § 13.1-1040. The measure overturns the Virginia Supreme Court's finding in Ott v. Monroe that current law precludes such rights being transferred to an assignee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0772)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB779/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB779","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439180,"bill_number":"SB780","title":"Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program.","description":"Individual accident and sickness insurance; open enrollment program. Repeals the requirement that a health insurer that is, or is successor to, a health services plan provide an open enrollment program for individual accident and sickness contracts. Under the open enrollment program, an individual may purchase a product at any time during the year, with the caveat that the individual serve a 12-month waiting period before services are covered for any preexisting condition. The requirement for such an open enrollment program is inconsistent with guaranteed issue provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that prohibit waiting periods for coverage for preexisting conditions and that provide for limited open enrollment periods. The measure also eliminates certain provisions that set a tax rate of 0.75 percent on premiums from policies sold under the open enrollment program, and for taxable years 2013 and thereafter the tax rate will be 2.25 percent. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB780/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB780","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":439184,"bill_number":"SB781","title":"Women-owned and minority-owned businesses; enhancement measures.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; women-owned and minority-owned businesses; remedial measures. Provides that the Governor shall require state agencies to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law when a persuasive analysis exists that documents statistically significant disparity between the availability and utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB781/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB781","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":439188,"bill_number":"SB782","title":"Standards of Accreditation; adds high school graduation rates, etc.","description":"Standards of Accreditation. Adds high school graduation rates, the rate of student academic progress in all student subgroups identified pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, and progress toward narrowing gaps in student proficiency on Standards of Learning assessments among all student subgroups to the list of special school division accomplishments that the Board of Education shall consider in its criteria for recognizing educational performance. The bill also prohibits the Board from identifying a school as fully accredited if any such student subgroup in the school fails to demonstrate proficiency on any Standards of Learning assessment. The bill finally alters the objectives of Standards of Learning Assessments. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB782/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB782","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":439193,"bill_number":"SB783","title":"Birth control; definition.","description":"Birth control; definition. Adds a definition of birth control. \"Birth control\" means contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birth control shall not be considered abortion for the purposes of Title 18.2.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB783/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB783","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":439197,"bill_number":"SB784","title":"Henrico County General District Court; increases number of judges.","description":"Number of judges; Henrico General District Court. Increases the number of general district court judges in Henrico County from four to five.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB784/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB784","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":439201,"bill_number":"SB788","title":"Charter; Town of Clintwood.","description":"Charter; Town of Clintwood. Updates the boundary description in the charter of the Town of Clintwood. Other changes include removing or updating references to outdated town officers, removing outdated provisions related to the mayor's powers, revising council salary provisions, and removing and updating outdated town powers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB788/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB788","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":439205,"bill_number":"SJR272","title":"Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action. Provides a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of surviving spouses of members of the military who are killed in action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-13","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR272/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ272","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":439270,"bill_number":"HJR571","title":"JCHC; study of feasibility of developing program of trained primary care personnel.","description":"Study; JCHC to study of the feasibility of developing a program of trained primary care personnel to extend the reach of primary care services and reduce health care costs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study (i) the feasibility of developing and (ii) the potential impacts on access to and the quality and cost of health care resulting from implementation of a program whereby individuals are trained to provide primary health care services through telephone contacts and home visits, in accordance with standardized protocols and under the supervision of a licensed nurse or physician, using the Grande-Aides model or a similar program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR571/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ571","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":439275,"bill_number":"HJR573","title":"Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for nonprofit medical clinics serving indigent.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for nonprofit medical clinics serving the indigent. Exempts from taxation property owned by nonprofit medical clinics organized to provide health care services without charge to the indigent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-18","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR573/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ573","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":439281,"bill_number":"HJR574","title":"Constitutional amendment; fundamental rights of parents (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (1st resolution); fundamental rights of parents. Provides that the right of parents to direct the care, upbringing, and education of their children is a fundamental right that shall not be infringed upon by the Commonwealth without a demonstration that the interest of the Commonwealth is of the highest order and not otherwise served.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR574/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ574","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":439286,"bill_number":"HJR576","title":"Street signs; joint subcommittee to study persons with disabilities signs.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study \"persons with disabilities\" street signs; report. Establishes an eight-member joint subcommittee to conduct a one-year study of the desirability and feasibility of installation of street signs alerting motorists to persons with disabilities in the area.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR576/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ576","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":439290,"bill_number":"SB785","title":"Firearms; use in commission of crime, civil liability.","description":"Use of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability. Provides that a person may be held civilly liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm came into the possession of the person who committed the crime because of the failure of the civil defendant to adequately secure the firearm from theft or unauthorized possession.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB785/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB785","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":439296,"bill_number":"SB786","title":"Firearms, lost or stolen; duty of law enforcement.","description":"Lost or stolen firearms; duty of law enforcement. Provides that whenever a person reports the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement, the law-enforcement agency must enter, to the extent such information is known by the officer or department, the appropriate information required by the Department of State Police, into the \"information system\" known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB786/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB786","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":439300,"bill_number":"SB787","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":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB787/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB787","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":439305,"bill_number":"SB789","title":"Employees; equal compensation irrespective of sex.","description":"Equal compensation of employees irrespective of sex. Amends existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) increase the penalty for a violation from double unpaid wages to triple unpaid wages plus reasonable attorney fees; (ii) prohibit employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers; and (iii) prohibit unequal provision of benefits and privileges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB789/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB789","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":439310,"bill_number":"SB790","title":"Emergency medical services providers; Board of Health shall prescribe regulation, procedures, etc.","description":"Emergency medical care services; recertification and appeals. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Health's regulations governing recertification of emergency medical services providers include certain provisions related to testing and other requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB790/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB790","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":439316,"bill_number":"SB791","title":"State Inspector General, Office of; develop and implement an audit work plan, report.","description":"Performance review of state agencies. Requires the Office of the State Inspector General to develop and implement an audit work plan using existing funding and in coordination with other pertinent agencies, as appropriate, to schedule executive branch agencies for performance reviews in order to evaluate agencies for evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse. Under the bill, the plan must be completed and made available to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB791/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB791","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439322,"bill_number":"SB792","title":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs.","description":"Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home instruction or is attending a private school that does not offer the interscholastic program in which the student wishes to participate; (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; and (vii) 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. The provisions of this Bill will expire on June 30, 2018.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB792/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB792","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439326,"bill_number":"SB793","title":"Solicitation of election fraud; penalty.","description":"Solicitation of election fraud; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony to solicit five or fewer violations of the election law provisions governing illegal voting and illegal registration activities and a Class 5 felony to solicit more than five such violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB793/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB793","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439333,"bill_number":"SB794","title":"Disabled parking placards; physicians may issue to patients.","description":"Temporary removable windshield placards. Allows licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, podiatrists, or chiropractors to certify 15 days in advance of a medical procedure that an applicant will have a temporary disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk. DMV will mail the temporary placard to the applicant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB794/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB794","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439338,"bill_number":"SB795","title":"Forensic Toxicology Fund; created.","description":"Forensic Toxicology Fund created. Creates the Forensic Toxicology Fund and provides that a convicted defendant who demanded the testimony of a forensic analyst rather than relying on the certificate of analysis is subject to an additional court cost of $50 payable to the Fund. The Fund will be used for expenses of the Department of Forensic Science related to analyzing controlled substances and breath alcohol tests.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB795/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB795","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439344,"bill_number":"SB796","title":"Spousal privilege; creates statutory exception in criminal cases.","description":"Spousal privilege. Creates a statutory exception to the spousal privilege in criminal cases where the spouses conspired or acted jointly in the commission of the crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB796/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB796","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439348,"bill_number":"SB797","title":"Electric utilities; advanced meters.","description":"Electric utilities; advanced meters. Prohibits any electric utility from installing an advanced meter on a customer's premises or requiring a customer to use any advanced meter unless the customer has requested it. An advanced meter is a meter that is capable of measuring, recording, storing, and reporting usage according to predetermined time criteria and that allows two-way communications suited for demand-response programs. Electric utilities are also required to uninstall an advanced meter at a customer's request; prohibited from giving any meter use data from an advanced meter to any person other than the electric utility; prohibited from shutting off service to a customer based on the amount of electricity the customer uses or the customer not having or using an advanced meter; prohibited from imposing any disincentive on a customer for not agreeing to the installation or use of an advanced meter; prohibited from obtaining data from an advanced meter more than once per month unless requested by a customer; and required to notify customers in writing that the installation and use of an advanced meter is not mandated by state law and is not permitted without the customer's request. The measure also repeals an existing provision that prohibits an investor-owned electric utility participating in an energy efficiency program from connecting advanced metering technology and equipment on the customer's side of the interconnection without the customer's express consent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB797/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB797","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439355,"bill_number":"SB798","title":"Service districts; any locality may amend boundaries of an established district, etc.","description":"Amendment of service district boundaries.  Allows localities to modify the boundaries of service districts. Any such modification requires public notice and a majority vote of the governing body of each affected locality.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB798/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB798","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439359,"bill_number":"SB799","title":"Real property tax; special valuation for land preservation.","description":"Real property tax; special valuation for land preservation. Permits Goochland County to adopt certain variations in administering the special valuation of real property for land preservation for real property in service districts created after July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB799/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB799","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439366,"bill_number":"SB801","title":"Sex offense; felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor.","description":"Felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor sex offense; penalty. Provides that when a person is convicted of a specified misdemeanor sex offense and it is alleged in the warrant that he was convicted of two or more substantially similar offenses under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the United States within the previous 10 years, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the prior convictions are limited to convictions under Virginia law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB801/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB801","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439371,"bill_number":"SB802","title":"Electoral boards; meetings.","description":"Electoral boards; meetings. Provides that a telephone call between two members of an electoral board or a telephone call between two members of the State Board of Elections in preparation for a meeting shall not constitute a meeting for Virginia Freedom of Information Act purposes if the discussion otherwise would not constitute a meeting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB802/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB802","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":439377,"bill_number":"SJR266","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of voting rights. Provides that a person convicted of a nonviolent felony who has completed service of his sentence and paid in full any restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed against him shall be qualified to vote. A person convicted of a violent felony shall only be qualified to vote if his rights are restored by the Governor. The General Assembly will define what felonies are violent and nonviolent.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR266/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ266","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":439381,"bill_number":"SJR269","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Provides that no person convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote \"unless he has served his full sentence and been released back to civil society.\" The proposed amendment deletes the present constitutional language that provides for restoration of civil rights by \"the Governor or other appropriate authority.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-12","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR269/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ269","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":439385,"bill_number":"SJR273","title":"Banking legislation; memorializing Congress to enact legislation to reinstate certain functions.","description":"Banking legislation. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act of 1933). Legislation enacted should be modeled on H.R. 1489 of the 112th Congress.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-13","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR273/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ273","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":439731,"bill_number":"HB1433","title":"Infants; cause of action for expenses for injury, statute of limitations.","description":"Action for expenses for infant's injury; statute of limitations. Provides that any action by a parent or guardian of an infant for the expenses of curing or attempting to cure the infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of the infant that accrues on or after July 1, 2013, shall be brought within the limitations period applicable to the infant's cause of action. Currently, such action must be brought within five years from the time the action accrued. The bill also provides that, in actions that accrue on or after July 1, 2013, the past and future expenses of curing or attempting to cure the infant from a personal injury are limited by the cap on damages for medical malpractice claims, if applicable, and a parent or guardian of the infant who has paid or is personally obligated to pay such expenses has a lien and right of reimbursement against any recovery of the infant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1433/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1433","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":439745,"bill_number":"HB1434","title":"Wrongful death and personal injury actions; future wages presumption.","description":"Wrongful death and personal injury actions; future wages presumption. Creates a rebuttable presumption in actions for the personal injury or wrongful death that a person who, at the time of the injury or death, was an infant or was at least 18 years of age but less than 24 years of age and was enrolled as a full-time student would have earned wages during his lifetime at the federal minimum wage rate in effect at the time the action was filed. Such wages shall be calculated based on 40 hours of work per week for the person starting from (i) age 19, if the person was an infant, or (ii) age 24, if the person was at least 18 years of age but less than 24 years of age and a full-time student, and continuing until the person would have been 62 years of age.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1434/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1434","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":439758,"bill_number":"HB1435","title":"Senior judge system; to study feasibility & effect of implementing for circuit & district courts.","description":"Judges; senior judge system for the circuit and district courts of Virginia; study. Allows the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to contract with an independent entity such as the National Center for State Courts to study the feasibility and effect of implementing a senior judge system. The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall submit an executive summary of its progress towards accomplishing the study by November 15, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1435/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1435","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":439773,"bill_number":"HB1440","title":"Charter; Town of Monterey.","description":"Charter; Town of Monterey. Enacts a charter for the Town of Monterey in Highland County, repealing the former charter of 1952, as amended. The charter describes the powers and boundaries of the town; provides for a mayor and town council and sets a schedule for their elections; provides for the appointment of a town clerk and sets out his duties; and establishes the powers of the council, including the powers to create policing arrangements, provide punishments for violations of ordinances, and levy taxes. The charter also contains general provisions addressing the authority of the town and other matters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1440/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1440","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":439784,"bill_number":"HB1441","title":"Certified nutrient management planners; DCR to adopt certain regulations.","description":"Certified nutrient management planners. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to adopt regulations stating that the certification of nutrient management planners has no effect on the rights or qualifications of licensed architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects and does not qualify such planners to practice the profession of engineering. The Department is also directed to accept the qualifications of a licensed architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect as meeting the current certification requirement, found in Department regulations, of a combination of nutrient management-related educational courses and three years of practical experience related to nutrient management planning.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-21","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1441/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1441","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":439798,"bill_number":"HB1444","title":"Medications; administration by certain employees or contract service providers.","description":"Administration of medications by employees or contract service providers of providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that employees of or persons providing services pursuant to a contract with a provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services may administer insulin, glucagon, and epinephrine pursuant to a written order issued by a prescriber in certain circumstances. The bill provides protection from liability for certain acts related to such administration and requires the Board of Nursing to promulgate regulations governing training in the administration of epinephrine and glucagon by persons authorized to administer epinephrine and glucagon.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1444/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1444","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":439811,"bill_number":"HB1446","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Rosewell Foundation.","description":"Special license plates; Rosewell Foundation. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Rosewell Foundation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1446/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1446","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":439826,"bill_number":"HB1452","title":"Charter; Town of Chase City.","description":"Charter; Town of Chase City. Increases salary caps for the mayor and members of town council. The bill also removes outdated provisions related to a municipal court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1452/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1452","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":439838,"bill_number":"HB1459","title":"Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.","description":"Law-Enforcement Officers 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 Officers Procedural Guarantee Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1459/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1459","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":439850,"bill_number":"HB1464","title":"Coal miners; designating April 13 of each year as day of recognition.","description":"State holidays and other special days; April 13 to honor coal miners in Virginia. Designates the thirteenth day of April of each year as a day of recognition for coal miners in Virginia to acknowledge the contributions of and pay tribute to the hardworking women and men who work, and sometimes die, in the coal mines of the Commonwealth. April 13, 1750, is the date that Dr. Thomas Walker is credited with discovering and using coal in what was Virginia and now is Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1464/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1464","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":439864,"bill_number":"HB1468","title":"Public schools; possession & administration of epinephrine by employees of local governing bodies.","description":"Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Adds employees of local governing bodies and employees of local health departments to the lists of individuals who are permitted to possess and administer epinephrine and not be held liable for civil damages when certain conditions are met. The bill also requires local school boards to include in policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine a provision adding any employee of a local governing body or an employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to administer the drug to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1468/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1468","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":439877,"bill_number":"HB1477","title":"Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records, authentication of records.","description":"Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records. Revises the Deadman's Statute by allowing for the corroboration of the testimony of an adverse or interested party by an entry in a business record authored by the adverse or interested party. If the authentication of the business record used as evidence for corroboration is not admitted in a request for admission, the record must be authenticated by a person who is not the author of the entry and who is not an adverse or interested party to the case.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1477/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1477","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":439890,"bill_number":"HB1488","title":"Stormwater management program; delays date local governments will have to for administering.","description":"Local implementation of stormwater management program. Delays the date that local governments will have to assume responsibility for administering the stormwater management program from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1488/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1488","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":439917,"bill_number":"HJR578","title":"Commending the Albemarle High School boys' soccer team.","description":"Commending the Albemarle High School boys' soccer team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ578ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR578/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ578","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":439930,"bill_number":"HJR579","title":"Commending Bon Secours Virginia Health System.","description":"Commending Bon Secours Virginia Health System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ579ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR579/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ579","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":439942,"bill_number":"HJR580","title":"Commending Kaitlin Eriksen.","description":"Commending Kaitlin Eriksen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ580ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR580/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ580","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":439955,"bill_number":"HJR581","title":"Commending the Mathews High School girls' volleyball team.","description":"Commending the Mathews High School girls' volleyball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ581ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR581/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ581","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":439967,"bill_number":"HJR582","title":"Commending James Pavik, Jr.","description":"Commending James Pavik, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ582ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR582/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ582","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":439980,"bill_number":"HJR583","title":"Commending Richard E. Sorensen.","description":"Commending Richard E. Sorensen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ583ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR583/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ583","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":439991,"bill_number":"HJR584","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, Priority Transportation Fund, and any other transportation fund established by general law, other than a general appropriation law. 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 such transportation systems and projects as authorized by the General Assembly by law, but excluding a general appropriation law. 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR584/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ584","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440003,"bill_number":"HJR585","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR585/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ585","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":440017,"bill_number":"HJR586","title":"Agricultural and forestry products; weight limits on interstate highways.","description":"Weight limits on interstate highways. Memorializes the Virginia Congressional Delegation to support efforts to allow states to authorize higher weight limits for commercial motor vehicles carrying agricultural and forestry products on interstate highways.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR586/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ586","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":440029,"bill_number":"HR99","title":"Commending the Southampton Academy football team.","description":"Commending the Southampton Academy football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR99ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR99/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR99","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":440042,"bill_number":"SB825","title":"Courts of record; land records; indigency determinations.","description":"Courts of record; land records; indigency determinations. Requires the Supreme Court to make available to the courts databases containing land records for use by the courts in indigency determinations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB825/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB825","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440054,"bill_number":"SJR275","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 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":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Stricken from Senate calendar (36-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR275/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ275","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":440067,"bill_number":"SJR276","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":"2012-12-19","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR276/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ276","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440079,"bill_number":"SJR277","title":"National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management; Secretary of Public Safety to establish.","description":"National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management; report. Requests the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety to establish a Statewide Traffic Incident Management Committee to coordinate the adoption and implementation of the National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management by highway and emergency response personnel in order to mitigate highway incidents and improve incident response in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ277ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR277/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ277","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440090,"bill_number":"SJR278","title":"Property owners, low-income; JLARC to study real property tax relief, executive summary.","description":"Study; JLARC to study property tax relief for low-income property owners; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study issues relating to property tax relief for low-income property owners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR278/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ278","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":440098,"bill_number":"SJR279","title":"Celebrating the life of Colonel John Robertson Byers, USA (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Colonel John Robertson Byers, USA (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ279ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR279/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ279","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":440246,"bill_number":"HB1429","title":"Zoning; attorney fees.","description":"Zoning; attorney fees. Provides that a court may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and court costs to any person, group, or entity that prevails in a zoning action brought against it or that successfully challenges the validity of a zoning ordinance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1429/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1429","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":440247,"bill_number":"HB1430","title":"Right to Farm Act; expands definition of agricultural operations, etc.","description":"Right to Farm Act. Expands the definition of agricultural operations to include the commerce of farm-to-business and farm-to-consumer sales as well as commerce in other related items. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an agricultural operation is in compliance with local zoning ordinances when it operates on property that is zoned agricultural. The bill contains a clause providing that the provisions of the bill shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1430/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1430","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":440248,"bill_number":"HB1431","title":"Murder; increases penalty for conspiracy to commit.","description":"Penalty for conspiracy to commit murder. Increases the penalty for conspiracy to commit murder to a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a term not less than five years nor more than 40 years. This puts the punishment for conspiracy to commit murder in parity with the punishment for solicitation to commit murder (§18.2-29). The current punishment for conspiracy to commit capital murder is a Class 3 felony (five to 20 years) and for conspiracy to commit first degree murder is a Class 5 felony (one to 10 years). The bill also corrects errors in the existing statute, viz: \"venue\" mislabeled as \"jurisdiction,\" no venue provided for conspiracies occurring wholly outside of the Commonwealth, and incorrect breakpoint for felony punishments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1431/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1431","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":440249,"bill_number":"HB1432","title":"Writ of actual innocence; revises one of allegations necessary to petition.","description":"Writ of actual innocence. Revises one of the allegations necessary to a petition for a writ of actual innocence from \"[the evidence] will prove that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt\" to \"[the evidence] will prove that no rational trier of fact would have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1432/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1432","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":440251,"bill_number":"HB1436","title":"Mechanics' lien notice; claimant must send to property owner 30 days before filing.","description":"Mechanics' lien notice. Provides that any person intending to perfect a mechanics' lien against a one-family or two-family residential dwelling unit must send the mechanics' lien agent designated on the building permit or, if no agent is designated on the permit, the property owner written notice of his intention at least 30 days before filing the memorandum of lien with the clerk of the court. The bill also provides that if no mechanics' lien agent is designated on the building permit, the permit shall contain the name and mailing address of the property owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1436/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1436","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":440252,"bill_number":"HB1437","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, machinery and tools purchased on or after July 1, 2013, that have not been in service for more than three years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1437/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1437","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":440253,"bill_number":"HB1438","title":"Motor fuels tax; indexed.","description":"Motor fuels tax; indexed. Requires that the motor fuels tax rate be indexed on January 1, 2014, and each year thereafter, to the average percentage change in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Services Index for the three years ending October 31 of the year immediately preceding the affected year. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1438/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1438","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":440255,"bill_number":"HB1439","title":"Background checks; children's residential facilities regulated by Department of Juvenile Justice.","description":"Background checks; children's residential facilities regulated by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Provides that the requirement for criminal history background checks for children's residential facilities shall also apply to local secure detention facilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1439/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1439","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":440256,"bill_number":"HB1442","title":"Public school interscholastic programs; participation of students receiving home instruction.","description":"Students receiving home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home instruction; (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two consecutive academic years; (iii) is in compliance with immunization requirements; (iv) is entitled to free tuition in a public school; (v) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current academic year; (vi) is an amateur who receives no compensation but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental, and social benefits of the activity; (vii) complies with all disciplinary rules and is subject to all codes of conduct applicable to all public high school athletes; and (viii) complies with all other rules governing awards, all-star games, maximum consecutive semesters of high school enrollment, parental consents, physical examinations, and transfers applicable to all high school athletes. The bill allows such students to be charged reasonable fees for participation. The provisions of the bill will expire on July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-30","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1442/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1442","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":440257,"bill_number":"HB1443","title":"Social Serices, Commissioner of; submission of financial information by applicant, licensure.","description":"Licensure by the Commissioner of Social Services; submission of financial information. Reduces from three to one the number of credit references that an applicant for initial licensure as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center must submit to be exempt from the requirement that the applicant make his financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Services for review; adds a requirement for submission of an operating budget at the time of application for an initial license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center seeking an exemption from the requirement that an applicant make financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Service; and eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner investigate the financial responsibility of an applicant for renewal of a license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1443/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1443","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":440259,"bill_number":"HB1445","title":"Home care organizations; clarifies liability insurance coverage requirements.","description":"Home care organizations. Requires every licensed home care organization to maintain a liability insurance policy and third-party crime insurance policy or blanket fidelity bond in an amount sufficient to compensate patients or individuals for injuries and losses resulting from negligent or criminal acts of the licensee. The bill also provides for operation of branch offices by a single licensee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1445/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1445","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":440260,"bill_number":"HB1447","title":"Littering; increased specificity as to what constitutes and provides an alternative penalty.","description":"Littering. Provides increased specificity as to what constitutes littering, and provides an alternative penalty for persons who litter in quantities no greater than 0.7 cubic feet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1447/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1447","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":440261,"bill_number":"HB1448","title":"Septic systems, failed; contracts with property owners to provide loans for repairs.","description":"Financing for repairs to failed septic systems. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to create a loan program to enable the repair of property owners' failed septic systems. Any such ordinance is required to describe the arrangement of the loan program, including any partnership with a planning district commission, and is permitted to provide for the repayment of the loan through water or sewer billings, real property tax assessments, or other billings. The bill authorizes other features of a loan program and permits a locality to set a minimum ownership interest or minimum level of proof of ownership of the property for situations in which it is extremely difficult or impossible to identify all of the people who have an ownership interest in the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1448/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1448","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":440263,"bill_number":"HB1449","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Provides that the ABC Board may grant a mixed beverage license, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum, to properties (i) located as of December 1, 2012, within the Montgomery County Route 177 Urban Development Area, which area is adjacent to Exit 109 on Interstate 81, and (ii) on property fronting Route 603 with portions fronting on Interstate 81, located approximately 1,100 feet from the intersection of Route 603 and Interstate 81 at Exit 128 in Montgomery County.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1449/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1449","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":440264,"bill_number":"HB1450","title":"Hampton Roads Planning District; additional 1% sales & use tax in counties in District.","description":"Additional state sales and use tax in the Hampton Roads Planning District; referendum. Provides for an additional one percent sales and use tax in the counties and cities located in the Hampton Roads Planning District, with the additional revenues generated by the tax to be used for regional transportation projects. The tax would become effective on January 1, 2014, and only if approved by a majority of the voters in the Planning District at the November 2013 election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1450/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1450","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":440265,"bill_number":"HB1451","title":"Retention of case records; general district court.","description":"Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provided that they have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, such documents must be retained for 10 years. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1451/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1451","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":440267,"bill_number":"HB1453","title":"Public utility company vehicles; extension of loads beyond front of vehicles.","description":"Extension of loads beyond front of vehicles. Allows loads to extend 10 feet beyond the front of the vehicle for utility poles during the daytime and for emergency utility repair at night. Under current law, no vehicle is allowed to carry a load that extends more than three feet beyond the front of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1453/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1453","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":440268,"bill_number":"HB1454","title":"Safe deposit boxes; bank or other entity to permit limited access by deceased lessee's spouse, etc.","description":"Safe deposit boxes. Requires the bank or other entity renting a safe deposit box to permit limited access to the box by the deceased lessee's spouse, next of kin, guardian, conservator, agent under a power of attorney, or agent in an advance medical directive, or by a court clerk, to look for a will or other testamentary instrument. Currently, the lessor of the safe deposit box has the option of allowing entry for such purpose. Before allowing entry, the company shall require a person given limited access to a box to provide an affidavit and documentation regarding his relationship to the deceased person. A company that complies with these requirements shall not be liable for any loss or damage to the estate of the decedent resulting in the removal of any item from the box, unless the company acts in bad faith or permits the removal of items other than the will or other testamentary instrument. Any person who removes the will or other testamentary instrument from a box is answerable or accountable to the decedent's estate or to any other successor for such action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1454/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1454","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440269,"bill_number":"HB1455","title":"Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalty is a Class 3 felony.","description":"Financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly exploits the impaired mental capacity or the physical capacity of an incapacitated adult or an adult (defined for the purposes of the bill as 60 years old or older) by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation to use, obtain, convert, or take control of or endeavor to use, obtain, convert, or take control of the incapacitated adult's or adult's money, assets, property, or financial resources with the intent to deprive the incapacitated adult or adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the money, assets, property, or financial resources and to convert such money, assets, property, or financial resources to the perpetrator's own use or benefit is guilty of a Class 5 felony. However, any responsible person or a person who has a fiduciary relationship with the incapacitated adult or adult who commits such a violation is guilty of a Class 3 felony. It is not a defense that the accused did not know the age of the victim.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1455/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1455","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440270,"bill_number":"HB1456","title":"House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in Fairfax County.","description":"House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Moves four census blocks in Fairfax County from the Fifty-third to the Thirty-ninth District in order to place all of the Camelot Precinct in the Thirty-ninth District. Camelot Precinct currently is split between the two districts. The deviation from the ideal district population will be plus 1.4 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1456/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1456","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440272,"bill_number":"HB1457","title":"Estate tax; reinstates for persons dying on or after July 1, 2013.","description":"Estate tax reinstated. Reinstates the estate tax for persons dying on or after July 1, 2013. No estate tax will be imposed on a gross estate 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 the Medicaid cost of meeting 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. Five percent of the remaining revenues shall be used to fund home-based and community-based services to enable older adults and people with disabilities to remain in home settings.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1457/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1457","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440273,"bill_number":"HB1458","title":"TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony.","description":"Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 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 and the Department of Social Services, is actively engaged in or has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1458/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1458","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440274,"bill_number":"HB1460","title":"Tolls; prohibits on Interstate 95 without approval of General Assembly.","description":"Tolls; Interstate Highway System. Prohibits tolling on Interstate 95 without the approval of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1460/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1460","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":440276,"bill_number":"HB1461","title":"Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligibile for in-state tuition charges.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition charges; military. Clarifies eligibility for in-state tuition of current and former military personnel and their dependents. The bill also grants eligibility for in-state tuition charges to veterans residing within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1461/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1461","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":440277,"bill_number":"HB1462","title":"Land preservation tax credit; assessments of additional tax.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; assessments of additional tax. Provides that any additional tax or penalty relating to the claiming of a land preservation tax credit be assessed by the Department of Taxation within one year of the filing date of the income tax return on which the credit was claimed. The bill provides that no court action could be undertaken after the expiration of the one-year period for the collection of any such additional tax that was not assessed during the one-year period. The bill would only apply to land preservation tax credits issued by the Department of Taxation beginning January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1462/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1462","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":440278,"bill_number":"HB1463","title":"Tramadol; adds to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.","description":"Schedule IV controlled substances; tramadol. Adds tramadol, an opiate painkiller, to the list of Schedule IV controlled substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1463/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1463","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":440280,"bill_number":"HB1465","title":"Prostitution, forced; expungement of charges.","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":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1465/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1465","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440281,"bill_number":"HB1466","title":"Unemployment compensation; benefit ratio.","description":"Unemployment compensation; benefit ratio. Establishes a methodology for calculating an employer's benefit ratio when the employer has no taxable payroll for the 12-month period preceding a calendar year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1466/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1466","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":440282,"bill_number":"HB1467","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting opening of school year, etc.","description":"School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day 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. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1467/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1467","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":440284,"bill_number":"HB1469","title":"Higher educational institutions; State Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive financial audit.","description":"State Inspector General; financial audit of Virginia's four-year public institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive financial audit of Virginia's four-year public institutions of higher education, to be completed by July 1, 2015. The bill requires the State Inspector General to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 15, 2015, detailing any findings or recommendations for improving the efficiency and fiscal practices of such four-year public institutions of higher education, including recommending changes in the law that are necessary to address such findings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1469/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1469","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":440286,"bill_number":"HB1470","title":"Public charter schools; costs and applications.","description":"Public charter schools; costs and applications. Establishes that public charter schools are not required to pay the costs of necessary renovations to school facilities and clarifies that the negotiations between the public charter school and the local school board over the costs of operation and maintenance of school facilities shall occur after approval of the public charter school application. The bill also provides that the procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon charter school applications shall provide that (i) if any group or individual other than the school board or its members reviews a charter school application, that group or individual shall provide regular reports to the school board on the progress of the review and (ii) the local school board shall deliver its decision within 90 days of the submission of the application to the local school board for review. The bill additionally requires the Board of Education to establish guidelines containing best practices for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon public charter school applications and to post the guidelines on its website and make a copy of the guidelines available to all interested parties upon request. The bill further requires the local school board to provide written notification of the reasons for its denial of a public charter school application without conditions or reservations or acceptance of a public school charter application with conditions or reservations. The satisfaction of conditions or reservations shall be deemed an application amended by negotiation, and such application shall be exempt from the procedures for petitions of reconsideration and subject to the process for reviewing applications pursuant to § 22.1-212.9. The bill finally requires the local school board to submit all documents to the Board of Education that the local school board used in its decision to deny the charter school application or revoke or fail to renew the charter agreement. The law previously required the local school board to submit documentation to the Board of Education as to the rationale for the denial or revocation of the charter school application.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-29","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1470/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1470","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":440287,"bill_number":"HB1471","title":"Assisted living facilities; residents permitted to vote absentee.","description":"Voting by assisted living facility residents. Provides that residents of assisted living facilites are permitted to vote absentee. The bill also provides that localities may establish absentee voter precincts at assisted living facilities that will be open prior to an election to allow in-person absentee voting by the residents. The bill further provides that upon the request of an administrator of an assisted living facility in which at least 50 registered voters reside, at least two officers of election will be sent to the facility on election day to assist persons 65 years old or older or physically disabled with voting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-29","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1471/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1471","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":440289,"bill_number":"HB1473","title":"Concession stands at youth athletic activities; exempt from regulations applicable to restaurants.","description":"Regulations applicable to restaurants; concession stands at youth athletic activities exempt. Exempts concession stands at youth athletic activities from regulations governing restaurants, provided that such concession stands are promoted or sponsored either by a youth athletic association or by any charitable nonprofit organization or group thereof that has been recognized as being a part of the recreational program of the political subdivision where the association or organization is located by an ordinance or resolution of such political subdivision.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1473/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1473","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":440290,"bill_number":"HB1474","title":"Grass & weeds; adds Town of Orange to list of localities authorized to require cutting on property.","description":"Cutting of grass and weeds. Adds the Town of Orange to the list of localities permitted to provide by ordinance for the cutting of grass and weeds on occupied property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1474/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1474","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":440291,"bill_number":"HB1475","title":"Motorcycle titling; purchase of new motorcycles for parts.","description":"Motorcycle titling; purchase of new motorcycles for parts. Allows licensed motorcycle manufacturers with a salvage dealer license to purchase new motorcycles of a different line-make for parts without obtaining a certificate of title.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1475/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1475","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":440293,"bill_number":"HB1476","title":"Motorcycle rider safety training centers; requires motorcycles supplied to meet certain criteria.","description":"Motorcycle rider training centers. Requires that motorcycles supplied by motorcycle rider training centers meet at least two of three specified criteria as to engine displacement, vehicle weight, and seat height.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0111)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1476/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1476","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":440294,"bill_number":"HB1478","title":"State Inspector General; powers and duties.","description":"State Inspector General; powers and duties. Requires the State Inspector General, beginning July 1, 2014, to develop standard operating procedures and a schedule for performance reviews of executive branch agencies, which procedures shall include the nature, scope, timetable, and reporting mechanism for regularly scheduled performance reviews. The performance reviews shall (i) be conducted periodically to ascertain that sums appropriated have been or are being expended for the purposes for which the appropriation was made, (ii) evaluate the effectiveness of each agency program in accomplishing such purpose, and (iii) include any findings and recommendations for the improvement of efficiency of the agency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1478/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1478","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":440295,"bill_number":"HB1479","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; agenda to be included in meeting notices, etc.","description":"Condominium and the Property Owners' Association Acts; agenda to be included in meeting notices; contents of declaration for property owners' associations. Provides that notice of meetings shall include a copy of the agenda for that meeting. Further, the bill provides that failure to include a copy of the agenda in the meeting notice shall render null and void any action taken by the unit owners' association. The bill also establishes the contents of a declaration for property owners' associations, which is based on the uniform common interest community act, and is very similar to the same requirements already existing under the Condominium Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1479/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1479","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":440299,"bill_number":"HB1480","title":"Real Estate Board; authority to hear fair housing violations by real estate licensees.","description":"Real Estate Board; authority to hear fair housing violations by real estate licensees. Clarifies that in any case in which there are multiple respondents and one of the respondents is a real estate licensee, the case involving both the real estate licensee and the respondent who is a property owner or his agent or principal who has engaged a real estate licensee shall be heard by the Real Estate Board and not the Fair Housing Board. The bill also provides that in no event shall the jurisdiction be split between the Real Estate Board and the Fair Housing Board on the same such case.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1480/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1480","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":440301,"bill_number":"HB1481","title":"Scrap metal purchasers; purchase of secondhand articles, reports, penalty.","description":"Secondhand articles; scrap metal purchasers; penalty.  Provides that any person or business that purchases scrap metal in excess of $20,000 during a 12-month period shall be subject to requirements regarding the purchase of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles. The bill requires scrap metal purchasers to take and maintain for 30 days an image of any proprietary articles purchased. The bill also requires scrap metal purchasers to submit to the chief law-enforcement officer a report of all of purchases of certain items, if requested by such law-enforcement officer, using a form prescribed by the Virginia State Police.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1481/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1481","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":440302,"bill_number":"HB1482","title":"Wastewater works operator; must sit for conventional onsite sewage system operator examination.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals. Requires the Board to permit any Class 1 wastewater works operator to sit for the conventional onsite sewage system operator examination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1482/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1482","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":440303,"bill_number":"HB1483","title":"District court; record on appeal.","description":"Record on appeal from district court. Provides that, upon the appeal of a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court judgment in a civil case to circuit court, except cases involving protective orders or a civil offense for a person's refusal to submit to having blood or breath samples taken to determine the drug or alcohol content of a person's blood, only the pleadings filed in the case shall be transmitted to the circuit court. All other materials contained in the case file, including all other documents, exhibits, or papers, shall be retained by the district court. Currently, the district court transfers all materials to the circuit court in the event of an appeal.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-28","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1483/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1483","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":440305,"bill_number":"HB1484","title":"Farm vehicles; extends travel distance limitation on unregistered vehicles used on seasonal basis.","description":"Farm use vehicles. Extends the travel distance limitation on unregistered vehicles used on a seasonal basis in transporting farm produce and livestock along public highways from 50 miles to 100 miles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1484/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1484","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":440306,"bill_number":"HB1485","title":"DMV registration; expiration and renewal.","description":"DMV fees. Allows the DMV Commissioner to postpone expiration of vehicle registration if DMV is unable to operate for reasons beyond its control and the postponement is authorized by the Governor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0337)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1485/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1485","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":440307,"bill_number":"HB1486","title":"Insurance agents; requirements for continuing education.","description":"Insurance agent; continuing education materials. Requires instructors of an approved insurance agent continuing education course to mail to agents enrolled in the course a postcard that provides the agent with the option to either (i) download the educational materials from the Internet or (ii) request the instructor to mail the printed educational materials to him.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1486/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1486","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":440309,"bill_number":"HB1487","title":"Computer Crimes Act; civil action for violation of Act, limitations period.","description":"Civil action for violation of Computer Crimes Act; limitations period. Provides that a civil action for injuries sustained by reason of a violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act must be filed within five years after the last act in the course of conduct constituting such a violation. Under current law, a civil action must be brought within the earlier of five years after the last act in the course of conduct constituting such a violation or two years after the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered such last act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1487/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1487","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":440310,"bill_number":"HB1489","title":"State employees; State Comptroller to process payroll on weekly basis.","description":"Department of Accounts; payroll of state employees. Directs the Comptroller to pay state employees on a weekly basis.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1489/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1489","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":440311,"bill_number":"HB1491","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting opening of school year, etc.","description":"School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day 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. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1491/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1491","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":440313,"bill_number":"HB1492","title":"Fraud; court may vacate judgment of criminal conviction.","description":"Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, upon hearing of a motion by a person convicted of a felony or adjudicated delinquent of a felony offense in the proper court of the jurisdiction where the person was convicted, following notice to the Commonwealth, a court may at any time after the person's conviction or adjudication vacate the judgment of the criminal conviction or adjudication of the person when the court finds that the conviction or adjudication was obtained by the commission of a material fraud upon the court or perjured testimony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1492/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1492","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":440314,"bill_number":"HB1493","title":"Charter; City of Hampton.","description":"Charter; City of Hampton. Updates provisions related to the initial meeting of council and the election of the school board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1493/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1493","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":440316,"bill_number":"HB1494","title":"Sheriffs; expands authority to deputize persons to direct traffic, training required.","description":"Authority to deputize persons to direct traffic. Expands the ability of sheriffs to deputize persons to direct traffic during periods of heavy traffic or congestion.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1494/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1494","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":440318,"bill_number":"HB1495","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use 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":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1495/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1495","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":440319,"bill_number":"HB1496","title":"Senior citizens; reduced tuition for attendance at higher educational institutions in State.","description":"Senior citizens; reduced tuition for attendance at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Permits a senior citizen whose taxable income exceeded $15,000 in the year preceding the year in which enrollment is sought to pay reduced tuition at a rate of 25 percent of the total cost for enrollment in courses as a full-time or part-time student for academic credit at a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth if total student enrollment for the course or courses in which the senior citizen seeks enrollment has not reached 75 percent of the maximum course capacity as of the first day of the academic term. Current law waives tuition for senior citizens whose taxable income was $15,000 or less in the year preceding the year in which enrollment is sought.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1496/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1496","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":440320,"bill_number":"HB1497","title":"Public school interscholastic programs; participation by students in military families.","description":"Participation in public school interscholastic programs by students in military families. Prohibits public elementary or secondary schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student (i) who moved out of the school's attendance area because his parent is a full-time, active duty member of the uniformed services and received orders to relocate and who subsequently moved back into the school's attendance area or (ii) who continues to live in the school's attendance area but whose parent moved out of the school's attendance area because that parent is a full-time, active duty member of the uniformed services and received orders to relocate. The bill does not affect a school board's discretion to admit a student and charge tuition for his attendance at a public school in the local school division if the student is not deemed to reside in the local school division.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1497/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1497","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":440322,"bill_number":"HB1498","title":"School expulsions; removes provision prohibiting reversal of decision.","description":"School expulsions; reversal. Removes a provision prohibiting the reversal of a decision to expel a student on the grounds that certain enumerated factors were not considered.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1498/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1498","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":440323,"bill_number":"HB1499","title":"Emergency medical services personnel; administration of medications.","description":"Administration of medications. Clarifies the circumstances under which emergency medical services personnel may administer medications and provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer medications pursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1499/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1499","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":440324,"bill_number":"HB1502","title":"Index of Performance incentive program; raising achievement of students in proficiency gap groups.","description":"Virginia Index of Performance incentive program; raising the achievement of students in proficiency gap groups. Adds to the existing Virginia Index of Performance incentive program guidelines the requirement that the Board of Education recognize and reward all schools and school divisions that make significant progress toward raising the achievement of students in the English language learners subgroup, students with disabilities subgroup, economically disadvantaged students subgroup, African American students subgroup, or Hispanic students subgroup, identified pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) while narrowing gaps in achievement among all student subgroups identified pursuant to ESEA. The bill also requires the Board of Education to take into account in its guidelines improvements of at least two letter grades from the previous school year in the English language learners subgroup, students with disabilities subgroup, economically disadvantaged students subgroup, African American students subgroup, or Hispanic students subgroup; higher than average participation in advanced testing in any such student subgroup; and an annual increase in the percentage of students in kindergarten through second grade, in any such student subgroup, who meet the benchmark on the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) assessment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1502/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1502","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":440325,"bill_number":"HB1503","title":"Standards of Accreditation; adds high school graduation rates, college readiness of graduates, etc.","description":"Standards of Accreditation. Adds high school graduation rates, the college and career readiness of graduates, the rate of student academic progress in all student subgroups identified pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, and progress toward narrowing gaps in student proficiency on Standards of Learning assessments among all student subgroups to the list of special school division accomplishments that the Board of Education shall consider in its criteria for recognizing educational performance. The bill also requires the Board to establish a range of accreditation rankings to identify achievements, progress, and gaps in school performance and prohibits the Board from awarding a school the highest level of accreditation if any such student subgroup in the school fails to demonstrate proficiency on any Standards of Learning assessment. The bill finally alters the objectives of Standards of Learning Assessments. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1503/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1503","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":440327,"bill_number":"HB1504","title":"Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established.","description":"Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program established. Creates a Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program in which the Board of Education or a local school division in conjunction with a Virginia college or university with an approved education preparation program may create and serve as Administrator of intensive programs of at least eight weeks in length to prepare career-switchers and recent college graduates who have not completed coursework in education to teach in areas including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and critical teaching shortage areas in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The Administrator would assist Fellows to secure teaching positions. Any Fellow hired as a teacher by a local school division would be awarded a three-year provisional license to teach, would receive such further training as the Board prescribes, and would have the opportunity to obtain a permanent license upon completion of three years of teaching.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1504/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1504","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":440328,"bill_number":"HB1505","title":"Sewage systems; betterment loans.","description":"Sewage systems; betterment loans. Clarifies that betterment loans may be used for conventional onsite, alternative onsite, and alternative discharging sewage systems; authorizes the Board of Health to use up to 25 percent of the Onsite Sewage Indemnity Fund to provide or guarantee betterment loans; increases the amount of each fee collected by the Department of Health pursuant to subsections C and E of §32.1-164 that is contributed to the Onsite Sewage Indemnity Fund from $10 to $25; and removes the use of the Onsite Sewage Indemnity Fund for training and recognition of authorized onsite soil evaluators. This bill was recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1505/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1505","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":440330,"bill_number":"HB1508","title":"Congressman William Wampler, Sr., Memorial Highway; designating portion of Interstate Route 81.","description":"Congressman William Wampler, Sr., Memorial Highway. Designates I-81 between the Virginia/Tennessee line and Exit 118 the \"Congressman William Wampler, Sr., Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1508/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1508","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":440332,"bill_number":"HB1510","title":"Dental or optometric services plans; requirement for nonstock corporation that offer or administer.","description":"Dental or optometric services plans. Requires any nonstock corporation that offers or administers a dental or optometric services plan without acting as an agent for participating dentists or optometrists to maintain a contingency reserve of at least $4 million. Currently, the contingency reserve must be at least equal to 45 days of anticipated operating expenses and incurred claims expenses generated for its subscription contracts. The measure also requires the State Corporation Commission to subject the nonstock corporation to the requirements regarding the Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1510/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1510","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":440333,"bill_number":"HB1512","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; subtraction for income from space leased to public schools.","description":"Income tax subtraction; income from building space leased to public school divisions. Establishes an individual and corporate income tax subtraction beginning in 2013 for income from the lease of commercial or industrial space to a local public school division that used such space primarily to (i) provide instruction to K through 12 public school students or students in a publicly funded pre-kindergarten program or (ii) administer K through 12 public education programs or publicly funded pre-kindergarten education programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1512/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1512","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":440334,"bill_number":"HB1513","title":"Medical assistance; smoking cessation.","description":"Medical assistance; smoking cessation. Provides that the state plan for medical assistance shall include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1513/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1513","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":440336,"bill_number":"HB1514","title":"Golf carts and utility vehicles; adds Town of Wachapreague to list that may authorize.","description":"Golf carts and utility vehicles. Adds the town of Wachapreague to the list of towns that may authorize over-the-road operation of golf carts and utility vehicles, even though the town does not have its own police department.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1514/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1514","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":440337,"bill_number":"HB1515","title":"Widgeon, Randy Marshall; transfers his service pistol to his widow, Pamela Turlington Widgeon.","description":"Service pistol of Captain Randy Marshall Widgeon. Transfers the service pistol of Captain Randy Marshall Widgeon to his widow, Pamela Turlington Widgeon.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1515/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1515","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":440338,"bill_number":"HB1516","title":"Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program.","description":"Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires every pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy to ensure that at least one pharmacist who is physically present at the pharmacy shall have access to the Prescription Monitoring Program at all times.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1516/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1516","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":440340,"bill_number":"HB1520","title":"Absentee voting; 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":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1520/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1520","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":440341,"bill_number":"HB1523","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes hurricane preparedness equipment.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption for hurricane preparedness equipment; eligible equipment. Adds gas-powered chainsaws with a selling price of $350 or less and chainsaw accessories to the list of equipment eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for hurricane preparedness equipment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1523/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1523","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":440342,"bill_number":"HB1525","title":"Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons.","description":"In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he (i) entered and began residing in the United States prior to his sixteenth birthday; (ii) has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) has registered as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) has resided in the Commonwealth for at least five years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (v) has provided an affidavit to the institution stating that he has filed an application to become a permanent resident of the United States, is actively pursuing such permanent residency or will do so as soon as he is eligible, and that no grounds exist for the denial of such permanent residency; and (vi) has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least one year prior to the date of enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1525/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1525","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":440344,"bill_number":"HB1526","title":"HOT lanes; emergency vehicles and law-enforcement vehicles cannot use when commuting to work place.","description":"HOT lanes. Provides that emergency vehicles and law-enforcement vehicles that otherwise would be allowed free use of HOT lanes cannot do so when the vehicle is being used to commute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1526/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1526","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":440345,"bill_number":"HB1530","title":"Charter; City of Manassas Park.","description":"Charter; City of Manassas Park. Provides that the city may set its school calendar based on several criteria related to Advanced Placement exams, students qualifying for free or reduced meals, and students receiving English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1530/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1530","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":440346,"bill_number":"HB1531","title":"Public beaches; sand dredging and beach replenishment.","description":"Sand replenishment for public beaches. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an expedited application review process for dredging of sand and beach replenishment on the public beaches abutting the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The bill requires the agencies to establish a working group, consisting of representative stakeholders, to assist in the development of the expedited review process. The working group is to consider a requirement that the application for the sand replenishment project permit include the submission of a dredging plan by the locality for areas within the Chesapeake Bay from which the dredged material will be taken and the location of the beach replenishment project. The bill provides several types of information that such a plan would include, such as the analysis of benthic, marine, and fishery resources; impact on any historical artifacts; and impact on other uses of the state waters and bottomlands at the dredge site.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1531/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1531","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":440348,"bill_number":"HB1532","title":"Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Makes technical changes necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 811 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly, permitting localities to exempt firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law-enforcement officers from the higher age and service requirements for normal and early retirement applicable to employees hired on or after July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1532/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1532","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":440349,"bill_number":"HB1533","title":"Charter; City of Fairfax.","description":"Charter; City of Fairfax. Increases the maximum transient occupancy tax that the city may levy from four percent to six percent. Any amount above four percent shall be placed into an economic development opportunity fund to be used solely for economic development, marketing, or tourism initiatives.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"House sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1533/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1533","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":440354,"bill_number":"HJR587","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Lucie Anne Pelletier.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Lucie Anne Pelletier.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ587ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR587/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ587","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":440355,"bill_number":"HJR589","title":"Commending Sheriff Elizabeth F. Arthur.","description":"Commending Sheriff Elizabeth F. Arthur.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ589ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR589/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ589","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":440357,"bill_number":"HJR591","title":"Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ591ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR591/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ591","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":440358,"bill_number":"HJR592","title":"Celebrating the life of Benjamin Rice Lacy IV.","description":"Celebrating the life of Benjamin Rice Lacy IV.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ592ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR592/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ592","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":440359,"bill_number":"HJR593","title":"Commending Robert M. Berry.","description":"Commending Robert M. Berry.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ593ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR593/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ593","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":440361,"bill_number":"HJR596","title":"Celebrating the life of William Lyle Pugh, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Lyle Pugh, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ596ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR596/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ596","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":440362,"bill_number":"HJR597","title":"Commending Callan Bentley.","description":"Commending Callan Bentley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ597ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR597/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ597","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":440363,"bill_number":"HR90","title":"Commending Andrew Dalton Rhinehart.","description":"Commending Andrew Dalton Rhinehart.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR90ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR90/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR90","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":440365,"bill_number":"HR100","title":"Commending Carita J. Richardson.","description":"Commending Carita J. Richardson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR100ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR100/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR100","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":440366,"bill_number":"SB744","title":"Derelict nonresidential building or structure; demolition by locality.","description":"Demolition of a derelict nonresidential structure with consent. Authorizes a locality to demolish or remove a derelict nonresidential structure and to file a lien against the property for the cost of the demolition or removal. The bill requires the locality to obtain the written consent of the property owner, and the property owner shall make a reasonable effort to obtain consent from the holder of any first lien mortgage or first lien deed of trust for such demolition or removal. The bill prohibits the use of the authority to remove a building that is located in a local historic district or individually designated as a historic landmark.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB744/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB744","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":440367,"bill_number":"SB803","title":"Hunting; lawful to hunt or kill coyotes on Sunday.","description":"Hunting nuisance species. Makes it lawful to hunt or kill nuisance species on Sunday. Among the species that could be hunted on Sunday are blackbirds, coyotes, crows, cowbirds, feral swine, grackles, English sparrows, starlings, and those species designated as nuisance species by regulations of the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Read third time and defeated by Senate (13-Y 26-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB803/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB803","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440369,"bill_number":"SB804","title":"Voluntary boundary agreement between localities; attachment of GIS map to petitions.","description":"Voluntary boundary agreement between Louisa and Goochland Counties; attachment of GIS map to petitions. Allows Louisa and Goochland Counties, in adopting a voluntary boundary agreement, to attach to their petitions to the circuit court a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the boundary change. The section formerly restricted the type of attachment to either a plat or a metes and bounds description.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB804/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB804","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440370,"bill_number":"SB805","title":"Elections; costs of primaries.","description":"Elections; costs of primaries. Provides that the state will reimburse the localities for the costs of primary elections as funded by the general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB805/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB805","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440371,"bill_number":"SB806","title":"Presidential primaries; localities shall be reimbursed by State for all costs incurred.","description":"Presidential primary costs. Provides that localities shall be reimbursed by the state for all costs incurred in conducting the presidential primary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB806/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB806","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440374,"bill_number":"SB807","title":"Drugs; administration by a person to a child in private school.","description":"Administration of drugs; private schools. Allows the administration of drugs by a person to a child in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education and exempt from licensure by the Board of Social Services, or in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education in accordance with standards prescribed by the Board of Education, provided the person has completed an approved training program, obtained written authorization of the parent, and administers drugs dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original labeled container only to the child identified on the prescription label and in accordance with the prescriber's instructions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB807/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB807","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440375,"bill_number":"SB808","title":"Juvenile offenders; proceeding for sentence modification.","description":"Juvenile sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to more than 25 years for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence at age 35 or after serving 20 years of the sentence, whichever occurs last.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB808/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB808","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":440376,"bill_number":"SB809","title":"Juvenile offenders; punishment for conviction of certain felonies.","description":"Juvenile offenders; sentences. Provides that the punishment is a Class 2 felony (20 years to life) for persons convicted of a crime committed when a juvenile for which the only available punishment is a life sentence. This bill is in response to Miller v. Alabama (567 U.S.___, 2012) where the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a sentencing scheme that requires life in prison without the possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB809/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB809","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":440378,"bill_number":"SB810","title":"Legislation; prohibits any committee of General Assembly from reporting bill impacting localities.","description":"Bills requiring expenditures by localities. Prohibits any committee of the General Assembly from reporting any bill impacting localities that does not fully fund any net expenditures that otherwise would have to be paid by localities.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB810/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB810","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440379,"bill_number":"SB811","title":"False lien or encumbrance; filing against real or personal property of another, penalty.","description":"Filing fraudulent liens or encumbrances against the property of another; penalty. Provides that any person who maliciously files a fraudulent lien or encumbrance in a public record against the real or personal property of another, knowing that such lien or encumbrance is false, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB811/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB811","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440380,"bill_number":"SB812","title":"Public school interscholastic programs; participation of students receiving home instruction.","description":"Students receiving home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home instruction; (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two consecutive academic years; (iii) is in compliance with immunization requirements; (iv) is entitled to free tuition in a public school; (v) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current academic year; (vi) is an amateur who receives no compensation but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental, and social benefits of the activity; (vii) complies with all disciplinary rules and is subject to all codes of conduct applicable to all public high school athletes; and (viii) complies with all other rules governing awards, all-star games, maximum consecutive semesters of high school enrollment, parental consents, physical examinations, and transfers applicable to all high school athletes. The bill allows such students to be charged reasonable fees for participation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB812/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB812","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440381,"bill_number":"SB813","title":"Electoral boards and general registrars; reimbursement of costs of compensation and expenses.","description":"Compensation and expenses of electoral boards and general registrars. Provides for reimbursement by the state to the localities of the entire costs of compensation and expenses of the electoral boards and general registrars.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB813/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB813","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440383,"bill_number":"SB814","title":"Nursing education programs; minimum examination passage rates.","description":"Nursing education programs; minimum examination passage rates. Requires approved nursing education programs to maintain a minimum passage rate among graduates taking the national licensing examination required for licensure as a professional or practical nurse for the first time that is not lower than 10 percentage points less than the national average passage rate, and provides that in cases in which an approved nursing education program fails to maintain a satisfactory passage rate in two consecutive years, the Board of Nursing shall cause a survey of the program to be made and may place the program on conditional approval with terms and conditions.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB814/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB814","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":440384,"bill_number":"SB815","title":"Driver training schools; length of daily instruction.","description":"Driver training schools; length of daily instruction. Authorizes a driver training school Class B licensee to determine the length of daily instruction.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-20","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB815/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB815","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":440385,"bill_number":"SB816","title":"Payment of wages to employees; requires employers to maintain and preserve certain records.","description":"Payment of wages to employees. Requires employers to maintain and preserve records regarding the rate of pay, hours worked, earnings due, wages paid, and related matters for each employee. The measure provides a standard for how an employee, in an action to collect unpaid wages, may meet his burden of establishing that he is entitled to the wages. The measure also amends an employee's existing private right of action for unpaid wages by requiring the court to award attorney fees and other costs to a prevailing employee. In such a proceeding, unless the employer shows good faith, the court shall award to the employee three times the amount of unpaid wages. An action for unpaid wages shall be commenced within two years after the action accrued, or within three years if the violation is willful. The measure will not become effective if a general fund appropriation restores funding for six wage investigator positions at the Department of Labor and Industry.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (6-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB816/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB816","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":440387,"bill_number":"SB817","title":"Property tax exemption; adds Historic Pocahontas, Inc. to list of organizations.","description":"Property exempt from taxation by designation. Adds Historic Pocahontas, Inc., to the list of organizations whose property is exempt from taxation, so long as the corporation continues to be organized and operated not for profit.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Stricken from Senate calendar (39-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB817/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB817","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440389,"bill_number":"SB818","title":"Prisoners; establish compact for control of those receiving emergency medical care outside of VA.","description":"Compact; control of prisoners outside of Virginia. Establishes a compact with other states for control of prisoners receiving medical and other care outside of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB818/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB818","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440390,"bill_number":"SB819","title":"Tourist Train Development Authority; created.","description":"Tourist Train Development Authority. Reinstates the Authority and its board, repealed by the General Assembly in 2011, which will consist of representatives from the governing bodies of Tazewell County, the Town of Bluefield, and the Town of Pocahontas; four citizen members from Tazewell County; and two legislators. The Authority's powers are similar to those that other authorities possess. The Authority may also cooperate with any private or governmental entity in the state of West Virginia in the development of a tourist train.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Senate sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB819/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB819","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440392,"bill_number":"SB820","title":"Billboards; establishes conditions under which certain signs may be adjusted or relocated, etc.","description":"Billboards. Establishes conditions under which certain billboard signs may be relocated if land on which the billboard sign is located is acquired by eminent domain in connection with a highway project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB820/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB820","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440393,"bill_number":"SB821","title":"Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; grants Authority \"quick take\" condemnation powers.","description":"Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; eminent domain. Grants to the Authority the \"quick take\" condemnation powers that are currently available to the Virginia Department of Transportation.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB821/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB821","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440394,"bill_number":"SB822","title":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; fees charged by State Fire Marshal.","description":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; fees. Changes approval authority over fees that may be charged by the State Fire Marshal to recover enforcement costs from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Services Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB822/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB822","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":440396,"bill_number":"SB823","title":"Writ of actual innocence; joint motion for petitions.","description":"Petitions for writs of actual innocence; joint motion for writ of actual innocence. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction wherein a person was convicted of a felony may join in a petition for a biological or nonbiological writ of actual innocence. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pending a ruling by the appellate court on the writ.   The bill also provides that petitions for writs of actual innocence in the case of either biological or nonbiological evidence may be brought for any felony and upon any plea. For both writs, the petitioner shall allege that the new evidence, had it been available at trial, would have created in a rational trier of fact reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the petitioner, as opposed to the current required allegation that the evidence \"will prove that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.\" For the writ based on nonbiological evidence, the bill removes the limit that only one writ per conviction may be filed.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB823/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB823","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":440397,"bill_number":"SB824","title":"Hampton Roads Planning District; additional 1% sales & use tax in counties in District.","description":"Additional state sales and use tax in the Hampton Roads Planning District; referendum. Provides for an additional one percent sales and use tax in the counties and cities located in the Hampton Roads Planning District, with the additional revenues generated by the tax to be used for regional transportation projects. The tax would become effective on January 1, 2014, and only if approved by a majority of the voters in the Planning District at the November 2013 election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-27","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (5-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB824/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB824","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":440398,"bill_number":"SB826","title":"Abortion; funding by Board of Health for certain women.","description":"Funding for certain abortions. Repeals the section authorizing the Board of Health to fund abortions for women who meet the financial eligibility criteria of the State Plan for Medical Assistance in cases in which a physician certifies that he believes that the fetus would be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or mental deficiency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB826/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB826","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440400,"bill_number":"SB827","title":"Federal statutes or regulations; implementation of regulatory stringency standard.","description":"Regulatory stringency standard. Requires any state agency that is authorized to implement a comparable federal program to receive statutory authorization to promulgate any regulation that is more stringent than the federal statute or regulation. By July 1, 2014, these agencies are required to complete a review of their regulations to determine whether each regulation (i) is more stringent than the comparable federal law or regulation and (ii) whether there is statutory authorization for the regulation that is found to be more stringent. When an agency determines that a more stringent regulation has not been authorized by a state statute, the agency is required to amend the regulation to bring it into compliance with the federal law or regulation or the General Assembly has to enact legislation authorizing the more stringent standard. If neither condition has been met within one year of the agency's determination that its regulation is more stringent than the comparable federal law or regulation, the regulation is deemed to be null and void.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB827/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB827","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":440401,"bill_number":"SB828","title":"Dangerous and vicious dogs; when owner is charged with a violation, officer shall confine dog, etc.","description":"Control of dangerous and vicious dogs; penalties.  Authorizes an animal control officer or law-enforcement officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons where the officer believes that the owner of a vicious dog has willfully failed to comply with the law. When the owner of a dangerous dog has willfully failed to comply with the law, the bill authorizes an officer to confine the dog. The bill also clarifies the distinctions between dangerous dogs and vicious dogs, requires the owner of either type of dog to provide basic care while confining the animal, and authorizes a court to order the owner to pay for the care of a dangerous or vicious dog while it is in state custody.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB828/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB828","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440402,"bill_number":"SB829","title":"Veterans; Department of Veterans Services to develop comprehensive program to reduce unemployment.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; programs to reduce unemployment among veterans. Provides for the Department of Veterans Services to develop a comprehensive program to reduce unemployment among veterans by assisting businesses to attract, hire, train, and retain veterans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB829/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB829","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":440404,"bill_number":"SB830","title":"Absentee voting and procedures; SBE to provide to military overseas, secure electronic ballots.","description":"Elections; absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures so that uniformed-service voters can return voted military-overseas ballots securely by electronic format. The bill also provides for expedited procedures when a ballot is requested but not sent by the deadline for making ballots available.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB830/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB830","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":440407,"bill_number":"SB831","title":"Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund; established.","description":"Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Program. Businesses who obtain the gold level of certification in the Department of Veterans Services Virginia Values Veterans Certification Program may apply for grants from the Fund. The grant is $500 when a veteran is hired and employed throughout the year in a new full-time job created by a business and that pays an annual salary of at least $50,000. An additional $500 is granted if the veteran is a disabled military veteran. The bill limits the grant to a one-time amount of $10,000 per business but businesses who maintain gold-level certification may apply for additional grants of $1,000 per year.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB831/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB831","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":440408,"bill_number":"SB832","title":"Mandatory minimum sentences; terms of confinement or imprisonment to be served consecutively.","description":"Mandatory minimum sentences to be served consecutively; penalty. Provides that for certain crimes where a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment must be imposed on the guilty party, such sentence shall be served consecutively with any other sentence imposed on such party. The crimes included in the bill are §§ 16.1-253.2 (violation of protective orders), 18.2-46.3:3 (street gang activity in gang-free zones), 18.2-60.4 (violation of protective orders), 18.2-61 (rape), 18.2-67.1 (forcible sodomy), 18.2-67.2 (object sexual penetration), 18.2-154 (shooting or throwing missiles at law-enforcement or emergency vehicles), 18.2-308.2:2 (purchasing firearm with intent to resell or provide to a person ineligible to purchase or receive a firearm), 18.2-374.1 (production of child pornography), and 18.2-374.1:1 (possession or distribution of child pornography).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB832/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB832","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":440409,"bill_number":"SB833","title":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Va. Economic and Infrastructure Develop Zone.","description":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. Allows localities located within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone to enter into a voluntary economic growth-sharing agreement without the review of the Virginia Commission on Local Government.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB833/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB833","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":440411,"bill_number":"SB834","title":"Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance.","description":"Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance. Requires the Commission to have an independent certified public accountant prepare a report of financial performance each year. The bill also requires the Commission to cooperate with the City of Portsmouth's independent auditor in the preparation of the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Under current law, the Commission is required only to arrange to have its records audited annually.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2012-12-28","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB834/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB834","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":440412,"bill_number":"SB835","title":"TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony, ineligible if fail or refuse drug testing.","description":"Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families assistance shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, provided that he complies with all obligations imposed by the court and the Department of Social Services, is actively engaged in or has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings. This bill is contingent upon an appropriation of general funds effectuating the provisions of this bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB835/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB835","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":440413,"bill_number":"SB836","title":"Fraud; court may vacate judgment of criminal conviction.","description":"Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, upon hearing of a motion by a person convicted of a felony or adjudicated delinquent of a felony offense in the proper court of the jurisdiction where the person was convicted, following notice to the Commonwealth, a court may at any time after the person's conviction or adjudication vacate the judgment of the criminal conviction or adjudication of the person when the court finds that the conviction or adjudication was obtained by the commission of a material fraud upon the court or perjured testimony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB836/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB836","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":440415,"bill_number":"SB837","title":"License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Washington Nationals baseball team.","description":"Special license plates; supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team to support the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB837/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB837","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":440417,"bill_number":"SB838","title":"State employees; option of converting accumulated sick leave into service credit under VRS.","description":"State employees not participating in Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; purchase of state service. Provides members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System and the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System who commenced employment or were rehired before January 1, 1999, and elected to not participate in the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program the option of converting accumulated sick leave into service credit under the Virginia Retirement System. Such option would be available from May 1, 2013, to June 30, 2013. The bill contains an emergency clause, and is contingent upon an appropriation of at least $19 million to the Retirement System Unfunded Liability Special Reserve Fund being included in the general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB838/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB838","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":440418,"bill_number":"SB839","title":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.","description":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes.  Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in criminal cases, and clarifying issues related to coverage under workers' compensation and risk management laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB839","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":440420,"bill_number":"SB840","title":"Fraud; court may vacate judgment of criminal conviction or adjudication of person.","description":"Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, a person convicted of a felony or a juvenile found delinquent of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult may, with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, at any time after his conviction or adjudication petition the proper court in the jurisdiction where the conviction or adjudication was obtained for an order vacating the conviction or adjudication on the basis of material fraud upon the court or perjured testimony. Upon hearing on the petition, the court may vacate the judgment of the criminal conviction or adjudication if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the conviction or adjudication was obtained by the commission of a material fraud upon the court or perjured testimony.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB840/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB840","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":440421,"bill_number":"SB841","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; establishment of occupancy standards for residential dwelling unit.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; establishment of occupancy standards for residential dwelling units by owners or managing agents.  Authorizes an owner or managing agent of a residential dwelling unit to develop and implement reasonable occupancy standards restricting the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy the dwelling unit to two persons per bedroom. Under the bill, the occupancy standard is subject to the provisions of applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The bill also provides that the occupancy standards of an owner or managing agent shall not be enforceable under the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB841/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB841","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":440422,"bill_number":"SB842","title":"Charter; City of Hampton.","description":"Charter; City of Hampton. Updates provisions related to the initial meeting of council and the election of the school board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB842/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB842","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":440424,"bill_number":"SB843","title":"Alcohol, open container; no person shall possess in passenger area of motor vehicle, 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":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB843/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB843","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":440425,"bill_number":"SB844","title":"Courthouse repair; certain counties may appoint committee to examine court facilities.","description":"Courthouse repair. Provides that counties with a population of less than 75,000 may by ordinance appoint a committee to examine court facilities and to report whether the court facilities are insecure, out of repair, or otherwise pose a danger to the health, welfare, and safety of court employees or the public. The committee shall consist of the following: two members of the board of supervisors, two judges from the locality, the clerk of the circuit court, the attorney for the Commonwealth, the treasurer, the commissioner of the revenue, a designee from the county bar association, a representative of the town in which the court is located, if any, a local architect, and a local engineer. If the committee makes a recommendation for repairs of, renovation to, or building of a courthouse to the board and the board approves the recommendation by majority vote, the county may issue a request for proposals. Failure of the county to follow committee recommendations from the report shall result in a new committee report being considered within two years. Failure to approve the recommendations from the second report provided shall result in the court entering an order under the currently established process.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB844/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB844","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":440426,"bill_number":"SB845","title":"Misdemeanors; expungement of police and court records.","description":"Expungement of certain misdemeanors. Allows a person convicted of certain misdemeanors who has successfully completed all terms of probation to file a petition for expungement 10 years after the conviction if he has not been convicted of any other offense. DUI, child abuse or neglect, domestic violence, sex offenses, and crimes against persons do not qualify for expungement. Any conviction that is expunged will be considered a prior conviction for purposes of prosecution of any subsequent offense for which the prior conviction statutorily enhances punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB845/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB845","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":440428,"bill_number":"SB846","title":"Community colleges; certain colleges to develop policies to increase dual enrollment.","description":"Dual enrollment; certain community colleges. Requires Danville Community College, Patrick Henry Community College, Southside Virginia Community College, Virginia Western Community College, and Wytheville Community College, under the terms of their existing dual enrollment agreements, to develop policies to encourage greater dual enrollment in career and technical education courses when such courses are not at full capacity.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB846/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB846","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":440429,"bill_number":"SB847","title":"Arrestees; judicial officer may require as condition of release on bail fingerprints and photos.","description":"Fingerprints and photos of arrestees. Provides that a judicial officer may require as a condition of release on bail that the accused accompany the arresting officer to the jurisdiction's fingerprinting facility to have his photograph and fingerprints taken prior to his release. The bill also provides that the fingerprints and photograph may be taken wherever the magistrate is located, including at a regional jail, even though the accused is not committed to jail.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB847/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB847","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":440430,"bill_number":"SB848","title":"Students; increases additional grant to those attending State 2-year colleges for engineering, etc.","description":"Grants for certain students attending Virginia two-year colleges. Provides that a student pursuing undergraduate work in engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching, or science shall be eligible to receive an additional $2,500 more than students pursuing other academic courses of study under the two-year college grant program. Current law allows such students to receive $1,000 more. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-28","last_action":"Tabled in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB848/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB848","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":440432,"bill_number":"SB849","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Provides that the ABC Board may grant a mixed beverage license, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum, to properties (i) located as of December 1, 2012, within the Montgomery County Route 177 Urban Development Area, which area is adjacent to Exit 109 on Interstate 81, and (ii) on property fronting Route 603 with portions fronting Interstate 81, located approximately 1,100 feet from the intersection of Route 603 and Interstate 81 at Exit 128 in Montgomery County.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB849/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB849","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":440433,"bill_number":"SB850","title":"Low-income and disabled customers; criteria for discounted fees and charges for water and sewer.","description":"Discounted fees and charges for certain low-income and disabled customers. Provides that any locality that owns a water and sewer system and has a population density of 200 persons or fewer per square mile may by ordinance develop criteria for providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income and disabled customers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB850/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB850","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":440434,"bill_number":"SB851","title":"Transient occupancy tax; reinstates authority of Arlington County to impose additional tax, etc.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Reinstates the authority of Arlington County, which expired pursuant to a January 1, 2012, sunset date, to impose an additional transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed one-fourth of one percent. The revenues from the tax shall be spent solely for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Senate sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB851/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB851","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":440435,"bill_number":"SB852","title":"Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives.","description":"Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives. Establishes a requirement that electricity generated from renewable sources be generated from a facility located in the Commonwealth or if the facility is an offshore wind facility, located off the Commonwealth's shoreline, in order to qualify as renewable energy for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program. The measure also makes renewable powered generation facilities located outside of the Commonwealth, except offshore wind facilities located in waters off the Commonwealth's shoreline, ineligible for certain cost recovery and enhanced rate of return incentives in the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB852/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB852","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":440437,"bill_number":"SB853","title":"Assault and battery; adds magistrates within enhanced penalty provision.","description":"Assault and battery of magistrate; penalty. Elevates the punishment for committing an assault and battery against a magistrate who is engaged in the performance of his public duties from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB853/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB853","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":440438,"bill_number":"SB854","title":"Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Allows that a political subdivision may by resolution irrevocably declare that persons employed as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or law-enforcement officers shall be considered to have 60 months of creditable service as of January 1, 2013, for purposes of the Virginia Retirement System. Current law allows political subdivisions to declare that such employees are not considered persons who became members on or after July 1, 2010, for purposes of the Virginia Retirement System. The bill also declares that if the political subdivision adopts such a resolution, those employees shall not be eligible to participate in the new hybrid retirement program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB854/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB854","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":440439,"bill_number":"SB855","title":"Transportation; funding and administration.","description":"Transportation; funding and administration. Increases the base fuel tax rate in Virginia by 10 cents to $0.275 per gallon of gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel, and then increases or decreases the rate each year 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 U.S. 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. The bill also establishes a $10 fee for the sale of each new electric motor vehicle battery, with the proceeds being deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. Finally, the bill increases the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board from 17 members to 23 members, with four members representing Northern Virginia, three members representing Hampton Roads, and two members representing Richmond. Currently, each of those areas has one representative on the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB855/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB855","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":440441,"bill_number":"SB856","title":"Boards of visitors; requirements for members of four-year public higher educational institutions.","description":"Boards of visitors; rectors and terms. Requires members of boards of visitors of four-year public institutions of higher education to have served four years on the board prior to being elected or appointed rector. The bill stipulates that such rectors shall serve four-year terms. The bill also changes the terms of all visitors from four years to six years. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB856/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB856","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":440442,"bill_number":"SB857","title":"Higher ed. institutions; expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of military.","description":"Higher education; in-state tuition for military dependents. Expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of active duty military personnel, or activated or temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members, who are either (i) assigned unaccompanied orders and immediately prior to receiving such unaccompanied orders were assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace geographically located in Virginia, or in a state contiguous to Virginia or the District of Columbia, and resided in Virginia or (ii) assigned unaccompanied orders with Virginia listed as the designated place move.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB857/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB857","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440443,"bill_number":"SB858","title":"Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by Board of Medicine.","description":"Surgical technologists and surgical assistants. Requires certification for surgical technologists and licensure for surgical assistants, and provides requirements for such certification and licensure. The bill creates the Advisory Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine in the regulation of surgical technologists and surgical assistants.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB858/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB858","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440445,"bill_number":"SB859","title":"Income tax, state; deduction for payment of tolls in qualified locality.","description":"Taxable income; deduction for payment of certain tolls. Allows a qualified taxpayer to deduct from his Virginia adjusted gross income an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by the taxpayer for tolls in a qualified locality. A qualified locality is one in which the unemployment rate is higher than the statewide average and (i) in which a public-private transportation project that includes tolling is located or (ii) that is adjacent to a locality in which such a project is located. A qualified taxpayer is a taxpayer who resides in a qualified locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB859/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB859","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":440446,"bill_number":"SB860","title":"State entities; procurement by using public-private partnerships.","description":"Procurement by state entities using public-private partnerships; Public-Private Transportation Act; Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002. Provides that no real property asset that produces annual average revenue for the Commonwealth of $10 million or more over the five most recent fiscal years, or $10 million revenue for the Commonwealth in the most recent fiscal year, may be (i) the subject of any lease, concession agreement, or similar type of agreement that transfers to a nongovernmental entity possession or control of the asset for more than 10 years at a time, including any renewal; (ii) sold; or (iii) securitized as a part of a qualified transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 or a qualified project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 unless it has been declared to be surplus property. The bill also requires any comprehensive agreement for a qualifying transportation facility where the responsible public entity is a state entity to provide a summary containing the major business points of the agreement to the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission for review and comment. In addition, the bill provides that any proposed comprehensive agreement for a qualifying transportation facility, when the responsible public entity is an agency or institution of the Commonwealth, that (a) creates state tax-supported debt, (b) requires a level of appropriation beyond the appropriation received by the responsible public entity in the most recent appropriation act, or (c) alters the Commonwealth's discretion to change the level of services or the funding for such services over time must be reviewed by the General Assembly prior to execution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB860/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB860","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":440447,"bill_number":"SB861","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; entitlement of City of Bristol to certain revenues.","description":"Entitlement to certain sales and use tax revenues; City of Bristol. Provides that payments of sales and use tax revenue generated on the premises of a public facility located in the City of Bristol used to pay bonds issued to construct the public facility shall begin upon certification by the governing body of the municipality that a business license has been issued to an occupant of the public facility, even though the public facility has not been completed.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB861/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB861","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":440449,"bill_number":"SB862","title":"Foster care; independent living services.","description":"Foster care; independent living services. Extends from 60 days to 180 days the period after discontinuation of independent living services during which a person in foster care who has not yet reached the age of 21 may request restoration of independent living services. The bill requires local departments to provide information and counseling to persons ages 18 to 21 who elect to leave foster care or terminate independent living services regarding available independent living services, should the person choose to continue receiving them, and the option and process of restoration of services, should the person choose to discontinue them. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act passed during the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB862/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB862","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":440450,"bill_number":"SJR283","title":"Celebrating the life of Lucian Yates Grove.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lucian Yates Grove.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ283ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR283/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ283","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":440451,"bill_number":"SJR284","title":"Celebrating the life of James W. Holley III.","description":"Celebrating the life of James W. Holley III.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ284ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR284/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ284","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":440453,"bill_number":"SJR285","title":"Commending Gregory E. Lucyk.","description":"Commending Gregory E. Lucyk.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ285ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR285/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ285","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":440454,"bill_number":"SJR291","title":"Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ291ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR291/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ291","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":440455,"bill_number":"SR21","title":"Commending the 2013 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","description":"Commending the 2013 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR21ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR21/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR21","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":445045,"bill_number":"HB1506","title":"Service firearms; minimum years of service.","description":"Purchase of service firearms; minimum years of service. Reduces from 15 years to 10 years the minimum number of years that certain officers must serve in order to qualify to purchase their service handguns.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1506/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1506","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":445047,"bill_number":"HB1518","title":"Sexual abuse of child; increases penalty for any adult who commits abuse with child under 15.","description":"Crimes; sexual abuse of child under 15. Increases the penalty for any adult who commits an act of sexual abuse with a child under 15 from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1518/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1518","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":445048,"bill_number":"HB1519","title":"Community Integration Advisory Commission; extends sunset provision.","description":"The Community Integration Advisory Commission; sunset. Changes the sunset provision affecting the Community Integration Advisory Commission from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1519/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1519","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":445049,"bill_number":"HB1521","title":"Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; designation of tourism activity zones, etc.","description":"Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures; tourism activity zones. Authorizes any locality to designate one or more tourism activity zones as areas that may be used for special events, including parades, events requiring temporary street closures, and indoor and outdoor activities. An owner of residential property located partially or wholly within a designated tourism activity zone may disclose the presence of the property within the zone by disclosing in writing to any prospective purchaser or lessee of the property that the subject property is located within a tourism activity zone, with a description of the potential impacts associated with the property being located in a tourism activity zone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1521/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1521","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":445050,"bill_number":"HB1522","title":"Personal property tax; classification of motor vehicles leased by locality/constitutional officer.","description":"Personal property tax; motor vehicles leased by a locality or constitutional officer. Creates a separate classification, for purposes of permitting localities to set a lower personal property tax rate, on motor vehicles leased by a county, city, town, or constitutional officer if the locality or constitutional officer is obligated by the terms of the lease to pay tangible personal property tax on the motor vehicle.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1522/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1522","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":445051,"bill_number":"HB1524","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records of minors participating in park and recreation program.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records of minors participating in park and recreation programs. Reverses the default rule of FOIA that certain park and recreation records of minors are subject to the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA unless the parent or an emancipated person who is the subject of the record requests in writing that the record not be disclosed. Under the bill, these records would be exempt from public disclosure unless and until the parent or emancipated person who is the subject of the record waives the protection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1524/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1524","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":445053,"bill_number":"HB1527","title":"Fire insurance; clarifies that excess insurance may be written on an endorsement, etc.","description":"Fire insurance policy forms. Clarifies that excess fire insurance may be written on an endorsement as well as on a separate policy. The measure also deletes references to primary policies and deletes a requirement that insurers indicate in the heading or title of a readable policy whether the coverage applies on a primary or excess basis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1527/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1527","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":445056,"bill_number":"HB1544","title":"Lawyers; client accounts.","description":"Lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinary rule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearing account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1544/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1544","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445057,"bill_number":"HB1545","title":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.","description":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion obtained by the plaintiff of an expert witness who certified that the defendant deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was the proximate cause of the injuries claimed. Such a certification is required before any action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice may be instituted, except in cases where cause of the injuries claimed lies within the jury's common knowledge and experience.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1545/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1545","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":445058,"bill_number":"HB1546","title":"Service of process; makes several changes to how process is made on nonresidents, etc.","description":"Service of process on nonresidents. Makes several changes to how service of process is made on nonresidents and foreign corporations, including providing that (i) foreign corporations may be personally served with process outside of the Commonwealth in addition to substituted service on such corporation within the Commonwealth; (ii) service of process on the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles for nonresident motor vehicle owners or operators or the Secretary of the Commonwealth for nonresident aircraft owners or operators is effective on the date service is made on the Commissioner or the Secretary; and (iii) the Secretary of the Commonwealth or the statutory agent of a foreign corporation must provide a receipt noting the date service of process was made if the Secretary or statutory agent was served by hand delivery or any other method that does not provide a return of service. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1546/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1546","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445059,"bill_number":"HB1547","title":"Cemeteries; minimum tree canopy during development process shall be 10 percent.","description":"Cemeteries. Provides that the minimum tree canopy as required by localities during the development process shall be 10 percent for cemeteries.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1547/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1547","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":445060,"bill_number":"HB1548","title":"Municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) permittees; guidance documents.","description":"Guidance documents for municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) permittees. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Environmental Quality to jointly prepare guidance documents to assist MS4 permittees in developing and implementing their Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL) Action Plans. The guidance documents shall (i) identify methodologies to be used by MS4 permittees in calculating nutrient reductions and best management practices efficiencies as part of their Bay TMDL planning activities pursuant to MS4 permits and (ii) assist MS4 permittees in developing and implementing their Action Plans.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1548/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1548","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":445061,"bill_number":"HB1549","title":"Divorce; temporary orders concerning life insurance.","description":"Divorce; temporary orders; life insurance. Provides that a party in a suit for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, or child custody or visitation may be ordered to maintain any existing life insurance policy on the life of either spouse and name as beneficiary the other party, the parties' children, or a person in trust for the children. The court may order that the cost of the premiums of such insurance be allocated between the parties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1549/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1549","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":445063,"bill_number":"HB1550","title":"Gang-free zones; adds school bus stops to list of places.","description":"Expansion of gang-free zones. Adds school bus stops 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":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1550/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1550","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":445064,"bill_number":"HB1551","title":"Discovery rule; statute of limitations.","description":"Discovery rule; statute of limitations. Provides that the period of limitations for filing a cause of action for injury resulting from implanted medical devices, toxic exposure, and prescribed or over-the-counter medications accrues from the time the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to such device, substance, or medication.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1551/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1551","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445065,"bill_number":"HB1552","title":"Punitive damages; increases cap to reflect effect of inflation.","description":"Punitive damages cap. Increases the punitive damages cap from $350,000 to $675,000 to reflect the effect of inflation since the cap was first established. The bill also provides that the cap will be adjusted annually in an amount equal to the annual increase in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1552/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1552","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445066,"bill_number":"HB1553","title":"Real property tax assessment; affordable housing.","description":"Real property tax assessment; affordable housing. Modifies the special means of assessing the value of affordable rental housing units by permitting a taxpayer who owns certain multiple units and has expenses that are common to two or more units to make a pro rata apportionment of such expenses to each such unit based on each unit's assessed value as a percentage of the total assessed value of all such units. The bill covers the units whether they are in a single tax parcel or multiple tax parcels.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1553/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1553","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445067,"bill_number":"HB1554","title":"Risk management plans; insurance coverage for sheriffs or deputies, limitation on liability.","description":"Risk management insurance coverage for sheriffs; limitation of liability. Provides that no sheriff or deputy shall be liable in his individual capacity for any civil judgment in excess of the maximum liability coverage provided under the risk management insurance plan, which shall be at least $1.5 million for sheriffs and deputies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1554/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1554","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445068,"bill_number":"HB1555","title":"Virginia State Virtual School; established as statewide school division, report.","description":"Virginia State Virtual School; created as school division. Establishes the Virginia State Virtual School as a statewide school division, to be supervised and administered by the Board of Education, for the delivery of full-time online educational programs and services to school-age persons in the Commonwealth. The bill also sets out procedures for (i) student enrollment, (ii) participation by multidivision online providers, and (iii) calculation of the state and local share of funding per participating student.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1555/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1555","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":445069,"bill_number":"HB1556","title":"Divisionwide ratios of students to teachers; changes to schoolwide ratio.","description":"Divisionwide ratios of students to teachers. Changes the ratio of students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions from a divisionwide ratio to a schoolwide ratio.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1556/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1556","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":445070,"bill_number":"HB1557","title":"School boards; training for persons designated to carry concealed handguns on school property.","description":"School boards; employee firearms training. Requires every school board in the Commonwealth to designate at least one qualified person for every school in the district who, upon application with the school board, may carry a concealed handgun on school property. The bill requires all designated persons, including certain school division employees, certain school volunteers who carry valid concealed handgun permits, and certain retired law-enforcement officers, to be certified and trained by the Virginia Center for School Safety or the National Rifle Association in the storage, use, and handling of a concealed handgun. The bill also outlines the training requirements for designated persons as designed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1557/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1557","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":445071,"bill_number":"HB1558","title":"Libraries; Town of Leesburg may by ordinance establish an endowment fund for supporting certain.","description":"Local endowment for certain libraries; Town of Leesburg. Provides that the Town of Leesburg by ordinance may establish an endowment fund for the purpose of supporting a library owned or operated by the town. The endowment may receive all gifts, grants, or contributions designated for inclusion in the endowment. No part of the endowment shall revert to the general fund of the town. The endowment shall be established and administered by the governing body of the town or by a nonprofit entity created or approved by the governing body for such purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1558/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1558","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":445072,"bill_number":"HB1559","title":"DUI; any person convicted of subsequent offense is guilty of Class 6 felony, etc.","description":"Felony DUI; penalty.  Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction, that punishment includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year, and the person is subject to the same driver's license revocation provision as for a third or subsequent DUI conviction within 10 years, which means that the person can petition for reinstatement of his driver's license five years after the date of his last conviction.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1559/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1559","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":445073,"bill_number":"HB1560","title":"Abortion; removes requirement that a woman undergo transabdominal ultrasound prior to procedure.","description":"Ultrasound prior to abortion. Removes the requirement that a woman undergo a transabdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1560/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1560","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":445074,"bill_number":"HB1561","title":"Local police departments; cooperation agreements with private police departments certified by DCJS.","description":"Agreements for consolidation or cooperation of police departments; private police departments.  Allows localities to enter into reciprocal agreements with private police departments that are certified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1561/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1561","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":445075,"bill_number":"HB1562","title":"Dangerous and vicious dogs; when owner is charged with a violation, officer shall confine dog, etc.","description":"Control of dangerous and vicious dogs; penalties.  Authorizes an animal control officer or law-enforcement officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons where the officer believes that the owner of a vicious dog has willfully failed to comply with the law. When the owner of a dangerous dog has willfully failed to comply with the law, the bill authorizes an officer to confine the dog. The bill also clarifies the distinctions between dangerous dogs and vicious dogs, requires the owner of either type of dog to provide basic care while confining the animal, and authorizes a court to order the owner to pay for the care of a dangerous or vicious dog while it is in state custody.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1562/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1562","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":445076,"bill_number":"HB1563","title":"Burial services; Cemetery Board to develop process to ensure consumers get accurate cost estimates.","description":"Cemetery Board; cemetery operators; itemized statement and general price list. Provides that the Cemetery Board shall develop a process whereby a consumer is provided with a current general price list or itemized statement of charges by a cemetery company prior to the execution of a contract for such services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1563/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1563","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":445077,"bill_number":"HB1564","title":"Drugs; administration by a person to a child in private school.","description":"Administration of drugs; private schools. Allows the administration of drugs by a person to a child in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education and exempt from licensure by the Board of Social Services, or in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education in accordance with standards prescribed by the Board of Education, provided the person has completed an approved training program, obtained written authorization of the parent, and administers drugs dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original labeled container only to the child identified on the prescription label and in accordance with the prescriber's instructions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1564/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1564","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":445079,"bill_number":"HB1565","title":"Affordable housing dwelling unit program; allows governing body to amend its zoning ordinances.","description":"Affordable housing dwelling unit program. Allows the governing body of any locality to amend its zoning ordinances to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program. Under current law, only certain specific localities are permitted to provide for such a program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1565/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1565","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":445080,"bill_number":"HB1566","title":"Recordation tax; authorizes localities to impose additional tax at rate equal to 1/10 of state rate.","description":"Local recordation tax. Authorizes localities to impose an additional recordation tax at a rate equal to one-tenth of the state recordation rate, if the tax is approved by referendum. The revenue from the tax shall be used solely to provide affordable shelter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1566/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1566","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":445081,"bill_number":"HB1567","title":"Suspended or revoked license; driving recklessly causing death of another person, penalty.","description":"Driving on a suspended or revoked license and causing the death of another person; penalty. Provides that any person who drives a motor vehicle in a reckless manner knowing his driver's license is suspended or revoked and causes an accident that results in the death of another person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1567/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1567","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":445082,"bill_number":"HB1568","title":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1568/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1568","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":445083,"bill_number":"HB1569","title":"Criminal justice training academies; sovereign immunity of trainers certified by DCJS, etc.","description":"Criminal Justice Training Academies; sovereign immunity of trainers. Expands the immunity from civil liability that exists for any criminal justice training academy and its directors, officers, and employees to include (i) any trainer at the academy if he has been certified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services and (ii) any person who is a criminal justice training academy approved instructor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1569/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1569","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":445085,"bill_number":"HB1570","title":"Nonsuits; dismissal of action, fees and costs.","description":"Dismissal of action by nonsuit; fees and costs. Clarifies that if notice to take a nonsuit is given to the opposing party during trial, the court may assess against the nonsuiting party reasonable witness fees and travel costs of expert witnesses scheduled to appear at trial, which are actually incurred by the opposing party, solely by reason of the failure of the nonsuiting party to give notice at least seven days prior to trial. The bill also provides that invoices, receipts, or confirmation of payment shall be admissible to prove reasonableness of such expert witness costs and may, in the court's discretion, satisfy the reasonableness requirement, without the need for further testimony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1570/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1570","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":445086,"bill_number":"HB1571","title":"Towing; presentation of statement of charges.","description":"Towing; presentation of statement of charges. Requires that a law-enforcement officer supply the owner of a vehicle to be towed at the officer's request or on his recommendation with a written statement of the amount to be charged for the towing and storage of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1571/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1571","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":445087,"bill_number":"HB1573","title":"Financial institutions; contract provision requiring amendment or waiver to be in writing, etc.","description":"Financial institutions; contract provision requiring amendment or waiver to be in writing. Provides that if any written contract to which a financial institution is a party contains a provision to the effect that no amendment or waiver of any terms or provisions of the contract is valid unless it is in writing, then any amendment or waiver of any terms or provisions of that contract by conduct, course of practice or dealing, or otherwise shall not apply to future rights and obligations under that contract unless it is in writing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1573/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1573","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":445088,"bill_number":"HB1574","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; enforcement of provisions by towns for construction, etc.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; enforcement by towns. Provides that if any town does not elect to enforce the Uniform Statewide Building Code, then such enforcement shall be the responsibility of the county in which the town is situated. The bill also provides that the enforcement by the county shall be with equal dignity as the county does in unincorporated areas of the county and no agreement between the town and the county shall be required as a prerequisite for the county to perform this obligation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1574/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1574","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":445089,"bill_number":"HB1575","title":"Child care services and facilities; regulation in certain counties and cities.","description":"Regulation of child care services and facilities in certain counties. Provides that local ordinances governing child care services and facilities shall not provide for inclusion of the child care provider's own children or any children who reside in a home in which child care services are offered in the total number of children for whom care is provided.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1575/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1575","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":445091,"bill_number":"HB1577","title":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance, not to access cash through electronic transaction.","description":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits in any electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit visual materials or (ii) in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing is performed for hire or consideration, or adult entertainment establishment in which performers appear nude or partially nude.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1577/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1577","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":445092,"bill_number":"HB1579","title":"James River, Historic Lower; allows consideration of construction of new utility infrastructure.","description":"New utility infrastructure in historic rivers. Allows the consideration of construction of new utility infrastructure as an alternative solution in the planning for use and development of water and related land resources along the Historic Lower James River.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1579/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1579","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":445093,"bill_number":"HB1581","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for nonprofit entities.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; nonprofit entities. Exempts entities organized under § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code from collecting sales and use tax on occasional sales of meals that occur fewer than 24 times a year. Under current law, this exemption is available only to entities organized under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and to entities organized for a charitable purpose under § 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that are eligible for the sales and use tax exemption on their purchases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1581/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1581","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":445094,"bill_number":"HB1582","title":"Armed security officers; protection of schools and child day centers.","description":"Armed security officers; protection of schools and child day centers. Permits any armed security officers licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to carry firearms onto private or religious school property if such officer is hired by the private or religious school to provide protection to students and employees. The bill also prohibits the Board of Social Services from adopting any regulations that would prevent a child day center from hiring an armed security officer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1582/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1582","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":445096,"bill_number":"HB1585","title":"Town and county; joint powers.","description":"Joint town and county powers. Clarifies that where a town and county generally enjoy the same power, a county power applies in or as to a town when the county power is granted and exercised for a county-wide purpose, as determined by the county. A town may by ordinance negate the application of the exercised county power in or as to the town; may itself exercise the joint power, preempting the exercise of the county's power in or as to the town; or may adopt and affirm the application of the exercised county power in or as to the town. Where a county and a town generally enjoy the same power, and the county power is granted and exercised for a local or municipal purpose that expressly or impliedly only applies in the unincorporated county, the county power does not apply in or as to the town absent the town's ordinance so applying the exercised county power in or as to the town. The bill also provides that this act is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1585/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1585","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":445098,"bill_number":"HB1587","title":"ABC; contemplated actions by brewery or beer wholesaler.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; powers of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to issue certain case decisions. Empowers the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to render a determination in response to a petition by any beer wholesaler against a brewery, or by any brewery against a beer wholesaler, in which the petitioner alleges that the respondent named in the petition as a matter of past or present fact has violated or attempted to violate, or has contemplated action that if carried out would violate, any provision of the Beer Franchise Act or subdivision 1 c of § 4.1-225. The bill also provides that the ABC Board may, if it finds that a brewery or beer wholesaler has frivolously maintained a petition or defense to a petition pursuant to the Beer Franchise Act, award reasonable costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party. The bill provides that the Board shall have the responsibility to promptly issue a written determination as to whether such violations or attempted violations have occurred or whether such violations would occur if such contemplated action of a named party were to be carried out. The bill requires the parties first to attempt a good faith resolution of the issue in question before petitioning the ABC Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1587/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1587","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":445099,"bill_number":"HB1589","title":"Derelict nonresidential building or structure; demolition by locality.","description":"Demolition of a derelict nonresidential structure with consent. Authorizes a locality to demolish or remove a derelict nonresidential structure and to file a lien against the property for the cost of the demolition or removal. The bill requires the locality to obtain the written consent of the property owner, and the property owner shall make a reasonable effort to obtain consent from the holder of any first lien mortgage or first lien deed of trust for such demolition or removal. The bill prohibits the use of the authority to remove a building that is located in a local historic district or individually designated as a historic landmark.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1589/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1589","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":445100,"bill_number":"HB1600","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; transfers of wine.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; transfers of wine. Allows a retail off-premises or on-and-off-premises licensee to transfer any wine from one licensed place of business to another licensed place of business under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1600/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1600","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":445101,"bill_number":"HB1602","title":"Virginia Workforce Council; annual informational brochure for 11th grade students, public hs.","description":"Virginia Workforce Council; annual informational brochure for eleventh grade students in public high schools. Requires the Virginia Workforce Council to assist the Governor in developing and annually updating a brochure containing information on vocational and technical job opportunities and trends. The bill also requires the Council to coordinate with local school divisions to distribute a brochure to each eleventh grade student, intended for review by students and parents, near the start of each academic year and to deliver brochures for display in and distribution by the guidance counselor office of each public high school. The bill further requires the Council to coordinate with each local workforce investment board to deliver brochures for display in and distribution by each one-stop center in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1602/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1602","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":445103,"bill_number":"HB1608","title":"All-terrain vehicle and utility vehicle; revises definitions.","description":"Definitions applicable to Title 46.2. Revises the definitions of \"all-terrain vehicle\" and \"utility vehicle\" as used in Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia (Motor Vehicles).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1608/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1608","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":445104,"bill_number":"HB1613","title":"State depositories; exempt deposits.","description":"State depositories; exempt deposits. Provides that the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act does not apply to deposits made by any public depositor in out-of-state financial institutions related to escrow or trust agreements or custody agreements, other than master custody agreements. The bill further provides that such deposits do not have to be made in a qualified public depository.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1613/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1613","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":445105,"bill_number":"HB1637","title":"Parental rights; procedure for restoring to parent whose rights to his child have been terminated.","description":"Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring parental rights to a parent whose rights to his child have previously been terminated when the child is at least 14 years of age and the child has not achieved his permanency goal. The bill also provides that the juvenile and domestic relations court may appoint a special advocate to provide services to a child who is the subject of judicial proceedings for the restoration of parental rights.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1637/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1637","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":445106,"bill_number":"HB1644","title":"Birth control; definition.","description":"Birth control; definition. Adds a definition of birth control. \"Birth control\" means contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birth control shall not be considered abortion for the purposes of Title 18.2.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice (10-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1644/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1644","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":445107,"bill_number":"HJR590","title":"Monetary unit based on metallic standard; joint subcommittee to study feasibility, etc.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of a metallic-based monetary unit; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a metallic-based monetary unit to serve as a contingency currency for the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Rejected by Senate","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR590/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ590","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":445109,"bill_number":"HJR594","title":"Constitutional amendment; limit 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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR594/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ594","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445110,"bill_number":"HJR595","title":"Child sexual abuse, alleged; VSCC to study laws and policies governing investigation.","description":"Study; laws and policies governing the investigation of alleged child sexual abuse in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to determine (i) the availability of penalties for sexual conduct between secondary school students 18 years of age and older and teachers; (ii) the reasons why sexual conduct between teachers or other school personnel who maintain a custodial or supervisory relationship over students under the age of 18 is subject to criminal penalties while the same conduct with students 18 years of age or older is not; (iii) the feasibility of penalizing sexual conduct between teachers or other school personnel and students age 18 or older; (iv) the number of cases involving sexual conduct between teachers or other school personnel and students 18 years of age or older each year; (v) laws, regulations, policies, and training practices of the Commonwealth and its agencies governing reporting, investigation, and tracking of complaints of suspected child abuse, including suspected sexual abuse of a child and including such laws, regulations, policies, and training practices of or governing the Department of Social Services, local departments of social services, law-enforcement agencies, schools, and child welfare agencies; (vi) variations or discrepancies in how the various agencies receive, investigate, and track alleged cases of child sexual abuse, particularly those variations or discrepancies that may create opportunities for individuals who are alleged to have committed child sexual abuse and who are the subjects of investigations to destroy evidence, intimidate victims, or otherwise interfere with the conduct of such investigation; and (vii) recommendations for legislative, regulatory, and budgetary changes to reduce or eliminate variations or discrepancies in how the various agencies receive, investigate, and track alleged cases of child sexual abuse in order to increase the quality and effectiveness of child protective services, investigations of alleged child sexual abuse, and prosecutions of individuals alleged to have committed child sexual abuse in the Commonwealth. The Commission is authorized to establish a multi-disciplinary work group to assist in its work.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ595ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR595/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ595","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445111,"bill_number":"HJR598","title":"Public education; recognizing need to tackle problem of hunger in classroom.","description":"Public education; problem of hunger in the classroom. Recognizes the need to tackle the problem of hunger in the classroom and requests the Superintendent of Public Instruction to communicate through a memorandum to all local school divisions the goal of using innovation and creativity to expand access to breakfast to ensure no student starts the day hungry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR598/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ598","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":445112,"bill_number":"HJR599","title":"Commerce Clause of United States Constitution and Va's ability to regulate commerce; study.","description":"Study; Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR599/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ599","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":445113,"bill_number":"SB863","title":"Independent living services; foster children committed to Department of Juvenile Justice.","description":"Independent living services. Provides that local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies may make independent living services available to persons 18 to 21 years of age who are released from commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice after reaching 18 years of age and who were committed or entrusted to the care of a local board of social services or child-placing agency at the time they were committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill expands the definition of \"independent living services\" to include services provided to a person who is at least 18 years of age but who has not yet reached the age of 21 years who, immediately prior to his commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice, was in the custody of the local board of social services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB863/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB863","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":445115,"bill_number":"SB867","title":"Health insurance; coverage for certain foods for individuals diagnosed as having phenylketonuria.","description":"Coverage for certain foods; phenylketonuria. Requires each (i) insurer issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services, whose policy, contract' or plan, including any certificate or evidence of coverage issued in connection with such policy, contract' or plan, includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis to provide coverage for low protein (low phenylalanine) foods prescribed for the treatment of phenylketonuria and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for such treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB867/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB867","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":445116,"bill_number":"SB868","title":"Criminal history background record checks; barrier crimes.","description":"Criminal history record checks; barrier crimes. Clarifies the list of barrier crimes for individuals seeking employment or seeking to provide contract services at nursing homes, home care organizations, hospices, state facilities and private providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, community services boards, behavioral health authorities, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, children's welfare agencies, family day homes approved by family day systems, and children's residential facilities; applicants for licensure, registration, or approval as assisted living facilities, child welfare agencies, or family day homes approved by family day systems; individuals with whom a local board of social services or child-placing agency is considering placing a child on an emergency, temporary, or permanent basis; foster and adoptive homes seeking approval from child-placing agencies; and providers of adult services and adult foster care seeking approval by the Department of Social Services by setting out each of the crimes included in the definition of \"barrier crime.\" This bill also reorganizes and consolidates sections governing background checks for facilities and individuals licensed or regulated by the Departments of Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Social Services. The bill also makes technical changes and updates obsolete language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB868/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB868","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":445117,"bill_number":"SB869","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":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Education and Health ","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB869/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB869","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":445118,"bill_number":"SB870","title":"Contempt appeal; allows circuit judge to sit without a jury to hear from judgment of district court.","description":"Criminal procedure; contempt appeal.  Provides that a circuit judge shall, sitting without a jury, hear an appeal from a summary contempt judgment of the district court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB870/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB870","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":445119,"bill_number":"SB871","title":"Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, VA Board for; notice to asbestos workers, disciplinary action.","description":"Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; examination; initial asbestos worker license applicants. Requires employers to provide each licensed asbestos worker with a written notice containing the following information: (i) a statement that the worker has the right to work in a safe environment, (ii) a summary of basic safety rules for handling asbestos, and (iii) information on how to file a complaint with the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors. In addition, the bill empowers the Board to summarily suspend the license of an asbestos contractor if the Board finds that the asbestos contractor's conduct poses a substantial danger to the public health or safety and authorizes the Board to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of an existing license of any asbestos contractor who is shown to have a substantial identity of interest with an asbestos contractor whose license has been revoked.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB871/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB871","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":445121,"bill_number":"SB872","title":"Transportation Trust Fund; increases percentage portion of general fund surplus that is deposited.","description":"Assignment of general fund balance; Transportation Trust Fund. Increases from 67 percent to 75 percent the portion of the general fund surplus remaining at the end of each fiscal year that is deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund. Such deposit takes place after deposits are made to the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the Water Quality Improvement Fund and other statutorily mandated commitments are met.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB872/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB872","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":445122,"bill_number":"SB873","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older on day of an election are entitled to vote absentee.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB873/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB873","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":445123,"bill_number":"SB874","title":"Absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots.","description":"Elections; absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures so that uniformed-service voters can return voted military-overseas ballots securely by electronic format. The bill also provides for expedited procedures when a ballot is requested but not sent by the deadline for making ballots available.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB874/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB874","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":445124,"bill_number":"SB875","title":"Provisional driver's license holders; changes from secondary offense to primary use of cell phones.","description":"Provisional driver's license holders. Changes from a secondary offense to a primary offense use of a cell phone by a provisional driver's license holder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB875/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB875","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":445125,"bill_number":"SB876","title":"Pharmacies; declaration of rights during audit.","description":"Pharmacies; audit rights. Establishes audit rights for pharmacies, including, among other things, 14 days' advance notice of audit, exemption from scheduling of audits within the first five days of the month, exclusion of clerical or recordkeeping errors from records deemed fraudulent, and limitation of audits to one per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The bill also establishes an appeals process.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB876/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB876","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":445127,"bill_number":"SB877","title":"Practitioners, licensed; continuing education required for those prescribing controlled substances.","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":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB877/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB877","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":445128,"bill_number":"SB878","title":"Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks prior to dispensing certain controlled substances.","description":"Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks. Requires prescribers to request and review information from the Prescription Monitoring Program prior to dispensing any Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB878/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB878","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":445129,"bill_number":"SB879","title":"Employee Misclassification Task Force; created, report.","description":"Employee Misclassification Task Force. Establishes the Employee Misclassification Task Force to, among other things, develop and recommend legislation to provide a clear and consistent definition of \"employee\" to ensure conformance with relevant federal tax laws. The provisions of the bill shall expire on July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB879/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB879","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":445130,"bill_number":"SB880","title":"Nontidal waters; DGIF, et al., to inventory those in State for recreational use.","description":"Inventory of nontidal waters that are available for public recreation. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to cooperatively inventory nontidal waters that flow above state-owned bottomlands and that may be used by the public for recreation. The bill prohibits an agency decision regarding the listing of particular waters from constituting a legal determination or affecting land ownership.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB880/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB880","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445131,"bill_number":"SB881","title":"Volunteer fire/EMS departments; localities may have ordinances that include billing property owners.","description":"Volunteer fire departments; billing by localities. Allows localities to directly bill homeowners on behalf of local volunteer fire departments under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB881/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB881","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445134,"bill_number":"SB882","title":"City reversion; library aid.","description":"City reversion; library aid. Removes the 15-year time limit during which the Commonwealth shall continue library aid to a library system that existed prior to a city reversion the same as if no city reversion had occurred.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB882/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB882","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445135,"bill_number":"SB883","title":"Voter registration cards; general registrar shall issue & mail new card each year.","description":"Voter registration cards. Provides that the general registrar shall issue and mail a new Virginia voter registration card to all registered voters in his county or city no later than October 1 of each year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB883/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB883","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445136,"bill_number":"SB884","title":"Impoundment structures; notice of increase in the flow of water, civil penalties.","description":"Impoundment structures; notice of increase in the flow of water; penalty. Prohibits an owner of a high hazard potential impounding structure from increasing the flow of water in a manner that increases water depths below the structure by more than two feet without notifying certain property owners and emergency services. The bill does not apply to some releases of water, such as those due to certain rain events or emergencies. Civil penalties assessed for violations are to be paid into the Dam Safety Administrative Fund. The bill further instructs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to promulgate guidance for implementing the law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB884/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB884","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445137,"bill_number":"SB885","title":"Inoperable motor vehicles; adds Albemarle County to those localities that may prohibit from keeping.","description":"Inoperable motor vehicles. Adds Albemarle County to those localities that may prohibit any person from keeping, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view, on any property zoned or used for residential purposes, or on any property zoned for commercial or agricultural purposes, certain inoperable motor vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0364)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB885/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB885","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445138,"bill_number":"SB886","title":"Affordable housing; substitutes south urban region for Charlottesville MSA.","description":"Affordable housing in the City of Charlottesville; Consumer Price Index. Amends Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008, which authorized the City of Charlottesville to require developers to either provide Affordable Dwelling Units or make a contribution to the city's affordable housing fund in connection with certain projects. The bill substitutes the south urban region for the Charlottesville MSA specified in the 2008 Act regarding the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI for the Charlottesville MSA.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB886/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB886","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445140,"bill_number":"SB887","title":"Farm use vehicles; increases distance vehicles used for may travel.","description":"Farm use vehicles. Increases the distance that farm use vehicles used for agricultural and horticultural purposes and the seasonal transportation of produce and livestock may travel on the highways from 30 to 50 miles. This bill also makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB887/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB887","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445141,"bill_number":"SB888","title":"Advertising; payment of penalties & costs associated with enforcement of prohibition on certain.","description":"Advertising within highway rights-of-way. Provides that penalties and costs collected as the result of an agreement between the Commissioner of Highways and a locality to enforce the prohibition on advertising within highway rights-of-way may be paid to the locality as provided in an agreement between the locality and VDOT.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB888/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB888","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445142,"bill_number":"SB898","title":"Practitioners; Board of Medicine to revoke license of certain (Twomey bill).","description":"Board of Medicine; license revocation (Twomey bill). Provides that a practitioner whose license has been revoked due to engaging in sexual contact with a patient under certain circumstances may not apply for reinstatement of such license until five years have passed since revocation. Under current law, the person may apply for reinstatement after three years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB898/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB898","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445143,"bill_number":"SB899","title":"School buses; local school boards may display certain decals on rear or sides of buses.","description":"Bumper stickers on school buses. Authorizes local school divisions to place decals on the rear of school buses noting that the buses stop at railroad crossings.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB899/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB899","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445145,"bill_number":"SB900","title":"Commercial advertising; permits school board to sell space on school buses and real property.","description":"Sale of commercial advertising space on school buses and real property. Permits a school board to sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses and real property with certain limitations. The limitations include requirements for the size and placement of advertisements on buses and prohibitions on any political, religious, or age-inappropriate advertisement. The bill requires the board to devote revenue from bus advertisements to the costs of transporting students and revenue from real property advertisements to the costs of constructing and maintaining school buildings.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB900/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB900","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445146,"bill_number":"SB901","title":"Vital records; marital status.","description":"Vital records; marital status. Requires an officer issuing a marriage license to contact the State Registrar of Vital Records to confirm that neither applicant for the license is currently married and requires the State Registrar to disclose that information to the officer.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB901/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB901","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445147,"bill_number":"SB902","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; alternative forms of security, acceptance of cashier's check.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; alternative forms of security. Authorizes the acceptance of a cashier's check in lieu of a bid, payment, or performance bond. Currently the only acceptable alternative forms of security are a certified check or cash escrow.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB902/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB902","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445148,"bill_number":"SB903","title":"Nonsuits; dismissal of action, fees and costs.","description":"Dismissal of action by nonsuit; fees and costs. Clarifies that if notice to take a nonsuit is given to the opposing party during trial, the court may assess against the nonsuiting party reasonable witness fees and travel costs of expert witnesses scheduled to appear at trial, which are actually incurred by the opposing party, solely by reason of the failure of the nonsuiting party to give notice at least seven days prior to trial. The bill also provides that invoices, receipts, or confirmation of payment shall be admissible to prove reasonableness of such expert witness costs and may, in the court's discretion, satisfy the reasonableness requirement, without the need for further testimony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB903/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB903","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445149,"bill_number":"SB904","title":"Motorcycle titling; purchase of new motorcycles for parts.","description":"Motorcycle titling; purchase of new motorcycles for parts. Allows licensed motorcycle manufacturers with a salvage dealer license to purchase new motorcycles of a different line-make for parts without obtaining a certificate of title.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB904/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB904","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445151,"bill_number":"SB905","title":"Credit unions, federal; those operating within State to comply with Virginia Small Estate Act.","description":"Credit unions; Virginia Small Estate Act. Provides that federal credit unions operating in the Commonwealth, to the extent allowable under federal law, shall comply with provisions of the Virginia Small Estate Act requiring a person having possession of an asset belonging to a decedent with a value of no more than $50,000 to pay or deliver that asset to the designated successor of the decedent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0095)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB905/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB905","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445152,"bill_number":"SB907","title":"Drug asset forfeiture; task forces.","description":"Asset forfeiture; task forces. Provides that property forfeited from drug cases, which under current law may be used to promote law enforcement, may be used to fund salary and benefits for non-sworn personnel who are members of a law-enforcement task force.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB907/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB907","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445153,"bill_number":"SB908","title":"Parental rights; fundamental right to make decisions concerning upbringing, etc., of their child.","description":"Rights of parents. Provides that a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child. The bill further provides that the provisions of the bill codify the opinion of the Supreme Court of Virginia in L.F. v. Breit, issued on January 10, 2013, as it relates to parental rights.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB908/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB908","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445154,"bill_number":"SB909","title":"State park master planning; Department of Conservation & Recreation shall solicit comments, etc.","description":"State park master planning. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, in considering public comments on stage one and stage two master plans, to make a reasonable effort to solicit comments and to provide timely notice of the comment period to trade associations and private businesses within a 10-mile radius of the park that offer similar services, including private campgrounds, marinas, and recreational facilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB909/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB909","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":445155,"bill_number":"SJR280","title":"Public education; recognizing need to tackle problem of hunger in classroom.","description":"Public education; problem of hunger in the classroom. Recognizes the need to tackle the problem of hunger in the classroom and requests the Superintendent of Public Instruction to communicate through a memorandum to all local school divisions the goal of using innovation and creativity to expand access to breakfast to ensure no student starts the day hungry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR280/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ280","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":445157,"bill_number":"SJR281","title":"Constitutional amendment; tax credits (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); tax credits. Provides that no tax credit shall remain in effect longer than five years unless it is reenacted by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Rejected by Senate (12-Y 27-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR281/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ281","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":445158,"bill_number":"SJR282","title":"Foster care maintenance and adoption assistance; DSS to develop options for extending payments.","description":"Options for extending foster care maintenance and adoption assistance payments to age 21; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to develop and present options for implementing the extension of foster care maintenance and adoption assistance payments for individuals up to 21 years of age.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ282ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR282/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ282","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":445159,"bill_number":"SJR286","title":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.","description":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ286ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR286/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ286","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":445160,"bill_number":"SJR287","title":"Constitutional amendment; free exercise of religion (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); free exercise of religion. Adds to the present constitutional provision on freedom of religion and provides that the right to worship includes prayer in private or public settings, on government premises, on public property, and in all public schools. The amendment also requires public schools to display the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. The proposed amendment is based on a provision in the Missouri Constitution approved by the Missouri voters August 7, 2012.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR287/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ287","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":445161,"bill_number":"SJR288","title":"Commending Lloyd Tayloe Griffith, M.D.","description":"Commending Lloyd Tayloe Griffith, M.D.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ288ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR288/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ288","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":445163,"bill_number":"SJR289","title":"Elections; joint committee to study scheduling in State.","description":"Study; joint committee to study the scheduling of elections in Virginia; report. Establishes an eight-member joint committee to conduct a one-year study of the scheduling of elections in Virginia, evaluate the costs of annual statewide elections, and investigate various means to improve the scheduling of elections and to make possible accompanying improvements that will ensure efficient voting practices both at the polls and by absentee voting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR289/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ289","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445164,"bill_number":"SJR290","title":"State law-enforcement agencies; JLARC to study reorganizing under Virginia State Police.","description":"Study; JLARC to study consolidation of law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study reorganizing all state law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR290/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ290","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":445165,"bill_number":"SJR292","title":"Constitutional amendment; selection and qualification of judges (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); selection and qualification of judges; pro tempore appointment by Governor. Prohibits the Governor from appointing any person to judicial office after such person failed in either the House of Delegates or the Senate to receive a majority vote.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (6-Y 6-N 2-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR292/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ292","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":445166,"bill_number":"SJR293","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 are 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 constitutes an illegal combination or conspiracy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR293/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ293","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":445167,"bill_number":"SR22","title":"Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Guy Stanley Hagy, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Guy Stanley Hagy, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR22ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR22/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR22","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":445196,"bill_number":"HB1507","title":"Deeds; circuit court clerk has authority to reject any deed or recordation for filing, etc.","description":"Recording deeds; statement of preparation. Clarifies that the circuit court clerk may reject for filing or recording a deed conveying not more than four residential dwelling units if the deed does not state on its first page that it was prepared either by the owner of the property or by an attorney licensed to practice in Virginia. The bill further clarifies that a deed of trust need not contain such a statement regarding its preparation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1507/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1507","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":445222,"bill_number":"HB1509","title":"Failed electronic payments; civil action, unlawful detainer remedies.","description":"Civil action; failed electronic funds transfer; unlawful detainer remedies. Provides that if an electronic funds transfer is rejected because of insufficient funds or because a stop-payment order was placed on such payment in bad faith, the payee of the electronic funds transfer may recover in a civil action in the same manner as an action to recover for a bad check. The bill also provides that a writ of possession in an unlawful detainer action may be requested by the plaintiff's attorney or agent in addition to the plaintiff, and that such attorney or agent may also present into evidence an affidavit with copies of documents showing the plaintiff's right to possession of the premises. The bill further provides that such affidavit may contain a list of outstanding rent, late charges, attorney fees, and other damages owed to the plaintiff, and the court shall enter a judgment for the amount listed when entering an order of possession if the court finds that such amount is accurate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1509/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1509","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":445249,"bill_number":"HB1511","title":"Assisted living facilities, licensed; access to temporary emergency electrical power source.","description":"Assisted living facilities; access to temporary emergency electrical power source. Requires the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing licensed assisted living facilities a requirement that each licensed assisted living facility with six or more residents have a temporary emergency electric power source on site and be able to connect to and utilize such temporary emergency electrical power source for the provision of electricity during an interruption of normal electrical power supply, in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents and ensure the continued delivery of vital services for residents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1511/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1511","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":445276,"bill_number":"HB1517","title":"Involuntary intoxication offense; notice by defendant to State of intention to present evidence.","description":"Notice of intent to use involuntary intoxication offense. Provides that in any case in which a person charged with a felony intends (i) to put in issue his involuntary intoxication at the time of the offense charged and (ii) to present testimony of an expert to support his claim on this issue at his trial, he or his counsel shall give notice in writing to the attorney for the Commonwealth, at least 60 days prior to his trial, of his intention to present such evidence. The bill also provides for the court to appoint an expert for the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1517/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1517","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":445303,"bill_number":"HB1528","title":"Commercial insurance policies; only first named insured required to be given notice of cancellation.","description":"Insurance notices. Permits insurers to send termination notices on commercial liability policies to the first named insured listed in the policy's declarations page.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1528/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1528","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":445330,"bill_number":"HB1529","title":"Justice for Victims of Sterilization Act; established, Fund created.","description":"Justice for Victims of Sterilization Act. Establishes the Justice for Victims of Sterilization Act to provide compensation to persons involuntarily sterilized between 1924 and 1979. The bill creates the Justice for Victims of Sterilization Compensation Fund to be administered by the Department of Social Services. Under the bill, claims payments are limited to $50,000 per claim. The provisions of the bill shall expire on July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1529/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1529","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":445358,"bill_number":"HB1534","title":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.","description":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes localities to not pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer, but only if the locality does not collect interest on taxes that are delinquent due to errors made by the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1534/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1534","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":445383,"bill_number":"HB1535","title":"Town and county; joint powers.","description":"Joint town and county powers. Clarifies that where a town and county generally enjoy the same power, a county power applies in or as to a town when the county power is granted and exercised for a county-wide purpose, as determined by the county. A town may by ordinance negate the application of the exercised county power in or as to the town; may itself exercise the joint power, preempting the exercise of the county's power in or as to the town; or may adopt and affirm the application of the exercised county power in or as to the town. Where a county and a town generally enjoy the same power, and the county power is granted and exercised for a local or municipal purpose that expressly or impliedly only applies in the unincorporated county, the county power does not apply in or as to the town absent the town's ordinance so applying the exercised county power in or as to the town. The bill also provides that this act is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1535/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1535","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":445408,"bill_number":"HB1536","title":"Grass and weeds; adds Dinwiddie County to list of localities authorized to require cutting.","description":"Cutting of grass; Dinwiddie County. Adds Dinwiddie 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Requires 27 affirmative votes","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1536/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1536","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":445436,"bill_number":"HB1537","title":"Student teachers & student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, etc.","description":"Student teachers and student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, and child abuse and neglect data. Requires any student teacher at an accredited public or private institution of higher education, as a condition of participation in a classroom teaching, internship, clinical, or field experience in a public elementary or secondary school or a private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth, to submit to fingerprinting and a criminal history records check. The bill provides that the governing board of the institution of higher education, the local school board, or the governing board of the private school may deny a student teacher or student teacher supervisor placement in an elementary or secondary school if the criminal history records check reveals that the student teacher or student teacher candidate has been convicted of a felony or Class 1 misdemeanor in the Commonwealth or an equivalent offense in another state. The bill further requires a student teacher or student teacher supervisor to provide the necessary personal information to conduct a search of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth and to obtain such information from other states if the student teacher has lived in another state in the past five years. The governing board of the institution of higher education, the local school board, or the governing board of the private school may deny a student teacher or student teacher supervisor placement in an elementary or secondary school if he is the subject of a founded case of child abuse or neglect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1537/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1537","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":445462,"bill_number":"HB1538","title":"Virginia Code Commission; periodic review of Code of Virginia.","description":"Virginia Code Commission; periodic review of the Code of Virginia. Requires, beginning July 1, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the Commission to review the Code of Virginia and uncodified acts in the Virginia Acts of Assembly to identify chapters, articles, sections, or enactments that have been superseded by decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia or the Supreme Court of the United States.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1538/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1538","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":445489,"bill_number":"HB1539","title":"Motor vehicles; certain vehicle dealers not required to display license at wholesale auction.","description":"Sale of motor vehicles on consignment. Provides that a \"supplemental sales location\" license is not required for a licensed motor vehicle dealer, licensed T&M dealer, licensed trailer dealer, or licensed motorcycle dealer to sell vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles on consignment at wholesale auctions. The bill also allows the consignment sale of vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles that fail to pass safety inspection if the buyer is provided a written disclosure of that failure.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1539/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1539","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":445516,"bill_number":"HB1540","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; unlawful to use in specified school property or crossing.","description":"Cell phones on school property and in reduced-speed school crossing zones. Prohibits use of handheld personal telecommunications devices by drivers of moving vehicles on school property or in reduced-speed school crossing zones.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1540/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1540","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":445543,"bill_number":"HB1541","title":"Prostitution, forced; expungement of charges.","description":"Forced prostitution; expungement of charges. Provides that there shall exist an affirmative defense to the crime of prostitution when the person arrested or charged was abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of §18.2-48 and 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 abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of §18.2-48 and was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1541/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1541","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":445569,"bill_number":"HB1542","title":"Online case management system; removal of defendant's name.","description":"Courts; online case management system; removal of defendant's name. Allows circuit court judge to order a clerk to remove or obscure the name of a criminal defendant from the online case management system upon a showing by the Commonwealth of a legitimate law-enforcement purpose. The removal or obfuscation will not affect the case file available to the public in the clerk's office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1542/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1542","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":445595,"bill_number":"HB1543","title":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.","description":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program remain the same.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1543/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1543","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":446037,"bill_number":"HB1578","title":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.","description":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes each locality not to pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer, provided that the locality does not collect interest on taxes that are delinquent because of errors made by the locality. The benefit of not collecting or paying interest applies only when the refund or payment of the delinquent taxes is made within 60 days of notice of the error.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1578/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1578","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":446039,"bill_number":"HB1580","title":"Telephone companies; exempted from certain billing practices.","description":"Telephone billing practices. Exempts a telephone company from existing requirements regarding authorization and verification for products, goods, and services billed on a telephone bill if the telephone company bills its customers pursuant to an executed contract. The measure also provides that a telephone company may bill its customers for charges for a third party's products, goods, and services if, in addition to the current condition that the third party be required to obtain the customer's verification of the customer's authorization, the telephone company notifies its customers whether or not free blocking of certain third-party vendor billing is available.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1580/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1580","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":446041,"bill_number":"HB1583","title":"Vacant building registration; increases maximum annual fee that ordinance may impose on owner.","description":"Vacant building registration.  Increases from $25 to $100 the maximum annual registration fee that a local ordinance may impose on the owner of a vacant building that meets the definition of \"derelict building\" under § 15.2-907.1. The bill increases the civil penalty for failing to register a building from $50 to $200 and raises from $250 to $400 the maximum civil penalty for failing to register a building that is located in a designated conservation and rehabilitation district or in an area designated as blighted.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1583/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1583","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":446044,"bill_number":"HB1584","title":"Digital accounts and assets; enables a fiduciary to gain access.","description":"Fiduciary access to digital assets. Enables a fiduciary to gain access to the digital accounts and digital assets of the person or estate to whom he owes a fiduciary duty upon making a written request to the custodian of the digital accounts and digitals assets and submitting proof of the fiduciary relationship.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1584/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1584","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":446047,"bill_number":"HB1586","title":"Arts and cultural districts, local; tax incentives.","description":"Local arts and cultural districts; tax incentives. Permits a locality to include the rebate of real estate property taxes among the tax incentives it makes available in an arts and cultural district established by ordinance. Current law provides for reductions in three other types of taxes or fees as examples of permissible incentives.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1586/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1586","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":446049,"bill_number":"HB1588","title":"Physician Loan Repayment Program; extends eligibility.","description":"Physician Loan Repayment Program. Extends eligibility for the Physician Loan Repayment Program to graduates of accredited medical schools who are currently employed in a geriatrics fellowship and who agree to a minimum two-year period of medical service in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1588/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1588","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":446051,"bill_number":"HB1590","title":"VRS; certain higher educational institution employees in optional retirement plan.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; certain employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education. Provides employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education the opportunity to purchase service credit in the defined benefit plan with accrued contributions and earnings and thereafter be covered under the defined benefit plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1590/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1590","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446053,"bill_number":"HB1591","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":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1591/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1591","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446057,"bill_number":"HB1592","title":"Early voting; any registered voter qualified to vote in election may vote in person.","description":"Elections; early voting. Provides that any registered voter qualified to vote in the election may vote in person from 19 to three days before the election at specified times and at the sites provided in the locality. 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1592/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1592","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446061,"bill_number":"HB1593","title":"Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures of property used as methamphetamine lab.","description":"Landlord and tenant laws; Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of methamphetamine laboratory; remedy for nondisclosure. Requires a landlord of a residential dwelling unit who has actual knowledge that the dwelling unit was previously used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory and has not been cleaned up in accordance with the guidelines established by the Department of Health to provide to a prospective tenant a written disclosure that so states. The bill provides when the disclosure shall be made by the landlord and the remedy for the tenant for nondisclosure. The bill also requires an owner of residential property when selling the property to make the same disclosure. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1593/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1593","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":446063,"bill_number":"HB1594","title":"Small estates; checks and negotiable instruments.","description":"Small estates; checks and negotiable instruments. Provides that if the successor to a decedent receives certain small assets in the form of checks, drafts, or other negotiable instruments that are payable to the decedent, the successor may endorse or negotiate such checks, drafts, or other negotiable instruments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1594/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1594","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":446067,"bill_number":"HB1595","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; imposition of late fees for assessments, etc.","description":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; assessments; imposition of late fees. Provides that, except to the extent that the governing documents or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto provide otherwise, (i) condominium and property owners' associations may impose a late fee for any assessment or installment thereof that is not paid within 60 days of the due date for payment of such assessment and (ii) such late fee shall not exceed the penalty provided in § 58.1-3915 (five percent).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1595/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1595","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":446070,"bill_number":"HB1596","title":"School calendar; alternative schedules in school divisions containing low-performing schools.","description":"Opening of the school year; alternative schedules in school divisions containing low-performing schools. Permits a division superintendent, with the approval of the local school board, to (i) set the academic calendar for any school within the local school division that has failed to achieve full accreditation status and (ii) set the academic calendar for the entire local school division if more than 15 percent of all public schools within the local school division have failed to achieve full accreditation status.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1596/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1596","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":446073,"bill_number":"HB1597","title":"Children; personal flotation devices required for those 12 years of age or younger.","description":"Personal flotation devices required for children; civil penalty. Requires children 12 years of age or younger to wear a Type I, II, III, or V U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device. Any person who violates the bill's provisions may be assessed a civil penalty of $100. However, this penalty may be waived if the person completes a boating safety education course. All penalties collected are to be paid to the Motorboat and Water Safety Fund of the Game Protection Fund. The provisions of the bill do not apply to a recreational vessel that is moored or anchored, or to children below deck or in an enclosed cabin. The bill defines \"recreational vessel\" as a vessel manufactured or operated for leisure or recreational purposes, or a vessel leased, rented, or chartered for noncommercial use. \"Recreational vessel\" includes motorboats, sailboats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and any other vessel capable of being used for transportation on water, when the vessel is being used for other than commercial purposes. This bill contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1597/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1597","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":446075,"bill_number":"HB1598","title":"Real property tax; boards of equalization.","description":"Real property tax; boards of equalization.  Modifies several provisions governing boards of equalization including (i) modifying qualifications for membership of certain boards; (ii) authorizing boards to receive complaints electronically as long as taxpayers may also file complaints on paper forms; (iii) prohibiting a board to deny relief based on a lack of information from the taxpayer as long as certain specified information is provided; (iv) providing procedures by which a taxpayer may appoint a representative; (v) providing procedures to be followed before a board may increase assessments on certain types of property; and (vi) setting deadlines for consideration of certain information.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1598/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1598","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":446077,"bill_number":"HB1599","title":"Vote centers; pilot program.","description":"Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to provide for a pilot program in which localities may establish vote centers for use in primary elections instead of having to operate a polling place for every precinct in the locality. A vote center will consist of a location where voters from two or more designated precincts may vote. The State Board shall publish a report on the program by August 15 of any year in which a vote center is used. The provisions of the bill expire on December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Engrossment refused by House","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1599/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1599","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":446079,"bill_number":"HB1601","title":"Civics Education, Commission on; extends sunset provision.","description":"Commission on Civics Education; sunset extended.  Extends the sunset date for the Commission on Civics Education to July 1, 2016. The bill also repeals the provision that made the existence of the Commission contingent on continued funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1601/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1601","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":446082,"bill_number":"HB1603","title":"Incapacitated adults; crimes against person, 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":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1682-Bell, Robert B.)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1603/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1603","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":446087,"bill_number":"HB1604","title":"Private security services businesses; carrying firearm in course of duties.","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security services businesses; firearms. Prohibits the Criminal Justice Services Board from adopting any regulation that would prevent an employee of any electronic security business, other than an alarm respondent, or a locksmith from carrying a firearm in the course of that person's duties when such person has been issued and carries with him a valid concealed handgun permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1604/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1604","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":446089,"bill_number":"HB1605","title":"Students; admission of those domiciled in State at higher educational institutions.","description":"Admission of students domiciled in Virginia 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 Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University, must establish rules and regulations requiring that by the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution are domiciled in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1605/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1605","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446091,"bill_number":"HB1606","title":"Prostitution; solicitation of a minor, penalty.","description":"Prostitution; solicitation of a minor; penalty.  Provides that, in addition to the current Class 1 misdemeanor punishment for solicitation of prostitution generally, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1606/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1606","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446094,"bill_number":"HB1607","title":"Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices, etc.","description":"Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices. Removes provisions that prevent property and casualty insurers from delivering electronically notices of cancellation of certain policies of property or casualty insurance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1607/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1607","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446096,"bill_number":"HB1609","title":"Higher education; mental health treatment coordination for certain students.","description":"Higher education; mental health treatment coordination.  Provides that the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education may establish written memoranda of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. The bill requires each memorandum to designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed or when a student is discharged from a facility and consents to such notification. The bill also requires each memorandum to include the institution in the post-discharge planning of a student who has been committed and intends to return to campus, to the extent allowable under state and federal privacy laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1609/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1609","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446100,"bill_number":"HB1610","title":"Financial institutions; identification of joint accounts.","description":"Financial institutions; joint accounts. Eliminates the requirement that financial institutions maintain or make available forms for the creation of both joint accounts with survivorship and joint accounts without survivorship. A financial institution may elect to make one or both forms available to persons opening joint accounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1610/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1610","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446103,"bill_number":"HB1611","title":"Onsite sewage systems; inspections shall be required only once every two years rather than annually.","description":"Onsite sewage systems. Provides that inspections of onsite sewage systems shall be required only once every two years rather than annually.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1611/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1611","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446105,"bill_number":"HB1612","title":"Workers' compensation; fee schedule for medical care services and prompt payment.","description":"Workers' compensation; fee schedule for medical care services and prompt payment. Limits the pecuniary liability of an employer for medical, surgical, and hospital services provided on or after October 1, 2014, pursuant to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to the maximum amount that may be paid pursuant to fee schedules established by the Workers' Compensation Commission, unless a contract provides otherwise. The Workers' Compensation Commission is directed to promulgate regulations establishing medical care fee schedules governing all medical care services rendered pursuant to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The schedules shall become effective on October 1, 2014. The bill requires the medical care fee schedule regulations to (i) be comprehensive in scope, (ii) be based on Medicare where applicable, (iii) utilize Medicare coding and reimbursement rules, and (iv) address fees of physicians and surgeons, hospitals, ancillary services provided by other health care facilities and providers, pharmacy and pharmaceutical services, and utilization review issues and procedures. The Commission is required to review the fee schedules annually and when appropriate revise them. The measure also requires an insurer or self-insured employer, effective October 1, 2014, to either pay a medical bill or deny payment of the bill within 60 days of receiving a bill and supporting medical documentation. If the Commission finds that the self-insured employer or insurer unreasonably denied payment for medical services, it shall order payment for the services with interest.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1612/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1612","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446108,"bill_number":"HB1614","title":"Human papillomavirus vaccine; required for all children.","description":"Immunizations; human papillomavirus vaccine required for all children. Eliminates language limiting the requirement for the human papillomavirus vaccine to female children, so that all children will be required to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, with the first dose administered before the child enters the sixth grade, subject to certain exceptions in current law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1614/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1614","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":446111,"bill_number":"HB1615","title":"Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of methamphetamine laboratory.","description":"Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of methamphetamine laboratory. Requires the owner of residential property or a landlord of a residential dwelling unit who has actual knowledge that the residential property was previously used to manufacture methamphetamine and has not been cleaned up in accordance with Department of Health guidelines to provide a written disclosure when selling or renting the property. The bill gives a tenant certain remedies if such disclosure is not provided when required.The bill contains a technical amendment and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, for the disclosure provisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1615/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1615","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":446115,"bill_number":"HB1616","title":"Drone aircraft; limitations on use, report.","description":"Limitations on use of drone aircraft. Provides that no state agency or organization having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations, including but not limited to the Department of State Police nor any department of law enforcement of any city, county or town, shall procure a public unmanned aircraft system (drone aircraft) without the approval of the General Assembly or the local governing body, respectively. The bill requires a warrant for use of such an aircraft. The bill also provides that it is not unlawful for any law-enforcement officer or other public official to operate a public unmanned aircraft system and disclose personal information from such operation if such officer reasonably determines that an emergency situation exists that involves immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person and the situation requires operation of a public unmanned aircraft system before a warrant authorizing such interception can, with due diligence, be obtained and there are grounds upon which such a warrant could be entered to authorize such operation. The bill also provides that it is not unlawful for a public institution of higher education to operate a public unmanned aircraft system solely for research or academic purposes. The bill also contains extensive procedural guarantees against release of personal information and contains reporting requirements by agencies and courts with respect to use of and data collected by such aircraft.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1616/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1616","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":446117,"bill_number":"HB1617","title":"Student organizations; religious or political organizations may determine core functions, etc.","description":"Higher education; student organizations. Permits, to the extent allowed by law, religious or political student organizations at public institutions of higher education to determine that only persons committed to the organization's mission may conduct certain activities. The bill also prohibits, to the extent allowed by law, public institutions of higher education from discriminating against a student organization that makes such a determination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1617/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1617","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":446120,"bill_number":"HB1618","title":"Civil cases; conduct of business activity, permissible venue.","description":"Venue in civil cases; conduct of business activity; change of venue. Provides that Category B venue exists where a defendant that is not an individual has its principal office or principal place of business. Currently, Category B venue exists where the president or other chief officer of a defendant that is a corporation resides. The bill also provides that Category B venue exists where a defendant regularly conducts substantial business activity or where such activity was conducted before the defendant's withdrawal from the Commonwealth provided there exists any practical nexus to the forum. There is no current requirement for such a practical nexus.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1618/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1618","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":446122,"bill_number":"HB1619","title":"Secure inpatient treatment hearings; report to counsel for respondent.","description":"Secure inpatient treatment hearings; report to counsel for respondent. Provides that copies of all reports evaluating the condition of a respondent in a hearing for continuation of secure inpatient treatment shall be provided to counsel for the respondent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1619/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1619","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":446127,"bill_number":"HB1621","title":"Vacant building registration; increases maximum registration fee required of an owner of building.","description":"Vacant building registration. Increases the maximum registration fee required of an owner of a building that has been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months from $25 to $250.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1621/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1621","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446129,"bill_number":"HB1622","title":"Emergency medical services providers; Board of Health shall prescribe regulation, procedures, etc.","description":"Emergency medical care services; recertification and appeals. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Health's regulations governing recertification of emergency medical services providers include certain provisions related to testing and other requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1622/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1622","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":446133,"bill_number":"HB1623","title":"Child sexual abuse cases; prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence.","description":"Prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence. Provides that in a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an offense of child sexual abuse, evidence of the defendant's conviction of another offense or offenses of child sexual abuse is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1623/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1623","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":446135,"bill_number":"HB1624","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contracts with state agencies for transportation facility, etc.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contracts with state agencies for transportation facility; agreements with labor organizations. Provides, under certain conditions, that when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of a transportation facility paid for in whole or in part by state funds, or when overseeing or administering such procurement, neither the Commonwealth Transportation Board nor any state transportation agency nor any construction manager acting on behalf of such entities shall, in their bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents, provide an incentive in the scoring of such bids that favors entities entering into project labor agreements. The bill defines \"transportation facility\" and sets out exceptions to this requirement.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1624/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1624","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":446139,"bill_number":"HB1625","title":"Virginia Retirement System; collection of overpayments to retirees and beneficiaries.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; collection of overpayments to retirees and beneficiaries. Prohibits VRS from collecting overpayments made to a retiree or beneficiary if the proximate cause of the overpayment was a computational error made by VRS or one of its employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, or contractors and the retiree or beneficiary could not reasonably have been expected to detect the error or overpayment. Under the bill, VRS would correct the error as soon as practicable in order that the amount legally due would be paid to the retiree or beneficiary on a going forward basis.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1625/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1625","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":446143,"bill_number":"HB1629","title":"Eel pots; authorizes Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue an annual permit to use in Back Bay.","description":"Eel pots. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue an annual permit to use eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and the North Landing River and their tributaries. The annual permit fee to catch eels for commercial purposes is $50 and the annual permit fee to take eels for personal use is $17.50. The bill requires a nonresident to purchase a harvester's license for each boat used in taking eels at a cost of $350 per boat, unless he already holds a nonharvester's license to take other types of finfish in inland waters. This fee is in addition to the permit fee for eel pots.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1629/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1629","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":446145,"bill_number":"HB1630","title":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control in time-share estate program, etc.","description":"Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control in time-share estate program; control liens; foreclosure procedure. Provides that in addition to the current developer control termination provisions and to the extent that the purchase contract or time-share instrument does not expressly provide otherwise, the developer control period shall terminate when the developer is no longer the beneficiary on deeds of trust secured on at least 20 percent of the time-share estates. Under current law, the transfer must occur when the developer has (i) transferred to purchasers legal or equitable ownership of at least 90 percent of the time-share estates or (ii) completed all of the promised common elements and facilities comprising the time-share estate project, whichever occurs last. Under the bill, the commissioner of accounts to whom an account of sale is returned in connection with the foreclosure shall be entitled to a fee, not to exceed (a) $70, on each foreclosure of a lien on a time-share estate for unpaid past due regular and special assessments and (b) $125 per foreclosure of a purchase money deed of trust taken back by the developer. The bill includes a second enactment clause stating the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of the bill relating to the developer control period shall apply retroactively to all registered time-share projects to the extent that the purchase contract or time-share instrument does not expressly provide otherwise. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1630/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1630","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446149,"bill_number":"HB1631","title":"Drugs and paraphernalia; may be forfeited to law-enforcement agency for research and training.","description":"Drugs and paraphernalia forfeited to law enforcement. Provides that seized drugs and drug paraphernalia, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, may be forfeited to a law-enforcement agency for research and training purposes. Current law limits such forfeiture to the Department of Forensic Science for research and training purposes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1631/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1631","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446151,"bill_number":"HB1633","title":"Beautification projects, local; localities to provide 30-day written notice to Commissioner of VDOT.","description":"Local beautification projects. Requires localities that intend to install plant materials in a public right-of-way in connection with a local beautification project to provide advance notice thereof to VDOT. The bill requires any locality that violates the law in carrying out such project to bear the cost of bringing the project into compliance with the law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1633/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1633","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446154,"bill_number":"HB1634","title":"Law-enforcement officer; impersonating an officer while committing certain acts.","description":"Impersonating a law-enforcement officer while committing additional acts. Provides that any person who impersonates a law-enforcement officer (i) while committing or attempting to commit rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, or sexual battery or (ii) while circumventing or bypassing, or attempting to circumvent or bypass, any security measures of any business, commercial building, or residence is guilty of a Class 6 felony. This is a new crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1634/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1634","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446156,"bill_number":"HB1636","title":"Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.","description":"Workers' compensation; presumptions; members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to those public safety employees who are entitled to presumptions that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1636/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1636","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446159,"bill_number":"HB1639","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempts correspondence of members of General Assembly & aides.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; correspondence of legislative aides exempt. Clarifies by defining \"member of the General Assembly\" that the working papers and correspondence of the legislative aides of members of the General Assembly are not subject to the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA when the aides are working on behalf of the member.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1639/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1639","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":446161,"bill_number":"HB1640","title":"Child care providers; background checks for eligibility for child care subsidy payments.","description":"Child care providers; background checks for eligibility for child care subsidy payments. Requires any person seeking to enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services for the provision of child care services for which subsidy payments may be paid to undergo a background check, and authorizes the dissemination of criminal history record information to the Department of Social Services or local department of social services for the purpose of screening such individuals.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1640/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1640","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":446163,"bill_number":"HB1641","title":"Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; powers and duties of regulatory boards.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties of regulatory boards; waiver of informal fact-finding conference.  Requires any regulator board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to provide a regulant subject to a disciplinary action with a notice advising the regulant of his right to be heard at an informal fact-finding conference pursuant to the Administrative Process Act. The bill requires that the notice state that if the regulant does not request an informal fact-finding conference within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the board may issue a case decision with judicial review of the case decision. If the regulant asserts his right to be heard prior to the board issuing its case decision, the board shall remand the case to an informal fact-finding conference. The bill provides that the required notice is to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested or, if agreed to by the parties, electronic means, provided that the board retains sufficient proof of the electronic delivery, which may be an electronic receipt of delivery, a confirmation that the notice was sent by facsimile, or a certificate of service prepared by the sender confirming the electronic delivery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1641/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1641","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":446167,"bill_number":"HB1642","title":"Parental rights; fundamental right to make decisions concerning upbringing, etc., of their child.","description":"Rights of parents. Provides that a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child. The bill further provides that the provisions of the bill codify the opinion of the Supreme Court of Virginia in L.F. v. Breit, issued on January 10, 2013, as it relates to parental rights.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1642/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1642","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":446173,"bill_number":"HB1643","title":"Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal.","description":"Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal. Clarifies that a protective order entered due to a violation of an initial protective order shall remain in effect upon petition for or the pendency of an appeal. The bill also includes family abuse protective orders issued in conjunction with a family abuse disposition among other protective orders that are not stayed upon appeal. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1643/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1643","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":446175,"bill_number":"HB1645","title":"Tradesmen; Board for Contractors shall evaluate continuing education requirements, report.","description":"Board for Contractors; tradesmen licenses. Provides that licenses for tradesmen shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance by the Board for Contractors. This measure is an attempt to sync changes to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, which are on a three-year cycle, to the expiration of a tradesman license, which is currently every two years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1645/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1645","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":446178,"bill_number":"HB1646","title":"Comprehensive services for at-risk youth and families; eligibility for state pool of funds.","description":"Comprehensive services for at-risk youth and families; eligibility for state pool of funds. Provides that foster care services shall include independent living services provided to a former foster child who is over the age of 18 years but who has not yet reached the age of 21 years, and that a former foster child receiving such services shall be eligible for funding through the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/13)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1646/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1646","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":446180,"bill_number":"HB1647","title":"DUI offenders; compliance with State ignition interlock requirements if convicted out-of-state.","description":"Compliance with ignition interlock requirements by out-of-state DUI offenders. Requires that a Virginia resident who is convicted of a (substantially similar) DUI in another state comply with Virginia ignition interlock requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1647/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1647","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":446183,"bill_number":"HB1648","title":"Low-income and disabled customers; discounted fees and charges for certain.","description":"Discounted fees and charges for certain low-income and disabled customers. Provides that any locality that owns a water and sewer system and has a population density of 200 persons or fewer per square mile may by ordinance develop criteria for providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income and disabled customers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1648/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1648","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":446186,"bill_number":"HB1649","title":"Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; records required to be maintained, etc.","description":"Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; required to be maintained; certain digital images. Requires pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers to take a digital image of the form of identification used by the person pawning, pledging, or selling the goods or articles, and requires such identification to bear a photograph of the person. The bill also prohibits a pawnbroker from pawning or accepting goods or articles if the original serial number affixed to the good or article has been removed, defaced, or altered.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1649/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1649","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":446188,"bill_number":"HB1650","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenue distributed to certain localities.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue; distributed to certain localities. Provides that if a heavy rail commuter mass transportation infill station is constructed in a service district in a locality, then the locality is entitled to retain the sales and use tax revenue generated in the service district, not to exceed $1.25 million per year, to pay bonds issued to construct such station.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1650/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1650","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":446190,"bill_number":"HB1651","title":"Unified Innovation Fund; created.","description":"Unified Innovation Fund established. Consolidates funding for virtual school programs, charter schools, college partnership laboratory schools, and other innovative education projects by repealing the Public Charter School Fund and the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund and creating the Unified Innovation Fund to be disbursed by the Board of Education for the award of grants to individuals and entities on a competitive basis to fund education innovation projects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1651/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1651","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":446193,"bill_number":"HB1652","title":"Electronic filing in civil proceedings; certain circuit court clerks may charge an additional fee.","description":"Electronic filing in civil proceedings; fee. Allows, but does not require, a circuit court clerk with an established electronic filing system to charge a $2 fee for every civil case initially filed by paper. Indigents are exempt from paying the fee. The fee is paid into the clerk's nonreverting local fund to be exclusively used to cover the operational expenses of the electronic filing system.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1652/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1652","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":446196,"bill_number":"HB1653","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration verification, etc.","description":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration verification. Provides that the Department of Corrections or other supervisory personnel may cause to be physically verified the registration information on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry that is required of registrants over whom the Department or the supervisory personnel exercise control. Under current law, physical verification must be carried out by the Department or the supervisory personnel.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1653/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1653","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":446201,"bill_number":"HB1654","title":"Circuit court clerk; submission of trial court record in electronic form to appellate court.","description":"Courts of record; acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court. Requires a clerk of circuit court with an established electronic filing system to provide any appellate court the trial court record in electronic form.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1654/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1654","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":446203,"bill_number":"HB1656","title":"Workers' Compensation Commission; location of offices.","description":"Workers' Compensation Commission; location of offices. Eliminates a requirement that the offices of the Workers' Compensation Commission be located in a building in the City of Richmond.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1656/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1656","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":446205,"bill_number":"HB1657","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes funeral-related goods.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; funeral-related goods. Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the retail sale of tangible personal property related to funerals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1657/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1657","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":446208,"bill_number":"HB1658","title":"Circuit court clerks; revises various powers and duties for certification of records, etc.","description":"Clerk's fees; electronic records; certification of records; etc. Revises various powers and duties of circuit court clerks for certification of records, assessment of fees, etc., such as (i) providing that the use of the term \"copy teste,\" \"true copy,\" or \"certified copy\" is prima facie evidence that a document is a certified copy of the official record kept in the clerk's office; (ii) providing that no judgment for certain assessments or fees shall be recorded as a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth if such assessments or fees have been fully paid by the date of sentencing; (iii) defining \"operational expenses,\" which are funded by certain clerk's fees, to include various technology maintenance and enhancements; (iv) clarifying that a clerk shall forward an abstract of certain convictions to the Department of Motor Vehicles within 18 days after such conviction or, in the case of civil judgments, within 30 days after the judgment has become final; (v) allowing the clerk to maintain records in adoption cases in electronic format; and (vi) repealing the requirement that a clerk verify the accuracy of a record made by him.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1658/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1658","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":446211,"bill_number":"HB1659","title":"Private security services businesses; exceptions for certain out-of-state businesses.","description":"Private security services businesses; exceptions. Provides an exception from licensure requirements for private security services businesses from other states that are duly licensed in those states and that contract for a specific investigation with such businesses that are licensed by the Commonwealth as private investigators.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1659/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1659","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":446214,"bill_number":"HB1660","title":"Prisoners; prohibits those in correctional facilities from possessing or transporting weapons.","description":"Possession or transportation of weapons; prisoners in correctional facilities; penalty. Prohibits prisoners in state, local, or community correctional facilities from possessing or transporting weapons. A violation of this prohibition constitutes a Class 6 felony and may carry a minimum sentence if the violator was previously convicted of a felony. The bill also excludes such prisoners from the process whereby individuals may petition the circuit court for a permit to carry a firearm, stun weapon or explosives.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1660/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1660","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":446216,"bill_number":"HB1661","title":"Localities; authority to require safety equipment on mobility aids.","description":"Authority to require safety equipment on mobility aids. Authorizes localities to require the attachment of safety equipment, such as safety flags, to electric personal assistive mobility devices and other mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, walkers, mobility canes, or crutches. The bill also makes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1661/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1661","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":446221,"bill_number":"HB1662","title":"Libraries; locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, etc., in.","description":"Control of firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities. Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components, or a combination thereof, in libraries owned or operated by the locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1662/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1662","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":446224,"bill_number":"HB1664","title":"State plan management partnership exchange; review and approval.","description":"State partnership health benefit exchange. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency as may be required in order to establish a state plan management partnership exchange for the Commonwealth. The SCC, with assistance from the Virginia Department of Health, is required to perform any plan management functions consistent with guidelines developed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support such an exchange in Virginia. The SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available, and there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing any required plan management functions. In addition, the SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon receiving a general fund appropriation sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the functions. The SCC is required to seek full reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the expenses and to reimburse the general fund for the amount received. The SCC may contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with any state or federal agency. The Department of Health, Department of Medical Assistance Services, and Department of Social Services are authorized to assist the SCC in the establishment, operation, and plan management functions of a state plan management partnership exchange. The SCC may not use special fund revenues dedicated to its other functions and duties to fund plan management functions. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates, which finding is a requirement for its participation in the health benefit exchange partnership model. The measure will take effect upon its passage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1664/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1664","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":446228,"bill_number":"HB1665","title":"General Assembly members; prohibited conduct.","description":"Prohibited conduct; General Assembly members. Prohibits a member of the General Assembly from accepting an appointment to serve on a body or board of any political action committee where the committee engages or employs a registered lobbyist in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1665/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1665","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":446230,"bill_number":"HB1673","title":"School calendar; alternative schedules in school divisions offering additional instruction time.","description":"Opening of the school year; alternative schedules in school divisions offering additional instruction time. Permits the Board of Education to waive the requirement for a school board to set the first day that students are required to attend school after Labor Day in any school division that is providing (i) a minimum of 190 days or 1,045 hours of instructional time for grades one through 12 and 190 days or 570 hours of instructional time for kindergarten or (ii) extensive and high-quality teacher collaboration, preparation, or professional development time as determined by the Board pursuant to regulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1673/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1673","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":446232,"bill_number":"HB1674","title":"Education, Board of; releases from state regulations.","description":"Board of Education; releases from state regulations. Requires the Board of Education to grant to each public elementary or secondary school the same release granted to any charter school in the same local school division, and permits the respective local school board to apply such release to any school in the school division.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1674/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1674","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":446237,"bill_number":"HB1675","title":"Misdemeanors; expungement of police and court records.","description":"Expungement of certain misdemeanors. Allows a person convicted of certain misdemeanors who has successfully completed all terms of probation to file a petition for expungement 10 years after the conviction if he has not been convicted of any other offense. DUI, child abuse or neglect, domestic violence, sex offenses, and crimes against persons do not qualify for expungement. Any conviction that is expunged will be considered a prior conviction for purposes of prosecution of any subsequent offense for which the prior conviction statutorily enhances punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1675/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1675","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":446239,"bill_number":"HB1679","title":"Concealed handgun permit; exception retired investigator of security division of Lottery Department.","description":"Concealed handgun permit; retired investigator of the State Lottery Department; exception. Provides an exception for a concealed handgun permit for a qualifying retired investigator of the security division of the State Lottery Department. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1679/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1679","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":446241,"bill_number":"HB1680","title":"Temporary detention orders; increases maximum duration person may be detained from 48 to 72 hours.","description":"Temporary detention orders; duration. Increases the maximum duration that a person may be detained pursuant to a temporary detention order from 48 to 72 hours.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1680/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1680","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":446243,"bill_number":"HB1682","title":"Mentally incapacitated persons; financial exploitation, penalty.","description":"Financial exploitation of incapacitated persons; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who knows or should know that another person suffers from mental incapacity to, through the use of that other person's mental incapacity, take, obtain, or convert money or other thing of value belonging to that other person with the intent to permanently deprive him thereof. A violation is punishable as larceny.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1682/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1682","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":446245,"bill_number":"HB1688","title":"House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in Clarke County.","description":"House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustment. Changes district assignments of certain census blocks between Districts 10 and 33 in Clarke County in order to reflect a new precinct line. District 10 will have a deviation of 1.1 percent from the ideal district population.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1688/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1688","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":446250,"bill_number":"HB1693","title":"Firearms; removes specific exception for possession on public school property, penalty.","description":"Possession of firearm on public school property; penalty. Removes the specific exception for a person who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade of three inches or longer, in or upon a motor vehicle located at any elementary, middle, or high school or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle located at any elementary, middle, or high school from the list of exceptions for possessing a weapon on school property, which when violated is a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1693/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1693","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":446252,"bill_number":"HB1700","title":"Students; admission of those domiciled in State at higher educational institutions.","description":"Admission of students domiciled in Virginia 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 by the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution are domiciled in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1700/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1700","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":446256,"bill_number":"HB1701","title":"Driver's license applicants; person who fails DMV exam 3 times must take VA Driver's Manual course.","description":"Examination of driver's license applicants. Provides that no person who is at least 19 years old and who fails DMV's driver knowledge exam three times can take the exam a fourth time until he successfully completes a course of instruction based on the Virginia Driver's Manual offered by a licensed driver training school.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1701/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1701","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":446258,"bill_number":"HB1710","title":"Absentee voting; parent or legal custodian of child four years of age or younger.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that the parent or legal custodian of a child four years of age or younger and who is caring for such child in the home shall be entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1710/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1710","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":446262,"bill_number":"HB1713","title":"Driver's licenses; participation in organ donor program.","description":"Driver's licenses; participation in organ donor program. Provides that all persons issued Virginia driver's licenses will be presumed to be participants in the organ donor program, unless otherwise indicated by the applicant in his application. Licensees who thus opt out will have this information shown on their driver's licenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1713/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1713","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":446264,"bill_number":"HB1718","title":"Transportation projects and planning; reimbursement of VDOT by localities, etc.","description":"Transportation planning and projects. Requires a locality to repay the Department of Transportation when a locality requests termination of a project and the Department does not agree to the termination or the locality or metropolitan planning organization doesn't advance the project. The bill also expands the step before a locality requests alterations to a project to include the design approval by the Chief Engineer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1718/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1718","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":446266,"bill_number":"HB1719","title":"Concussion education, awareness, & management; replaces current requirements of Board of Education.","description":"Concussion education, awareness, and management. Replaces the current requirements of Board of Education regarding policies on concussion in student-athletes and requires the Board to develop and deliver to each local school division and each local youth sports organization guidelines for developing a concussion education, awareness, and management plan to include (i) annual training for employees and coaches; (ii) information on concussions and consent forms to be sent to the parents of student-athletes and signed by the parents and, in some cases, by the student-athletes; (iii) procedures to be followed based on certain signs and symptoms manifested by student-athletes; and (iv) a return to play protocol.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1719/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1719","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":446273,"bill_number":"HB1723","title":"Child support; imputation of income, custodial parent attendance in educational, etc., program.","description":"Child support; imputation of income; attendance in educational or vocational program. Provides that a parent's decision to attend and complete an educational or vocational program that is likely to maintain or increase the parent's earning potential may be considered as a factor in determining whether to impute income to such parent for purposes of the parent's child support obligation. The bill also provides that any child care costs incurred by a custodial parent due to the parent's decision to attend such an education program may also be considered.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1723/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1723","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":446276,"bill_number":"HB1725","title":"Absentee ballots; no individual, etc., shall mail 25 or more completed applications for voters.","description":"Delivery of completed absentee ballot applications by third parties. Provides that no person, with certain exceptions, shall offer to mail or deliver 25 or more completed absentee ballot applications on behalf of voters for any election.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1725/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1725","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":446279,"bill_number":"HJR604","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph William O'Brien, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph William O'Brien, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ604ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR604/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ604","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":446281,"bill_number":"HJR605","title":"Celebrating the life of Aircrewman 1st Class Joseph Patrick Fitzmorris, United States Navy.","description":"Celebrating the life of Aircrewman 1st Class Joseph Patrick Fitzmorris, United States Navy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ605ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR605/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ605","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":446285,"bill_number":"HJR606","title":"Celebrating the life of William B. Poff.","description":"Celebrating the life of William B. Poff.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ606ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR606/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ606","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":446287,"bill_number":"HJR610","title":"Commending Greenwood Christian Academy.","description":"Commending Greenwood Christian Academy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ610ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR610/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ610","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":446292,"bill_number":"HJR612","title":"Commending the Rose Hill Veterinary Practice.","description":"Commending the Rose Hill Veterinary Practice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ612ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR612/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ612","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":446294,"bill_number":"HJR613","title":"Commending the Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center.","description":"Commending the Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ613ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR613/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ613","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":446296,"bill_number":"HJR614","title":"Commending Kathryn B. Galford.","description":"Commending Kathryn B. Galford.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ614ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR614/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ614","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":446298,"bill_number":"HJR616","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard Lincoln Lemmon.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard Lincoln Lemmon.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ616ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR616/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ616","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":446301,"bill_number":"HJR618","title":"Commending First Night Williamsburg.","description":"Commending First Night Williamsburg.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ618ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR618/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ618","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":446305,"bill_number":"HJR623","title":"Commending the Virginia Education Association.","description":"Commending the Virginia Education Association.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ623ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR623/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ623","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":446307,"bill_number":"HJR624","title":"Commending Arthur Nachman.","description":"Commending Arthur Nachman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ624ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR624/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ624","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":446309,"bill_number":"HJR625","title":"Commending Service Source.","description":"Commending Service Source.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ625ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR625/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ625","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":446313,"bill_number":"HJR628","title":"Celebrating the life of Anne Folkes Miller.","description":"Celebrating the life of Anne Folkes Miller.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ628ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR628/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ628","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":446316,"bill_number":"HJR630","title":"Commending Meg Tuccillo.","description":"Commending Meg Tuccillo.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ630ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR630/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ630","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":446321,"bill_number":"HJR631","title":"Celebrating the life of Sydney Emmanuel Albrittain.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sydney Emmanuel Albrittain.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ631ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR631/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ631","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":446323,"bill_number":"HJR632","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marion Patton Echols, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marion Patton Echols, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ632ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR632/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ632","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":446326,"bill_number":"HJR633","title":"Commending the Special Olympics Virginia Area 28 soccer team.","description":"Commending the Special Olympics Virginia Area 28 soccer team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ633ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR633/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ633","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":446329,"bill_number":"HJR634","title":"Commending Reston.","description":"Commending Reston.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ634ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR634/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ634","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":446332,"bill_number":"HJR636","title":"Commending Tonya Mallory.","description":"Commending Tonya Mallory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ636ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR636/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ636","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":446334,"bill_number":"HJR637","title":"Commending School of Professional and Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond.","description":"Commending School of Professional and Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ637ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR637/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ637","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":446336,"bill_number":"HJR638","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Oscar Lampe.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Oscar Lampe.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ638ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR638/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ638","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":446342,"bill_number":"HJR639","title":"Celebrating the life of Edward Bernard Strait.","description":"Celebrating the life of Edward Bernard Strait.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ639ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR639/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ639","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":446344,"bill_number":"HJR640","title":"Commending Walter L. Mess.","description":"Commending Walter L. Mess.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ640ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR640/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ640","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":446347,"bill_number":"HJR641","title":"Commending Benton Communications, Inc.","description":"Commending Benton Communications, Inc.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ641ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR641/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ641","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":446349,"bill_number":"HJR642","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Raymond Chew, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Raymond Chew, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ642ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR642/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ642","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":446351,"bill_number":"HJR643","title":"Commending Ballard Fish and Oyster Co., Inc.","description":"Commending Ballard Fish and Oyster Co., Inc.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ643ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR643/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ643","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":446354,"bill_number":"HJR644","title":"Commending William Leslie Mariner.","description":"Commending William Leslie Mariner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ644ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR644/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ644","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":446357,"bill_number":"HR101","title":"Commending Cathal Armstrong.","description":"Commending Cathal Armstrong.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR101ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR101/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR101","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":446359,"bill_number":"HR102","title":"Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR102ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR102/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR102","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446362,"bill_number":"HR103","title":"Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR103ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR103/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR103","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":446366,"bill_number":"HR104","title":"Commending Taylor Elizabeth Hogge.","description":"Commending Taylor Elizabeth Hogge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR104ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR104/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR104","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":446370,"bill_number":"HR105","title":"Commending New Branch Baptist Church.","description":"Commending New Branch Baptist Church.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR105ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR105/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR105","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":446374,"bill_number":"HR106","title":"Celebrating the life of Ruth Jerauld Hill Goodpasture.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ruth Jerauld Hill Goodpasture.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR106ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR106/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR106","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":446376,"bill_number":"HR107","title":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Lee Reavis Belton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dorothy Lee Reavis Belton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR107ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR107/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR107","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":446378,"bill_number":"HR108","title":"Celebrating the life of James Berry Ashwell.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Berry Ashwell.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR108ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR108/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR108","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":446381,"bill_number":"SB906","title":"Vote centers; pilot program.","description":"Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to provide for a pilot program in which localities may establish vote centers for use in primary elections instead of having to operate a polling place for every precinct in the locality. A vote center will consist of a location where voters from two or more designated precincts may vote. The State Board shall publish a report on the program by August 15 of any year in which a vote center is used. The provisions of the bill expire on December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB906/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB906","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":446383,"bill_number":"SB910","title":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; redefines what constitutes permissible fireworks in State.","description":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; permissible fireworks. Redefines what constitutes permissible fireworks in Virginia, also known as consumer fireworks, to be ground or hand-held sparkling devices as defined in §§ 3.1.1, 3.2, and 3.5 of the 2001 Edition of the American Pyrotechnic Association's Standard for Construction and Approval for Transportation of Fireworks, Novelties, and Theatrical Pyrotechnics.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB910/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB910","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":446386,"bill_number":"SB913","title":"Personal representatives; access to digital accounts.","description":"Powers of personal representatives; digital accounts. Provides that the personal representative of a deceased minor has the power to assume the deceased minor's terms of service agreement for a digital account with an Internet service provider, communications service provider, or other online account service provider for the purposes of consenting to and obtaining the disclosure of the deceased minor's communications and subscriber records. The provider shall provide the personal representative with access to the deceased minor's communications and subscriber records within 60 days from the receipt of a written request from the personal representative and a copy of the deceased minor's death certificate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB913/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB913","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446389,"bill_number":"SB914","title":"Digital accounts and assets; enables a fiduciary to gain access.","description":"Fiduciary access to digital assets. Enables a fiduciary to gain access to the digital accounts and digital assets of the person or estate to whom he owes a fiduciary duty upon making a written request to the custodian of the digital accounts and digitals assets and submitting proof of the fiduciary relationship.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB914/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB914","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446392,"bill_number":"SB915","title":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers. Provides that an injury incurred by a public safety officer that occurs in the course of his employment at a location that is off the regular premises of his employment shall be deemed to have arisen out of employment if the injury would not have occurred but for the fact that the conditions and obligations of his employment placed the public safety officer at the location where the injury was incurred. Such an employee shall not be required to prove (i) that the nature of his employment exposed him to a special, additional, peculiar, or particular risk of injury to which a member of the public is not generally subject or (ii) a causal connection between the conditions under which his employment was required to be performed and the resulting injury. The measure would eliminate an employer's defense that such an injury was an act of God not covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The measure would not apply to injuries incurred prior to July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB915/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB915","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446394,"bill_number":"SB916","title":"Exhumations; requires that party petitioning court to provide sworn statement with certain facts.","description":"Exhumations; basis for. Requires that a party petitioning a court to order the exhumation of the body of any dead person provide a sworn statement that sets forth facts establishing a reasonable possibility of a biological relationship between the petitioner and his alleged ancestors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB916/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB916","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":446399,"bill_number":"SB917","title":"Financial institutions; contract provision requiring amendment or waiver to be in writing, etc.","description":"Financial institutions; contract provision requiring amendment or waiver to be in writing. Provides that if any written contract to which a financial institution is a party contains a provision to the effect that no amendment or waiver of any terms or provisions of the contract is valid unless it is in writing, then any amendment or waiver of any terms or provisions of that contract by conduct, course of practice or dealing, or otherwise shall not apply to future rights and obligations under that contract unless it is in writing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB917/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB917","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":446402,"bill_number":"SB918","title":"Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.","description":"Local coal severance taxes. Establishes gross receipts for purposes of the local coal severance tax by providing that the only deduction allowed from gross receipts is for non-local transportation and processing costs of coal. The bill establishes a one percent tax on the gross receipts from coal severed from the earth by coal producers, except that the gross receipts tax on coal from mines that sell less than 10,000 tons of coal per month is three-quarters of one percent. The bill also moves the local coal severance taxes out of Chapter 37 of Title 58.1, which sets forth local license tax laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB918/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB918","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":446405,"bill_number":"SB919","title":"Uranium; 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State, proceeds.","description":"State severance tax; uranium. Establishes a three percent state severance tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be deposited into an Economic Development and Environmental Trust Fund established for each locality from which uranium is mined. Each locality's fund would be administered by a board appointed by the governing body of the locality.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB919/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB919","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":446408,"bill_number":"SB920","title":"Emergency custody and involuntary temporary detention; transportation.","description":"Emergency custody and involuntary temporary detention; transportation. Requires magistrates to consider a request to authorize alternative transportation, if available, for persons subject to an emergency custody or involuntary temporary detention order if the order is based upon a finding that the person who is the subject of the order has a mental illness and that there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of mental illness, the person will, in the near future, suffer serious harm due to his lack of capacity to protect himself from harm or to provide for his basic human needs but there is no substantial likelihood that the person will cause serious physical harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening harm and other relevant information.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB920/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB920","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":446410,"bill_number":"SB921","title":"Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.","description":"Health insurance reform. Revises Virginia's laws pertaining to the regulation of health insurance and related products in order to be consistent with relevant requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that become effective on January 1, 2014. These requirements include addressing premium rate restrictions on health benefit plans providing individual and small group health insurance coverage, prohibiting discrimination based on health status, prohibiting adjustments in the cost of coverage based on genetic information, requiring individual and small group health insurance coverage to include the essential health benefits as required by the PPACA, limiting waiting periods for health plans offering group health insurance coverage to 90 days, providing for participation in clinical trials, and authorizing health carriers to provide for wellness programs. The measure removes provisions relating to the standard and essential health benefits plans because they include coverage for services that may or may not comport with the essential health benefit package, and enforcement of the existing requirement would conflict with the PPACA. Though not specifically required to maintain conformity with federal law, the measure (i) keeps the existing limits for maximum size for a small group at 50 employees until 2016 and (ii) authorizes the State Corporation Commission to establish geographic rating areas. The bill removes the sunsets that were placed in provisions affected by or enacted as a result of the PPACA, including the external review processes. The measure is effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-03-04","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB921/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB921","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":446415,"bill_number":"SB922","title":"Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates.","description":"Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to § 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This obligation is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available to the SCC, there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing any required plan management functions, and that the performance of such plan management functions is not deemed to establish a health benefit exchange pursuant to § 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In addition, the SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon receiving federal funding sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the functions. The SCC may contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with any state or federal agency. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates. The measure provides that no agent, employee, officer, or agency of the Commonwealth is authorized to take any action to establish, or that could be deemed to establish, a health benefit exchange pursuant to § 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Finally, the measure authorizes the Virginia Department of Health to assist in the plan management functions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB922/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB922","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":446418,"bill_number":"SB923","title":"Open Education Curriculum Board; repeals Board.","description":"Open Education Curriculum Board. Abolishes the Open Education Curriculum Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB923/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB923","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":446420,"bill_number":"SB924","title":"Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.","description":"Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. Creates the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange, which will be established and operated by a new division within the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The Exchange shall facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans and qualified dental plans to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The Exchange shall make qualified plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers beginning with effective dates on January 1, 2014, which date may be postponed by the SCC as it deems necessary to permit the completion of the establishment of the Exchange. The Exchange will be funded by assessments on health insurers offering plans in the Exchange. A health plan will not be required to cover any state mandated health benefit if federal law does not require it to be covered as part of the essential benefits package. The essential health benefits are items and services included in the benchmark health insurance plan, which is the largest plan in the largest product in the Commonwealth's small group market as supplemented in order to provide coverage for the items and services within the statutory essential health benefits categories. The Exchange shall ensure that no qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through the Exchange provides coverage for abortions, except for 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. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates, which finding is a requirement for its operation of a state-run health benefit exchange.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB924/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB924","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":446422,"bill_number":"SB925","title":"Retail Sales & Use Tax; increases amount of revenue dedicated to Transportation Trust Fund.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund. Increases the amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund from an amount generated by a 0.5 percent tax rate under current law to an amount generated by a 0.75 percent tax rate, phased in over a period of three years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB925/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB925","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":446426,"bill_number":"SB926","title":"Wetlands; governmental activity.","description":"Adoption of wetlands zoning; governmental activity in wetlands. Removes from Virginia's standard wetlands zoning ordinance the condition that wetlands be owned or leased by the Commonwealth if a governmental activity occurring there is to be authorized. The current standard ordinance, which may be adopted by any locality and is the only wetlands zoning ordinance under which any wetlands board may operate, authorizes an otherwise-permitted governmental activity only if the wetlands in which the activity is to take place are owned or leased by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB926/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB926","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":446429,"bill_number":"SB928","title":"Mental health assessments; juvenile and domestic relations court to order for certain juveniles.","description":"Mental health assessments for certain juveniles. Requires the juvenile and domestic relations court, when the attorney for the Commonwealth is seeking commitment of a juvenile, to order that an interdisciplinary team evaluate the service needs of a juvenile who has (i) been placed in a secure facility, (ii) had a mental health assessment completed by the secure facility that has identified a mental health need or mental illness, and (iii) been adjudicated delinquent and found eligible for commitment. A report of the evaluation must be filed with the clerk. The bill requires the court to consider the report when determining whether the juvenile will be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice and to state in its order for commitment the basis for its findings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB928/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB928","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446432,"bill_number":"SB929","title":"State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.","description":"Department of State Police; variable housing allowance. Provides a housing allowance for full-time, sworn State Police officers, based upon pay grade and geographical location, from funds that are appropriated for such purpose. The rates of the variable allowance shall be based on suggested rates developed and annually updated by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allowance would not be considered taxable income for state income tax purposes. The bill is contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB929/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB929","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446435,"bill_number":"SB930","title":"Charitable gaming; authorizes network bingo.","description":"Charitable gaming; network bingo. Authorizes the conduct of a new charitable game known as network bingo. The bill sets out the terms and conditions under which network bingo may be conducted, provides for the licensing of network bingo providers, and sets the maximum prize amount for network bingo. The bill defines the terms \"network bingo,\" \"pari-mutuel play,\" and \"network bingo provider.\" With the exception of the provision requiring the Board of Charitable Gaming to establish regulations, the bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB930/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB930","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446437,"bill_number":"SB931","title":"Dead bodies; notification for disposition to next of kin to claim body within 30 days of notice.","description":"Disposition of unclaimed dead bodies.  Provides that in cases in which the next of kin of a deceased person fails or refuses to claim the body of the deceased person within 30 days, the sheriff or other person having initial custody of the dead body may dispose of the body, and provides that, absent bad faith or malicious intent, a sheriff who accepts a dead body for disposition shall be immune from civil liability.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0373)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB931/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB931","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446440,"bill_number":"SB932","title":"Landlords; reduces amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by DHCD.","description":"Income tax credit; landlords participating in housing choice voucher program. Reduces from $450,000 to $250,000 the amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by the Department of Housing and Community Development to landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB932/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB932","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446443,"bill_number":"SB933","title":"Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act; created, report.","description":"Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act created. Requires every organization that owns and controls a movable soccer goal to establish a soccer goal safety and education policy that outlines how the organization will address any safety concern related to movable soccer goals, including the dangers of unanchored or improperly anchored soccer goals tipping over and the care that must be taken to ensure proper installation, setup, maintenance, and transportation of movable soccer goals; prohibits the sale of movable soccer goals that are not tip-resistant beginning July 1, 2014; and requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Division of State Parks to convene a work group to examine safety issues related to moveable soccer goals. This bill contains a reenactment clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB933/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB933","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":446445,"bill_number":"SB934","title":"Charter schools, public; allowed to designate whether employees will participate in VRS.","description":"Charter schools; personnel. Allows public charter schools to designate in their application whether their employees will participate in the Virginia Retirement System. The bill directs the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System to develop procedures allowing school boards who approve such applications to exempt the charter school employees from participation. The bill also (i) requires at least 75 percent of public charter elementary school teachers to be licensed and at least 50 percent of public charter middle and high school teachers to be licensed and (ii) specifies that all teachers otherwise be \"highly qualified,\" as defined by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB934/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB934","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":446447,"bill_number":"SB935","title":"Public schools; change to teacher contracts and evaluation policies.","description":"Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and retained. Teachers, assistant principals, principals, and supervisors who have not achieved continuing contract status prior to the 2014-2015 school year may be eligible for three-year term contracts. Under the bill, five years of service is required to attain term contract status. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals with term contract status will be evaluated in the third year of their term contract and will be informally evaluated at least once during each of their first two years. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals who have achieved continuing contract status prior to the 2014-2015 school year will retain their continuing contract status. Teachers, assistant principals, and principals with continuing contract status will be formally evaluated every three years and evaluated informally at least once each year in which they are not formally evaluated. The bill also defines the standard 10-month contract as 200 days, of which a minimum must be 180 days of instructional time. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Education and Health ","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB935/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB935","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":446449,"bill_number":"SB936","title":"Teaching positions; notice to principals, assistant principals, or supervisors of reassignment.","description":"Principals, assistant principals, and supervisors; reassignment. Changes the deadline for a school board to notify principals, assistant principals, or supervisors under continuing contract of their reassignment to teaching positions from April 15 to June 15.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB936/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB936","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":446454,"bill_number":"SB937","title":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.","description":"Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes localities not to pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB937/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB937","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":446457,"bill_number":"SB938","title":"Multijurisdiction grand jury; additional criminal violations that may investigate.","description":"Multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds to the criminal violations that a multijurisdiction grand jury may investigate the following: crimes by mobs, malicious felonious assault and malicious bodily woundings, robbery, carjacking, felonious sexual assault, certain arsons, and RICO crimes. The bill also adds a provision that, in order for the grand jury to report a matter for prosecution, a court reporter must have transcribed oral testimony as required by law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB938/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB938","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":446460,"bill_number":"SB939","title":"Charter; City of Salem.","description":"Charter; City of Salem. Provides that no primary elections shall be held for nomination of candidates for the office of councilman. The bill also provides that all candidates for the office of councilman shall file their notice of candidacy and be nominated only by petition in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the Commonwealth and that candidates for council shall not be identified on the ballot by political affiliation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB939/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB939","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":446462,"bill_number":"SB940","title":"School resource officers; school board to coordinate with local law-enforcement agency to provide.","description":"School resource officers; local law-enforcement agencies to provide. Requires every school board throughout the Commonwealth to coordinate with the local law-enforcement agency to provide at least one school resource officer for every public elementary, middle, and high school within the local school division. The bill provides that funding for these school resource officers shall be provided through the general appropriation act and not by any locality or school board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporates SB1240","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB940/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB940","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":446464,"bill_number":"SB941","title":"Child abuse or neglect, alleged; authority to talk to child or sibling.","description":"Alleged child abuse or neglect; authority to talk to child or sibling. Limits the authority of a person required to make a report or conduct an investigation or family assessment in cases of alleged child abuse or neglect to talk to a child or his sibling without the consent or presence of the child's or sibling's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis to cases in which the child has been taken into emergency custody. The bill establishes a procedure whereby a person required to conduct an investigation or family assessment may seek a court order for the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or person standing in loco parentis to produce the child suspected of being abused or neglected or his sibling for the purpose of an interview in cases in which the child has not been taken into emergency custody.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB941/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB941","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":446468,"bill_number":"SB942","title":"Certificate of public need; amendments to existing certificates related to medical care.","description":"Certificate of public need; amendment of charity care provisions upon expansion of the state program of medical assistance. Provides that the Commissioner of Health may accept and approve requests for amendments to certain conditions of existing certificates of public need. The bill also requires the Department of Health, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, Virginia Health Information Exchange, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, and other industry stakeholders, to review the provisions of § 32.1-102.4 as amended by this act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as both relate to the Commissioner's imposition of conditions on certificates of public need.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB942/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB942","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":446471,"bill_number":"SB943","title":"Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Departments of; powers and duties of Director, etc.","description":"Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice; powers and duties of the Director. Provides the Directors of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice with the power to designate certain employees with internal investigations authority within those Departments as having the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer to investigate allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of those Departments. The bill also requires such employees shall be subject to any minimum training standard required by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement officers. Finally, the bill requires these Departments to investigate any allegations of criminal behavior in accordance with a written agreement entered into with the Department of State Police.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB943/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB943","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":446473,"bill_number":"SB946","title":"Public beaches; sand dredging and beach replenishment.","description":"Sand replenishment for public beaches. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an expedited application review process for dredging of sand and beach replenishment on the public beaches abutting the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The bill requires the agencies to establish a working group, consisting of representative stakeholders, to assist in the development of the expedited review process. The working group is to consider a requirement that the application for the sand replenishment project permit include the submission of a dredging plan by the locality for areas within the Chesapeake Bay from which the dredged material will be taken and the location of the beach replenishment project. The bill provides several types of information that such a plan would include, such as the analysis of benthic, marine, and fishery resources; impact on any historical artifacts; and impact on other uses of the state waters and bottomlands at the dredge site.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB946/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB946","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":446475,"bill_number":"SB949","title":"Medical assistance fraud investigations; service of subpoenas.","description":"Medical assistance fraud investigations; service of subpoenas. Authorizes the Attorney General or his authorized representative to serve subpoenas in medical assistance fraud cases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB949/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB949","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":446479,"bill_number":"SB954","title":"Drone; willfully impeding hunting, Class 3 misdemeanor.","description":"Impeding hunting; drones; penalty. Provides that the use of a drone by a private person to monitor and photograph persons lawfully hunting on private property, when the drone is used by a private person without the permission of the landowner, constitutes impeding hunting, a Class 3 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB954/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB954","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446483,"bill_number":"SB955","title":"Public schools; teacher licensure.","description":"Public schools; teacher licensure. Directs the Board of Education to establish criteria in its regulations governing licensure that exempts any person seeking initial licensure from coursework and professional teacher's assessment requirements if such person graduated with a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics in the top 10 percent of his graduating class from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB955/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB955","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446485,"bill_number":"SB957","title":"Electoral boards; meetings.","description":"Electoral boards, meetings. Provides that electoral boards need to meet the first week of February only in the year in which terms of officers of election expire and new officers must be appointed. Electoral boards are currently required to meet during the first week of February each year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB957/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB957","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":446487,"bill_number":"SB958","title":"Voter registration; final day of registration and mail registration application.","description":"Voter registration; final day of registration and mail registration application. Provides that the principal office of the registrar shall close for registration purposes at 5:00 p.m. on the final day for registration before an election. The same deadline shall apply to receiving mail registration, other than applications returned through the United States Postal Service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB958/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB958","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":446489,"bill_number":"SB975","title":"Smoking; unlawful for person 18 years old to smoke in vehicle with minor present, civil penalty.","description":"Smoking in vehicle with minor present. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who smokes in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, when a minor under the age of 15 is in the motor vehicle is subject to a civil penalty of $100. The offense may be charged on a uniform traffic summons.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-30","last_action":"Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB975/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB975","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":446493,"bill_number":"SJR295","title":"Commending James E. Astin, Jr.","description":"Commending James E. Astin, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ295ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR295/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ295","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":446495,"bill_number":"SJR296","title":"Celebrating the life of Wesley Theodore Carter.","description":"Celebrating the life of Wesley Theodore Carter.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ296ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR296/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ296","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":446497,"bill_number":"SJR297","title":"Love the Bus Month; designating as February 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Love the Bus Month. Designates February, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Love the Bus Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ297ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR297/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ297","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":446499,"bill_number":"SJR298","title":"Commending the City of Virginia Beach.","description":"Commending the City of Virginia Beach.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ298ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR298/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ298","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":446501,"bill_number":"SJR301","title":"Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.","description":"Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ301ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR301/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ301","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":447233,"bill_number":"SJR313","title":"Commending Earl Hamner, Jr.","description":"Commending Earl Hamner, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ313ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR313/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ313","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":447235,"bill_number":"SJR310","title":"Celebrating the life of Albert Austin Dawson, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Albert Austin Dawson, Jr., first elected African American Circuit Court Clerk for the City of Petersburg.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ310ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR310/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ310","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":447237,"bill_number":"SJR309","title":"Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech.","description":"Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ309ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR309/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ309","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":447239,"bill_number":"SJR308","title":"Celebrating the life of Antoinette Taylor Smith.","description":"Celebrating the life of Antoinette Taylor Smith.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ308ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR308/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ308","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":447240,"bill_number":"SJR307","title":"Celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Joseph Rayfield Vines, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Joseph Rayfield Vines, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ307ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR307/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ307","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":447243,"bill_number":"SJR305","title":"Commending Kellie Wells.","description":"Commending Kellie Wells.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ305ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR305/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ305","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":447244,"bill_number":"SJR304","title":"Commending Francena McCorory.","description":"Commending Francena McCorory.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-02-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ304ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR304/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ304","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":447249,"bill_number":"SB1047","title":"Local police departments; cooperation agreements with private police departments certified by DCJS.","description":"Agreements for consolidation or cooperation of police departments; private police departments. Allows localities to enter into reciprocal agreements with private police departments that are certified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1047/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1047","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447251,"bill_number":"SB1045","title":"Criminal justice training academies; sovereign immunity of trainers certified by DCJS, etc.","description":"Criminal Justice Training Academies; sovereign immunity of trainers. Expands the immunity from civil liability that exists for any criminal justice training academy and its directors, officers, and employees to include (i) any trainer at the academy if he has been certified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services and (ii) any person who is a criminal justice training academy approved instructor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1045/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1045","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447255,"bill_number":"SB1044","title":"Constitutional officers; evidence of payment submitted by locality, verification of information.","description":"Payment of constitutional officers; verification to Compensation Board. Allows counties and cities to submit evidence of salaries, expenses, and other allowances to the Compensation Board quarterly and verify monthly that such information has not changed. If such information changes, then counties and cities must submit satisfactory evidence of the change.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (11-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1044/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1044","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447256,"bill_number":"SB1040","title":"Charter; Town of Bedford","description":"Charter; Town of Bedford. Creates a charter for the Town of Bedford, formerly the City of Bedford. The charter describes the incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the new town; provides for the administration, government, and financial administration of the town through its mayor, council, and town manager; and contains general provisions addressing the continuance of the government of the former city and other matters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1040/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1040","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447259,"bill_number":"SB1038","title":"Non-conventional vehicles; titling and registration of mopeds.","description":"Non-conventional vehicles. Provides for the titling and registration of mopeds and distinctive license plates for low-speed vehicles. The bill also requires a moped operator to carry government-issued photo identification and wear a face shield, safety glasses, or goggles if his moped is not equipped with safety glass or a windshield. The bill also makes all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and mopeds subject to the motor vehicle sales and use tax, if the owner does not show that they already paid the retail sales and use tax. The bill further classifies mopeds for valuation purposes in personal property taxation and allows localities to exempt mopeds from personal property taxation. The bill also replaces the term \"scooter\" with \"foot-scooter\" and makes other largely technical changes based upon recommendations made by DMV after a year-long study of Virginia's laws relating to non-conventional vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1038/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1038","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447261,"bill_number":"SB1037","title":"Sex offender registry; prior convictions of person.","description":"Sex offender registry; prior convictions. Requires that once a person's name is placed on the sex offender registry for a qualifying conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, the registry must list all prior known sex offense convictions that would require registration if the conviction occurred today. Under current law, convictions that occurred on or after July 1, 1994, and convictions for which the offender was incarcerated or on probation on or after July 1, 1994, are included on the registry. The bill will not add additional persons to the registry but will require pre-1994 conviction history for those who are already on the registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1037/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1037","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":447264,"bill_number":"SB1034","title":"Banks; derivative transactions.","description":"Banks; derivative transactions. Provides for the treatment of derivative transactions with regard to the requirement that the total obligations of any person to any bank shall at no time exceed 15 percent of the sum of the capital, surplus, and loan loss reserve of a bank. An \"obligation\" is defined in this measure as including any credit exposure to a person arising from a derivative transaction between the bank and the person. \"Derivative transaction\" is defined as including any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. The Commission is authorized to adopt regulations to further define the term \"derivative transaction\" and to set forth the rules for calculating credit exposures arising from derivative transactions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1034/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1034","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":447267,"bill_number":"SB1033","title":"Juvenile and adult facilities; punishment for certain offenses committed within facilities, etc.","description":"Correctional centers; adult and juvenile; penalties.  For selected offenses, imposes the same penalties for offenses committed by persons confined in a juvenile correctional center as currently exist for adult prisoners. Persons who deliver certain items to committed juveniles or allow their escape will face penalties comparable to the same conduct involving adult prisoners. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement, to assault persons directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections engaged in the performance of public duties; under current law this provision applies to employees of the Department of Corrections. Assault of persons directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of persons in the custody of or under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice and employees or other individuals who provide control, care, or treatment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who are engaged in the performance of public duties will also be subject to the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery statute.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1033/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1033","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":447270,"bill_number":"SB1032","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; add to list of offenses requiring registration.","description":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration where the conviction was under Title 18.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was in effect prior to 1975 when Title 18.2 came into effect.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1032/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1032","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":447271,"bill_number":"SB1029","title":"Planning, zoning, etc., procedures; local commission shall consult with installation commander.","description":"Planning and zoning; effects of development on military installations. Requires any local planning commission to consult with the commander of a military installation that will be affected by development within the locality in order to reasonably protect the installation against potential adverse effects of development.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1029/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1029","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":447275,"bill_number":"SB1028","title":"Child support; confidentiality of guidelines worksheets in mediated agreements.","description":"Confidentiality of child support guidelines worksheets in mediated agreements. Eliminates two provisions requiring the disclosure of financial information obtained for the purposes of completing a child support guidelines worksheet in the course of mediation to the court even when an agreement has not been reached by the parties. Under current law, these provisions conflict with a mediator's duty of confidentiality. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1028/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1028","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":447278,"bill_number":"SB1026","title":"Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification, DCJS authorized to waive requirements.","description":"Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification. Provides that no person who becomes a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2013, may have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including petit larceny, any misdemeanor sex offense, or any domestic assault. Additionally, any certified law-enforcement officer who has been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any such crime shall be decertified by the Criminal Justice Services Board.  The bill additionally requires a sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing when any certified law-enforcement officer or jail officer who is currently employed is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to certain crimes. Notice is also required when a law-enforcement officer or jail officer resigns or is terminated in advance of a pending drug screening or conviction of an offense that requires decertification. Upon receiving notice, the Criminal Justice Services Board shall decertify such officer.  Finally, the bill allows for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to waive decertification requirements for good cause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1026/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1026","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":447282,"bill_number":"SB1021","title":"Cigarette and other tobacco products taxes; electronic transactions.","description":"Cigarette and other tobacco products taxes; electronic transactions. Authorizes (i) the Attorney General and the Department of Taxation to accept electronic filing of reports by stamping agents and manufacturers and (ii) the Department of Taxation to allow electronic purchase of cigarette tax stamps.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1021/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1021","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":447285,"bill_number":"SB1016","title":"Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal.","description":"Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal. Clarifies that a protective order entered due to a violation of an initial protective order shall remain in effect upon petition for or the pendency of an appeal. The bill also includes family abuse protective orders issued in conjunction with a family abuse disposition among other protective orders that are not stayed upon appeal. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1016/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1016","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":447289,"bill_number":"SB994","title":"Mortgage loan originators; conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations.","description":"Mortgage loan originators. Conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations implementing the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act. Changes include (i) expanding the definition of a mortgage loan originator to include an individual who represents to the public that he can or will take an application for, or offer or negotiate the terms of, a residential mortgage loan; (ii) clarifying that when an individual acts as a loan originator in financing the sale of his own residence, he is exempt from licensing requirements; (iii) specifying conditions under which an attorney engaged in mortgage loan origination activities is exempt from licensing requirements; (iv) removing the definition of \"federal banking agencies\"; and (v) defining the term \"employee.\" This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0380)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB994/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB994","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":447290,"bill_number":"SB988","title":"Voluntary regulatory self-assessments by banks; privilege.","description":"Voluntary regulatory self-assessments by banks; privilege. Creates a privilege for self-assessment reports of a bank or its holding company, affiliates, and subsidiaries. The privilege makes a self-assessment report not admissible or subject to discovery in civil or administrative proceeding. The privilege shall not apply if it is waived; if the report is disclosed to certain third parties; if it is determined that the privilege is being asserted for a fraudulent purpose or that the report was prepared to avoid disclosure of information in a proceeding that was underway at the time of its preparation, or the report addresses a matter reasonably expected to cause imminent and substantial harm to bank customers or consumers; or if the report is requested by a bank regulator under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB988/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB988","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":447294,"bill_number":"SB982","title":"Medical reports or records; method for introducing into evidence in general district court.","description":"Evidence of medical reports or records. Rewrites for clarity the section setting forth the method for introducing into evidence medical records or reports in general district court in a civil action for personal injuries or to resolve a dispute with an insurance company or health care provider. The bill also provides that medical bills may be introduced into evidence in the same manner as medical records. The bill further provides that medical records and bills are subject to the same requirement as medical reports that the party intending to present such records and bills as evidence give notice of such intention to the opposing party 10 days before trial. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB982/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB982","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":447296,"bill_number":"SB979","title":"General district court; retention of case records.","description":"Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provided that they have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, such documents must be retained for 10 years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0377)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB979/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB979","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":447298,"bill_number":"SB978","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Eastern Shore business community.","description":"Special license plates supporting Eastern Shore business community. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates supporting education, charity, and scientific study for Virginia's Eastern Shore business community.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB978/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB978","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":447301,"bill_number":"SB977","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act; receipt of competing proposals, disclosure of business points.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; review of proposals. Requires public entities to post a notice, when they receive a proposal under the PPTA, and allow a 120-day submission period for competing proposals. The bill requires the notice to include information on the proposal and the public comment opportunities. The bill further requires, after negotiations are complete and a decision to award is made, that the public entity post the major business points of the agreement and outline how the public can submit comments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0622)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB977/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB977","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":447304,"bill_number":"SB976","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; circumstances for removal from office by Governor.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; circumstances for removal from office by the Governor. Provides that the Governor may remove any citizen member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board from office for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty. Currently, such members of the Board may be removed by the Governor at his pleasure.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB976/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB976","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":447309,"bill_number":"SB974","title":"Nursing homes; implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in residents' rooms.","description":"Nursing homes; electronic monitoring by patients. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in the rooms of residents of nursing homes, which shall include existing policies and procedures set forth in the Board's guidelines governing electronic monitoring of nursing home residents' rooms.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB974/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB974","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":447310,"bill_number":"SB973","title":"Medical assistance services; provider information database.","description":"Medical assistance services; fraud prevention; provider information database. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop and maintain a database of all health care providers currently eligible for reimbursement for medical assistance services provided under the state plan for medical assistance and the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan, and a program for checking each claim for reimbursement against the database prior to payment to verify eligibility of the provider seeking reimbursement and identify improper claims for payments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB973/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB973","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":447313,"bill_number":"SB971","title":"Lyme disease; physicians to disclose information to patients, licensees immune from civil liability.","description":"Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires physicians to provide to each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered a written notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need for the patient to contact his physician with questions or concerns about Lyme disease. The bill also provides that licensees are immune from civil liability for providing such notice absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-28","last_action":"Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB971/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB971","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":447315,"bill_number":"SB970","title":"Paper and plastic bags; imposes fee of $0.05 on those used by purchasers to carry tangible property.","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 is punishable by fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, and third or subsequent offenses, respectively.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (5-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB970/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB970","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447317,"bill_number":"SB968","title":"Absentee ballots; officers of election shall not reject ballot if middle name is not on envelope.","description":"Absentee ballots. Provides that officers of election shall not reject an absentee ballot on the basis that the voter failed to include a middle name or initial on the ballot envelope if such failure is not material to determining whether the individual is entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB968/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB968","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447319,"bill_number":"SB967","title":"Absentee ballot; persons applying to provide reason cannot vote at polling place, etc.","description":"Application for absentee ballot. Eliminates certain additional information that a person applying for an absentee ballot must submit regarding the reason the applicant will be absent or cannot vote at his polling place on the day of the election, including (i) in the case of a person, or the spouse or dependent of a person, who is on active duty in the military, the person's or his spouse's rank, grade, or rate, and service identification number; (ii) in the case of a student, the address of his school; (iii) in the case of a person with a disability or who is ill or pregnant, the nature of the disability, illness, or pregnancy; (iv) in the case of a person confined awaiting trial, the address of the institution of confinement; (v) in the case of a person caring for an ill or disabled family member, the name of the ill or disabled family member and the nature of the disability or illness; (vi) in the case of a person with a religious obligation, his religion; (vii) in the case of a person who will be at work for 11 or more hours when the polls are open, the address of his place of work; and (viii) in the case of a person designated as a poll watcher, the name of the party chairman or candidate who designated him.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB967/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB967","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447322,"bill_number":"SB966","title":"Assault and battery; adds magistrates within enhanced penalty provision.","description":"Assault and battery of magistrate; penalty. Elevates the punishment for committing an assault and battery against a magistrate who is engaged in the performance of his public duties from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB966/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB966","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447325,"bill_number":"SB964","title":"Elections; extension of polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.","description":"Hours polls to be open. Provides that polls shall close at 8:00 p.m. rather than 7:00 p.m.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (5-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB964/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB964","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447330,"bill_number":"SB963","title":"Officers of election; officers may be assigned to work in multiple precincts on election day.","description":"Officers of election; multiple precincts. Provides that the local electoral board may reassign an officer of election from the precinct in which he was originally assigned to work to another precinct for the remaining portion of election day.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB963/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB963","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447331,"bill_number":"SB962","title":"Officers of election; local electoral board may appoint person 17 years of age, requirements.","description":"Officers of election. Provides that a local electoral board may appoint a person 17 years of age as an officer of election, provided such person is a citizen of the United States, a resident of the Commonwealth, and, to the extent practicable, a resident of the precinct he is appointed to serve.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB962/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB962","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":447336,"bill_number":"SB960","title":"Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.","description":"Public schools; residency of children in kinship care. Allows a child receiving kinship care from an adult relative to enroll in the school division where the kinship care provider resides. The bill also allows local school divisions to require one legal parent and the kinship care provider to sign affidavits detailing the kinship care arrangement as well as a power of attorney authorizing the adult relative to make educational decisions regarding the child. The provisions of this bill will sunset on June 30, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB960/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB960","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":447337,"bill_number":"SB959","title":"Pedestrians, etc; local government may adopt ordinances requiring to stop at marked crosswalks.","description":"Crossing highways. Allows local governing bodies to adopt ordinances requiring users of shared-use paths to stop before crossing highways at marked crosswalks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB959/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB959","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":447343,"bill_number":"SB956","title":"Investor-owned electric utilities; declining block rate for residential customers.","description":"Electric utility rate schedules; declining block rates.  Requires any investor-owned electric utility that uses declining block rates for residential customers during winter months to assess the appropriateness of such rates in integrated resource plans filed with the State Corporation Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB956/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB956","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":447344,"bill_number":"SB953","title":"Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Department for; service for individuals with Alzheimer's disease.","description":"Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Expands the duties of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services related to services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and their caregivers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0376)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB953/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB953","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":447347,"bill_number":"SB952","title":"Child support; directs DSS to establish statewide arrearage reduction program.","description":"Child support arrearage reduction program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a statewide child support arrearage reduction program whereby the total amount of an arrearage owed to the Department for the payment of public assistance to or for the benefit of a dependent child or children or their custodial parent by an obligor who is responsible for the support of such child or children or custodial parent whose household income is less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level shall be reduced upon timely payment of child support owed, pursuant to an agreement between the obligor and the Department. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act passed during the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB952/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB952","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":447350,"bill_number":"SB951","title":"Bullying; defines term and requires school boards to prohibit acts by students and school employees.","description":"Student and school employee conduct; bullying. Defines the term \"bullying\" and requires school boards to prohibit students and school employees from engaging in any act of bullying. The bill also requires local school boards to implement policies and procedures for reporting, investigating, and addressing acts of bullying by July 1, 2014. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB951/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB951","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":447352,"bill_number":"SB950","title":"Practitioners of medicine, etc.; updates terminology in sections governing licensure, etc.","description":"Practice of medicine and other healing arts.  Updates terminology in sections governing licensure of practitioners of the healing arts, provides for use of electronic communication, expands the list of acceptable accrediting organizations for educational programs for podiatric medicine, and eliminates the Psychiatric Advisory Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB950/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB950","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":447354,"bill_number":"SB948","title":"State Police, Department of; accident reports may be retained in hard copy or electronic form.","description":"Department of State Police; crash reports maintained by the Department. Provides that the Department of State Police may retain certain automobile accident reports and furnish copies of such reports in either hard copy or electronic form. Under current law, the Department must retain such reports only in hard copy form.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB948/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB948","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":447358,"bill_number":"SB947","title":"Health insurance; modification of prescription drug coverage.","description":"Health insurance; modification of prescription drug coverage. Prohibits a health insurer, corporation providing accident and sickness subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization from making certain modifications in prescription drug coverage unless (i) the modification occurs at the time of coverage renewal; (ii) the modification is effective on a uniform basis among all policyholders, contract holders, or subscribers of identical or substantially identical policies, contracts, or plans; and (iii) the insurer, corporation, or health maintenance organization notifies affected insureds, subscribers, or members of the modification not later than 60 days before the date the modification is effective. The requirement applies only to modifications that remove a drug from a formulary, add a prior authorization requirement, impose or alter a quantity limit for a drug, impose a step-therapy restriction for a drug, or move a drug to a higher cost-sharing tier. The measure applies only to policies, contracts, or plans that include coverage for prescription drugs and utilize a formulary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB947/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB947","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":447359,"bill_number":"SB945","title":"Patient assistance programs; work group to develop recommendations regarding specialty drug needs.","description":"Health insurance; installment payments of cost-sharing obligations. Directs the Virginia Department of Health to convene a work group, which is to develop recommendations regarding issues relating to patient assistance programs for specialty drug needs and the authority of health insurers to move a drug to a higher cost-sharing tier or otherwise modify prescription drug coverage.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB945/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB945","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":447363,"bill_number":"SB944","title":"Administrative Process Act; issues on review, duty of court.","description":"Administrative Process Act; issues on review. Provides that when a final decision of an agency is appealed under the Administrative Process Act and the decision on review is to be made based on the agency record established from a formal hearing, the duty of the court with respect to issues of fact is to determine whether there was substantial evidence in the record to support the agency decision. In addition, the bill provides that the court shall enter judgment suspending or setting it aside and remanding it to the agency for further proceedings, if any.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB944/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB944","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":447365,"bill_number":"SB927","title":"Mount Hebron Cemetery; authorizes disbursement of funds for management of Confederate cemetery.","description":"Management of Confederate cemetery. Authorizes the disbursement of funds to the Mount Hebron Cemetery for management of the Confederate gravesites at the Stonewall Confederate Section of the cemetery. Current law authorizes the Stonewall Confederate Memorial Association to receive funds for management of the gravesites.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB927/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB927","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":447368,"bill_number":"HR111","title":"Commending the 2013 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","description":"Commending the 2013 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR111ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR111/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR111","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":447369,"bill_number":"HR110","title":"Commending the Town of Smithfield.","description":"Commending the Town of Smithfield.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR110ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR110/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR110","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":447373,"bill_number":"HJR686","title":"Commending Lonesome Pine Arts and Crafts, Incorporated.","description":"Commending Lonesome Pine Arts and Crafts, Incorporated.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ686ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR686/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ686","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447374,"bill_number":"HJR682","title":"Commending Stacy Ervin.","description":"Commending Stacy Ervin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ682ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR682/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ682","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447381,"bill_number":"HJR681","title":"Commending Mountain States Health Alliance.","description":"Commending Mountain States Health Alliance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ681ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR681/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ681","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447384,"bill_number":"HJR680","title":"Commending Powell Valley National Bank.","description":"Commending Powell Valley National Bank.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ680ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR680/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ680","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447386,"bill_number":"HJR673","title":"Celebrating the life of Larry A. Heaton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Larry A. Heaton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ673ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR673/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ673","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":447391,"bill_number":"HJR671","title":"Celebrating the life of Theresa Watson Johnson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Theresa Watson Johnson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ671ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR671/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ671","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":447392,"bill_number":"HJR662","title":"Celebrating the life of Laila Wheary Pearsall.","description":"Celebrating the life of Laila Wheary Pearsall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ662ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR662/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ662","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":447396,"bill_number":"HJR661","title":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Pearsall.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Wesley Pearsall.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ661ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR661/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ661","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":447399,"bill_number":"HJR660","title":"Celebrating the life of Tazewell Ellett III.","description":"Celebrating the life of Tazewell Ellett III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ660ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR660/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ660","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":447402,"bill_number":"HJR656","title":"Commending Dr. Billie M. Reed.","description":"Commending Dr. Billie M. Reed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ656ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR656/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ656","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":447404,"bill_number":"HJR655","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Ferrell Mothershead.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Ferrell Mothershead.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ655ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR655/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ655","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":447407,"bill_number":"HJR650","title":"Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech.","description":"Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ650ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR650/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ650","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":447409,"bill_number":"HJR649","title":"Commending The C.F. Sauer Company.","description":"Commending The C.F. Sauer Company.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ649ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR649/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ649","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":447411,"bill_number":"HJR648","title":"Commending Commander R. Malcolm Fortson III, USN (Ret.).","description":"Commending Commander R. Malcolm Fortson III, USN (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ648ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR648/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ648","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":447412,"bill_number":"HJR647","title":"Celebrating the life of Antoinette Taylor Smith.","description":"Celebrating the life of Antoinette Taylor Smith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ647ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR647/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ647","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":447417,"bill_number":"HJR627","title":"Celebrating the life of Judy Ann Baughan Lankford.","description":"Celebrating the life of Judy Ann Baughan Lankford.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ627ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR627/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ627","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":447418,"bill_number":"HJR626","title":"Companion Animal Protection Day; designates as January 23, in 2013 in each succeeding year.","description":"Companion Animal Protection Day. Designates January 23, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Companion Animal Protection Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR626/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ626","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":447424,"bill_number":"HJR617","title":"Rotary Day in Virginia; designates as June 1, in 2013 and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Rotary Day in Virginia. Designates June 1, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Rotary Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Introduced bill reprinted 13103582D","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR617/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ617","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":447426,"bill_number":"HJR608","title":"Pakistan Independence Day; designates as August 14, in 2013 and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Pakistan Independence Day. Designates August 14, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Pakistan Independence Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ608ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR608/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ608","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":447431,"bill_number":"HB2065","title":"Juvenile correctional centers; offenses committed by persons committed to DJJ, etc.","description":"Correctional centers; adult and juvenile; penalties. For selected offenses, imposes the same penalties for offenses committed by persons confined in a juvenile correctional center as currently exist for adult prisoners. Persons who deliver certain items to committed juveniles or allow their escape will face penalties comparable to the same conduct involving adult prisoners. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement, to assault persons directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections engaged in the performance of public duties; under current law this provision applies to employees of the Department of Corrections.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2065/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2065","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":447432,"bill_number":"HB2051","title":"Charter; Town of Front Royal.","description":"Charter; Town of Front Royal. Amends the town's charter by updating the boundary description. The bill also details the duties of town officers, updates references to the timing of elections, clarifies various town powers, and eliminates or updates numerous other provisions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2051/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2051","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":447434,"bill_number":"HB2011","title":"Urban county executive form of government; abandoned personal property.","description":"Urban county executive form of government; abandoned personal property. Provides that any county that has adopted the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) may, by ordinance, provide that it shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, or abandon on any real property in the county, or within specified districts within the county, any dilapidated furniture, appliance, machinery, equipment, shopping cart, building material or other item or personal property, which is either in a wholly or partially rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled, or inoperative condition and which is not completely enclosed within a building. The ordinance shall provide that any such item that remains on the real property for a period of seven days after a notice of violation is given to the owner of such personal property shall be presumed to be abandoned and subject to being removed from the real property by the county or its agents without further notice. In the event any such item is so removed, the cost of removal, including an administrative fee in the amount of $150, shall be charged to the owner of the personal property. No such ordinance shall apply to any real property used for the purpose of a licensed junk dealer or establishment engaged in the repair, rebuilding, reconditioning or salvaging of equipment. The ordinance may provide that a violation of the ordinance shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2011/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2011","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":447436,"bill_number":"HB1990","title":"License taxes; allows localities to impose on certain motor vehicles, temporary exemption.","description":"License taxes on certain motor vehicles. Allows localities to impose a license tax, not to exceed $250 annually, upon resident owners of motor vehicles that do not display license plates issued by the Commonwealth and that are not exempt from the requirements of displaying such license plates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1990/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1990","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":447438,"bill_number":"HB1984","title":"Non-conventional vehicles; titling and registration of mopeds, etc.","description":"Non-conventional vehicles. Provides for the titling and registration of mopeds and distinctive license plates for low-speed vehicles. The bill also requires a moped operator to carry government-issued photo identification and wear a face shield, safety glasses, or goggles if his moped is not equipped with safety glass or a windshield. The bill also makes all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and mopeds subject to the motor vehicle sales and use tax, if the owner does not show that they already paid the retail sales and use tax. The bill further classifies mopeds for valuation purposes in personal property taxation and allows localities to exempt mopeds from personal property taxation. The bill, too, replaces the term \"scooter\" with \"foot-scooter\" and makes other largely technical changes based upon recommendations made by DMV after a year-long study of Virginia's laws relating to non-conventional vehicles.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1984/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1984","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":447441,"bill_number":"HB1981","title":"Electronic tracking devices; person who installs, etc., without consent, Class 3 misdemeanor.","description":"Use of electronic tracking devices; penalty.  Provides that any person who installs or places an electronic tracking device through intentionally deceptive means and without consent and uses it to track the location of another person is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill includes exceptions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1981/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1981","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":447446,"bill_number":"HB1964","title":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Va. Economic and Infrastructure Develop Zone.","description":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. Allows localities located within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone to enter into a voluntary economic growth-sharing agreement without the review of the Virginia Commission on Local Government.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1964/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1964","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":447447,"bill_number":"HB1961","title":"Charter; City of Portsmouth.","description":"Charter; City of Portsmouth. Changes the deadline for the filing of a petition nominating a candidate for the office of mayor or city council member from the first Tuesday in June to the second Tuesday of June of the year of election. The amendment also moves the deadline for appointing a campaign treasurer from the first to the second Tuesday of June and makes the technical change of allowing the circulation of petitions to begin on January 1, as permitted by the Code of Virginia, rather than on the first Tuesday in January.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1961/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1961","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":447450,"bill_number":"HB1955","title":"Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel; impersonating, penalty.","description":"Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel. Provides that any unauthorized person who wears a uniform identical to or substantially similar to a standard uniform used by an office of sheriff to impersonate the office of sheriff is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor (currently a Class 3 misdemeanor). The bill adds new punishment for a second or subsequent such offense: a Class 6 felony. The bill also adds the same new punishment for a second or subsequent offense of impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel, currently a Class 1 misdemeanor for any such offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1955/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1955","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":447452,"bill_number":"HB1939","title":"Local officers; localities to temporarily designate someone to fill position in case of an absence.","description":"Local officers. Requires localities to temporarily designate someone to fill the position of an appointed officer in the case of an absence or disability. Currently, such authority is optional.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1939/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1939","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":447459,"bill_number":"HB1893","title":"Virginia Adoptable & Transferable Companion Animal Registry; Veterinarian to establish website.","description":"Virginia Adoptable and Transferable Companion Animal Registry. Requires the State Veterinarian to establish and maintain a website where representatives of releasing agencies may post information on companion animals that are available for adoption by the public or transfer to other releasing agencies. The bill also provides that a governing body may require a pound that it maintains to participate in the Registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1893/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1893","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":447461,"bill_number":"HB1892","title":"Childhood sexual abuse; statute of limitations.","description":"Childhood sexual abuse; statute of limitations.  Clarifies that the discovery rule used to determine when a cause of action for childhood sexual abuse accrues upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity or when the fact of the injury and its causal connection to the abuse is first communicated to the injured person.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1892/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1892","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":447463,"bill_number":"HB1882","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation; required contract provisions.  Requires all public bodies to include in every contract of more than $100,000 that involves the performance of work within the Commonwealth provisions requiring the contractor to agree (i) that 51 percent of all positions created in performance of the contract be filled by Virginia residents, (ii) that 35 percent of the total hours worked by apprentices in positions created in performance of the contract be performed by Virginia residents, and (iii) to use the Virginia Employment Commission as the first source of referral for obtaining qualified applicants for any new position. Under the bill, \"new position\" shall not include a position that is filled by a current employee of the contractor or an individual who was previously laid off by the contractor. The bill provides that it does not apply to any contracts for professional services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1882/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1882","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":447467,"bill_number":"HB1879","title":"Photo-monitoring systems.","description":"Photo-monitoring systems. Provides that the length of the all-red clearance interval shall be established based on the recommended methodology of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. The bill also amends current provisions by detailing the instances in which citations may be issued to drivers making right-turn movements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Science and Technology (18-Y 4-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1879/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1879","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":447470,"bill_number":"HB1874","title":"Medical malpractice; statute of limitations.","description":"Medical malpractice; statute of limitations. Amends the discovery rule, which triggers the running of the statute of limitations in medical malpractice cases involving the diagnosis of a malignant tumor or cancer. The bill provides that for a claim that negligence is a proximate cause of the failure to diagnose or a delay in the diagnosis of a tumor or cancer, the two-year statute of limitations is extended for one year from the date the diagnosis is communicated to the patient. Under current law, the claim must be that there was a negligent failure to diagnose the tumor or cancer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1874/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1874","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":447473,"bill_number":"HB1871","title":"Bullying; defines term, school boards shall include policies & procedure in code of student conduct.","description":"Student and school employee conduct; bullying. Defines the term \"bullying\" and requires school boards to include in their codes of student conduct policies and procedures that include a prohibition against bullying. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop model policies and procedures and school boards to adopt policies and procedures to educate school board employees about bullying and the need to create a bully-free environment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1871/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1871","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":447474,"bill_number":"HB1863","title":"Dangerous or vicious dogs; adoption of ordinances for control.","description":"Adoption of ordinances for the control of dangerous or vicious dogs. Expands the list of statutes that a locality may use as the basis for parallel ordinances by adding §3.2-6540, which deals with the control of dangerous or vicious dogs, to the list of available Code sections. A local ordinance that parallels §3.2-6540 may be more stringent than that section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1863/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1863","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":447477,"bill_number":"HB1862","title":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; add to list of offenses requiring registration.","description":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration where the conviction was under Title 18.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was in effect prior to 1975 when Title 18.2 came into effect.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1862/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1862","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":447478,"bill_number":"HB1861","title":"Residential property; certain notice of sale.","description":"Notice of sale of certain residential property. Amends current provisions that require localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) to be given notice when residential property is subject to a sale under a deed of trust by making those provisions applicable statewide and by requiring notice to be given within 60 days after the sale of the property. The bill also requires common interest community associations to be given such notice when such property is located within a common interest community.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1861/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1861","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":447483,"bill_number":"HB1859","title":"Rabies; local governing body to hold clinic at least once every two years.","description":"Rabies clinics. Requires a local governing body to ensure that a rabies clinic is conducted to serve the jurisdiction at least once every two years. Currently, a clinic is to be held once a year if the local government finds that the number of resident veterinarians is inadequate to meet the need for rabies vaccination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1859/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1859","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":447485,"bill_number":"HB1853","title":"Planning, zoning, etc., procedures; local commission shall consult with installation commander.","description":"Planning and zoning; effects of development on military installations. Requires any local planning commission to consult with the commander of a military installation that will be affected by development within the locality in order to reasonably protect the installation against potential adverse effects of development.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1853/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1853","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":447489,"bill_number":"HB1852","title":"Home-processed food; inspection of food establishments, labeling of foods with name of preparer.","description":"Inspection of food establishments and labeling of foods. Exempts private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products, including dried fruits, dry herbs, dry seasonings, nuts, vinegars, dried pasta, dry baking mixes, and cereals, from inspection by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), so long as the resident processing and preparing the product affixes a label to the product that indicates the name, address, and the telephone number of the person preparing the food product and that the residence has not been inspected by VDACS.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1852/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1852","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":447491,"bill_number":"HB1849","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities. Includes in the privileges for winery and farm winery licensees the ability to operate a contract winemaking facility. In the bill, \"contract winemaking facility\" is defined as the premises of a licensed winery or farm winery that obtains grapes, fruits, and other plants grown exclusively in Virginia from a person holding a farm winery license and crushes, processes, ferments, bottles, or provides any combination of such services pursuant to an agreement with the farm winery licensee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1849/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1849","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":447495,"bill_number":"HB1842","title":"License plates, special; issuance for firefighters and auxiliaries, Fraternal Order of Police, etc.","description":"Special license plates; firefighters and auxiliaries; Fraternal Order of Police; volunteer rescue squads and auxiliaries. Authorizes the imposition of a $10 annual surcharge for issuance of special license plates for professional and volunteer firefighters, members of volunteer fire department auxiliaries, members of the Fraternal Order of Police, and members of volunteer rescue squads and volunteer rescue squad auxiliaries. The amount of this surcharge is reduced to $2 per year beginning July 1, 2015. The proceeds of such fee are to be paid monthly to the Virginia Public Safety Foundation to be spent for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a public safety memorial in the Darden Memorial Garden next to Capitol Square.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1842/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1842","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":447498,"bill_number":"HB1839","title":"Home-produced operations; exempts food products processed in homes from certain regulations.","description":"Home-produced operations. Exempts food products processed or prepared in private homes or farms from Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations that apply to food establishments so long as the products are sold to end consumers and labeled with the producer's name and address, the product ingredients, and the statement that the product is not subject to Virginia's food safety laws and regulations. The bill also exempts these facilities from examinations conducted by the State Health Commissioner of establishments in which crustacea, finfish, and shellfish are handled.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1839/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1839","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":447500,"bill_number":"HB1832","title":"License plates, special; issuance to supporters of 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1832/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1832","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":447501,"bill_number":"HB1826","title":"Law-enforcement officers; exceptions to territorial limits.","description":"Law-enforcement officers; exceptions to territorial limits. Provides that whenever the necessity arises for the enforcement of laws related to kidnapping, police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of a locality, Capitol Police officers, and campus police may be sent beyond their territorial limits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1826/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1826","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":447505,"bill_number":"HB1819","title":"DCJS; criminal justice training schools.","description":"DCJS; criminal justice training schools. Adds to the powers and duties of the Department of Criminal Justice Services regarding the oversight and evaluation of criminal justice training schools approved by the Department. The bill requires the Department to provide direct assistance to any school not meeting established minimum standards or performance objectives. The bill also requires each training school to submit an annual report evaluating the training school's performance with regard to established minimum standards and performance objectives established by the Department. Finally the bill requires the Department to provide an annual evaluation to every training school, including in its evaluation information based upon the training school's annual report and any internal audit or field visit conducted by the Department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1819/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1819","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":447506,"bill_number":"HB1818","title":"Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; powers and duties.","description":"Powers and duties of the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council. Requires the Council to provide information on changes in the law that affect the duties and responsibilities of law-enforcement officers and make such information available to law-enforcement agencies, law-enforcement training academies, and the Department of Criminal Justice Services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1818/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1818","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":447510,"bill_number":"HB1817","title":"State Corporation Commission; payments and dishonored payments.","description":"State Corporation Commission; payments and dishonored payments. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to accept payment of any amount due by check, credit card, debit card, electronic funds transfer, or other means acceptable to it. The Commission is further authorized to add to any amount due a sum, not to exceed the amount charged to the Commission, for acceptance of any payment by a means that incurs a charge to the Commission. The measure directs that a penalty of the greater of $35 or the amount of any cost the Commission incurs shall be added to amount due if a payment is dishonored.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1817/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1817","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":447511,"bill_number":"HB1803","title":"Mortgage loan originators; conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations.","description":"Mortgage loan originators. Conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations implementing the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act. Changes include (i) expanding the definition of a mortgage loan originator to include an individual who represents to the public that he can or will take an application for, or offer or negotiate the terms of, a residential mortgage loan; (ii) clarifying that when an individual acts as a loan originator in financing the sale of his own residence, he is exempt from licensing requirements; (iii) specifying conditions under which an attorney engaged in mortgage loan origination activities is exempt from licensing requirements; (iv) removing the definition of \"federal banking agencies\"; and (v) defining the term \"employee.\" This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1803/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1803","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":447517,"bill_number":"HB1795","title":"Child support; confidentiality of guidelines worksheets in mediated agreements.","description":"Confidentiality of child support guidelines worksheets in mediated agreements. Eliminates two provisions requiring the disclosure of financial information obtained for the purposes of completing a child support guidelines worksheet in the course of mediation to the court even when an agreement has not been reached by the parties. Under current law, these provisions conflict with a mediator's duty of confidentiality. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1795/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1795","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":447518,"bill_number":"HB1781","title":"Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalties.","description":"Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalties. Provides that it is a felony punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 20 years to knowingly and without legal justification, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control of an incapacitated adult's money, assets, property, or financial resources with the intent to 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 in a position of trust, it is a Class 3 felony. The bill allows forfeiture of personal property used in connection with the crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1781/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1781","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":447521,"bill_number":"HB1773","title":"Nonsuits; fees and costs.","description":"Nonsuits; fees and costs. Provides that when a nonsuit is taken within 14 days prior to trial or during trial and a new proceeding on the same cause of action is instituted, the court may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and costs to a defendant who was also a defendant in the prior nonsuited action. The award shall reasonably compensate the defendant for any fees, expenses, and costs paid or incurred for the period between 14 days prior to trial and the time the nonsuit was taken that will be incurred again in the new proceeding. The award is capped at $25,000 or 10 percent of the amount of damages sought, whichever is greater. The bill also clarifies that a nonsuit taken at trial triggers the same consequences as a nonsuit taken within the seven days prior to trial, i.e., the court's ability to assess reasonable witness fees and travel costs against the nonsuiting party.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1773/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1773","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":447525,"bill_number":"HB1760","title":"SCC; integration of processes and forms by June 30, 2018, into Business Permitting Center, report.","description":"Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; participation by State Corporation Commission. Requires the State Corporation Commission, by June 30, 2018, to fully integrate processes and forms into the Business Permitting Center administered by the Department of Business Assistance and to process all forms within 48 business hours from the time the applicant submits the form electronically. The bill also provides for the Commission and the Business Permitting Center to report on progress and any barriers to completion biannually to the Governor and the chairmen of the Senate Finance, Senate General Laws and Technology, Senate Commerce and Labor, House Appropriations, and House Commerce and Labor committees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1760/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1760","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":447527,"bill_number":"HB1758","title":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services.","description":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services. Authorizes the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to undertake whatever activities the Authority deems appropriate to provide bridge loans and shipment insurance for Virginia exporters. This bill may be known as the Virginia Export Assistance Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1758/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1758","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":447535,"bill_number":"HB1755","title":"Charter; Town of Bedford.","description":"Charter; Town of Bedford. Creates a charter for the Town of Bedford, formerly the City of Bedford. The charter describes the incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the new town; provides for the administration, government, and financial administration of the town through its mayor, council, and town manager; and contains general provisions addressing the continuance of the government of the former city and other matters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1755/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1755","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":447536,"bill_number":"HB1754","title":"Service of process; in order to be timely, must be made within 90 days from commencement of action.","description":"Service of process; timing. Provides that in order to be timely, service of process must be made within 90 days from the commencement of the action. Currently, service of process is timely if made within 12 months. The bill also provides that no nonsuit may be taken more than 90 days after the commencement of an action in the absence of timely service of process unless the court finds that the plaintiff exercised due diligence in attempting to serve process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1754/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1754","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":447539,"bill_number":"HB1753","title":"Meherrin River; designates 17.8-mile segment as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System","description":"Scenic river. Adds the 17.8-mile segment of the Meherrin River lying within Mecklenberg and Lunenburg Counties as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The Meherrin River within Brunswick County, a distance of approximately 37 miles, adjoins the new segment and is designated as a scenic river by current law, making the total distance designated as a scenic river approximately 54.8 miles. The bill provides that nothing in the amended section shall preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, or performing necessary maintenance on any road or bridge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1753/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1753","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":447540,"bill_number":"HB1752","title":"Personal representatives; access to digital accounts.","description":"Powers of personal representatives; digital accounts. Provides that the personal representative of a deceased minor has the power to assume the deceased minor's terms of service agreement for a digital account with an Internet service provider, communications service provider, or other online account service provider for the purposes of consenting to and obtaining the disclosure of the deceased minor's communications and subscriber records. The provider shall provide the personal representative with access to the deceased minor's communications and subscriber records within 60 days from the receipt of a written request from the personal representative and a copy of the deceased minor's death certificate.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1752/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1752","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":447543,"bill_number":"HB1748","title":"Limited liability companies; updates Virginia Limited Liability Company Act, technical amendments.","description":"Limited liability companies. Updates the Virginia Limited Liability Company Act to (i) provide a single standard for the execution by foreign limited liability companies of documents; (ii) provide for the perpetual existence of a Virginia limited liability company, which will be presumed unless a specified period of duration is set forth in the articles of organization; (iii) provide a requirement for the inclusion of an identification number in certain documents; and (iv) align annual registration fee assessment and domestication provisions with similar provisions applicable to other business entities. The measure also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1748/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1748","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":447546,"bill_number":"HB1744","title":"Grass and weeds; written notice to property owners in Dinwiddie County and City of Hampton, etc.","description":"Cutting of grass; notice. Adds the City of Hampton and the County of Dinwiddie to existing provisions related to regulation of the cutting of grass and provides that one notice per incident or per growing season shall constitute reasonable notice to property owners.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1744/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1744","sponsor":"Mamye BaCote"},
{"bill_id":447548,"bill_number":"HB1743","title":"Independent living services; foster children committed to Department of Juvenile Justice, etc.","description":"Independent living services.  Provides that local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies may make independent living services available to persons 18 to 21 years of age who are released from commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice after reaching 18 years of age and who were committed or entrusted to the care of a local board of social services or child-placing agency at the time they were committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill expands the definition of \"independent living services\" to include services provided to a person who is at least 18 years of age but who has not yet reached the age of 21 years who, immediately prior to his commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice, was in the custody of the local board of social services. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act passed during the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law, and the General Assembly has determined that such requirement has been met.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1743/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1743","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":447551,"bill_number":"HB1742","title":"Foster care; independent living services.","description":"Foster care; independent living services. Extends from 60 days to 180 days the period after discontinuation of independent living services during which a person in foster care who has not yet reached the age of 21 may request restoration of independent living services. The bill requires local departments to provide information and counseling to persons ages 18 to 21 who elect to leave foster care or terminate independent living services regarding available independent living services, should the person choose to continue receiving them, and the option and process of restoration of services, should the person choose to discontinue them.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1742/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1742","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":447555,"bill_number":"HB1739","title":"Banks; security deposits of governmental entities.","description":"Banks; deposits of securities. Authorizes banks to deposit securities for the purpose of securing deposits of any other state where the bank has a branch office or any agency or political subdivision of such state. Under current law, banks may deposit securities to secure deposits by the Commonwealth and its agencies and political subdivisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1739/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1739","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":447556,"bill_number":"HB1738","title":"Invention development services; required disclosure, civil penalty.","description":"Invention development services; disclosure and civil penalty. Requires each contract for invention development services to include on its cover sheet a disclosure of the invention developer's rate of successful outcomes, measured as the percentage of its contracts that have resulted in the procurement of a license, buyer, or patent for an invention. The measure also increases the maximum amount of a civil penalty that the Attorney General may recover in an enforcement action from $3,000 to $25,000. The measure also clarifies that collected civil penalties will be deposited in the general fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1738/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1738","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":447559,"bill_number":"HB1737","title":"Transparency in Developer-Owned Country Club Act; established.","description":"Transparency in Developer-Owned Country Clubs Act; established. Provides that for any refundable deposit paid by a member for the use of a developer-owned country club that is not held in an account segregated from other accounts of the owner of the country club, the owner shall provide each member with an annual statement of the status of his refundable deposit and if any such deposit has been used by the owner, the purpose for which the deposits was used. The bill defines the terms \"country club\" and \"member.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1737/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1737","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":447560,"bill_number":"HB1736","title":"Real Estate Board; protection of escrow funds by real estate licensee, rental agreement, etc.","description":"Real Estate Board; protection of escrow funds by real estate licensee; payments made under a rental agreement. Provides that for any landlord-tenant relationship within the purview of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, any prepaid rent paid more than one month prior to the due date and all security deposits paid to a licensed broker in connection with the lease shall be placed in an escrow account by the end of the fifth business banking day following receipt, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the principals to the lease transaction. Additionally, any application deposit paid by a prospective tenant for the purpose of being considered as a tenant for a dwelling unit to a real estate licensee acting on behalf of the landlord shall be placed in escrow by the end of the fifth business banking day following approval of the rental application by the landlord. The bill provides that the funds must remain in the escrow account until disbursed in accordance with the lease, property management agreement or by law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1736/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1736","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":447565,"bill_number":"HB1734","title":"Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; technical amendments.","description":"Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that where there is more than one tenant subject to a rental agreement, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by each of the tenants, disposition of the security deposit shall be made with one check being payable to all such tenants and sent to the forwarding address provided by the tenants. If the tenants do not provide the landlord a forwarding address to enable the landlord to make a refund of the security deposit, upon the expiration of one year from the date of the end of the 45-day statutory period, the balance of the tenants' security deposit shall escheat to the Commonwealth and shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund. Upon payment to the Commonwealth, the landlord shall have no further liability to the tenant relative to the security deposit and is deemed in compliance with real estate licensing laws and corresponding regulations of the Real Estate Board. The bill also allows a landlord to proceed to obtain possession of the premises when rent is unpaid within five days after the landlord's pay or quit notice because an electronic fund transfer has been rejected due to insufficient funds or a bad faith stop order on an electronic payment by the tenant. In addition, the bill provides in the case of a month-to-month tenancy for a single family residence the lease may provide for a notice of termination period other than 30 days. Under current law such tenancy may be terminated by either party giving 30 days' notice in writing, prior to the next rent due date, of his intention to terminate. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1734/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1734","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":447566,"bill_number":"HB1733","title":"Workers' compensation; peer review of services rendered by physicians.","description":"Workers' compensation; peer review of services rendered by physicians. Allows any party to a dispute regarding medical treatment or services that has been referred to a peer review committee to have the matter remanded to the Workers' Compensation Commission if the matter has not been resolved within six months of its referral. A case remanded to the Commission shall not be re-referred to a peer review committee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1733/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1733","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":447572,"bill_number":"HB1722","title":"Facilities; assistance and documentation to person seeking business license, etc.","description":"Assistance and documentation required from localities. Provides that in any instance in which a person is seeking a business permit, a license, or an application for any similar local government approval from a locality, the locality shall provide documentation and instructions that outline all steps necessary to obtain the permit, license or approval. The locality shall also specify any further permit, license or other approval that may be required to complete the original project or business activity and shall disclose the expected time required by the locality for the completion of each step of the process to obtain the license, permit or other approval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1722/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1722","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":447573,"bill_number":"HB1721","title":"Child abuse and neglect investigations; time limit for reports.","description":"Child abuse and neglect investigations; time limit for reports. Provides that time during which the local department of social services is waiting to receive records that are necessary for the investigation of alleged sexual abuse of a child or alleged abuse or neglect of a child that resulted in the death of the child shall not be counted towards the time limit by which such investigation must be completed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1721/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1721","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":447576,"bill_number":"HB1720","title":"Alcoholic beverages; person not requiring evidence of legal age guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor, etc.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; proof of legal age required. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages to an individual under 21 years of age if the seller does not require the individual to present bona fide evidence of legal age indicating that the individual is 21 years of age or older. Bona fide evidence of legal age is limited to any evidence that is or reasonably appears to be an unexpired driver's license, military identification card, United States passport or foreign government visa, unexpired special identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any other valid government-issued identification card bearing the individual's photograph, signature, height, weight, and date of birth, or which bears a photograph that reasonably appears to match the appearance of the purchaser. The bill excludes student identification cards as bona fide evidence of legal age.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1720/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1720","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":447579,"bill_number":"HB1714","title":"District court or circuit court clerk; records sent to DMV.","description":"Records sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles; court clerks. Clarifies the timing for when a clerk of a district court or circuit court is required to forward an abstract of the record in certain cases to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill further provides that if the records in the office of any district court or circuit court clerk show that the judgment in such cases has been vacated or nullified in any manner, the clerk shall make a report of such to the Commissioner. The bill provides further that no record in the district court should be filed unless the time for filing an appeal has expired and no appeal has been perfected.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1714/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1714","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":447581,"bill_number":"HB1712","title":"Human rights; local commission may investigate discrimination.","description":"Local commission on human rights. Provides that any locality that has established a local commission on human rights may include discrimination based on sexual orientation among those areas of discrimination the commission may investigate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1712/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1712","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":447586,"bill_number":"HB1711","title":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; notice to owners of election of directors.","description":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; notice to owners of election of directors at a special meeting. Provides that in the event of the cancellation of any annual meeting at which members of the board of directors are elected, the seven-day notice of any subsequent meeting scheduled to elect such directors shall include a statement that the meeting is scheduled for the express purpose of the election of directors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1711/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1711","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":447589,"bill_number":"HB1709","title":"Nonsuits; dismissal of action, fees and costs.","description":"Dismissal of action by nonsuit; fees and costs. Clarifies that if notice to take a nonsuit is given to the opposing party during trial, the court may assess against the nonsuiting party reasonable witness fees and travel costs of expert witnesses scheduled to appear at trial, which are actually incurred by the opposing party, solely by reason of the failure of the nonsuiting party to give notice at least seven days prior to trial. The bill also provides that invoices, receipts, or confirmation of payment shall be admissible to prove reasonableness of such expert witness costs and may, in the court's discretion, satisfy the reasonableness requirement, without the need for further testimony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1709/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1709","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":447591,"bill_number":"HB1708","title":"Summary judgment; use of depositions as basis for motion or to strike evidence.","description":"Civil remedies; use of depositions. Allows that requests for admission for which the responses are submitted in support of a motion for summary judgment may be based, in whole or in part, upon discovery depositions and may include admitted facts learned or referenced in such a deposition, provided that any such request for admission shall not reference the deposition or require the party to admit that the deponent gave specific testimony. The bill also allows that a motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of any claim or demand for punitive damages, except in cases involving driving under the influence, may be sustained when based, in whole or in part, upon discovery depositions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1708/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1708","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":447594,"bill_number":"HB1707","title":"Unemployment compensation; notices of penalties for fraudulent claims for benefits, etc.","description":"Unemployment compensation; notice penalty for fraud. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide claimants with notices of the sanctions to which a claimant is subject as a consequence of providing false or misleading statements to obtain state unemployment compensation benefits. The failure of the claimant to receive a notice shall not constitute a defense to any criminal prosecution, administrative fraud disqualification, or action to collect an overpayment of benefits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1707/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1707","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":447595,"bill_number":"HB1706","title":"Charter; City of Norfolk.","description":"Charter; City of Norfolk. Shifts the election cycle for the mayor by providing that the person elected mayor at the 2014 election shall be elected for a term of two years only.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1706/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1706","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":447599,"bill_number":"HB1705","title":"Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; written notice, liability for reasonable charges for services.","description":"Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. Provides that the Fund has a lien on a victim's claim if an award was made from the Fund. The bill also provides that if the defendant pays restitution, and the Fund has made any payments for expenses included in the restitution order, then at the request of the Fund, the entity collecting the restitution must, upon presentation of a written request, pay as much of the restitution collected to the Fund as will reimburse the Fund for its payments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1705/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1705","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":447600,"bill_number":"HB1704","title":"Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information to certain agents.","description":"Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information to local law enforcement. Adds an agent designated by the chief law-enforcement officer of any county or city to the list of individuals to whom the Department of Health Professions must disclose information relevant to a specific investigation of a specific recipient, dispenser, or prescriber upon request, and provides that agents designated by the superintendent of the Department of State Police or the chief law-enforcement officer of a county or city to receive information relevant to a specific investigation of a specific recipient, dispenser, or prescriber shall have completed the Virginia State Police Drug Diversion School. The bill also provides that the Department may disclose information relating to prescriptions for covered substances issued by a specific prescriber to that prescriber.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1704/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1704","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":447605,"bill_number":"HB1702","title":"Counseling, Board of; confirmation of appointments by General Assembly.","description":"Board of Counseling; confirmation of appointments by General Assembly. Provides that all appointments to the Board of Counseling that are made by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1702/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1702","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":447608,"bill_number":"HB1699","title":"Personal property tax, tangible; computer equipment & peripherals used in data centers, definition.","description":"Tangible personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers. Creates a separate classification, for purposes of permitting localities to set a lower personal property tax rate, on computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1699/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1699","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":447609,"bill_number":"HB1698","title":"Charter; Town of Clintwood.","description":"Charter; Town of Clintwood. Updates the boundary description in the charter of the Town of Clintwood. Other changes include removing or updating references to outdated town officers, removing outdated provisions related to the mayor's powers, revising council salary provisions, and removing and updating outdated town powers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1698/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1698","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":447613,"bill_number":"HB1697","title":"Real property tax; land use valuation.","description":"Real property tax; special valuation for land preservation. Makes it optional for localities to impose roll-back taxes when the owner of real property that qualifies for special land use valuation has the property rezoned for a more intensive use. Under current law, imposition of such taxes is mandatory.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1697/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1697","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":447614,"bill_number":"HB1695","title":"Agricultural-customer generators, eligible; renewable energy incentives through net metering, etc.","description":"Renewable energy; agricultural net metering. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a net energy metering program for eligible agricultural customers. Agricultural net metering will allow a customer that operates a solar, wind, or aerobic or anaerobic digester gas facility of up to 500 kilowatts as part of an agricultural business to be served by multiple meters that are located at separate but contiguous sites, provided the generating facility is located on land owned or controlled by the agricultural business and is used to provide energy to metered accounts of the agricultural business.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1695/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1695","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":447619,"bill_number":"HB1694","title":"Land preservation tax credits; application for credits prior to any donation.","description":"Land preservation tax credits; application for credits prior to any donation. Provides that beginning January 1, 2014, a taxpayer requesting at least $1 million in land preservation tax credits with respect to a proposed donation could elect to apply to the Department of Taxation for a conditional issuance of tax credits prior to making any donation of land. However, the bill also provides that no tax credit of $1 million or more could be conditionally issued for any proposed donation unless the conservation value of the proposed donation is verified by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Tax Commissioner, in general, would be required to provide such donors with a determination letter within 120 days conditionally issuing the land preservation tax credits, in whole or in part, or denying the application for tax credits. After receiving the Tax Commissioner's determination letter, the donor could complete the conveyance of the donation and in such case would provide the Department with certified copies of the recorded deeds and instruments conveying the donation. Upon the Department's receipt of the certified copies, the donor's application for land preservation tax credits would be deemed complete at that time. The Department then would provide the donor with a written certification issuing the tax credits that were previously conditionally issued. If the Tax Commissioner issues land preservation tax credits to any donor who elected to apply for the credits prior to making any donation, the fair market value of the donation would thereafter not be subject to dispute, except upon a demonstration of the presence of fraud or the misrepresentation of a material fact by the taxpayer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1694/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1694","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":447620,"bill_number":"HB1692","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act; receipt of competing proposals, disclosure of business points.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; review of proposals. Requires public entities to post a notice, when they receive a proposal under the PPTA, and allow a 120-day submission period for competing proposals. The bill requires the notice to include information on the proposal and the public comment opportunities. The bill further requires, after negotiations are complete and a decision to award is made, that the public entity post the major business points of the agreement and outline how the public can submit comments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1692/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1692","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":447624,"bill_number":"HB1691","title":"Virginia Port Authority; acquisition and lease of property, limitations.","description":"Virginia Port Authority; acquisition and lease of property; limitations. Prevents the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act regarding the ownership or operation of any seaport or port facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Tabled in Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1691/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1691","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":447625,"bill_number":"HB1690","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act; definition of transportation facility, port facility excluded.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act; definition of transportation facility; port facility excluded. Removes port facility from the definition of \"transportation facility\" under the Public-Private Transportation Act. The bill also provides that the Virginia Port Authority is not included in the definition of \"public entity\" or \"responsible public entity\" under the Public-Private Transportation Act. As a result, the Virginia Port Authority can no longer avail itself of the provisions of the Public-Private Transportation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1690/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1690","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":447629,"bill_number":"HB1689","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; approval required for comprehensive agreements.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; approval required for comprehensive agreements involving the sale or long-term lease of port facilities. Provides that where a responsible public entity is a state agency, then any proposed comprehensive agreement for a qualifying transportation facility that involves the sale of a port facility or a lease to operate a port facility for a period of 10 years or more shall be reviewed by the General Assembly prior to execution. The bill defines \"port facility\" and \"state agency.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1689/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1689","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":447632,"bill_number":"HB1687","title":"Real property tax; increases in assessed value for prior years.","description":"Real property tax; increases in assessed value for prior years. Reduces the period of time in which the assessed value of real property may be increased for prior years from the three preceding tax years to the preceding tax year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1687/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1687","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":447636,"bill_number":"HB1686","title":"Credit unions; limit on authorized investments in certain property, retained earnings.","description":"Credit unions; retained earnings. Increases the maximum amount of a credit union's funds that may be invested in its real estate, office buildings, equipment, and furnishings, without the prior written authorization of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The measure sets the maximum amount of such investments at five percent of the total of members' share accounts and retained earnings. Currently, the cap is five percent of only such share accounts. Finally, the measure defines \"retained earnings\" as undivided earnings, regular reserve, reserve for contingencies, supplemental reserves, reserves for losses, and other appropriations from undivided earnings as designated by management or the Bureau of Financial Institutions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1686/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1686","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":447639,"bill_number":"HB1684","title":"Identity theft; victim assistance, restitution, penalties.","description":"Identity theft; penalties. Raises the punishment for identity theft where five or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony and raises the punishment for identity theft where 50 or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 5 to a Class 4 felony. A violation resulting in the arrest and detention of the victim is raised from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1684/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1684","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":447642,"bill_number":"HB1683","title":"Comprehensive Services, Office of; reporting expenditures for children receiving services.","description":"Office of Comprehensive Services; reporting expenditures for children receiving services. Adds community-based mental health services to the list of services for which expenditures must be reported by the Office of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1683/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1683","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":447643,"bill_number":"HB1681","title":"Child labor permits; transfers task of issuing from public school superintendents to DOLI.","description":"Child labor permits. Transfers the task of issuing child labor permits from public school superintendents to the Department of Labor and Industry through procedures prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Certificates may be issued both directly and electronically.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1681/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1681","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":447648,"bill_number":"HB1678","title":"Check cashers; 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 make a copy of the customer's valid identification document or obtain the customer's thumbprint. Records for each transaction are required to be retained for one year and 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":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1678/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1678","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":447649,"bill_number":"HB1677","title":"Transportation funding; elimination and increasing certain taxes.","description":"Transportation funding. Adjusts the sources and amounts of funding for transportation by repealing the tax on all motor fuels except diesel fuel and diesel blended fuel, increasing the retail sales and use tax rate by 0.75 percent and allocating the additional revenue to transportation according to the current formula for motor fuels tax revenue allocation, and doubling the amount of current sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1677/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1677","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":447653,"bill_number":"HB1676","title":"Service of process; in order to be timely, must be made within six months from commencement.","description":"Service of process; timing. Provides that in order to be timely, service of process must be made within six months from the commencement of the action. Currently, service of process is timely if made within 12 months. The bill also provides that no nonsuit may be taken more than six months after the commencement of an action in the absence of timely service of process unless the court finds that the plaintiff exercised due diligence in attempting to serve process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1676/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1676","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447654,"bill_number":"HB1672","title":"Naloxone; administration by unlicensed individual in cases of opiate overdose.","description":"Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose. Allows a person to obtain a prescription for and to possess and administer naloxone to a family member or friend for the purpose of counteracting the effects of opiate overdose. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to work together with the Department of Health, Department of Health Professions, law-enforcement agencies, substance abuse recovery support organizations, and other stakeholders to conduct pilot programs on the administration of naloxone to counteract the effects of opiate overdose. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report on such pilot programs to the General Assembly by December 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1672/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1672","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":447658,"bill_number":"HB1671","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; exemption from tied house restriction for one out-of-state winery.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; tied house; exemption. Provides an exemption from the tied house restriction for one out-of-state winery, not under common control or ownership with any other winery, that is under common ownership or control with one restaurant licensed to sell wine at retail in Virginia, so long as any wine produced by that winery is purchased from a Virginia wholesale wine licensee by the restaurant before it is offered for sale to consumers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1671/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1671","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":447659,"bill_number":"HB1670","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Dickenson County to list of counties authorized to levy.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Dickenson County. Adds Dickenson County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, rather than the two percent rate available to all counties. Any revenue attributable to any rate over two percent shall be spent solely for tourism and travel promotion purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1670/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1670","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":447663,"bill_number":"HB1667","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties in Smyth County.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Authorizes the ABC Board to grant mixed beverage licenses to certain properties located in Smyth County, notwithstanding the requirement for a liquor-by-the-drink referendum in those jurisdictions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1667/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1667","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":447666,"bill_number":"HB1666","title":"Professional counselors; licensure.","description":"Licensure of professional counselors. Clarifies the definitions of \"counseling\" and \"professional counselor\" and adds definitions for \"residency,\" \"resident,\" and \"supervision.\" The bill also requires the Board of Counseling to maintain a registry of persons who meet the requirements for supervision of residents and to make the registry of approved supervisors available to persons seeking resident status.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1666/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1666","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":447668,"bill_number":"HB1663","title":"Motor fuels tax; authorizes any county or city to impose at rate not to exceed $0.10 per gallon.","description":"Local motor fuels tax. Authorizes any county or city to impose a tax at a rate not to exceed $0.10 per gallon on motor fuel sold by a wholesale distributor to a retail dealer in the locality. The revenue from such tax shall be used solely for transportation projects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1663/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1663","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":447670,"bill_number":"HB1655","title":"Motor vehicle insurance; assignment of medical expense benefits to assignor's health care provider.","description":"Motor vehicle insurance; assignment of medical expense benefits. Establishes requirements for assigning motor vehicle insurance medical expense benefits to the assignor's health care provider. In order for an assignment to be valid, a copy of the executed assignment of benefits form shall be provided to the motor vehicle insurer. The assignment form is required to include, among other things, statements that the person may want to consult his insurance agent or attorney before signing the form and that he is not required to execute the form to receive care. The assignor is required to receive notice of the effect of the assignment. Subject to certain exceptions, upon receipt of a copy of a valid assignment form, the motor vehicle insurer shall pay directly to the health care provider, from any medical expense benefits available to such person under a motor vehicle insurance policy, any copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles owed by the injured covered person to the health care provider if the covered injured person is covered under a health care policy, the health care provider is an in-network provider, and the health care provider has submitted its claim to the health insurer for the health care services. If the covered injured person is not covered under a health care policy or the health care provider is not an in-network provider, the motor vehicle insurer shall pay directly to the health care provider, from such available benefits, amounts to cover the cost of the health care services provided, in the amount of the usual and customary fee charged in that community for the health care services rendered. A motor vehicle insurer shall be held harmless for making payments to a health care provider pursuant to a valid assignment of benefits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1655/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1655","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":447672,"bill_number":"HB1638","title":"Military Affairs, Department of; providing of flag to next of kin.","description":"Department of Military Affairs; providing of flag to next of kin. Adds the Virginia State Defense Force to the list of organizations that receive state appropriations for presentation of a flag of the Commonwealth to the next of kin of a person who, upon his death, was serving in, or honorably served for a period of 20 years in and retired from, the Virginia State Defense Force. Current law lists the National Guard and the naval militia and recognizes service in the National Guard only.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1638/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1638","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":447673,"bill_number":"HB1632","title":"Motor vehicle dealers; imposition of financial penalties, warranty and sales incentive obligations.","description":"Dealer franchises; administrative fees and penalties. Extends the protection that dealers currently retain for chargebacks to administrative fees and other penalties. Current law protects dealers who seek to challenge chargebacks for warranty and sales incentive claims from having the disputed amounts taken from open accounts with the manufacturer while the dispute is ongoing. This bill extends this protection to dealers challenging a manufacturer's imposition of administrative fees and other penalties. This bill contains technical amendments and is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1632/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1632","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":447676,"bill_number":"HB1628","title":"Driver training schools; no DMV regulation shall provide for minimum distance between facilities.","description":"Driver training schools. Provides that no DMV regulation shall provide for a minimum distance of separation between driver training schools and DMV facilities in any city or town with a population of 10,000 or less.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1628/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1628","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":447677,"bill_number":"HB1576","title":"Virginia armed forces; distributing educational materials.","description":"Virginia armed forces; educational materials. Requires the Adjutant General to distribute to members of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force educational materials relating to the lawful exercise of the power of the United States Congress to declare war.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1576/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1576","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":449027,"bill_number":"HB1715","title":"Circuit court clerks; electronic filing and records, remote access.","description":"Clerks of circuit courts; electronic filing and records; remote access. Makes various changes to the provisions that allow circuit court clerks to provide remote access to certain records and to charge a fee for such access. The bill also directs that fees assessed for electronic filing of cases and other records and accessing certain records remotely shall be paid to the clerk's nonreverting local fund to be used to cover the clerk's operational expenses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1715/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1715","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":449028,"bill_number":"HB1716","title":"Circuit court clerks; allowed to establish and maintain their own case management systems, etc.","description":"Clerks' fees; case management systems, etc. Allows circuit court clerks to establish and maintain their own case management systems, financial management systems, or other independent technology. Data from a clerk's independent system may be provided directly to designated state agencies or to such agencies through an interface with the systems of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The Executive Secretary shall provide an electronic interface to the data available on his systems to a circuit court clerk upon the clerk's written request. The bill also defines the term \"operational expenses\" and requires the clerks to submit certain data in a format acceptable to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1716/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1716","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":449029,"bill_number":"HB1717","title":"Comprehensive plan; transportation component shall be consistent with Statewide Transportation Plan.","description":"Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1717/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1717","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":449030,"bill_number":"HB1724","title":"Subdivision ordinance; Charlottesville may allow developer to construct sidewalk on residential lot.","description":"Subdivision ordinances; City of Charlottesville, sidewalk construction fund option. Authorizes the City of Charlottesville to alter its subdivision ordinance regarding the requirement that a developer construct a sidewalk along the property under development. The bill permits the City of Charlottesville to give developers the option of contributing funds equal to the cost of constructing the required sidewalk to a city-run sidewalk construction fund for use anywhere in the city.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1724/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1724","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":449031,"bill_number":"HB1727","title":"Water and waste authorities; rates and charges.","description":"Water and waste authorities; rates. Clarifies the ability of a water or waste authority to fix rates for services that are furnished by a refuse collection and disposal system. The bill expands the list of rate-setting powers that require a public hearing by adding the rate-setting power found in subdivision 10 of §15.2-5114, a power that includes the establishment of incentives for green roofs. The bill combines the two parallel processes found in current law for the setting of rates for sewage disposal and refuse collection, and it reduces the period for publication of notice of a rate-setting hearing from 60 days to 14 days. Finally, the bill provides that no rate established before January 1, 2013, shall be invalidated because of a failure to provide the required public notice. The bill also makes technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1727/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1727","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":449032,"bill_number":"HB1735","title":"School boards, local; salary increases for members.","description":"Local school boards; salary increases. Specifies that salary increases for local school boards representing a city or town established in a year preceding a year in which members are to be appointed or elected shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which the election or appointment occurs if the election or appointment occurs prior to July 1 and shall be become effective January 1 of the following year if the election or appointment occurs after June 30.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1735/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1735","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":449033,"bill_number":"HB1741","title":"Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; organ removal and Virginia Transplant Council.","description":"Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; organ removal and the Virginia Transplant Council. Requires any physician or technician performing the removal of donated tissue to have been approved as qualified by a tissue bank. Current law requires approval by LifeNet Health. The bill also authorizes membership on the Virginia Transplant Council to any organization accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, the American Association of Tissue Banks, or the Eye Bank Association of America that is directly involved in activities related to organ, tissue, or eye donation, procurement, or transplantation in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1741/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1741","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":449034,"bill_number":"HB1745","title":"Children; taking indecent liberties, use of communications system to propose sex offenses.","description":"Sex offenses involving a child; communications systems and indecent liberties. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person 18 years of age or older to use a communications system, including computers, computer networks, bulletin boards, or any other electronic means, for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a child younger than 15 years of age to knowingly and intentionally propose that any such child feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts. The provision also applies if the child is at least 15 and the perpetrator is more than seven years older than the child. Currently, it is unlawful to, among other things, propose that the child feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of such person or propose that such person feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of the child. The bill also includes in indecent liberties proposing that a child under the age of 15 feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1745/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1745","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":449035,"bill_number":"HB1746","title":"Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony.","description":"Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony. Adds to the list of violent felonies: killing of a fetus, criminal street gang recruitment using force, strangulation of another, assault and battery when it is a hate crime, felony violation of a protective order, felony infected sexual battery, manufacture bombs, willfully discharging a firearm in a public place resulting in bodily injury, brandishing a machete or other bladed weapon near a school, wearing body armor while committing certain crimes, display of grooming video to child, cross burning, burning object with intent to intimidate, placing a swastika with intent to intimidate, displaying noose with intent to intimidate, treason, escape of sexually violent predator, and unauthorized dissemination of fusion center information resulting in death or serious bodily injury. When an offense falls under the definition of violent felony, sentencing ranges are increased, punishment is statutorily enhanced for certain other offenses, eligibility for participation in a drug treatment court is restricted, there is a presumption against bail for persons illegally present in the United States, the definition of victim for the purpose of compensation of crime victims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund is expanded, registration of tow truck drivers is prohibited, and restoration of voting rights is limited.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1746/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1746","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":449036,"bill_number":"HB1747","title":"Voter registration; registration activities by third parties.","description":"Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to register with the State Board or local offices, provide information as required by the State Board, receive training, and execute a sworn affidavit that they will abide by all Virginia voter registration laws and rules. The bill also prohibits pre-populating registration applications with information unless directed by the applicant to do so. Finally, the bill reduces the time limit for mailing or delivering such completed applications from 15 to 10 days.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1747/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1747","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":449037,"bill_number":"HB1750","title":"Students residing on military or naval reservation; participation in interscholastic programs, etc.","description":"Participation in interscholastic programs; students residing on a military or naval reservation. Requires any student who resides on a military or naval reservation with military-owned housing located wholly or partly within the geographical boundaries of multiple school divisions to be deemed eligible for interscholastic programs immediately upon enrollment in a public elementary or secondary school in any of the aforementioned school divisions, provided that such persons (i) satisfy all other requirements for eligibility and (ii) are dependents of a military service member required by the military to live on the military installation as evidenced by a statement on command letterhead signed by, or by direction of, the service member's commanding officer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1750/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1750","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":449038,"bill_number":"HB1751","title":"Assault and battery; includes certain employees of DBHDS, penalty.","description":"Crimes; assault and battery. Includes an employee or other individual who provides control, care, or treatment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services within the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery section.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1751/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1751","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":449039,"bill_number":"HB1764","title":"Virginia Voter Registration System; State Board of Elections to develop.","description":"State Board of Elections; Virginia Voter Registration System. Directs the State Board to cooperate with other states to develop systems to compare voters and registration lists in order to ensure accuracy of voter registration rolls, prevent duplicate registration, and determine eligibility of individuals to vote.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1764/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1764","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":449040,"bill_number":"HB1765","title":"Voters; list to State Board of all registered voters, notification to general registrar of felony.","description":"Disqualification of voters; felons; procedure. Codifies the State Board of Elections current practice to check the monthly list of felony convictions received from the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE) against the registered voters maintained on the voter registration system and notify the appropriate general registrar of any voter who is disqualified to vote due to a felony conviction. The bill also requires that the CCRE provide annually a list of all persons convicted of a felony to the State Board and that the annual list shall be checked against the registered voters maintained on the voter registration system. The bill also provides that the general registrar, in determining the qualification of an applicant to register to vote, shall determine whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony and, if so, under what circumstances the applicant's right to vote has been restored.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1765/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1765","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":449041,"bill_number":"HB1766","title":"Child sexual abuse cases; admission of prior sex offenses into evidence, definition of sexual abuse.","description":"Prior sex offenses admissible in evidence. Provides that in a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an offense of sexual abuse, evidence of the defendant's conviction of another offense or offenses of sexual abuse is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. The bill includes a second enactment requiring this new rule of evidence to be applied in conjunction with the Virginia rules of evidence.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1766/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1766","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":449042,"bill_number":"HB1768","title":"Environmental courts; district court or circuit court may establish, specialized court dockets.","description":"Specialized court dockets; environmental courts. Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish an environmental court, a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court, that would have the authority to hear cases involving the protection, improvement, and preservation of the public health and the environment.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1768/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1768","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":449043,"bill_number":"HB1769","title":"Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates.","description":"Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to § 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This obligation is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available to the SCC, there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing any required plan management functions, and that the performance of such plan management functions is not deemed to establish a health benefit exchange pursuant to § 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In addition, the SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon receiving federal funding sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the functions. The SCC may contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with any state or federal agency. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates. The measure provides that no agent, employee, officer, or agency of the Commonwealth is authorized to take any action to establish, or that could be deemed to establish, a health benefit exchange pursuant to § 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Finally, the measure authorizes the Virginia Department of Health to assist in the plan management functions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1769/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1769","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":449044,"bill_number":"HB1771","title":"Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.","description":"Local gas severance taxes. Makes technical amendments that provide a period of time in which natural gas companies may appeal a local gas severance tax assessment made on or after January 1, 2014, for license years 2014, 2013, 2012, or 2011. In 2012, the General Assembly passed legislation delaying the time period in which natural gas companies could appeal gas severance tax assessments and suspending the collection of gas severance tax assessments. The bill creates a time period in which natural gas companies may appeal such assessments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1771/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1771","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":449045,"bill_number":"HB1772","title":"Department of Corrections; electronic notice.","description":"Department of Corrections; electronic notice. Provides that the Department of Corrections may use electronic means to provide notice to the appropriate parties prior to the release of a prisoner. Under current law, the Department may only provide such notice using first-class mail. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1772/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1772","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":449046,"bill_number":"HB1774","title":"Elections; extension of polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.","description":"Hours polls to be open. Provides that polls shall close at 8:00 p.m. rather than 7:00 p.m.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1774/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1774","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":449047,"bill_number":"HB1775","title":"Abortion; optional ultrasound.","description":"Abortion; optional ultrasound. Eliminates the requirement that a pregnant woman undergo a mandatory transabdominal ultrasound prior to the performance of an abortion to determine the gestational age of the fetus and provides that a pregnant woman shall be offered the opportunity to have an ultrasound performed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1775/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1775","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":449048,"bill_number":"HB1776","title":"Abortion; no physician shall be subject to civil penalty for failure to perform or supervise.","description":"Ultrasound prior to abortion; physician civil penalty. Provides that no physician shall be subject to a civil penalty for failure to perform or supervise the performance of the ultrasound imaging required prior to an abortion if, in his medical judgment, such ultrasound imaging is not medically necessary. Currently, any physician who violates any provision of the abortion informed consent statute is subject to a $2,500 civil penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1776/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1776","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":449049,"bill_number":"HB1778","title":"Mammography; provider must notify patient about dense breast tissue.","description":"Mammography results; information about dense breast tissue. Clarifies the conditions under which a mammography services provider must notify a patient of dense breast tissue. The bill provides that such notice must be sent to patients who are determined by the interpreting physician to have heterogeneously dense or extremely dense tissue, as defined in nationally recognized guidelines or systems for breast imagining reporting of mammography screening, including the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System and any equivalent new terms, and modifies the existing language of the notice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1778/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1778","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":449050,"bill_number":"HB1780","title":"RICO; contraband cigarettes, penalties.","description":"RICO; contraband cigarettes; penalties. Adds possession with intent to distribute tax-paid contraband cigarettes as a qualifying offense under the Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1780/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1780","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":449051,"bill_number":"HB1782","title":"Concussions in student-athletes; Board of Education guidelines on policies.","description":"Policies on concussion in student-athletes. Requires local school divisions to provide to organizations sponsoring athletic activity for student-athletes on school property the Board of Education's guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches, student-athletes, and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions, criteria for removal from and return to play, and risks of not reporting the injury and continuing to play.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1782/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1782","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":449052,"bill_number":"HB1784","title":"Accident and sickness insurance; individual open enrollment program.","description":"Individual accident and sickness insurance; open enrollment program.  Repeals the requirement that a health insurer that is, or is successor to, a health services plan provide an open enrollment program for individual accident and sickness contracts. Under the open enrollment program, an individual may purchase a product at any time during the year, with the caveat that the individual serve a 12-month waiting period before services are covered for any preexisting condition. The requirement for such an open enrollment program is inconsistent with guaranteed issue provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that prohibit waiting periods for coverage for preexisting conditions and that provide for limited open enrollment periods. The measure also eliminates certain provisions that set a tax rate of 0.75 percent on premiums from policies sold under the open enrollment program, and for taxable years 2013 and thereafter the tax rate will be 2.25 percent. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1784/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1784","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":449053,"bill_number":"HB1787","title":"Polling places; identification required to vote.","description":"Elections; identification required to vote. Amends the type of identification a voter must present to vote at the polls. All such identification must contain the voter's name, date of birth, and photograph; must be issued by the United States or the Commonwealth; and must contain an expiration date that is unexpired or that expired only after the most recent general election. The bill also requires that the Department of Motor Vehicles issue a free special identification card to voters who do not possess and cannot afford the necessary photo identification. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1787/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1787","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":449054,"bill_number":"HB1788","title":"Elections; identification to register to vote and present at polls.","description":"Elections; identification to register to vote and to vote. Requires that an applicant to register to vote must present proof of citizenship with his registration application. The bill provides that any person who is registered in Virginia as of January 1, 2014, is deemed to have provided satisfactory proof of citizenship and provides a method for applicants who do not possess and cannot afford a document proving citizenship to obtain such proof for free. The bill also amends the type of identification a voter must present to vote at the polls. All such identification must contain the voter's name, date of birth, and photograph; must be issued by the United States or the Commonwealth; and must contain an expiration date that is unexpired or that expired only after the most recent general election. The bill also requires that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue a free special identification card to voters who do not possess and cannot afford the necessary photo identification. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1788/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1788","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":449055,"bill_number":"HB1792","title":"General and limited partnerships; updates certain Acts.","description":"General and limited partnerships. Updates the Virginia Uniform Partnership Act and Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act by (i) providing an execution standard for the filing of an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership that names a new general partner when all previous general partners have withdrawn; (ii) providing a requirement for the inclusion of a limited partnership's identification number in certain documents to be filed in the office of the clerk of the Commission; (iii) aligning annual registration fee assessment provisions with similar provisions applicable to other business entities; (iv) providing that a statement of merger is to be made a part of the records of a general partnership with status as a registered limited liability partnership; and (v) providing that an amendment to change the name or principal office address of a limited partnership in its certificate of limited partnership also operates to automatically change these items in a limited partnership's application for registration as a registered limited liability partnership, if it is so registered with the Commission. The measure also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1792/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1792","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":449056,"bill_number":"HB1793","title":"Computer crimes; prohibits use of an electronic device to commit.","description":"Electronic devices used to commit computer crimes. Prohibits use of an \"electronic device\" to commit numerous computer crimes. The bill defines electronic device.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1793/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1793","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":449057,"bill_number":"HB1796","title":"Death certificate; timely return to funeral director.","description":"Death certificate; timely return to funeral director. Adds the medical director of an institution in which a death occurred, the chief medical officer or medical director of a hospice or nursing home in which a death occurred, or an individual to whom the physician in charge of a patient's care for the illness or condition that resulted in death has delegated such authority to the list of individuals who may complete and sign a death certificate in the absence of the physician in charge of a patient's care for the illness or condition that resulted in death, or with such physician's approval.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1796/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1796","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":449058,"bill_number":"HB1806","title":"Methamphetamine; substances used to manufacture.","description":"Substances used to manufacture methamphetamine.  Adds ammonium nitrate to the list of substances of which the possession of two or more with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also strikes \"metal\" from the term \"lithium metal.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1806/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1806","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":449059,"bill_number":"HB1808","title":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established.","description":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program. Creates the Virginia Public School Improvement Program to offer maximum educational options and flexibility for parents, teachers, and students. The bill authorizes local school boards to designate or approve any public school within its school division to participate in the Program if (i) it has not applied for, converted to, or received permission from the local school board to operate as a public charter school; (ii) a majority of parents and teachers of students at the school have petitioned the school board to participate in the Program; or (iii) the school board has determined that, notwithstanding having satisfied the requirements of the Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation, less than 81 percent of the students enrolled in a public school within the school division have failed to demonstrate proficiency in reading and less than 79 percent of the students enrolled have failed to demonstrate proficiency in mathematics for three consecutive school years. Local school boards would continue to receive state basic school aid funding for such schools; participating schools would be exempt from certain school division policies and state regulations, but would have to meet SOQ, SOL, SOA, and certain federal requirements; participation can be rescinded by petition of a majority of parents and teachers, violation of the contract with the local school board, or failure of students to achieve satisfactory academic progress each year for two consecutive school years. The Board of Education must establish guidelines to assist school boards in implementing the Program in the school division and provide technical assistance to school boards upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1808/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1808","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":449060,"bill_number":"HB1810","title":"Wearing a mask; exception to criminal punishment.","description":"Wearing a mask; exception to criminal punishment. Provides that the provisions of the Code section punishing the wearing of a mask by a person older than 16 as a Class 6 felony shall not apply to persons wearing cold weather gear that partially covers the face.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1810/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1810","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":449061,"bill_number":"HB1811","title":"Drug-free and gang-free zones; enhanced penalties for activities, etc.","description":"Drug-free and gang-free zones; penalties. Provides enhanced penalties for gang activities or drug manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of multifamily housing for older persons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1811/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1811","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":449062,"bill_number":"HB1815","title":"Medical records or reports; method for introducing into evidence.","description":"Evidence of medical reports in district court and appeals to circuit court. Provides that the method for introducing into evidence medical records or reports in general district court in a civil action for personal injuries or to resolve a dispute with an insurance company or health care provider also applies to appeals of such action to the circuit court regardless of which party appeals. Currently, the same method only applies if the defendant appeals. This method of introducing medical records or reports into evidence may only be used by a plaintiff in an appeal to circuit court if the plaintiff has not requested an amount on appeal in excess of the damages sought in the general district court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1815/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1815","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":449063,"bill_number":"HB1816","title":"Methamphetamine manufactory; penalty for allowing minor under age 15, etc., to be present.","description":"Allowing child or incapacitated person to be present in methamphetamine manufactory; penalty.  Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly allows a child younger than 15 years of age or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person to be present in the same dwelling, apartment, unit of a hotel, garage, shed, or vehicle during the manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years. Currently, the prohibition applies only to a child in care or custody of the miscreant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1816/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1816","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":449064,"bill_number":"HB1827","title":"Citizens Standards of Learning Review Board; established, report.","description":"Citizens Standards of Learning Review Board established. Creates the Citizens Standards of Learning Review Board to independently review the Standards of Learning established by the Board of Education as often as the Board of Education reviews the Standards pursuant to §22.1-253.13:1 and as often as the Citizens Standards of Learning Review Board determines that a review is necessary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1827/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1827","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":449065,"bill_number":"HB1833","title":"Concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits; reorganizing & recodifying law related to carrying.","description":"Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing §18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections to address the general criminal prohibition against carrying concealed weapons; the requirements for applying for a concealed handgun permit; the process the circuit court follows in reviewing, issuing, and denying permits; the appeals process procedures for nonresidents to obtain permits; the renewal process disqualifications; and other procedural issues currently addressed in §18.2-308. The bill also contains numerous technical amendments. This bill does not make any substantive changes to existing law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1833/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1833","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":449066,"bill_number":"HB1836","title":"Local budgets; itemized expenditures shall include any discretionary funds to be designated, etc.","description":"Local budgets; discretionary items. Provides that the itemized contemplated expenditures in a local budget shall include any discretionary funds to be designated by individual members of the governing body and the specific uses and funding allocation planned for those funds by the individual member.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1836/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1836","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":449067,"bill_number":"HB1837","title":"Divorce cases; conduct an ore tenus hearing.","description":"Testimony in open court in divorce cases; notice. Allows the court to conduct ore tenus hearings in divorce cases without providing further notice to the defendant if the defendant has been personally served and has failed to appear. Under current law, the court may take depositions without further notice to the defendant if the defendant has been personally served and has failed to appear. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1837/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1837","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":449068,"bill_number":"HB1843","title":"Cannabinoids, research chemicals, synthetic; penalties.","description":"Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as \"research chemicals\" (previously referred to as \"bath salts\") to add newly identified chemical compounds and structural classes. In addition to adding new chemical compounds as synthetic cannabinoids, the bill adds newly identified structural classes of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds that fit within the structural class will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1843/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1843","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":449069,"bill_number":"HB1846","title":"Gas severance taxes, local; establishes fair market value.","description":"Local gas severance taxes. Establishes fair market value for purposes of the local gas severance taxes by defining fair market value as the gross receipts from the first sale of gas to an unrelated party less reasonable, actual expenses including the costs of moving and processing the gas, depreciation, compression, marketing, overhead, maintenance, processing, transportation, property taxes, and return on investment. The bill moves the local gas severance taxes out of Chapter 37 of Title 58.1, which sets forth local license tax laws.   The one percent local gas severance taxes would be applied to the fair market value of the gas at the time it is produced at the wellhead within the county or city.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1846/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1846","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":449070,"bill_number":"HB1847","title":"Criminal street gang predicate offenses; penalties.","description":"Criminal street gang predicate offenses. Expands the definition of a predicate criminal act associated with gang activity to include the following crimes: murder, aggravated malicious wounding, reckless endangerment by throwing objects, strangulation of another, possession of infectious biological substances or radiological agents, burglary, entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson, grand larceny, receipt of a stolen firearm, manufacturing, distributing, etc., or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute methamphetamine, discharging firearms or missiles within or at building or dwelling house, use of machine gun for crime of violence, possession or use of \"sawed-off\" shotgun or rifle, possession of firearm by felon, possession of firearms by persons not legally present, possession of firearms while in possession of controlled substances, felony stalking, felony distribution, etc., of synthetic cannabinoids, a felony violation of manufacture, etc., of controlled substances, felony violation of distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to commit a felony violation of manufacture, etc., of controlled substances, conspiracy to commit a felony violation of distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1847/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1847","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":449071,"bill_number":"HB1850","title":"Assault and battery; adds employees of local or regional correctional facility.","description":"Assault and battery; local and regional correctional facility employees; penalty.  Adds employees of local or regional correctional facilities to the enhanced penalty provision so that the assault and battery of such an officer who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1850/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1850","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":449072,"bill_number":"HB1854","title":"Prisons; telephone systems.","description":"Prisons; telephone systems. Provides inmate phone services commissions paid to the Commonwealth shall not exceed 10 percent of the overall net revenue realized by the provider. All commissions or revenues received by the Commonwealth on prisoner telephone calls shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to a special nonreverting fund known as the Prisoner Reentry Fund to be used for independent pre-release and post-release reentry and transition service programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Militia, Police and Public Safety (15-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1854/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1854","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449073,"bill_number":"HB1856","title":"Emergency medical services; Board of Health to develop policies related to statewide providers.","description":"Emergency medical services; procedures and practice. Requires the Board of Health to direct the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board to develop and facilitate implementation of (i) a process for informing an emergency medical services provider who has received an adverse decision relating to his authority to provide emergency medical care on behalf of an agency of the process for appealing that decision and (ii) a standard operating procedure template to be used in the development of local protocols for emergency medical services personnel for basic life support services. The bill also requires the Board, in cooperation with the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, to review training for emergency medical services personnel and address disparities in the delivery of training to and availability of training for emergency medical services personnel. The Board shall report on its progress no later than December 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0429)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1856/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1856","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":449074,"bill_number":"HB1858","title":"Public secondary school students; model waiver form for entity providing occupational experience.","description":"Career and technical occupational experiences for secondary school students; model waiver form. Requires the Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2014, a model waiver form for use by any entity providing a career and technical occupational experience for public secondary school students.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1858/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1858","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":449075,"bill_number":"HB1864","title":"School principals; incident reports.","description":"School-based offenses; delinquency charges. Clarifies that a local law-enforcement agency is not required to file delinquency charges against a student and that a school and a local law-enforcement agency may deal with school-based offenses through graduated sanctions or educational programming after a school principal reports to a local law-enforcement agency certain acts by such student that may constitute a criminal offense. The bill also requires the Board of Education and the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a model cooperative agreement between schools and local law-enforcement agencies for dealing with school-based offenses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Signed by President as reenrolled","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1864/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1864","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":449076,"bill_number":"HB1866","title":"Public schools; mandatory expulsion of students.","description":"Public schools; expulsion of students. Removes certain weapons from the definition of \"firearm\" the possession of which by a student on school property or at a school-sponsored activity is punishable by mandatory expulsion from school for at least one year. These are weapons that are not included in the definition of \"firearm\" in the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Part F-Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1866/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1866","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":449077,"bill_number":"HB1867","title":"Students; expulsion for certain drug offenses.","description":"Expulsion of students for certain drug offenses. Permits local school boards to consider for expulsion from school attendance students determined to have brought certain drugs onto school property or to a school-sponsored activity. Under current law, expulsion is mandatory under such scenarios unless the school board determines that special circumstances exist and that another disciplinary action is appropriate. The bill further permits a school administrator to consider certain special circumstances and the facts of such a case and determine that no disciplinary action or another disciplinary action is appropriate but also permits the school board to require a school administrator to refer such a case to the school board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1867/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1867","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":449078,"bill_number":"HB1877","title":"Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Departments of; powers and duties of Director, etc.","description":"Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice; powers and duties of the Director. Provides the Directors of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice with the power to designate certain employees with internal investigations authority within those Departments as having the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer to investigate allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of those Departments. The bill also requires such employees shall be subject to any minimum training standard required by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement officers. Finally, the bill requires these Departments to investigate any allegations of criminal behavior in accordance with a written agreement entered into with the Department of State Police.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1877/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1877","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":449079,"bill_number":"HB1880","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.","description":"School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day 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. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1880/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1880","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":449080,"bill_number":"HB1889","title":"Public schools; teacher performance indicators, etc., in personnel file shall be confidential.","description":"Public schools; personnel files. Requires performance indicators, or other data used by the local school board to judge the growth or quality of a teacher, to be kept confidential but permits such information to be disclosed pursuant to court order, for the purposes of a grievance proceeding involving the teacher, or as otherwise required by state or federal law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1889/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1889","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449081,"bill_number":"HB1891","title":"Officers of election; appointment and term.","description":"Officers of election. Provides that electoral boards shall appoint officers of election at a regular board meeting held at least 30 days before the November general election date, rather than during the first week of February as is currently required.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1891/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1891","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449082,"bill_number":"HB1894","title":"Public school programs; opening of the school day.","description":"Public school programs; opening of the school day. Requires local school boards to set the daily school calendar so that programs of instruction and school activities shall start no earlier than 8:00 a.m.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1894/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1894","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":449083,"bill_number":"HB1898","title":"Candidate petitions; circulator requirements.","description":"Candidate petitions; circulator requirements. Provides that a person who circulates a petition to place a candidate's name on the ballot and witnesses the signatures thereon shall include in his affidavit on the petition his name, age, residence address, and, if different, mailing address and the name of the organization, if any, that he represents in circulating the petition. The bill also eliminates the requirement that the circulator be a resident of the Commonwealth, but provides that a circulator who is not a resident shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1898/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1898","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":449084,"bill_number":"HB1899","title":"Candidate petitions; appeal of disqualification for insufficient signatures.","description":"Candidate petitions; appeal of disqualification for insufficient signatures. Provides standards and procedures for determining whether petition signatures are valid and an appeal procedure from a determination by the electoral board that the number of valid signatures is insufficient. The process applies in the case of candidates for county, city, and town office who are not party nominees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1899/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1899","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449085,"bill_number":"HB1901","title":"Fines under certain local ordinances; paid to local school division and Literary Fund.","description":"Fines under certain local ordinances paid to local school division and Literary Fund. Provides that fines imposed under certain local ordinances dealing with DUI, disposition of children in juvenile and domestic relations district courts, and appropriate provisions of Title 46.2, when those ordinances incorporate Code of Virginia provisions, are to be paid to the school division of the locality in which the fines were imposed and into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund in the proportions as follows: beginning July 1, 2013, and through June 30, 2014, 67 percent to the local school division and 33 percent to the Literary Fund; beginning July 1, 2014, and through June 30, 2015, 33 percent to the local school division and 67 percent to the Literary Fund; and beginning July 1, 2015, 100 percent to the Literary Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1901/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1901","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449087,"bill_number":"HB1904","title":"Warrants; requirement for certain telecommunications records.","description":"Warrant requirement for certain telecommunications records. Provides that the \"location data\" of a customer of an electronic communication service or a remote computing service may only be retrieved from the provider by warrant or consent of the customer. Location data is defined as any data or information that tracks, at either a point in time or over a period of time, the location of a subscriber to or customer of a provider of electronic communication service or a remote computing service as determined by the location of an electronic device to which the subscriber or customer has legal title, claim, right, or ultimate control. The bill contains technical clarifications and cross-references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1904/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1904","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449088,"bill_number":"HB1905","title":"Restoration of civil rights; automatically eligible to vote upon completion of his sentence.","description":"Restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of a felon's civil right to be eligible to vote upon the completion of his sentence, including any term of probation or parole, and the payment of all restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed as a result of the felony conviction. The bill has a contingent effective date of January 1, 2015, provided that the voters approve an amendment to Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia at the 2014 November election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1905/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1905","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449089,"bill_number":"HB1908","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; changes composition.","description":"Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition. Changes the composition of the CTB so that one member will be appointed from each of Virginia's congressional districts and three will be at-large appointees. The three ex officio members remain unchanged. The bill also replaces the term \"metropolitan statistical areas\" with \"metropolitan planning areas with populations greater than 200,000.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1908/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1908","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":449090,"bill_number":"HB1910","title":"Voter registration; change of address.","description":"Voter registration; Department of Motor Vehicles; changes of address. Provides an online option for a registered voter to change his registered voter address while changing his address on his driver's license or special identification card online through the DMV. The bill directs the DMV to transmit notice of the change of address to the State Board of Elections electronically. The bill also directs the DMV to implement a system for providing the change of registration address form to the voter by July 1, 2014, with hard copy to be forwarded by the voter to his general registrar for final verification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1910/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1910","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":449091,"bill_number":"HB1912","title":"Child custody or visitation; issues may be included in single petition in JDRDC.","description":"Petition for child custody or visitation. Provides that issues of child custody or visitation 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. The bill also provides that if a person, agency, or institution is authorized to inspect the case files relating to any juvenile subject to such a petition, the person, agency, or institution may inspect the entire case file related to the petition. The bill further provides that the court records in a case where a single petition for multiple children has been filed will be expunged after the youngest child subject to the petition has reached 19 years of age and five years have elapsed since the last hearing in the case.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1912/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1912","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":449092,"bill_number":"HB1915","title":"Electronic textbooks; prohibits school board from making available for use by students in residence.","description":"Access to electronic textbooks. Prohibits school boards from making electronic textbooks available for use by students in their residence or residences unless the school board implements measures to ensure that every student in the local school division has access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences. The bill permits a local school board to establish a pilot program for the use of electronic textbooks at any secondary school in the local school division provided that (i) each student at the secondary school has access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences and (ii) the secondary school is receiving federal funds pursuant to Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, or no more than 5% of the students in the local school division or 300 children, whichever is greater, participate in the pilot program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1915/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1915","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":449093,"bill_number":"HB1918","title":"Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; attorney fees.","description":"Attorney fees; juvenile and domestic relations district courts. Emphasizes that an award of attorney fees and costs made in certain cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court must be reasonable. The bill also provides that such an award may be made pendente lite or at any other time the matter is pending before the court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1918/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1918","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":449094,"bill_number":"HB1921","title":"Absentee voting; declared state of emergency.","description":"Absentee voting; declared state of emergency. Provides that in case of an emergency declared by the Governor, or declared by the President of the United States or the governor of another state and confirmed by the Governor, any registered voter whose precinct is affected by the emergency may vote absentee by mail or in person without giving one of the standard authorized reasons for voting absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1921/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1921","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":449095,"bill_number":"HB1922","title":"Early voting; any registered voter qualified to vote in election may vote in person.","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1922/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1922","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":449096,"bill_number":"HB1927","title":"Assault and battery; adds volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical service personnel, penalty.","description":"Emergency medical services personnel; penalty for assault and battery. Adds emergency medical services personnel members who are employed by or volunteers of an emergency medical services agency and engaged in the performance of their public duties to the list of individuals of whom assault and battery may be a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum sentence.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1927/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1927","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":449097,"bill_number":"HB1928","title":"DUI; any person convicted of fourth or subsequent offense is guilty of Class 6 felony.","description":"Fourth or subsequent DUI. Provides that any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense of §18.2-266 (DUI) within any time period is guilty of a Class 6 felony and that punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. Current penalties are the same but the offenses must occur within a 10-year period.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1928/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1928","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":449098,"bill_number":"HB1932","title":"State Police, Department of; reimbursement of expenses.","description":"Department of State Police; reimbursement of expenses. Provides that the Department of State Police may recover the cost of all reasonable expenses for providing emergency response services from a person convicted of certain offenses involving motor vehicles. The bill limits the liability for such reasonable expenses to $1,000, which may include the Department's cost of accounting for such expenses, limited to a fee not to exceed $350.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1932/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1932","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":449099,"bill_number":"HB1937","title":"Early voting; any registered voter qualified to vote in election may vote in person.","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1937/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1937","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":449100,"bill_number":"HB1938","title":"Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older on day of an election are entitled to vote absentee.","description":"Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1938/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1938","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":449101,"bill_number":"HB1941","title":"Cannabinoids, research chemicals, synthetic; penalties. Emergency.","description":"Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as \"research chemicals\" (previously referred to as \"bath salts\") to add newly identified chemical compounds and structural classes. In addition to adding new chemical compounds as synthetic cannabinoids, the bill adds newly identified structural classes of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds that fit within the structural class will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1941/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1941","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":449102,"bill_number":"HB1942","title":"Vote centers; Board of Elections to establish pilot program.","description":"Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to provide for a pilot program in which localities may establish vote centers for use in primary elections instead of having to operate a polling place for every precinct in the locality. A vote center will consist of a location where voters from two or more designated precincts may vote. The State Board shall publish a report on the program by August 15 of any year in which a vote center is used. The provisions of the bill expire on December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1942/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1942","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":449103,"bill_number":"HB1956","title":"Special elections; Commonwealth shall pay costs of conducting to fill vacancy in General Assembly.","description":"Paying for special elections; General Assembly members. Provides that the Commonwealth shall pay the costs of conducting a special election to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly if such election is held on a day other than the day of a general election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1956/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1956","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":449104,"bill_number":"HB1962","title":"Jails; court can adopt regional jail until it can obtain adequate facility.","description":"Court adoption of jails. Clarifies that when a county or city is without an adequate jail the court can adopt a regional jail until it can obtain an adequate jail. Currently the statute provides for the adoption of the jail of another county or city in such circumstances without specifying regional jails.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1962/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1962","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":449105,"bill_number":"HB1970","title":"Exemplary Teacher Grant Fund; created.","description":"Exemplary Teacher Grant Fund established. Creates the Exemplary Teacher Grant Fund to award grants on a competitive basis to any exemplary teacher in a public elementary or secondary school who subsequently accepts an offer for employment in a critical teaching shortage area as defined in the Board of Education's Regulations Governing the Determination of Critical Teacher Shortage Areas. The bill requires any exemplary teacher applying for a grant from the Fund to (i) agree to a three-year employment contract in the critical teacher shortage area,(ii) develop a program for mentoring other teachers in the school in which the exemplary teacher is employed, and(iii) serve as a mentor in the mentoring program that he develops.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1970/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1970","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":449106,"bill_number":"HB1971","title":"STEM Summer Learning Center Fund; created.","description":"STEM Summer Learning Center Fund established. Creates the STEM Summer Learning Center Fund to award competitive grants to local school divisions to train public high school teachers in STEM education and project-based learning and to provide teachers with skills to conduct workshops to engage public high school students in hands-on, project-based learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1971/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1971","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":449107,"bill_number":"HB1972","title":"Advanced and Precision Manufacturing Education Fund; created.","description":"Advanced and Precision Manufacturing Education Fund established. Creates the Advanced and Precision Manufacturing Education Fund to award grants on a competitive basis to public high schools to establish programs of training and education to prepare students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers in the fields of advanced and precision manufacturing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1972/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1972","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":449108,"bill_number":"HB1975","title":"Certificate of public need; continuing care retirement communities, admissions to nursing home beds.","description":"Certificate of public need; continuing care retirement communities; admissions to nursing home beds. Adds persons who are employees or members of the board of trustees or board of directors of a continuing care retirement community, family members of employees or members of the board of trustees or board of directors of a continuing care retirement community, and accredited practitioners of the religious organization or denomination with which a continuing care retirement community is affiliated to the list of individuals who may be admitted to nursing home beds of a continuing care retirement community after expiration of the initial one-time, three-year open admission period.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1975/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1975","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":449109,"bill_number":"HB1989","title":"Parole; earned sentence credits.","description":"Corrections; parole; earned sentence credits. Allows a maximum of 15 sentence credits to be earned for each 30 days served for nonviolent prisoners under the abolition of parole law (after January 1, 1995).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1989/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1989","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":449110,"bill_number":"HB1991","title":"Prostitution; disposition of minors.","description":"Disposition of minors engaging in prostitution; forced prostitution. Provides that only an adult can be guilty of the crime of being a prostitute and that any minor who engages in prostitution is to be considered a child in need of services. The bill also 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1991/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1991","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":449111,"bill_number":"HB2001","title":"General Assembly; no committee shall report any bill that creates a new refundable state tax credit.","description":"Refundable state tax credits. Provides that no committee of the General Assembly shall report any bill that creates a new refundable state tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2001/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2001","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":449112,"bill_number":"HB2007","title":"Testimony by custodians of records, lab analysts, etc.; use of two-way electronic communication.","description":"Testimony by custodians of records, lab analysts, etc.; use of two-way electronic video and audio communication. Allows for the use of two-way electronic video and audio communication to obtain the testimony of custodians of records, lab analysts, or certain other witnesses, upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if the defendant objects to the admission of an affidavit, certificate of analysis, or other similar document into evidence, if certain standards for the use of such technology are met.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2007/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2007","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":449113,"bill_number":"HB2013","title":"Early voting; any registered voter qualified to vote in election may vote in person.","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2013/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2013","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":449114,"bill_number":"HB2014","title":"Incarcerated individuals; notification of those ineligible for public assistance.","description":"Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide to the Department of Social Services, on at least a monthly basis, a list of persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections during the preceding month, to facilitate identification of prisoners who were receiving public assistance benefits prior to commitment and who may, as a result of their incarceration, be ineligible to receive benefits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2014/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2014","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":449115,"bill_number":"HB2015","title":"Paper ballot; voter entitled to cast when electronic system is available.","description":"Voting by paper ballot. Provides that a voter is entitled to cast his vote using a paper ballot, even though mechanical or direct electronic voting systems are used where he votes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2015/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2015","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":449116,"bill_number":"HB2016","title":"Elections; extension of polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.","description":"Elections; polling hours. Extends the hour that polls close on election day from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2016/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2016","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":449117,"bill_number":"HB2017","title":"Mechanical and electronic voting devices; number required.","description":"Voting devices; number required. Provides that there shall be at least one voting device for each 500 registered voters in a precinct. The current requirement is for one device for each 750 registered voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2017/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2017","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":449118,"bill_number":"HB2019","title":"Public schools; policies and regulations approved by local school board.","description":"Public schools; policies and regulations. Requires that a current copy of all school division policies and regulations approved by the local school board must be posted on the division's website and available to employees and to the public. Printed copies of such policies and regulations are required to be available as needed to citizens who do not have online access.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0301)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2019/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2019","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449119,"bill_number":"HB2020","title":"Tolls; use of revenues.","description":"Use of toll revenues. Prohibits use of toll revenues for any purpose other than the construction, reconstruction, replacement, maintenance replacement, improvement, or maintenance of the facility for the use of which the tolls were imposed and collected, except as otherwise provided in §33.1-23.03:4 (Toll Facilities Revolving Account) and subsection D of §33.1-23.03:10 (tolls on Interstate Highway System components). The bill exempts from its provisions tolls imposed and collected on January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2020/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2020","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449120,"bill_number":"HB2022","title":"Voter registration list exchange; SBE shall request information to identify duplicate registrations.","description":"Voter registration exchange. Directs the State Board of Elections to request voter registration information and lists of persons voting at primaries and elections, if available, from the states that border the Commonwealth in order to identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons no longer entitled to be registered to vote. The State Board shall report annually to the Committees on Privileges and Elections on its progress, including the number of duplicate registrations discovered and the steps taken by the Board to eliminate duplicate registrations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2022/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2022","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":449121,"bill_number":"HB2025","title":"Firearms; requires background check for any purchase.","description":"Sale of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm purchase and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for sellers to obtain such a check from licensed firearm dealers. A seller who fails to obtain such a check and sells the gun to any other person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2025/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2025","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449122,"bill_number":"HB2044","title":"Highway Construction Advisory Committee, Recycled Materials in; eliminates Committee.","description":"Recycled Materials in Highway Construction Advisory Committee. Eliminates the Recycled Materials in Highway Construction Advisory Committee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2044/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2044","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":449123,"bill_number":"HB2046","title":"General Assembly; filling vacancies in membership.","description":"General Assembly; filling vacancies in membership. Provides that the Governor, when issuing a writ of election to fill a vacancy in General Assembly membership when the Assembly is not in session, shall order the election to be held at the November general election date if the vacancy occurs not more than 180 days and not less than 50 days before the general election date.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2046/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2046","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":449124,"bill_number":"HB2049","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases total membership from 17 to 21 members.","description":"Composition of Commonwealth Transportation Board. Increases the total membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board from 17 to 20 members by doubling the representation for the Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia highway construction districts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"VOTE: RECONSIDER (46-Y 51-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2049/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2049","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":449125,"bill_number":"HB2056","title":"Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties.","description":"Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute counterfeit cigarettes where the amount is fewer than 10 cartons is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. If the amount is 10 or more cartons, the offense is a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2056/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2056","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":449126,"bill_number":"HB2063","title":"Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.","description":"Establishing and adjusting sources of revenues for appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth as follows:  Establishes a 5% tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes.  Increases the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and requires hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth to pay this fee. However, owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth would be eligible for a refund of the new 5% tax on motor fuel sales.  Repeals income tax credits for vehicle emissions testing equipment effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.  Authorizes planning district commissions to be eligible to receive revenues to be used solely for transportation purposes within the planning district. The revenues would be generated by an additional 0.5% state sales and use tax and an additional state recordation tax of 15 cents per $100 in the localities located in the planning district commission. In order to be eligible, the planning district commission must determine, in order of priority, a list of 10 transportation projects that it would like to fund with the revenues. Additionally, the governing bodies of the localities representing at least a majority of the residents within the planning district commission must pass a resolution in support of the generation of such revenues. After these requirements have been met, the General Assembly must specifically authorize the imposition of such taxes in the localities in the planning district commission during the next session of the General Assembly. If the revenues are authorized, then, if applicable, a locality would no longer be authorized to impose a local income tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2063/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2063","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":449127,"bill_number":"HB2066","title":"Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff by local school divisions.","description":"Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff. Permits local school divisions that employ a sufficient number of librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to meet the staffing requirements that are prescribed in Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to assign librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to schools within the division according to the area of greatest need, regardless of whether such schools are elementary, middle, or secondary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2066/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2066","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449128,"bill_number":"HB2068","title":"Public schools; reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade 3, etc.","description":"Public schools; early intervention services for reading and mathematics. Adds kindergarten and grades one and two to the requirement that local school divisions provide early intervention services to students in grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on diagnostic reading tests. The bill requires local school divisions to provide algebra readiness intervention services to students in grades six through nine who are at risk of failing the Algebra I end-of-course test as demonstrated by their individual performance on diagnostic tests.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2068/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2068","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449129,"bill_number":"HB2070","title":"Mass Transit; removes all current allocations made by CTB and implements performance-based funding.","description":"Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Removes all current allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to mass transit and implements performance-based funding for mass transit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2070/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2070","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":449130,"bill_number":"HB2076","title":"Charter schools, public; applications.","description":"Charter schools; applications. Provides that charter school applications that are initiated by one or more local school boards are not subject to review by the Board of Education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2076/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2076","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":449131,"bill_number":"HB2083","title":"Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.","description":"Teacher performance; Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative created. Establishes the Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund, which provide that local school divisions may submit proposals to the Board of Education to receive grants that may be used as incentives to improve teacher and school performance. School divisions must include in their proposals a compensation model and designate groups or types of teachers to receive awarded funds. The bill sets forth eligibility requirements for teachers receiving funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2083/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2083","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449132,"bill_number":"HB2084","title":"Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants.","description":"Teacher licensure; Teach For America license. Creates a two-year provisional license for participants in Teach For America, a nationwide nonprofit organization focused on closing the achievement gaps among students in low-income areas, who meet certain criteria, including having an offer of employment from a school division in the Commonwealth. The Board of Education may extend each Teach For America license for one additional year and may issue each licensee a renewable license upon completion of two full years of teaching experience, satisfaction of all other requirements for such a license, achievement of satisfactory scores on all professional teachers assessments required by the Board, and achievement of satisfactory end-of-year evaluations. The bill also provides for reciprocity to Teach For America teachers in other states upon satisfaction of certain conditions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2084/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2084","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449133,"bill_number":"HB2093","title":"Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.","description":"Number of circuit court judges; Fifteenth Circuit. Creates an additional circuit court judgeship in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (City of Fredericksburg and Counties of Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Westmoreland).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2093/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2093","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449134,"bill_number":"HB2094","title":"Virginia Longitudinal Data System and Advisory Council; established, report.","description":"Public schools; Virginia Longitudinal Data System established. Requires the Board of Education to establish the Virginia Longitudinal Data System to track and examine student progress from early childhood to postsecondary education to the student entering the workforce. The bill also establishes the Virginia Longitudinal Data System Advisory Council to advise the Board of Education on all matters related to the Virginia Longitudinal Data System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2094/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2094","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":449135,"bill_number":"HB2096","title":"Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report.","description":"Opportunity Educational Institution established. Creates the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board. The bill requires any school that has been denied accreditation and permits any school that has been accredited with warning for three consecutive years to be transferred to the Institution and remain in the Institution for five years or until the school achieves full accreditation. The bill also sets forth requirements for student attendance, staffing, and funding for the Institution.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2096/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2096","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":449136,"bill_number":"HB2098","title":"School boards; releases from state regulation.","description":"School boards; releases from state regulations. Requires any school board that has requested a release from certain state regulations to provide a description of how the release from the state regulation is designed to increase the quality of instruction and improve the achievement of students in the affected school or schools. The bill permits the Board of Education to grant and renew such releases for a period of up to five years. The bill also permits the Board of Education to grant local school boards waivers of specific staffing requirements that would permit the school board to assign instructional personnel to the schools with the greatest needs, provided that the local school board provides a description of how the waiver is designed to increase the quality of instruction and improve the achievement of students in the affected school or schools.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2098/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2098","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":449137,"bill_number":"HB2101","title":"High School to Work Partnerships; Board of Education shall develop guidelines for establishment.","description":"Career and technical education; High School to Work Partnerships. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeships, internships, and job shadow programs in a variety of trades and skilled labor positions. The bill also provides that local school boards may encourage the local school division's career and technical education administrator to work with the guidance counselor office of each public high school to establish such partnerships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2101/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2101","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":449138,"bill_number":"HB2103","title":"Parole Board; parole review and denial.","description":"Parole Board; parole review and denial. Requires the Parole Board to ensure that each person eligible for parole receives a timely and thorough review of his suitability for release on parole, including a review of any relevant post-sentencing information. If the Board denies the inmate parole, the Board is required to provide specific reasons for such denial in writing.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2103/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2103","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":449139,"bill_number":"HB2107","title":"Absentee ballot procedures and count; requires prompt counting immediately after close of polls.","description":"Elections; absentee ballot procedures and count.  Requires the prompt counting of absentee ballots immediately after the close of the polls and advance steps by the general registrar to prepare for the prompt counting of absentee ballots.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2107/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2107","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":449140,"bill_number":"HB2119","title":"Early voting; registered, qualified voter may vote in person from 10 to three days before election.","description":"Elections; early voting. Provides that any registered voter qualified to vote in the election may vote in person from 10 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 and other approved locations. 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, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2119/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2119","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":449141,"bill_number":"HB2130","title":"Nursing homes; implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in residents' rooms.","description":"Nursing homes; electronic monitoring by patients. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in the rooms of residents of nursing homes, which shall include existing policies and procedures set forth in the Board's guidelines governing electronic monitoring of nursing home residents' rooms.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2130/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2130","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":449142,"bill_number":"HB2132","title":"General Assembly; prohibits any committee from reporting bill containing new sales & use tax exempt.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption legislation; sunset requirement. Prohibits any committee of the General Assembly from reporting a bill containing a new sales and use tax exemption or renewing an existing sales and use tax exemption unless such bill contains an expiration date of not longer than five years from the effective date of the new or renewed sales and use tax exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2132/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2132","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":449143,"bill_number":"HB2143","title":"Voting; handling of provisional ballot envelope information.","description":"Provisional ballot envelopes. Specifies that provisional ballot envelopes are to be placed in the ballot container promptly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2143/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2143","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":449144,"bill_number":"HB2147","title":"Primaries; filings of primary candidate petitions with party chairman, etc.","description":"Primaries; candidate petition signatures, certification by party chairman. Provides that in furnishing to the State Board of Elections or local electoral boards the names of candidates for nomination in a primary, including a presidential primary, the party chairman shall certify that a review of the candidate petitions found the required minimum number of signatures of qualified voters for the particular office to have been met. The bill also provides that the State Board shall transmit declarations of candidacy, petitions, and receipts for the payment of filing fees filed with the State Board to the state chairman of the party of the candidate filing such materials within 72 hours of the filing and not later than the seventy-fourth day before a primary. Currently, the State Board must transmit such materials on the seventy-fourth day before a primary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2147/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2147","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":449145,"bill_number":"HB2148","title":"Corrections, Department of; exchange of medical and mental health records, etc.","description":"Department of Corrections; exchange of medical records. Authorizes the Department of Corrections to exchange medical and mental health information and records of any person committed to the Department with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Social Services, and any local department of social services in the Commonwealth for the purposes of reentry planning and post-incarceration placement and services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2148/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2148","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":449146,"bill_number":"HB2156","title":"Legislation; access to draft requests.","description":"Requests for drafting bills or resolutions; bills to conform to request; public access. Allows the director and employees of the Division of Legislative Services to reveal the contents of a bill request to the Clerk of the House of Delegates, the Clerk of the Senate, their designees, or the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in fufilling its drafting duties as provided in § 30-34.14 of the Code.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2156/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2156","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449148,"bill_number":"HB2158","title":"Officers of election; officers may be assigned to work in multiple precincts on election day.","description":"Officers of election; multiple precincts. Provides that the local electoral board may reassign an officer of election from the precinct in which he was originally assigned to work to another precinct for the remaining portion of election day.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2158/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2158","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":449149,"bill_number":"HB2163","title":"Hospitals; design & construction standards for certain facilities in which abortions are performed.","description":"Design and construction standards for certain facilities. Provides that regulations of the Board of Health for the construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals shall apply to facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed only when the design or construction of such facility is initiated after July 1, 2013. This bill includes an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2163/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2163","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":449150,"bill_number":"HB2166","title":"Campaign finance; investment of campaign committee funds.","description":"Campaign finance; candidate campaign committees; investments. Authorizes the investment of campaign committee funds subject to the prudent investment standards applicable to Virginia Retirement System investments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2166/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2166","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":449151,"bill_number":"HB2168","title":"Virginia Retirement System; hybrid retirement program.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; hybrid retirement program. Increases the maximum amount of the employer's matching contribution on behalf of the employee from 2.5 percent of creditable compensation to 2.8 percent of creditable compensation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2168/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2168","sponsor":"William Howell"},
{"bill_id":449152,"bill_number":"HB2173","title":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2173/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2173","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":449153,"bill_number":"HB2182","title":"Hospitals; classification of certain facilities in which abortions are performed.","description":"Classification as hospitals of certain facilities in which abortions are performed. Eliminates language classifying facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed as hospitals for the purpose of compliance with regulations of the Board of Health related to construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2182/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2182","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449154,"bill_number":"HB2183","title":"Hospitals; classification of certain facilities in which abortions are performed.","description":"Classification as hospitals of certain facilities in which abortions are performed. Eliminates language classifying facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed as hospitals for the purpose of compliance with regulations of the Board of Health related to construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2183/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2183","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449155,"bill_number":"HJR691","title":"Commending the cricket leagues of Virginia.","description":"Commending the cricket leagues of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ691ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR691/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ691","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449156,"bill_number":"HJR692","title":"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.","description":"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ692ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR692/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ692","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":449157,"bill_number":"HJR694","title":"Commending the Eastside High School softball team.","description":"Commending the Eastside High School softball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ694ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR694/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ694","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":449158,"bill_number":"HJR695","title":"Commending Rosemary Willis.","description":"Commending Rosemary Willis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ695ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR695/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ695","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":449159,"bill_number":"HJR696","title":"Commending Dr. Russell E. Whitaker, Jr.","description":"Commending Dr. Russell E. Whitaker, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ696ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR696/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ696","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449160,"bill_number":"HJR697","title":"Commending Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Oertel, USA (Ret.).","description":"Commending Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Oertel, USA (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ697ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR697/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ697","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449161,"bill_number":"HJR698","title":"Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ698ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR698/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ698","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449162,"bill_number":"HJR699","title":"Commending William S. Feasenmyer, Jr.","description":"Commending William S. Feasenmyer, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ699ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR699/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ699","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":449163,"bill_number":"HJR700","title":"Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ700ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR700/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ700","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":449164,"bill_number":"HJR701","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Wayne Rice.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Wayne Rice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ701ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR701/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ701","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":449165,"bill_number":"HJR702","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert W. Farmer.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert W. Farmer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ702ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR702/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ702","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":449166,"bill_number":"HJR703","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles William Baltz, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles William Baltz, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ703ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR703/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ703","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":449167,"bill_number":"HJR704","title":"Commending Will Woodward.","description":"Commending Will Woodward.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ704ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR704/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ704","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":449168,"bill_number":"HJR705","title":"Commending the Reverend Robert Thompson.","description":"Commending the Reverend Robert Thompson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ705ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR705/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ705","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":449169,"bill_number":"HJR706","title":"Commending the Honorable Karen A. Henenberg.","description":"Commending the Honorable Karen A. Henenberg.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ706ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR706/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ706","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449170,"bill_number":"HJR707","title":"Commending Greg Moffitt.","description":"Commending Greg Moffitt.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ707ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR707/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ707","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":449171,"bill_number":"HJR708","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Constantine Nicholas Dombalis.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Constantine Nicholas Dombalis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ708ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR708/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ708","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":449172,"bill_number":"HJR709","title":"Celebrating the life of the Most Reverend Walter F. Sullivan.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Most Reverend Walter F. Sullivan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ709ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR709/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ709","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":449173,"bill_number":"HJR710","title":"Celebrating the life of Ranjit Kumar Sen.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ranjit Kumar Sen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ710ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR710/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ710","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":449174,"bill_number":"HR112","title":"Celebrating the life of Elmore Whitehurst.","description":"Celebrating the life of Elmore Whitehurst.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR112ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR112/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR112","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449175,"bill_number":"HR113","title":"Celebrating the life of Chief Oscar C. Watson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Chief Oscar C. Watson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR113ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR113/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR113","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449176,"bill_number":"HR114","title":"Commending Suzanne M. Sherman.","description":"Commending Suzanne M. Sherman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR114ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR114/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR114","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449177,"bill_number":"HR115","title":"Commending the Bridging Communities Regional Career and Technical Center.","description":"Commending the Bridging Communities Regional Career and Technical Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR115ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR115/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR115","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449178,"bill_number":"HR116","title":"Commending Richmond Hill.","description":"Commending Richmond Hill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR116ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR116/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR116","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":449179,"bill_number":"HR117","title":"Commending Bernard M. Fagelson.","description":"Commending Bernard M. Fagelson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR117ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR117/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR117","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":449180,"bill_number":"HR118","title":"Celebrating the life of Gail Ann Goodridge.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gail Ann Goodridge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR118ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR118/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR118","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":449181,"bill_number":"HR119","title":"Commending William Lee Owen.","description":"Commending William Lee Owen.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR119ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR119/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR119","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":449182,"bill_number":"HR120","title":"Commending Olivia Wilson.","description":"Commending Olivia Wilson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR120ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR120/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR120","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":449183,"bill_number":"SB965","title":"Firearms; failure to report those lost or stolen, penalty.","description":"Lost or stolen firearms; failure to report; penalty. Provides that a person who fails to report to the appropriate law-enforcement agency that a firearm he owns or lawfully possesses has been stolen or lost within 24 hours from the time the person knew or reasonably should have known of the theft or loss is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a second or subsequent violation. The bill also provides that a person who knowingly files a false report of a lost or stolen firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB965/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB965","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":449184,"bill_number":"SB969","title":"Lewd and lascivious cohabitation; eliminates crime.","description":"Lewd and lascivious cohabitation.  Eliminates by repeal the crime of lewd and lascivious cohabitation by unmarried persons and the crime of open and gross lewdness and lasciviousness.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB969/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB969","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":449185,"bill_number":"SB989","title":"Vote centers; Board of Elections to establish pilot program.","description":"Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to provide for a pilot program in no more than 10 localities in which localities may establish vote centers for use in elections instead of having to operate a polling place for every precinct in the locality. A vote center will consist of a location where voters from two or more designated precincts may vote. The State Board shall submit a report on the program by July 1, 2014, to the House and Senate Privileges and Elections Committees. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB989/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB989","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":449186,"bill_number":"SB993","title":"Public schools; physical activity requirement.","description":"Public schools; physical activity requirement. Requires at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day during the regular school year for students in grades kindergarten through eight. This requirement becomes effective beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB993/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB993","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":449187,"bill_number":"SB995","title":"VRS; technical changes regarding retirement plans.","description":"Virginia Retirement System. Makes technical changes to carry out provisions enacted by the General Assembly in 2012 regarding retirement plans administered by the Virginia Retirement System.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB995/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB995","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":449188,"bill_number":"SB998","title":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established.","description":"Virginia Public School Improvement Program. Creates the Virginia Public School Improvement Program to offer maximum educational options and flexibility for parents, teachers, and students. The bill authorizes local school boards to designate or approve any public school within its school division to participate in the Program if (i) it has not applied for, converted to, or received permission from the local school board to operate as a public charter school; (ii) a majority of parents and teachers of students at the school have petitioned the school board to participate in the Program; or (iii) the school board has determined that, notwithstanding having satisfied the requirements of the Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation, less than 81 percent of the students enrolled in a public school within the school division have failed to demonstrate proficiency in reading and less than 79 percent of the students enrolled have failed to demonstrate proficiency in mathematics for three consecutive school years. Local school boards would continue to receive state basic school aid funding for such schools; participating schools would be exempt from certain school division policies and state regulations, but would have to meet SOQ, SOL, SOA, and certain federal requirements; participation can be rescinded by petition of a majority of parents and teachers, violation of the contract with the local school board, or failure of students to achieve satisfactory academic progress each year for two consecutive school years. The Board of Education must establish guidelines to assist school boards in implementing the Program in the school division and provide technical assistance to school boards upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB998/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB998","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":449189,"bill_number":"SB999","title":"Teachers; employment of temporary replacements in schools.","description":"Temporarily employed teachers. Provides that no school board shall hire temporarily employed or unlicensed teachers to fill vacancies at the elementary grade levels or in the core subjects of English, mathematics, science, and history and social studies at the middle and high school grade levels in a manner that results in the staffing of elementary grade levels or core subject areas with a majority of temporarily employed or unlicensed teachers or shall employ such teachers for consecutive or alternating teaching assignments for more than 90 teaching days in the same class during a school year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB999/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB999","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":449190,"bill_number":"SB1008","title":"Voter registration; registration activities by third parties.","description":"Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to register with the State Board or local offices, provide information as required by the State Board, receive training, and execute a sworn affidavit that they will abide by all Virginia voter registration laws and rules. The bill also prohibits pre-populating registration applications with information unless directed by the applicant to do so. Finally, the bill reduces the time limit for mailing or delivering such completed applications from 15 to 10 days.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1008/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1008","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":449191,"bill_number":"SB1012","title":"State legislative buildings; prohibits possession of firearms in Capitol of Va., etc., exception.","description":"Possession of handguns in legislative buildings. Prohibits the possession of a firearm in Capitol Square, including the Capitol and other buildings predominantly used to conduct the business of the General Assembly. The Capitol Police are required to screen persons 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1012/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1012","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":449192,"bill_number":"SB1015","title":"Prostitution; solicitation of a minor, penalty.","description":"Prostitution; solicitation of a minor; penalty.  Provides that, in addition to the current Class 1 misdemeanor punishment for solicitation of prostitution generally, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1015/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1015","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":449193,"bill_number":"SB1019","title":"Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties.","description":"Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute counterfeit cigarettes where the amount is fewer than 10 cartons is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. If the amount is 10 or more cartons, the offense is a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1019/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1019","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":449194,"bill_number":"SB1020","title":"RICO; contraband cigarettes, penalties.","description":"RICO; contraband cigarettes; penalties.  Adds possession with intent to distribute tax-paid contraband cigarettes as a qualifying offense under the Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1020/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1020","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":449195,"bill_number":"SB1027","title":"Voting; handling of overvoted ballots, counting device to receive and count certain ballots.","description":"Voting; overvoted ballots. Provides, in the case of ballots that are inserted into an electronic counting device, that if a ballot is found to have voted for a greater number of names for one office than the number of persons required to fill the office, the ballot shall be considered void only for that office and the votes for other offices on the ballot are to be counted. In the case of an electronic counting device, an election official is authorized to cause the device to receive the ballot. Paper ballots already are handled in this manner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1027/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1027","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":449196,"bill_number":"SB1031","title":"Children; taking indecent liberties, use of communications system to propose sex offenses.","description":"Sex offenses involving a child; communications systems and indecent liberties. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person 18 years of age or older to use a communications system, including computers, computer networks, bulletin boards, or any other electronic means, for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a child younger than 15 years of age to knowingly and intentionally propose that any such child feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts. The provision also applies if the child is at least 15 and the perpetrator is more than seven years older than the child. Currently, it is unlawful to, among other things, propose that the child feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of such person or propose that such person feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of the child. The bill also includes in indecent liberties proposing that a child under the age of 15 feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1031/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1031","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":449197,"bill_number":"SB1039","title":"Vital records; DMV authorized to access records and issue certified copies, fees, penalty.","description":"Access to vital records; certified copies of vital records. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Health and the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding to develop a program to allow DMV to issue certified copies of vital records. Beginning July 1, 2014, DMV is authorized to issue certified copies of birth records from 1912 onward and beginning July 1, 2015, DMV is authorized to issue certified copies of all other birth records and all death, marriage, and divorce records. The bill further provides that DMV is subject to the State Registrar's rules, regulations, audit requirements, and penalties and that vital records must be on security paper. The bill also raises the cap on the fee for certified copies and provides that DMV will keep a processing fee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1039/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1039","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":449198,"bill_number":"SB1046","title":"Divorce cases; conduct an ore tenus hearing.","description":"Testimony in open court in divorce cases; notice. Allows the court to conduct ore tenus hearings in divorce cases without providing further notice to the defendant if the defendant has been personally served and has failed to appear. Under current law, the court may take depositions without further notice to the defendant if the defendant has been personally served and has failed to appear. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1046/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1046","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":449199,"bill_number":"SB1049","title":"Candidates; petition signatures, qualification to have name appear on ballot.","description":"Candidate petitions; qualifications to have candidate's name appear on the ballot. Provides that the signatures of qualified voters who have been assigned inactive status shall be deemed valid for purposes of candidate petitions. The bill also requires the State Board of Elections to develop standards and procedures for determining whether petition signatures are valid and an appeal procedure from a determination by the electoral board or the State Board that the number of valid signatures is insufficient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1049/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1049","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":449200,"bill_number":"SB1062","title":"Elections; reforms to improve voter access to polls.","description":"Elections; voter access reforms. Provides for numerous reforms to improve voter access to the polls, including (i) extending the hour that polls close on election day from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; (ii) allowing for early voting by qualified voters for a period from 10 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 and other approved locations; (iii) shortening the deadline to register to vote from 21 days before a general or primary election and either six or 13 days before special elections to three days before any election, which would be the last day of the early voting period; and (iv) authorizing the Secretary of the State Board of Elections to establish a pilot program to allow members of the military on active duty and their spouses, citizens residing outside of the United States, and military voters with disabilities or injuries to vote absentee by secure electronic means or other new technologies. The bill also provides that the State Board 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. The bill also requires the State Board, in conjunction with the Department of Emergency Management, to create a written plan addressing the continuity of operations of elections in the event of an emergency. The bill also requires that the State Board perform periodic reviews of the conduct of elections and, based on the findings of such reviews, develop a written plan for minimizing the amount of time a voter has to wait to cast his vote on election day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1062/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1062","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":449201,"bill_number":"SB1063","title":"Stalking; includes electronic transmissions that produce a visual or textual message.","description":"Stalking; electronic means; penalty. Provides that conduct that can constitute stalking includes electronic transmissions that produce a visual or textual message.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1063/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1063","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":449202,"bill_number":"SB1069","title":"Virginia Longitudinal Data System and Advisory Council; established, report.","description":"Public schools; Virginia Longitudinal Data System established. Requires the Board of Education to establish the Virginia Longitudinal Data System to track and examine student progress from early childhood to postsecondary education to the student entering the workforce. The bill also establishes the Virginia Longitudinal Data System Advisory Council to advise the Board of Education on all matters related to the Virginia Longitudinal Data System. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1069/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1069","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":449203,"bill_number":"SB1084","title":"Health insurance; authorizes SCC to establish state plan management partnership exchange.","description":"State partnership health benefit exchange. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency as may be required in order to establish a state plan management partnership exchange for the Commonwealth. The SCC, with assistance from the Virginia Department of Health, is required to perform any plan management functions consistent with guidelines developed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support such an exchange in Virginia. The SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available, and there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing any required plan management functions. In addition, the SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon receiving a general fund appropriation sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the functions. The SCC is required to seek full reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the expenses and to reimburse the general fund for the amount received. The SCC may contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with any state or federal agency. The Department of Health, Department of Medical Assistance Services, and Department of Social Services are authorized to assist the SCC in the establishment, operation, and plan management functions of a state plan management partnership exchange. The SCC may not use special fund revenues dedicated to its other functions and duties to fund plan management functions. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates, which finding is a requirement for its participation in the health benefit exchange partnership model. The measure will take effect upon its passage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1084/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1084","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":449204,"bill_number":"SB1088","title":"Medicaid; coordinated long-term care.","description":"Medicaid; coordinated long-term care. Directs the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop and implement a statewide, fully integrated managed care long-term care program that is risk-based and integrates Medicaid-reimbursed primary, acute, behavioral health, and long-term care services. The long-term care program shall expand access to and utilization of cost-effective home and community-based alternatives to institutional care for Medicaid-eligible individuals. The program shall include an institutional transition initiative. Managed-care entities shall develop a need-based methodology for reimbursement of nursing facility services.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1088/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1088","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":449205,"bill_number":"SJR314","title":"Commending Dominion Resources, Inc.","description":"Commending Dominion Resources, Inc.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ314ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR314/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ314","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":449966,"bill_number":"HB1635","title":"Jail facilities, temporary; Chesapeake allowed certain waivers for current temporary structures.","description":"Temporary jail facilities; Chesapeake. Allows the City of Chesapeake to receive a waiver from the construction requirements of the \"Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities\" for a jail enlargement project using a temporary structure for housing community custody inmates. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1635/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1635","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":449967,"bill_number":"HB1749","title":"Landlord and tenant laws; application to certain occupants of hotel, motel, etc.","description":"Landlord and tenant laws; application to certain occupants of hotel, motel, extended stay facilities, and similar lodging. Provides that an occupant in a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, vacation residential facility, boardinghouse, or similar transient lodging shall not be construed to be a tenant living in a dwelling unit under landlord and tenant laws or the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act. The bill provides that if a person resides in such lodging as his primary residence for more than 90 consecutive days or is subject to a written lease for more than 90 days, then landlord and tenant laws or the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act will apply to the occupancy. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1749/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1749","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":449968,"bill_number":"HB1761","title":"Property Owners' Association Act; waiver of assessments, voting of members.","description":"Property Owners' Association Act; waiver of assessments; voting. Prohibits, under certain circumstances, an association or board of directors from waiving for any lot owner for any reason any assessment authorized in the declaration. The bill also provides that (i) votes of the membership of an association taken to authorize the transaction of any association business must occur at a duly called meeting and with the concurrence of a majority of the members present and voting or by any larger vote specified in the declaration, (ii) votes cast by proxy may be counted at such meeting so long as voting by proxy is not prohibited in the declaration or association bylaws, and (iii) no association shall utilize cumulative or block voting for any purpose other than the election of members of the board of directors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1761/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1761","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":449972,"bill_number":"HB1770","title":"Natural gas utilities; eligible safety activity costs to be recovered as deferred costs.","description":"Natural gas utility ratemaking; eligible safety activity costs. Permits natural gas utilities to recover certain safety activity costs incurred on or after January 1, 2013, in future rates by accounting for them as deferred costs. The amount deferred shall not exceed four percent of the natural gas utility's net plant investment that was utilized in establishing or confirming the utility's base rates. The utility shall be deemed to have recovered eligible safety activity costs to the extent that the return on equity earned by the utility in an earnings test filing for a year, after consideration of the treatment of regulatory assets, is in excess of the mid-point of the rate of return on equity range specified or confirmed in the natural gas utility's most recent rate case or performance-based regulation plan. If a utility's base rates include eligible safety activity costs, the utility shall only be permitted to defer the level of eligible safety activity costs that are in excess of the level reflected in base rates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1770/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1770","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":449973,"bill_number":"HB1807","title":"Condominium & Property Owners' Association Acts; disclosure of qualification for federal financing.","description":"Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; disclosure of qualification for federal financing. Requires the disclosure in the respective association disclosure packets for purchasers to include a statement indicating any known project approvals that have been issued by secondary mortgage market agencies and currently in effect.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1807/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1807","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":449974,"bill_number":"HB1834","title":"High Performance Building Act; use of certain forest products.","description":"High Performance Building Act; use of certain forest products. Requires the Department of General Services to include in the high performance building certification program, certificate credits for forest products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative or the American Tree Farm System.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1834/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1834","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":449977,"bill_number":"HB1845","title":"Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward.","description":"Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General.  Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purposes for which the Fund may be used to include supporting the administration of the Fund, defraying Fund advertising costs, and subsidizing the operation of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline, all expenditures for which are capped at five percent of the Fund. Under the bill, all moneys recovered by the Office of the State Inspector General as a result of whistle blower activity and alerts originating in the Office shall be deposited into the Fund. The bill also provides that by the end of each quarter 85 percent of all sums recovered be remitted to the institutions or agencies on whose behalf the recovered sums were secured, unless otherwise directed by a court of law. In addition, the bill (i) authorizes the State Inspector General to split a reward among multiple whistle blowers reporting the same qualifying incident of wrongdoing or abuse, (ii) requires the State Inspector General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly summarizing the activities of the Fund, and (iii) changes the name of the State Employee Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline to the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1845/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1845","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":449979,"bill_number":"HB1851","title":"Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Virginia Board for; renewal of asbestos contractors licenses.","description":"Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; asbestos contractors; notice to asbestos workers. Authorizes the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of an existing license of any asbestos contractor who is shown to have a substantial identity of interest with an asbestos contractor whose license has been revoked. The bill also requires employers to provide each licensed asbestos worker with a written notice containing the following information: (i) a statement that the worker has the right to work in a safe environment, (ii) a summary of basic safety rules for handling asbestos, and (iii) information on how to file a complaint with the Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1851/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1851","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":449983,"bill_number":"HB1890","title":"General Services, Department of; public access to standard vendor accounting information.","description":"Department of General Services; standard vendor accounting information. Requires the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services and the State Comptroller to adhere to the adopted data standards and match all purchases of goods, commodities, and other services to the related payment activity and make the matched information available on the Commonwealth Data Point pursuant to subdivision H 3 a of § 30-133. The bill requires that this information be available at a transactional level and be in sufficient detail to make clear what an agency has purchased, when the purchase was made, the vendor from whom the purchase is made, the amount purchased, if applicable, and how much was paid. The bill further requires that by July 15, 2013, the Governor must direct the Division and State Comptroller to take the steps necessary to modify their systems to accomplish the requirements of the bill.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0493)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1890/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1890","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":449985,"bill_number":"HB1906","title":"Veterans; Department of Veterans Services to develop comprehensive program to reduce unemployment.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; programs to reduce unemployment among veterans. Provides for the Department of Veterans Services to develop a comprehensive program to reduce unemployment among veterans by assisting businesses to attract, hire, train, and retain veterans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0576)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1906/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1906","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":449986,"bill_number":"HB1926","title":"School boards, local; selection, abolishes selection commissions in school divisions, etc.","description":"Selection of local school boards; school board selection commissions. Abolishes school board selection commissions in school divisions composed of a single county and gives the county governing body all powers and duties previously held by the school board selection commission, including selection of the school board. The bill also eliminates, in single-county school divisions, referendums as a method of authorizing school board appointment by the county governing body or abolishing the school board selection commission. The bill finally specifies that the appointment of a tie breaker by an elected school board shall be made at the annual organizational meeting of the school board.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1926/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1926","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":449991,"bill_number":"HB1933","title":"Lyme disease; written information to patient when ordering laboratory test for presence of disease.","description":"Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.  Requires physicians to provide to each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered a written notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need for the patient to contact his physician with questions or concerns about Lyme disease. The bill also provides that licensees are immune from civil liability for providing such notice absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1933/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1933","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":449993,"bill_number":"HB1936","title":"Minority Business Enterprises, Department of; changes definition of small business.","description":"Department of Minority Business Enterprise; definition of small business. Changes the definition of \"small business\" to be a business located in Virginia that meets the definition of a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 631 et seq.).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1936/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1936","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":449994,"bill_number":"HB1943","title":"Electrical utility facilities; consideration of stability of fuel prices.","description":"Electrical utility facilities; consideration of stability of fuel prices. Requires the State Corporation Commission, when required to approve the construction of any electrical utility facility, to consider the long-term price stability of any fuels used in the generation of energy from the facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1943/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1943","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":449997,"bill_number":"HB1945","title":"MEI Project Site Planning Grant Fund; revises definition.","description":"Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; definition of \"MEI project.\" Revises the definition of \"MEI project\" by decreasing the requirement for private capital investment from $250 million to $50 million and decreasing the number of new jobs to be created from 400 to 100, thereby lowering the threshold for a political subdivision to be eligible for a grant under the Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1945/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1945","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":450000,"bill_number":"HB1967","title":"Virginia Jobs Investment Program; eligibility for assistance.","description":"Virginia Jobs Investment Program; eligibility for assistance. Expands the criteria for eligibility for assistance in any of the component parts of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program to include areas that have a higher labor force participation rate than the statewide average. In such areas, the wage rate minimum may be waived by the Department of Business Assistance.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1967/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1967","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":450003,"bill_number":"HB1976","title":"Higher Education, Virginia Commission on; Board appointments.","description":"Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. Clarifies that the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments is required to evaluate potential appointees to higher education governing boards and to make recommendations to the Governor. Currently, these actions are considered powers and duties of the Commission and the Commission only makes recommendations upon the request of the Governor. The bill also requires the Commission to consider each list of qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the alumni association of any public institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1976/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1976","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":450006,"bill_number":"HB1995","title":"Condominium Act; convertible land.","description":"Condominium Act; convertible land. Provides that no mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien shall be subject to the provisions of a recorded declaration unless such mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien expressly so provides. The bill also provides that certification that all units or portions thereof depicted on the plans have been substantially completed shall not be required at the time of recordation if a completion bond has been filed and remains in full force and effect until all units designated on the convertible land are certified as substantially complete by a licensed architect, licensed engineer, or licensed land surveyor. Finally, the bill provides that if a completion bond has been filed before the expiration of the time limits for conversion of convertible land, then such time limit to complete the units shall be deemed satisfied for so long as the bond remains in effect.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1995/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1995","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":450008,"bill_number":"HB2006","title":"Mortgages; retains its subordinate status.","description":"Subordinate mortgages. Provides that a subordinate mortgage retains its subordinate status upon the refinancing of the primary mortgage if the principal amount secured by the refinance mortgage does not exceed the greater of the outstanding principal balance of the prior mortgage plus $5,000 or the outstanding principal balance of the prior mortgage plus any accrued interest, fees, and prepayment penalty required to satisfy the prior mortgage. Under current law, the amount of the refinance mortgage cannot exceed the outstanding principal balance of the prior mortgage plus $5,000. The bill also provides that a subordinate mortgage retains its status if the prior mortgage was not a fully amortizing fixed rate mortgage, a term defined in the bill, and the refinance mortgage is such a mortgage. The bill also expands its application to mortgages on real estate containing up to four dwelling units, whereas current law applies only to real estate containing a single dwelling unit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2006/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2006","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":450010,"bill_number":"HB2028","title":"Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.","description":"Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators. Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for bus drivers; increases the number of staff required to have such training; and requires such training for those seeking initial teacher licensure, renewal of a license to teach, or a provisional teaching license, with a waiver for teachers with disabilities. For students, beginning with first-time ninth grade students in the 2016-2017 school year, the bill adds a requirement that recipients of the standard and advanced diplomas must receive training in emergency first aid, CPR, and the use of AEDs. The bill allows each local school board to develop a plan for the placement, care, use, and funding of an automated external defibrillator in each school.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2028/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2028","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":450011,"bill_number":"HB2038","title":"Fort Monroe Authority; payments in lieu of real property taxes.","description":"Fees in lieu of real property taxes; Fort Monroe. Modifies the method of determining the amount of fees in lieu of real property taxes owed by the Fort Monroe Authority by ensuring that properties at Fort Monroe that would be taxed by the City of Hampton if privately held will be charged a fee in lieu of taxes, but that properties at Fort Monroe that would not be taxed by the City if privately held will be exempt from the fee. The bill also permits the Fort Monroe Authority to appeal the assessed value of its property used in calculating the fee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0221)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2038/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2038","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":450016,"bill_number":"HB2069","title":"Seedlings; State Forester to furnish those grown in nurseries to State without expense, etc.","description":"Sale of seedlings. Authorizes the State Forester to (i) provide seedlings at no expense for use on state forests, public grounds, and state parks and (ii) sell seedlings to private individuals. The terms and conditions of the sale and the price of the seedlings will be set by the State Forester.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2069/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2069","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":450018,"bill_number":"HB2072","title":"Condemnation; local application process.","description":"Local application process; condemnation. Provides that no locality shall condition or delay the timely consideration of any application for or grant of any permit or other approval for any real property over which it enjoys jurisdiction for the purpose, expressed or implied, of allowing the locality to condemn or otherwise acquire the property or to commence any process to consider whether to undertake condemnation or acquisition of the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2072/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2072","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":450020,"bill_number":"HB2074","title":"VITA; procurement of information technology and telecommunications by state agencies.","description":"Virginia Information Technologies Agency; procurement of information technology and telecommunications by state agencies. Clarifies that all information technology and telecommunications goods and services of every description procured on behalf of state agencies may only be purchased by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and details VITA's role in all aspects of the procurement of such goods and services on behalf of state agencies. In addition, the bill provides that any contract for information technology or telecommunications goods or services entered into by a state agency or institution without written authorization from VITA shall be void and prohibits the Comptroller from issuing payment under any contract for information technology and telecommunications goods and services not approved or authorized by VITA.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Science and Technology by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2074/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2074","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":450026,"bill_number":"HB2075","title":"Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System; authorizes IEIA to create.","description":"IEIA; Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System. Authorizes the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority to create the Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System as a tool to measure areas within the Commonwealth worthy of economic development and institutional focus in furtherance of the Commonwealth Research and Development Strategic Roadmap.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2075/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2075","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":450027,"bill_number":"HB2079","title":"VA Public Procurement Act; process for competitive sealed bidding and negotiation.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement. Reorganizes the definitions of and processes for competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation. The bill also adds a definition of job order contracting and specifies procedures to be used by public bodies when utilizing job order contracting. Under the bill, the above provisions do not become effective until July 1, 2014. The bill also requires the chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology to convene a work group in 2013 to examine the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2079/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2079","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":450028,"bill_number":"HB2085","title":"Consumer Counsel of Dept. of Law, Division of; replaces referenece to Office of Consumer Affairs.","description":"Division of Consumer Counsel of the Department of Law. Replaces references to the \"Office of Consumer Affairs\" with references to the \"Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services\" or the \"Division of Consumer Counsel of the Department of Law.\" The changes reflect the transfer made in the 2012 Session of certain duties from the Office of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Division of Consumer Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2085/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2085","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":450032,"bill_number":"HB2087","title":"VA Jobs Investment Program; moves administration of Program to VA Economic Development Partnership.","description":"Virginia Jobs Investment Program. Moves the administration of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program from the Department of Business Assistance to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2087/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2087","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":450033,"bill_number":"HB2089","title":"Permits and other information; DEQ to transmit electronically air pollution control, etc.","description":"Electronic transmission of permits. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to transmit electronically air pollution control, water quality, and waste management permits or certificates, as well as other information such as plan approvals.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2089/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2089","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":450034,"bill_number":"HB2090","title":"Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives.","description":"Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives. Establishes a requirement that electricity generated from renewable sources be generated from a facility located in the Commonwealth, or a facility off the Commonwealth's shoreline if it is an offshore wind facility, in order to qualify as renewable energy for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program. The measure also makes renewable powered generation facilities located outside of the Commonwealth, except offshore wind facilities located in waters off the Commonwealth's shoreline, ineligible for certain cost recovery and enhanced rate of return incentives in the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2090/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2090","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":450039,"bill_number":"HB2095","title":"Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of; removes references to Office.","description":"Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Removes references to the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and provides for the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to be responsible for all of the duties of the Office under current law. The bill also (i) removes the requirement for the appointment of the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to be confirmed by the General Assembly and clarifies that the position serves at the pleasure of the Governor and (ii) removes the responsibility of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to serve as the base office for state officials traveling to Washington, D.C.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2095/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2095","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":450041,"bill_number":"HB2108","title":"Low-income residential customers; reduced electricity rates.","description":"Reduced electricity rates for certain 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 at least age 60 and receiving (i) supplemental security income, (ii) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or (iii) food stamps. The State Corporation Commission is required to certify each utility's revenue deficiency resulting from the special reduced rates. 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, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2108/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2108","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":450045,"bill_number":"HB2111","title":"Coal; repeals an obsolete chapter that regulates surface mining.","description":"Surface mining of coal. Repeals an obsolete chapter in Title 45.1 that regulates the surface mining of coal. The provisions of this chapter have been superseded by the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (§ 45.1-226 et seq.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0129)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2111/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2111","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":450046,"bill_number":"HB2113","title":"Virginia Business Trust Act; modifies provisions.","description":"Virginia Business Trust Act. Modifies provisions of the Virginia Business Trust Act in order to (i) bring to a single location the standard for a foreign business trust's signing of a document that is to be filed in the Clerk's Office of the State Corporation Commission, (ii) authorize a business trust to petition the State Corporation Commission for an order to eliminate the effects of clerical errors, (iii) require the inclusion of a business trust's identification number in certain documents to be filed in the Clerk's Office, (iv) bring annual registration fee assessment provisions into alignment with those applicable to other business entities, and (v) provide that business trust names are subject to provisions regarding noncompliance. The measure also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2113/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2113","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":450048,"bill_number":"HB2114","title":"State Inspector General; additional powers and duties, report.","description":"State Inspector General; powers and duties.  Grants additional powers to the State Inspector General relating to audit functions of state and nonstate agencies and provides that the State Inspector General and no more than 30 members of the investigative unit shall be law-enforcement officers. The bill requires the State Inspector General to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of State Police relative to their respective roles and responsibilities. The bill reorganizes the State Inspector General's powers and duties and generally reorganizes the law relating to the Office of the State Inspector General. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2114/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2114","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":450053,"bill_number":"HB2115","title":"Telephone carriers; intrastate switched access charges.","description":"Telephone carriers; intrastate switched access charges. Eliminates a provision that prohibits incumbent local exchange carriers from adding additional elements, or from increasing the charge for existing elements, of intrastate switched access charges.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2115/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2115","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":450054,"bill_number":"HB2116","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board, Commissioner of Highways, etc.; powers and duties, report.","description":"Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures by granting the Commissioner greater authority over administrative operations, matters involving the practice of civil engineering, and interaction with stakeholders.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2116/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2116","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":450058,"bill_number":"HB2120","title":"Physician, licensed, etc.; may perform procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination.","description":"Individual incapable of making an informed decision; procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination. Authorizes a licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse to perform a physical evidence recovery kit examination for a person who is believed to be the victim of a sexual assault and who is incapable of making an informed decision regarding consent to such examination when there is a need to conduct the examination, no legally authorized representative is available to provide consent, and a capacity reviewer provides written certification that the person is incapable of providing informed consent and that the examination should be performed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2120/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2120","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":450060,"bill_number":"HB2121","title":"Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification, DCJS authorized to waive requirements.","description":"Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification. Provides that no person who becomes a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2013, may have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including petit larceny, any misdemeanor sex offense, or any domestic assault. Additionally, any certified law-enforcement officer who has been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any such crime shall be decertified by the Criminal Justice Services Board.  The bill additionally requires a sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing when any certified law-enforcement officer or jail officer who is currently employed is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to certain crimes. Notice is also required when a law-enforcement officer or jail officer resigns or is terminated in advance of a pending drug screening or conviction of an offense that requires decertification. Upon receiving notice, the Criminal Justice Services Board shall decertify such officer.  Finally, the bill allows for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to waive decertification requirements for good cause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2121/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2121","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":450061,"bill_number":"HB2126","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.","description":"Special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2126/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2126","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":450065,"bill_number":"HB2131","title":"Real property tax; modifies and clarifies special taxes that Fairfax County may impose.","description":"Real property tax in certain service districts; Fairfax County. Modifies and clarifies the special real property taxes that Fairfax County may impose in a service district to pay for the costs of the additional improvements and services provided in the district. The bill states that the tax may be imposed on property used for different purposes, not just zoned for different purposes. In addition, if the use or zoning of real property changes from one that is taxed in the service district to one that is not, then the local governing body may require the property owner to pay a lump sum equal to the present value of future taxes that will be lost as a result of the change in use or zoning.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2131/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2131","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":450069,"bill_number":"HB2142","title":"Farm wineries; locality may not regulate activities.","description":"Farm wineries. Provides that a locality may not regulate the number or frequency of usual and customary activities and events at farm wineries. The bill also states that regular business hours shall, at a minimum, include the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2142/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2142","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":450070,"bill_number":"HB2146","title":"Virginia War Memorial; powers and duties of division of Department of Veterans Services.","description":"Virginia War Memorial division; powers and duties. Provides for the powers and duties of the Virginia War Memorial division of the Department of Veterans Services. The bill removes certain powers and duties from the Virginia War Memorial Board and places those duties under the Virginia War Memorial division.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2146/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2146","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":450072,"bill_number":"HB2151","title":"Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures.","description":"Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated. The bill requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and such evaluations to include student academic progress as a significant component and an overall summative rating. The bill allows local school boards to increase from three years to five years the term of probationary service required before a teacher becomes eligible for a continuing contract.  The bill also changes the grievance procedure for teachers by giving local school boards the option to assign a grievance hearing to be heard by an impartial hearing officer designated by the local school board and by removing the option for a grievance to be heard in front of a fact-finding panel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2151/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2151","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":450076,"bill_number":"HB2152","title":"Transportation district commissions; membership.","description":"Transportation commission membership. Gives the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee equal voting weight on the Virginia Railway Express oversight board. The bill also provides that the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee shall be included for purposes of constituting a quorum on certain transportation commissions and shall have voting rights equal to the appointees of component governments. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2152/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2152","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":450078,"bill_number":"HB2169","title":"Grievance procedure, local; removes requirement.","description":"Local grievance procedure. Removes the requirement that both parties must approve the locality's use of an administrative hearing officer in lieu of a three-person panel during the final step of the grievance procedure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (9-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2169/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2169","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":450080,"bill_number":"HB2181","title":"Medical equipment suppliers; delivery of sterile water and saline.","description":"Medical equipment suppliers; delivery of sterile water and saline. Adds sterile water and saline to the list of prescription drugs and devices that a permitted medical equipment supplier may receive, store, and distribute to a consumer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2181/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2181","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":450083,"bill_number":"HB2185","title":"Water supply impoundment facilities; creates an exemption to existing provision.","description":"Water supply impoundment facilities. Creates an exemption to the existing provision that prohibits a locality from constructing a water supply impoundment system outside its boundaries without first obtaining consent of the subject locality. The exemption allows a town that has purchased an existing water supply system located in a county to construct an impoundment facility in such county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Counties, Cities and Towns","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Counties, Cities and Towns","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2185/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2185","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":450086,"bill_number":"HB2200","title":"Property Owners' Association Act; lot owner permitted to operate home-based business, etc.","description":"Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses permitted. Provides that, except to the extent the declaration or rules and regulations duly adopted pursuant thereto expressly provide otherwise, no association shall prohibit any lot owner from operating a home-based business on his lot. The bill allows an association to establish reasonable restrictions as to (i) the time, place, and manner of the operation of a home-based business and (ii) the size, placement, duration, and manner of the placement or display of any signs on the owner's lot related to such business. The bill requires any home-based business to comply with all applicable local ordinances and provides that the General Assembly finds that the bill's objectives serve the public interest by promoting Virginia's small businesses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2200/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2200","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":450087,"bill_number":"HB2205","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; qualified Virginia businesses afforded opportunity to bid.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; qualified Virginia businesses afforded opportunity to bid. Requires a public body to solicit bids directly from potential contractors who are residents of Virginia and have been prequalified or deemed qualified under the criteria set forth in the solicitation. The bill defines businesses that are Virginia residents.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2205/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2205","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":450090,"bill_number":"HJR711","title":"Commending the Goochland High School football team.","description":"Commending the Goochland High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ711ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR711/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ711","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":450092,"bill_number":"HJR712","title":"Celebrating the life of Jean Miller Brundred Murray.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jean Miller Brundred Murray.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ712ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR712/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ712","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":450097,"bill_number":"HJR713","title":"Celebrating the life of Preston Alexander Coiner.","description":"Celebrating the life of Preston Alexander Coiner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ713ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR713/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ713","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":450101,"bill_number":"HJR714","title":"Celebrating the life of William Henry Wood.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Henry Wood.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ714ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR714/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ714","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":450102,"bill_number":"HJR715","title":"Celebrating the life of Claude Dennis Cash.","description":"Celebrating the life of Claude Dennis Cash.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ715ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR715/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ715","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":450103,"bill_number":"HJR716","title":"Commending Camden Dellinger.","description":"Commending Camden Dellinger.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ716ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR716/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ716","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":450107,"bill_number":"HJR717","title":"Commending the Western Albemarle High School boys' tennis team.","description":"Commending the Western Albemarle High School boys%92 tennis team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ717ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR717/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ717","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":450110,"bill_number":"HJR718","title":"Commemorating the life and legacy of Michael Wise.","description":"Commemorating the life and legacy of Michael Wise.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ718ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR718/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ718","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":450111,"bill_number":"HJR719","title":"Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.","description":"Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ719ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR719/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ719","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":450115,"bill_number":"HJR720","title":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.","description":"Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ720ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR720/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ720","sponsor":"Algie Howell"},
{"bill_id":450117,"bill_number":"HJR722","title":"Celebrating the life of Andrew David Fox.","description":"Celebrating the life of Andrew David Fox.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ722ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR722/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ722","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":450119,"bill_number":"HR121","title":"Memorializing James Ewell Brown Stuart.","description":"Memorializing James Ewell Brown Stuart.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR121ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR121/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR121","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":450123,"bill_number":"HR122","title":"Commending Chris Nalley.","description":"Commending Chris Nalley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR122ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR122/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR122","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":450124,"bill_number":"HR123","title":"Celebrating the life of Chris Yung.","description":"Celebrating the life of Chris Yung.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR123ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR123/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR123","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":450128,"bill_number":"HR124","title":"Commending Dr. Margaret S. Meara.","description":"Commending Dr. Margaret S. Meara.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR124ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR124/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR124","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":450130,"bill_number":"SB986","title":"Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.","description":"Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators. Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for bus drivers; increases the number of staff required to have such training; and requires such training for those seeking initial teacher licensure, renewal of a license to teach, or a provisional teaching license, with a waiver for teachers with disabilities. For students, beginning with first-time ninth grade students in the 2016-2017 school year, the bill adds a requirement that recipients of the standard and advanced diplomas must receive training in emergency first aid, CPR, and the use of AEDs. The bill allows each local school board to develop a plan for the placement, care, use, and funding of an automated external defibrillator in each school.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0530)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB986/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB986","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":450131,"bill_number":"SB991","title":"Veterans; identification card, discount on state-operated attractions.","description":"Department of Veterans Services; veterans identification card; discount on state-operated attractions. Provides a 50 percent discount on the admission fee to all state-operated attractions for a Virginia veteran who presents a valid veterans identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The discounted admission fee shall apply to the card holder and up to five persons accompanying him to such attraction. The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Services to publish on its website an annually updated list of state-operated attractions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB991/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB991","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":450135,"bill_number":"SB1004","title":"Landlord and tenant laws; early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, etc.","description":"Landlord and tenant law; early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse or sexual assault.  Provides that a tenant who is a victim of (i) family abuse, (ii) sexual abuse, or (iii) criminal sexual assault may terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances. The bill details the instance under which termination may be sought and the process that must be followed by the tenant to effect the termination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1004/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1004","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":450137,"bill_number":"SB1006","title":"Physician, licensed, etc.; may perform procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination.","description":"Individual incapable of making an informed decision; procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination. Authorizes a licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse to perform a physical evidence recovery kit examination for a person who is believed to be the victim of a sexual assault and who is incapable of making an informed decision regarding consent to such examination when there is a need to conduct the examination, no legally authorized representative is available to provide consent, and a capacity reviewer provides written certification that the person is incapable of providing informed consent and that the examination should be performed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1006/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1006","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":450141,"bill_number":"SB1010","title":"Identity theft; victim assistance, restitution, penalties.","description":"Identity theft; penalties.  Raises the punishment for identity theft where five or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony and raises the punishment for identity theft where 50 or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 5 to a Class 4 felony. A violation resulting in the arrest and detention of the victim is raised from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1010/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1010","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":450143,"bill_number":"SB1013","title":"Landlord and tenant laws; application to certain occupants of hotel, motel, etc.","description":"Landlord and tenant laws; application to certain occupants of hotel, motel, extended stay facilities, and similar lodging. Provides that an occupant in a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, vacation residential facility, boardinghouse, or similar transient lodging shall not be construed to be a tenant living in a dwelling unit under landlord and tenant laws or the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act. The bill provides that if a person resides in such lodging as his primary residence for more than 90 consecutive days or is subject to a written lease for more than 90 days, then landlord and tenant laws or the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act will apply to the occupancy. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1013/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1013","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":450145,"bill_number":"SB1014","title":"Coal; repeals an obsolete chapter that regulates surface mining.","description":"Surface mining of coal. Repeals an obsolete chapter in Title 45.1 that regulates the surface mining of coal. The provisions of this chapter have been superseded by the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (§ 45.1-226 et seq.).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1014/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1014","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":450148,"bill_number":"SB1065","title":"Arts and cultural districts, local; tax incentives.","description":"Local arts and cultural districts; tax incentives. Permits a locality to include the reduction or rebate of real estate property taxes among the tax incentives it makes available in an arts and cultural district established by ordinance. Current law provides for reductions in three other types of taxes or fees as examples of permissible incentives.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1065/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1065","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":450150,"bill_number":"SB1073","title":"Attorney; fees in certain land use cases.","description":"Attorney fees in certain land use cases. Provides that a court, in addition to any other relief provided, and for good cause, may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and court costs to any person, group, or entity that prevails in an action successfully challenging an ordinance, administrative act, or other local action related to planning, subdivision of land, zoning, or other land use activity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (6-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1073/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1073","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":450154,"bill_number":"SB1085","title":"Higher Education, Virginia Commission on; Board appointments.","description":"Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. Clarifies that the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments is required to evaluate potential appointees to higher education governing boards and to make recommendations to the Governor. Currently, these actions are considered powers and duties of the Commission and the Commission only makes recommendations upon the request of the Governor. The bill also requires the Commission to consider each list of qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the alumni association of any public institution of higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (7-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1085/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1085","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":450155,"bill_number":"SB1089","title":"Health insurance; program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of State.","description":"Health insurance program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth. Removes the authority of centers for independent living and area agencies on aging to join the Local Choice Plan for their employees because private employees are not permitted to participate in a public health plan that enjoys ERISA reporting exemptions under federal law. The bill also makes technical changes to remove obsolete provisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1089/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1089","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":450156,"bill_number":"SB1091","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1091/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1091","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":450160,"bill_number":"SB1105","title":"Biennial appropriations; changing to start in odd-numbered year.","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, 2015, through June 30, 2017. The bill requires that the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, 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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1105/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1105","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":450161,"bill_number":"SB1111","title":"Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.","description":"Local gas severance taxes. Makes technical amendments that provide a period of time in which natural gas companies may appeal a local gas severance tax assessment made on or after January 1, 2014, for license years 2014, 2013, 2012, or 2011. In 2012, the General Assembly passed legislation delaying the time period in which natural gas companies could appeal gas severance tax assessments and suspending the collection of gas severance tax assessments. The bill creates a time period in which natural gas companies may appeal such assessments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1111/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1111","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":450162,"bill_number":"SB1121","title":"Water and waste authorities; rates.","description":"Water and waste authorities; rates. Clarifies the ability of a water or waste authority to fix rates for services that are furnished by a refuse collection and disposal system. The bill expands the list of rate-setting powers that require a public hearing by adding the rate-setting power found in subdivision 10 of §15.2-5114, a power that includes the establishment of incentives for green roofs. The bill combines the two parallel processes found in current law for the setting of rates for sewage disposal and refuse collection, and it reduces the period for publication of notice of a rate-setting hearing from 60 days to 14 days. Finally, the bill provides that no rate established before January 1, 2013, shall be invalidated because of a failure to provide the required public notice. The bill also makes technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1121/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1121","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":450168,"bill_number":"SB1124","title":"Local government records; clarifies authority of Auditor of Public Accounts, annual audit.","description":"Auditing of local government records. Clarifies the authority of the Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) and the type of audit that shall satisfy the annual audit requirement for localities and constitutional officers. The bill provides that the completion of an audit by an independent certified public accountant on behalf of the locality, when the audit includes the clerk of the circuit court, shall satisfy the requirement stipulated by § 30-134 that the APA audit the accounts of the locality at least once every two years. The bill also clarifies that the authority of the APA to audit accounts only when special circumstances require or fraud is suspected is not exclusive but rather exists in addition to the other auditing authority of the APA.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1124/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1124","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":450170,"bill_number":"SB1125","title":"Virginia Condominium Act; casualty insurance for common areas.","description":"Virginia Condominium Act; casualty insurance for common areas. Specifies the items that must be insured under a master casualty policy obtained by a unit owners' association or executive organ or the association to cover the common elements of a condominium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1125/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1125","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":450175,"bill_number":"SB1132","title":"Claims; Bennett Barbour's estate.","description":"Claims; Bennett Barbour's estate. Provides relief in the amount of $162,527 to the estate of Bennett Barbour, who was incarcerated twice for a total of five years and 11 months after being convicted of crimes of rape, burglary, and grand larceny; three years and 11 months of his time served is attributable to the rape conviction. Mr. Barbour has been issued a writ of actual innocence for the rape conviction. The relief will be paid as a lump sum to his estate within 60 business days immediately following the execution of a release from any present or future claims Mr. Barbour or his estate may have.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1132/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1132","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":450177,"bill_number":"SB1134","title":"VA Jobs Investment Program; moves administration of Program to VA Economic Development Partnership.","description":"Virginia Jobs Investment Program. Moves the administration of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program from the Department of Business Assistance to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1134/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1134","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":450178,"bill_number":"SB1137","title":"SCC; integration of processes and forms by June 30, 2018, into Business Permitting Center, report.","description":"Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; participation by State Corporation Commission. Requires the State Corporation Commission, by June 30, 2018, to fully integrate processes and forms into the Business Permitting Center administered by the Department of Business Assistance and to process all forms within 48 business hours from the time the applicant submits the form electronically. The bill also provides for the Commission and the Business Permitting Center to report on progress and any barriers to completion biannually to the Governor and the chairmen of the Senate Finance, Senate General Laws and Technology, Senate Commerce and Labor, House Appropriations, and House Commerce and Labor committees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1137/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1137","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":450181,"bill_number":"SB1142","title":"Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of; licensure of funeral establishments, hardship waivers.","description":"Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; licensure of funeral establishments; hardship waivers. Authorizes the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to grant a waiver to allow a single full-time manager or funeral director to divide his time between two funeral establishments provided the distance between the two establishments is 50 miles or less. Under current law, the distance between the two establishments is limited to 35 miles or less.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1142/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1142","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":450182,"bill_number":"SB1147","title":"Cemetery Board; resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations.","description":"Cemetery Board; resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations; exemption. Establishes requirements for the resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations. A resale conducted in compliance with the requirements set out by the bill shall be exempt from regulation by the Cemetery Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1147/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1147","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":450185,"bill_number":"SB1159","title":"Virginia State Bar; granting certificate of admission to law professors.","description":"Virginia State Bar admission for full-time law school professors. Allows a full-time law professor to be admitted as an active member of the Virginia State Bar without examination provided that he is otherwise eligible to be admitted to the Virginia State Bar. A full-time law professor who is not so eligible for admission may become an associate member of the Virginia State Bar.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1159/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1159","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":450190,"bill_number":"SB1176","title":"State Inspector General; additional powers and duties, report.","description":"State Inspector General; powers and duties. Grants additional powers to the State Inspector General relating to audit functions of state and nonstate agencies and provides that the State Inspector General and no more than 30 members of the investigative unit shall be law-enforcement officers. The bill requires the State Inspector General to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of State Police relative to their respective roles and responsibilities. The bill reorganizes the State Inspector General's powers and duties and generally reorganizes the law relating to the Office of the State Inspector General. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1176/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1176","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":450191,"bill_number":"SB1178","title":"Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward.","description":"Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General.  Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purposes for which the Fund may be used to include supporting the administration of the Fund, defraying Fund advertising costs, and subsidizing the operation of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline, all expenditures for which are capped at five percent of the Fund. Under the bill, all moneys recovered by the Office of the State Inspector General as a result of whistle blower activity and alerts originating in the Office shall be deposited into the Fund. The bill also provides that by the end of each quarter 85 percent of all sums recovered be remitted to the institutions or agencies on whose behalf the recovered sums were secured, unless otherwise directed by a court of law. In addition, the bill (i) authorizes the State Inspector General to split a reward among multiple whistle blowers reporting the same qualifying incident of wrongdoing or abuse, (ii) requires the State Inspector General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly summarizing the activities of the Fund, and (iii) changes the name of the State Employee Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline to the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1178/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1178","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":450194,"bill_number":"SB1179","title":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties of regulatory boards.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties of regulatory boards; waiver of informal fact-finding conference.  Requires any regulator board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to provide a regulant subject to a disciplinary action with a notice advising the regulant of his right to be heard at an informal fact-finding conference pursuant to the Administrative Process Act. The bill requires that the notice state that if the regulant does not request an informal fact-finding conference within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the board may issue a case decision with judicial review of the case decision. If the regulant asserts his right to be heard prior to the board issuing its case decision, the board shall remand the case to an informal fact-finding conference. The bill provides that the required notice is to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested or, if agreed to by the parties, electronic means, provided that the board retains sufficient proof of the electronic delivery, which may be an electronic receipt of delivery, a confirmation that the notice was sent by facsimile, or a certificate of service prepared by the sender confirming the electronic delivery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1179/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1179","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":450196,"bill_number":"SB1181","title":"IEIA, Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System; authorizes to create.","description":"IEIA; Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System. Authorizes the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority to create the Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System as a tool to measure areas within the Commonwealth worthy of economic development and institutional focus in furtherance of the Commonwealth Research and Development Strategic Roadmap.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1181/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1181","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":450198,"bill_number":"SB1184","title":"VITA; procurement of information technology and telecommunications by state agencies.","description":"Virginia Information Technologies Agency; procurement of information technology and telecommunications by state agencies. Clarifies that all information technology and telecommunications goods and services of every description procured on behalf of state agencies may only be purchased by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and details VITA's role in all aspects of the procurement of such goods and services on behalf of state agencies. In addition, the bill provides that any contract for information technology or telecommunications goods or services entered into by a state agency or institution without written authorization from VITA shall be void and prohibits the Comptroller from issuing payment under any contract for information technology and telecommunications goods and services not approved or authorized by VITA.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1184/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1184","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":450202,"bill_number":"SB1192","title":"State Police, Department of; reimbursement of expenses.","description":"Department of State Police; reimbursement of expenses. Provides that the Department of State Police may recover the cost of all reasonable expenses for providing emergency response services from a person convicted of certain offenses involving motor vehicles. The bill limits the liability for such reasonable expenses to $1,000, which may include the Department's cost of accounting for such expenses, limited to a fee not to exceed $350.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1192/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1192","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":450204,"bill_number":"SB1203","title":"Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of; removes references to Office.","description":"Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Removes references to the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and provides for the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to be responsible for all of the duties of the Office under current law. The bill also (i) removes the requirement for the appointment of the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to be confirmed by the General Assembly and clarifies that the position serves at the pleasure of the Governor and (ii) removes the responsibility of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to serve as the base office for state officials traveling to Washington, D.C.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1203/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1203","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":450205,"bill_number":"SB1208","title":"Department of Corrections; electronic notice.","description":"Department of Corrections; electronic notice. Provides that the Department of Corrections may use electronic means to provide notice to the appropriate parties prior to the release of a prisoner. Under current law, the Department may only provide such notice using first-class mail. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1208/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1208","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":450209,"bill_number":"SB1209","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board, Commissioner of Highways, etc.; powers and duties, report.","description":"Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures by granting the Commissioner greater authority over administrative operations, matters involving the practice of civil engineering, and interaction with stakeholders.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1209/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1209","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":450212,"bill_number":"SB1217","title":"Corrections, Department of; exchange of medical and mental health records, etc.","description":"Department of Corrections; exchange of medical records. Authorizes the Department of Corrections to exchange medical and mental health information and records of any person committed to the Department with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Social Services, and any local department of social services in the Commonwealth for the purposes of reentry planning and post-incarceration placement and services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1217/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1217","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":450214,"bill_number":"SB1231","title":"Deeds; allows an attorney to record corrective affidavit.","description":"Correcting errors in deeds; affidavit. Allows an attorney to record a corrective affidavit to correct an obvious description error contained in a recorded deed, deed of trust, or mortgage. Obvious description errors include (i) errors transcribing courses and distances, (ii) errors incorporating a recorded plat or deed reference, (iii) errors in listing a lot number or designation, and (iv) omitted exhibits that supply the legal description of the property. Before a corrective affidavit may be recorded, all parties to the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage and the title insurance company must be provided with a copy of the affidavit and such parties have 30 days to object in writing to the recordation of the corrective affidavit.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 30-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1231/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1231","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":450215,"bill_number":"SB1237","title":"Claims; Calvin Wayne Cunningham.","description":"Claims; Calvin Wayne Cunningham. Provides relief in the amount of $291,041 to Calvin Cunningham, who was incarcerated for a total of seven years after being convicted of crimes of rape and burglary. Mr. Cunningham has been issued a writ of actual innocence. The relief will be paid as follows: (i) an initial lump sum of $58,208 to be paid within 60 days immediately following the execution of a release by Mr. Cunningham from any present or future claims he may have and (ii) the sum of $232,833 to purchase an annuity before September 30, 2013, for the primary benefit of Mr. Cunningham with the terms of such annuity structured in Mr. Cunningham's best interests based on consultation among Mr. Cunningham or his representatives, the State Treasurer, and other necessary parties.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1237/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1237","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":450218,"bill_number":"SJR315","title":"Commending the Bedford County Sheriff Office.","description":"Commending the Bedford County Sheriff Office.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ315ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR315/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ315","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":450220,"bill_number":"SJR320","title":"Commending Samuel Welford Hopkins, Sr., Congressional Gold Medalist.","description":"Commending Samuel Welford Hopkins, Sr., Congressional Gold Medalist.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-02-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ320ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR320/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ320","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":450221,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles L. McGowan.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles L. McGowan.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR24ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR24/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR24","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451229,"bill_number":"HB1756","title":"Bedford, City of, reversion; taxation of real property that becomes part of Bedford County.","description":"City of Bedford reversion; taxation of real property that becomes part of Bedford County. Requires Bedford County to impose real property taxes on property that becomes part of the County as a result of the reversion of the City of Bedford to town status. The property is to be taxed for a short tax year running from the date of the reversion, July 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. The bill declares an emergency exists and it is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1756/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1756","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":451230,"bill_number":"HB1759","title":"Percutaneous gastrostomy tube; administration of medications.","description":"Administration of medications; percutaneous gastrostomy tube. Provides that nothing shall prevent the administration of drugs to a person receiving services in a program licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services via percutaneous gastrostomy tube when such drugs are administered by a person who has completed an approved training program and has been approved, upon demonstration of competency in administration of drugs via percutaneous gastrostomy tube, by a registered nurse. The bill requires semiannual renewal of approval by a registered nurse, upon demonstration of continuing competency by the person seeking to administer drugs via percutanous gastrostomy tube.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1759/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1759","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":451233,"bill_number":"HB1762","title":"Hunting; allowed on Sunday in certain counties.","description":"Hunting on Sunday. Allows any person to hunt or kill wild animals on Sunday, on private lands in the Counties of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William. However, the hunting or killing of wild birds on Sunday in these localities would continue to be prohibited.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1762/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1762","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":451235,"bill_number":"HB1763","title":"Arrest warrants; jail officer employed in regional jail or jail farm may execute.","description":"Jail officer may execute a warrant in his jail. Authorizes a jail officer employed at a regional jail or jail farm to execute upon a person being held in his jail a warrant, capias, or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently only a person with law-enforcement power may do so.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1763/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1763","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":451237,"bill_number":"HB1779","title":"Tolling transponder fees; prohibits imposition of monthly fee for any month.","description":"Tolling transponder fees. Prohibits imposition of a monthly fee for any tolling transponder for any month in which the transponder is used at least 10 times.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1779/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1779","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":451239,"bill_number":"HB1783","title":"Contraband cigarettes, tax-paid; increases penalty for possession with intent to distribute.","description":"Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; penalties. Increases the penalty for possession with intent to distribute more than 25 but fewer than 500 cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also imposes a Class 6 felony for possession, with intent to distribute, of 500 or more cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder and a Class 5 felony for a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1783/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1783","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":451242,"bill_number":"HB1785","title":"RS & UT; revenue dedicated for public facility in Town of Wise.","description":"Sales and use tax revenue dedicated for public facility in Town of Wise. Adds the Town of Wise to the list of localities in which a public facility may be constructed or expanded, with the sales and use tax revenue generated in the public facility dedicated to the payment of bonds issued to pay for such construction or expansion.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1785/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1785","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":451243,"bill_number":"HB1786","title":"Prisoners; collection by locality of actual cost of transporting.","description":"Collection by locality of cost of transporting prisoners. Provides that localities may charge a person convicted of a violation of state law or ordinance for the costs of transporting him to jail or other holding facility but may charge no more than the actual cost of transporting such person even when more than one person is transported.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1786/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1786","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":451247,"bill_number":"HB1791","title":"Practitioners; suspension or revocation of license, etc., by health regulatory board.","description":"Suspension of license, registration, or certificate by a health regulatory agency; practice pending appeal. Prohibits a practitioner of the healing arts whose license, certificate, registration, or permit has been suspended or revoked by a health regulatory board from engaging in practice pending appeal of the board's order.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1791/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1791","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":451250,"bill_number":"HB1794","title":"Crime victims or witnesses; nondisclosure of personal and identifying information.","description":"Nondisclosure of crime victim or witness personal and identifying information. Provides that upon request of any witness in a criminal prosecution for the sale or manufacture of drugs or a violent felony as defined in subsection C of §17.1-805, or any crime victim, neither a law-enforcement agency, the attorney for the Commonwealth, the counsel for a defendant, a court, nor the Department of Corrections, nor any employee of any of them, may disclose, except among themselves, the residential address, telephone number, or place of employment of the witness or victim or a member of the witness's or victim's family, except to the extent that disclosure is (i) of the site of the crime, (ii) required by law or the Rules of Supreme Court, (iii) necessary for law-enforcement purposes or preparation for court proceedings, or (iv) permitted by the court for good cause. Current law provides this protection to all crime victims but to witnesses only when the prosecutions involve violations of §18.2-46.2 or 18.2-46.3 (criminal street gang offenses).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1794/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1794","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":451253,"bill_number":"HB1797","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Greensville County to list of counties authorized to levy.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Greensville County. Adds Greensville County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, rather than the two percent rate available to all counties. Any revenue attributable to any rate over two percent shall be spent solely for tourism and travel purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1797/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1797","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":451255,"bill_number":"HB1798","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; entitlement of City of Bristol to certain revenues.","description":"Entitlement to certain sales and use tax revenues; City of Bristol. Provides that payments of sales and use tax revenue generated on the premises of a public facility located in the City of Bristol used to pay bonds issued to construct the public facility shall begin upon certification by the governing body of the municipality that a business license has been issued to an occupant of the public facility, even though the public facility has not been completed.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1798/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1798","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":451258,"bill_number":"HB1799","title":"Natural gas utilities; investments in qualifying projects.","description":"Natural gas utilities; investments in qualifying projects. Exempts any natural gas utility that serves fewer than 1,000 residential customers and fewer than 250 commercial and industrial customers from the cap on the amount of investments in qualifying projects a natural gas utility may make. Under current law, a natural gas utility's annual investments in qualifying projects shall not exceed one percent of the utility's net plant investment that was used to establish base rates in its most recent rate case. Legislation enacted in 2012 established a mechanism for natural gas utilities to recover the costs of a qualifying project. A qualifying project is an economic development project for which, among other things, the utility has received a binding commitment from the developer or occupant of the proposed project regarding capacity or a financial guaranty from the developer or state or local government in the amount of at least 50 percent of the estimated investment to be made in the proposed project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1799/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1799","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":451259,"bill_number":"HB1801","title":"Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act; claims review process.","description":"Board for Contractors; Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act. Makes several changes to the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act to clarify the eligibility and assessment requirements for the claims review process including (i) adding a definition of \"verified claim,\" (ii) clarifying the supporting documentation that must be provided by a claimant, and (iii) detailing efforts that must be taken to attempt collection of an unpaid judgment before a claim may be filed. The bill also removes the requirement for an informal fact-finding conference under the Administrative Process Act prior to the Board for Contractors making a final decision. In addition, the bill removes the requirement for the Board to immediately revoke the license of the contractor against whom the judgment had been obtained upon payment of a claim.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1801/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1801","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451262,"bill_number":"HB1802","title":"Contractors, Board for; creation of residential and commercial contractor license categories.","description":"Board for Contractors; creation of residential and commercial contractor license categories. Authorizes the Board for Contractors to establish separate license categories for residential and commercial contractors for each of the current licensing categories: Class A, B, and C contractor licenses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1802/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1802","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451266,"bill_number":"HB1805","title":"Saltwater recreational fishing; allows State residents 65 and older to purchase lifetime license.","description":"Lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license. Allows Virginia residents 65 years of age and older to purchase a lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license for $5.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1805/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1805","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":451268,"bill_number":"HB1809","title":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; powers and duties.","description":"Powers of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Limits the ability of the CTB to reallocate funds from certain local highway projects that are inconsistent with the CTB's Statewide Transportation Plan or the Six-Year Improvement Program.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1809/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1809","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":451270,"bill_number":"HB1814","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; Comprehensive agreements.","description":"Comprehensive agreements under PPTA. Requires that every comprehensive agreement entered into under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 on or after July 1, 2013, be subject to approval by a majority vote of both houses of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1814/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1814","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":451275,"bill_number":"HB1821","title":"Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc.","description":"Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc. Provides that records related to child abuse and exploitation that are in the possession of the Department of State Police pursuant to its duties in maintaining the Child Pornography Images Registry are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act and that the Registry is not subject to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1821/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1821","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":451276,"bill_number":"HB1823","title":"Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.","description":"Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities. Requires local public bodies to post certain required procurement notices on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website and makes newspaper publication or posting on other appropriate websites optional. Currently, only state public bodies are required to post procurement notices on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. The bill provides, however, that no local public body shall be required to post on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website for reverse auctioning for goods and nonprofessional services if (i) the amount of such contract is expected to exceed $100,000 and (ii) the local public body has a website for the posting of such notices and provides the website address to the Department of General Services for posting on its central electronic procurement website. The bill also requires the Department of General Services to (a) provide an electronic data file of the using agency's business opportunities at no charge to any requesting newspaper or other print publication with circulation in Virginia using the comma-separated values (CSV) format and (b) send the data file automatically via electronic mail on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as agreed to by the parties. The bill specifies the information to be included in the data file.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1823/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1823","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":451280,"bill_number":"HB1825","title":"Duck blinds; establishes time periods for person to obtain stationary blind license.","description":"Riparian stationary blinds. Establishes time periods for a person to obtain a stationary blind license. A riparian landowner or his lessee or permittee seeking to license a riparian stationary blind that was not licensed by him the previous year may obtain a license beginning February 1 through June 15. The license would require the licensee to erect a stake or blind, to which the seasonal license plate is affixed, at the blind site by June 30 and replace any such stake with a blind by November 1.  A riparian landowner or his lessee or permittee who licensed a riparian stationary blind the previous year may obtain a license for the blind beginning February 1 through August 15. The license would require the licensee to affix the seasonal license plate to a stake or blind at the blind site by August 31 and replace any such stake with a blind by November 1.  A person seeking a nonriparian license for a stationary blind that he licensed the previous year as a nonriparian stationary blind may purchase a license beginning July 1 through August 15. The license would require the licensee to erect a stake or blind, to which the seasonal license plate is affixed, at the blind site by August 31 and replace any such stake with a blind by November 1. A stationary blind or a site not licensed and posted by August 31 can be licensed as a nonriparian stationary blind by another person from September 1 through October 15, with erection of the blind required by November 1.  The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1825/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1825","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":451282,"bill_number":"HB1829","title":"Foxes; using GPS device to manage dogs while hunting, may also use GPS while hunting other game.","description":"Using a GPS device to manage dogs in pursuit of foxes. Allows hunters to use a GPS (Global Positioning System) or other electronic tracking device to manage dogs that are hunting or pursuing a fox. Current law distinguishes actually following a dog from \"managing\" the dog, but it does not explain what managing might encompass. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1829/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1829","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":451286,"bill_number":"HB1830","title":"State Police, Department of; accident reports may be retained in hard copy or electronic form.","description":"Department of State Police; crash reports maintained by the Department. Provides that the Department of State Police may retain certain automobile accident reports and furnish copies of such reports in either hard copy or electronic form. Under current law, the Department must retain such reports only in hard copy form.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1830/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1830","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":451289,"bill_number":"HB1835","title":"Firefighters and emergency medical technicians; cap on damages.","description":"Firefighters; emergency medical technicians; cap on damages. Imposes a $250,000 cap on damages that may be recovered against firefighters and emergency medical technicians in a civil action arising out of the provision of fire-fighting and emergency medical services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1835/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1835","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":451292,"bill_number":"HB1840","title":"Menhaden fish; total allowable catch for those landed in State.","description":"Total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia. Establishes a total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia by the reduction and other menhaden fisheries. The annual menhaden harvest cap in the Chesapeake Bay for the reduction fishery is reduced from 109,020 to 87,216 metric tons. The reduction fishery includes those vessels that harvest menhaden for the purpose of manufacturing menhaden into fertilizer, fish meal, or oil. The bill provides that if the harvest of the reduction fishery does not reach the cap, the difference between the actual harvest and the cap is applied as credit to the allowable harvest for the following year. The bill establishes an annual total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia at 144,272.84 metric tons, 80 percent of which can come from the reduction fishery with all other menhaden fisheries authorized to land 20 percent of the allowable catch. The Marine Resources Commission is authorized to adopt regulations consistent with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Amendment 2 of the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The bill authorizes an increase in the license fee on each vessel fishing with a purse net for the harvest of menhaden to be used as bait from $3 to $5 and extends the current $5 fee that has been charged on vessels harvesting menhaden for reduction that are over 70 gross tons to all vessels harvesting for reduction purposes regardless of size. The bill provides that anyone who lands menhaden in Virginia after the date of closure of the fishery is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition, the bill repeals the scheduled January 1, 2014, sunset date for the establishment of a total allowable catch of menhaden and the closure date announcement process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1840/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1840","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":451293,"bill_number":"HB1844","title":"Protection and Advocacy, Virginia Office for; privatization.","description":"Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy; privatization. Makes various technical and other statutory changes necessary to implement the privatization of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0571)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1844/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1844","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":451297,"bill_number":"HB1848","title":"Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty.","description":"Reckless driving; using a handheld communications device; penalty. Provides that driving while simultaneously using a handheld communications device for something other than verbal communication constitutes driving a motor vehicle that is not under proper control, punishable as reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the more specific offense of \"texting while driving\" (repealed by this bill) incurs a $20 fine and is a secondary offense, which means that a law-enforcement officer must have cause to stop or detain a driver for some other violation, the primary offense, before issuing a citation for texting while driving, the secondary offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1848/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1848","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":451300,"bill_number":"HB1855","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempts records of Department of Aviation.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempt records of the Department of Aviation. Exempts from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA (i) documents and other information of a proprietary nature furnished by a licensed public-use airport to the Department of Aviation for funding from programs administered by the Department of Aviation or the Virginia Aviation Board and (ii) records provided to the Department of Aviation by other entities of the Commonwealth in connection with the operation of aircraft, where the records would not be subject to disclosure by the entity providing the records. The bill requires in both instances that the submitting entity identify in writing the records or portions thereof to be protected and state why protection is necessary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1855/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1855","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":451301,"bill_number":"HB1870","title":"Multijurisdiction grand jury; adds offense of receiving money for procuring person.","description":"Criminal procedure; functions of multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds the offense of receiving money for procuring a person to the list of offenses that a multijurisdiction grand jury can investigate. This allows such a jury to investigate human trafficking activities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1870/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1870","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":451305,"bill_number":"HB1873","title":"Health information technology; health benefit exchange participants.","description":"Health information technology; health benefit exchange participants. Requires the Information Technology Advisory Council, with input from the Health Information Technology Standards Advisory Committee, to adopt standards that allow consumers using a health benefit exchange to have access to their (i) health data held by an exchange and (ii) administrative data regarding the exchange, including provider price, network coverage, and the consumer's claims data.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Science and Technology by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1873/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1873","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":451309,"bill_number":"HB1876","title":"Sterilization operations; for persons 18 years of age or older and capable of informed consent.","description":"Sterilization operations for persons capable of informed consent. Eliminates the requirement for a 30-day waiting period prior to a sterilization operation for persons who are over the age of 18 and capable of giving informed consent who have not previously become the natural or adoptive parent of a child.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1876/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1876","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":451312,"bill_number":"HB1878","title":"Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.","description":"Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes. Increases the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and requires hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth to pay this fee. However, owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth would be eligible for a refund of the new five percent tax on motor fuels sales. Lowers individual income tax rates and changes the individual income tax structure, effective January 1, 2014. Income less than $5,000 would be taxed at a 0.75% rate, income over $5,000 and up to $17,000 would be taxed at a 4.5% rate, and income over $17,000 would continue to be taxed at a 5.75% rate. Repeals income tax credits for vehicle emissions testing equipment, clean-fuel vehicles, and biodiesel fuel producers effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Eliminates the sales tax exemption currently extended to certain services, such as auto repairs, taxi and limousines, armored cars, travel, and transportation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1878/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1878","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":451313,"bill_number":"HB1886","title":"Vehicle tire weight limitations; prohibits over-the-road operation of certain vehicles.","description":"Vehicle tire weight limitations. Prohibits operation, for a commercial purpose, of certain vehicles whose tire weight exceeds 125 percent of the tire weight limit guidelines.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0430)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1886/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1886","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":451317,"bill_number":"HB1895","title":"Reckless driving; passing other vehicles at intersections.","description":"Reckless driving; passing other vehicles at intersections. Clarifies the language of §46.2-858 which prohibits a person from overtaking or passing another vehicle at certain intersections when a pedestrian is present. The bill does not make any substantive changes to existing law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1895/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1895","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":451319,"bill_number":"HB1897","title":"Cellular telephone or other electronic devices; warrant required for search.","description":"Search of electronic device without warrant prohibited. Provides that no officer of the law or any other person shall search any cellular telephone, tablet computer, portable computer, desktop computer, or other electronic device containing or designed to contain electronic data or digital information except by virtue of and under a warrant issued by a proper officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1897/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1897","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":451322,"bill_number":"HB1903","title":"Cellular phone; use as tracking device.","description":"Cellular phone used as tracking device. Provides that a cellular phone is a tracking device when it is used to track the movement of a person, and that such use requires a warrant issued by a judicial officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1903/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1903","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":451324,"bill_number":"HB1917","title":"Electric utilities; renewable thermal energy.","description":"Electric utilities; renewable thermal energy.  Expands the definition of \"renewable thermal energy\" to include the energy output from certain solar energy systems located in the Commonwealth that heat air or water for residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial processes. Under current law, the term encompasses only the energy output from renewable-fueled combined heat and power facilities used in industrial processes. Renewable thermal energy is eligible to satisfy the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program. The measure also defines \"solar energy system\" as a system that produces heat or electricity, or both, from sunlight.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1917/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1917","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":451329,"bill_number":"HB1919","title":"Writ of actual innocence; joint motion for petitions.","description":"Joint motion for writ of actual innocence. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction wherein a person was convicted of a felony may join in a petition for a biological or nonbiological writ of actual innocence. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pending a ruling by the appellate court on the writ.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1919/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1919","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":451331,"bill_number":"HB1920","title":"Writ of actual innocence; type of plea required for issuance.","description":"Plea required for issuance of a writ of actual innocence. Provides that a convicted person may petition for a writ of actual innocence regardless of the type of plea he entered at trial. Under current law, a person may petition for a writ based on nonbiological evidence if he entered a plea of not guilty; a person may petition for a writ based on biological evidence if he (i) entered a plea of not guilty, or (ii) is convicted of murder, or (iii) is convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for life.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1920/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1920","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":451334,"bill_number":"HB1924","title":"Conservators of the peace; inspectors general of the U.S. Department of HUD and the FHFA.","description":"Conservators of the peace; inspectors general of the U.S. Department of HUD and the FHFA. Includes any criminal investigator within the Offices of Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance Agency among those agents designated as a conservator of the peace.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1924/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1924","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":451336,"bill_number":"HB1925","title":"Nonviolent misdemeanor convictions; expungement of offense after passage of five years.","description":"Expungement of nonviolent misdemeanor convictions. Provides that any person who has been convicted of only one nonviolent misdemeanor offense that is not a violation of § 18.2-266 (DUI) or an offense for which registration is required under § 9.1-902 (sex offender registry offenses), when more than five years have passed from the date of conviction, all terms and conditions of probation have been satisfied and completed, and all fines, costs, and restitution have been paid, may file a petition with the proper district court in the jurisdiction where the conviction was obtained for expungement of the conviction.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1925/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1925","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":451338,"bill_number":"HB1929","title":"Deer; kill permits for towns.","description":"Deer kill permits. Authorizes the chief law-enforcement officer of a town to report to the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries that deer are creating a traffic hazard in the jurisdiction. If after an investigation the Director finds that such a hazard exists, he may authorize responsible persons, or their representatives, to kill the deer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1929/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1929","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":451340,"bill_number":"HB1946","title":"Renewable energy; amends existing portfolio standard program.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Amends the existing renewable energy portfolio standard program to require that for calendar years 2016 through 2025 a utility shall apply (i) only renewable energy generated or purchased in Virginia, off its coast, or represented by a renewable energy certificate from eligible sources in Virginia or off its coast and (ii) renewable energy sales or renewable energy certificates from electric energy derived from any combination of sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, wave motion, tides, or geothermal power to meet at least 40 percent of the sales requirement for the RPS Goal in that year. The measure also eliminates provisions that give double or triple credit toward meeting the RPS Goals for energy from specified sources of energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1946/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1946","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":451345,"bill_number":"HB1947","title":"Deer or turkey; authorizes Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to create separate special licenses.","description":"Authority to create separate special hunting licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to create separate special licenses for the hunting of deer or turkey. Under current law, the Board is authorized to create a separate special license for the hunting of bear.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1947/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1947","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":451346,"bill_number":"HB1948","title":"Tow truck drivers; definition of tow.","description":"Definition of \"tow.\" Supplies a definition of \"tow\" as the term is used in connection with the ticketing, removal, or immobilization of trespassing vehicles.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Transportation with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1948/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1948","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":451352,"bill_number":"HB1949","title":"Reckless driving; speed limits on toll facilities.","description":"Reckless driving; speed limits on toll facilities. Eliminates the provision making driving 80 mph or faster reckless driving and allows speed limits of 80 mph on toll roads, including HOT lanes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1949/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1949","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":451354,"bill_number":"HB1950","title":"Following too closely; driver of a vehicle shall not get closer than is reasonable, etc.","description":"Following too closely.  Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Engrossment refused by House","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1950/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1950","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":451356,"bill_number":"HB1951","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses. Provides a bid match preference for Virginia business. Under the bill, a Virginia business has an opportunity to match the lowest bid of an out-of-state bidder if the bid of a Virginia business is within five percent of the lowest bid of an out-of-state bidder.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1951/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1951","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":451359,"bill_number":"HB1954","title":"Antique motorboats; establishes a special one-time registration fee.","description":"Antique motorboats. Establishes a special one-time $100 registration fee for antique motorboats, defined as vessels that are essentially as originally constructed, used for noncommercial purposes, and at least 30 years old. The registration has to be renewed every three years but at no additional cost. Instead of having identification numbers painted on the bow of the motorboat, the owner will be given two antique motorboat identification plates by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries that display the identification number and language designating the vessel as an antique motorboat, to affix to each side of the bow.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1954/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1954","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":451362,"bill_number":"HB1959","title":"Certified public accountants; time for filing complaints with Board of Accountancy, etc.","description":"Board of Accountancy; time for filing complaints.  Provides that a complaint against a CPA or CPA firm must be received by the Board of Accountancy (i) within three years of the act, omission, or occurrence giving rise to the alleged violation or (ii) where the regulant has misrepresented, concealed, or omitted any information material to the establishment of a violation, within two years of the date of discovery of the misrepresentation, concealment, or omission. Public information obtained from any source by the Executive Director or agency enforcement staff may serve as the basis for a written complaint against a CPA or CPA firm. The bill also (a) provides that the Board may initiate an investigation of a regulant within two years of the filing of criminal charges against the regulant if such charges involve matters that, if found to be true, would also constitute a violation of the regulations or laws of the regulant's profession enforced by the Board and (b) clarifies that the provision limiting the Board's ability to proceed with an investigation shall not deny the right of any party to bring a civil cause of action in a court of law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1959/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1959","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":451363,"bill_number":"HB1960","title":"Board for Contractors; necessity for license, commissioning of public works of art.","description":"Board for Contractors; necessity for license; commissioning of public works of art. Allows a person to bid upon or undertake public works of art commissioned by the Commonwealth; a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including any county, city, or town; or a nonprofit corporation exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code without being licensed or certified as a contractor. The bill provides, however, that the installation of the artwork and related construction services offered or rendered in connection with such commission shall only be rendered by a contractor licensed or certified by the Board for Contractors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1960/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1960","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":451366,"bill_number":"HB1968","title":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; expands eligibility for grants.","description":"Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; eligibility for grants. Expands eligibility for grants from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund to include counties or cities in which at least 40 percent of the assessed value of all real estate situated in the locality is exempt from local property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Section 6 or 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1968/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1968","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":451370,"bill_number":"HB1969","title":"Contractors, Board for; necessity for license, commissioning of public works of art.","description":"Board for Contractors; necessity for license; commissioning of public works of art. Allows a person to bid upon or undertake public works of art commissioned by the Commonwealth; a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including any county, city, or town; or a nonprofit corporation exempt from taxation under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code without being licensed or certified as contractor. The bill provides, however, that any related construction services offered or rendered in connection with such commission otherwise requiring a license shall only be rendered by a contractor licensed or certified by the Board for Contractors.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1969/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1969","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":451372,"bill_number":"HB1973","title":"Real Estate Board; death or disability of a broker.","description":"Real Estate Board; death or disability of a broker. Requires the Real Estate Board to grant approval to certain persons in a specific order of priority as may be designated by a broker in the event of his disability or death to conclude the business of the broker. Under current law, the Board may grant approval to the estate or an adult family member or employee of the licensed broker. The bill also requires the Real Estate Board to inform licensed brokers, in a manner deemed appropriate by the Board, of the broker's ability to designate an agent in the event of the broker's disability or death.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1973/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1973","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":451374,"bill_number":"HB1979","title":"Dulles Greenway; authorizes Commonwealth Transportation Board to issue bonds to acquire.","description":"Authorization of bonds to acquire the Dulles Greenway. Authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board to issue bonds to (i) acquire the Dulles Greenway and (ii) if determined necessary by the Board, improve or upgrade the Dulles Greenway. If the Board were to acquire the Dulles Greenway, the Board would impose and collect tolls from all classes of vehicles in amounts established by the Board for the use of the same. The aggregate principal amount of bonds that could be issued by the Board would be conditioned upon the revenues from the tolls or other charges to be imposed on the Dulles Greenway as proposed and established by the Board, as follows: the revenues from the tolls or other charges proposed by the Board would reasonably be expected by the Board to pay (a) in full and when payable the debt service on all bonds or other obligations issued or entered into by the Board to acquire the Dulles Greenway, (b) the ongoing costs of operating and maintaining the Dulles Greenway, (c) the costs of purchasing and installing electronic tolling equipment or other equipment for the Dulles Greenway if such equipment is determined necessary, (d) the cost of purchasing parking facilities, and (e) ongoing necessary administrative costs relating to the Dulles Greenway. The bill provides no bonds could be issued by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to acquire the Dulles Greenway unless the Treasury Board provides through a written certification provided to the Governor and the Commonwealth Transportation Board its opinion that the revenues from the tolls or other charges proposed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for use of the Dulles Greenway are reasonably expected to result in a debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.25.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1979/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1979","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":451378,"bill_number":"HB1987","title":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eliminates Performance Incentive provision.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Eliminates the Performance Incentive provision in the renewable energy portfolio standard program that entitles any investor-owned electric utility to a 50 basis point increase in its authorized combined rate of return on common equity if it meets the program's RPS Goals. The measure retains provisions that allow a utility to recover its costs associated with meeting the RPS Goals, but provides that a utility that exceeds the RPS Goals shall not recover the incremental costs associated with exceeding the RPS Goals unless it demonstrates that the decision to exceed the RPS Goals was reasonable and prudent.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1987/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1987","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":451379,"bill_number":"HB1992","title":"State grievance procedure; review of hearing decisions.","description":"State grievance procedure; review of hearing decisions. Provides that upon the request of a party to a grievance hearing for an administrative review of the hearing decision based on the party's assertion that the hearing decision is inconsistent with a proper interpretation or application of a policy that constituted a material issue in the grievance that formed or should have formed in whole or in part the basis for the hearing decision, the Director of the Department of Human Resource Management shall determine within 60 days of the request whether the decision is consistent with policy. The bill specifies that the Director's determination shall be made as an independent, de novo review of the grievance and the Director shall identify those factual findings in the hearing decision that are relevant and material to the policy in question and explain whether those findings support the hearing decision relating to the application of the policy in question. Currently, upon the request of a party to a grievance hearing for an administrative review of the hearing decision, the Director of the Department of Human Resource Management must determine within 30 days of the conclusion of any other administrative review whether the hearing decision is consistent with policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1992/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1992","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":451384,"bill_number":"HB1994","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract pricing arrangements.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract pricing arrangements. Provides that the award of a public contract may be made on the basis of cost plus a percentage of the private investment made by a private entity in cases of the procurement of commercial or financial consulting services related to a qualifying transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act or a qualifying project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act, where the commercial or financial consulting services are sought to solicit or to solicit and evaluate proposals for the qualifying transportation facility or the qualifying project. The bill defines \"private entity,\" \"qualifying transportation facility,\" and \"qualifying project.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1994/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1994","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":451386,"bill_number":"HB1998","title":"Food stamps; updates obsolete references to program.","description":"Food stamps program. Updates obsolete references to Food Stamps program and requires the State Board of Social Services to establish broad-based categorical eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1998/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1998","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":451390,"bill_number":"HB2002","title":"State Inspector General; authorized to conduct review of legislative and judicial branches.","description":"Powers of the State Inspector General; legislative and judicial branches. Authorizes the State Inspector General to conduct performance reviews of legislative and judicial branch agencies in addition to executive branch agencies; however, such reviews shall be limited to the statement of economic interests filed by state officers or employees and members of the General Assembly. The bill also provides that the State Inspector General shall evaluate the efficiency of such agencies as part of such review process and determine whether such agencies are accomplishing their mission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2002/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2002","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":451391,"bill_number":"HB2010","title":"Motorcycles; motorcyclists who are 21 years old or older to ride without wearing helmets.","description":"Motorcyclists. Allows motorcyclists who are 21 years old or older to ride without wearing helmets.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2010/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2010","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":451395,"bill_number":"HB2021","title":"Public employment; prohibits discrimination.","description":"Public employment; nondiscrimination. Prohibits discrimination in public employment based on race, color, religion, political affiliation, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other reason except reasons related to skills, knowledge, or ability. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2021/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2021","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":451398,"bill_number":"HB2026","title":"Virginia FOIA; remote participation in meeting by member of public body.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; remote participation in a meeting by a member of a public body; personal matter. Allows a member of a public body to participate in a meeting by electronic communication means due to personal matters under certain circumstances. Currently, such remote participation is allowed only for emergency, medical condition, or distance from the meeting location of more than 60 miles. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2026/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2026","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":451399,"bill_number":"HB2029","title":"Speed limits; town located entirely within confines of military base may reduce to less than 25 mph.","description":"Speed limits. Allows the Town of Quantico to reduce speed limits on any highways within its boundaries to less than 25 mph.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2029/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2029","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":451401,"bill_number":"HB2031","title":"Audiology and speech-language pathology; provisional license.","description":"Audiology and speech-language pathology. Provides that the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology may issue a provisional license to an applicant for licensure in speech-language pathology who has met the education and examination requirements for licensure, to allow the applicant to obtain clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist as specified in the Board's regulations. The bill eliminates language providing that the Director of the Department of Health Professions shall serve as the secretary-treasurer of the Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2031/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2031","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451404,"bill_number":"HB2032","title":"Virginia FOIA; allows regional public bodies to conduct electronic meetings.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. Allows regional public bodies to conduct electronic meetings in the same manner as state public bodies. The bill also removes the requirement that a public body hold one meeting each year at which no member participates using electronic means. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2032/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2032","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":451405,"bill_number":"HB2033","title":"Provisional driver's license; restriction exceptions.","description":"Provisional driver's license; restriction exceptions. Provides that the restriction on operating a motor vehicle between midnight and 4:00 a.m. for a minor who holds a provisional driver's license does not apply if the minor is driving to or from an activity that is supervised by an adult and is sponsored by a school or by a civic, religious, or public organization. Currently this exception only applies to a minor driving to or from a school-sponsored activity.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2033/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2033","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451417,"bill_number":"HB2036","title":"Hunting with bow and arrow or crossbow; allows persons to hunt birds or animals on Sunday.","description":"Hunting with bow and arrow or crossbow. Allows persons who hunt with a bow and arrow or a crossbow to hunt wild birds or wild animals, including any nuisance species, on Sunday.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2036/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2036","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":451420,"bill_number":"HB2037","title":"Hunting; lawful to hunt or kill nuisance species on Sunday.","description":"Hunting nuisance species on Sunday. Allows the hunting or killing of nuisance species on Sunday.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2037/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2037","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":451421,"bill_number":"HB2042","title":"DMV; customer service.","description":"DMV; customer service. Modifies requirements for (i) release by DMV of vehicle title information, (ii) automated electronic payments to the DMV, (iii) temporary motorcycle operator licenses, and (iv) deactivation, extension, and reactivation of vehicle registration. This bill also allows DMV to issue veteran ID cards.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2042/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2042","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":451425,"bill_number":"HB2043","title":"Virginia FOIA; allows board of trustees of Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to convene closed meeting.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meetings; Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Allows the board of trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to convene a closed meeting when the topic is the discussion or consideration of matters relating to specific gifts, bequests, and grants.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2043/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2043","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":451428,"bill_number":"HB2048","title":"Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs.","description":"Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Water Control Board will have oversight of water quality planning and laws dealing with stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board will have continuing responsibility for oversight of the soil and water conservation districts and of resource management planning. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board will continue to be responsible for administration of the flood prevention and dam safety laws. The Board will continue to be staffed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2048/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2048","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":451429,"bill_number":"HB2050","title":"Search and seizure of computer and contents.","description":"Search and seizure of computer and contents. Provides that any search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and seizure of the physical components and the electronic or digital information contained in any such device or network. The bill also provides that the search of the contents of any such device or network may be done in any location and is not limited to the location where such device or network was seized.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2050/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2050","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":451433,"bill_number":"HB2058","title":"Conservators of the peace, special; State-owned museums to apply for appointment by circuit court.","description":"Special conservators of the peace; museums of the Commonwealth. Authorizes any museum owned and managed by the Commonwealth to apply for the appointment by the circuit court of a special conservator of the peace.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2058/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2058","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":451437,"bill_number":"HB2060","title":"Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan.","description":"Juvenile alleged to be truant; development of truancy plan. Provides that in cases in which a school attendance officer files a complaint alleging that a juvenile is a truant and the juvenile has not previously been proceeded against informally or adjudicated in need of supervision for failure to comply with compulsory school attendance laws, the intake officer shall defer filing of a petition alleging that the child is in need of supervision for 90 days and shall refer the child to the family assessment and planning team for development of a truancy plan. If the juvenile or his parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis refuses to participate in the truancy plan, or if at the end of the 90-day period the child has failed to comply with the truancy plan, the intake officer shall file a petition alleging that the child is in need of supervision.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2060/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2060","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":451438,"bill_number":"HB2062","title":"Executive Mansion, Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting; membership.","description":"Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion; membership. Re-staggers the terms of the membership of the Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2062/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2062","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451442,"bill_number":"HB2073","title":"Real estate brokers and salespersons; liability of false advertising and false information.","description":"Liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; false advertising and false information. Clarifies that a licensed real estate broker or salesperson shall not be liable for providing false information under certain circumstances, which includes any civil action or regulatory action brought under the real estate licensing laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2073/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2073","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":451444,"bill_number":"HB2077","title":"Motor carrier and commercial drivers; amends several licensing laws, etc.","description":"Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing. Amends several motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing laws. The bill clarifies and strengthens fitness and operating authority requirements for intrastate motor carriers. It also enables Virginia to comply with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation amendments regarding commercial motor vehicles and a prohibition on texting in commercial motor vehicles, and it codifies federal commercial driver's license requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2077/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2077","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":451447,"bill_number":"HB2078","title":"Public procurement; increases public notice of requests for proposals, technical amendments.","description":"Public procurement; design-build; construction management; protests; private investment. Increases public notice of requests for proposals from 10 to 30 days. The bill also (i) limits the use of competitive negotiation for construction projects, including certain public institutions of higher education, for which the aggregate or sum of all phases is not expected to exceed $10 million, the nature of the project is such that it is unusually complex or extraordinary conditions exist, and the Director of the Department of General Services and the Secretary of Administration certify such conditions exist; (ii) requires posting on eVa and other appropriate websites for state and local public bodies using certain methods of procurement; (iii) changes the process for procurement of design-build or construction management projects; and (iv) allows a bidder or offeror to protest a public body's use of competitive negotiation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2078/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2078","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451449,"bill_number":"HB2082","title":"Information Technology Advisory Council; Council to elect chairman and vice-chair from membership.","description":"Information Technology Advisory Council. Provides for the Information Technology Advisory Council to elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. Under the bill, neither the Secretary of Technology nor the Chief Information Officer may serve as chairman, and the CIO is no longer required to serve as vice-chairman. Under current law, the Secretary of Technology serves as chairman and the CIO serves as vice-chairman of the Council. The bill also removes the requirement for the Council to meet at least quarterly and allows both the Secretary of Technology and the CIO to call a meeting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2082/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2082","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":451452,"bill_number":"HB2097","title":"Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established, report.","description":"Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established. Establishes the Career Pathways System Advisory Council. The purpose of the council is to ensure the coordination and collaboration of career and technical education, adult education, and workforce development programs through business-driven sector strategies that provide for sequences of education and training articulated with higher levels of education and regional and state workforce needs and that also provide career coaching and advising support services and experiential learning. The Council will develop workforce readiness indicators, in coordination with the Virginia Workforce Council and the Council on Virginia's Future, which will include enrollment and graduation statistics in secondary, postsecondary, and adult education programs in science, technology, engineering, math, or health care-related areas; numbers of targeted industry certifications; and the Commonwealth's education and training capacity for key industry sectors and will produce a scorecard documenting progress in these areas. The scorecard will also include a report on the progress of interagency collaboration and shared funding for the purposes of attaining select education and workforce development goals. The bill includes a sunset provision of July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2097/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2097","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":451453,"bill_number":"HB2099","title":"Fur-bearing animals; landowner may trap, etc., upon his land during closed season if damaging.","description":"Shooting of muskrats and raccoons. Allows a landowner to trap or shoot fur-bearing animals including muskrats and raccoons upon his own land during the closed season when these animals are causing damage to his crops or property, or are posing a threat to human health or safety, or are causing a nuisance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2099/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2099","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":451457,"bill_number":"HB2100","title":"Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.","description":"Local coal severance taxes. Establishes gross receipts for purposes of the local coal severance tax by providing that the only deduction allowed from gross receipts is for non-local transportation and processing costs of coal. The bill establishes a one percent tax on the gross receipts from coal severed from the earth by coal producers, except that the gross receipts tax on coal from mines that sell less than 10,000 tons of coal per month is three-quarters of one percent. The bill also moves the local coal severance taxes out of Chapter 37 of Title 58.1, which sets forth local license tax laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2100/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2100","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":451460,"bill_number":"HB2106","title":"Traffic regulation; conforms Title 46.2 to changes to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.","description":"Regulation of traffic. Conforms Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles) of the Code of Virginia to recent changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2106/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2106","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":451462,"bill_number":"HB2112","title":"Hunting; allowed on Sunday on state and federal military bases, etc. with approval of officer.","description":"Hunting on Sunday. Allows hunting on Sunday on state and federal military bases, installations, and facilities with the approval of the commanding officer of the base, installation, or facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2112/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2112","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":451464,"bill_number":"HB2117","title":"Foster care; time to conduct hearings, etc.","description":"Foster care; time to conduct hearings, etc. Adjusts certain time frames for conducting or petitioning for hearings of a child in foster care and filing foster care plans in order to bring Virginia into compliance with Title IV, Part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the federal Social Security Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2117/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2117","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":451469,"bill_number":"HB2124","title":"Following too closely; operator of any vehicle shall not get closer than than is reasonable.","description":"Following too closely. Prohibits operators of any vehicle (not only motor vehicles) from following any other vehicle (not only motor vehicles) more closely than is reasonable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2124/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2124","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451472,"bill_number":"HB2125","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; requests for records.","description":"Virginia 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. The bill also allows a public body to require prepayment before providing requested records when the cost for production of the records is likely to exceed $100.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2125/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2125","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451474,"bill_number":"HB2128","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; small procurements.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; small procurements; localities. Provides that local public bodies are not required to post on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website for small purchase procurements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2128/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2128","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":451479,"bill_number":"HB2133","title":"Employment discrimination; current employment status.","description":"Employment discrimination; current employment status. Provides that no employer employing more than five but fewer than 15 persons shall fail or refuse to hire an individual on the basis of the individual's current employment status. The bill provides that it is an unfair discriminatory practice for any person to include an employment status requirement in a job advertisement or to otherwise require, directly or indirectly, an individual to have a specific employment status to apply for a job. The bill provides that an individual may bring an action against the employer or file a complaint with the Division of Human Rights of the Department of Law or a local human rights or human relations agency or commission within 300 days of the refusal. The bill requires the court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs in cases where the individual prevails.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2133/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2133","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451483,"bill_number":"HB2134","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state agencies to post schedule of costs for producing records.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state agencies to post schedule of costs for producing records. Adds a requirement that each state public body created in the executive branch of state government and subject to FOIA make available to the public upon request a schedule of charges associated with the production of requested records that may be assessed by the public body under FOIA. The bill also requires the schedule of charges to be posted on the respective websites of state executive branch agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2134/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2134","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451484,"bill_number":"HB2136","title":"Methasterone and prostanozol; added to list of Schedule III controlled substances.","description":"Adding methasterone and prostanozol to Schedule III. Adds methasterone and prostanozol to Schedule III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2136/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2136","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":451487,"bill_number":"HB2138","title":"Health Insurance Reform Commission; established, sunset provision, report.","description":"Health Insurance Reform Commission created.  Establishes the Health Insurance Reform Commission as a legislative commission. The duties of the Commission include monitoring the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; determining whether Virginia should establish a state-run health benefit exchange; recommending what health benefits should be required to be included within the scope of the essential health benefits provided under health insurance products offered in the Commonwealth; providing assessments of existing and proposed mandated health insurance benefits and providers; and developing recommendations to increase access to health insurance coverage, ensure that the costs of health insurance coverage are reasonable, and encourage a robust market for health insurance products. Committees of the General Assembly are directed to request the Commission to assess the impact and efficacy of legislation proposing a mandated health insurance benefit or provider. The Commission will expire on July 1, 2017. The measure also repeals the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2138/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2138","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":451489,"bill_number":"HB2139","title":"State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office.","description":"State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office. Repeals an archaic provision that provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Treasurer, Comptroller, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services may be removed from office by joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly or, during the recess thereof, may be suspended by the Governor. The repealed statute also provides that this power shall not be exercised by the Governor except for misbehavior, incapacity, neglect of official duty, or acts performed without due authority of law and that in any case in which this power is so exercised by the Governor, he shall fill the office by a temporary appointment and report to the General Assembly, at the beginning of the next session thereof, the fact of such suspension and the cause therefor, whereupon the General Assembly shall determine whether such officer shall be restored or finally removed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2139/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2139","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451491,"bill_number":"HB2140","title":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; fees charged by State Fire Marshal.","description":"Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; fees. Changes approval authority over fees that may be charged by the State Fire Marshal to recover enforcement costs from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Services Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2140/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2140","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":451493,"bill_number":"HB2149","title":"Freshwater fish; sale and purchase of those that are grown in aquaculture facility.","description":"Sale of freshwater fish. Allows the sale and purchase of freshwater fish that are grown in an aquaculture facility, so long as the fish is of the same species as a fish found in Virginia waters. The person selling or offering for sale such fish is required to maintain documentation establishing the source of the fish and to provide signage or other notice to the consumer that the fish was propagated in an aquaculture facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2149/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2149","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451499,"bill_number":"HB2154","title":"Virginia Workforce Council; powers and duties, change in membership.","description":"Virginia Workforce Council; composition; powers. Provides for the Virginia Workforce Council to review the state's annual plan for postsecondary vocational education activities authorized under the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.) to ensure that the plan is aligned with the state's plan for coordinating programs authorized under Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq.) and the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.). The bill provides for the Governor to appoint to the Council a state director of career and technical education and two representatives who have been nominated by state labor federations in place of two positions currently filled by the President of the Virginia AFL-CIO and a representative of labor appointed by the Governor. The bill also allows the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, and Health and Human Resources to appoint designees to serve in their stead on the Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2154/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2154","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":451500,"bill_number":"HB2161","title":"Nurses; authority to possess and administer oxygen to treat emergency medical conditions.","description":"Nurses; authority to possess and administer oxygen to treat emergency medical conditions. Provides that a prescriber may authorize registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to possess oxygen for administration in treatment of emergency medical conditions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2161/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2161","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":451503,"bill_number":"HB2170","title":"Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.","description":"Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities. Requires local public bodies to post required procurement notices on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website and makes newspaper publication or posting on other appropriate websites optional. Currently, only state public bodies are required to post procurement notices on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. The bill also requires the Department of General Services to (i) provide an electronic data file of the using agency's business opportunities at no charge to any requesting newspaper or other print publication with circulation in Virginia using the comma-separated values (CSV) format and (ii) send the data file automatically via electronic mail on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as agreed to by the parties. The bill specifies the information to be included in the data file.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by General Laws ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2170/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2170","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":451507,"bill_number":"HB2176","title":"Northampton County School Board; terms of members.","description":"Northampton County School Board; terms.  Shortens or lengthens the terms of the currently appointed members of the Northampton County School Board so they all expire on December 31, 2013, and provides for the initial staggering of terms of the members elected to the board in the November 2013 general election. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2176/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2176","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":451509,"bill_number":"HB2177","title":"Counseling, Board of; qualification of members, etc.","description":"Board of Counseling; qualification of members. Reduces the number of professional counselors on the Board of Counseling from eight to six, increases the number of marriage and family therapists from two to three and requires that such members be clinical fellows of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, increases the number of licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners from two to three, and requires at least two professional members representing each specialty to have been in active practice for at least four years. The bill eliminates the requirement that the professional members of the Board include two full-time faculty and two individuals engaged in private practice. The bill also removes certain conditions of initial appointment for professional members.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2177/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2177","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":451511,"bill_number":"HB2180","title":"Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible energy.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eligible energy. Provides that renewable energy that is purchased by a participating utility under an agreement executed on or after July 1, 2013, will count toward meeting the RPS Goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program only if the agreement expressly transfers ownership of renewable attributes, in addition to ownership of the energy, to the participating utility. The bill also provides that renewable energy generated by the utility will be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals if it is from a facility in which the public utility owns at least a 49 percent interest that is located in the Commonwealth, in the interconnection region of the regional transmission entity of which the utility is a member, or in a control area adjacent to such interconnection region. Renewable energy represented by renewable energy certificates will continue to be eligible to be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2180/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2180","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":451514,"bill_number":"HB2184","title":"Hunting and fishing; authorizes Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue trip licenses.","description":"Trip hunting and fishing licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue trip hunting licenses to nonresidents and trip fishing licenses to residents and nonresidents for time periods and at costs determined by the Board. Current law allows nonresidents to purchase a three-day trip hunting license at a cost of $40 and a five-day trip fishing license at a cost of $10 and allows residents to purchase a five-day trip fishing license at a cost of $5.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2184/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2184","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":451515,"bill_number":"HB2190","title":"Stormwater management ordinances; requires localities to adopt more stringent requirements, etc.","description":"Stringency of stormwater management ordinances. Establishes a procedure for state review of the stringency of local stormwater ordinances. The bill requires localities within 30 days of the adoption of a more stringent stormwater ordinance or requirement to submit a letter report to the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The letter report is to include an explanation as to why the more stringent ordinance or requirement is necessary. In addition, within 90 days of the ordinance's adoption, a landowner or his agent can request the Department of Conservation and Recreation to determine whether the ordinance or requirement meets the standards of the state law. The Department has 90 days to make such a determination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2190/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2190","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":451521,"bill_number":"HB2203","title":"Solid waste disposal fee; Pittsylvania County may provide an exemption to certain veterans.","description":"Fee for solid waste disposal; exemption. Provides that Pittsylvania County may impose a fee for solid waste disposal in part to purchase or subsidize the purchase of equipment used for the collection of solid waste. The bill also provides that in Pittsylvania County the fee (i) may only be levied upon persons whose residential solid waste is disposed of at a county landfill or county solid waste collection or disposal facility and (ii) shall not be levied upon persons whose residential waste is not disposed of in such landfill or facility if such nondisposal is documented by the collector or generator of such waste as required by ordinance of the county. The bill also allows Pittsylvania County to provide for an exemption from such fees for certain disabled veterans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2203/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2203","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451524,"bill_number":"HB2204","title":"Polling places; location shall not be in public or private school building.","description":"Polling places. Provides that no polling place shall be located in a public or private school building.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2204/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2204","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451525,"bill_number":"HB2208","title":"Candidates in elections; party nominating methods.","description":"Party nominating methods. Provides that no political party shall determine its candidates for statewide or General Assembly district office, the U.S. House of Representatives, or the U.S. Senate by a method that has the practical effect of excluding participation in the nominating process by active duty military personnel and military reservists or by individuals who are unable to attend meetings because of military service-related injuries, regardless of their duty station or location.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2208/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2208","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":451527,"bill_number":"HB2209","title":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; powers and duties.","description":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's powers and duties.  Transfers authority for administration of the nutrient management certification program and responsibility for adopting regulations on nitrogen application rates from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. The bill also empowers the Board to oversee districts' programs and to allocate general fund moneys to soil and water conservation districts to support their operations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2209/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2209","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":451530,"bill_number":"HB2210","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of professional services.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of professional services. Allows any city located in Planning District 8 to procure architectural or professional engineering services relating to multiple construction projects where the sum of all such projects does not exceed $5 million. The bill also allows such localities to procure such services for a single project where the project does not exceed $1 million. Currently, only localities with a population in excess of 80,000 have this authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2210/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2210","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":451531,"bill_number":"HB2212","title":"Women-owned and minority-owned businesses; enhancement measures.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; women-owned and minority-owned businesses; remedial measures. Provides that the Governor shall require state agencies to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law when a persuasive analysis exists that documents statistically significant disparity between the availability and utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2212/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2212","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":451535,"bill_number":"HB2213","title":"Candidate petitions; review of signatures, appeals.","description":"Candidate petitions; requirements, review of signatures, appeals. Provides that independent candidates for office and groups of qualified voters seeking to have slates of electors placed on the presidential ballot have a right to appeal a determination by the State Board of Elections or local electoral board, as the case may be, that their petitions lack the minimum number of signatures of qualified voters required for the particular office. Notice of disqualification must be provided by regular mail or email, and the candidate or group has seven calendar days from the issue of the notice to file an appeal. The State Board is to develop procedures for the conduct of appeals. The bill also reduces the required number of petition signatures from 10,000 statewide and 400 per congressional district to 5,000 statewide and 200 per congressional district for candidates in presidential primaries, independent groups seeking to have slates of electors placed on the presidential ballot, and independent candidates for statewide offices","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2213/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2213","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":451541,"bill_number":"HB2214","title":"Licenses, restricted; issued when suspended for failure to pay fines and costs.","description":"Restricted license issued when license suspended for failure to pay fines and costs. Provides that any person otherwise eligible for a restricted license may petition the district court of the jurisdiction in which he resides for authorization for a restricted license when his license is suspended for failure to pay fines, costs, and restitution. Such restricted license shall not be issued for more than a six-month period. Currently, such a restricted license may be issued only when each court that so suspended his license authorizes a restricted license and such a license may only be issued when the petitioner is already employed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2214/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2214","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":451542,"bill_number":"HB2216","title":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.","description":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response and clarifying issues related to coverage under workers' compensation and risk management laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2216/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2216","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":451546,"bill_number":"HB2217","title":"Pedestrians, etc; local government may adopt ordinances requiring to stop at marked crosswalks.","description":"Crossing highways. Allows local governing bodies to adopt ordinances requiring users of shared-use paths to stop before crossing highways at marked crosswalks.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2217/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2217","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":451550,"bill_number":"HB2219","title":"Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements.","description":"Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements. Provides that the bond or irrevocable letter of credit required to be filed by a wholesale dealer to obtain cigarette tax stamps without payment of the cigarette tax be in a face amount determined by the Tax Commissioner to cover possible losses from nonpayment of the tax, but not to exceed two times the anticipated average monthly amount of purchases of cigarette tax stamps by the wholesale dealer. Under current law, the face amount of the bond or irrevocable letter of credit that is required to be filed is fixed at approximately two times the anticipated average monthly amount of purchases of cigarette tax stamps by the wholesale dealer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2219/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2219","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":451553,"bill_number":"HB2225","title":"Hunting; allows any person to hunt on private lands on Sunday with permission of owner.","description":"Hunting on Sundays. Allows any person to hunt on private lands on Sunday, with the permission of the owner of the lands.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2225/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2225","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":451554,"bill_number":"HB2229","title":"Detention & removal of citizen from State; SPS shall request notification within 24 hours.","description":"Detention and removal of a citizen from the Commonwealth by the federal government. Provides that the Secretary of Public Safety shall request from the U.S. Secretary of Defense that, when an agency of the federal government detains any citizen pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-81, § 1021 [providing for detention of any person \"who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks\" or \"who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces\"]), the U.S. Secretary of Defense shall provide notification within 24 hours of the detention to both the Secretary of Public Safety and the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the citizen is detained and that the U.S. Secretary of Defense or his designee shall seek authorization from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the citizen is detained prior to removal of the citizen from the locality. The bill also provides that if the federal agency detaining any citizen pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act fails to comply with either such request, funds appropriated for implementation or continuation of memoranda of understanding entered into by cabinet secretaries shall be contingent upon authorization by an act of the General Assembly in a subsequent year. Finally, the bill authorizes the Governor to terminate any memorandum of understanding for noncompliance.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2229/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2229","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":451557,"bill_number":"HB2230","title":"Higher Education, Virginia Commission on; composition of Board members.","description":"Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; composition. Adds a tenured faculty member from a four-year public institution of higher education and a faculty member from a community college to the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2230/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2230","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":451560,"bill_number":"HB2234","title":"Misdemeanors; expungement of cases deferred and dismissed.","description":"Expungement for misdemeanors deferred and dismissed. Provides that expungement of a criminal record is available to a petitioner whose misdemeanor charges are dismissed without adjudication of guilt following a deferral of proceedings and satisfaction of terms and conditions imposed by the court. Currently, expungement is only available for an acquittal, a nolle prosequi, a pardon, or an accord and satisfaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-12","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2234/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2234","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":451562,"bill_number":"HB2238","title":"Recorded plats & final site plans; plan shall be deemed final once it has been reviewed & approved.","description":"Recorded plats and final site plans. Provides that a site plan shall be deemed final once it has been reviewed and approved by the locality if the only requirements remaining to be satisfied in order to obtain a building permit are the submission of any other administrative documents, agreements, deposits, or fees required by the locality in order to obtain the permit. The bill also amends a 2012 act by adding an enactment that clarifies the validity of previous extensions of valid plats and site plans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2238/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2238","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451564,"bill_number":"HB2239","title":"Cash proffers; shall not be used for any capital improvement to an existing facility.","description":"Cash proffers. Provides that cash proffers shall not be used for any capital improvement to an existing facility that does not expand facility capacity or for any operating expense of an existing facility such as ordinary maintenance or repair.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2239/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2239","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":451568,"bill_number":"HJR723","title":"Commending the Oakton High School football team.","description":"Commending the Oakton High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ723ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR723/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ723","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451569,"bill_number":"HJR724","title":"Hepatitis B Awareness Day; designating as May 19, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Hepatitis B Awareness Day. Designates May 19, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Hepatitis B Awareness Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ724ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR724/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ724","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":451573,"bill_number":"HJR725","title":"Commending the Asian American Society of Central Virginia.","description":"Commending the Asian American Society of Central Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ725ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR725/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ725","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":451575,"bill_number":"HJR726","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry Snead Martin, Jr., D.D.S.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry Snead Martin, Jr., D.D.S.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ726ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR726/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ726","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":451577,"bill_number":"HJR727","title":"Distracted Driving Awareness Month; designating as April 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Designates April, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ727ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR727/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ727","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":451580,"bill_number":"HJR728","title":"Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ728ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR728/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ728","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":451584,"bill_number":"SB980","title":"Transient occupancy tax; adds Dickenson County to list of counties authorized to levy.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Dickenson County. Adds Dickenson County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, rather than the two percent rate available to all counties. Any revenue attributable to any rate over two percent shall be spent solely for tourism and travel promotion purposes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB980/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB980","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":451585,"bill_number":"SB984","title":"Settlement payment; notification by insurer required.","description":"Notification of settlement payment. Requires an insurer that has made a payment of at least $5,000 in a single check to an attorney or other representative of a claimant or judgment creditor, in settlement or satisfaction by an insured or a third party of any claim arising out of an insurance policy issued or delivered in the Commonwealth, to notify the claimant or judgment creditor of such payment within five days after making payment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0146)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB984/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB984","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":451589,"bill_number":"SB990","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses. Provides a bid match preference for Virginia business. Under the bill, a Virginia business has an opportunity to match the lowest bid of an out-of-state bidder if the bid of a Virginia business is within five percent of the lowest bid of an out-of-state bidder.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB990/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB990","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":451592,"bill_number":"SB996","title":"Temporary detention orders; increases maximum duration person may be detained from 48 to 72 hours.","description":"Temporary detention orders; duration. Increases the maximum duration that a person may be detained pursuant to a temporary detention order from 48 to 72 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014, and is contingent upon an appropriation of general funds effectuating the provisions of this bill.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB996/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB996","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":451594,"bill_number":"SB1001","title":"Firearms; criminal history records check required for transfer, penalties.","description":"Transfer of firearms; criminal history 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 requires that the promoter of a firearms show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal history record information check.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1001/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1001","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":451596,"bill_number":"SB1002","title":"Emergency protective orders; expungement of orders from record.","description":"Emergency protective orders; expungement. Provides the mechanism for a person who is the subject of an emergency protective order issued in connection with a warrant for the arrest of such person to expunge the order from the record if the warrant did not result in a criminal charge against such person or if no subsequent preliminary protective order was issued against such person. The bill also permits a person who is the subject of an emergency protective order who was charged with a crime to expunge the order if the person was acquitted of the charge or the charge was otherwise dismissed.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1002/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1002","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":451607,"bill_number":"SB1003","title":"Vehicle tire weight limitations; prohibits over-the-road operation of certain vehicles.","description":"Vehicle tire weight limitations. Prohibits over-the-road operation of certain vehicles whose tire weights exceed tire weight limit guidelines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (7-Y 6-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1003/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1003","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":451608,"bill_number":"SB1011","title":"Clinical social workers; educational requirements for licensure.","description":"Licensed clinical social workers; educational requirements. Requires the Board of Social Work to accept proof of the successful completion of the following as evidence of the satisfaction of the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker: (i) a master's degree in social work with a clinical course of study from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, (ii) a master's degree in social work with a non-clinical concentration from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education together with successful completion of the educational requirements for a clinical course of study through a graduate program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or (iii) a program of education and training in social work at an educational institution outside the United States recognized by the Council on Social Work Education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1011/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1011","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":451611,"bill_number":"SB1017","title":"Contraband cigarettes, tax-paid; increases penalty for possession with intent to distribute.","description":"Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; penalties. Increases the penalty for possession with intent to distribute more than 25 but fewer than 500 cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also imposes a Class 6 felony for possession, with intent to distribute, of 500 or more cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder and a Class 5 felony for a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1017/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1017","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":451613,"bill_number":"SB1022","title":"Contraband cigarettes; allows forfeiture if possesed in violation of laws regarding sale.","description":"Forfeiture of cigarettes. Allows forfeiture of cigarettes possessed in violation of laws regarding the sale, purchase, transport, receipt, or possession of unstamped cigarettes and the possession with intent to distribute of certain amounts of tax-paid cigarettes if the violation is knowing and intentional.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1022/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1022","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":451615,"bill_number":"SB1023","title":"Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility; SCC to conduct pilot program, etc.","description":"Renewable energy power purchase agreements. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to conduct a pilot program in a certain utility's service territory. Under the pilot program, a person that owns or operates a solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility with a capacity between 50 kilowatts and one megawatt that is located on premises owned or leased by an eligible customer-generator will be allowed to sell the electricity generated from such facility exclusively to the eligible customer-generator under a power purchase agreement. The power purchase agreement will provide for third party financing of the costs of the renewable generation facility. The minimum size requirement does not apply to certain nonprofit entities. The SCC shall establish guidelines concerning aspects of the pilot program by December 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1023/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1023","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":451617,"bill_number":"SB1024","title":"Administrative Process Act; exemption for Department of Criminal Justice Services.","description":"Administrative Process Act; DCJS; exemption. Provides an exemption from the Administrative Process Act for the Department of Criminal Justice Services whenever the Department develops, issues, or revises any training standards approved by the Criminal Justice Services Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1024/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1024","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":451621,"bill_number":"SB1025","title":"Net energy metering; standby charges.","description":"Net energy metering; standby charges. Requires the State Corporation Commission, when determining whether to approve a utility's proposed standby charge methodology, to find that the cost and benefit components used to calculate the proposed standby charges are based on load research on the affected class of eligible customer-generators and that the number of eligible customer-generators used in such load research is sufficient to form reasonable statistical conclusions about such costs and benefits. In addition, the standby charges collected from eligible customer-generators shall allow the supplier to recover only the portion of the supplier's net costs that are properly associated with serving eligible customer-generators. The measure also requires the Commission to review standby charges approved prior to July 1, 2013, for conformance with these new requirements for standby charge approval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1025/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1025","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":451622,"bill_number":"SB1030","title":"Search and seizure of computer and contents.","description":"Search and seizure of computer and contents. Provides that any search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and seizure of the physical components and the electronic or digital information contained in any such device or network. The bill also provides that the search of the contents of any such device or network may be done in any location and is not limited to the location where such device or network was seized.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1030/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1030","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":451626,"bill_number":"SB1041","title":"Bedford, City of, reversion; taxation of real property in Town of Bedford and City of Bedford.","description":"City of Bedford reversion; taxation of real property that becomes part of Bedford County. Requires Bedford County to impose real property taxes on property that becomes part of the County as a result of the reversion of the City of Bedford to town status. The property is to be taxed for a short tax year running from the date of the reversion, July 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. The bill declares an emergency exists and it is effective upon passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1041/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1041","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":451628,"bill_number":"SB1043","title":"Administrative Process Act; emergency regulations.","description":"Administrative Process Act; emergency regulations.  Extends the initial effective period of emergency regulations from 12 months to 18 months and adds a requirement that the current authority of the Governor to extend the effective period for up to an additional six months must be exercised by him before the initial 18-month period expires. The bill also makes technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1043/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1043","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":451633,"bill_number":"SB1048","title":"Conservators of the peace, special; any State museum to apply for appointment by circuit court.","description":"Special conservators of the peace; museums of the Commonwealth. Authorizes any museum owned and managed by the Commonwealth to apply for the appointment by the circuit court of a special conservator of the peace.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1048/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1048","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":451634,"bill_number":"SB1050","title":"Public utility company vehicles; extension of loads beyond front of vehicles.","description":"Extension of loads beyond front of vehicles. Allows loads to extend 10 feet beyond the front of the vehicle for utility poles during the daytime and for emergency utility repair at night. Under current law, no vehicle is allowed to carry a load that extends more than three feet beyond the front of the vehicle.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1050/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1050","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451638,"bill_number":"SB1053","title":"Boating safety education; exempts certain U.S. Navy surface warfare officers, etc.","description":"Boating safety education. Exempts United States Navy qualified surface warfare officers or qualified enlisted surface warfare specialists from having to pass a boating safety education course in order to operate a motorboat.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1053/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1053","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":451641,"bill_number":"SB1064","title":"Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; powers and duties.","description":"Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security; powers and duties. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security to work with veterans services organizations and counterparts in other states to monitor and encourage the timely and accurate processing of veterans benefit requests by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1064/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1064","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":451642,"bill_number":"SB1071","title":"Community Integration Advisory Commission; extends sunset provision to July 1, 2016.","description":"The Community Integration Advisory Commission; sunset. Changes the sunset provision affecting the Community Integration Advisory Commission from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1071/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1071","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":451647,"bill_number":"SB1072","title":"Elections; electronic pollbooks, photographs.","description":"Elections; electronic pollbooks; photographs. Provides that electronic pollbooks shall contain a photograph of and identifying information for each voter either received from the Department of Motor Vehicles or taken by an officer of election when the voter presents himself to vote that shall be accessed by the officer of election when the voter presents himself to vote. If the voter does not appear to be the same person depicted in the photograph in the pollbook, any qualified voter may and the officer of election shall challenge the vote of such voter. A voter with religious objections to being photographed may refuse to have his photograph taken.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1072/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1072","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":451649,"bill_number":"SB1077","title":"Registered voters; citizenship, SAVE Program.","description":"Registered voters; citizenship; SAVE Program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to apply to participate in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The SAVE Program enables access to immigration status and citizenship status information possessed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If the application is approved, the State Board will utilize the SAVE Program for the purposes of verifying that voters listed in the Virginia Voter Registration System are United States citizens and shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the use of the immigration status and citizenship status information received from the SAVE Program. The bill also requires that when a person applying for a license, permit, or identification card from the Department of Motor Vehicles presents a document to prove legal presence other than citizenship, the Department shall record the applicant's document number and provide this number on the monthly list of noncitizens submitted by the Department to the State Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1077/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1077","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":451650,"bill_number":"SB1080","title":"Ultrasound imaging; no law or regulation of State shall require for nonmedical reasons.","description":"Ultrasound imaging. Provides that no law or regulation of the Commonwealth or administrative action of an agent of the Commonwealth shall require that a person receive ultrasound imaging for nonmedical reasons or ultrasound imaging that is not medically indicated as a condition of receiving a medical procedure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1080/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1080","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":451653,"bill_number":"SB1081","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, etc.; additional requirements.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 and Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; addition requirements for comprehensive agreements. Provides that no comprehensive agreement providing for the lease, operation, or transfer of ownership of a qualifying transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act or a qualified project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act with a total value of $1 billion or more shall be executed by a state agency unless (i) approved by the Governor and (ii) a bill that includes a specific description of the proposed agreement and its anticipated expenditures and revenues is passed by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1081/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1081","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":451657,"bill_number":"SB1092","title":"Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements.","description":"Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements. Provides that the bond or irrevocable letter of credit required to be filed by a wholesale dealer to obtain cigarette tax stamps without payment of the cigarette tax be in a face amount determined by the Tax Commissioner to cover possible losses from nonpayment of the tax, but not to exceed two times the anticipated average monthly amount of purchases of cigarette tax stamps by the wholesale dealer. Under current law, the face amount of the bond or irrevocable letter of credit that is required to be filed is fixed at approximately two times the anticipated average monthly amount of purchases of cigarette tax stamps by the wholesale dealer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1092/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1092","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":451658,"bill_number":"SB1100","title":"General registrar; removes requirement that office be open on second Saturday before May election.","description":"Elections; in-person absentee voting. Removes the requirement that the general registrar's office be open for eight hours on the second Saturday before a May election and retains the requirement that the office be open on the Saturday before the May election. This imposes the same requirement on city general registrars as is currently imposed on town general registrars. Since this is a minimum requirement, the general registrar retains authority to provide additional office hours for in-person absentee voting on the second Saturday before the May election, but is not required to do so.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1100/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1100","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":451661,"bill_number":"SB1101","title":"RS & UT; moves back-to-school tax holiday to third weekend in August.","description":"Sales tax exemption; school supplies, clothing, and footwear. Moves the \"back-to-school\" sales tax holiday for certain school supplies, clothing, and footwear from the first weekend in August to the third weekend in August.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1101/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1101","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451666,"bill_number":"SB1104","title":"State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office.","description":"State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office. Repeals an archaic provision that provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Treasurer, Comptroller, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services may be removed from office by joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly or, during the recess thereof, may be suspended by the Governor. The repealed statute also provides that this power shall not be exercised by the Governor except for misbehavior, incapacity, neglect of official duty, or acts performed without due authority of law and that in any case in which this power is so exercised by the Governor, he shall fill the office by a temporary appointment and report to the General Assembly, at the beginning of the next session thereof, the fact of such suspension and the cause therefor, whereupon the General Assembly shall determine whether such officer shall be restored or finally removed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1104/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1104","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451670,"bill_number":"SB1106","title":"Fishing licenses; MRC may revoke privileges to fish within State's tidal waters, etc.","description":"Revocation of fishing licenses. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to revoke a person's fishing privileges within the tidal waters if he violates any tidal fishing law and to withdraw all privileges to fish in tidal waters during the period in which any Commission-issued license has been revoked. The revocation can be for a period of up to two years.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1106/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1106","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":451672,"bill_number":"SB1108","title":"Potomac River Compact; changes penalty for illegal fishing in Potomac River jurisdiction of court.","description":"Illegal fishing in the Potomac River; penalty. Amends the Potomac River Compact by changing the penalty for violating the fishing laws in the Potomac River from the current $1,000 maximum penalty to a maximum penalty of $3,000. The bill also requires the alleged offender, if he is a resident of Virginia or Maryland, to be tried in the state in which he resides.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1108/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1108","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":451675,"bill_number":"SB1110","title":"Oyster inspection tax; authorizes Potomac River Fisheries Commission to impose, use of proceeds.","description":"Oyster inspection tax. Authorizes the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to impose an oyster inspection tax not to exceed $2 per bushel. Currently, under the Potomac River Compact, the Commission can impose an inspection tax that cannot exceed the higher severance tax per bushel on oysters that is imposed by Virginia or Maryland within their respective jurisdictions. The Commission's current per bushel inspection tax for oysters taken from the Potomac River is $1. The bill provides that the proceeds from the tax are required to be used for planting seed or shell oysters on the working bottom. Both Virginia and Maryland must enact similar acts in order for the change to the Compact to go into effect.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1110/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1110","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":451676,"bill_number":"SB1118","title":"Appeal of bond decision; court may stay execution of order for so long as reasonably practicable.","description":"Appeal of bond decision.  Provides that when a bail, bond, or recognizance decision is appealed, the court that made the decision may, for good cause shown, stay the execution of the order for so long as reasonably practicable for the party appealing the order to obtain an expedited hearing before the court to which such order was appealed.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1118/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1118","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451679,"bill_number":"SB1119","title":"State & Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; definition of personal interest in transaction.","description":"State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; definition of personal interest in a transaction. Amends the definition of personal interest in a transaction to clarify that such an interest does not exist when an officer, employee, or elected member of a separate local governmental agency formed by a local governing body is appointed to serve on a governmental agency and the personal interest in the transaction of the governmental agency is the result of the compensation or benefits provided by the separate local governmental agency to the officer, employee, elected member, or member of his immediate family.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1119/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1119","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":451681,"bill_number":"SB1123","title":"Virginia Shakespeare Festival; designating as official Shakespeare festival.","description":"State Shakespeare Festival designated. Designates the Virginia Shakespeare Festival held in Williamsburg as the official Shakespeare festival of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1123/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1123","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":451684,"bill_number":"SB1129","title":"General Assembly; 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 agency 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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1129/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1129","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":451688,"bill_number":"SB1135","title":"Continuances; appearance of parties.","description":"Continuances; appearance of parties.  Provides that when the court grants a continuance in advance of the date of a scheduled trial or hearing, if the defendant acknowledges in writing, on a form provided by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, that he promises to appear in court on the date and time of the newly scheduled trial or hearing, the court shall not require counsel or the defendant to appear on the date when the trial or hearing was originally scheduled. However, if the defendant is in violation of the terms of his pretrial release or has failed to appear at any court proceeding, the court may require the defendant to appear on the date when the trial or hearing was originally scheduled as a condition of any continuance granted.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1135/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1135","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":451692,"bill_number":"SB1143","title":"General Assembly; prohibits compensation to legislators for attending certain conferences.","description":"Compensation of members of the General Assembly. Prohibits compensation to legislators for attending conferences for which the agenda and materials are not available to the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1143/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1143","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":451693,"bill_number":"SB1145","title":"Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt.","description":"Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt. Requires the Secretary of the State Board of Elections, in coordination with local election officials, to implement a free-access system by which a voter may determine whether his application for an absentee ballot has been received and accepted and whether his absentee ballot has been received and the current status of the absentee ballot.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1145/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1145","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":451698,"bill_number":"SB1146","title":"Controlled substances, drugs or paraphernalia; disposal of those seized.","description":"Destruction of controlled substances, etc.; Department of State Police. Requires law-enforcement reports on the destruction of seized controlled substances and other drugs and paraphernalia that under current law have to be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy to be submitted instead to the Department of State Police. The bill also requires the Department to maintain a listing of such submissions, make the list publicly available on the Department's website, and submit an annual report with such information to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1146/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1146","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":451700,"bill_number":"SB1150","title":"Elections; minimizing voting lines.","description":"Elections; minimizing voting lines. Requires each electoral board to develop a plan to ensure that no voter waits for more than one hour to cast his vote on election day. Each board would submit to the State Board of Elections and the governing body of the city or county of the electoral board a list of resources necessary, including the optimum number of officers of election, pollbooks, ballots, and other voting equipment, to implement the plan. The bill also provides that officers of election may work in multiple precincts throughout election day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1150/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1150","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":451702,"bill_number":"SB1154","title":"Juveniles; post-dispositional detention in secure local facility.","description":"Post-dispositional detention of juvenile in secure local facility. Changes the period of time for which a court may order the confinement in a detention home or secure facility of a juvenile who has been found to have committed an offense that if committed by an adult would be punishable by confinement in a state or local correctional facility from a period not to exceed six months for any crime to a period not to exceed six months for a misdemeanor and a period not to exceed 12 months for a felony. The bill also requires any juvenile placed in post-dispositional detention for a period of more than 90 days to have an individualized plan for the provision of educational, treatment, and rehabilitative services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1154/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1154","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451704,"bill_number":"SB1155","title":"Electoral boards; appointments shall be on nonpartisan basis.","description":"Electoral boards, appointment. Provides that appointments to local electoral boards shall be on a nonpartisan basis, eliminating current provisions for party representation on boards and submission of appointment recommendations by the political parties.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1155/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1155","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":451708,"bill_number":"SB1161","title":"General Assembly; consideration of conference committee report on biennial budget, etc.","description":"General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget or general appropriation act. Provides that no legislative action shall be taken on the conference committee report on the biennial budget until the conference committee report has been posted on the General Assembly's website for at least 48 hours.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1161/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1161","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":451712,"bill_number":"SB1168","title":"Elections; method of nominating party candidates.","description":"Elections; method of nominating party candidates. Removes the power of incumbent officeholders in some cases to insist on a primary as the method of nominating political party candidates and removes the power of General Assembly incumbents seeking reelection to determine the method of nomination. The bill leaves the power to determine the method of nominating party candidates to the duly constituted authorities of the political party.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1168/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1168","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":451714,"bill_number":"SB1170","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation; required contract provisions. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract of more than $100,000 that involves the performance of work within the Commonwealth provisions requiring the contractor to agree (i) that 35 percent of the total hours worked by apprentices in positions created in performance of the contract be performed by Virginia residents and (ii) to use the Virginia Employment Commission as the first source of referral for obtaining qualified applicants for any new position. The required provisions do not apply to any contracts for the procurement of professional services. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1170/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1170","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":451717,"bill_number":"SB1177","title":"Virginia Workforce Council; powers and duties.","description":"Virginia Workforce Council; composition; powers.  Provides for the Virginia Workforce Council to review the state's annual plan for postsecondary vocational education activities authorized under the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.) to ensure that the plan is aligned with the state's plan for coordinating programs authorized under Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq.) and the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.). The bill provides for the Governor to appoint to the Council a state director of career and technical education and two representatives who have been nominated by state labor federations in place of two positions currently filled by the President of the Virginia AFL-CIO and a representative of labor appointed by the Governor. The bill also allows the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, and Health and Human Resources to appoint designees to serve in their stead on the Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0159)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1177/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1177","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":451720,"bill_number":"SB1183","title":"Information Technology Advisory Council; Council to elect chairman and vice-chair from membership.","description":"Information Technology Advisory Council. Provides for the Information Technology Advisory Council to elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. Under the bill, neither the Secretary of Technology nor the Chief Information Officer may serve as chairman, and the CIO is no longer required to serve as vice-chairman. Under current law, the Secretary of Technology serves as chairman and the CIO serves as vice-chairman of the Council. The bill also removes the requirement for the Council to meet at least quarterly and allows both the Secretary of Technology and the CIO to call a meeting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1183/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1183","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":451721,"bill_number":"SB1188","title":"Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established, report.","description":"Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established. Establishes the Career Pathways System Advisory Council. The purpose of the Council is to ensure the coordination and collaboration of career and technical education, adult education, and workforce development programs through business-driven sector strategies that provide for sequences of education and training articulated with higher levels of education and regional and state workforce needs and that also provide career coaching and advising support services and experiential learning. The Council will develop workforce readiness indicators, in coordination with the Virginia Workforce Council and the Council on Virginia's Future, which will include enrollment and graduation statistics in secondary, postsecondary, and adult education programs in science, technology, engineering, math, or health care-related areas; numbers of targeted industry certifications; and the Commonwealth's education and training capacity for key industry sectors, and will produce a scorecard documenting progress in these areas. The scorecard will also include a report on the progress of interagency collaboration and shared funding for the purposes of attaining select education and workforce development goals. The bill includes a sunset provision of July 1, 2016. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1188/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1188","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":451724,"bill_number":"SB1194","title":"Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan.","description":"Juvenile alleged to be truant; development of truancy plan. Provides that in cases in which a school attendance officer files a complaint alleging that a juvenile is a truant and the juvenile has not previously been proceeded against informally or adjudicated in need of supervision for failure to comply with compulsory school attendance laws, the intake officer may defer filing of a petition alleging that the child is in need of supervision for 90 days and proceed informally by implementing a truancy plan developed by a school-based multidisciplinary team, a locally based multidisciplinary team, the appropriate public agency, or an interagency interdisciplinary team. The provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1194/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1194","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":451730,"bill_number":"SB1195","title":"Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program; created, sunset provision.","description":"Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program. Creates the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program, a pilot program administered by the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to improve outreach by state government to the private sector. The objectives of the Program are to (i) strengthen coordination and interaction between state government and the private sector on issues relevant to entrepreneurs and small business concerns and (ii) make state government programs and operations simpler, easier to access, more efficient, and more responsive to the needs of small business concerns and entrepreneurs. The program has a 2017 sunset date. The bill includes a reenactment clause and a provision requiring the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to establish recommended guidelines by November 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1195/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1195","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":451731,"bill_number":"SB1197","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contracts for architectural or professional engineering services.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; contracts for architectural or professional engineering services by certain localities. Authorizes any city within Planning District 8 to enter into individual contracts for architectural or professional engineering services up to $5 million. Planning District 8 is composed of the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William; the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park; and the Towns of Dumfries, Herndon, Leesburg, Purcellville, and Vienna. Currently, the authority to enter into such contracts is limited to localities and local authorities, sanitation districts, metropolitan planning organizations, or planning district commissions with populations in excess of 80,000.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1197/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1197","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":451733,"bill_number":"SB1200","title":"Traffic regulation; conforms Title 46.2 to changes to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.","description":"Regulation of traffic. Conforms Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles) of the Code of Virginia to recent changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1200/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1200","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":451737,"bill_number":"SB1202","title":"Retention of case records; general district court.","description":"Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provided that they have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, such documents must be retained for 10 years. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1202/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1202","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":451738,"bill_number":"SB1210","title":"Transportation commission membership.","description":"Transportation commission membership. Gives the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee equal voting weight on the Virginia Railway Express oversight board. The bill also provides that the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee shall be included for purposes of constituting a quorum on certain transportation commissions and shall have voting rights equal to the appointees of component governments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-28","last_action":"Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1210/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1210","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451744,"bill_number":"SB1211","title":"Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc.","description":"Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc. Provides that records related to child abuse and exploitation that are in the possession of the Department of State Police pursuant to its duties in maintaining the Child Pornography Images Registry are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act and that the Registry is not subject to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1211/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1211","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451747,"bill_number":"SB1212","title":"Environmental Quality, Department of; provision of information, protection of trade secrets.","description":"Provision of information to Department of Environmental Quality; protection of trade secrets. Requires that every person who the Department of Environmental Quality has reason to believe is generating or handling waste provide the Department with information about the waste upon request. The bill exempts trade secrets contained in such information from disclosure by the Department under certain conditions while still allowing the Department to provide such information to the Environmental Protection Agency or as otherwise required by law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1212/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1212","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451748,"bill_number":"SB1213","title":"Saltwater recreational fishing; allows State residents 65 and older to purchase lifetime license.","description":"Lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license. Allows Virginia residents 65 years of age and older to purchase a lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license for $5.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1213/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1213","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451752,"bill_number":"SB1215","title":"State government officers and employees; representation of clients, prohibited conduct.","description":"State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; revolving door for state employees. Provides that certain former employees of state agencies must wait one year before representing clients for compensation before their agencies in matters involving regulatory review by such agencies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1215/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1215","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451755,"bill_number":"SB1218","title":"DMV; customer service.","description":"DMV; customer service. Modifies requirements for (i) release by DMV of vehicle title information, (ii) automated electronic payments to the DMV, (iii) temporary motorcycle operator licenses, and (iv) deactivation, extension, and reactivation of vehicle registration.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1218/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1218","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":451756,"bill_number":"SB1219","title":"Motor carrier and commercial drivers; amends several licensing laws.","description":"Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing. Amends several motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing laws. The bill clarifies and strengthens fitness and operating authority requirements for intrastate motor carriers. It also enables Virginia to comply with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation amendments regarding commercial motor vehicles and a prohibition on texting in commercial motor vehicles, and it codifies federal commercial driver's license requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1219/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1219","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":451759,"bill_number":"SB1222","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; mandatory minimum fine when convicted of reckless driving.","description":"Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties. Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $125 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $250. The current penalties are $20 for a first offense and $50 for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also increases the punishment of any person convicted of reckless driving to include a $250 mandatory minimum fine if the person was texting at the time of the reckless driving offense. The bill also changes the offense from a secondary offense (one that can only be charged when the offender is stopped for another, separate offense) to a primary offense. The bill also provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall make training on such offenses available to state and local law-enforcement agencies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1222/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1222","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":451762,"bill_number":"SB1225","title":"RS & UT; adds City of Fredericksburg.","description":"Entitlement to sales and use tax revenues; City of Fredericksburg. Adds the City of Fredericksburg to the list of localities that are permitted to retain sales and use tax revenue generated within a public facility to pay off bonds issued for the construction of the public facility.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1225/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1225","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451764,"bill_number":"SB1226","title":"Cash proffers; extends from 7 to 12 years time by which locality must begin utilization.","description":"Zoning; cash proffers. Extends from seven to 12 years the time by which a locality must begin utilization of cash proffers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1226/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1226","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451768,"bill_number":"SB1228","title":"Firearms; property or facilities owned or leased by localities.","description":"Control of firearms; property owned or leased by localities. Repeals provisions preventing localities from adopting ordinances and taking administrative actions regarding firearms and authorizes localities to adopt ordinances that prohibit firearms, ammunition, or components, or a combination thereof, on property owned or leased by a locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1228/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1228","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":451771,"bill_number":"SB1229","title":"Elections, State Board of; provides for Department of Elections and Commissioner of Elections.","description":"State Board of Elections; Director of Elections. Changes the name of the State Board of Elections (the agency that administers election law) to the Department of Elections. The three-member board appointed by the Governor that is also known as the State Board of Elections retains its name. The bill also provides that instead of the Governor designating one member of the three-member State Board of Elections as the Secretary who then acts as the agency head, the Governor will appoint a Commissioner of Elections to act as agency head. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1229/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1229","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":451772,"bill_number":"SB1234","title":"Juveniles; placement in secure local facility.","description":"Placement in secure local facility.  Clarifies that a juvenile 14 years of age or older who is eligible for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice may be confined in a detention home or other secure local facility for more than 30 days provided that the court orders the juvenile committed to the Department but suspends such commitment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1234/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1234","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":451775,"bill_number":"SB1242","title":"Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligible for in-state charges.","description":"Eligibility for in-state tuition charges; military. Clarifies eligibility for in-state tuition of current and former military personnel and their dependents. The bill also grants eligibility for in-state tuition charges to veterans residing within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1242/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1242","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451778,"bill_number":"SB1246","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural, etc., services.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction.  Raises, in the case of airport and aviation transportation projects, the maximum cost of architectural or professional engineering services for all projects in one contract term of a multiple project contract from $500,000 to $1.5 million and for any single project from $100,000 to $500,000. For a locality or authority or sanitation district with a population in excess of 80,000, the bill raises the maximum cost of such services from $1 million to $2 million.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1246/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1246","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":451779,"bill_number":"SB1253","title":"Smoking; localities to ban in designated public parks, etc.","description":"Smoking in certain public areas. Allows localities to ban smoking in designated public parks, public beaches, and similar outdoor public areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1253/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1253","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":451782,"bill_number":"SB1263","title":"VA FOIA; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, etc. of State bodies.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, subcommittees, etc., of state public bodies; personal matters. Authorizes an advisory public body, defined as any state public body classified as advisory pursuant to § 2.2-2100 or any committee, subcommittee, or other entity, however designated, of a state public body created to advise the state public body, to meet by electronic communication means without a quorum of the advisory public body being physically assembled at one location, provided, among other requirements, the meeting is conducted utilizing a combined audio and visual communication method. The bill requires any advisory public body holding this kind of electronic communication meeting to make an audiovisual recording of the meeting, which recording shall be preserved by the advisory public body for a period of three years from the date of the meeting. The bill also enhances the annual reporting requirements for any public body authorized to conduct electronic communication meetings and requires the FOIA Council to develop a form that an authorized public body must make available to the public at any such meeting for public comment. The above-described provisions of the bill by its terms will expire on July 1, 2014. Finally, the bill allows a member of any public body to participate in a meeting by electronic communication means due to personal matters under certain circumstances. Currently, such remote participation is allowed only for emergency, medical condition, or distance from the meeting location of more than 60 miles. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1263/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1263","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":451784,"bill_number":"SB1264","title":"VA. FOIA; access to criminal and other records.","description":"Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal and other records held by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. Reorganizes § 2.2-3706 of the Freedom of Information Act relating to access to criminal records and other records held by law-enforcement agencies. The only substantive changes in the bill are to (i) expand to the state law-enforcement agencies the ability to withhold portions of noncriminal incident information and (ii) allow law-enforcement agencies to make a verbal response for requests for criminal incident information. The bill also clarifies that personnel records of persons employed by a law-enforcement agency are not noncriminal records but subject to the personnel records and background investigation records exemptions. The bill contains technical amendments and is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1264/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1264","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454016,"bill_number":"SJR324","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Appointments by the Governor of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ324ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR324/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ324","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454017,"bill_number":"SJR323","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly October 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ323ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR323/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ323","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454019,"bill_number":"SJR322","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ322ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR322/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ322","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454023,"bill_number":"SB1269","title":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; sale of electricity from renewable sources.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Amends the existing renewable energy portfolio standard program to require that for calendar years 2016 through 2025 a utility shall apply (i) only renewable energy generated or purchased in Virginia, off its coast, or represented by a renewable energy certificate from eligible sources in Virginia or off its coast and (ii) renewable energy sales or renewable energy certificates from electric energy derived from any combination of sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, wave motion, tides, or geothermal power to meet at least 40 percent of the sales requirement for the RPS Goal in that year. The measure also eliminates provisions that give double or triple credit toward meeting the RPS Goals for energy from specified sources of energy.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1269/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1269","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454024,"bill_number":"SB1262","title":"Admissions tax; adds Stafford County to list of counties authorized to impose on certain admissions.","description":"Admissions tax. Authorizes Stafford County to impose an admissions tax for attendance at entertainment venues, beginning July 1, 2014. The authority to impose the tax will expire on July 1, 2015, if no entertainment venues exist in Stafford County by that date.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1262/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1262","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454028,"bill_number":"SB1259","title":"Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible energy.","description":"Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eligible energy. Provides that renewable energy that is purchased by a participating utility under an agreement executed on or after July 1, 2013, will count toward meeting the RPS Goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program only if the agreement expressly transfer ownership of renewable attributes, in addition to ownership of the energy, to the participating utility. The bill also provides that renewable energy generated by the utility will be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals if it is from a facility in which the public utility owns at least a 49 percent interest that is located in the Commonwealth, in the interconnection region of the regional transmission entity of which the utility is a member, or in a control area adjacent to such interconnection region. Renewable energy represented by renewable energy certificates will continue to be eligible to be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1259/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1259","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454033,"bill_number":"SB1254","title":"Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program.","description":"Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires every pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy to ensure that at least one pharmacist who is physically present at the pharmacy shall have access to the Prescription Monitoring Program at all times.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1254/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1254","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454035,"bill_number":"SB1251","title":"Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.","description":"Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school security officers. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1251/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1251","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454037,"bill_number":"SB1250","title":"Prescription Monitoring Program; Board of Pharmacy to identify \"drugs of concern\".","description":"Designation and reporting of drugs of concern. Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to identify \"drugs of concern\" and requires prescribers to report prescription drugs of concern to the Prescription Monitoring Program.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1250/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1250","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":454039,"bill_number":"SB1247","title":"Natural gas utilities; recovery of eligible safety activity costs accounted for as regulatory asset.","description":"Natural gas utility ratemaking; eligible safety activity costs. Permits natural gas utilities to recover certain safety activity costs incurred on or after January 1, 2013, in future rates by accounting for them as deferred costs. These deferred costs will be accounted for as a regulatory asset and not subject to write-off or write-down in an earnings test filing.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1247/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1247","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":454046,"bill_number":"SB1241","title":"Tax code, Commonwealth's; advances conformity with Internal Revenue Code.","description":"Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances the conformity with the federal tax code from December 31, 2011, to January 2, 2013, and restores conformity with the federal earned income tax credit. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1241/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1241","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":454047,"bill_number":"SB1236","title":"Personal property tax; advertising signs.","description":"Personal property tax; advertising signs. Provides that outdoor advertising signs constitute a separate class of personal property for purposes of assessment, and requires localities to tax such signs as personal property, not as real property. The bill also prohibits such signs or income generated by such signs to be considered in assessing the value of real property. The bill states that an emergency exists and it is in force from its passage. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1236/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1236","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454048,"bill_number":"SB1233","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.","description":"In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has provided an affidavit to the public institution of higher education for which he has registered stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth, (iii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iv) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Education and Health ","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1233/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1233","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454054,"bill_number":"SB1221","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan, Board of; elected positions, technical amendments.","description":"Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan; elected positions. Eliminates the position of secretary from the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also changes the time frame for the election of Board positions from each calendar year to annually. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1221/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1221","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454055,"bill_number":"SB1220","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds.","description":"Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds. Permits taxpayers to direct the Department of Taxation to deposit all or any part of an income tax refund into their Virginia College Savings Plan accounts. The provisions of the bill shall be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1220/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1220","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454059,"bill_number":"SB1165","title":"Driver's licenses, provisional; person under age 18 certain restrictions.","description":"Provisional driver's licenses. Provides that the holder of a provisional driver's license under age 18 is not authorized to operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is less than 21 years old unless the driver is accompanied by a parent or person acting in loco parentis who is occupying a seat beside the driver. However, the bill does provide that, after the first year the provisional license is issued, the holder may operate a motor vehicle with up to three passengers less than 21 years old if driving to or from a school-sponsored activity, or if a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old is sitting on the seat beside the driver, or if there is an emergency. This passenger limitation does not apply to members of the driver's family or household. This bill only applies to those with a provisional driver's license who turn 17 after July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1165/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1165","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454064,"bill_number":"SB1160","title":"Driving while texting; primary offense, increased penalties.","description":"Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties. Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $250 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $500. The current penalties are $20 for a first offense and $50 for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also changes the offense from a secondary offense (one that can only be charged when the offender is stopped for another, separate offense) to a primary offense. The bill also provides that a violation of this provision does not preclude prosecution under any other applicable provision of the criminal law or of the law governing the operation of motor vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1160/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1160","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454065,"bill_number":"SB1148","title":"Firearms magazines; prohibits person from selling, etc. those designed to hold more than 10 rounds.","description":"Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc. of certain firearms magazines; penalties. Prohibits any person from selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill prohibits a person from carrying semi-automatic center-fire firearms with more than 10 rounds of ammunition in a public place; under existing law this prohibition applies only in certain localities and only to such firearms if the firearm holds more than 20 rounds of ammunition. The bill redefines \"assault firearm\" in the Code section that prohibits noncitizens and persons not lawfully admitted for permanent residence from possessing assault firearms and in the Code section that prohibits dealers from transferring an assault firearm to such persons by reducing the number of rounds of ammunition that the magazine will hold from more than 20 to more than 10. The rounds of ammunition are also reduced from more than 20 to more than 10 in the section that makes it unlawful for a person younger than 18 years of age to possess an assault firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1148/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1148","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454070,"bill_number":"SB1133","title":"Personal property tax, tangible; computer equipment & peripherals used in data centers, definition.","description":"Tangible personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers. Creates a separate classification, for purposes of permitting localities to set a lower personal property tax rate, on computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1133/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1133","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454075,"bill_number":"SB1102","title":"Emissions inspection; minimum miles per gallon rating required to be exempt from testing.","description":"Emissions inspection exemption. Decreases the minimum miles per gallon rating required to be exempt from emissions inspection testing from 50 to 48 miles per gallon for 2008 and 2009 hybrid vehicles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1102/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1102","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454078,"bill_number":"SB1098","title":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.","description":"Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program remain the same. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Tabled in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1098/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1098","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454080,"bill_number":"SB1094","title":"Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.","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 requires 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, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1094/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1094","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454081,"bill_number":"SB1090","title":"Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons to meet certain criteria, approval for.","description":"In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he meets all of the following criteria: (i) he has resided with his parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis while attending a public or private high school in this state; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwelath; (iii) he has registered as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or for at least one year if he is a veteran or an active duty member of the United States armed forces; (v) he has provided an affidavit to the institution stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and (vi) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1090/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1090","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454086,"bill_number":"SB1087","title":"University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors.","description":"The University of Virginia; board of visitors. Changes the composition of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia from 17 visitors appointed by the Governor to 13 visitors appointed by the Governor and four visitors directly elected by the alumni of the University of Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1087/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1087","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454088,"bill_number":"SB1086","title":"University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum.","description":"University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum. Changes the number of board members that constitutes a quorum from five members to a majority of members.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1086/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1086","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454089,"bill_number":"SB1078","title":"Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc.","description":"State Board for Community Colleges; mental health policies. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve as a point of contact with an emergency services system clinician at a local community services board, or another qualified mental health services provider, for screenings and referrals of students who may have emergency or urgent mental health needs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1078/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1078","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454097,"bill_number":"SB1074","title":"Student organizations; religious or political organizations may determine core functions, etc.","description":"Higher education; student organizations. Permits, to the extent allowed by law, religious or political student organizations at public institutions of higher education to determine that only persons committed to the organization's mission may conduct certain activities. The bill also prohibits, to the extent allowed by law, public institutions of higher education from discriminating against a student organization that makes such a determination.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)","last_action_date":"2013-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1074/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1074","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454099,"bill_number":"SB1060","title":"Following too closely; includes bicycles, mopeds, etc., increases minimum clearance.","description":"Following too closely; passing other vehicles. Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. The bill also increases from two feet to three feet the minimum clearance between a passing vehicle and an overtaken bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"VOTE: DEFEATED (42-Y 55-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1060/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1060","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":454101,"bill_number":"SB1056","title":"Military Affairs, Department of; providing of flag to next of kin.","description":"Department of Military Affairs; providing of flag to next of kin. Adds the Virginia State Defense to the list of organizations that receive state appropriations for presentation of a flag of the Commonwealth to the next of kin of a person who, upon his death, was serving in, or honorably served for a period of 20 years in and retired from, the Virginia State Defense Force. Current law lists the National Guard and the naval militia and recognizes service in the National Guard only.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1056/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1056","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454105,"bill_number":"SB1054","title":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; added to list to receive contributions of refunds.","description":"Voluntary contributions of taxpayer refunds; Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Adds the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an option under the Voluntary Chesapeake Bay Restoration Contribution, to the list of organizations that may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1054/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1054","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454107,"bill_number":"SB1051","title":"Motor vehicle dealers; imposition of financial penalties, warranty and sales incentive obligations.","description":"Dealer franchises; administrative fees and penalties. Extends the protection that dealers currently retain for chargebacks to administrative fees and other penalties. Current law protects dealers who seek to challenge chargebacks for warranty and sales incentive claims from having the disputed amounts taken from open accounts with the manufacturer while the dispute is ongoing. This bill extends this protection to dealers challenging a manufacturer's imposition of administrative fees and other penalties. This bill contains technical amendments and is identical to","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1051/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1051","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454110,"bill_number":"SB1042","title":"Bedford,City of, reversion; special election for certain council members, census to be completed.","description":"City of Bedford reversion; special election for certain council members. Requires a special election for members of council for any town that, on July 1, 2013, is both created by a transition from city to town status and enlarged by annexing territory into the town. In an election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2014, a council member is to be elected to fill the unexpired portion of the term of each council member whose term extends beyond December 31, 2014. The bill provides that no such election is to be held unless the annexation increases the population of the town by more than five percent. The bill also requires the town to conduct a census in order to determine whether the annexation has in fact increased its population by more than five percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1042/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1042","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454115,"bill_number":"SB1036","title":"Income tax, corporate; add back of certain intangible expenses to income.","description":"Corporate income tax; add back of certain intangible expenses to income. Clarifies the applicability of the exceptions to the add back of intangible expenses to a corporation's taxable income. The bill states that it is declarative of existing law.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1036/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1036","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454116,"bill_number":"SB1007","title":"Mopeds and motorized skateboards and scooters; licensure and age requirements of operators.","description":"Licensure and age requirements of operators of mopeds and motorized skateboards and scooters. Requires that operators of mopeds to have a valid driver's license, have completed a special examination, and wear a helmet. The bill also disallows having more than one passenger on a moped and increases the penalty for violating the section on operation of a moped from $50 to $250. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Transportation with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1007/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1007","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454121,"bill_number":"SB1005","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; using while driving on bridge or tunnel, primary offense.","description":"Use of a handheld personal communications device while driving. Makes using a handheld personal communication device while driving on a bridge or in a tunnel a primary offense. All other offenses involving the use of a handheld personal communication device while driving remain secondary offenses. The bill also increases the penalty for causing an accident because of the use of a handheld personal communications device while driving on a bridge or in a tunnel to $150 for a first offense and $250 for a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1005/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1005","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454123,"bill_number":"SB997","title":"Incapacitated persons; photographs, x-rays, etc., may be taken as part of medical evaluation, etc.","description":"Photographs of abused, incapacitated adult. Provides that in any case of suspected abuse of an incapacitated adult, photographs, X-rays, and other medical imaging of such incapacitated adult may be taken without the consent of the person responsible for the incapacitated adult as a part of the medical evaluation of the person. Such photographs, X-rays, and other medical imaging may be introduced into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB997/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB997","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454130,"bill_number":"SB992","title":"Background checks; children's residential facilities regulated by Department of Juvenile Justice.","description":"Background checks; children's residential facilities regulated by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Provides that the requirement for criminal history background checks for children's residential facilities shall also apply to local secure detention facilities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB992/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB992","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":454132,"bill_number":"SB981","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; unlawful to use on school property or crossing, etc.","description":"School zones; use of certain devices by drivers prohibited. Provides that any person who operates a moving motor vehicle within a reduced-speed school crossing zone or on school property while using any handheld personal communications device is guilty of a traffic infraction. The bill includes an exception for law-enforcement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB981/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB981","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":454133,"bill_number":"HJR735","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Leland Fisher.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Leland Fisher.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ735ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR735/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ735","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":454139,"bill_number":"HJR734","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Harvey Tate, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Harvey Tate, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ734ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR734/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ734","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":454140,"bill_number":"HJR733","title":"Commending J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.","description":"Commending J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ733ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR733/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ733","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":454143,"bill_number":"HJR731","title":"National Wear Red Day; designating as February 1, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"National Wear Red Day. Designates February 1, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as National Wear Red Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ731ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR731/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ731","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":454148,"bill_number":"HB2250","title":"Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sanitary districts.","description":"Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sanitary districts. Exempts employees of any sanitary district that maintains at least 20 miles of its own streets and roads from certain provisions of the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2250/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2250","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":454149,"bill_number":"HB2243","title":"Escort vehicle drivers; certification and regulation in State.","description":"Escort driver certification. Provides for the certification and regulation of escort drivers in the Commonwealth. The bill also adds a traffic infraction for impeding or disrupting vehicles operating under a hauling permit that requires an escort vehicle. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2243/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2243","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454153,"bill_number":"HB2241","title":"Vacant building; adds Town of Clifton Forge to localities requiring building owner registration.","description":"Vacant building registration. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities with authority to require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $25 to defray the cost of processing such registration. Failure to register shall be punishable by a $50 civil penalty.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2241/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2241","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":454157,"bill_number":"HB2236","title":"RS&UT; exemption for separately charged amounts for labor, etc., on property sold or rented.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; labor or services related to rental property. Clarifies that the sales and use tax exemption for separately stated charges for installing personal property sold, includes property that is rented.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2236/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2236","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":454160,"bill_number":"HB2231","title":"Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund; amount of financial assistance.","description":"Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund; amount of financial assistance. Specifies that qualified survivors and dependents are eligible for financial assistance from the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund in an amount up to $2,000 or as provided in the appropriation act for board and room charges, books and supplies, and other expenses at any public institution of higher education or other public accredited postsecondary institution granting a degree, diploma, or certificate in the Commonwealth. The bill is contingent upon funding in the general appropriation act adopted by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2231/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2231","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":454163,"bill_number":"HB2228","title":"Overweight vehicle permits; engineering analysis prior to issuance not to exceed three hours.","description":"Overweight vehicle permit fees. Provides that the fee for engineering analysis performed prior to issuance of an overweight vehicle permit is not to exceed three hours.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2228/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2228","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454166,"bill_number":"HB2227","title":"Coal trucks; weight enforcement.","description":"Weight enforcement for coal trucks. Provides that weight enforcement cannot require a coal truck, the load on which does not rise above the top of the truck's bed (or can be shifted so it does not rise above the top of the truck's bed) to be actually weighed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2227/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2227","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454169,"bill_number":"HB2226","title":"Grass and weeds; adds Town of Cedar Bluff to list of localities.","description":"Grass cutting; Town of Cedar Bluff. Adds the Town of Cedar Bluff to the list of localities that may, by ordinance, have agents or employees of the locality cut grass and weeds from occupied property and charge the cost to the property owner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2226/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2226","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454171,"bill_number":"HB2202","title":"Vehicle towing charges; increases maximum hookup and initial towing fee.","description":"Vehicle towing charges. Increases from $125 to $135 the maximum hookup and initial towing fee that may be charged for the towing of a passenger car from private property without its owner's consent, unless a local ordinance sets a different limit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2202/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2202","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":454173,"bill_number":"HB2167","title":"Income tax, state; deductions for prepaid funeral, medical, and dental insurance premiums.","description":"Individual income tax deductions; life, medical, and dental insurance premiums. Provides that beginning January 1, 2013, an individual age 66 or older with earned income of at least $20,000 for the year and federal adjusted gross income not in excess of $30,000 for the year is allowed to deduct the amount he pays annually for (i) a prepaid funeral insurance policy that covers him or (ii) medical or dental insurance premiums for any person for whom individual tax filers may claim a deduction for such premiums under federal income tax laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2167/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2167","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":454181,"bill_number":"HB2159","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.","description":"In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has provided an affidavit to the public institution of higher education for which he has registered stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth, (iii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iv) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2159/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2159","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454182,"bill_number":"HB2150","title":"Tax code, state; advances conformity with Internal Revenue Code.","description":"Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances the conformity with the federal tax code from December 31, 2011, to January 2, 2013, and restores conformity with the federal earned income tax credit. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2150/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2150","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":454183,"bill_number":"HB2145","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds.","description":"Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds. Permits taxpayers to direct the Department of Taxation to deposit all or any part of an income tax refund into their Virginia College Savings Plan accounts. The provisions of the bill shall be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2145/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2145","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454191,"bill_number":"HB2127","title":"Virginia College Savings Plan, Board of; elected positions, technical amendments.","description":"Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan; elected positions. Eliminates the position of secretary from the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also changes the time frame for the election of Board positions from each calendar year to annually. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2127/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2127","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454193,"bill_number":"HB2122","title":"Incapacitated persons; photographs, x-rays, etc., may be taken as part of medical evaluation, etc.","description":"Photographs of abused, incapacitated adult. Provides that in any case of suspected abuse of an incapacitated adult, photographs, X-rays, and other medical imaging of such incapacitated adult may be taken without the consent of the person responsible for the incapacitated adult as a part of the medical evaluation of the person. Such photographs, X-rays, and other medical imaging may be introduced into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2122/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2122","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":454197,"bill_number":"HB2109","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","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 substances. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal substances, the local department of social services 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 substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program; however, an individual has one opportunity during the subsequent 12-month period to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2109/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2109","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454200,"bill_number":"HB2092","title":"Tax information; disclosure.","description":"Confidentiality of tax information. Authorizes the Tax Commissioner to provide the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services with the name and address of taxpayers who identify themselves as subject to Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2092/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2092","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454204,"bill_number":"HB2088","title":"Postsecondary schools; student records and closures.","description":"Postsecondary schools; student records and closures. Provides that in the event of a postsecondary school closure, the school shall transfer the academic and financial records of its students to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or enter an agreement with another school to preserve such records. The bill also requires that a closing school develop and submit to the Council a \"teachout plan,\" which is a written agreement between or among postsecondary schools that provides for the equitable treatment of students if one of those institutions stops offering an educational program before all students enrolled in that program complete the program. The bill finally requires the Council to deny owners certification to operate another postsecondary school in the Commonwealth if the owner does not provide an adequate teachout plan or adequate preservation of records.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2088/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2088","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":454207,"bill_number":"HB2080","title":"Evidence acceptable to DMV Commissioner of payments of taxes, etc.","description":"Evidence acceptable to DMV Commissioner of payments of taxes, etc. Provides that the DMV Commissioner may determine what sort of evidence he will accept as to proof of payment of taxes on vehicles and of the registration or exemption from registration of certain vehicles without doing so by regulation. The bill also makes several technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2080/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2080","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":454210,"bill_number":"HB2061","title":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices, etc.","description":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices.  Provides that any employer who operates a truck stop and who fails to post a notice, in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted, of the existence of a human trafficking hotline is subject to a civil penalty of $100. A civil penalty shall not be assessed until after 72 hours' notice of such failure. No such civil penalties shall be assessed prior to January 1, 2014. The measure also clarifies that civil penalties are to be assessed by the Department of Labor and Industry.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2061/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2061","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":454212,"bill_number":"HB2059","title":"Landlords; reduces amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by DHCD.","description":"Income tax credit; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs. Reduces from $450,000 to $250,000 the amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by the Department of Housing and Community Development to landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2059/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2059","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454215,"bill_number":"HB2057","title":"Higher educational institutions; memoranda of understanding, etc.","description":"Public institutions of higher education; memoranda of understanding. Clarifies the procedure for adopting new measures to be followed by institutions of higher education that seek to enter into memoranda of understanding for additional operational authority.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2057/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2057","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454216,"bill_number":"HB2055","title":"Notaries; qualifications include being a legal resident of U.S., technical amendments.","description":"Notaries; qualifications. Replaces the requirement that to be qualified to be a commissioned notary, a person must be a \"citizen\" of the United States with the requirement that he must be a \"legal resident\" of the United States. This bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2055/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2055","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":454225,"bill_number":"HB2054","title":"RS&UT; exemption includes property used for harvesting forest products.","description":"Sales and use tax exemption; property used for harvesting forest products. Changes the sales and use tax exemption related to harvesting forest products from property \"necessary\" for such harvesting, to property \"used\" for such harvesting.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2054/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2054","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":454226,"bill_number":"HB2053","title":"Uniform Power of Attorney Act; violation, penalty.","description":"Uniform Power of Attorney Act; violation; penalty. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney who violates the Uniform Power of Attorney Act with intent to defraud the principal and converts the principal's property is guilty of embezzlement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2053/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2053","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454228,"bill_number":"HB2047","title":"Long-term health care insurance; tax credit not allowed if person claimed fed. income tax deduction.","description":"Long-term health care insurance tax credit. Repeals the long-term health care insurance tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The bill would not repeal the income tax deduction for long-term health care insurance premiums paid by an individual.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-02-18","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2047/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2047","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454233,"bill_number":"HB2045","title":"Foster care and adoption; decisions regarding federal benefits, right to appeal to Commissioner.","description":"Foster care and adoption; decisions regarding federal benefits; appeal to the Commissioner. Establishes a right to review by the Commissioner of Social Services of any decision of a local board of social services granting, denying, or changing a benefit available to a child in foster care for any individual whose claim for benefits related to foster care services available pursuant to state or federal law is denied or is not acted upon by the local department with reasonable promptness.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2045/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2045","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":454237,"bill_number":"HB2039","title":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; added to list to receive contributions of refunds.","description":"Voluntary contributions of taxpayer refunds; Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Adds the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an option under the Voluntary Chesapeake Bay Restoration Contribution, to the list of organizations that may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2039/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2039","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":454238,"bill_number":"HB2034","title":"Land preservation tax credit; repealing effective January 1, 2014.","description":"Repeal of land preservation tax credit. Repeals the land preservation tax credit effective January 1, 2014. The bill provides that such repeal would in no way affect any land preservation tax credits issued prior to such date or the administration of the same.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2034/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2034","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454243,"bill_number":"HB2027","title":"Tuition, in-state; active duty member, etc. mobilized or on temporary active orders.","description":"In-state tuition; active duty members. Allows any active duty member, activated guard or reservist member, or guard or reservist member mobilized or on temporary active orders for six months or more to pay no more than the in-state tuition rate to attend a public institution of higher education if he resides in Virginia. Currently, such an individual is required to be stationed or assigned to work in Virginia and reside in Virginia to receive the rate of no more than in-state tuition.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2027/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2027","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":454246,"bill_number":"HB2018","title":"Workers' compensation; coverage for trainees at criminal justice training academies.","description":"Workers' compensation coverage for trainees at criminal justice training academies. Clarifies that any individual who receives training at a criminal justice training academy is not an employee of the academy. The academy is not required to provide workers' compensation coverage or benefits to such an individual. The employer that arranges for an individual to be trained at a criminal justice training academy is required to provide workers' compensation coverage and benefits to the individual during the period he is receiving training at the academy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2018/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2018","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":454250,"bill_number":"HB2009","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","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 of Social Services 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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2009/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2009","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454255,"bill_number":"HB2003","title":"Income tax, state; recycled building rehabilitation tax credit.","description":"Income tax; commercial and industrial building rehabilitation tax credit. Creates a tax credit beginning in 2013 for new businesses that move into a locality and rehabilitate or retrofit a commercial or industrial building that is at least 25 years old and that has been vacant, in the case of a commercial building, for at least three years, and for an industrial building, for at least five years. The credit would equal the cost of the rehabilitation or retrofitting, not to exceed $100,000. The bill provides that any unused tax credit could be carried forward for up to five taxable years. The tax credit would expire on January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2003/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2003","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":454256,"bill_number":"HB2000","title":"Virginia ports; change in operation or ownership.","description":"Virginia ports; change in operation or ownership. Requires approval of both the Governor and the General Assembly before any change in the operation or ownership of any Virginia port is permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2000/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2000","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":454259,"bill_number":"HB1997","title":"Labor unions; privileged communications and information.","description":"Labor organizations; privileged communications and information. Prohibits a labor organization or its agent from being compelled to disclose under specified circumstances a communication or information received or acquired in confidence while acting in a representative capacity concerning an employee grievance. The privilege applies to the extent that (i) a communication or information is germane to a grievance of the employee and (ii) the grievance is a subject matter of an investigation, a grievance proceeding, or other proceeding. The privilege does not protect the employee from being compelled to disclose facts underlying the communication or information. A labor organization or its agent is required to disclose a privileged communication or information to the employer if disclosure is necessary to prevent certain death or substantial bodily harm. The privilege does not apply in criminal proceedings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1997/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1997","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":454266,"bill_number":"HB1996","title":"Nonprofit organizations; tax credits for donations to those assisting low-income families, etc.","description":"Tax credits for donations to nonprofits providing assistance to low-income families. Makes several changes to the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits programs including (i) allowing tax credits for donations of marketable securities under the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits program; (ii) changing reporting requirements to the Department of Education, changing the time frame for scholarship foundations to disburse moneys for scholarships, and changing the civil penalties for failing to make such reports and disbursements under the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits program; (iii) for both programs, establishing $125,000 as the maximum annual amount of donations by an individual for which tax credits may be issued; and (iv) for both programs, extending the expiration date through the 2027 taxable year. The bill also makes several other technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1996/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1996","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":454269,"bill_number":"HB1993","title":"Motor vehicle rental tax; exclusions from gross rental proceeds.","description":"Motor vehicle rental tax; exclusions from the tax. Provides exclusions from the gross rental proceeds upon which the motor vehicle rental tax is imposed. The exclusions include cash discounts taken on a rental contract; finance, carrying, and other service charges; charges for motor fuels; charges for optional accidental death insurance; and other specified exclusions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1993/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1993","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":454272,"bill_number":"HB1985","title":"Vehicle weight limits and overweight permits; technical changes.","description":"Vehicle weight limits and overweight permits. Makes several technical changes in order to clarify legislation passed by the 2012 Session dealing with vehicle weight limits and overweight permits.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0118)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1985/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1985","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454273,"bill_number":"HB1982","title":"Local tax bills; permits treasurers to convey access online from database on treasurer's website.","description":"Local tax bills. Permits treasurers to convey, with the consent of the taxpayer, any tax bill by permitting the taxpayer to access his tax bill online from a database on the treasurer's website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1982/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1982","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454277,"bill_number":"HB1978","title":"University of Virginia; Board of Visitors, composition and quorum.","description":"University of Virginia Board of Visitors; composition and quorum. Requires at least one member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors to have administrative experience at an institution of higher education or have experience as a professor in the study of higher education. The bill also requires the board of visitors to appoint a faculty representative to serve in a nonvoting advisory capacity. The bill changes the number of board members that constitutes a quorum from five members to a majority of members. Finally, the bill removes the requirement that the vice-rector automatically succeeds the rector upon expiration of the rector's term.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1978/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1978","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":454281,"bill_number":"HB1974","title":"Vehicle safety inspection; fees, calculation of future increases or decreases.","description":"State safety inspection fees. Increases from $16 to $24 the maximum fee that can be charged for state safety inspections of \"other vehicles.\" The bill also provides for the indexing of the maximum allowable fee for all vehicles based on the Consumer Price Index.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1974/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1974","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":454282,"bill_number":"HB1963","title":"Income tax, state; deduction for payment of tolls in qualified locality.","description":"Taxable income; deduction for payment of certain tolls. Allows a qualified taxpayer to deduct from his Virginia adjusted gross income an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by the taxpayer for tolls in a qualified locality. A qualified locality is one in which the unemployment rate is higher than the statewide average and (i) in which a public-private transportation project that includes tolling is located or (ii) that is adjacent to a locality in which such a project is located. A qualified taxpayer is a taxpayer who resides in a qualified locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1963/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1963","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454287,"bill_number":"HB1958","title":"Motor vehicle registration forms; transmission of certain to the commissioner of the revenue.","description":"Transmission of certain motor vehicle registration forms to the commissioner of the revenue. Requires the owners or operators of apartment houses, and certain residential associations, at the request of the commissioner of the revenue, to provide their tenants or owners motor vehicle registration forms prescribed by the commissioner, require that their tenants or owners complete the forms, and collect such forms and transmit them to the commissioner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1958/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1958","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":454289,"bill_number":"HB1957","title":"Personal property; requires with respect to motor vehicles, tax book include vehicle's make, etc.","description":"Personal property tax book. Requires that, with respect to motor vehicles, a vehicle's make, model, year, and owner's name be included in the personal property tax book.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1957/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1957","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":454294,"bill_number":"HB1952","title":"Higher educational institutions; board of visitors governance, report.","description":"Boards of visitors of public institutions of higher education; public access to information and governance. Adds specific topics to be covered during the educational programs for governing boards and requires such programs to be delivered by the State Council of Higher Education annually. The bill also requires each board of visitors to adopt bylaws with certain provisions relating to the Freedom of Information Act; annually meet with the president of the institution to deliver a review of the president's performance; designate its executive committee to organize the working processes of the board and recommend best practices for board governance; and annually deliver an executive summary of its interim activities to the General Assembly and the Governor. The bill is contingent on funding in the appropriation act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0577)","last_action_date":"2013-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1952/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1952","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":454296,"bill_number":"HB1944","title":"Electric vehicles, converted; fees for inspection.","description":"Inspection of converted electric vehicles; fee. Allows safety inspectors of converted electric vehicles to charge an additional fee of no more than $40 for such an inspection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1944/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1944","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454299,"bill_number":"HB1940","title":"Community Colleges, State Board for, et al; faculty representatives & student representatives.","description":"Faculty representatives to the State Board for Community Colleges, local community college boards, and boards of visitors; student representatives to boards of visitors. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges, local community college boards, and boards of visitors of any four-year public institution of higher education to appoint one or more nonvoting, advisory faculty representatives to their respective boards. Current law permits, but does not require, such appointments. The bill removes the option for local community college boards and boards of visitors to choose faculty representatives from individuals elected by the institution's faculty. The bill further requires boards of visitors to choose nonvoting, advisory student representatives from individuals elected by the institution's student government or student body.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-23","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1940/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1940","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":454303,"bill_number":"HB1935","title":"Self-Employment Assistance Program; established.","description":"Unemployment compensation; Self-Employment Assistance Program. Establishes the Self-Employment Assistance Program, under which unemployed individuals receive unemployment compensation while they are establishing their own businesses and becoming self-employed. Participants receive an allowance in lieu of weekly regular benefit payments, and may use the allowance for entrepreneurial training, business counseling, and technical assistance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1935/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1935","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454306,"bill_number":"HB1934","title":"Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons to meet certain criteria.","description":"In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he meets all of the following criteria: (i) he has resided with his parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis while attending a public or private high school in the Commonwealth; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) he has registered as an entering student in an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or for one year if he is a veteran or an active duty member of the United States armed forces; (v) he has provided an affidavit to the institution stating that he has filed an application to become a permanent resident of the United States and is actively pursuing such permanent residency or will do so as soon as he is eligible; and (vi) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1934/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1934","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454307,"bill_number":"HB1931","title":"Employee's personal information; employer not required to release, communicate, etc., to 3rd party.","description":"Employment; release of personal information. Provides that an employer shall not be required to release, communicate, or distribute to a third party any current or former employee's personal identifying information, unless required by federal law, state law, court order, warrant issued by a judicial officer, subpoena, or discovery.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1931/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1931","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":454314,"bill_number":"HB1930","title":"Income tax, state; adjusts elements of VA individual income tax annually to account for inflation.","description":"Individual income tax adjusted for inflation. Adjusts elements of Virginia's individual income tax to account for inflation. The individual income tax income brackets, return filing thresholds, standard deduction, and personal exemption amounts would be adjusted annually beginning in 2014 by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), for all items, from October 1 through September 30 for the immediately preceding year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1930/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1930","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":454316,"bill_number":"HB1923","title":"Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount for tax years beginning January 1, 2012.","description":"Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount. Increases the worker retraining tax credit for worker retraining courses taken by employees at private schools from a maximum of $100 per year per employee to $200 per year per employee or $300 per year per employee if the worker retraining includes retraining in a STEM or STEAM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or applied mathematics) discipline, including but not limited to a health care related discipline.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1923/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1923","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":454322,"bill_number":"HB1916","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for solar thermal systems.","description":"Solar thermal system tax credit. Establishes beginning in 2013 an individual and corporate income tax credit for solar energy space heating, water heating, space cooling, and industrial and commercial process heating systems placed in service. The credit would equal 35 percent of the installed cost of the system and only the ultimate consumer or user of the system would be allowed to claim the credit. The credit would not exceed (i) $500,000 for solar energy systems placed in service for any purpose other than use for a single-family dwelling or placed in service and having in excess of 120 square feet of collector area or (ii) $2,500 for every other solar energy system placed in service. The credit would be required to be claimed in three equal annual installments for solar energy systems serving other than a single-family dwelling. The credit would expire and no further credit could be claimed if the solar energy system is disposed of, taken out of service, or moved out of the Commonwealth during any of the installment years. Any unused credit could be carried forward for three taxable years. The credit would sunset in 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1916/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1916","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454324,"bill_number":"HB1913","title":"Mechanics' liens; licensed contractors.","description":"Mechanics' liens; licensed contractors. Provides that a person who is not a licensed contractor may not claim a mechanic's lien if a valid contractor's license or certificate was required by law for the labor performed. The bill also requires that a person include on the memorandum for a mechanic's lien his license or certificate number and the dates such license or certificate was issued and will expire or certify that a license or certificate was not required by law for the labor performed; however, an inaccuracy in such license or certificate information that must be included in the memorandum does not bar the perfection of a mechanic's lien if the lien claimant can otherwise be reasonably identified in the records of the Board for Contractors.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1913/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1913","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454326,"bill_number":"HB1907","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; mandatory minimum fine when convicted of reckless driving.","description":"Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties.  Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $125 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $250. The current penalties are $20 for a first offense and $50 for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also increases the punishment of any person convicted of reckless driving to include a $250 mandatory minimum fine if the person was texting at the time of the reckless driving offense. The bill also changes the offense from a secondary offense (one that can only be charged when the offender is stopped for another, separate offense) to a primary offense. The bill also provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall make training on such offenses available to state and local law-enforcement agencies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1907/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1907","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":454331,"bill_number":"HB1896","title":"Virginia ports; change in ownership or concession.","description":"Virginia ports; change in ownership or concession. Requires approval of both the Governor and the General Assembly before any change in ownership of or concession affecting any Virginia port is permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1896/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1896","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":454333,"bill_number":"HB1888","title":"Income tax, state and fuels taxes; adjusted for inflation.","description":"Individual income tax and fuels taxes; adjusted for inflation. Adjusts elements of Virginia's individual income tax and fuels taxes annually to account for inflation. The individual income tax income brackets, return filing thresholds, standard deduction, and personal exemption amounts would be adjusted annually beginning in 2014 by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), for all items, from October 1 through September 30 for the immediately preceding year. Virginia's fuels taxes would be adjusted each July 1 beginning in 2013 by the percentage change in the U.S. Department of Labor's Producer Price Index for Other Nonresidential Construction - Land Transportation from May 1 through April 30 immediately preceding the affected July 1.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1888/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1888","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454337,"bill_number":"HB1887","title":"Rail-to-Dulles Project; places limitations and conditions on expenditure of revenues of State.","description":"Rail-to-Dulles Project. Places limitations and conditions on the expenditure of revenues of the Commonwealth on Phase II of the Rail-to-Dulles Project.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1887/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1887","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454340,"bill_number":"HB1883","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving, reckless driving.","description":"Texting while driving; injury to another or damage to property. Provides that any person who, while \"texting\" and driving, causes an accident in which a person is killed or injured or in which an attended vehicle or other attended property is damaged is guilty of reckless driving. The bill also provides that a violation of this provision shall not preclude prosecution under any other applicable provision of the criminal law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1883/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1883","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":454341,"bill_number":"HB1881","title":"University of Virginia; appointment to Board of Visitors.","description":"University of Virginia Board of Visitors; composition. Adds two members to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors: one member of the faculty senate, nominated by the faculty senate and approved by the remainder of the board, and one currently enrolled student, nominated by the dean of students and approved by the remainder of the board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1881/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1881","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":454346,"bill_number":"HB1875","title":"Community Colleges, State Board for; faculty member added to board of visitors and State Board.","description":"Boards of visitors and the State Board for Community Colleges; faculty member. Adds one faculty member to the board of visitors of each public institution of higher education and of the State Board for Community Colleges to be appointed by the other members of the board for a four-year term after election by the respective institution's faculty senate. The faculty member has voting privileges. Currently, each board of visitors and the State Board for Community Colleges may appoint one or more nonvoting advisory faculty members for a term of at least one year from a list of individuals elected by the respective institution's faculty senate. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1875/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1875","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454353,"bill_number":"HB1872","title":"Investments; qualification for tax credits, clarifies meaning of funding portal, guidelines.","description":"Online investments; eligible for state tax credits. Specifies that investments transacted via an online general solicitation, online broker, or a funding portal shall be eligible for state tax credits, so long as the investment otherwise meets all requirements for earning the particular tax credit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1872/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1872","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454355,"bill_number":"HB1868","title":"First-time home buyer; savings accounts for purchase of single-family residences, tax exemption.","description":"First-time home buyer savings account. Establishes beginning in 2013 first-time home buyer savings accounts that accrue tax-free income and that are to be used for saving funds for the purchase of homes by first-time home buyers. Funds in the account, including any income, would be exempt from individual income tax so long as withdrawals from the account are used for the down payment and allowable closing costs (eligible costs) for the purchase of a home by a first-time home buyer. The bill limits the amount of principal that can be contributed to any account to $50,000. Persons would be allowed to contribute only cash or marketable securities to a first-time home buyer savings account. Capital gains, interest income, or other income earned with regard to funds contained in the account would be excluded from income in computing Virginia individual income tax. However, if funds are withdrawn from the account for purposes other than to pay eligible costs, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount withdrawn would be imposed. In addition, the amount so withdrawn would be subject to individual income tax. No penalty or income tax would be imposed if the withdrawal is (i) because of the death or disability of the account beneficiary, (ii) a disbursement of assets pursuant to a filing for protection under federal bankruptcy laws, or (iii) a transfer of assets between first-time home buyer savings accounts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1868/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1868","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":454359,"bill_number":"HB1865","title":"Motorcycles; rider safety training centers required to provide at least one per student.","description":"Motorcycle rider safety training centers. Requires that motorcycle rider safety training centers provide at least one motorcycle per student.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1865/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1865","sponsor":"Roxann Robinson"},
{"bill_id":454361,"bill_number":"HB1860","title":"Personal property tax; advertising signs.","description":"Personal property tax; advertising signs.  Provides that outdoor advertising signs constitute a separate class of personal property for purposes of assessment, and requires localities to tax such signs as personal property, not as real property. The bill also prohibits such signs or income generated by such signs to be considered in assessing the value of real property. The bill states that an emergency exists and it is in force from its passage. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1860/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1860","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":454363,"bill_number":"HB1841","title":"Virginia Defense Force; issuance of local vehicle license for vehicles owned or leased by members.","description":"Local vehicle licenses. Permits localities to issue local vehicle licenses free of charge for vehicles owned or leased by members of the Virginia Defense Force, provided that no Defense Force member shall receive more than one free license.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1841/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1841","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454364,"bill_number":"HB1831","title":"Businesses, beginning; tax incentives.","description":"Tax incentives for beginning businesses. Exempts beginning businesses owned by disabled veterans with service-connected disabilities from certain fees imposed by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) and exempts all beginning businesses from the local business license tax. The bill also establishes state tax credits for beginning businesses for local personal property taxes paid by such businesses. The exemptions and tax credits would apply up through the first two full years that the business is in operation in the Commonwealth. The SCC fee exemptions and the business license tax exemption would only apply to businesses beginning operations on or after July 1, 2013, while the state tax credits would apply to businesses beginning operations on or after January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1831/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1831","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454370,"bill_number":"HB1824","title":"Virginia port volume; increase tax credit to certain entities, clarifies definitions.","description":"Virginia port volume increase tax credit. Extends the tax credit beginning in 2013 to growers or producers of (i) wheat, grains, fruits, nuts, crops; (ii) tobacco, nursery, or floral products; (iii) forestry products excluding raw wood fiber or wood fiber processed or manufactured for use as fuel for the generation of electricity; or (iv) seafood, meat, dairy, or poultry products. Under current law, manufacturers and distributors of manufactured goods that ship at least 75 net tons of noncontainerized cargo or 10 loaded 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) through Virginia port facilities during a calendar year are eligible for an income tax credit if their volume of shipments through such facilities increases by at least five percent over a designated base year volume. The tax credit equals $50 for each TEU above the base year volume shipped through a Virginia port facility.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1824/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1824","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":454376,"bill_number":"HB1822","title":"Unstamped cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., penalties.","description":"Unstamped cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc.; penalties. Increases the penalties for the sale, purchase, transport, receipt, or possession of unstamped cigarettes, including heightened penalties for a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1822/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1822","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454377,"bill_number":"HB1820","title":"Cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties.","description":"Unstamped cigarettes; sale, transport, possession, etc.; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to sell, purchase, transport, receive, or possess 500 or more packages of unstamped cigarettes and a Class 5 felony for a second offense; under current law, the threshold is 3,000 or more packages and there is no heightened penalty for a second offense. The bill also provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell fewer than 500 packages of unstamped cigarettes; under current law the threshold is fewer than 3,000 packages and is a Class 2 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1820/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1820","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454379,"bill_number":"HB1813","title":"Bedford, City of, reversion; special election for certain council members.","description":"City of Bedford reversion; special election for certain council members. Requires a special election for members of council for any town that, on July 1, 2013, is both created by a transition from city to town status and enlarged by annexing territory into the town. In an election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2014, a council member is to be elected to fill the unexpired portion of the term of each council member whose term extends beyond December 31, 2014. The bill provides that no such election is to be held unless the annexation increases the population of the town by more than five percent. The bill also requires the town to conduct a census in order to determine whether the annexation has in fact increased its population by more than five percent.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1813/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1813","sponsor":"Johnny Joannou"},
{"bill_id":454387,"bill_number":"HB1812","title":"Real property owned by State; alters provisions governing local service charges.","description":"Real property owned by the Commonwealth; local service charges. Alters the provisions governing local service charges on property owned by the Commonwealth (i) by including the value of hospitals and educational institutions owned by the Commonwealth in calculating the threshold that must be met before a locality may impose the service charge (under current law, the value of property owned by the Commonwealth must exceed 3% of the total value of all real property in the locality) and (ii) by including emergency medical services in the services whose cost is used to determine the amount of the service charge.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1812/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1812","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":454388,"bill_number":"HB1804","title":"Uranium; establishes 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State.","description":"State severance tax; uranium. Establishes a three percent state severance tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be distributed to the locality from which the uranium was severed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1804/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1804","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":454392,"bill_number":"HB1800","title":"Land preservation tax credit; property conveyances for public use.","description":"Land preservation tax credit; conveyances for public use. Provides that beginning in 2014 the land preservation tax credit would equal 60 percent of the fair market value of any land that is conveyed for (i) the purpose of a public park, public recreational facility, or public trail access easement or (ii) such other public use that will provide a substantial public benefit as identified in guidelines developed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1800/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1800","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":454395,"bill_number":"HB1790","title":"Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority; established, report.","description":"Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Establishes the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of making the Commonwealth a national and global leader in nuclear energy and serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues. The 17-member board of directors of the Authority is directed to form a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, referred to as the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Membership in the Consortium is open to specified educational institutions, Virginia-based federal research laboratories, nuclear-related nonprofit organizations, business entities with operating facilities in Virginia that are engaged in activities directly related to the nuclear energy industry, and other persons whose membership is approved by the Consortium's board of directors. The purposes of the Consortium include carrying out the rights, powers, and duties of the Authority and conducting other activities useful in (i) making the Commonwealth a leader in nuclear energy, (ii) serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues, and (iii) raising money on behalf of the Authority in the corporate and nonprofit community and from other nonstate sources. The Consortium is required to report to the Authority on its non-proprietary activities semiannually, and audits of its financial accounts shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1790/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1790","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":454396,"bill_number":"HB1789","title":"VIEW; substance abuse screening & assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.","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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1789/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1789","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":454398,"bill_number":"HB1777","title":"Virginia Open Education Resources Council; established.","description":"Virginia Open Education Resources Council and Virginia Digital Open Source Textbook Library. Establishes the Virginia Open Education Resources Council to (i) identify and acquire digital open source textbooks to be used in 50 undergraduate courses in public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and (ii) develop the Virginia Digital Open Source Textbook Library as the digital repository of such open source textbooks. The Council shall be staffed by one faculty member from each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Science and Technology by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1777/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1777","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":454407,"bill_number":"HB1767","title":"Machinery and Equipment Donation Grant Program; established.","description":"Grants for donation of machinery and equipment to certain schools; fund established. Establishes a fund for a grant program for business donations of new machinery and equipment, purchased within the last 12 months by the business, to Virginia's community colleges and vocational schools. The machinery and equipment are to be principally used in Virginia in teaching or training students of the donee community college or vocational school, and the recipient community college or school must certify that the machinery or equipment was needed. The grant would equal 20 percent of the purchase price paid by the business for the machinery and equipment. However, a business would not be allowed more than an aggregate of $5,000 of grants in any year for such donations. The bill is contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1767/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1767","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":454409,"bill_number":"HB1757","title":"Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; established.","description":"Wetlands mitigation bank. Establishes a special nonreverting fund known as the Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund to receive moneys paid to the State Water Control Board for mitigation of any impacts that a project may have on wetlands. The moneys in the fund are to be disbursed to purchase mitigation bank credits, if available within three years. If no credits are available within the three-year period, other actions are stipulated.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1757/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1757","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":454411,"bill_number":"HB1726","title":"Non-gravel effluent drain systems for onsite sewage systems; regulations.","description":"Non-gravel effluent drain systems for onsite sewage systems; regulations. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage systems and other effluent distribution system technologies for onsite sewage systems as may be deemed necessary by the Board. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1726/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1726","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":454414,"bill_number":"HB1703","title":"Municipal deed; restrictions on certain property in Virginia Beach.","description":"Municipal deed restrictions on certain property in Virginia Beach. Provides that certain deed restrictions shall include the ability to enter into public-private partnerships with nonprofit entities that provide services for the benefit of veterans and disabled persons.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1703/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1703","sponsor":"Sal Iaquinto"},
{"bill_id":454421,"bill_number":"HB1696","title":"Dulles Toll Road; authorizes VDOT to enter into an agreement with MWAA.","description":"Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project. Authorizes the Virginia Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) whereby MWAA would reduce tolls on the Dulles Toll Road in exchange for the Commonwealth's moral obligation backing of bonds, not exceeding an aggregate principal amount of $500 million, issued by MWAA to fund Phase 2 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1696/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1696","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":454422,"bill_number":"HB1685","title":"General Services, Department of; conveyance of certain real property located in City of Richmond.","description":"Conveyance of property located in the City of Richmond; Department of General Services. Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey to P&J Properties, Inc., a parcel of land located in the City of Richmond in Shockoe Bottom as described in a survey dated December 5, 2012. Under the bill, the conveyance shall not be deemed a conveyance of surplus property and there shall be no requirement for the payment of any consideration.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1685/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1685","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":454423,"bill_number":"HB1669","title":"Southwestern Virginia Training Center; closure prohibited.","description":"Closure of the Southwestern Virginia Training Center prohibited. Provides that the Southwestern Virginia Training Center shall not be closed and shall instead remain open and continue to accept new admissions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1669/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1669","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":454428,"bill_number":"HB1668","title":"Southwestern VA Mental Health Institute; DBHDS authorized to convey real property in Smyth County.","description":"Authorizing DBHDS to convey a portion of the real property known as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute to the Mount Rogers Community Services Board. Authorizes the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convey, without consideration, that portion of the real property known as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute located in Marion in Smyth County, which is currently leased by the Mount Rogers Community Services Board, to the Mount Rogers Community Services Board for the purpose of providing services for individuals in need of mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1668/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1668","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":454429,"bill_number":"HB1627","title":"Real property; VDOT to convey a parcel of property owned by Department in Fauquier County, etc.","description":"Transfer of property by VDOT. Authorizes VDOT to convey certain real property in Fauquier County owned by the Department in exchange for other real property in Fauquier County to be used for a park-and-ride.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1627/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1627","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":454430,"bill_number":"HB1626","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; General Assembly may add certain full-time employees.","description":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Provides that the General Assembly may, by appropriate legislative action, add full-time employees of the Department of Military Affairs who provide fire protection services for facilities of the Virginia National Guard to the membership of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1626/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1626","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":454437,"bill_number":"HB1472","title":"Transportation; funding and administration.","description":"Transportation funding and administration. Provides additional funding for transportation by (i) imposing a motor fuels sales tax rate of five percent for highway maintenance; (ii) increasing the state sales tax in Northern Virginia by 0.5 percent for transportation projects in Northern Virginia; and (iii) adding an additional recordation tax in Northern Virginia at a rate of $0.40 per $100 valuation. 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 removes the sunset date (June 30, 2018) from the legislation that reduced the special real property tax rate on commercial property in Northern Virginia 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":"2012-12-31","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1472/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1472","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":454438,"bill_number":"HB1490","title":"Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.","description":"In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if he meets the following criteria: (i) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth, (ii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iii) he has provided an affidavit to the public institution of higher education for which he has registered stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-02","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1490/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1490","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":454439,"bill_number":"HB1501","title":"Pharmacy; collaborative agreements.","description":"Pharmacy; collaborative agreements. Clarifies parties with whom a pharmacist may enter into a collaborative agreement; provides that a patient who does not wish to participate in a collaborative procedure must notify the prescriber of his decision; and provides that a prescriber may elect to have a patient not participate in a collaborative agreement by contacting the pharmacist or his designated alternative pharmacist or by documenting his decision on the patient's prescription. The bill also clarifies that collaborative agreements may be in writing or in electronic form.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1501/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1501","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454440,"bill_number":"HB1572","title":"Workers' compensation insurance; experience modification factor.","description":"Workers' compensation insurance; experience modification factor. Prohibits the use of an accident in determining an insured employer's experience modification factor or level, for purposes of workers' compensation insurance, if the accident is the fault of an unrelated third party.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1572/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1572","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":454441,"bill_number":"HB1620","title":"County government; adoption of optional forms.","description":"Adoption of optional forms of county government. Allows any county to adopt one of the optional forms of county government by a vote of the majority of its governing body. Current law requires any adoption of an optional form of county government to be approved by voter referendum. The five optional forms of county government provided by Title 15.2 are the county board form, the county executive form, the county manager form, the county manager plan, and the urban county executive form. The bill does not alter the additional conditions, specific to each form of government, that current law requires any county to meet before it can adopt that form of government.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1620/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1620","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":454442,"bill_number":"HB1728","title":"Virginia Vulnerable Adult Protection Act; created.","description":"Virginia Vulnerable Adult Protection Act; creation. Creates the Virginia Vulnerable Adult Protection Act, which prohibits an individual in a position of trust to a vulnerable adult from using the vulnerable adult's property or assets for his own purposes. Such individual is liable for actual damages incurred by the vulnerable adult and may be liable for punitive damages. An individual in a position of trust who uses the vulnerable adult's property for his own purposes may also be barred from inheriting from the vulnerable adult or serving in a fiduciary capacity for the vulnerable adult and may face other collateral consequences.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1728/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1728","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":454443,"bill_number":"HB1729","title":"Payment of wages to employees; requires employers to maintain and preserve certain records.","description":"Payment of wages to employees. Requires employers to maintain and preserve records regarding the rate of pay, hours worked, earnings due, wages paid, and related matters for each employee. The measure provides a standard for how an employee, in an action to collect unpaid wages, may meet his burden of establishing that he is entitled to the wages. The measure also amends an employee's existing private right of action for unpaid wages by requiring the court to award attorney fees and other costs to a prevailing employee. In such a proceeding, unless the employer shows good faith, the court shall award to the employee three times the amount of unpaid wages. An action for unpaid wages shall be commenced within two years after the action accrued, or within three years if the violation is willful.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1729/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1729","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":454444,"bill_number":"HB1730","title":"Standards of Quality; full-time uniformed school resource officer.","description":"Standards of Quality; full-time uniformed school resource officer. Requires each local school board to establish a collaborative agreement with local law-enforcement agencies to employ one full-time uniformed school resource officer in every school in the local school division.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1730/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1730","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":454445,"bill_number":"HB1731","title":"Self storage units; procedure for lessors to sell self storage insurance for personal property.","description":"Self storage unit insurance. Establishes a procedure for lessors of self storage units to sell insurance that provides coverage against loss of or damage to items of personal property stored in a self storage unit in accordance with the terms of the storage unit rental agreement. The lessor will be required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance agent license to sell or offer coverage under such policies. The lessor's employees and authorized representatives are not subject to licensure as producers if, among other requirements, the lessor 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, provided that the license will terminate if his home state does not have a similar line of insurance by July 1, 2017, or a later date determined by the State Corporation Commission. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1731/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1731","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":454446,"bill_number":"HB1732","title":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; composition of Board of Directors, powers.","description":"Richmond Metropolitan Authority; composition of Board of Directors; powers. Equalizes board representation among the City of Richmond, Chesterfield County, and Henrico County. The bill also requires that certain actions of the Authority related to construction or acquisition of limited access highways receive approval from the local governing bodies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1732/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1732","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":454447,"bill_number":"HB1740","title":"Motor vehicle insurance; prohibits insurers from setting rates based on credit history or score.","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. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 16-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1740/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1740","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":454448,"bill_number":"HB1828","title":"Rail transportation; DRPT to purchase land for construction of lines.","description":"Rail and public transportation. Allows the purchase of land for the construction of railway lines by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation for the purpose of alleviating traffic congestion on highways.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1828/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1828","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":454449,"bill_number":"HB1838","title":"Insurance agents; agent whose license has been revoked, may not be employed by agent or agency.","description":"Insurance agents; effect of loss of license. Prohibits an individual whose license has been revoked by the State Corporation Commission, or voluntarily surrendered in lieu of a hearing before the Commission, from directly or indirectly owning and operating, controlling, or being employed in any manner by an insurance agent or agency during the time period in which the individual is unlicensed unless otherwise authorized by the State Corporation Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1838/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1838","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454450,"bill_number":"HB1857","title":"Propane; prohibits dealers from engaging in discriminatory pricing.","description":"Propane; discriminatory pricing. Prohibits dealers from engaging in discriminatory pricing by selling or offering to sell propane at different prices or rates when the difference is attributable to the ownership status of the storage tank into which the propane is delivered. The measure applies to individuals who purchase propane at retail for consumption in a residential dwelling for heating, cooling, cooking, and other domestic purposes. It does not apply to sales of propane (i) in a container having a capacity that does not exceed 100 gallons, (ii) for use as fuel to propel a motor vehicle, or (iii) in connection with the provision of non-utility gas service. In addition, beginning with contracts entered on or after July 1, 2013, dealers are prohibited from charging a customer for the removal of a storage tank owned by the dealer and located on the customer's property when the customer has discontinued propane delivery service from the dealer and has requested the removal of the tank. A violation constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1857/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1857","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":454451,"bill_number":"HB1869","title":"Long-term care insurance; notice of lapse and reinstatement.","description":"Long-term care insurance; notice of lapse and reinstatement. Requires an insurer issuing a policy of long-term care insurance to give the policyholder or certificateholder, and a person designated by the policyholder or certificateholder to receive notice of lapse or termination of the policy or certificate for nonpayment of premium, at least 60 days' notice by registered mail or commercial delivery service, return receipt requested, prior to the lapse or termination of the policy for nonpayment of premium. The policy or certificate shall include a provision that allows the coverage to be reinstated after lapsing if the insurer is provided proof that the policyholder or certificateholder was cognitively impaired or had a loss of functional capacity before the expiration of the grace period. Currently, a State Corporation Commission regulation requires that a 30-day notice of termination for nonpayment of premium be sent by first-class mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1869/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1869","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454452,"bill_number":"HB1884","title":"Highway maintenance funds; basis of allocation.","description":"Allocation of highway maintenance funds. Provides that highway maintenance funds shall be allocated on the basis of vehicle miles traveled in each highway construction district compared to vehicle miles traveled in the Commonwealth as a whole. However, the bill also allows the Commissioner of Highways to direct funds to specific maintenance projects that he believes are needed to protect public safety, provided he provides written notice to the Commonwealth Transportation Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1884/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1884","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454453,"bill_number":"HB1885","title":"Highways; VDOT to determine periodic quantitative rating on pavement condition, etc.","description":"Quantitative rating of pavement condition and ride quality of highways. Requires VDOT to determine a quantitative rating on the pavement condition and ride quality of every highway in the primary and secondary state highway systems at least every five years and to post the ratings on its website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1885/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1885","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454454,"bill_number":"HB1900","title":"Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.","description":"Health insurance reform. Revises Virginia's laws pertaining to the regulation of health insurance and related products in order to be consistent with relevant requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that become effective on January 1, 2014. These requirements include addressing premium rate restrictions on health benefit plans providing individual and small group health insurance coverage, prohibiting discrimination based on health status, prohibiting adjustments in the cost of coverage based on genetic information, requiring individual and small group health insurance coverage to include the essential health benefits as required by the PPACA, limiting waiting periods for health plans offering group health insurance coverage to 90 days, providing for participation in clinical trials, and authorizing health carriers to provide for wellness programs. The measure removes provisions relating to the standard and essential health benefits plans because they include coverage for services that may or may not comport with the essential health benefit package, and enforcement of the existing requirement would conflict with the PPACA. Though not specifically required to maintain conformity with federal law, the measure (i) keeps the existing limits for maximum size for a small group at 50 employees until 2016 and (ii) authorizes the State Corporation Commission to establish geographic rating areas. The bill removes the sunsets that were placed in provisions affected by or enacted as a result of the PPACA, including the external review processes. The measure also prohibits the sale through an exchange of a qualified health insurance plan that provides coverage for abortions, other than those 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 measure is effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1900/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1900","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":454455,"bill_number":"HB1902","title":"Marriage and family therapy; licensure of practitioners.","description":"Marriage and family therapy; licensure of practitioners. Provides that the Board of Counseling shall issue a license as a marriage and family therapist to individuals who meet certain criteria.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1902/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1902","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":454456,"bill_number":"HB1909","title":"Driving under influence of alcohol; defendant's blood or breath tested, exemplary damages.","description":"DUI; exemplary damages. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, engine, or train, a defendant's conduct will be deemed so willful and wanton as to show a conscious disregard for the rights of others, thus entitling the plaintiff to an award of exemplary damages, if the defendant's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was or exceeded 0.15 at the time of the incident or at the time the blood or breath test was performed. Currently, only the defendant's BAC at the time of the incident is considered.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1909/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1909","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454457,"bill_number":"HB1911","title":"Judicial Council; directed to report on law clerks used by appellate and circuit courts.","description":"Judicial Council; law clerks; report. Directs Judicial Council to report on law clerks used by the appellate and circuit courts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1911/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1911","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454458,"bill_number":"HB1914","title":"Criminal history record information; unauthorized sale, publication, etc.","description":"Unauthorized sale, publication, etc., of criminal history record information. Provides that any person who sells, offers for sale, publicizes, or offers for publication the criminal history record information of another person pertaining to that other person's arrest or charge for a criminal offense more than 120 days after the State Police has confirmed to the person charged or arrested that such information has been expunged when the person selling, offering for sale, etc., knows or has reason to know that the information has been expunged shall be liable to the other person for actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, in addition to attorney fees and costs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1914/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1914","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454459,"bill_number":"HB1953","title":"U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program; issuance of bonds.","description":"U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program; issuance of bonds. Changes the maximum amount of bonds that the Commonwealth Transportation Board may issue from an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $704,300,000 to an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $1,300,000,000, provided that the debt service on the additional bonds that may be issued pursuant to the bill shall be paid solely by the recordation tax revenue dedicated for the development of the U.S. 58 Corridor. The bill is contingent upon a comprehensive, statewide transportation funding bill being passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1953/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1953","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":454460,"bill_number":"HB1965","title":"Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance.","description":"Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance. Requires the Commission to have an independent certified public accountant prepare a report of financial performance each year. The bill also requires the Commission to cooperate with the City of Portsmouth's independent auditor in the preparation of the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Under current law, the Commission is required only to arrange to have its records audited annually.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1965/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1965","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454461,"bill_number":"HB1966","title":"Enterprise zones; permits locality to apply for status based on distress factors in area.","description":"Enterprise zones; criteria. Permits a locality to apply for enterprise zone status based on distress factors in the area of the proposed enterprise zone, rather than in the entire locality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1966/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1966","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454462,"bill_number":"HB1977","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1977/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1977","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":454463,"bill_number":"HB1980","title":"Dulles Greenway Authority; created.","description":"Dulles Greenway Authority created. Creates the Dulles Greenway Authority to, among other things, operate and maintain the Dulles Greenway. The Authority would be governed by a board of directors composed of 15 voting members as follows: one current member of the local governing body of each of the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park to be appointed by the Governor; four nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and two nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Secretary of Transportation would serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board. For voting purposes, the members of the Board appointed by the Governor from the local governing bodies of the County of Fairfax and the County of Loudoun would each be entitled to cast two votes on each question put before the Board. The Authority would operate, maintain, and administer the Dulles Greenway on behalf of the Commonwealth using such moneys as provided to it for such purposes. The Authority would collect all tolls and other charges established by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for the use of the Dulles Greenway and would deposit such funds into the state treasury. The Authority would be prohibited from establishing or fixing tolls, rents, fees, or other charges for the use or enjoyment of any facility owned by the Commonwealth. The provisions of the bill would not become effective unless and until the Commonwealth Transportation Board acquires the Dulles Greenway on or before July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1980/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1980","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454464,"bill_number":"HB1983","title":"Loudoun County; DGS to convey by quitclaim deed, certain real property of former Town of Waterford.","description":"Vesting of certain real property in the County of Loudoun. Vests real property of the former Town of Waterford in the County of Loudoun. The Board of Supervisors may alter or vacate streets, alleys, and other public rights-of-way of the former town.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1983/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1983","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454465,"bill_number":"HB1986","title":"Open-end credit plan; establishes requirements for certain loans.","description":"Open-end credit plan loans. Establishes requirements for open-end credit plan loans, which are revolving loans made under an open-end credit or similar plan under which a finance charge is imposed only if the obligor fails to repay the loan in full prior to the next billing date, which must be at least 25 days after the date the agreement is entered into and at least 25 days after the prior billing date. Persons making open-end credit plan loans are required to be licensed by the State Corporation Commission and are required to post a bond or equivalent instrument approved by the Commission. A violation of the measure is a prohibited practice under the Consumer Protection Act. The existing provision authorizing certain open-end loans to be at unlimited interest rates is limited to loans for the sole purpose of financing the bona fide purchase price of goods to be used for personal, family, or household purposes. The measure becomes effective on October 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1986/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1986","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":454466,"bill_number":"HB1988","title":"Automated external defibrillators; immunity for owner who maintains an AED located on real property.","description":"Automated external defibrillators; immunity. Provides that a person who maintains an automated external defibrillator (AED) located on real property owned or controlled by such person shall not be civilly liable for any personal injury resulting from the use of the AED in an emergency, unless such personal injury results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person who maintains the AED or his agent or employee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1988/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1988","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":454467,"bill_number":"HB1999","title":"Individual school performance; Board of Education shall approve student growth indicators, report.","description":"Public schools; individual school performance grading system. Requires the Board of Education, by July 31, 2013, to approve student growth indicators for use in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also defines \"student growth\" and requires the Board, by October 1, 2014, to report individual school performance using an A-to-F grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB1999/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1999","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":454468,"bill_number":"HB2004","title":"Trespasser; possessor of real property not liable for injury, exception.","description":"Liability for injury to trespasser. Provides that the possessor of real property owes no duty of care to a trespasser except in those circumstances where a common law right of action, statutory right of action, or judicial exception existed as of July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2004/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2004","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454469,"bill_number":"HB2005","title":"Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund; renamed Virginia Housing Trust Fund, report.","description":"Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund. Renames the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund and codifies language in the latest appropriation act in which $7 million was appropriated to the Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall (i) work in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Authority (HDA) to provide loan origination and servicing activities as needed to carry out the purposes of the Fund, with the costs of such services to be considered an eligible use of the Fund, and (ii) use, through HDA, at least 80 percent of the moneys from the Fund to provide flexible financing for low-interest loans through eligible organizations. Such loans shall be structured to maximize leveraging opportunities. All such funds shall be repaid to the credit of the Fund. Loans may be provided for (a) affordable rental housing to include new construction, rehabilitation, repair, or acquisition of housing to assist low or moderate income citizens, including land and land improvements; (b) down payment and closing cost assistance for homebuyers; and (c) short-term, medium-term, and long-term loans to reduce the cost of homeownership and rental housing. The bill also allows the Department to use up to 20 percent of the moneys from the Fund to provide grants through eligible organizations for targeted efforts to reduce homelessness, including (1) temporary rental assistance, not to exceed one year; (2) housing stabilization services in permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals and homeless families; (3) mortgage foreclosure counseling targeted at localities with the highest incidence of foreclosure activity; and (4) predevelopment assistance for permanent supportive housing and other long-term housing options for the homeless. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2005/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2005","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454470,"bill_number":"HB2008","title":"Criminal sentencing; mandatory minimum sentences, work release programs.","description":"Criminal sentencing; mandatory minimum sentences; work release programs. Clarifies that no person while serving that portion of a sentence that is a mandatory minimum is eligible for work release, unless such person is participating in a work or education program operated by or under contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-22","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2008/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2008","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454471,"bill_number":"HB2012","title":"Drones; moratorium on use of unmanned aircraft systems by state or local government department, etc.","description":"Drones; moratorium. Places a moratorium on the use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local law enforcement and regulatory entities until July 1, 2015, except in defined emergency situations or in training exercises related to such situations. The moratorium does not apply to certain Virginia National Guard functions or to research and development conducted by institutions of higher education or other research organizations. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and other agencies, to develop protocols for the use of drones by law-enforcement agencies and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2012/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2012","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454472,"bill_number":"HB2023","title":"Travel insurance; provides for sale by licensed property and casualty insurance agents, etc.","description":"Travel insurance. Provides authorization for a business entity that is licensed as a travel agent, or acting under direction of a licensed travel agent, to offer travel insurance under a limited lines travel insurance agent license, upon complying with requirements that include maintaining a register, designating a responsible licensed producer, and providing training to certain employees and authorized representatives. Travel retailers are required to make available written materials that provide the information about the insurer and the limited lines travel insurance agent, explain that the purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service, and explain that an unlicensed travel retailer is not authorized to answer technical questions about the terms and conditions of the insurance offered. A travel retailer employee or authorized representative may not be compensated based primarily on the number of customers who purchase travel insurance coverage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2023/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2023","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":454473,"bill_number":"HB2024","title":"Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening.","description":"Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening. Prohibits a health carrier from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect to any diagnostic service, test, or related procedure that is administered or conducted as a result of, or in conjunction with, preventive care or screening if the health carrier is prohibited from imposing any cost-sharing requirements with respect to the preventive care or screening.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2024/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2024","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":454474,"bill_number":"HB2030","title":"Health insurance; installment payments of cost-sharing obligations associated with prescriptions.","description":"Health insurance; installment payments of cost-sharing obligations. Requires health plans to allow certain covered persons to pay their cost-sharing obligations under their health benefit plan in 12 equal monthly installments. The option is to be provided to covered persons who are reasonably expected to incur cost-sharing obligations as a result of their pharmacy benefits that exceed their total annual cost-sharing obligations under their health benefit plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2030/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2030","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":454475,"bill_number":"HB2035","title":"Old Flat State Forest; authorizes DOF to convey and accept lands in Grayson County.","description":"Land conveyance in and adjacent to Old Flat State Forest in Grayson County. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to convey and accept an exchange of lands with Rodney Richardson on an approximately acre-for-acre or equal-market-value basis. In return for conveying a parcel located in Old Flat State Forest to Richardson, the Department is authorized to accept from Richardson a parcel adjacent to the State Forest.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2035/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2035","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":454476,"bill_number":"HB2040","title":"Noise abatement practices and technologies; VDOT's evaluation extended for two additional years.","description":"Noise abatement practices and technologies. Extends for two additional years (until June 30, 2015) VDOT's evaluation of noise abatement practices and technologies demonstration projects.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2040/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2040","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":454477,"bill_number":"HB2041","title":"Access roads and bikeways; authorizes Board to establish guidelines for use of rec. access funds.","description":"Fund for access roads and bikeways to public recreational areas and historical sites. Authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish guidelines, instead of regulations, in connection with use of recreational access funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2041/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2041","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":454478,"bill_number":"HB2052","title":"HOT lanes; allows state or local law-enforcement vehicles, etc., to enter.","description":"HOT Lanes. Allows state and local law-enforcement vehicles, firefighting trucks, ambulances, and rescue squad vehicles to enter HOT lanes by crossing a barrier or buffer and not be guilty of reckless driving.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2052/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2052","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":454479,"bill_number":"HB2064","title":"Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act; protection of trade secrets, penalties.","description":"Protection of trade secrets; penalties. Makes any person who knowingly and intentionally misappropriates a trade secret or uses a misappropriated trade secret guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and, upon a second or subsequent conviction, guilty of a Class 6 felony. The chapter is renamed the \"Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act.\" A provision that currently authorizes the issuance of injunctions to stop an actual or threatened misappropriation of a trade secret is revised to require such a misappropriation to be enjoined in the absence of exceptional circumstances. A provision allowing an injunction to condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty in exceptional circumstances is deleted. The measure adds provisions regarding the Act's interaction with patent and copyright laws, including directives that (i) it shall be interpreted to be in harmony with federal patent and copyright laws; (ii) trade secrets shall have the attributes of private property; (iii) the scope and subject matter of a trade secret shall be interpreted to the fullest extent possible as not preempted by patent laws; (iv) subject matter that is not eligible or is eligible for patent that otherwise qualifies as a trade secret shall be accorded full trade secret rights; and (v) trade secrets shall not be held invalid or unenforceable for failure to disclose the trade secret in any patent or application for patent. Finally, the measure deletes the provision that established a minimum award of $350,000 of punitive damages if a willful and malicious misappropriation exists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2064/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2064","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454480,"bill_number":"HB2067","title":"Virginia Alternative Fuels Revolving Fund; guidelines for governing.","description":"Virginia Alternative Fuels Revolving Fund. Replaces \"regulations\" governing the Fund with \"guidelines.\"","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2067/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2067","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":454481,"bill_number":"HB2071","title":"Business Assistance, Department of, et al.; marketing campaign.","description":"Department of Business Assistance (DBA); Center for Innovative Technology (CIT); Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC); Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP); marketing campaign. Directs the DBA, CIT, VTC, and VEDP to develop a marketing campaign to attract and recognize entrepreneurs, small businesses, and emerging industry businesses. This campaign shall include developing (i) a welcome program to facilitate speedy completion of necessary business start-up functions, including licensing, facilities location, employee relocation guides, and business support services; (ii) a recruitment campaign to target industry segments for pursuit, to identify potential incentives for the establishment, location, or relocation of these companies, and to showcase assets such as economic incentives and regional living condition profiles and asset profiles, including universities, technology councils, venture firms, and research institutes; and (iii) an operational plan and schedule to carry out such a campaign. The DBA, CIT, VTC, and VEDP shall deliver the campaign documents to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 30, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2071/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2071","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":454482,"bill_number":"HB2081","title":"United Nations; State and local agencies.","description":"State and local agencies. Prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from adopting or implementing sustainable development policy recommendations of the United Nations or to enter into contracts with entities that assist in the implementation of such recommendations of the United Nations. The bill defines \"state agency\" and \"sustainable development.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2081/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2081","sponsor":"Daniel Marshall"},
{"bill_id":454483,"bill_number":"HB2086","title":"Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; regulatory powers.","description":"Regulatory powers of Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Removes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services' authority to adopt regulations establishing schedules for calibration of service agencies' weights and measures standards and authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to set the schedules.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2086/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2086","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":454484,"bill_number":"HB2091","title":"Magistrates; supervision by Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.","description":"Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; supervision of magistrates. Requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to establish and require magistrates be available for performing certain duties related to issuing temporary detention orders. Under current law, the chief judge of each district court is responsible for this oversight. The change makes this responsibility consistent with the current supervisory structure set out in § 19.2-35, which grants supervisory authority over the magistrates to the Executive Secretary. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2091/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2091","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":454485,"bill_number":"HB2102","title":"Uniform Commercial Code; secured transactions, filing of documents, etc.","description":"Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions; filings. Provides that a filing under Article 8.9A of the Uniform Commercial Code does not occur with respect to an initial financing statement or amendment thereto that the State Corporation Commission refuses to file on grounds that such a record is not created pursuant to Article 8.9A, is materially false or fraudulent, is presented for an improper purpose, or indicates that the debtor and secured party are substantially the same person or that the record was transmitted by an individual debtor. If a record should have been rejected for any of these reasons, the record shall be deemed void and ineffective and the filing office may remove it from the index. Other changes conform terminology regarding persons falsely identified in a financing statement filed with the office of the clerk of the Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2102/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2102","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454486,"bill_number":"HB2104","title":"Banks; derivative transactions.","description":"Banks; derivative transactions. Provides for the treatment of derivative transactions with regard to the requirement that the total obligations of any person to any bank shall at no time exceed 15 percent of the sum of the capital, surplus, and loan loss reserve of a bank. An \"obligation\" is defined in this measure as including any credit exposure to a person arising from a derivative transaction between the bank and the person. \"Derivative transaction\" is defined as including any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. The Commission is authorized to adopt regulations to further define the term \"derivative transaction\" and to set forth the rules for calculating credit exposures arising from derivative transactions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2104/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2104","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":454487,"bill_number":"HB2105","title":"Junkyards; policy and definitions.","description":"Highway definitions. Makes technical amendments to conform Virginia's statutes with corresponding changes in federal nomenclature.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2105/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2105","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":454488,"bill_number":"HB2110","title":"Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; tax revenue used to construct, etc., natural gas service lines.","description":"Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; construction of natural gas service lines. Allows a locality in the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority to apply a portion of its Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund tax revenue collected from the severance tax imposed upon the severance of natural gas to the construction of natural gas service lines. Under current law, the locality is permitted to apply a portion of the revenue to the construction or enhancement of water or sewer systems or lines. The amendments add natural gas systems or lines as authorized by § 15.2-2109.3 to the permitted uses of that portion of the fund.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2110/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2110","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454489,"bill_number":"HB2118","title":"Insurance policies; required notice.","description":"Insurance policies; required notice. Clarifies that insurers are required to provide a notice that a policyholder may contact the Bureau of Insurance if he is unable to contact or obtain satisfaction from the insurer or agent. The measure corrects an editing error made in the 2012 Session that inadvertently limited this requirement to health maintenance organizations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2118/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2118","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":454490,"bill_number":"HB2123","title":"Juvenile Justice, Board of; increases membership.","description":"Board of Juvenile Justice; membership. Increases the membership of the Board of Juvenile Justice to include two experienced educators.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2123/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2123","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454491,"bill_number":"HB2129","title":"Tolls; requires GA approval for tolling of any Interstate or state highway component.","description":"Toll roads. Requires General Assembly approval for tolling of any interstate, state primary, or state secondary highway system component.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2129/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2129","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":454492,"bill_number":"HB2135","title":"Virginia Consumer Protection Act; exclusions and prohibited practices.","description":"Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Makes the misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent use of a trademark, service mark, or mark a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The measure also (i) specifies that online advertising is a form of advertising covered by the exemption for advertising media and (ii) provides that the advertising media exemption does not apply if a medium's publisher, owner, agent, or employee had reason to know that the advertisement was of a prohibited character.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2135/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2135","sponsor":"Timothy Hugo"},
{"bill_id":454493,"bill_number":"HB2137","title":"Local governments; environmental impact reports, prohibits purchase of certain deicing agents, etc.","description":"Localities; environmental impact reports and the sale of certain deicing agents. Raises from $500,000 to $2 million the cost threshold at which a locality will be required to obtain an environmental impact report for a highway project. For certain projects costing more than $500,000 and less than $2 million, the locality is required to consult with the Department of Historic Resources to make efforts to minimize impacts to historic resources. The bill also exempts the sale of deicing agents containing urea from the current prohibition on such sales where the deicing agent is to be used by a municipal corporation at an airport.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2137/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2137","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":454494,"bill_number":"HB2141","title":"Highway maintenance payments; increased by Commissioner where there are high traffic volumes.","description":"Street maintenance payments. Provides for increased highway maintenance payments by the Commissioner of Highways to municipalities where traffic volumes exceed the statewide average by more than 20 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2141/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2141","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":454495,"bill_number":"HB2144","title":"Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments in certain schools.","description":"Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments in certain scenarios. Allows a public elementary school that had an adjusted pass rate of less than 75 percent on the third grade Standards of Learning reading assessment administered during the previous school year to apply to the Board of Education for a two-year waiver from the science or history and social science Standards of Learning assessment requirement, or both, for third grade students. Elementary schools that apply for a two-year waiver must satisfy certain conditions to be granted the waiver. The bill will expire on July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2144/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2144","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":454496,"bill_number":"HB2153","title":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash benefits.","description":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash benefits. Provides that recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families shall not access cash benefits through use of an electronic benefit transfer transaction in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages; any casino, gambling casino, or gaming establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted; or adult entertainment establishment in which performers or other individuals associated with the business disrobe or appear nude or partially nude.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Health, Welfare and Institutions","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2153/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2153","sponsor":"Scott Garrett"},
{"bill_id":454497,"bill_number":"HB2155","title":"Insurance premiums license tax; technical corrections for administration.","description":"Technical corrections for administration of the insurance premiums license tax. Makes technical corrections to facilitate the transfer of the administration of the state insurance premiums license tax from the State Corporation Commission to the Department of Taxation pursuant to legislation passed by the 2011 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2155/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2155","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":454498,"bill_number":"HB2157","title":"Financial institutions; checks required to show date account was opened.","description":"Financial institutions; checks. Repeals the requirement that checks and similar instruments of a financial institution located in the Commonwealth display the month and year in which the account was opened.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2157/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2157","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":454499,"bill_number":"HB2160","title":"Virginia Workers' compensation; limitations period and balance billing.","description":"Workers' compensation; medical benefits. Establishes a one-year period of limitations on actions by a health care provider for payment of charges for services rendered under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The period starts to run on the later of the date the services were provided or the date a medical award covering such services becomes final. The measure also provides that the prohibition on balance billing by health care providers applies both during the pendency of a claim for benefits and after an award of compensation is made. The balance billing prohibition will apply to an injury for which compensation is sought under a claim or that is covered by an award when any portion of the bill at issue, for the date of service at issue, has been paid by the employer, carrier, or third-party administrator.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2160/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2160","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":454500,"bill_number":"HB2162","title":"Money order sales and money transmission services; provisions.","description":"Money order sales and money transmission services.  Exempts from requirements governing the business of selling money orders or transmitting money (i) any state, or any department, instrumentality, agency, locality, municipality, or political subdivision thereof, and (ii) any entity that has been explicitly designated in a written agreement as an agent of any governmental authority or unit. Any funds collected by the agent shall be deemed to be received by the governmental authority or unit. Such a governmental authority or unit will not be barred from seeking indemnification from its agent for any direct losses incurred due to the agent's failure to remit funds in accordance with its agreement.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2162/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2162","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":454501,"bill_number":"HB2164","title":"School divisions, local; unexpended or unencumbered local school and educational funds.","description":"Unexpended or unencumbered local school and educational funds. Requires all moneys derived from local funds unencumbered in any year in any school division to be available for use the next year by the governing body that appropriated the funds. Under current law, only moneys derived from local funds unexpended in any year are required to be available for use the next year by the governing body that appropriated the funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2164/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2164","sponsor":"Rick Morris"},
{"bill_id":454502,"bill_number":"HB2165","title":"Signs or advertising; civil penalties for placing within highway rights-of-way.","description":"Signs or advertising within limits of highways. Imposes a civil penalty of $100 for first violations and $250 for second or subsequent violations for placing advertising within highway rights-of-way.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2165/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2165","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":454503,"bill_number":"HB2171","title":"School safety audits; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.","description":"School safety audits; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans. Requires each local school board to conduct a school safety audit and review its school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans bimonthly. Under current law, each local school board is required to complete such tasks annually.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2171/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2171","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":454504,"bill_number":"HB2172","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2172/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2172","sponsor":"Luke Torian"},
{"bill_id":454505,"bill_number":"HB2174","title":"Workers' compensation; Commission may review any award of compensation, compensation benefits.","description":"Workers' compensation; awards of compensation.  Provides that wages paid to an employee who is physically unable to return to his pre-injury work due to a compensable injury and who is provided work within his capacity at a wage equal to or greater than his pre-injury wage shall be considered compensation paid pursuant to an award for compensation but shall not result in a reduction of the maximum number of weeks of compensation benefits. Any award of compensation may be reviewed by the Workers' Compensation Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2174/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2174","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":454506,"bill_number":"HB2175","title":"Veterans care center; construction in Northern Virginia.","description":"Veterans care center; construction in Northern Virginia. Authorizes the Governor to request federal funds to construct a new veterans care center in Northern Virginia, and requires the State Treasurer to issue a short-term treasury loan in an amount up to $28.5 million for the state share of construction costs, once the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has determined that federal funds will be allocated for the new center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2175/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2175","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":454507,"bill_number":"HB2178","title":"Charitable gaming; authorizes network bingo.","description":"Charitable gaming; network bingo. Authorizes the conduct of a new charitable game known as network bingo. The bill sets out the terms and conditions under which network bingo may be conducted, provides for the licensing of network bingo providers, and sets the maximum prize amount for network bingo. The bill defines the terms \"network bingo,\" \"pari-mutuel play,\" and \"network bingo provider.\" With the exception of the provision requiring the Board of Charitable Gaming to establish regulations, the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014. The bill also contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0350)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2178/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2178","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":454508,"bill_number":"HB2179","title":"Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.","description":"Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes; Increases the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and requires hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth to pay this fee. However, owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth would be eligible for a refund of the new five percent tax on motor fuels sales; Prohibits the placement of tolls on existing roads in the Commonwealth without the approval of the General Assembly; Lowers individual income tax rates and changes the individual income tax structure, effective January 1, 2014. Income less than $5,000 would be taxed at a 0.75% rate, income over $5,000 and up to $17,000 would be taxed at a 4.5% rate, and income over $17,000 would continue to be taxed at a 5.75% rate; Repeals income tax credits for vehicle emissions testing equipment, clean-fuel vehicles, and biodiesel fuel producers effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013; Eliminates the sales tax exemption currently extended to certain services, such as auto repairs, taxi and limousines, armored cars, travel, and transportation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2179/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2179","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":454509,"bill_number":"HB2186","title":"Real property; authorizes VDOT to convey certain property controlled by Department in Albemarle Co.","description":"Transfer of property by VDOT. Authorizes VDOT to exchange real property controlled by the Department in Albemarle County for private property owned by the Wachtmeister 1981 Revocable Trust in exchange for land adjoining the Keene Area Headquarters for installation of a septic drain field for the Headquarters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2186/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2186","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":454510,"bill_number":"HB2187","title":"Spousal support; termination upon cohabitation.","description":"Spousal support; termination upon cohabitation. Provides that a supported spouse has an affirmative duty to notify the payor spouse after commencing to habitually cohabit with another and, if the supported spouse does not provide the notification, the payor spouse is entitled to restitution equal to the amount of any current support and maintenance paid after that date, together with interest from that date and reasonable attorney fees and costs.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2187/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2187","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":454511,"bill_number":"HB2188","title":"Line of Duty Act; certain employees to make irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.","description":"Line of Duty Act. Allows a political subdivision with employees eligible for coverage under the Line of Duty Act to make an irrevocable election to self-fund the benefits available under the Line of Duty Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2188/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2188","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454512,"bill_number":"HB2189","title":"Home care organizations; proof of initial reserve operating funds.","description":"Home care organizations; proof of initial reserve operating funds. Requires every applicant for an initial license to operate a home care organization to submit proof of sufficient initial reserve operating funds in an amount determined by the State Board of Health, which shall be sufficient to ensure operation of the home care organization for at least three months after licensure. Funds may include a mix of cash, cash equivalents, borrowed funds, and funds available through a line of credit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0505)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2189/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2189","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":454513,"bill_number":"HB2191","title":"Court-appointed guardians of incapacitated persons; annual report.","description":"Guardians; annual report to local department of social services. Requires court-appointed guardians of incapacitated persons to file the annual report of all money and other property received, chargeable, or disbursed with the local department of social services where the incapacitated person resides. Under current law, a guardian must file the annual report with the local department of social services for the jurisdiction where the guardian was appointed, which must then forward the report to the local department where the incapacitated person resides.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2191/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2191","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":454514,"bill_number":"HB2192","title":"Guardians; annual report to local department of social services.","description":"Guardians; annual report to local department of social services. Requires court-appointed guardians of incapacitated persons to file the annual report of all money and other property received, chargeable, or disbursed with the local department of social services where the incapacitated person resides. Under current law, a guardian must file the annual report with the local department of social services for the jurisdiction where the guardian was appointed, which must then forward the report to the local department where the incapacitated person resides.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2192/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2192","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":454515,"bill_number":"HB2193","title":"Child abuse investigations; employees of school divisions.","description":"Child abuse investigations; employees of school divisions. Expands the class of individuals whom a local department of social services must report to a local school board upon determination that a complaint alleging that such individual has committed child abuse or neglect is a founded complaint from any full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary teacher to any full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary employee of a school division.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2193/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2193","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":454516,"bill_number":"HB2194","title":"Capital outlay; establishes revised six-year plan for projects.","description":"Capital outlay plan. Establishes a revised six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0309)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2194/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2194","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454517,"bill_number":"HB2195","title":"Insurance holding companies; applicability to certain plans.","description":"Insurance holding companies. Revises the requirements applicable to insurance holding companies to conform to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act and Insurance Holding Company System Model Regulation. The measure expands insurance regulators' examination authority to include all entities within the insurance holding company system to ascertain the financial condition of the insurer. The State Corporation Commission will be authorized to use supervisory colleges, which will be used by regulators (i) to coordinate supervision of an insurance holding company system that has national and international operations and (ii) to assess the company's business strategy, financial position, legal and regulatory position, risk exposure, risk management, and governance processes. The measure also makes dental and optometric services plans subject to the insurance holding companies provisions. The holding companies requirements in effect on June 30, 2013, will continue to apply to any insurance holding company transaction commenced prior to January 1, 2014, unless otherwise provided.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2195/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2195","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454518,"bill_number":"HB2196","title":"Tolls; Interstate Highway System components.","description":"Tolls on Interstate Highway System components. Requires approval by the General Assembly prior to tolling any Interstate Highway System component in operation prior to July 1, 2013, except for HOV lanes and HOT lanes and continued tolling on toll facilities in operation prior to January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2196/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2196","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":454519,"bill_number":"HB2197","title":"Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, etc.; construction of use of old Code sections.","description":"Construction of the use of old Code sections in wills, etc. Provides that references to former Code sections that were repealed and replaced during the recodification of Title 64.1 in wills, trust instruments, powers of attorney, or other instruments made after the effective date of Title 64.2 shall be construed to refer to the current Code section in Title 64.2.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2197/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2197","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":454520,"bill_number":"HB2198","title":"Commercial credit reporting; penalty for violations.","description":"Commercial credit reporting. Establishes a procedure through which a commercial enterprise operating in Virginia about whom a commercial credit report has been compiled may obtain a copy of the report upon request annually at no cost and, if the report contains an inaccurate statement of fact, may notify the commercial credit reporting agency of the inaccuracy. The agency is required to delete the disputed item from the report or include in the report a notice of the subject's assertion that the statement is inaccurate. A violation is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2198/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2198","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":454521,"bill_number":"HB2199","title":"Standards of Learning; Board of Education to promulgate regulations.","description":"Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to increase the number of students and the number of grade levels that are eligible for an expedited retake of an end-of-course Standards of Learning test.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2199/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2199","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":454522,"bill_number":"HB2201","title":"Public school buildings; carbon monoxide detectors.","description":"Public school buildings; carbon monoxide detectors. Directs the Board of Education to include in its regulations a provision requiring that all new construction of, additions to, and alterations of public school buildings include the installation of at least one carbon monoxide detector.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2201/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2201","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":454523,"bill_number":"HB2206","title":"Workers' compensation insurance; payments to providers of health care services.","description":"Workers' compensation insurance; payments to providers of health care services. Provides that the rate of payment for medical, surgical, and hospital services provided under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act may be (i) established in an agreement between the health care provider and an employer, insurance carrier, third-party administrator, or preferred provider organization or (ii) negotiated by the provider and insurance carrier or employer for a single episode of care. If such persons do not enter into such an agreement or negotiate a rate, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall determine the rate of payment, which shall be limited to the charges that prevail in the same community for similar treatment when such treatment is paid for by the injured person. The measure also establishes a two-year limitation period on actions to recover denied fees. Employers and insurance carriers are required to make available billing and reimbursement requirements to health care providers or make the same available via the Internet in real time to enable providers to electronically verify if a claim has been reported and to accept reports and claims from health care providers electronically. The measure creates a prompt payment requirement directing that providers be paid within 40 days after receipt of an itemization of the health care services provided. Agreements between insurance carriers and providers are required to include the fee schedule, reimbursement policy, or statement as to the manner in which claims will be calculated and paid. Amendments to provider agreements will not be effective unless the provider has been provided with the applicable portion of the proposed amendment at least 60 calendar days before the effective date and the provider has not notified the carrier within 30 days of receipt of such notice of the provider's intention to terminate the agreement. The employee's attorney fees shall be the responsibility of the employer or insurance carrier that contested the compensability of the claim. The measure prohibits balance billing of an employee by a provider when an employer or the employer's insurance carrier voluntarily makes full payment for services provided to an injured employee under the terms of a valid provider agreement in advance of an award of compensation being made.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2206/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2206","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454524,"bill_number":"HB2207","title":"Firearms and firearms magazines, certain; unlawful to sell, import, etc., penalty.","description":"Sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms and firearms magazines; penalty. Provides that a person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers an assault firearm is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that a person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a firearms magazine that is designed to hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Finally, the bill provides an exception from both penalties for law-enforcement officers and military personnel.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2207/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2207","sponsor":"Joseph Morrissey"},
{"bill_id":454525,"bill_number":"HB2211","title":"Stalking; Class 6 felony for conviction of second offense within five years of prior conviction.","description":"Penalty for second offense of stalking. Provides that, upon conviction of a second offense of stalking occurring within five years of a prior conviction of such an offense, if such person was also convicted within the five-year period prior to the instant offense of a violation of (i) assault and battery and other crimes against the person when the victim of that crime was the same person who was the victim of the stalking activity in the instant conviction, (ii) domestic assault, or (iii) a protective order, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2211/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2211","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":454526,"bill_number":"HB2215","title":"Charles K. \"Pete\" Estes Memorial Bridge; designating newly replaced U.S. Route 522 bridge.","description":"\"Charles K. 'Pete' Estes Memorial Bridge.\" Designates the newly replaced U.S. Route 522 bridge in Sperryville as the \"Charles K. 'Pete' Estes Memorial Bridge.\"","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2215/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2215","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":454527,"bill_number":"HB2218","title":"Condominium Act; convertible land.","description":"Condominium Act; convertible land. Provides that no mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien shall be subject to the provisions of a recorded declaration unless such mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien expressly so provides. The bill also provides that certification that all units or portions thereof depicted on the plans have been substantially completed shall not be required at the time of recordation if a completion bond is filed and remains in full force and effect until all units designated on the convertible land are certified as substantially complete by a licensed architect, licensed engineer, or licensed land surveyor. Finally, the bill provides that if a completion bond is filed, then the time limit for conversion of convertible land into units shall be deemed satisfied for so long as the bond remains in effect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2218/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2218","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":454528,"bill_number":"HB2220","title":"Banister River; designates a portion of as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.","description":"Banister River; state scenic river. Designates a 38.4-mile segment of the Banister River as a state scenic river.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0352)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2220/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2220","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":454529,"bill_number":"HB2221","title":"Firearms; prohibiting selling, etc., to certain persons.","description":"Prohibiting selling, etc., of firearms to certain persons; penalty. Adds persons found legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, persons involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility or sent for involuntary outpatient mental health treatment, and those who were the subject of a temporary detention order and subsequently agreed to voluntary admission to a mental health facility to the list of persons for whom it is a Class 6 felony to sell, barter, give, or furnish a firearm if the seller knows that the person is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2221/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2221","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":454530,"bill_number":"HB2222","title":"Appraisal management companies; provision of appraisal services.","description":"Appraisal management companies; provision of appraisal services. Provides that an appraisal management company shall not enter into any contracts or agreements with an independent appraiser for the performance of real estate appraisal services unless the independent appraiser is licensed to provide that service. Under current law, this limitation was for the performance of residential real estate appraisal services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2222/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2222","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":454531,"bill_number":"HB2223","title":"Private property rights; prevent infringement of under United Nations Agenda 21.","description":"Prevent infringement of private property rights under United Nations Agenda 21. Precludes the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from adopting or implementing policy recommendations as may be required by United Nations Agenda 21 that infringe upon or restrict private property rights without due process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2223/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2223","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454532,"bill_number":"HB2224","title":"Motor fuels tax; increases rate by $0.10 per gallon, revenue to be used for transportation.","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2224/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2224","sponsor":"Algie Howell"},
{"bill_id":454533,"bill_number":"HB2232","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 two-tenths of one percent (0.002) of the State Lottery Fund, the State Racing Operations Fund (horse racing), and the revenue received by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from charitable gaming permit and registration application fees. The bill contains technical amendments. The provisions of the bill become effective on January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2232/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2232","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":454534,"bill_number":"HB2233","title":"Enterprise zones; expiration dates and renewal periods extended in certain counties and cities.","description":"Enterprise zones. Provides that the expiration date of any enterprise zone located in a locality in which the monthly unemployment rate exceeded six percent in any of the 12 months immediately preceding January 1, 2013, shall be extended until the final day of the calendar year in which the Virginia Employment Commission determines the unemployment rate in such locality is equal to or less than six percent for a period of 12 consecutive months, or until five years after the original date of expiration, whichever occurs later. The bill expires on December 31, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-12","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2233/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2233","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":454535,"bill_number":"HB2235","title":"Firearms; increases penalties for use, display, or discharge during commission of certain felonies.","description":"Use, display, or discharge of firearm in committing felony. Increases (exclusively mandatory minimum) penalties for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies from three to four years for a first offense and from five to six years for a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Failed to pass in House","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2235/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2235","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454536,"bill_number":"HB2237","title":"Voluntary regulatory self-assessments by banks; privilege.","description":"Voluntary regulatory self-assessments by banks; privilege. Creates a privilege for self-assessment reports of a bank or its holding company, affiliates, and subsidiaries. The privilege makes a self-assessment report not admissible or subject to discovery in civil or administrative proceeding. The privilege shall not apply if it is waived; if the report is disclosed to certain third parties; if it is determined that the privilege is being asserted for a fraudulent purpose or that the report was prepared to avoid disclosure of information in a proceeding that was underway at the time of its preparation, or the report addresses a matter reasonably expected to cause imminent and substantial harm to bank customers or consumers; or if the report is requested by a bank regulator under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2237/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2237","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":454537,"bill_number":"HB2240","title":"Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information.","description":"Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of a National Instant Criminal Background check to determine a person's eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm under state or federal law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2240/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2240","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":454538,"bill_number":"HB2242","title":"Animal abuser registration; penalties.","description":"Animal abuser registration; penalties. Requires anyone 18 or older who has been convicted of a felony violation of an animal cruelty law to register with the office of the primary law-enforcement agency in the locality when he is present in Virginia for more than 10 consecutive days and to renew his registration annually for 15 years. The agency is required to collect and forward to the Attorney General the abuser's registration information and to provide certain information to all residences, schools, animal shelters, and businesses within one-half mile of the abuser's location. The bill requires the Attorney General to maintain a publicly accessible registry of the abusers who are required to register.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2242/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2242","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":454539,"bill_number":"HB2244","title":"School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund; proceeds may be disbursed to award matching grants.","description":"School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that proceeds of the School Resource Officer Grants Fund may be disbursed to award matching grants to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards that have established a collaborative agreement to employ school resource officers in elementary schools within their shared district. Under current law, funds may be disbursed only when school resource officers are employed in middle or high schools within the district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2244/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2244","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":454540,"bill_number":"HB2245","title":"Virginia's Future, Council on; extends sunset provision.","description":"Council on Virginia's Future. Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2017, for the Council on Virginia's Future.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2245/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2245","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":454541,"bill_number":"HB2246","title":"Health benefit exchange; regulation of navigators, report.","description":"Health benefit exchange; regulation of navigators. Prohibits an individual or entity selected to serve as a navigator in a health benefit exchange from engaging in any activity that would require an insurance agent license under Title 38.2, offering advice about which qualified health plan or qualified dental plan is better or worse for a particular individual or employer, acting as an intermediary between an employer and an insurer that offers a qualified health plan or qualified dental plan offered through an exchange, or violating certain unfair trade practice and privacy requirements. The measure also prohibits an individual or entity from claiming to be, or holding himself or itself out as, a navigator or conducting business as a navigator in the Commonwealth without having been selected as a navigator in accordance with applicable federal law and without having evidence of successful completion of requirements prescribed by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services. The State Corporation Commission is authorized to order violators to cease and desist prohibited conduct and is required to monitor and report on the activities of navigators in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2246/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2246","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454542,"bill_number":"HB2247","title":"Assault and battery; changes conditions for applying aggravated penalty.","description":"Assault and battery against a police officer, etc.; penalty. Changes the conditions for applying an aggravated penalty for assault or assault and battery against law-enforcement officers and certain other officials. Under current law, the penalty applies only if the victim was \"engaged in the performance of his public duties.\" Under the bill's provisions, the victim would not have to be in his official role for the aggravated penalty to apply.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2247/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2247","sponsor":"Lee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454543,"bill_number":"HB2248","title":"Money laundering; adds investigations of violations to multijurisdiction grand juries.","description":"Money laundering investigations by multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds investigations of money laundering violations to the jurisdiction of multijurisdiction grand juries.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2248/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2248","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":454544,"bill_number":"HB2249","title":"William and Mary, The College of; management agreement between the Commonwealth.","description":"Management agreement between the Commonwealth and College of William and Mary; responsibilities of Building Official. Removes the responsibility for building code compliance at Richard Bland College from the designated Building Official at the College of William and Mary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2249/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2249","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":454545,"bill_number":"HB2251","title":"Firearms; prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain magazines, penalties.","description":"Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines; penalties. Provides that any person, corporation, or other entity that manufactures, imports, possesses, purchases, sells, or transfers any large capacity magazine shall be subject to a $1,000 fine. The bill provides for exceptions to the prohibition, including the owner's registration with the Department of State Police following a criminal history record information check. The willful or intentional making of a materially false statement on the consent form required by the processes required for a criminal history record information check shall be a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that a registrant is limited to three high capacity magazines and must otherwise dispose of all magazines in excess of the limit. Finally, the bill outlines the registration process for anyone who owns a large capacity magazine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2251/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2251","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454546,"bill_number":"HB2252","title":"Virginia Children's Mental Health Commission; established, report.","description":"Virginia Children's Mental Health Commission established. Establishes the Virginia Children's Mental Health Commission to promote coordination of services and resources among agencies involved in the delivery of mental health services, including school-based mental health services, for children in the Commonwealth and to increase public awareness of such services and resources.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2252/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2252","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454547,"bill_number":"HB2253","title":"Transportation; makes several changes to state & local taxes & fees to acct. for & provide funding.","description":"Transportation funding. Makes several changes to state and local taxes and fees to account for and provide funding for transportation. The bill makes several changes to the individual and corporate income tax. The bill (i) decreases all individual income tax rates by 0.2%; (ii) adopts market-based sourcing for corporate income tax for the sourcing of services, marketable securities, and property; and (iii) repeals (a) the land preservation tax credit, (b) the long-term care insurance tax credit, and (c) the coalfield employment enhancement tax credit, including the ability of electricity generators to allocate tax credits earned by such persons for purchasing coal to persons with an economic interest in coal.  The bill imposes a 5% state tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed for maintenance of roads in the secondary state highway system and construction of new roads.  The bill also increases the additional state registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and requires hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth to pay this fee. However, owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles registered in the Commonwealth would be eligible for a refund of the new 5% tax on motor fuels sales. The bill imposes a 2% state transient occupancy tax, an initial 1% state motor vehicle registration fee, and a $0.20 per $100 recordation fee in any locality in Northern Virginia that is imposing either of the two local taxes set forth below. The bill completely exempts food for human consumption from state and local sales taxes, repeals the sales and use tax exemption for nonprofit entities, and increases the amount of state sales tax distributed to localities from 1% to 1.23%. The bill authorizes Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County to impose a 4% food and beverage tax without a referendum, to be used for the construction of roads that reduce traffic congestion. The bill authorizes Arlington County and the cities in Northern Virginia to impose an additional 0.5% local sales and use tax to be used for the construction of roads that reduce traffic congestion.  The bill also authorizes localities in Hampton Roads to impose an additional 1% sales and use tax to be used for the construction of roads that reduce traffic congestion.  All provisions of the bill, except the adoption of market-based sourcing for corporate income tax, are effective January 1, 2016. The market-based sourcing for corporate income tax is effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2253/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2253","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":454548,"bill_number":"HB2254","title":"Menhaden fish; allowable catch for those landed in State, report. Emergency.","description":"Management of the menhaden fishery. Establishes a total allowable landings of 144,272.84 metric tons per year for Atlantic menhaden landed in Virginia by the purse seine menhaden reduction sector, the purse seine menhaden bait sector, and the non-purse seine menhaden bait sector. This legislation authorizes the Commission to establish and administer a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license according to specific criteria. This total allowable landings represents a 20 percent reduction from the average 2009, 2010, and 2011 landings, as mandated by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Any overage of the total allowable landings in the current year will result in a reduction of the total allowable landings in the following year. The Commissioner may administer the interstate transfer of menhaden landings. The total allowable landings for menhaden shall be allocated in proportion to each sector’s share of average landings in 2002 through 2011, with the Commission authorized to establish an Individual Transferable Quota System for any purse seine menhaden bait licensee according to specific requirements. Guidelines for the monitoring of all sectors of the menhaden fishery that may result in a closure of any or all sectors are established. Upon the closing of the non-purse seine sector, any person may possess and land up to 6,000 pounds of menhaden per day, and such landings shall be reported to the Commission but shall not count against the annual total allowable landings. All licensees of the three menhaden sectors shall report to the Commission according to the requirements established by the Commission. The Commission shall establish a biological sampling program to include development of an adult menhaden survey index from Virginia pound nets. License fees are established for the purse seine menhaden reduction and purse seine menhaden bait sectors, according to fees adjusted in 2005 as $249 for vessels under 70 gross tons and $996 for vessels 70 gross tons or over. The Commission may limit the number of gear licenses or permits to fish, except for those licenses in the purse seine reduction sector. The annual menhaden harvest cap for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector shall be 87,216 metric tons, subject to annual adjustments for under-harvest or over-harvest of the cap. The bill contains a sunset date of January 1, 2015. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2254/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2254","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":454549,"bill_number":"HB2255","title":"Voter lists; State Board of Elections to update, etc, list of persons who voted at elections, etc.","description":"Voter lists. Requires a local electoral board to submit the list of persons who voted at any election to the State Board of Elections within 60 days after each election unless such list is not available due to a pending recount or election contest. The State Board shall make available such lists no later than seven days after receiving them from the electoral board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2255/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2255","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":454550,"bill_number":"HB2256","title":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; membership of board of trustees. Emergency.","description":"Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; membership of board. Increases the membership of the board of trustees of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation from 22 to 23 by adding the Chairman of the Friends of Southwest Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2256/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2256","sponsor":"Israel O'Quinn"},
{"bill_id":454551,"bill_number":"HB2257","title":"Property Owners' Association Act; rule enforcement.","description":"Property Owners' Association Act; rule enforcement. Gives the association the right to file a legal action for an order of abatement as a separate remedy for rules violations by a lot owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2257/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2257","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454552,"bill_number":"HB2258","title":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, etc.; review of proposals.","description":"Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 and the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; review of proposals; comprehensive agreements. Requires the responsible public entity to obtain the approval of each affected jurisdiction prior to the execution of a comprehensive agreement under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA) or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (PPEA) whenever the development or operation of the qualifying transportation facility or project impacts local tax revenues or increases the fees or expenses that are paid by residents of the affected jurisdictions. The bill also (i) provides for the guidelines established by a responsible public entity under the PPTA to require that a final environmental impact study be completed prior to commencing project development and (ii) prohibits a comprehensive agreement under the PPTA from containing a non-compete or damage provision or any similar provision requiring additional payments to the private entity to recover reduced revenue due to improvements made by the Commonwealth to any other transportation facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2258/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2258","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454553,"bill_number":"HB2259","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; development of regional impact.","description":"Entitlement to sales and use tax revenues; development of regional impact. Adds Washington County as a locality entitled to retain certain sales and use taxes generated on the premises of a development of regional impact, to pay bonds issued for the development. The bill alters the criteria used to define such a development by removing the requirement that the development be located in a locality that has a certain level of unemployment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2259/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2259","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":454554,"bill_number":"HB2260","title":"Charter; Town of Coeburn.","description":"Charter; Town of Coeburn. Clarifies that the town council may appoint certain town officers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0511)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2260/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2260","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":454555,"bill_number":"HB2261","title":"Investor-owned electric utilities; electric utility ratemaking. Emergency.","description":"Electric utility ratemaking. Revises certain incentives and other provisions applicable to investor-owned electric utilities under the 2007 re-regulation legislation. The measure (i) eliminates the 50 basis point performance incentive that has been available to utilities that attain the renewable energy portfolio standard goals; (ii) replaces the provision that has authorized the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to adopt a performance incentive that may increase or decrease a utility's combined rate of return by up to 100 basis points, based on a comparison of the utility's generating plant performance, customer service, and operating efficiency with nationally recognized standards, with a provision that authorizes the SCC to increase or decrease the utility's combined rate of return consistent with its precedent for incumbent electric utilities prior to the 2007 re-regulation legislation; (iii) increases the threshold for determining whether the utility's earned combined rate of return on common equity is excessive or insufficient, for test periods commencing after December 31, 2012, from 50 basis points above or below the return determined by the SCC to 70 basis points above or below such return; (iv) eliminates the provision that requires the SCC, when it determines that rates should be revised or credits applied to customers' bills, to combine a rate adjustment clause previously implemented to recover transmission-related costs with the utility's costs, revenues, and investments until the amounts that are the subject of the rate adjustment clause are fully recovered; (v) eliminates the provision that authorizes the SCC to include in a rate adjustment clause for environmental costs the enhanced rate of return on common equity that is provided for new generation facilities if the environmental costs reduce the need for constructing new generation facilities by enabling the continued operation of existing generation facilities; (vi) requires a utility seeking approval to construct a generating facility to demonstrate that it has considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in its selection process; (vii) eliminates the authorization for a utility to earn an enhanced rate of return on the costs of a new generation facility during the first portion of its service life if the facility does not utilize nuclear power or offshore wind, unless the SCC has approved a rate adjustment clause for the facility by July 1, 2013, or the utility filed a petition therefor on or before January 1, 2013; (viii) reduces the potential enhanced rate of return on the costs of a new generation facility utilizing nuclear power or offshore wind from 200 to 100 basis points; (ix) requires certain costs related to early retirement of generation plants, severe weather events, and natural disasters to be deemed to have been recovered through customer rates during the test period under review unless doing so would place the utility in an under-earning position, in which event the SCC is required to authorize deferred recovery of such costs and allow the utility to amortize and recover the deferred costs over future periods; and (x) directs that the fair combined rate of return on common equity determined by the SCC in a biennial rate review shall apply to the entire two successive 12-month test periods ending December 31 immediately preceding the year of the utility's subsequent biennial review filing for purposes of reviewing the utility's earnings on its rates for generation and distribution services. The measure also requires Appalachian Power, referred to as a Phase I utility, to delay the filing of its next biennial review from March 31, 2013, until March 31, 2014. Such a utility is prohibited from deferring on its books for future recovery certain costs incurred during calendar year 2011 and is required to file subsequent biennial filings by March 31, 2016, and every two years thereafter. The bill also provides that if the combined rate of return on common equity earned by generation and distribution services for the period under review is no more than 70 basis points above or below the return determined for this utility, the combined return shall not be considered either excessive or insufficient, respectively. In addition, the measure provides that for any test period commencing after December 31, 2012, for Dominion, referred to as a Phase II Utility, and after December 31, 2013, for Appalachian Power, if the utility has, during the test period or periods under review, earned below the return determined for the utility, the utility may petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of an increase in rates as if it had earned more than 70 basis points below a fair combined rate of return. The bill states that an emergency exists and is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2261/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2261","sponsor":"Terry Kilgore"},
{"bill_id":454556,"bill_number":"HB2262","title":"Nonprofit organizations; exemptions from regulations applicable to restaurants, etc.","description":"Exemptions from requirements applicable to restaurants. Exempts, from the regulations applicable to restaurants, certain nonprofit organizations that hold occasional fund raisers for the duration of the event at which food (i) prepared in the homes of members; (ii) prepared in the kitchen of the organization; or (iii) purchased or donated from a licensed restaurant is offered for sale to the public. The bill also provides that licensed restaurants that donate or sell food at such fund raisers are not required to apply for additional permits or pay any additional permit fees to the Department of Health.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2262/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2262","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454557,"bill_number":"HB2263","title":"Firearms and ammunition; temporary seizure, penalty.","description":"Firearms and ammunition; temporary seizure; penalty. Provides that certain persons shall be required to report to law enforcement whenever they see, hear, receive, or otherwise have communicated to them that an individual intends to inflict death or serious bodily injury on himself or any other person. Failure to provide such report for threats involving violent felonies shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor. Failure to provide such report for threats that do not involve violent felonies shall subject the person to a fine up to $500 for the first failure and to a fine of at least $1,000 for each subsequent failure. The bill also provides that law-enforcement officers may temporarily seize the firearm or ammunition of an individual who indicates his intent to inflict death or serious bodily injury on himself or another person. The bill's reporting requirement shall be the basis of the temporary seizure of a firearm or ammunition in the possession of, owned by, or in the immediate access of an individual who is the subject of the report. Finally, the bill provides the procedure by which law enforcement may temporarily seize the firearm or ammunition of an individual who is the subject of these reports.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2263/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2263","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454558,"bill_number":"HB2264","title":"Early voting; anticipation of certain emergencies.","description":"Early voting in anticipation of certain emergencies. Provides that the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, and President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, may declare a weather-related emergency and order polls opened for early voting for one to three days during the five days before an election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2264/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2264","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454559,"bill_number":"HJR588","title":"Celebrating the life of David R. Hensley, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of David R. Hensley, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ588ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR588/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ588","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":454560,"bill_number":"HJR600","title":"Commercial banking & investment banking; memorializing Congress enact legislation.","description":"Memorializing Congress to enact legislation reinstating the separation of commercial banking and investment banking. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in support of federal legislation, such as the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, that would revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business in the manner that had been required under the Glass-Steagall Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR600/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ600","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":454561,"bill_number":"HJR601","title":"Constitutional amendment; free elections, method of voting (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); free elections, method of voting. Provides that all elections ought to be convenient to the voter and equally provided for throughout the Commonwealth, and that provision shall be made in all elections other than primary and special elections for votes to be cast starting at least 30 days before the general election date. Votes may be cast early in person, by mail, or by other means as provided by law without qualification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR601/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ601","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454562,"bill_number":"HJR602","title":"Constitutional amendment; right to early childhood education (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to early childhood education. Requires the Board of Education to develop Learning Readiness Quality Standards for state-supported early learning programs. The General Assembly is mandated to allocate funds to ensure that every Virginia family has the option to use a high quality early learning program that meets the standards and that is available for each child in the year in which the child reaches four years of age through a qualified early learning program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR602/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ602","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454563,"bill_number":"HJR603","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for certain 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. Currently, the 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 general law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-05","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR603/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ603","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":454564,"bill_number":"HJR607","title":"Parental rights and third-party custody and visitation awards; Bar Association to study current law.","description":"Study; parental rights and third-party custody and visitation awards; report. Requests the Virginia Bar Association to study Virginia's current law regarding the ability of third parties to seek custody of and visitation rights with other parents' children in relation to the parents' constitutional rights to direct the upbringing of their children.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR607/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ607","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":454565,"bill_number":"HJR609","title":"Biosolids; DEQ to study substances contained in certain wastewater treatment facilities.","description":"Study; composition of biosolids; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study the substances contained in biosolids generated from wastewater treatment facilities that are applied to lands for agricultural purposes. Report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-06","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR609/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ609","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":454566,"bill_number":"HJR611","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Rejected by Senate (18-Y 22-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR611/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ611","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454567,"bill_number":"HJR615","title":"Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; DCR to study feasibility of applying provisions to watershed area.","description":"Study; expand application of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; report. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of applying the provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to all localities within Virginia's Chesapeake Bay watershed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR615/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ615","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454568,"bill_number":"HJR619","title":"Early childhood programs, state-supported; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.","description":"Study; JLARC to study state-supported preschool programs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study all state-supported preschool programs in the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Commission shall (i) inventory and identify all state-supported preschool programs in Virginia; (ii) determine the socioeconomic status of students served by such programs and whether sufficient outreach is extended to potentially eligible students; (iii) determine where such programs are predominantly located and identify gaps in service; (iv) identify the level of parental involvement; and (v) assess whether these programs meet state requirements for academics, teacher-student ratio, and conformity with federal requirements, if any. The Commission shall also review exemplary public preschool programs in other states to ascertain best practices that may be considered for adoption in Virginia. The Commission must report its findings and recommendations to the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR619/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ619","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454569,"bill_number":"HJR620","title":"Transportation programs; JLARC to study efficiency and sufficiency of funding in State.","description":"Study; JLARC to study transportation funding in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and sufficiency of funding for transportation programs in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR620/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ620","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454570,"bill_number":"HJR621","title":"Port of Virginia; JLARC to study competitiveness, efficiency, and governance structure.","description":"Study; JLARC to study Port of Virginia; report. Directs JLARC to conduct a one-year study of the competitiveness, efficiency, and governance structure of the Port of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ621ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR621/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ621","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454571,"bill_number":"HJR622","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, 2014, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds. The General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, may alter 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 three years. Moneys designated for deposit into funds other than Transportation Funds shall not be used for any transportation-related purpose except for making certain debt service payments on transportation-related bonds and notes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR622/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ622","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":454572,"bill_number":"HJR629","title":"Celebrating the life of Margaret W. Fisher.","description":"Celebrating the life of Margaret W. Fisher.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ629ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR629/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ629","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":454573,"bill_number":"HJR635","title":"Federal revenue; JLARC to study amount Virginia receives at state and local level annually.","description":"Study; JLARC to study amount of federal revenue Virginia receives at the state and local level annually; importance and impact; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the amount of federal revenue that Virginia receives at the state and local level annually, by functional area, and determine its importance and impact. The Commission shall submit its report to the Governor and the 2015 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ635ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR635/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ635","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":454574,"bill_number":"HJR645","title":"College campuses; higher educational institutions to heighten awareness of perils of alcohol abuse.","description":"Alcohol and substance abuse on college campuses. Encourages the institutions of higher education in Virginia to heighten awareness of the perils of alcohol and substance abuse on college campuses. The resolution notes that parents and college officials must work collaboratively, concertedly, and decisively to educate college students concerning the dangers of alcohol and prescribed and controlled substance abuse.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR645/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ645","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":454575,"bill_number":"HJR646","title":"Food deserts; SHHR to explore and recommend strategies to eliminate in State.","description":"Study; eliminate food deserts in Virginia; report. Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to explore and recommend strategies to eliminate food deserts, which are areas devoid of access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other food products and staples necessary for a healthy diet. In conducting the study, the Secretary is also requested to examine ways to make healthy and affordable food products available and accessible to low-income and poor citizens and impoverished communities throughout the Commonwealth. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources must submit his findings and recommendations to the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR646/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ646","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":454576,"bill_number":"HJR651","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, 2014, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds. The General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, may alter 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. Moneys designated for deposit into funds other than Transportation Funds shall not be used for any transportation-related purpose except for making certain debt service payments on transportation-related bonds and notes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR651/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ651","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":454577,"bill_number":"HJR652","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, 2014, 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR652/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ652","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454578,"bill_number":"HJR653","title":"U.S. Constitution; reaffirms Virginia's rights & rights of its citizens under 10th amend.","description":"Tenth amendment of the United States Constitution. Reaffirms Virginia's rights and the rights of its citizens under the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR653/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ653","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454579,"bill_number":"HJR654","title":"United Nations Agenda 21; General Assembly recognizes need to oppose.","description":"Opposing United Nations Agenda 21. Recognizes the need to oppose United Nations Agenda 21 due to its radical plan of purported \"sustainable development.\" The resolution states that the General Assembly recognizes the policy's infringement on the American way of life and individual freedoms and ability to erode American sovereignty. The resolution would be transmitted to the U.S. Secretary of State, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the Virginia Congressional Delegation in order that they may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter during their deliberations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR654/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ654","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454580,"bill_number":"HJR657","title":"Veteran population; Department of Veterans Services to study unmet needs.","description":"Study; Department of Veterans Services; report. Requests the Department of Veterans Services to study the unmet needs of Virginia's veteran population and assess the level of preparedness of state and local governments and other service providers to meet those needs. The Department shall recommend whatever changes in law and policy deemed necessary to ensure Virginia veterans have access to the services they need and that the Commonwealth, both at the state and local level, is prepared to provide such services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR657/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ657","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":454581,"bill_number":"HJR658","title":"General Assembly; notifying Governor of organization.","description":"Notifying the Governor of Organization.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ658ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR658/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ658","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":454582,"bill_number":"HJR659","title":"Constitutional amendment; registration of voters (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); registration of voters. Permits the General Assembly to provide by law for the use of a portion of an applicant's social security number on the voter registration application. Currently, an applicant must provide his full social security number in order to register to vote.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR659/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ659","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":454583,"bill_number":"HJR663","title":"Constitutional amendment; Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. Provides for a seven-member temporary commission to prepare redistricting plans in 2021 and each tenth year thereafter for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made by majority vote of the Supreme Court of Virginia from a list of retired judges who have indicated their willingness to serve on the Commission. 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 amendment provides for Commission comments on plans as they change in the legislative process. The amendment 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR663/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ663","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":454584,"bill_number":"HJR664","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for certain 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. Currently the 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR664/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ664","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":454585,"bill_number":"HJR665","title":"Constitutional amendment; repealing amendment dealing with 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR665/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ665","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454586,"bill_number":"HJR666","title":"State renewable energy utility; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of establishing.","description":"Study; state renewable energy utility; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of establishing a state renewable energy utility. The joint subcommittee is directed to examine the report of Delaware's Sustainable Energy Task Force, examine the feasibility of authorizing a state renewable energy utility to issue tax-exempt bonds to fund renewable energy improvements at state buildings, and determine what lessons can be learned from Delaware's experience in establishing and operating its sustainable energy utility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR666/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ666","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454587,"bill_number":"HJR667","title":"United States Constitution; General Assembly hereby ratifies and affirms 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR667/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ667","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454588,"bill_number":"HJR668","title":"Constitutional amendment; registration of voters (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); registration of voters. Permits the General Assembly to provide by law for the use of a portion of an applicant's social security number on the voter registration application. Currently, an applicant must provide his full social security number in order to register to vote.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR668/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ668","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":454589,"bill_number":"HJR669","title":"Renewable energy; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study portfolio standard program.","description":"Study; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program; report. Directs the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study the establishment of a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program for the Commonwealth. The study will (i) address issues associated with transitioning from the existing voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard program to a mandatory program, (ii) determine the costs and benefits that would be associated with requiring electric utilities to meet varying levels of renewable energy portfolio standard goals, (iii) recommend measures to address electric utilities that do not meet the program's goals, and (iv) determine if it is feasible and advisable to require that all electric utilities in Virginia participate in a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR669/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ669","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":454590,"bill_number":"HJR670","title":"Governor; joint subcommittee to study appropriate balance of power to support two terms in State.","description":"Study; two-term Governor; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the appropriate balance of power between the legislative and executive branches to support a two-term Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR670/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ670","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":454591,"bill_number":"HJR672","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR672/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ672","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":454592,"bill_number":"HJR674","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR674/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ674","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454593,"bill_number":"HJR675","title":"Tolls; joint subcommittee to study how VA can mitigate impact on State's disadvantaged citizens.","description":"Study; mitigation of the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how Virginia can mitigate the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR675/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ675","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454594,"bill_number":"HJR676","title":"Standards of Learning; Board of Education to study alternatives to assessments.","description":"Study; Board of Education to study alternatives to the Standards of Learning assessments; report. Requests the Board of Education to study alternatives to the Standards of Learning assessments by (i) developing alternative student assessments or (ii) identifying existing student assessments that comply with all state and federal accountability requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR676/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ676","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":454595,"bill_number":"HJR677","title":"Constitutional amendment; limitation on debts (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, 2014, no more than five percent of the average of the projected revenues for each fiscal year shall be used directly or indirectly for principal, interest, or other payments on debt. 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. The bill provides that the General Assembly shall define the terms \"debt\" and \"projected revenues.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR677/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ677","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454596,"bill_number":"HJR678","title":"Constitutional amendment; legislative sessions, term of Governor (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); legislative sessions; term of Governor. Requires the General Assembly, beginning in 2017 and every fourth year thereafter, to adjourn its regular session for a period of 30 days after organizing but before conducting any business in order to allow the newly elected Governor to commence his term of office before the General Assembly begins to take up the business of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR678/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ678","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454597,"bill_number":"HJR679","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR679/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ679","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":454598,"bill_number":"HJR683","title":"Correctional officers; Workers' Compensation Commission to study occupational disease presumptions.","description":"Study; Workers' Compensation Commission to study expanding occupational disease presumptions to include correctional officers; report. Requests the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the impact of providing correctional officers the benefits of the rebuttable presumptions that currently provide that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases causing the death of, or a health condition or impairment that results in the total or partial disability of, certain public safety employees are occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty that are covered by the Workers' Compensation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR683/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ683","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":454599,"bill_number":"HJR684","title":"Constitutional amendment; Board of Education authorized to establish charter schools.","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR684/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ684","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":454600,"bill_number":"HJR685","title":"Standards of Quality; JLARC to study funding and teacher-student ratios.","description":"Study; JLARC to study the Standards of Quality; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the Standards of Quality, giving particular attention to teacher-student ratios in grades K-12 and academic advanced programs. The joint resolution, among other things, directs the Commission to consider the feasibility of (i) converting prevailing costs to ratios for each major category of the support services positions, including ratios for all or some of the categories included in the appropriation act; (ii) establishing alternative staffing approaches to provide school divisions with additional instructional resources to address identified needs; (iii) assigning weights for at-risk students and requiring additional support and services for English language learners and disadvantaged students; (iv) updating technology staffing ratios in view of the role of technology in instruction, assessments, and operations; (v) mitigating the incentive of reducing a school division's special education funding when students with disabilities are mainstreamed; and (vi) updating career and technical education staffing ratios relative to the implementation of new curricular pathways that require high-tech equipment and specialized instruction. The study must be completed prior to the Board of Education's review of the Standards of Quality for the 2014-2016 biennial budget. The Commission must report its findings and recommendations by the first day of the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR685/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ685","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":454601,"bill_number":"HJR687","title":"Health care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study factors affecting costs.","description":"Study; health care costs; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the factors affecting health care costs. The Commission shall (i) study and report on promising policies, practices, and initiatives expected to help control health care costs while maintaining quality of care; (ii) identify factors considered to be the primary contributors to the increase of health care costs; (iii) review approaches undertaken in other states and countries to control health care costs; and (iv) examine the likely impact of federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on the cost of health care.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ687ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR687/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ687","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":454602,"bill_number":"HJR688","title":"Workforce Investment Act; JLARC to update its 2003 report on State's implementation.","description":"Study; JLARC to update report on the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to update its 2003 review of workforce training in Virginia. The Commission is requested to examine the level of transparency of funding of workforce training and development programs and recommend measures to ensure access to information regarding expenditures and the outcomes generated by such expenditures. The Commission shall report to the Governor and the 2015 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ688ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR688/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ688","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":454603,"bill_number":"HJR689","title":"Medical doctors; Joint Commission on Health Care to study current and impending shortage in State.","description":"Study; severe shortage of medical doctors; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the current and impending severe shortage of medical doctors in Virginia. In conducting its study, the Commission shall (i) determine whether a shortage of medical doctors exists in the Commonwealth, by specialty and by geographical region; (ii) project the future need for medical doctors in Virginia over the next 10 years by field of specialty; and (iii) 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 (iv) identify the medical specialty fields primarily affected by the shortage of doctors and recommend ways to alleviate such shortages. The Commission must submit its preliminary findings and recommendations to the 2014 Session of the General Assembly and its final findings and recommendations to the 2015 Session.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ689ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR689/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ689","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":454604,"bill_number":"HJR690","title":"Gasoline; Congress of United States urged to repeal federal ethanol mandates.","description":"Federal ethanol mandates for gasoline. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to repeal federal laws and regulations mandating that gasoline sold in the United States contain ethanol.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR690/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ690","sponsor":"Harry Purkey"},
{"bill_id":454605,"bill_number":"HJR693","title":"Constitutional amendment; state school division for schools denied accreditation (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); statewide school division for schools denied accreditation. Authorizes the General Assembly to establish a statewide school division to supervise and administer schools that have been denied accreditation for a number of consecutive school years, as determined by the General Assembly. Supervision of the statewide school division is to be vested in a single statewide school board established as may be provided by law. Funding of the statewide division is to be provided by law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR693/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ693","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":454606,"bill_number":"HJR721","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of voting rights.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of voting rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of voting 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 voting 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 voting rights to such persons. The restoration of rights pursuant to this provision has no effect on the right to possess firearms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR721/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ721","sponsor":"Algie Howell"},
{"bill_id":454607,"bill_number":"HJR729","title":"Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, etc.","description":"Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and the Auditor of Public Accounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ729ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR729/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ729","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454608,"bill_number":"HJR730","title":"Child sexual abuse; Virginia State Crime Commission to study laws, etc., governing investigation.","description":"Study; Virginia State Crime Commission to study laws and policies governing the investigation of child sexual abuse in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study laws and policies governing the investigation of alleged child sexual abuse in the Commonwealth and to develop proposals for legislative and other changes to increase the effectiveness of such investigations and of prosecutions of individuals alleged to have committed child sexual abuse.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR730/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ730","sponsor":"David Albo"},
{"bill_id":454609,"bill_number":"HJR732","title":"Federal Bureau of Investigation; consideration of site for new headquarters.","description":"Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to encourage the U.S. General Services Administration to consider Virginia as the site for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR732/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ732","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":454610,"bill_number":"HJR736","title":"Commending the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution.","description":"Commending the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ736ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR736/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ736","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":454611,"bill_number":"HJR737","title":"Commending the King George Ruritan Club.","description":"Commending the King George Ruritan Club.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ737ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR737/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ737","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":454612,"bill_number":"HR109","title":"House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.","description":"Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR109ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR109/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR109","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":454613,"bill_number":"HR125","title":"Judges; nomination for election to circuit court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR125ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR125/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR125","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454614,"bill_number":"HR126","title":"Judges; nomination for election to general district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR126ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR126/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR126","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454615,"bill_number":"HR127","title":"Judges; nomination 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":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR127ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR127/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR127","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":454616,"bill_number":"HR128","title":"Auditor of Public Accounts; nomination for election.","description":"Nominating person to be elected as the Auditor of Public Accounts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR128ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR128/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR128","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":454617,"bill_number":"HR129","title":"Medical assistance services; Governor to work together with General Assembly to extend program.","description":"Encouraging the Governor of the Commonwealth to work together with the General Assembly to extend the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance pursuant to Title XIX of the United States Social Security Act as authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Encourages the Governor to work together with the General Assembly to extend the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services as authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR129/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR129","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":454618,"bill_number":"HR130","title":"Tolls; General Assembly to recognize need for mitigation measures for disadvantaged populations.","description":"Toll mitigation measures. Recognizes the need for mitigation measures for disadvantaged populations adversely affected by the imposition of tolls in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR130/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR130","sponsor":"Matthew James"},
{"bill_id":454619,"bill_number":"HR131","title":"Commending the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department.","description":"Commending the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR131ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR131/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR131","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":454620,"bill_number":"SB864","title":"Firearms; possession within residence of victim by persons subject to protective orders.","description":"Possession or transportation of firearms; protective orders; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the physical possession of a firearm while in the residence of the alleged victim or the transport of a firearm by a person who has been served with an emergency protective order issued as a result of an assault and battery against a family or household member. The bill also provides that in order to be convicted of the existing Class 1 misdemeanor of purchasing or transporting a firearm when subject to a protective order the person must have been served with the order.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-23","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB864/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB864","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":454621,"bill_number":"SB865","title":"Tolls; General Assembly to approve prior to imposition and collection for use of Interstate System.","description":"Tolling Interstate Highway System components. Requires General Assembly approval before tolls are imposed or collected on any component of the Interstate Highway System in existence prior to July 1, 2013, except for high-occupancy toll lanes and high-occupancy vehicle lanes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB865/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB865","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454622,"bill_number":"SB866","title":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for enteral formulas necessitated by short bowel syndrome.","description":"Health insurance; mandated coverage for enteral formulas necessitated by short bowel syndrome. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage, under a policy, contract, or plan that provides prescription drug coverage, for the cost of enteral formulas for home use by covered individuals who suffer from short bowel syndrome. Coverage applies if the covered individual's physician issues an order stating that the enteral formula is clearly medically necessary and has been proven effective as a treatment regimen for the covered individual and that the enteral formula is the primary source of nutrition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-03","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB866/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB866","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454623,"bill_number":"SB889","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local school boards to hold electronic communication meetings.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings; school boards. Allows local school boards to hold electronic communication meetings to the same extent allowed currently for state public bodies. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB889/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB889","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454624,"bill_number":"SB890","title":"Libraries; Town of Leesburg may by ordinance establish an endowment fund for purpose of supporting.","description":"Local endowment for certain libraries; Town of Leesburg. Provides that the Town of Leesburg by ordinance may establish an endowment fund for the purpose of supporting a library owned or operated by the town. The endowment may receive all gifts, grants, or contributions designated for inclusion in the endowment. No part of the endowment shall revert to the general fund of the town. The endowment shall be established and administered by the governing body of the town or by a nonprofit entity created or approved by the governing body for such purpose.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB890/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB890","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454625,"bill_number":"SB891","title":"Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; powers and duties.","description":"Joint Commission on Administrative Rules. Expands the powers and duties of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules to include review of proposed rules and regulations to ensure that they contain no mandate that improperly burdens businesses.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0140)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB891/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB891","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454626,"bill_number":"SB892","title":"Commercial fishermen; not required to obtain registration certificate, etc., for certain vehicles.","description":"Department of Motor Vehicles; vehicles used by commercial fishermen. Provides that a commercial fisherman may transport boats or other equipment or harvested seafood up to 50 miles without having the vehicle registered. Currently the exemption applies only if the distance is no more than 30 miles.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB892/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB892","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454627,"bill_number":"SB893","title":"Public schools; possession & administration of epinephrine by employees of local governing bodies.","description":"Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Adds employees of local governing bodies and employees of local health departments to the lists of individuals who are permitted to possess and administer epinephrine and not be held liable for civil damages when certain conditions are met. The bill also requires local school boards to include in policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine a provision adding any employee of a local governing body or an employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to administer the drug to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB893/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB893","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":454628,"bill_number":"SB894","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; who may be cited for violations.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; who may be cited for violations. Clarifies that a local enforcement officer may issue a summons or a ticket to the lessor or sublessor of a residential dwelling unit for violation of any Building Code provision, provided a copy of the notice is also served on the owner of the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB894/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB894","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":454629,"bill_number":"SB895","title":"Service of process; process on registered agent of corporation.","description":"Service of process on domestic corporations. Allows process on a Virginia corporation to be served on its registered agent by posting a copy of the process on the front door or main entrance of the corporation's registered office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-04","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB895/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB895","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":454630,"bill_number":"SB896","title":"Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries incurred by public safety employees. States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0458)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB896/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB896","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":454631,"bill_number":"SB897","title":"Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery; increases number of Confederate graves maintained.","description":"Confederate cemeteries and graves. Increases the number of Confederate graves maintained by the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association in Spotsylvania County from 300 to 749.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB897/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB897","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":454632,"bill_number":"SB911","title":"Firearms; criminal history records check required for transfer, penalties.","description":"Transfer of firearms; criminal history 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 requires that the promoter of a firearms show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal history record information check.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB911/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB911","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":454633,"bill_number":"SB912","title":"William and Mary, College of; management agreement between State.","description":"Management agreement between the Commonwealth and the College of William and Mary; responsibilities of building official. Removes the responsibility for building code compliance at Richard Bland College from the designated building official at the College of William and Mary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB912/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB912","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":454634,"bill_number":"SB961","title":"Open burning; Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations.","description":"Board of Housing and Community Development; Statewide Fire Prevention Code; annual operational permits for certain open burning. Provides for the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations to allow food vendors servicing community events to obtain an annual operational permit for open burning when the permit is limited to community events and the open flame that the vendor uses at such events is limited to flammable hydrocarbon jelly packaged in a small can for use as a portable heat source for cooking.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB961/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB961","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454635,"bill_number":"SB972","title":"Training centers; imposes moratorium on closure, requirements of settlement agreement.","description":"Closure of training centers; moratorium. Imposes a moratorium on the closure of training centers for individuals with intellectual disabilities until such time as the General Assembly adopts a plan for the closure of training centers that satisfies the requirements of the settlement agreement between the Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice, and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to submit a preliminary plan developed in consultation with the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance, with opportunity for stakeholder participation, no later than one year after the effective date of such settlement agreement.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB972/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB972","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454636,"bill_number":"SB983","title":"Expert witnesses; literature designations.","description":"Expert witnesses; literature designations. Provides that a statement contained in published treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets previously designated as literature to be introduced during direct examination through an expert witness need not have been relied on by the expert at the time he formed his opinion in order for the statement to be read into evidence at trial. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB983/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB983","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454637,"bill_number":"SB985","title":"G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area; conveyance of certain land to Warren County.","description":"Conveyance of land in G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area to Warren County. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to convey to Warren County two parcels of land located in the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area. The two parcels are located on Route 638 and measure 3.19 acres in total area.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB985/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB985","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454638,"bill_number":"SB987","title":"Virginia War Memorial Shrine of Memory; memorialization of fallen Virginians by inclusion of names.","description":"Memorialization of fallen Virginians at the Virginia War Memorial. Establishes the criteria, as was required by legislation adopted in 2009, for inclusion on the Shrine of Memory at the Virginia War Memorial of Virginians who died while serving in the United States armed forces.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB987/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB987","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":454639,"bill_number":"SB1000","title":"Tax credits; provides for repeal of donations to certain scholarship foundations.","description":"Tax credits for donations to scholarships foundations. Provides for the repeal of tax credits for donations to scholarship foundations for kindergarten through twelfth grade students attending nonpublic schools.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1000/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1000","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":454640,"bill_number":"SB1009","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Act; certain requirements neighborhood organization must meet, etc.","description":"Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits. Makes several changes to the requirements that a neighborhood organization must meet in order for a proposal to be approved under the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit program. In order to be approved for an allocation of credits from the Department of Education, an organization must have been in existence for at least one year, and at least 50 percent of its revenues must be used to provide services to low-income persons or eligible persons with disabilities. In order to be approved for an allocation of credits from either the Department of Education or the State Board of Social Services, a neighborhood organization and any of its affiliates must meet the requirements set forth in the applicable guidelines or regulations. The bill also clarifies the requirements for a neighborhood organization to submit an annual audit, review, or compilation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Signed by Speaker as reenrolled","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1009/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1009","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454641,"bill_number":"SB1018","title":"Unstamped cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties.","description":"Unstamped cigarettes; sale, transport, possession, etc.; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to sell, purchase, transport, receive, or possess 500 or more packages of unstamped cigarettes; under current law, the threshold is 3,000 or more packages. The bill also provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell fewer than 500 packages of unstamped cigarettes; under current law, the threshold is fewer than 3,000 packages and is a Class 2 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1018/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1018","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":454642,"bill_number":"SB1035","title":"Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments.","description":"Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments.  Provides that any person who has received an overpayment of unemployment benefits under a federal program or a program of any other state is liable to the Virginia Employment Commission for the overpayment. Currently, liability for benefit overpayments extends only to benefits under Title 60.2. The measure also provides that the procedure for collecting overpayments resulting from administrative error does not apply if the overpayment involves benefits under a federal program or a program of any other state. The requirement that the state collect overpayments made under unemployment compensation programs of other states and the federal government is established by § 2103 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. The measure has an emergency clause that provides that it shall apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 2013 regular legislative session. This is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1035/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1035","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454643,"bill_number":"SB1052","title":"Wills, trusts, and fiduciaries; revises and recodifies laws. Emergency.","description":"Revising and recodifying the laws pertaining to wills, trusts, and fiduciaries. Reinserts language that was inadvertently omitted from Chapter 614 of the Acts of Assembly of 2012, which created Title 64.2. The bill contains an emergency clause and provides that it is effective retroactively to the date Title 64.2 took effect. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1052/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1052","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454644,"bill_number":"SB1055","title":"Medical waste; repeals certain provisions regarding disposal of.","description":"Disposal of infectious waste. Repeals certain provisions regarding the permitting of infectious waste incinerators by the State Air Pollution Control Board and the Waste Management Board. The repeal of these sections will eliminate outdated regulations, which have been superseded by federal air emission requirements. The Virginia Waste Management Board's regulations related to medical waste incinerators would remain in place under the Board's other existing authorities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1055/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1055","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454645,"bill_number":"SB1057","title":"Own Risk and Solvency Assessments; insurers required to maintain risk management framework.","description":"Insurers; Own Risk and Solvency Assessments. Requires insurance companies to maintain a risk management framework to assist with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing, and reporting on material and relevant risks. As part of this requirement, each nonexempt insurer, or the insurance group to which it is a member, is required regularly to conduct an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA). An ORSA is a confidential internal assessment, conducted by an insurer, of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer's current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks. The measure is based on the ORSA Model Act developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The measure is effective January 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1057/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1057","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454646,"bill_number":"SB1058","title":"Judicial conferences; restricts meetings to no more than once every other year.","description":"Judicial conferences; meetings. Restricts meetings of the mandatory judicial conferences to no more than once every other year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1058/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1058","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454647,"bill_number":"SB1059","title":"Dental and optometric services plans; applicability of certain provisions.","description":"Dental and optometric services plans. Provides that two existing provisions, relating to the payment of interest on accident and sickness claim proceeds and to the use of explanation of benefits forms, that apply to insurance companies will also apply to dental and optometric services plans. The provision relating to interest applies to claim payments made on or after January 1, 2014. Dental and optometric service plans are not required to pay interest if the total interest is less than $5.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1059/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1059","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":454648,"bill_number":"SB1061","title":"Lethality assessment program; DCJS to establish for first responders.","description":"Lethality assessments; Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a lethality assessment program for first responders and to adopt guidelines to make the resources of the Fund available to law-enforcement authorities or appropriate programs to implement an evidence-based lethality assessment program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1061/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1061","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454649,"bill_number":"SB1066","title":"Uniform Commercial Code; funds transfers.","description":"Uniform Commercial Code; Funds Transfers. Amends Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code to ensure that 4A continues to apply to remittance transfers that are not electronic fund transfers. Under current law, Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, which is Title 4A in Virginia, applies to remittance transfers that are not electronic funds transfers under the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA). The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amended EFTA to provide that EFTA will govern remittance transfers whether or not they are electronic, which means that when its provisions go into effect a fund transfer initiated by a remittance transfer would be outside of the coverage of 4A, even if the transfer is not an electronic fund transfer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1066/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1066","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454650,"bill_number":"SB1067","title":"RS & UT; exemption includes all-terrain vehicles, levies 5% motor vehicle sales & use tax.","description":"Taxation of all-terrain vehicles. Exempts all-terrain vehicles from retail sales and use tax and applies a five percent motor vehicle sales and use tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1067/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1067","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":454651,"bill_number":"SB1068","title":"Easements; authorizes conveyance of right-of-way between Dept. of Forestry & Ratcliffe Foundation.","description":"Conveyance of easements. Authorizes the conveyance of right-of-way easements between the Department of Forestry and the Ratcliffe Foundation. The easements will allow the Department better access to Channels State Forest and will allow the Foundation to access its other properties.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1068/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1068","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":454652,"bill_number":"SB1070","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties in Town of Glade Spring.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to grant a mixed beverage license, notwithstanding the outcome of the mixed beverage referendum, on property within the boundary of any town incorporated in 1875 located adjacent to the intersection of Interstate 81 and Route 91 (the Town of Glade Spring).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0633)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1070/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1070","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454653,"bill_number":"SB1075","title":"Transportation projects and planning; reimbursement of VDOT by localities, etc.","description":"Transportation planning and projects. Requires a locality to repay the Department of Transportation when a locality requests termination of a project and the Department does not agree to the termination or the locality or metropolitan planning organization doesn't advance the project. The bill also expands the step before a locality requests alterations to a project to include the design approval by the Chief Engineer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1075/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1075","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454654,"bill_number":"SB1076","title":"Parental rights; procedure for restoring to parent whose rights to his child have been terminated.","description":"Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring parental rights to a parent whose rights to his child have previously been terminated when the child is at least 14 years of age and the child has not achieved his permanency goal. The bill also provides that the juvenile and domestic relations court may appoint a special advocate to provide services to a child who is the subject of judicial proceedings for the restoration of parental rights.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1076/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1076","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454655,"bill_number":"SB1079","title":"Military personnel, active duty; DMAS to designate certain waiver slots for dependents.","description":"DMAS to designate certain waiver slots for dependents of certain military personnel. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to designate 10 Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disabilities Medicaid Waiver slots, 10 Individual and Family Developmental Disability and Support Medicaid Waiver slots, and 10 Day Support Medicaid Waiver slots for dependents of active duty military personnel stationed in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1079/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1079","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":454656,"bill_number":"SB1082","title":"Abortion; removes requirement that a woman undergo transabdominal ultrasound prior to procedure.","description":"Ultrasound prior to abortion. Removes the requirement that a woman undergo a transabdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1082/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1082","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454657,"bill_number":"SB1083","title":"Cannabinoids, research chemicals, synthetic; penalties.","description":"Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as \"research chemicals\" (previously referred to as \"bath salts\") to add newly identified chemical compounds and structural classes. In addition to adding new chemical compounds as synthetic cannabinoids, the bill adds newly identified structural classes of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds that fit within the structural class will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1083/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1083","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454658,"bill_number":"SB1093","title":"Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; creation of a transfer on death deed.","description":"Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; adoption. Codifies the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, which authorizes the creation of a transfer on death deed, which, when properly executed and recorded, passes title directly to named beneficiaries without probate upon the transferor's death. The uniform act was approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2009. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0390)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1093/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1093","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454659,"bill_number":"SB1095","title":"Wastewater treatment facilities; grant to Cities of Lynchburg and Richmond for CSO control projects.","description":"Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $179 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Implementation Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys from the original bonds issued in 2007. A portion of the bond revenues could also be used for combined sewer overflow projects in the Cities of Lynchburg and Richmond. The bill also includes technical amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1095/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1095","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454660,"bill_number":"SB1096","title":"Public schools; adjustment of calculation of local composite index for funding.","description":"Adjustment of the calculation of the local composite index for public school funding. Directs the Department of Education to adjust its funding calculations for the local ability to pay by using the use-value assessment of real property, instead of the true value, in localities that have adopted use-value taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1096/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1096","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454661,"bill_number":"SB1097","title":"Deaf or hard-of-hearing children; special education.","description":"Deaf and hearing-impaired children; special education. Permits local school divisions to ensure that individualized education program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of hearing-impaired children and address those needs as appropriate in the child's IEP.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0786)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1097/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1097","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454662,"bill_number":"SB1099","title":"School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting opening of school year, etc.","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":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (4-Y 11-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1099/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1099","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":454663,"bill_number":"SB1103","title":"DUI; alcohol monitoring devices.","description":"DUI; alcohol monitoring devices. Allows persons convicted of a first offense DUI to wear a transdermal alcohol monitoring device (generally a bracelet around the ankle) that continuously monitors the person's blood alcohol level. A person who wears the device must refrain from any alcohol consumption and can get a restricted driver's license for the required suspension period that does not limit his destinations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1103/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1103","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454664,"bill_number":"SB1107","title":"Lake level contingency plans; wastewater releases from power generating facilities during drought.","description":"Lake level contingency plans. Provides that any temporary reduction in wastewater releases from power generating facilities during drought conditions will not be considered in determining discharge limits for other existing downstream permitted facilities.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1107/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1107","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454665,"bill_number":"SB1109","title":"Firearms; prohibiting selling, etc., to certain persons.","description":"Prohibiting selling, etc., of firearms to certain persons; penalty. Adds persons found legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, persons involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility or sent for involuntary outpatient mental health treatment, and those who were the subject of a temporary detention order and subsequently agreed to voluntary admission to a mental health facility to the list of persons for whom it is a Class 6 felony to sell, barter, give, or furnish a firearm if the seller knows that the person is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1109/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1109","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454666,"bill_number":"SB1112","title":"Driving under influence of alcohol; exemplary damages, etc.","description":"DUI; exemplary damages. Provides that for the purpose of awarding exemplary damages in an action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the blood alcohol concentration of the defendant at the time of the incident causing injury or death was at least as high as the test result shown in a certificate of analysis for a blood or breath test, provided that the test was administered within three hours of the incident. In addition to other forms of proof, a party may submit a copy of a certificate of analysis for a blood or breath test administered pursuant to an arrest for driving under the influence, which shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1112/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1112","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454667,"bill_number":"SB1113","title":"State or local employees; filing fraudulent liens or encumbrances against, penalty.","description":"Filing fraudulent liens or encumbrances against a public employee; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly files a fraudulent lien or encumbrance in a public record against the real or personal property of a state or local employee, member of the General Assembly, member of a local governing body, constitutional officer or employee of a constitutional officer, or board member or employee of a regional jail or jail farm on account of the performance of the official duties of such member, employee, or officer, knowing or having reason to know that such lien or encumbrance is false or contains a materially false or fraudulent statement or representation, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1113/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1113","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454668,"bill_number":"SB1114","title":"Child sexual abuse cases; prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence.","description":"Prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence. Provides that in a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an offense of child sexual abuse, evidence of the defendant's conviction of another offense or offenses of child sexual abuse is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1114/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1114","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454669,"bill_number":"SB1115","title":"Hospitals; classification of certain facilities in which abortions are performed.","description":"Classification as hospitals of certain facilities in which abortions are performed. Eliminates language classifying facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed as hospitals for the purpose of compliance with regulations of the Board of Health related to construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1115/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1115","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454670,"bill_number":"SB1116","title":"Hospitals; design & construction standards for certain facilities in which abortions are performed.","description":"Design and construction standards for certain facilities. Provides that regulations of the Board of Health for the construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals shall apply to facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed only when the design or construction of such facility is initiated after July 1, 2013. This bill includes an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1116/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1116","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454671,"bill_number":"SB1117","title":"Virginia Uniform Certificate of Title for Watercraft Act; adoption of Act, technical amendments.","description":"Watercraft titling certificates; adoption of uniform act; penalty. Repeals Virginia's existing watercraft titling law and enacts in its place the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act as adopted in 2011 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The new act uses the term \"watercraft\" instead of \"vessels\" where appropriate to conform to Virginia law. The bill requires the owner of every watercraft of a particular size and type to apply for and obtain a certificate of title, lowering the minimum boat length for which a title is required from 18 feet to 16 feet for boats owned or purchased after July 1, 2014. The bill also details the methods of creation or cancellation of certificates by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and describes the contents and effects of a certificate, including the availability of a title brand, a permanent designation indicating that a watercraft's hull has been damaged. The bill applies some of the principles of the Uniform Commercial Code to the realm of watercraft by defining the rights of secured parties and purchasers other than secured parties and providing the method for perfecting a security interest. Finally, the bill also establishes the rules for transferring ownership of a watercraft by a transfer statement or by operation of law, sets out the means of acquiring title to an abandoned watercraft, states the duties of the Department, and provides several general provisions. The bill also makes technical amendments. The bill contains an enactment clause making it effective on July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1117/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1117","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":454672,"bill_number":"SB1120","title":"Business Assistance, Department of, et al.; marketing campaign.","description":"Department of Business Assistance (DBA); Center for Innovative Technology (CIT); Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC); Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP); marketing campaign. Directs the DBA, CIT, VTC, and VEDP to develop a marketing campaign to attract and recognize entrepreneurs, small businesses, and emerging industry businesses. This campaign shall include developing (i) a welcome program to facilitate speedy completion of necessary business start-up functions, including licensing, facilities location, employee relocation guides, and business support services; (ii) a recruitment campaign to target industry segments for pursuit, to identify potential incentives for the establishment, location, or relocation of these companies, and to showcase assets such as economic incentives and regional living condition profiles and asset profiles, including universities, technology councils, venture firms, and research institutes; and (iii) an operational plan and schedule to carry out such a campaign. The DBA, CIT, VTC, and VEDP shall deliver the campaign documents to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 30, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1120/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1120","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454673,"bill_number":"SB1122","title":"Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records, authentication of records.","description":"Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records. Revises the Deadman's Statute by allowing for the corroboration of the testimony of an adverse or interested party by an entry in a business record authored by the adverse or interested party. If the authentication of the business record used as evidence for corroboration is not admitted in a request for admission, the record must be authenticated by a person who is not the author of the entry and who is not an adverse or interested party to the case.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1122/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1122","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454674,"bill_number":"SB1126","title":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety employees.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety employees. Provides that a public safety employee who is injured in the course of his employment is not required to prove that the nature of his employment exposed him to a special, additional, peculiar, or particular risk of injury to which a member of the public is not generally subject. The measure further provides that (i) an injured public safety employee is not required to prove a causal connection between the conditions under which his employment was required to be performed and the resulting injury and (ii) the characterization of the causation of such an injury as an act of God shall not be a defense to a claim for compensation under this title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1126/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1126","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454675,"bill_number":"SB1127","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities. Includes in the privileges for winery and farm winery licensees the ability to operate a contract winemaking facility. In the bill, \"contract winemaking facility\" is defined as the premises of a licensed winery or farm winery that obtains grapes, fruits, and other plants grown exclusively in Virginia from a person holding a farm winery license and crushes, processes, ferments, bottles, or provides any combination of such services pursuant to an agreement with the farm winery licensee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-06","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)","last_action_date":"2013-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1127/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1127","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454676,"bill_number":"SB1128","title":"Law-enforcement officer; impersonating local, etc., law-enforcement officer is Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Impersonating a law-enforcement officer.  Adds federal law-enforcement officers and any local, city, county, and state law-enforcement officers to the list of law-enforcement officers for which it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to falsely assume or exercise the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or peace officer, or to falsely assume or pretend to be any such officer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1128/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1128","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454677,"bill_number":"SB1130","title":"Incest; definitions of parent, etc.; penalty.","description":"Incest; definitions of parent, etc.; penalty. Provides that for the purposes of the crime of incest parent includes step-parent, grandparent includes step-grandparent, child includes step-child, and grandchild includes step-grandchild.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1130/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1130","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454678,"bill_number":"SB1131","title":"Charter schools, public; applications.","description":"Charter schools; applications. Provides that charter school applications that are initiated by one or more local school boards are not subject to review by the Board of Education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1131/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1131","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454679,"bill_number":"SB1136","title":"Firearm transfers; penalties.","description":"Firearm transfers; penalties. Creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer to sell, rent, trade, or transfer a firearm to any other person who is not a licensed dealer. The bill also creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer to buy, rent, trade, or transfer a firearm from any other person who is not a licensed dealer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1136/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1136","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454680,"bill_number":"SB1138","title":"Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority; established, report.","description":"Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium.  Establishes the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of making the Commonwealth a national and global leader in nuclear energy and serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues. The 17-member board of directors of the Authority is directed to form a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, referred to as the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Membership in the Consortium is open to specified educational institutions, Virginia-based federal research laboratories, nuclear-related nonprofit organizations, business entities with operating facilities in Virginia that are engaged in activities directly related to the nuclear energy industry, and other persons whose membership is approved by the Consortium's board of directors. The purposes of the Consortium include carrying out the rights, powers, and duties of the Authority and conducting other activities useful in (i) making the Commonwealth a leader in nuclear energy, (ii) serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues, and (iii) raising money on behalf of the Authority in the corporate and nonprofit community and from other nonstate sources. The Consortium is required to report to the Authority on its non-proprietary activities semiannually, and audits of its financial accounts shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1138/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1138","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":454681,"bill_number":"SB1139","title":"Discovery rule; statute of limitations.","description":"Discovery rule; statute of limitations. Provides that the period of limitations for filing a cause of action for injury resulting from implanted medical devices, toxic exposure, and prescribed or over-the-counter medications accrues from the time the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to such device, substance, or medication. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1139/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1139","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454682,"bill_number":"SB1140","title":"Mass Transit; implements performance-based funding for mass transit for revenues above $160 million.","description":"Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund.  Implements performance-based funding for mass transit for revenues generated above $160 million in 2014 and after. Creates the Transit Service Delivery Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Rail and Public Transportation on the distribution of such funds and how transit systems can incorporate the metrics into their transit development plans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1140/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1140","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":454683,"bill_number":"SB1141","title":"Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; franchises in Planning District 8.","description":"Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; franchises in Planning District 8. Exempts a third party that purchases a motor fuel franchise located in Planning District 8 from the divorcement requirement if the acquiring third party, its successors, assigns, affiliates, and subsidiaries are not refiners. The divorcement requirement prohibits a refiner of petroleum products from operating a retail motor fuel outlet within one and one-half miles of a retail outlet operated by a franchised dealer. The existing provision that makes the divorcement clause applicable only to a franchised location sold or assigned on or after January 1, 2008, is removed.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1141/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1141","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454684,"bill_number":"SB1144","title":"Personal property; fraudulent conversion or removal of leased property.","description":"Conversion of leased property.  Provides that failure to return leased property to the lessor within 30, as opposed to 10, days after written notice has been given that the rental period for the property has expired is prima facie evidence of the intent to defraud and provides that failure to return leased property within 30, as opposed to 10, days of the expiration of the lease is to be deemed larceny.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1144/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1144","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454685,"bill_number":"SB1149","title":"Prostitution; disposition of minors.","description":"Disposition of minors engaging in prostitution; forced prostitution. Provides that only an adult can be guilty of the crime of being a prostitute and that any minor who engages in prostitution is to be considered a child in need of services. The bill also 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.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1149/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1149","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454686,"bill_number":"SB1151","title":"Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Student Achievement Fund that shall be used solely for the purposes of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any local school division or other qualified entity to fund student achievement improvement initiatives. At least 50 percent of the annual funds shall be granted to local school divisions or other qualified entities applying for funds for initiatives aimed at closing student achievement gaps among local school divisions, individual schools, and among all student subgroups identified pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1151/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1151","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454687,"bill_number":"SB1152","title":"Sexual offenses; prohibiting proximity to children, penalty.","description":"Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty. Adds \"use of a communications system to facilitate certain offenses involving children\" to the offenses that prohibit an adult convicted of such an offense from loitering within 100 feet of a place he knows or has reason to know is a school or day care center and from going, for the purpose of having contact with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1152/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1152","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454688,"bill_number":"SB1153","title":"Public schools; changes in instructional time for kindergarten.","description":"Public schools; kindergarten instructional time. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations, by July 1, 2015, establishing standards for accreditation that include a requirement that the standard school day for students in kindergarten must average at least 5.5 instructional hours in order to qualify for full accreditation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2015.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1153/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1153","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454689,"bill_number":"SB1156","title":"Teacher compensation; State goal that public school teacher compensation be nationally competitive.","description":"Teacher compensation; goal. States that it is a goal of the Commonwealth that its public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is competitive with the national average teacher salary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Education by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1156/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1156","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454690,"bill_number":"SB1157","title":"Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established.","description":"Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program established. Creates a Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program in which the Board of Education or a local school division in conjunction with a Virginia college or university with an approved education preparation program may create and serve as Administrator of intensive programs of at least eight weeks in length to prepare career-switchers and recent college graduates who have not completed coursework in education to teach in areas including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and critical teaching shortage areas in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The Administrator would assist Fellows to secure teaching positions. Any Fellow hired as a teacher by a local school division would be awarded a three-year provisional license to teach, would receive such further training as the Board prescribes, and would have the opportunity to obtain a permanent license upon completion of three years of teaching.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1157/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1157","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454691,"bill_number":"SB1158","title":"Standards of Learning; regulations authorizing school divisions to determine date for administering.","description":"Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations authorizing local school divisions to determine the date for administering Standards of Learning assessments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1158/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1158","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454692,"bill_number":"SB1162","title":"Standards of Learning; Board of Education to promulgate regulations.","description":"Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to each student regardless of grade level or course.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-28","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1162/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1162","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454693,"bill_number":"SB1163","title":"Wrongful death and personal injury actions; future wages presumption.","description":"Wrongful death and personal injury actions; future wages presumption. Creates a rebuttable presumption in actions for the personal injury or wrongful death that a person who, at the time of the injury or death, was an infant or was at least 18 years of age but less than 24 years of age and was enrolled as a full-time student would have earned wages during his lifetime at the federal minimum wage rate in effect at the time the action was filed. Such wages shall be calculated based on 40 hours of work per week for the person starting from (i) age 19, if the person was an infant, or (ii) age 24, if the person was at least 18 years of age but less than 24 years of age and a full-time student, and continuing until the person would have been 62 years of age.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1163/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1163","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454694,"bill_number":"SB1164","title":"Infants; cause of action for expenses for injury, statute of limitations.","description":"Action for expenses for infant's injury; statute of limitations. Provides that any action by a parent or guardian of an infant for the expenses of curing or attempting to cure the infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of the infant that accrues on or after July 1, 2013, shall be brought within the limitations period applicable to the infant's cause of action. Currently, such action must be brought within five years from the time the action accrued. The bill also provides that, in actions that accrue on or after July 1, 2013, the past and future expenses of curing or attempting to cure the infant from a personal injury are limited by the cap on damages for medical malpractice claims, if applicable, and a parent or guardian of the infant who has paid or is personally obligated to pay such expenses has a lien and right of reimbursement against any recovery of the infant.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1164/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1164","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454695,"bill_number":"SB1166","title":"Littering & illegal dumping; if convicted, ordered to perform minimum of 10 hrs. community service.","description":"Littering and illegal dumping; community service.  Provides that when a person is convicted of illegally dumping or disposing of garbage or refuse on public property or on private property without the permission of the owner, the court may order a mandatory minimum of 10 hours of community service.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1166/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1166","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":454696,"bill_number":"SB1167","title":"Student growth indicators; Board of Education shall develop by October 1, 2014, report.","description":"Student growth indicators. Requires the Board of Education to develop student growth indicators by October 1, 2014, to be used in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also requires the Department of Education to submit an interim report on the development of the student growth indicators to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1167/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1167","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454697,"bill_number":"SB1169","title":"Driving under influence of alcohol; defendant's blood or breath tested, exemplary damages.","description":"DUI; exemplary damages. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, engine, or train, a defendant's conduct will be deemed so willful and wanton as to show a conscious disregard for the rights of others, thus entitling the plaintiff to an award of exemplary damages, if the defendant's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was or exceeded 0.15 at the time of the incident or at the time the blood or breath test was performed. Currently, only the defendant's BAC at the time of the incident is considered.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1169/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1169","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454698,"bill_number":"SB1171","title":"Public schools; reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade 3, etc.","description":"Public schools; early intervention services for reading and mathematics. Adds kindergarten and grades one and two to the requirement that local school divisions provide early intervention services to students in grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on diagnostic reading tests. The bill requires local school divisions to provide algebra readiness intervention services to students in grades six through nine who are at risk of failing the Algebra I end-of-course test as demonstrated by their individual performance on diagnostic tests.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1171/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1171","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":454699,"bill_number":"SB1172","title":"Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff by local school divisions.","description":"Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff. Permits local school divisions that employ a sufficient number of librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to meet the staffing requirements that are prescribed in Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to assign librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to schools within the division according to the area of greatest need, regardless of whether such schools are elementary, middle, or secondary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1172/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1172","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":454700,"bill_number":"SB1173","title":"Computer trespass; penalty.","description":"Computer trespass; penalty. Provides that certain actions that constitute computer trespass, which under current law are Class 1 misdemeanors if done maliciously, are Class 1 misdemeanors if done unlawfully and Class 6 felonies if done maliciously.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1173/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1173","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454701,"bill_number":"SB1174","title":"Computer crimes; prohibits use of an electronic device to commit.","description":"Electronic devices used to commit computer crimes. Prohibits use of an \"electronic device\" to commit numerous computer crimes. The bill defines electronic device.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1174/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1174","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454702,"bill_number":"SB1175","title":"Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants.","description":"Teacher licensure; Teach For America license. Creates a two-year provisional license for participants in Teach For America, a nationwide nonprofit organization focused on closing the achievement gaps among students in low-income areas, who meet certain criteria, including having an offer of employment from a school division in the Commonwealth. The Board of Education may extend each Teach For America license for one additional year and may issue each licensee a renewable license upon completion of two full years of teaching experience, satisfaction of all other requirements for such a license, achievement of satisfactory scores on all professional teacher assessments required by the Board, and achievement of satisfactory end-of-year evaluations. The bill also provides for reciprocity to Teach For America teachers in other states upon satisfaction of certain conditions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1175/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1175","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":454703,"bill_number":"SB1180","title":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance, not to access cash through electronic transaction.","description":"TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits in any electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit visual materials or (ii) in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing is performed for hire or consideration, or adult entertainment establishment in which performers appear nude or partially nude.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1180/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1180","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":454704,"bill_number":"SB1182","title":"Assault and battery; includes certain employees of DBHDS, penalty.","description":"Crimes; assault and battery. Includes an employee or other individual who provides control, care, or treatment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services within the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1182/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1182","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454705,"bill_number":"SB1185","title":"Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.","description":"Teacher performance; Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative created. Establishes the Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund, which provide that local school divisions may submit proposals to the Board of Education to receive grants that may be used as incentives to improve teacher and school performance. School divisions must include in their proposals a compensation model and designate groups or types of teachers to receive awarded funds. The bill sets forth eligibility requirements for teachers receiving funds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1185/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1185","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454706,"bill_number":"SB1186","title":"Medical assistance services; duties of Attorney General.","description":"State Medical Assistance Plan; investigatory powers of the Attorney General. Provides that subpoenas issued by the Attorney General or his authorized representative during an investigation of providers of services under the State Medical Assistance Plan are excepted from certain provisions related to health records privacy and notice provisions, and information developed during a civil investigation is privileged.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1186/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1186","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454707,"bill_number":"SB1187","title":"Juvenile Justice, Board of; increases membership.","description":"Board of Juvenile Justice; membership. Increases the membership of the Board of Juvenile Justice to include two experienced educators.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1187/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1187","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454708,"bill_number":"SB1189","title":"School boards; releases from state regulation.","description":"School boards; releases from state regulations. Requires any school board that has requested a release from certain state regulations to provide a description of how the release from the state regulation is designed to increase the quality of instruction and improve the achievement of students in the affected school or schools. The bill permits the Board of Education to grant and renew such releases for a period of up to five years. The bill also permits the Board of Education to grant local school boards waivers of specific staffing requirements that would permit the school board to assign instructional personnel to the schools with the greatest needs, provided that the local school board demonstrates that the waiver will increase the quality of instruction and improve the achievement of students in the affected school or schools.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1189/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1189","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454709,"bill_number":"SB1190","title":"Criminal Justice Services, Department of; electronic security businesses and personnel","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; electronic security businesses. Combines the registered central station dispatcher, electronic security sales representative and electronic security technician under the single title of \"electronic security personnel.\" The bill also (i) provides that an electronic services business that limits training to its employees is not required to be licensed as a private security services training school and (ii) authorizes an individual to serve as the compliance agent for multiple private security services businesses if each private security services business is provided with written notice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1190/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1190","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454710,"bill_number":"SB1191","title":"Students residing on military or naval reservation; participation in interscholastic programs, etc.","description":"Participation in interscholastic programs; students residing on a military or naval reservation. Requires any student who resides on a military or naval reservation with military-owned housing located wholly or partly within the geographical boundaries of multiple school divisions to be deemed eligible for interscholastic programs immediately upon enrollment in a public elementary or secondary school in any of the aforementioned school divisions, provided that such persons (i) satisfy all other requirements for eligibility and (ii) are dependents of a military service member required by the military to live on the military installation as evidenced by a statement on command letterhead signed by, or by direction of, the service member’s commanding officer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1191/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1191","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454711,"bill_number":"SB1193","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; renewal of licenses, payment of license tax and civil penalty.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; renewal of licenses; payment of license tax and civil penalty. Authorizes the ABC Board to permit a licensee who fails to timely pay the required license tax and civil penalty to pay the tax in lieu of posting and publishing notice and reapplying, provided payment of the tax is made within 45 days following the 30-day extension and is accompanied by a civil penalty of $100 or 25 percent of such tax, whichever is greater. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1193/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1193","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454712,"bill_number":"SB1196","title":"School choice; Board of Education to include information regarding parent and student choice.","description":"Board of Education; report to include information on school choice. Requires the Board of Education to include information regarding school choice in its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1196/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1196","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":454713,"bill_number":"SB1198","title":"Charter; City of Falls Church.","description":"Charter; City of Falls Church. Allows the city to set the tax year for real estate, tangible personal property, and machinery and tools by ordinance.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1198/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1198","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":454714,"bill_number":"SB1199","title":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers.","description":"Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers. Provides that a public safety officer who is injured in the course of his employment while on duty on a public or private street or highway in the Commonwealth is not required to prove that the nature of his employment exposed him to a special, additional, peculiar, or particular risk of injury to which a member of the public is not generally subject. The measure further provides that such an injured employee is not required to prove a causal connection between the conditions under which his employment was required to be performed and the resulting injury.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Commerce and Labor ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1199/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1199","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":454715,"bill_number":"SB1201","title":"School divisions; regulations concerning Board of Education's process for submitting proposals, etc.","description":"Board of Education; regulations. Removes the requirement that the Board of Education promulgate regulations concerning the process for submitting proposals for the consolidation of school divisions and temporarily employed teachers. The bill also removes the requirement that the Board promulgate emergency regulations regarding division-level academic reviews.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1201/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1201","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454716,"bill_number":"SB1204","title":"HOT lanes; allows state or local law-enforcement vehicles, etc., to enter.","description":"HOT Lanes. Allows state and local law-enforcement vehicles, firefighting trucks, ambulances, and rescue squad vehicles to enter HOT lanes by crossing a barrier or buffer and not be guilty of reckless driving.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1204/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1204","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454717,"bill_number":"SB1205","title":"Criminal street gang predicate offenses; penalties.","description":"Criminal street gang predicate offenses.  Expands the definition of a predicate criminal act associated with gang activity to include the following crimes: murder, aggravated malicious wounding, reckless endangerment by throwing objects, strangulation of another, possession of infectious biological substances or radiological agents, burglary, entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson, grand larceny, receipt of a stolen firearm, manufacturing, distributing, etc., or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute methamphetamine, discharging firearms or missiles within or at building or dwelling house, use of machine gun for crime of violence, possession or use of \"sawed-off\" shotgun or rifle, possession of firearm by felon, possession of firearms by persons not legally present, possession of firearms while in possession of controlled substances, felony stalking, felony distribution, etc., of synthetic cannabinoids, a felony violation of manufacture, etc., of controlled substances, felony violation of distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to commit a felony violation of manufacture, etc., of controlled substances, conspiracy to commit a felony violation of distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1205/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1205","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454718,"bill_number":"SB1206","title":"Education Improvement Scholarships tax credit; changes to reporting of test results, etc.","description":"Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Eliminates the requirement that schools with students who receive scholarships from tax-credit-derived sources report achievement test results to the Department of Education, and that the Department of Education publish aggregated data about such students and their test results on the Department's website. Instead, the schools will be required to report achievement test results to the foundation awarding the scholarship to the student. The bill also clarifies that a scholarship foundation meets the requirement that it was established to provide financial aid for the education of students residing in the Commonwealth if the foundation's articles of incorporation or bylaws so state.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1206/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1206","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454719,"bill_number":"SB1207","title":"Individual school performance; Board of Education shall approve student growth indicators, report.","description":"Public schools; individual school performance grading system. Requires the Board of Education, by July 31, 2013, to approve student growth indicators for use in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also defines \"student growth\" and requires the Board, by October 1, 2014, to report individual school performance using an A-to-F grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1207/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1207","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454720,"bill_number":"SB1214","title":"Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony.","description":"Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony. Adds to the list of violent felonies: killing of a fetus, criminal street gang recruitment using force, strangulation of another, assault and battery when it is a hate crime, felony violation of a protective order, felony infected sexual battery, manufacture bombs, willfully discharging a firearm in a public place resulting in bodily injury, brandishing a machete or other bladed weapon near a school, wearing body armor while committing certain crimes, display of grooming video to child, cross burning, burning object with intent to intimidate, placing a swastika with intent to intimidate, displaying noose with intent to intimidate, treason, escape of sexually violent predator, and unauthorized dissemination of fusion center information resulting in death or serious bodily injury. When an offense falls under the definition of violent felony, sentencing ranges are increased, punishment is statutorily enhanced for certain other offenses, eligibility for participation in a drug treatment court is restricted, there is a presumption against bail for persons illegally present in the United States, the definition of victim for the purpose of compensation of crime victims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund is expanded, registration of tow truck drivers is prohibited, and restoration of voting rights is limited.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1214/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1214","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454721,"bill_number":"SB1216","title":"Insurance premiums license tax; technical corrections for administration.","description":"Technical corrections for administration of the insurance premiums license tax. Makes technical corrections to facilitate the transfer of the administration of the state insurance premiums license tax from the State Corporation Commission to the Department of Taxation pursuant to legislation passed by the 2011 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1216/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1216","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454722,"bill_number":"SB1223","title":"Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures.","description":"Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated. The bill requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and such evaluations to include student academic progress as a significant component and an overall summative rating. The bill allows local school boards to increase from three years to five years the term of probationary service required before a teacher becomes eligible for a continuing contract.  The bill also changes the grievance procedure for teachers by giving local school boards the option to assign a grievance hearing to be heard by an impartial hearing officer designated by the local school board and by removing the option for a grievance to be heard in front of a fact-finding panel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1223/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1223","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454723,"bill_number":"SB1224","title":"Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.","description":"Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Adds lawful source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices. The bill defines lawful source of income as any income used by a person to pay for the purchase or lease of a dwelling including (i) public assistance, (ii) any manner of gross income, (iii) federal supplemental security income benefits, (iv) child support, and (v) any federal, state, or local housing assistance, regardless of whether the funds are paid directly to the person or to a landlord or other third party for the benefit of the person. The bill also authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to enact an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, provided such ordinance includes protections against discrimination that are at least as protective as those provided by the law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1224/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1224","sponsor":"Mamie Locke"},
{"bill_id":454724,"bill_number":"SB1227","title":"Nonprofit organizations; tax credits for donations to those assisting low-income families, etc.","description":"Tax credits for donations to nonprofits providing assistance to low-income families. Makes several changes to the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits programs including (i) allowing tax credits for donations of marketable securities under the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits program, so long as such securities are sold by the recipient scholarship foundation within 14 days of receipt of the donation; (ii) changing reporting requirements to the Department of Education, changing the time frame for scholarship foundations to disburse moneys for scholarships, and changing the penalties for failing to make such reports and disbursements under the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits program; and (iii) for the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program, establishing $125,000 as the maximum annual amount of donations by an individual for which tax credits may be issued. The bill also makes several other technical changes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1227/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1227","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454725,"bill_number":"SB1230","title":"Unemployment compensation; establishes short-time compensation program, report, effective date.","description":"Unemployment compensation; short-time compensation program. Establishes a short-time compensation 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' health and retirement benefits cannot be reduced or eliminated under the plan. The measure requires the Commission to submit reports on the program's implementation and accomplishments, with recommendations to improve its effectiveness. The measure becomes effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1230/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1230","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454726,"bill_number":"SB1232","title":"Firearms; criminal history information check required to sell.","description":"Sale of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for sellers to obtain such a check from licensed firearm dealers. A seller who fails to obtain such a check and sells the gun to any other person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1232/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1232","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454727,"bill_number":"SB1235","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores. Clarifies that the requirement that all alcoholic beverages sold at government stores be in closed containers, sealed, and affixed with labels prescribed by the ABC Board does not apply to tasting samples provided at government stores established by the Board on a distiller's licensed premises. The bill also provides that such distiller may charge consumers for such tastings.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1235/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1235","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454728,"bill_number":"SB1238","title":"Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving is punishable as reckless driving.","description":"Reckless driving; texting; penalty. Provides that texting while driving is punishable as reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor; currently, violations incur a $20 fine. The bill also makes texting while driving a primary offense; currently, law-enforcement officers must have cause to stop or detain a driver for some other violation before issuing a citation for texting while driving. If the degree of culpability is slight, the person may be found not guilty of reckless driving but guilty of texting while driving, which is punishable by a $50 fine.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1238/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1238","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454729,"bill_number":"SB1239","title":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; enforcement by towns.","description":"Uniform Statewide Building Code; enforcement by towns. Provides that if any town does not elect to enforce the Uniform Statewide Building Code, then such enforcement shall be the responsibility of the county in which the town is situated. The bill also provides that the enforcement by the county shall be with equal dignity as the county does in unincorporated areas of the county and no agreement between the town and the county shall be required as a prerequisite for the county to perform this obligation. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (4-Y 10-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1239/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1239","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454730,"bill_number":"SB1240","title":"School resource officers; local law-enforcement agencies to provide.","description":"School resource officers; local law-enforcement agencies to provide. Requires every school board throughout the Commonwealth to coordinate with the local law-enforcement agency to provide at least one school resource officer for every public elementary school within the district. The bill provides that funding for these school resource officers shall be provided through the general appropriation act and not by any locality or school board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1240/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1240","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454731,"bill_number":"SB1243","title":"Health maintenance organizations; health care plans to provide coverage for newborn children.","description":"Coverage for newborns; health maintenance organizations.  Requires health care plans provided by a health maintenance organization to provide coverage for newborn children. The same requirement currently exists for health insurance policies and subscription contracts with family coverage. The bill does not apply to Medicaid managed care and FAMIS plans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1243/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1243","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":454732,"bill_number":"SB1244","title":"Virginia Retirement System, etc.; retirement allowance for certain retired persons.","description":"Virginia Retirement System benefits. Provides for an increase, beginning July 1, 2013, of the monthly retirement allowance payable to any person who retired with at least 15 years of creditable service before January 1, 1990, under the Virginia Retirement System or the State Police Officers' Retirement System (or predecessor retirement systems).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1244/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1244","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":454733,"bill_number":"SB1245","title":"Charter; City of Manassas Park.","description":"Charter; City of Manassas Park. Provides that the city may set its school calendar based on several criteria related to Advanced Placement exams, students qualifying for free or reduced meals, and students receiving English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Requires 27 affirmative votes for passage","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1245/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1245","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":454734,"bill_number":"SB1248","title":"High School to Work Partnerships; Board of Education shall develop guidelines for establishment.","description":"Career and technical education; High School to Work Partnerships. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeships, internships, and job shadow programs in a variety of trades and skilled labor positions. The bill also provides that local school boards may encourage the local school division's career and technical education administrator to work with the guidance counselor office of each public high school to establish such partnerships.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-22","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1248/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1248","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":454735,"bill_number":"SB1249","title":"Financial institutions; checks required to show date account was opened.","description":"Financial institutions; checks. Repeals the requirement that checks and similar instruments of a financial institution located in the Commonwealth display the month and year in which the account was opened.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1249/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1249","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":454736,"bill_number":"SB1252","title":"Student-athletes; policies and procedures regarding identification, etc., of suspected concussions.","description":"Policies on concussions in student-athletes. Requires each non-interscholastic youth sports program utilizing public school property to establish policies and procedures based on either the local school division's guidelines or the Board of Education's guidelines regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes. The bill also directs the Board of Education to review and revise the Board's guidelines on concussions as necessary.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1252/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1252","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454737,"bill_number":"SB1255","title":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.","description":"Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion obtained by the plaintiff of an expert witness who certified that the defendant deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was the proximate cause of the injuries claimed. Such a certification is required before any action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice may be instituted, except in cases where cause of the injuries claimed lies within the jury's common knowledge and experience.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1255/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1255","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454738,"bill_number":"SB1256","title":"Voter identification requirements; photo ID required at polls, application for absentee ballot.","description":"Voter identification requirements; photo ID. Requires photo ID at the polls by eliminating all forms of identification that do not contain a photograph of the voter from the list of forms of identification any one of which a voter must present in order to be allowed to vote. The bill also adds a valid United States passport to the list and requires that a student identification card issued by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth contain a photograph in order to be used by a voter. The bill does not affect the right of a voter who does not present one of the required forms of identification to cast a provisional ballot. The bill also provides that the State Board shall provide free voter registration cards that contain a voter's photograph and signature if the voter does not possess other satisfactory photo ID. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1256/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1256","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454739,"bill_number":"SB1257","title":"Virginia's Future, Council on; extends sunset provision.","description":"Council on Virginia's Future. Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2017, for the Council on Virginia's Future.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1257/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1257","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454740,"bill_number":"SB1258","title":"Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalties.","description":"Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalties. Provides that it is a felony punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 20 years to knowingly and without legal justification, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control of an incapacitated adult's money, assets, property, or financial resources with the intent to 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 in a position of trust, it is a Class 3 felony. The bill allows forfeiture of personal property used in connection with the crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1258/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1258","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":454741,"bill_number":"SB1260","title":"Candidates in elections; party nominating methods for statewide or General Assembly district office.","description":"Party nominating methods. Provides that no political party shall determine its candidates for statewide or General Assembly district office by a method that has the practical effect of excluding participation in the nominating process by active duty military personnel and military reservists or by individuals who are unable to attend meetings because of military service-related injuries, regardless of their duty station or location.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-11","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1260/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1260","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":454742,"bill_number":"SB1261","title":"Health benefit exchange; regulation of navigators, report.","description":"Health benefit exchange; regulation of navigators.  Prohibits an individual or entity selected to serve as a navigator in a health benefit exchange from engaging in any activity that would require an insurance agent license under Title 38.2, offering advice about which qualified health plan or qualified dental plan is better or worse for a particular individual or employer, acting as an intermediary between an employer and an insurer that offers a qualified health plan or qualified dental plan offered through an exchange, or violating certain unfair trade practice and privacy requirements. The measure also prohibits an individual or entity from claiming to be, or holding himself or itself out as, a navigator or conducting business as a navigator in the Commonwealth without having been selected as a navigator in accordance with applicable federal law and without having evidence of successful completion of requirements prescribed by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services. The State Corporation Commission is authorized to order violators to cease and desist prohibited conduct and is required to monitor and report on the activities of navigators in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1261/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1261","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":454743,"bill_number":"SB1265","title":"Capital outlay; establishes revised six-year plan for projects.","description":"Capital outlay plan. Establishes a revised six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1265/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1265","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":454744,"bill_number":"SB1266","title":"Nonconsecutive jail times; court to sentence defendant to weekend days, etc.","description":"Nonconsecutive jail time. Authorizes a court to sentence defendants convicted of a criminal offense, not just those convicted of a misdemeanor, who are sentenced to confinement in jail, to weekend days or nonconsecutive days to permit the defendant to retain gainful employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1266/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1266","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454745,"bill_number":"SB1267","title":"Contractors, Board for; licensure of tree care service providers, penalties.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; licensure of tree care service providers; penalties. Requires the licensure of tree care service providers by the Board for Contractors as of January 1, 2014. The Board shall not issue a license until the applicant has furnished evidence of financial responsibility, consisting of a liability insurance policy that protects persons who suffer legal damages as a result of the performance of tree care services. Performing tree care services without a license or without the required liability insurance is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The measure also requires that a tree care service provider give customers a signed statement affirming that the provider has the required liability insurance and that the customer's property insurer shall have no liability for damages to the property of the customer and for injuries to the persons performing the tree care services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1267/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1267","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":454746,"bill_number":"SB1268","title":"Lake level contingency plans; wastewater releases from power generating facilities.","description":"Lake level contingency plans. Provides that any temporary reduction in wastewater releases from power generating facilities during drought conditions will not be considered in determining discharge or withdrawal limits for other existing downstream permitted facilities.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1268/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1268","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454747,"bill_number":"SB1270","title":"Marina operators; includes state & local agencies among those required to file lists of boat owners.","description":"Marina operators to file lists of boat owners. Includes state and local agencies among certain operators of marinas or boat storage places that must file with the commissioner of the revenue a list of boat owners and the name and number of the boats in the marina.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1270/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1270","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":454748,"bill_number":"SB1271","title":"James River, Historic Lower; allows consideration of construction of new utility infrastructure.","description":"New utility infrastructure in historic rivers. Allows the consideration of construction of underwater utility infrastructure as an alternative solution in the planning for use and development of water and related land resources along the Historic Lower James River.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1271/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1271","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":454749,"bill_number":"SB1272","title":"DUI; penalty when person is convicted of felony offense, punishment for subsequent violation.","description":"Felony DUI; penalty.  Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction, that punishment includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year, and the person is subject to the same driver's license revocation provision as for a third or subsequent DUI conviction within 10 years, which means that the person can petition for reinstatement of his driver's license five years after the date of his last conviction.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1272/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1272","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":454750,"bill_number":"SB1273","title":"Prostitution, forced; vacating conviction, expungement of police and court records.","description":"Forced prostitution; expungement. Provides for expungement of a prostitution charge and vacation of a prostitution conviction when the person was abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of § 18.2-48.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1273/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1273","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454751,"bill_number":"SB1274","title":"Tanning facilities; age limit, parental consent.","description":"Tanning facilities; age limit; parental consent. Prohibits minors younger than 15 years of age from using tanning devices at tanning facilities. The measure also prohibits unemancipated minors age 15, 16, or 17 years from using tanning devices at tanning facilities unless a parent or legal guardian has consented in writing. Currently, the parent or legal guardian of a prospective customer younger than 15 years of age is required to sign a written warning statement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1274/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1274","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454752,"bill_number":"SB1275","title":"Medical data in an electronic or digital format; limitations on use, storage, sharing, & processing.","description":"Medical data. Prohibits any person that regularly stores medical data in an electronic or digital format from (i) participating in the establishment or implementation of the Nationwide Health Information Network; (ii) performing any analytic or statistical processing with regard to any medical records from multiple patients for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment, including population health management; or (iii) processing medical data at a facility within the Commonwealth in any instance where a majority of the patients whose medical data is being processed do not reside in the Commonwealth. A database at which medical data is regularly stored in an electronic or digital format shall not store or maintain in a manner that is accessible by the operator or any other person, in an electronic or digital format, at any one time, medical data regarding more than 10,000 patients. The measure provides that no health care provider shall be subject to any penalty, sanction, or other adverse action resulting from its failure or refusal to implement an online computerized medical record system. A patient's consent to the sharing of his health care information shall be presumed not to grant consent to the electronic or digital storing or transmission of the information to any person other than for health care coverage purposes. Finally, the measure prohibits the Commonwealth from authorizing the establishment or operation of a health information exchange.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1275/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1275","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454753,"bill_number":"SB1276","title":"Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; participation by State Corporation Commission.","description":"Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; participation by State Corporation Commission. Requires the clerk of the State Corporation Commission to cooperate with the Department of Business Assistance to ensure that entrepreneurs are able, by January 1, 2014, to prepare and submit registration applications and organizational documents for the formation of a business entity to the clerk's office through the website of the Virginia Business One Stop (BOS) electronic portal program, which is the new designation of the Department's one-stop small business permitting program. The BOS program is directed to provide seamless integration and conversion of pertinent data required to register or form a new small business in the Commonwealth; to submit business-related permits and license applications as required by state agencies in the Commonwealth; and to transition from paper forms to electronic processing. The measure specifically requires the State Corporation Commission to fully integrate processes and forms into the BOS and to process all forms within 48 business hours from the time an applicant submits a form electronically.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1276/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1276","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":454754,"bill_number":"SB1277","title":"Wildlife exhibitor permit; possession and display of wildlife in schools for educational purposes.","description":"Wildlife exhibitor permit. Requires the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish standards for the possession and display of wildlife by elementary and secondary school teachers for educational purposes. The bill exempts such exhibits from the wildlife exhibitor permit application and fee so long as the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is notified of the display of wildlife and such display complies with the standards established by the Board.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1277/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1277","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454755,"bill_number":"SB1278","title":"Service of process; in order to be timely, must be made within six months from commencement.","description":"Service of process; timing. Provides that in order to be timely, service of process must be made within six months from the commencement of the action. Currently, service of process is timely if made within 12 months. The bill also provides that no nonsuit may be taken more than six months after the commencement of an action in the absence of timely service of process unless the court finds that the plaintiff exercised due diligence in attempting to serve process.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-14","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1278/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1278","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454756,"bill_number":"SB1279","title":"Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs.","description":"Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Water Control Board will have oversight of water quality planning and laws dealing with stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board will have continuing responsibility for oversight of the soil and water conservation districts and of resource management planning. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board will continue to be responsible for administration of the flood prevention and dam safety laws. The Board will continue to be staffed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1279/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1279","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454757,"bill_number":"SB1280","title":"Fox and coyote; unlawful to stage competition where they are pursued by dogs in an enclosure, etc.","description":"Fox and coyote enclosures; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any person to (i) stage or participate in any competition where a fox or coyote is pursued by dogs in an enclosure or (ii) award or accept any prize, money, or compensation resulting from participating in such competition. The bill limits the number of dogs allowed in an enclosure to no more than five per acre. Any person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor for a first offense, a Class 2 misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1280/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1280","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":454758,"bill_number":"SB1281","title":"Firearms; criminal history record information check required for any purchase.","description":"Sale of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm purchase and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for sellers to obtain such a check from licensed firearm dealers. A seller who fails to obtain such a check and sells the gun to someone who is prohibited from possessing a firearm by state or federal law is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1281/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1281","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454759,"bill_number":"SB1282","title":"Vacant building; adds Town of Clifton Forge to localities requiring building owner registration.","description":"Vacant building registration. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities with authority to require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $25 to defray the cost of processing such registration. Failure to register shall be punishable by a $50 civil penalty.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1282/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1282","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454760,"bill_number":"SB1283","title":"Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Fund; established.","description":"Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Fund. Establishes the Fund with the purpose of assisting in the financing of the Authority's operations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1283/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1283","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454761,"bill_number":"SB1284","title":"Escort vehicle drivers; certification and regulation in State.","description":"Escort driver certification. Provides for the certification and regulation of escort drivers in the Commonwealth. The bill also adds a traffic infraction for impeding or disrupting vehicles operating under a hauling permit that requires an escort vehicle. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1284/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1284","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454762,"bill_number":"SB1285","title":"Interchangeable biosimilar biological products; permits pharmacists to dispense, etc.","description":"Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products.  Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber indicates such substitution is not authorized or the patient insists on dispensing of the prescribed biological product. The bill requires any pharmacist who dispenses an interchangeable biosimilar to inform the patient prior to dispensing the biosimilar and record the brand name or the product name and name of the manufacturer of the biosimilar on the record of dispensing and the prescription label. The bill also requires, until July 1, 2015, that the pharmacist provide notification of the substitution to the prescriber and provide retail cost information for both the prescribed biological product and the interchangeable biosimilar to the patient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1285/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1285","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":454763,"bill_number":"SB1286","title":"Solar energy equipment facilities and devices; exempted from state and local taxation.","description":"Taxation of solar energy equipment. Exempts solar energy equipment facilities and devices from state and local taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (5-Y 9-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1286/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1286","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454764,"bill_number":"SB1287","title":"Natural gas utilities; eligible safety activity costs to be recovered as deferred costs.","description":"Natural gas utility ratemaking; eligible safety activity costs. Permits natural gas utilities to recover certain safety activity costs incurred on or after January 1, 2013, in future rates by accounting for them as deferred costs. The amount deferred shall not exceed four percent of the natural gas utility's net plant investment that was utilized in establishing or confirming the utility's base rates. The utility shall be deemed to have recovered eligible safety activity costs to the extent that the return on equity earned by the utility in an earnings test filing for a year, after consideration of the treatment of regulatory assets, is in excess of the mid-point of the rate of return on equity range specified or confirmed in the natural gas utility's most recent rate case or performance-based regulation plan. If a utility's base rates include eligible safety activity costs, the utility shall only be permitted to defer the level of eligible safety activity costs that are in excess of the level reflected in base rates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1287/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1287","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":454765,"bill_number":"SB1288","title":"Criminal history record information; emergency medical services providers.","description":"Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to submit fingerprints and provide personal descriptive information for the purpose of a state and national criminal history record check.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1288/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1288","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":454766,"bill_number":"SB1289","title":"Retail Sales and Use Tax; development of regional impact.","description":"Entitlement to sales and use tax revenues; development of regional impact. Adds the County of Washington as a locality entitled to retain certain sales and use taxes generated on the premises of a development of regional impact located in the County, to pay bonds issued for the development. The bill also eliminates the requirement that the locality have an unemployment rate at least three percentage points higher than the statewide average.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1289/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1289","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":454767,"bill_number":"SB1290","title":"Higher educational institutions; full or partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty.","description":"Higher education; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to grant full or partial tuition waivers to dependent students of faculty members employed by the institution, to be paid for out of the institution's nongeneral funds. The bill would also authorize public institutions to enter into reciprocal agreements that would allow the dependents of faculty to use waivers at other public institutions that are party to the agreement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1290/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1290","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454768,"bill_number":"SB1291","title":"Menhaden fish; allowable catch for those landed in State, etc., report. Emergency.","description":"Management of the menhaden fishery. Establishes a total allowable landings of 144,272.84 metric tons per year for Atlantic menhaden landed in Virginia by the purse seine menhaden reduction sector, the purse seine menhaden bait sector, and the non-purse seine menhaden bait sector. This legislation authorizes the Commission to establish and administer a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license according to specific criteria. This total allowable landings represents a 20 percent reduction from the average 2009, 2010, and 2011 landings, as mandated by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Any overage of the total allowable landings in the current year will result in a reduction of the total allowable landings in the following year. The Commissioner may administer the interstate transfer of menhaden landings. The total allowable landings for menhaden shall be allocated in proportion to each sector’s share of average landings in 2002 through 2011, with the Commission authorized to establish an Individual Transferable Quota System for any purse seine menhaden bait licensee according to specific requirements. Guidelines for the monitoring of all sectors of the menhaden fishery that may result in a closure of any or all sectors are established. Upon the closing of the non-purse seine sector, any person may possess and land up to 6,000 pounds of menhaden per day, and such landings shall be reported to the Commission but shall not count against the annual total allowable landings. All licensees of the three menhaden sectors shall report to the Commission according to the requirements established by the Commission. The Commission shall establish a biological sampling program to include development of an adult menhaden survey index from Virginia pound nets. License fees are established for the purse seine menhaden reduction and purse seine menhaden bait sectors, according to fees adjusted in 2005 as $249 for vessels under 70 gross tons and $996 for vessels 70 gross tons or over. The Commission may limit the number of gear licenses or permits to fish, except for those licenses in the purse seine reduction sector. The annual menhaden harvest cap for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector shall be 87,216 metric tons, subject to annual adjustments for under-harvest or over-harvest of the cap. The bill contains a sunset date of January 1, 2015. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059)","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1291/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1291","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454769,"bill_number":"SB1292","title":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices.","description":"Human trafficking hotline; posted notices. Provides that any employer who operates a truck stop and who fails to post a specific notice in a clearly visible place on the premises thereof is subject to a $500 civil penalty. The measure expands a provision enacted in 2012 that imposed the requirement on businesses that provide entertainment commonly called stripteasing or topless entertainment. The measure also clarifies that the civil penalties are to be assessed by the Department of Labor and Industry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 4-N 3-A)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1292/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1292","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454770,"bill_number":"SB1293","title":"Comprehensive plan; transportation component to be consistent with Statewide Transportation Plan.","description":"Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1293/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1293","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":454771,"bill_number":"SB1294","title":"Senate Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.","description":"Senate districts; technical adjustment. Reassigns the Fairways Precinct in the City of Chesapeake from District 5 to District 14.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1294/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1294","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":454772,"bill_number":"SB1295","title":"Enterprise zones; permits locality to apply for status based on distress factors in area.","description":"Enterprise zones; criteria. Permits a locality to apply for enterprise zone status based on distress factors in the area of the proposed enterprise zone, rather than in the entire locality.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1295/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1295","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":454773,"bill_number":"SB1296","title":"Unclaimed tax credits; tax credit obsolete if not claimed by any taxpayer in 5 years, etc., report.","description":"Unclaimed tax credits; report. Declares a tax credit obsolete if it has not been claimed by any taxpayer during the preceding five calendar years, and prohibits the Department of Taxation from authorizing any taxpayer to claim a tax credit once it has been declared obsolete. The Department shall report annually to the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee on Finance on credits that have been declared obsolete and shall post such report on its website.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1296/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1296","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":454774,"bill_number":"SB1297","title":"Criminal judgment; appeal based on erroneously admitted evidence.","description":"Erroneously admitted evidence; appeal. Provides that when a criminal judgment is appealed based on a claim that the evidence to convict was insufficient because the trial court improperly admitted evidence, the reviewing court shall consider all evidence admitted at trial to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the judgment. If the reviewing court determines that evidence was erroneously admitted and that such error was not harmless, the case shall be remanded for a new trial.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Incorporates SB1348","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1297/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1297","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":454775,"bill_number":"SJR294","title":"Public schools; encouraged to promote ideals, heroes, and successes of nonviolence.","description":"Nonviolence. Encourages the public schools of Virginia to promote the ideals, heroes, and successes of nonviolence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR294/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ294","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":454776,"bill_number":"SJR299","title":"Transportation, Virginia Department of; JLARC to study efficiency of Department.","description":"Study; JLARC to study VDOT efficiency; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency of the Virginia Department of Transportation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-07","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR299/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ299","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454777,"bill_number":"SJR300","title":"Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia, etc.; State recognition.","description":"Recognition of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation. Recognizes the existence within the Commonwealth of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia and the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR300/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ300","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":454778,"bill_number":"SJR302","title":"Constitutional amendment; Board of Education authorized to establish charter schools.","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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR302/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ302","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":454779,"bill_number":"SJR303","title":"Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (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 thirteenth 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 of Virginia, which will name the thirteenth 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 constitutional 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":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR303/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ303","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454780,"bill_number":"SJR306","title":"Standards of Learning; JLARC to study how increased instruction time effects achievement levels.","description":"Study; JLARC to study pilot program for improving third grade reading and math achievement; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to implement and study a two-year pilot program in selected public elementary schools to determine the effect on third grade Standards of Learning reading and math achievement levels of additional instructional time in reading and mathematics in lieu of participation in SOL assessments in science and in history and social science.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR306/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ306","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":454781,"bill_number":"SJR311","title":"Criminal history background checks and barrier crimes; joint subcommittee to study related laws.","description":"Study; criminal history background checks and barrier crimes; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the Commonwealth's requirements related to criminal history background checks and barrier crimes and to make recommendations for changes thereto.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR311/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ311","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":454782,"bill_number":"SJR312","title":"Tolls; General Assembly to recognize need for mitigation measures for disadvantaged populations.","description":"Toll mitigation measures. Recognizes the need for mitigation measures for disadvantaged populations adversely affected by the imposition of tolls in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-08","last_action":"Incorporated by Rules (SR30-Lucas) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR312/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ312","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":454783,"bill_number":"SJR316","title":"Death penalty; JLARC to study direct and indirect monetary costs.","description":"Study; JLARC to study death penalty costs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the direct and indirect monetary costs of the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR316/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ316","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":454784,"bill_number":"SJR317","title":"Tolls; joint subcommittee to study how VA can mitigate impact on State's disadvantaged citizens.","description":"Study; mitigation of the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how Virginia can mitigate the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Rules (SR30-Lucas) by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR317/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ317","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":454785,"bill_number":"SJR318","title":"Local and state government; joint subcommittee to study service responsibility and tax authority.","description":"Study; joint subcommittee on state and local government; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study local and state government service responsibility and taxing authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR318/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ318","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":454786,"bill_number":"SJR319","title":"Constitutional amendment; contributions to defined benefit retirement plans.","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 the four fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 2014, 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 requires that retirement contributions deferred in 2010 be repaid by June 30, 2024.  The resolution also specifies how certain other factors and variables used in setting contribution rates are to be determined.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Rejected by Senate (16-Y 24-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR319/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ319","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":454787,"bill_number":"SJR321","title":"Constitutional amendment; restoration of voting rights.","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of voting rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of voting 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 voting 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 voting rights to such persons. The restoration of rights pursuant to this provision has no effect on the right to possess firearms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Privileges and Elections ","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR321/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ321","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454788,"bill_number":"SJR325","title":"United Nations Arms Trade Treaty; memorializes President of U.S. and U.S. Senate to not ratify.","description":"United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. Memorializes the President of the United States and the United States Senate to not ratify the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR325/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ325","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454789,"bill_number":"SJR326","title":"Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; State recognition.","description":"Recognition of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation. Recognizes the existence of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Incorporated by Rules ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR326/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ326","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":454790,"bill_number":"SJR327","title":"Constitutional amendment; state school division for schools denied accreditation (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); statewide school division for schools denied accreditation. Authorizes the General Assembly to establish a statewide school division to supervise and administer schools that have been denied accreditation for a number of consecutive school years, as determined by the General Assembly. Supervision of the statewide school division is to be vested in a single statewide school board established as may be provided by law. Funding of the statewide division is to be provided by law, and transfer of certain per pupil shares of various funds from the local school district of residence to the statewide district is authorized.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Failed to pass in Senate","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR327/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ327","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454791,"bill_number":"SJR328","title":"Elementary and secondary schools; JLARC to study efficiency and effectiveness of school's spending.","description":"Study; JLARC to study efficiency and effectiveness of elementary and secondary school spending in Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and effectiveness of elementary and secondary school spending in Virginia. The Commission shall submit its report in November 2016.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ328ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR328/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ328","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":454792,"bill_number":"SJR329","title":"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.","description":"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ329ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR329/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ329","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":454793,"bill_number":"SJR330","title":"Autism and autism spectrum disorders; Joint Commission on Health Care to study service needs.","description":"Study; service needs of individuals with autism and autism spectrum disorders transitioning from secondary schools; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the service needs of individuals with autism and autism spectrum disorders transitioning from public and private secondary schools, including needs related to housing, employment, and day support services.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ330ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR330/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ330","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454794,"bill_number":"SJR331","title":"Renewable energy; establishment of mandatory portfolio standard program for State, report.","description":"Study; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program; report. Directs the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study the establishment of a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program for the Commonwealth. The study will (i) address issues associated with transitioning from the existing voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard program to a mandatory program, (ii) determine the costs and benefits that would be associated with requiring electric utilities to meet varying levels of renewable energy portfolio standard goals, (iii) recommend measures to address electric utilities that do not meet the program's goals, and (iv) determine if it is feasible and advisable to require that all electric utilities in Virginia participate in a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-09","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR331/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ331","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":454795,"bill_number":"SJR332","title":"Celebrating the life of Chris Yung.","description":"Celebrating the life of Chris Yung.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ332ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR332/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ332","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":454796,"bill_number":"SJR333","title":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Virginia R. Armstrong.","description":"Celebrating the life of Dr. Virginia R. Armstrong.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ333ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR333/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ333","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":454797,"bill_number":"SJR334","title":"Celebrating the life of Roger Powers.","description":"Celebrating the life of Roger Powers.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ334ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ334","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":454798,"bill_number":"SJR335","title":"Commending the Virginia Emergency Management Association.","description":"Commending the Virginia Emergency Management Association.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ335ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR335/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ335","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454799,"bill_number":"SJR336","title":"Commending Thomas E. Poore.","description":"Commending Thomas E. Poore.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ336ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR336/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ336","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454800,"bill_number":"SJR337","title":"Commending Deputy Joseph Jones.","description":"Commending Deputy Joseph Jones.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ337ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR337/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ337","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454801,"bill_number":"SJR338","title":"Environmental regulation; need for reducing burden of EPA regulations.","description":"Environmental regulation; need for reducing burden of EPA regulations. Recognizes the need for regulatory agencies to use administrative discretion to reduce the burden placed upon the coal and electricity-generation industries by the regulations recently adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-10","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR338/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ338","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454802,"bill_number":"SJR339","title":"Celebrating the life of Donald Edwin Neal.","description":"Celebrating the life of Donald Edwin Neal.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ339ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR339/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ339","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":454803,"bill_number":"SJR340","title":"Commending Lee Randolph Harrison.","description":"Commending Lee Randolph Harrison.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ340ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR340/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ340","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":454804,"bill_number":"SJR341","title":"Celebrating the life of Grover Jasper Kimberlin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Grover Jasper Kimberlin.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ341ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR341/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ341","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454805,"bill_number":"SJR342","title":"Celebrating the life of Bernard Lewis McGinnis II.","description":"Celebrating the life of Bernard Lewis McGinnis II.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ342ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ342","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454806,"bill_number":"SJR343","title":"Celebrating the life of Elmore Houston Pierce.","description":"Celebrating the life of Elmore Houston Pierce.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ343ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR343/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ343","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454807,"bill_number":"SJR344","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Thomas Slusser, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Thomas Slusser, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ344ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR344/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ344","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454808,"bill_number":"SJR345","title":"Celebrating the life of Carol Lee McGuire-Bishop.","description":"Celebrating the life of Carol Lee McGuire-Bishop.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ345ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR345/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ345","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":454809,"bill_number":"SJR346","title":"Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.","description":"Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ346ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR346/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ346","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454810,"bill_number":"SJR347","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Ferrell Mothershead.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Ferrell Mothershead.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ347ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR347/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ347","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":454811,"bill_number":"SJR348","title":"Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ348ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR348/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ348","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454812,"bill_number":"SJR349","title":"Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ349ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR349/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ349","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":454813,"bill_number":"SJR350","title":"Celebrating the life of Myron Parsek Erkiletian.","description":"Celebrating the life of Myron Parsek Erkiletian.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ350ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR350/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ350","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":454814,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"Senate; 2013 operating resolution.","description":"2013 Operating Resolution.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR23ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR23/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR23","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454815,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"Commending Tonya Mallory.","description":"Commending Tonya Mallory.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR25ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR25/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR25","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":454816,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"Judges; nomination for election to circuit court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR26ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR26/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR26","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454817,"bill_number":"SR27","title":"Judges; nomination for election to general district court.","description":"Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR27ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR27/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR27","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454818,"bill_number":"SR28","title":"Judges; nomination 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":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR28ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR28/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR28","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":454819,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"Auditor of Public Accounts; nomination for election.","description":"Auditor of Public Accounts. Nominates person to be elected as the Auditor of Public Accounts.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR29ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR29/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR29","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":455351,"bill_number":"HR132","title":"Commending Grant Bradley.","description":"Commending Grant Bradley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR132ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR132/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR132","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":455364,"bill_number":"HJR744","title":"United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; State Recognition.","description":"Recognition of the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated. Recognizes the existence of the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated, within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR744/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ744","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":455383,"bill_number":"HJR743","title":"Commending the Virginia Mentoring Partnership.","description":"Commending the Virginia Mentoring Partnership.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ743ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR743/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ743","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":455403,"bill_number":"HJR742","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ742ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR742/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ742","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":455423,"bill_number":"HJR741","title":"Celebrating the life of Rene Raymond Dufour.","description":"Celebrating the life of Rene Raymond Dufour.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ741ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR741/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ741","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":455440,"bill_number":"HJR740","title":"Commending West Point High School.","description":"Commending West Point High School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ740ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR740/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ740","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":455461,"bill_number":"HJR739","title":"Commending Dr. Hugh M. Bryan III, M.D.","description":"Commending Dr. Hugh M. Bryan III, M.D.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ739ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR739/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ739","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":455478,"bill_number":"HJR738","title":"Commending Fred S. Crittenden.","description":"Commending Fred S. Crittenden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ738ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR738/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ738","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":455501,"bill_number":"HB2270","title":"Social services, district board of; process for withdrawal by local governing body of county, etc.","description":"Withdrawal from district board of social services. Establishes a process for withdrawal from a district board of social services by the local governing body of a county or city and provides for judicial review in cases in which the Board of Social Services fails or refuses to approve the terms and conditions of a proposed plan for withdrawal from a district board of social services by a local government. The bill contains a reenactment clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-13","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)","last_action_date":"2013-03-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2270/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2270","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":455521,"bill_number":"HB2269","title":"Mandatory minimum sentences; terms of confinement or imprisonment to be served consecutively.","description":"Mandatory minimum sentences to be served consecutively; penalty. Provides that for certain crimes where a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment must be imposed on the guilty party, such sentence shall be served consecutively with any other sentence imposed on such party. The crimes included in the bill are §§ 16.1-253.2 (violation of protective orders), 18.2-46.3:3 (street gang activity in gang-free zones), 18.2-60.4 (violation of protective orders), 18.2-61 (rape), 18.2-67.1 (forcible sodomy), 18.2-67.2 (object sexual penetration), 18.2-154 (shooting or throwing missiles at law-enforcement or emergency vehicles), 18.2-308.2:2 (purchasing firearm with intent to resell or provide to a person ineligible to purchase or receive a firearm), 18.2-374.1 (production of child pornography), and 18.2-374.1:1 (possession or distribution of child pornography).","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2269/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2269","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":455538,"bill_number":"HB2268","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of farm winery licensees.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of farm winery licensees. Allows a farm winery licensee to pre-mix wine to be served and sold for on-premises consumption at the retail establishments of the licensee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2268/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2268","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":455558,"bill_number":"HB2267","title":"Criminal activity proceeds; freeze of assets.","description":"Proceeds of criminal activity; freeze of assets. Authorizes the attorney for the Commonwealth to petition the circuit court to freeze an account or safe deposit box owned or held by a person charged with a crime. The court shall enter an order freezing such account or safe deposit box if it finds probable cause that the account or safe deposit box contains the proceeds of the crime or offense with which the person has been charged and there is reason to believe that the contents of the account or safe deposit box are likely to be removed and could not be recovered if the person is ultimately convicted of the crime or offense charged. The initial freeze order cannot exceed 90 days, though additional 30-day extensions may be granted. The bill also provides that the owner or holder of the frozen account or safe deposit box may petition the circuit court to unfreeze the account or safe deposit box at any time prior to the expiration of the order. The bill further provides that no financial institution or officer or employee of such institution shall be liable for complying with a freeze order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-15","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2267/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2267","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":455578,"bill_number":"HB2266","title":"Wiretapping; authorization for monitoring by sheriff's office.","description":"Interception of communications; sheriffs.  Provides that the Attorney General may apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring by a sheriff's office of an interception of communications; under existing law the same may be done for a police department of a county or city or for U.S. law-enforcement officers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2266/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2266","sponsor":"Thomas Greason"},
{"bill_id":455598,"bill_number":"HB2265","title":"Cash proffers; locality may waive certain written notice requirements to reduce outstanding payment.","description":"Cash proffers. Provides that a locality may waive certain written notice requirements in order to reduce, suspend, or eliminate outstanding cash proffer payments for residential construction calculated on a per-dwelling-unit or per-home basis that have been agreed to, but unpaid, by any landowner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2265/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2265","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":455654,"bill_number":"HB2271","title":"Post-adoption services; DSS shall utilize all federal bonus payments to support.","description":"Adoption assistance payments and post-adoption services for children adopted from foster care. Requires the Department of Social Services to utilize all federal adoption bonus payments received in a fiscal year to support post-adoption services.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2271/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2271","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":455684,"bill_number":"HB2272","title":"Motor vehicle accident; satisfaction of judgments for damages, suspensions requested by creditor.","description":"Satisfaction of judgments; motor vehicle accident.  Provides that a suspension of a judgment debtor's driver's license shall not extend (i) beyond 10 years from the date of judgment for any civil judgment obtained in a general district court or (ii) beyond 20 years from the date of judgment for any civil judgment obtained in a circuit court. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0598)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2272/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2272","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":455714,"bill_number":"HB2273","title":"Enterprise Zone Grant Program; redesignation of certain joint enterprise zones.","description":"Enterprise Zone Grant Program; redesignation of certain joint enterprise zones. Provides that when a county or city was previously added to an existing enterprise zone to create a joint enterprise zone, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall redesignate the enterprise zone when the term of the joint enterprise zone expires. The redesignated enterprise zone's duration shall be equal to the length of time the original enterprise zone existed before the county or city was added to create the joint enterprise zone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0514)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2273/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2273","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":455745,"bill_number":"HB2274","title":"Electric utility regulation; schedule for biennial reviews. Emergency.","description":"Electric utility regulation; schedule for biennial reviews. Requires Appalachian Power, referred to as a Phase I utility, to delay the filing of its next biennial review from March 31, 2013, until March 31, 2014, upon giving the State Corporation Commission 30 days' notice. If the utility opts to delay its biennial filing, (i) its ability to defer certain costs incurred during calendar year 2011 will be limited and (ii) subsequent biennial filings shall be due by March 31, 2016, and every two years thereafter. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2274/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2274","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":455774,"bill_number":"HB2275","title":"Condominium Act; expands respective declarant control period, warranty review committees.","description":"Condominium Act; declarant control. Expands the respective declarant control period during which the declarant has reserved the power to add more units to the condominium, notwithstanding the limitations in the Condominium Act, at the request of the declarant, provided that (i) a special meeting is held prior to the expiration of the initial period of declarant control; (ii) at such special meeting, the extension of such time limits is approved by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the unit owners other than the declarant; and (iii) at such special meeting, there is an election of a warranty review committee consisting of no fewer than three persons unaffiliated with the declarant. The bill details the notice that must be provided prior to any vote on the extension of declarant control and the authority that may be exercised by the warranty review committee. The bill also requires the Common Interest Community Board to develop the disclosure statement required in the event a declarant requests that the period of declarant control be extended within 30 days of the effective date of the act. Under the bill, for any condominium existing on July 1, 2013, the condominium instrument for such condominium may be amended in the manner prescribed in the relevant condominium instrument or by statute to conform to the provisions of the bill. The bill includes an emergency provision.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2275/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2275","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":455806,"bill_number":"HB2276","title":"Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners, etc.","description":"Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and preventing the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act regarding the ownership or operation of any seaport or port facility. The bill also provides that members of the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority that are appointed by the Governor may be removed by the Governor only for misconduct, and not at his pleasure. The bill grants the powers of industrial development authorities to the Virginia Port Authority, except for the powers to sell or convey the port facilities or to hire employees such as attorneys, and exempts the port from various purchasing and procurement requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2276/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2276","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":455837,"bill_number":"HB2277","title":"School security officers; officers shall be retired law-enforcement officers.","description":"School security officers. Provides that school security officers shall be retired law-enforcement officers or persons who have been certified as a law-enforcement officer within the previous five years of employment as a school security officer. Such officers would be employed by local law-enforcement agencies to provide armed security services to any Virginia public elementary or secondary school. The bill also provides that school security officers shall be trained and certified by the Virginia Center for School Safety in accordance with minimum training standards developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Finally, the bill includes school security officers within the School Resource Officer and School Security Officer Grants Program and Incentive Grants Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2277/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2277","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":455866,"bill_number":"HB2278","title":"State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.","description":"Department of State Police; variable housing allowance. Provides a housing allowance for full-time, sworn State Police officers, based upon pay grade and geographical location, from funds that are appropriated for such purpose. The rates of the variable allowance shall be based on suggested rates developed and annually updated by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allowance would not be considered taxable income for state income tax purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2278/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2278","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":455896,"bill_number":"HB2279","title":"Children; placement of nonresident child in State residential facility.","description":"Placement of children. Eliminates language providing that regulations of the Board of Social Services shall not prohibit placement of a nonresident child in a children's residential facility in the Commonwealth by a custodial parent who assumes full financial responsibility for the child prior to final approval of the placement pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children when the placement is made without the involvement of a public officer or agency.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2279/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2279","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":455925,"bill_number":"HB2280","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempts records of disaster recovery plans, etc.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempt records; disaster preparedness plans. Exempts from mandatory disclosure records of hospitals and nursing homes regulated by the Board of Health that are provided to the Board, to the extent such records reveal the disaster recovery plans or the evacuation plans for such facilities in the event of fire, explosion, natural disaster, or other catastrophic event. The bill provides that nothing shall be construed to prohibit the disclosure of records relating to the effectiveness of executed evacuation plans after the occurrence of fire, explosion, natural disaster, or other catastrophic event.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2280/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2280","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":455957,"bill_number":"HB2281","title":"Firearms; failure to report those lost or stolen, penalty.","description":"Lost or stolen firearms; failure to report; penalty. Provides that any person who fails to report to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency the loss or theft of a firearm he owns or lawfully possesses within 24 hours of the time that he knew or resaonably should have known of such loss or theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2281/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2281","sponsor":"Jeion Ward"},
{"bill_id":455986,"bill_number":"HJR745","title":"FOIA; Council to study whether Act should be amended.","description":"Study; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; report. Directs the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to study whether the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, specifically §2.2-3703 of the Code of Virginia, should be amended to eliminate any exemption from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act not otherwise generally applicable to other public bodies of the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR745/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ745","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":456014,"bill_number":"HJR746","title":"Commending Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War.","description":"Commending Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ746ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR746/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ746","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":456046,"bill_number":"HJR747","title":"Commending the George Wythe High School football team.","description":"Commending the George Wythe High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ747ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR747/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ747","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":456076,"bill_number":"SB1298","title":"License plates, special; issuance to certain members, etc., with 6 months service in U.S. Navy, etc.","description":"Special license plates. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for active duty members, retirees, or honorably discharged veterans with six months of service in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1298/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1298","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":456107,"bill_number":"SB1299","title":"Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information.","description":"Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of using the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine a person's eligibility to possess or receive a firearm under state or federal law.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1299/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1299","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":456139,"bill_number":"SB1300","title":"Virtual school programs; multidivision online providers, funding.","description":"Public schools; virtual education. Provides that any student who enrolls full time in a virtual school program served by a multidivision online provider outside his school division of residence shall have his state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding, as well as 76 percent of his local share, transferred from the school division of residence to the enrolling school division. The total state and local share funds transferred from the resident division to the enrolling division shall not exceed the actual cost of the virtual school program.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1300/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1300","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":456168,"bill_number":"SB1301","title":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services.","description":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services. Authorizes the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to undertake whatever activities the Authority deems appropriate to provide bridge loans and shipment insurance for Virginia exporters. This bill may be known as the Virginia Export Assistance Act. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1301/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1301","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":456198,"bill_number":"SB1302","title":"Telework tax credit; creates income tax credit for certain employees.","description":"Tax credit for employees who telework. Creates a $500 income tax credit for employees who telework a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the taxable year. The employee would apply for tax credit to the Department of Taxation. The Department would determine whether the applicant has met the statutory requirements for the tax credit and would issue tax credits to those employees meeting such requirements. Tax credits would be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $2 million in tax credits in any fiscal year. Any unused credit would not be allowed to be carried forward or carried back against the individual's tax liability. The credit would be available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, but before January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1302/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1302","sponsor":"William Stanley"},
{"bill_id":456227,"bill_number":"SB1303","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; creates annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license, etc.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license. Creates the annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license and sets out the privileges of the license and state and local license taxes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services ","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1303/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1303","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":456256,"bill_number":"SB1304","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; creates annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license, etc.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license. Creates the annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license and sets out the privileges of the license and state and local license taxes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1304/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1304","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":456282,"bill_number":"SJR351","title":"Commending the Marine Corps Association.","description":"Commending the Marine Corps Association.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ351ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR351/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ351","sponsor":"Linda Puller"},
{"bill_id":456290,"bill_number":"HJR749","title":"Commending Gerald P. McCarthy.","description":"Commending Gerald P. McCarthy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ749ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR749/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ749","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":456421,"bill_number":"HJR748","title":"Commending Horace E. Meyers.","description":"Commending Horace E. Meyers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ748ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR748/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ748","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":456555,"bill_number":"HB2283","title":"Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; designated as an agency in executive branch of state.","description":"Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority. Designates the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority as an agency in the executive branch of state government that, as such, reports to the Secretary of Natural Resources.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2283/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2283","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":456692,"bill_number":"HB2282","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for removing barriers at places of public accommodation.","description":"Tax credit for removing barriers at places of public accommodation. Establishes beginning January 1, 2013, an individual and corporate income tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by a business to remove physical barriers at places of public accommodation, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (e.g., hotels, restaurants, etc.), in order to allow greater access and usage by disabled persons. The credit would not exceed $1,000 in amounts incurred by the business to remove barriers at each place of public accommodation. The Department of Housing and Community Development would administer the tax credit program.  Any unused tax credits could be carried forward for five years. The credit would sunset on January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2282/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2282","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":457777,"bill_number":"HB2284","title":"Social Services, Commissioner of; submission of financial information, exemption from disclosure.","description":"Licensure by the Commissioner of Social Services; submission of financial information. Reduces from three to one the number of credit references that an applicant for initial licensure as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day-care center must submit to be exempt from the requirement that the applicant make his financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Services for review and eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner investigate the financial responsibility of an applicant for renewal of a license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day-care center. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2284/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2284","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":457815,"bill_number":"HB2285","title":"Alternative fuels; establishes tax rate for biodiesel fuel, etc., used in operating highway vehicle.","description":"Alternative fuels taxes. Establishes beginning January 1, 2014, alternative fuels tax rates for biodiesel fuel, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, compressed natural gas, hydrogen, and electricity used in operating a highway vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2285/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2285","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":457852,"bill_number":"HB2286","title":"Electronic textbooks; specifics for use in elementary and secondary schools, report.","description":"Elementary and secondary schools; electronic textbooks. Specifies that a local school board's contracts and purchase orders with publishers of textbooks approved by the Board for use in kindergarten through grade 12 shall allow for the purchase of printed textbooks, printed textbooks with electronic files, or electronic textbooks separate and apart from printed versions of the same textbook. Under current law, contracts and purchase orders for textbooks in these three forms is only permitted for textbooks to be used in grades six through 12. The bill also specifies that if a local school board decides to purchase an electronic textbook, it shall provide it to each student free of charge. The bill finally requires the Board, in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Technology, to annually report to the General Assembly on the level of broadband connectivity of each local school division as well as the level of computer ownership and access to broadband services for each student and make the data available through the Commonwealth's broadband connectivity map for the purpose of aiding each local school board in its decision to purchase electronic textbooks.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Science and Technology","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Science and Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2286/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2286","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":457892,"bill_number":"HB2287","title":"Mental health first aid training plan; local school board complete development of by July 1, 2014.","description":"Local school boards; mental health first aid training plan. Requires each local school board, in conjunction with a local community services board located in the local school division, to seek to complete development of a mental health first aid training plan by July 1, 2014, whereby each teacher in the local school division would be required to participate in a 12-hour interactive course initially provided by community services board staff members on the risk factors, warning signs, symptoms, and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, and substance use disorders.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-16","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2287/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2287","sponsor":"Rob Krupicka"},
{"bill_id":457928,"bill_number":"HB2288","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties in Wythe County.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; powers of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; mixed beverage licenses. Authorizes the ABC Board, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum, to grant a mixed beverage license to any establishment located on property within 1,500 feet of Interstate 81 on either frontage road between mile markers 75 and 86 in the County of Wythe.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2288/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2288","sponsor":"Anne Crockett-Stark"},
{"bill_id":457969,"bill_number":"HB2289","title":"Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.","description":"Health insurance credits for retired school division employees. Expands the recipients of the health insurance credits currently going to retired teachers to all retired employees of local school divisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2289/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2289","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":458005,"bill_number":"HB2290","title":"Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for hiring certain veterans with salary of $30,000.","description":"Tax credit for hiring military veterans. Establishes beginning January 1, 2013, but before January 1, 2018, an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers hiring returning or disabled military veterans into new full-time jobs paying an annual salary of at least $30,000. Returning military veterans are persons who served on active duty on or after September 1, 2001, but not including any person who first served on active duty on or after January 1, 2015. Disabled military veterans are persons who are rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having at least a 50 percent service-connected disability and who were unemployed for at least six months in the calendar year immediately preceding the date on which they were hired into the new job. The tax credit would equal $500 for each returning or disabled military veteran hired. No credit would be allowed for any year in which the number of full-time employees of the taxpayer is less than the average annual number of full-time employees of the taxpayer in the immediately preceding three years. Any unused tax credit could be carried forward for five years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2290/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2290","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":458038,"bill_number":"HB2291","title":"Local correctional facilities; proceeds from commissary.","description":"Local correctional facilities; proceeds from commissary. Allows stores in local correctional facilities to provide services as well as articles and provides that proceeds that are generated from a source other than inmate accounts may be used for the general operation of the sheriff's office.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2291/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2291","sponsor":"Christopher Stolle"},
{"bill_id":458056,"bill_number":"SR30","title":"Tolls; Senate Committee on Finance to study ways to mitigate impact on State's disadvantaged.","description":"Study; mitigation of the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens; report. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to study ways to mitigate the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR30ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR30/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR30","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":458065,"bill_number":"SJR357","title":"Home Education Month; designating as February 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Home Education Month. Designates February, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Home Education Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ357ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR357/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ357","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":458083,"bill_number":"SJR356","title":"Commending the Brookville High School football team.","description":"Commending the Brookville High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ356ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR356/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ356","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":458097,"bill_number":"SJR355","title":"Commending the Liberty Christian Academy High School football team.","description":"Commending the Liberty Christian Academy High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ355ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR355/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ355","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":458115,"bill_number":"SJR354","title":"United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; State Recognition.","description":"Recognition of the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated. Recognizes the existence of United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Incorporated by Rules ","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR354/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ354","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":458132,"bill_number":"SJR353","title":"Outstanding Virginian Day; General Assembly to authorize change of venue for celebration.","description":"Outstanding Virginian celebration. Authorizes a change of venue for the Outstanding Virginian celebration.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ353ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR353/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ353","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":458148,"bill_number":"SJR352","title":"National Wear Red Day; designating as February 1, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"National Wear Red Day. Designates February 1, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as National Wear Red Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ352ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR352/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ352","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":458167,"bill_number":"SB1313","title":"Income tax, local; City of Portsmouth authorized to levy to generate revenue for transportation.","description":"Local income tax. Adds the City of Portsmouth to the list of localities authorized to impose a local income tax to generate revenue to be used for transportation purposes. The bill also removes the requirement that the local income tax be approved by a referendum and repeals the five-year sunset on the local income tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1313/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1313","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":458185,"bill_number":"SB1312","title":"Conditions of release; release of accused to pretrial services only when indigent.","description":"Release of accused to pretrial services only when indigent. Provides that, when a person is arrested for either a felony or a misdemeanor, any judicial officer may place the person in the custody and supervision of a designated person, organization, or pretrial services agency but that no person shall be released to a pretrial services agency without a secured bond unless he is determined by a court to be indigent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1312/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1312","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":458204,"bill_number":"SB1311","title":"Food and beverage tax; adds to list any county that maintains its own roads, etc.","description":"County food and beverage tax. Adds to the list of counties that may collect a food and beverage tax counties that have withdrawn from the secondary state highway system and therefore maintain their own roads and are adjacent to a city that also operates its own road system, and chartered counties that do not currently impose a food and beverage tax.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Finance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1311/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1311","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":458227,"bill_number":"SB1310","title":"Social Services, Commissioner of; submission of financial information by applicant, licensure.","description":"Licensure by the Commissioner of Social Services; submission of financial information. Reduces from three to one the number of credit references that an applicant for initial licensure as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center must submit to be exempt from the requirement that the applicant make his financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Services for review; adds a requirement for submission of an operating budget at the time of application for an initial license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center seeking an exemption from the requirement that an applicant make financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Service; and eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner investigate the financial responsibility of an applicant for renewal of a license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1310/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1310","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":458247,"bill_number":"SB1309","title":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; powers and duties.","description":"Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's powers and duties. Transfers authority for administration of the nutrient management certification program and responsibility for adopting regulations on nitrogen application rates from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. The bill also empowers the Board to oversee districts' programs and to allocate general fund moneys to soil and water conservation districts to support their operations.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1309/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1309","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":458262,"bill_number":"SB1308","title":"Real property tax; localities to tax campers and other recreational vehicles.","description":"Taxation of tangible personal property. Requires localities to tax campers and other recreational vehicles as real property if they are used as a primary residence and do not travel more than 250 miles per year. The bill provides for refunds for personal property taxes paid in 2012 on such campers and other recreational vehicles in the amount of the difference between the personal property tax and the real property tax. The bill also reduces past-due personal property tax amounts owed for such campers and other recreational vehicles to the amount owed under the real property tax rate for 2012.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1308/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1308","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":458282,"bill_number":"SB1307","title":"DPOR; Director authorized to purchase information technology and telecommunication goods & services.","description":"Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Director; purchase of information technology and telecommunications goods and services. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to purchase the information technology and telecommunications goods and services on behalf of the Department. Currently, information technology and telecommunications goods and services for the Department are required to be procured by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1307/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1307","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":458302,"bill_number":"SB1306","title":"Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits to eligible neighborhood organizations.","description":"Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; eligible neighborhood organizations. Provides that, in order to be eligible for an allocation of credits under the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit program from the Department of Social Services, at least 40 percent of the neighborhood organization's revenues must be used to provide services to low-income persons.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1306/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1306","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":458321,"bill_number":"SB1305","title":"Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners, etc.","description":"Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and preventing the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act regarding the ownership or operation of any seaport or port facility. The bill also provides that members of the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority that are appointed by the Governor may be removed by the Governor only for misconduct, and not at his pleasure. The bill grants the powers of industrial development authorities to the Virginia Port Authority, except for the powers to sell or convey the port facilities or to hire employees such as attorneys, and exempts the port from various purchasing and procurement requirements.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1305/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1305","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":458341,"bill_number":"HJR754","title":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; to assist in planning 400th anniversary of landmark events.","description":"400th anniversary of landmark events in Virginia in 2019. Designates the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation as the official Executive Branch agency to assist the Commonwealth in establishing planning systems for commemorating in 2019 the 400th anniversary of landmark events in Virginia's history.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ754ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR754/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ754","sponsor":"William Howell"},
{"bill_id":458361,"bill_number":"HJR753","title":"Transportation related facilities; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to study use.","description":"Study; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to conduct a one-year study of the policy of tolling transportation facilities in the Commonwealth, the financial performance of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the possibility of using a portion of farecard fees collected by WMATA to pay for the Silver Line, registration processes at the Department of Motor Vehicles, the feasibility of widening Interstate Route 66 inside the Capital Beltway, and the effectiveness of transportation studies pertaining to local zoning decisions.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR753/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ753","sponsor":"James LeMunyon"},
{"bill_id":458376,"bill_number":"HJR752","title":"Commending the Gloucester Rotary Club.","description":"Commending the Gloucester Rotary Club.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ752ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR752/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ752","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":458397,"bill_number":"HJR751","title":"Celebrating the life of David Paul Karnes.","description":"Celebrating the life of David Paul Karnes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ751ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR751/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ751","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":458420,"bill_number":"HJR750","title":"Commending the Lloyd C. Bird High School football team.","description":"Commending the Lloyd C. Bird High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ750ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR750/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ750","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":458439,"bill_number":"HB2299","title":"Elections; sample ballots and other information to be available in languages other than English.","description":"Elections; sample ballots and other information to be available in languages other than English. Provides that an electoral board that reasonably should expect a group of voters who cannot read or communicate in English to seek to vote at a precinct shall cause official sample ballots and any other instructions or notices that are posted or made available in English to also be printed in the language of the group.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Privileges and Elections","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Privileges and Elections","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2299/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2299","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":458458,"bill_number":"HB2298","title":"Billboards; establishes conditions under which certain signs may be adjusted or relocated, etc.","description":"Billboards. Establishes conditions under which certain billboard signs may be relocated if land on which the billboard sign is located is acquired by eminent domain in connection with a highway project.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0603)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2298/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2298","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":458479,"bill_number":"HB2297","title":"Railroad right-of-way access; allocation of funds.","description":"Allocation of funds for railroad right-of-way access. Provides that funds for contract fees paid by the Virginia Railway Express for access to the rights-of-way of CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation are to be allocated from the public transportation portion of federal Surface Transportation Program funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Tabled in Transportation (11-Y 10-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2297/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2297","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":458494,"bill_number":"HB2296","title":"Virginia Urban Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program Fund; established.","description":"Best management cost-share program. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation to administer an urban best management practices cost-share program. The program would provide matching funds of up to 50 percent to promote best management practices on private property. Eligible projects must be located in a locality subject to MS4 Phase I or Phase II stormwater permits. The bill also establishes the Virginia Urban Best Management Practices Cost-Share Fund as a subfund of the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund to provide the matching funds for the cost-share program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2296/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2296","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":458514,"bill_number":"HB2295","title":"Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of; duties of Assistant to Governor.","description":"Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; duties of the Assistant to the Governor. Provides for the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to convene at least annually a meeting of the Virginia Congressional Delegation and a delegation representing the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Chair votes No","last_action_date":"2013-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2295/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2295","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":458535,"bill_number":"HB2294","title":"Inmates; carnal knowledge, expansion to include defendants on bond, penalty is Class 1 misdemeanor.","description":"Carnal knowledge of an inmate; expansion to include defendants on bond. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he (i) is an owner or employee of the bail bond company that posted the pretrial defendant's or posttrial offender's bond, (ii) has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant's or posttrial offender's bond, and (iii) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender. Such offense is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2294/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2294","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":458552,"bill_number":"HB2293","title":"Bail; minimum financial conditions.","description":"Minimum financial conditions of bail. Provides that any judicial officer fixing terms of bail shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that the following minimum financial conditions are necessary to assure the appearance of the accused and to assure his good behavior pending trial: any person charged with a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $1,000, secured or unsecured; any person charged with a Class 6 felony shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $5,000, secured; any person charged with a Class 5 felony shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $10,000, secured; any person charged with a Class 4 felony shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $25,000, secured; any person charged with a Class 3 felony shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $50,000, secured; any person charged with a Class 1 or Class 2 felony shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $100,000, secured; and any person charged with a felony that is unclassified shall have bail fixed at an amount not less than $10,000, secured.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-17","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2293/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2293","sponsor":"Tony Wilt"},
{"bill_id":458573,"bill_number":"HB2292","title":"Certificate of public need; clarifies when Commissioner of Health shall accept certain applications.","description":"Certificates of public need. Establishes a procedure for acceptance and review, by the Commissioner of Health, of applications (i) for the transfer of nursing facility beds from one planning district to another planning district in the absence of a Request for Applications and (ii) for an open admissions period for nursing home beds of a continuing care retirement community.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2292/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2292","sponsor":"Robert Orrock"},
{"bill_id":460993,"bill_number":"HB2300","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception. Provides an exception from the tied house restrictions by allowing the granting of any retail license to a distillery licensee, or to an applicant for such license, or to a lessee of such person, a wholly owned subsidiary of such person, or its lessee under certain circumstances. Under current law, this exception is authorized for brewery and winery licensees.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2300/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2300","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":461016,"bill_number":"HB2301","title":"Volunteer fire/EMS departments; localities may have ordinances that include billing property owners.","description":"Volunteer fire departments; billing by localities. Allows localities to directly bill homeowners on behalf of local volunteer fire departments under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2301/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2301","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":461039,"bill_number":"HB2302","title":"Electronic security sales representatives; shall possess valid registration issued by DCJS.","description":"Department of Criminal Justice Services; electronic security sales representatives. Provides that an electronic security sales representative shall possess a valid registration issued by the Department before selling or offering for sale any electronic security equipment in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (13-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2302/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2302","sponsor":"John Cosgrove"},
{"bill_id":461063,"bill_number":"HB2303","title":"Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County may impose additional tax.","description":"Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Reinstates the authority of Arlington County, which expired pursuant to a January 1, 2012, sunset date, to impose an additional transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed one-fourth of one percent. The revenues from the tax shall be spent solely for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"House sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2303/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2303","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":461086,"bill_number":"HB2304","title":"Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth; commemorative coins, recommendations.","description":"Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth; commemorative coins. Specifies that commemorative coins minted at the direction of the Governor shall bear the seal of the Commonwealth on the obverse side of the coin and scenes of natural or historically significant locations in the Commonwealth as recommended by the Board of Tourism on the reverse side. The bill provides that proceeds from the sale of such coins shall be deposited in the Cooperative Marketing Fund established pursuant to § 2.2-2319.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2304/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2304","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":461110,"bill_number":"HB2305","title":"Community associations; restrictions on solar panels.","description":"Solar panels in community associations.  Clarifies that a community association may establish reasonable restrictions concerning the size, place, and manner of placement of solar energy collection devices on property designated and intended for individual ownership and use. The bill also requires the resale certificate required under the Virginia Condominium Act and the disclosure packet under the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act to contain a statement setting forth any restriction, limitation, or prohibition on the right of an owner to install or use solar energy collection devices on his property. In addition, the bill adds to the seller's representation to a prospective purchaser of residential property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act that the seller makes no representations with respect to right to install or use solar energy collection devices on the property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2305/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2305","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":461133,"bill_number":"HB2306","title":"Eminent domain; current assessed value of real property, tax assessments.","description":"Eminent domain; just compensation; tax assessments. Provides that just compensation paid for real property taken pursuant to eminent domain shall not be less than the greater of (i) the appraisal of the fair market value of such property, if such an appraisal is required, or (ii) the current assessed value of such property for real estate tax purposes when the entire parcel for which the assessment has been made is to be acquired, provided that the property has not physically changed in a material and substantial since the current assessment was made such that the assessment no longer represents the property's value. Nothing in the bill makes evidence of tax assessments admissible as proof of value in an eminent domain proceeding. Under current law, just compensation shall not be less than the appraisal of fair market value if such an appraisal is required.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2306/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2306","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":461154,"bill_number":"HB2307","title":"Income tax, state; individuals allowed to have their refunds mailed to their addresses. Emergency.","description":"Individual income tax refunds. Allows individuals to elect to have their income tax refunds mailed to their addresses. The bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2307/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2307","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":461178,"bill_number":"HB2308","title":"Local correctional facilities; electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners.","description":"Local correctional facilities; electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners. Adds Voice-over-Internet Protocol technology and web-based communication systems used for communication between prisoners and third parties to the types of communication systems for which sheriffs and jail superintendents may charge a fee, except in cases in which the prisoner and the third party are located in the correctional facility or appurtenance thereto operated or controlled by the sheriff or jail superintendent, in which case the sheriff or jail superintendent must provide the service free of charge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2308/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2308","sponsor":"Barry Knight"},
{"bill_id":461201,"bill_number":"HB2309","title":"Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in health care facilities.","description":"Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act. Prohibits smoking in health care facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2309/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2309","sponsor":"Algie Howell"},
{"bill_id":461225,"bill_number":"HB2310","title":"Mountain ridge construction; locality to define height of tall buildings, etc.,for regulation.","description":"Mountain ridge construction. Clarifies that localities have flexibility to define by ordinance the height of \"tall buildings and structures\" for purposes of mountain ridge construction regulation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2310/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2310","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":461247,"bill_number":"HB2311","title":"Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; expands purpose, increases membership, etc.","description":"State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.  Changes the State Council of Higher Education by (i) expanding its purpose, (ii) altering its membership and setting forth the qualifications of appointees, (iii) requiring the presidents of the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to present information and comment on issues of common interest at each meeting of the Council, and (iv) permitting the Council to involve other groups in its meeting agendas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2311/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2311","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":461269,"bill_number":"HR133","title":"Commending the Paul Harris family.","description":"Commending the Paul Harris family.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR133ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR133/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR133","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":461287,"bill_number":"HR134","title":"Celebrating the life of V. M. Annas.","description":"Celebrating the life of V. M. Annas.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR134ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR134/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR134","sponsor":"Robert Tata"},
{"bill_id":461392,"bill_number":"HR135","title":"Celebrating the life of John Bayard Buck.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Bayard Buck.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR135ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR135/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR135","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":461396,"bill_number":"HJR762","title":"Breast cancer awareness and prevention; local health departments to provide detailed report.","description":"Breast cancer awareness and prevention; report. Requests local health departments to provide to the State Health Commissioner a detailed report on efforts to promote a breast cancer awareness and prevention to increase early detection of breast cancer, successful treatment outcomes, and survival rates, particularly among minorities and other women who have less access to quality health care.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ762ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR762/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ762","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":461404,"bill_number":"HJR761","title":"Commending Sisters Network, Inc., for its breast cancer awareness and prevention advocacy.","description":"Commending Sisters Network, Inc., for its breast cancer awareness and prevention advocacy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ761ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR761/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ761","sponsor":"Delores McQuinn"},
{"bill_id":461410,"bill_number":"HJR760","title":"Commending Steven Allan Spielberg.","description":"Commending Steven Allan Spielberg.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR760/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ760","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":461421,"bill_number":"HJR759","title":"Commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., on its centennial anniversary.","description":"Commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., on its centennial anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ759ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR759/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ759","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":461428,"bill_number":"HJR758","title":"Urban Agriculture Month; designating as October 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Urban Agriculture Month. Designates October, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Urban Agriculture Month in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ758ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR758/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ758","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":461437,"bill_number":"HJR757","title":"Commending the Northampton County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.","description":"Commending the Northampton County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ757ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR757/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ757","sponsor":"Lynwood Lewis"},
{"bill_id":461449,"bill_number":"HJR756","title":"Celebrating the life of Betty A. Thompson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Betty A. Thompson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ756ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR756/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ756","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":461455,"bill_number":"HJR755","title":"Tax restructuring; elimination of BPOL, Machinery and Tool, etc., Taxes.","description":"Tax restructuring; report. Requests the Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Small Business Commission, and Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission to evaluate and develop a plan for implementing tax restructuring to eliminate the BPOL, Machinery and Tool, and Merchants' Capital Taxes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR755/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ755","sponsor":"William Howell"},
{"bill_id":461464,"bill_number":"HB2340","title":"Agency, political subdivision, etc., of VA; prevents assisting federal government in investigation.","description":"Assisting federal gun control efforts. Prevents any agency, political subdivision, or employee of Virginia from assisting the federal government of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, detention, arrest, search, or seizure, under the authority of any federal statute enacted, or Executive Order or regulation issued, after December 31, 2012, infringing the individual right to keep and bear arms by imposing new restrictions on private ownership or private transfer of firearms, firearm magazines, ammunition, or components thereof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2340/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2340","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":461474,"bill_number":"HB2339","title":"Character education program; Department of Education to develop curricular guidelines.","description":"Department of Education; character education program. Requires the Board of Education to identify, in establishing criteria for character education programs, core objective moral values that apply to all mankind. The bill also permits school boards to include objective values as a basic character trait taught in character education programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2339/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2339","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":461485,"bill_number":"HB2338","title":"Criminal conviction; appeals to Court of Appeals, etc.,based on erroneously admitted evidence.","description":"Erroneously admitted evidence; appeal. Provides that when a criminal conviction is appealed based on a claim that the evidence to convict was insufficient because the trial court improperly admitted evidence, the reviewing court shall consider all evidence admitted at trial to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction. If the reviewing court determines that evidence was erroneously admitted and that such error was not harmless, the case must be remanded for a new trial if the Commonwealth so elects.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2338/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2338","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":461492,"bill_number":"HB2337","title":"Public schools; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.","description":"Public schools; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans; parent involvement. Directs each local school board to hold and require the parents of each student in the local school division to attend an informational session no later than August 31 of each year at which the school board shall distribute and present an overview of the school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan. The bill requires each parent to sign a form to certify that he attended the informational session and received a copy of the plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Education","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2337/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2337","sponsor":"Kaye Kory"},
{"bill_id":461501,"bill_number":"HB2336","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 shall be liable to the injured party. Upon proof of both a violation and damages, the injured party shall be entitled to appropriate equitable relief and compensatory damages. If compensatory damages are awarded, an injured party 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2336/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2336","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":461510,"bill_number":"HB2335","title":"Transportation Revenue Fund; established, report.","description":"Transportation Revenue Fund. Establishes the Transportation Revenue Fund and dedicates revenues attributable to economic growth from Virginia's cargo marine terminals to the Fund. The bill also provides that if the operations at one or more ports of Virginia are turned over to a private entity, the money paid by the private entity to the Commonwealth shall be deposited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the construction of new roads in any locality in which a port is located and for the extension of such roads into other localities if the extension is an integral part of the new road.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2335/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2335","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":461519,"bill_number":"HB2334","title":"Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility; SCC to conduct pilot program, etc.","description":"Renewable energy power purchase agreements.  Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to conduct a pilot program in a certain utility's service territory. Under the pilot program, a person that owns or operates a solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility with a capacity between 50 kilowatts and one megawatt that is located on premises owned or leased by an eligible customer-generator will be allowed to sell the electricity generated from such facility exclusively to the eligible customer-generator under a power purchase agreement. The power purchase agreement will provide for third party financing of the costs of the renewable generation facility. The minimum size requirement does not apply to certain nonprofit entities. The SCC shall establish guidelines concerning aspects of the pilot program by December 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-14","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)","last_action_date":"2013-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2334","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":461528,"bill_number":"HB2333","title":"Transportation; funding and administration.","description":"Transportation funding and administration. Provides additional funding for transportation by (i) imposing a motor fuels sales tax rate of five percent for highway maintenance and (ii) increasing the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and imposing it on hybrid electric motor vehicles, with all revenue from such fee distributed to the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund (owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles would be eligible for a refund of motor fuels taxes paid).  The bill also reduces the sales and use tax rate on food for human consumption from 1.5% to one percent, and repeals the authority for certain localities to impose a local income tax. The bill removes the sunset date (June 30, 2018) from the legislation that reduced the special real property tax rate on commercial property in Northern Virginia from $0.25 per $100 of assessed value to $0.125 per $100 of assessed value.  The bill also authorizes planning district commissions to be eligible to receive revenues to be used solely for transportation purposes within the planning district. The revenues would come from an additional 0.5% state sales and use tax and an additional state recordation tax of 40 cents per $100 in the localities located in the planning district. In order to be eligible, the planning district commission must determine, in order of priority, a list of 10 transportation projects that it would like to fund with the revenues. Additionally, the governing bodies of the localities representing at least 60% of the residents within the planning district commission must pass a resolution in support of the generation of such revenues. After these requirements have been met, the General Assembly must specifically authorize the imposition of such taxes in the localities in the planning district commission during the next session of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2333/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2333","sponsor":"Vivian Watts"},
{"bill_id":461537,"bill_number":"HB2332","title":"Tobacco products; abolishes 10% tax on distributor, etc., licensure of retailers","description":"Taxation of tobacco products. Abolishes the 10% tax on the distributor of tobacco products and the method of calculating tax on loose-leaf tobacco based on its net weight. The bill establishes a 5% tax on tobacco products at the retail sales level. The bill also requires the licensure of retail dealers of tobacco products. Retail dealers must pay a $30 license fee annually and report the 5% tax to the Department of Taxation monthly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2332/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2332","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":461543,"bill_number":"HB2331","title":"Election laws; Attorney General shall have full authority to enforce laws or prosecute violations.","description":"Election laws; enforcement and prosecution.  Gives the Attorney General the independent authority to enforce and prosecute violations of election laws in addition to the existing authority granted to the Attorney General pursuant to a unanimous vote of all members of the Board of Elections requesting the Attorney General to assist an attorney for the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2331/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2331","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":461550,"bill_number":"HB2330","title":"Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.","description":"Uranium mining; penalties. Establishes a process for the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to issue permits for the mining of uranium ore. DMME, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Health, State Corporation Commission, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of Historic Resources, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is required to adopt regulations governing uranium mining. DMME shall not accept an application for a uranium mining permit from an applicant unless the applicant had a valid permit for uranium exploration on July 1, 2013. DMME shall not accept an application for a permit to mine uranium at a location more than 10 miles from an area for which a uranium exploration permit was in effect on January 1, 2012. Permit holders are required to pay application fees and annual fees, which shall be sufficient to defray the costs of administering the uranium mining program. The measure establishes the Uranium Administrative Fund, Uranium Response Fund, and Long-Term Monitoring Fund, which will be funded by fees assessed on permittees. A permittee that violates a permit condition or provision of law or regulation may be subject to civil penalties. A person who conducts uranium mining without a permit, violates a condition of a permit, fails to comply with a regulation or order, makes certain false statements, violates recordkeeping requirements, or impedes the DMME in its performance of duties is subject to criminal penalties. A uranium mining permit shall not be issued to an applicant unless the applicant is licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a uranium development corporation, the requirements for which are established by this measure. The Commission is authorized to suspend a uranium development license if it finds that a licensee is not in compliance with financial responsibility requirements or if it receives notice of a determination by an agency that an operation is being conducted in violation of a permit or license. The Commission may revoke a uranium development license if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the license holder has failed to correct a condition for which its license was suspended or has committed other specified acts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2330/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2330","sponsor":"Jackson Miller"},
{"bill_id":461563,"bill_number":"HB2329","title":"Adoption; death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order.","description":"Death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order of adoption. Provides that in cases in which married persons, or persons who were previously married who are permitted to adopt a child, have jointly petitioned to adopt a child and one of the petitioners dies before entry of a final order of adoption, the adoption may proceed in the name of both petitioners and, upon entry of a final order, the child shall be, to all intents and purposes, the child of both petitioners. The bill also provides that in cases in which a child is placed with prospective adoptive parents who are married persons and one spouse dies prior to filing of a petition for adoption of the child, the surviving spouse may file a petition to adopt the child and have the deceased spouse named as the parent of the child and the court may grant such petition upon submission of evidence that the deceased prospective adoptive parent intended to adopt the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Courts of Justice","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Courts of Justice","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2329/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2329","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":461570,"bill_number":"HB2328","title":"Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of; list of licensed providers on website.","description":"Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; listing of licensed providers. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to list providers included on a website of the Department's Office of Licensing by the assumed or fictitious name under which the provider is doing business in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2328/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2328","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":461581,"bill_number":"HB2327","title":"Handguns; prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one in 30-day period.","description":"Purchase of handguns; Limitation on handgun purchases. Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2327/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2327","sponsor":"Robert Brink"},
{"bill_id":461590,"bill_number":"HB2326","title":"Regional strategic plans; preparation and adoption by planning district commission.","description":"Regional strategic plans. Provides that in planning districts in which regional planning is conducted by multi-state councils of government, each planning district commission may prepare a regional strategic plan for the guidance of the district.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2326/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2326","sponsor":"David Bulova"},
{"bill_id":461599,"bill_number":"HB2325","title":"Funeral services; adds to definition of next of kin.","description":"Funeral services; next of kin. Adds any person recognized as the legal spouse of the decedent under the laws of another state to the definition of next of kin for the purposes of making decisions regarding funeral arrangements for the decedent.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2325/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2325","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":461608,"bill_number":"HB2324","title":"Inmates; Director of DOC to develop procedures to identify those eligible for medical assistance.","description":"Health care costs for inmates. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to develop procedures for identifying inmates who may be eligible for medical assistance, enrolling such inmates in the state medical assistance program, and ensuring that claims for eligible services are submitted to the Department of Medical Assistance Services rather than the Department of Corrections, and directs the Attorney General to include providers of inpatient medical services to inmates who are eligible for medical assistance services in audits and investigations of providers of services furnished under the state plan for medical assistance. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to develop procedures for reviewing claims for reimbursement for medical services submitted to the Department for accuracy and for identifying fraudulent or inaccurate claims and recovering amounts paid pursuant thereto.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2324/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2324","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":461616,"bill_number":"HB2323","title":"Motor vehicles; locality may reasonably limit number of title loan businesses, payday lenders, etc.","description":"Local limitations as to number of certain businesses. Provides that a locality may by ordinance reasonably limit the number of motor vehicle title loan businesses, payday lenders, check cashers, and precious metals dealers that may be operated at any one time within its territorial limits. The ordinance may limit the number of such establishments based on a specific number of businesses per magisterial or election district or by limiting the number of such businesses within an established radius.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Commerce and Labor","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Commerce and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2323/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2323","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":461623,"bill_number":"HB2322","title":"Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc.","description":"State Board for Community Colleges; mental health policies. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve as a point of contact with an emergency services system clinician at a local community services board, or another qualified mental health services provider, for screenings and referrals of students who may have emergency or urgent mental health needs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2322/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2322","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":461632,"bill_number":"HB2321","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; State Corporation Commission subject to Act.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; application to the State Corporation Commission. Makes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and designates venue for FOIA petitions against the SCC. The bill reverses a case holding that the Freedom of Information Act is not applicable to the SCC (Christian v. State Corporation Commission, November 2011).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in General Laws","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"General Laws","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2321/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2321","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":461644,"bill_number":"HB2320","title":"Sports or entertainment arena; City of Virginia Beach may construct for professional sports teams.","description":"City of Virginia Beach; sports or entertainment arena. Gives the City of Virginia Beach rights similar to those that had been given in the past to the Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority in constructing an arena for professional sports teams or for conferences and entertainment events. Among those rights is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct an arena and (ii) receive state sales tax revenue that is attributable to an arena, to repay the bonds.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2320/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2320","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":461653,"bill_number":"HB2319","title":"Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority; name change.","description":"Hampton Roads Sports and Entertainment Facility Authority. Makes numerous changes intended to facilitate the attraction and operation of a National Hockey League or National Basketball Association franchise, or other events, among which are amendments that will (i) entitle the Authority, subject to appropriation, to personal, pass-through entity, and corporate income tax revenues generated by the operation of the facility; (ii) change the definition of \"arena\" by requiring a seating capacity of no less than 15,000, and expanding the purpose of the arena to include a venue for conferences and entertainment events; (iii) allow the City of Virginia Beach to remit certain local taxes generated from the facility to the Authority, including sales and use taxes, admissions taxes, food and beverage taxes, and business, professional and occupational license taxes; (iv) permit such locality to charge fees, ticket surcharges, or other charges for such facility and to remit all or a portion of such charges to the Authority; (v) exempt the Authority from the Virginia Public Procurement Act; (vi) require review by the State Treasurer prior to the issuance of bonds, and approval of the General Assembly if the bond issuance would constitute tax-supported debt or adversely affect the Commonwealth's debt capacity or credit rating; and (vii) eliminate the requirement that state tax revenues be applied to repayment of the bonds. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2018, if the Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority has not (a) executed a lease with a team that is a member of the National Hockey League or the National Basketball Association or (b) issued bonds for an arena for the purpose of holding conferences and entertainment events.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Finance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2319/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2319","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":461659,"bill_number":"HB2318","title":"Charter; Town of Richlands.","description":"Charter; Town of Richlands. Provides a new charter for the town. The bill updates references to the Code of Virginia, provides gender neutrality, and corrects outdated provisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2318/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2318","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":461671,"bill_number":"HB2317","title":"Firearms; residency of armed forces members.","description":"Transfer of firearms; residency of armed forces members. Provides that residency for members of the armed forces for the purpose of firearms purchases in the Commonwealth shall include both the member's permanent duty post and the nearby state in which the member resides and from which he commutes to the permanent duty post.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2317/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2317","sponsor":"Richard Anderson"},
{"bill_id":461677,"bill_number":"HB2316","title":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural, etc., services.","description":"Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction. Raises, in the case of airport and aviation transportation projects, the maximum cost of architectural or professional engineering services for all projects in one contract term of a multiple project contract from $500,000 to $1.5 million and for any single project from $100,000 to $500,000. For a locality or authority or sanitation district with a population in excess of 80,000, the bill raises the maximum cost of such services from $1 million to $2 million.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2316/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2316","sponsor":"Kathy Byron"},
{"bill_id":461687,"bill_number":"HB2315","title":"Volunteer Rescue Squads, Va Association of; to submit an annual financial report on use of funds.","description":"Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads; report to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. Requires the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads to submit an annual financial report on the use of funds received from the special emergency medical services fund to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board Executive Committee.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2315/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2315","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":461697,"bill_number":"HB2314","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.","description":"Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend PEACE BEGINS AT HOME to support the programs of the Domestic Violence Action Alliance for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence in Virginia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Transportation","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2314/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2314","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":461703,"bill_number":"HB2313","title":"Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution, report.","description":"Revenues and appropriations primarily for transportation.  Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, primarily for the benefit of transportation. The changes are as follows:  The bill eliminates the $0.175 per gallon tax on motor fuels, and replaces it with a percentage-based tax of 3.5% for gasoline and 6% for diesel fuel. The bill provides for a refund of an amount equal to a 2.5% tax paid on diesel fuel for passenger cars, pickup or panel trucks, and trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.  The bill imposes a $64 annual registration fee on hybrid electric motor vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, and electric motor vehicles. Current law imposes a $50 fee on electric motor vehicles only. The revenues are designated for the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. The bill raises the state sales and use tax across the Commonwealth from 4% to 4.3% and designates the increased revenues for the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund.  The bill establishes procedures for the collection of the state sales and use tax from retail dealers located outside Virginia for sales made into the Commonwealth, contingent upon the federal government passing legislation authorizing such collection. In the event that such revenues are collected, a portion of the revenues will be allocated to localities for education, a portion will be allocated to localities with a stipulation that some of the funds be used by the locality for transportation needs, and a portion of the revenues will be deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund. A portion will also be used to reimburse localities that currently impose a retail sales tax on the sale of certain fuels used for domestic consumption, as the bill also repeals the authority to impose such tax. If the federal government does not pass legislation authorizing the Commonwealth and other states to collect sales taxes from retail dealers located outside the respective state by January 1, 2015, then the motor fuels tax imposed on gasoline will be raised from 3.5% to 5.1% (the motor fuels tax on diesel fuel will remain at 6%, but the diesel fuel refund for passenger cars, pickup or panel trucks, and trucks weighing less than 10,000 pounds will be in an amount equal to a 0.9% tax paid). If the federal government passes such legislation after January 1, 2015, the rate of tax on gasoline will revert to 3.5%. The bill amends the tax on the sale of motor vehicles (the \"titling tax\"). Currently, the titling tax is 3%. A new rate of 4.15% will be phased in over four years. The bill increases the share of existing general sales and use tax revenues used for transportation from a 0.50% sales and use tax to a 0.675% sales and use tax, phased in over four years. The additional allocation will be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. The bill also allocates the revenues from an existing 0.125% sales and use tax to public education. The bill imposes additional state taxes and a fee in Planning Districts meeting certain population, motor vehicle registration, and transit ridership criteria. The additional taxes and fee are a retail sales tax of 0.70%, a 2.1% tax on wholesale distributors of motor fuels, a 2.0% transient occupancy tax, and a fee on grantors of real property equal to $0.15 per $100 of the value of the real property sold by such persons. The transient occupancy tax and grantor's fee currently would apply only in the Northern Virginia Planning District, and the tax on wholesale distributors of motor fuels currently would apply only in the Hampton Roads Planning District (under current law, the same tax on wholesale distributors is imposed in the Northern Virginia Plannning District). The retail sales tax currenty would apply in both the Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads Planning Districts. The additional revenues generated in the Northern Virginia Planning District are deposited into a Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund, with 30% of the funds being distributed to the member localities for use on transportation projects, and the remainder to be used for regional transportation projects. The additional revenues generated in the Hampton Roads Planning District are deposited into a Hampton Roads Construction Fund to be used soley for new construction projects on new or existing roads, bridges, and tunnels, as approved by the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. The 0.70% state sales and use taxes in Planning Districts are in addition to the 0.3% state sales and use tax increase that applies throughout the Commonwealth. Of the increased revenues in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, $100 million in fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016 will be dedicated to Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Extension Project, subject to certain conditions. Beginning in fiscal year 2020, $20 million dollars from the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund will be deposited into the Route 58 Corridor Development Fund. The bill prohibits tolling on Interstate 95 south of Fredericksburg without prior approval of the General Assembly. The bill also makes several technical changes related to the administration of these various provisions.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2313/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2313","sponsor":"William Howell"},
{"bill_id":461710,"bill_number":"HB2312","title":"Pharmacies; clarifies definition of compounding, etc.","description":"Compounding pharmacies. Clarifies the definition of \"compounding\" and adds a requirement for a current inspection report for registration or renewal of a registration for a nonresident pharmacy. The bill also requires every pharmacist-in-charge or owner of a permitted pharmacy or a non-resident pharmacy engaging in sterile compounding to notify the Board of Pharmacy of its intention to dispense or deliver a sterile compounded drug product into the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2312/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2312","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":461724,"bill_number":"HB2342","title":"Criminal history record information check; concealed handgun permittees.","description":"Criminal history information background check; concealed handgun permittees. Requires that the Department of State Police shall provide an expedited process by which a resident of the Commonwealth who presents a validly-issued Virginia concealed handgun permit may receive a criminal history information background check upon the purchase of a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Militia, Police and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2342","sponsor":"Scott Lingamfelter"},
{"bill_id":461967,"bill_number":"HB2341","title":"Voter registration; electronic transmission of information.","description":"Electronic transmission of voter registration information. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote may apply to register to vote by electronic means authorized by the State Board of Elections.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2341/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2341","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":463313,"bill_number":"SR31","title":"Commending the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR31ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR31/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR31","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":463316,"bill_number":"SJR367","title":"Constitutional amendment; appointment of electoral boards & officers of election (first reference).","description":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); appointment of electoral boards and officers of election. Provides that appointments to local electoral boards and as officers of election shall be on a nonpartisan basis, eliminating current provisions for party representation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR367/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ367","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":463320,"bill_number":"SJR366","title":"Age Wave; Virginia Area Agencies on Aging & their partners to conduct local & regional planning.","description":"Area agencies on aging; Age Wave planning. Encourages the Virginia area agencies on aging and their public and private partners to conduct local and regional Age Wave planning in anticipation of the increasing numbers of older Virginians.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR366/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ366","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":463324,"bill_number":"SJR365","title":"Commending the Home Educators Association of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Home Educators Association of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ365ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR365/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ365","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":463328,"bill_number":"SJR364","title":"Commending state and local law-enforcement agencies for their outstanding service during 2012.","description":"Commending state and local law-enforcement agencies for their outstanding service during the 2012 Presidential campaign.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ364ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR364/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ364","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":463332,"bill_number":"SJR363","title":"Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; confirming appointment of Chairman.","description":"Appointment; Chairman of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Confirms the appointment by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia of the Honorable F. Bruce Bach as Chairman of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission for a term of four years to expire December 31, 2016, to succeed himself.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ363ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR363/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ363","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463336,"bill_number":"SJR362","title":"Commending Steven Allan Spielberg.","description":"Commending Steven Allan Spielberg.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ362ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR362/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ362","sponsor":"Henry Marsh"},
{"bill_id":463341,"bill_number":"SJR361","title":"Commending the Bath County High School softball team.","description":"Commending the Bath County High School softball team.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ361ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR361/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ361","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":463345,"bill_number":"SJR360","title":"Commending Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas.","description":"Commending Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-02-12","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ360ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR360/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ360","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":463349,"bill_number":"SJR359","title":"Commending Boys' Home, Inc.","description":"Commending Boys' Home, Inc.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ359ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR359/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ359","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":463353,"bill_number":"SJR358","title":"Celebrating the life of Kathleen Hwang.","description":"Celebrating the life of Kathleen Hwang.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ358ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR358/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ358","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":463358,"bill_number":"SB1359","title":"Funeral services; adds to definition of next of kin.","description":"Funeral services; next of kin. Adds any person recognized as the legal spouse of the decedent under the laws of another state to the definition of next of kin for the purposes of making decisions regarding funeral arrangements for the decedent.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1359/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1359","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":463362,"bill_number":"SB1358","title":"Water and sewer system; adds Gloucester County to counties requiring connection by property owners.","description":"Water and sewer system connections.  Adds Gloucester County to those counties that may require connection to their water and sewage systems by owners of property that may be served by such systems; however, those persons having a domestic supply or source of water and an adequate system for the disposal of sewage shall not be required to discontinue their use but may be required to pay a connection fee, a front footage fee, and a monthly nonuser service charge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Local Government","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1358/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1358","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463366,"bill_number":"SB1357","title":"Unemployment benefits; eligibility of graduate student benefits based on summer employment.","description":"Eligibility of graduate students for unemployment benefits. Disqualifies a graduate student from receiving unemployment compensation benefits based on services performed as a student summer employee during a summer break period, if the individual was notified in writing at the time of his hiring that his employment is only for the summer break period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (16-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1357/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1357","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463370,"bill_number":"SB1356","title":"Loudoun County; governing body to appoint members of its board of equalization.","description":"Board of equalization; Loudoun County. Authorizes the governing body of Loudoun County to appoint the members of its board of equalization rather than the appointment of such members by the circuit court.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1356/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1356","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":463374,"bill_number":"SB1355","title":"Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution.","description":"Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, as follows: The bill raises the registration fees for vehicles and trailers and designates these increased revenues for the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund and the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund. The bill raises the state sales and use tax from 4% to 4.8% and designates the increased revenues for the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. The bill establishes procedures for the collection of the state sales and use tax from remote sellers for sales made in the Commonwealth, contingent upon the federal government passing legislation authorizing such collection. In the event that such revenues are collected, a portion of the revenues will be allocated to the localities with a stipulation that some of the funds be used by the locality for transportation needs and a portion of the revenues will be deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund. The bill eliminates the statewide taxation of gasoline and blended fuel containing gasoline under the Virginia Fuels Act but leaves the current tax in place for other types of motor fuels.  The bill raises the annual license fee for electric vehicles from $50 to $100 and imposes the fee on hybrid electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles. The bill repeals the application of the local sales and use tax to the sale of certain fuels used for domestic consumption, and replaces the revenue for the localities that imposed the sales and use tax with a portion of the new revenues generated by the bill. The bill also makes several technical changes related to the administration of these provisions. The provisions of the bill are effective July 1, 2013, except that the changes in the distribution of Fuels Act revenues related to the repeal of the tax on gasoline is effective July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1355/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1355","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":463378,"bill_number":"SB1354","title":"Virtual school programs; regulations requirement by Board of Education.","description":"Virtual school programs; regulations. That the Board of Education shall promulgate regulations requiring (i) any enrollment form for full-time virtual school programs to include an opportunity for the parents of nonresident students to provide the reason or reasons for wanting to enroll in the full-time virtual program and (ii) reporting to the Department of Education the number of and resident school divisions of nonresident students who are enrolled in full-time virtual school programs and any responses given on enrollment forms regarding the reasoning behind enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1354/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1354","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":463382,"bill_number":"SB1353","title":"Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.","description":"Uranium mining; penalties. Establishes a process for the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to issue permits for the mining of uranium ore. DMME, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Health, State Corporation Commission, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of Historic Resources, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is required to adopt regulations governing uranium mining. DMME shall not accept an application for a uranium mining permit from an applicant unless the applicant had a valid permit for uranium exploration on July 1, 2013. DMME shall not accept an application for a permit to mine uranium at a location more than 10 miles from an area for which a uranium exploration permit was in effect on January 1, 2012. Permit holders are required to pay application fees and annual fees, which shall be sufficient to defray the costs of administering the uranium mining program. The measure establishes the Uranium Administrative Fund, Uranium Response Fund, and Long-Term Monitoring Fund, which will be funded by fees assessed on permittees. A permittee that violates a permit condition or provision of law or regulation may be subject to civil penalties. A person who conducts uranium mining without a permit, violates a condition of a permit, fails to comply with a regulation or order, makes certain false statements, violates recordkeeping requirements, or impedes the DMME in its performance of duties is subject to criminal penalties. A uranium mining permit shall not be issued to an applicant unless the applicant is licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a uranium development corporation, the requirements for which are established by this measure. The Commission is authorized to suspend a uranium development license if it finds that a licensee is not in compliance with financial responsibility requirements or if it receives notice of a determination by an agency that an operation is being conducted in violation of a permit or license. The Commission may revoke a uranium development license if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the license holder has failed to correct a condition for which its license was suspended or has committed other specified acts.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1353/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1353","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":463386,"bill_number":"SB1352","title":"Protective helmets; ordinance to require every person wear when riding or being carried on bicycle.","description":"Protective helmet ordinance. Provides that any locality may by ordinance require that every person shall wear a commercially manufactured protective helmet whenever riding or being carried on a bicycle, a skateboard, or roller skates on any publicly owned skate park facility. Violation of any such ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of $25. However, such fine shall be suspended under certain conditions. Violation of any such ordinance shall not constitute negligence or assumption of risk or be considered in mitigation of damages of whatever nature, be admissible in evidence, or be the subject of comment by counsel in any action for the recovery of damages arising out of the operation of any bicycle, skateboard, or roller skates, nor shall the provisions of the bill change any existing law, rule, or procedure pertaining to any civil action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1352/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1352","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":463391,"bill_number":"SB1351","title":"Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners.","description":"Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and providing the Virginia Port Authority with additional procurement and other exemptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Incorporated by Transportation ","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1351/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1351","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":463395,"bill_number":"SB1350","title":"Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; created, report.","description":"Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created. Creates the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity by consolidating the powers and duties of the Department of Business Assistance and the Department of Minority Business Enterprise. The bill abolishes the Department of Business Assistance and the Department of Minority Business Enterprise. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014, and contains numerous technical amendments to accomplish this consolidation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1350/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1350","sponsor":"Jeffrey McWaters"},
{"bill_id":463400,"bill_number":"SB1349","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; mandatory revocation of mixed beverage licenses, prohibited acts.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; mandatory revocation of mixed beverage licenses. Requires the ABC Board to revoke the license of a licensee that (i) has defrauded or attempted to defraud the ABC Board, or any federal, state, or local government or governmental agency or authority, by making or filing any report, document, or tax return required by statute or regulation that is fraudulent or contains a willful or knowing false representation of a material fact or (ii) has willfully deceived or attempted to deceive the Board, or any federal, state, or local government or governmental agency or authority, by making or maintaining business records required by statute or regulation that are false or fraudulent. The bill directs the ABC Board to meet with interested parties and others to develop guidelines for appropriate sanctions for violations relating to the food-beverage ratio and MBAR reports by mixed beverage licensees. As part of this study, the ABC Board is directed to include certain information in its report to the Chairs of the House General Laws Committee and the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1349/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1349","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":463404,"bill_number":"SB1348","title":"Criminal judgment; appeal based on erroneously admitted evidence.","description":"Erroneously admitted evidence; appeal. Provides that when a criminal judgment is appealed based on a claim that the evidence to convict was insufficient because the trial court improperly admitted evidence, the reviewing court shall consider all evidence admitted at trial to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the judgment. If the reviewing court determines that evidence was erroneously admitted and that such error was not harmless, the case shall be remanded for a new trial.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1348/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1348","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":463408,"bill_number":"SB1347","title":"Southwest Virginia Health Authority; clarifies definition of hospital, etc., powers, report.","description":"Southwest Virginia Health Authority. Clarifies the definition of \"hospital or health center\" by adding references to dental facilities. The bill also adds provisions related to the authority of an industrial development authority to issue bonds in furtherance of the establishment of a nonprofit hospital or health center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1347/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1347","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":463412,"bill_number":"SB1346","title":"Charitable gaming; sale of pull tabs & other instant bingo games by volunteer fire departments, etc.","description":"Charitable gaming; sale of pull tabs and other instant bingo games. Authorizes certain volunteer fire departments or rescue squads or auxiliary units thereof to sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards one hour immediately preceding the conduct of any regular or special bingo game provided the instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards are sold in accordance with Charitable Gaming Board regulations. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1346/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1346","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":463416,"bill_number":"SB1345","title":"Teacher licensure; renewal requirements by Board of Education.","description":"Teacher licensure; renewal requirements. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require any individual licensed and endorsed to teach (i) middle school civics or economics or (ii) high school government or history who is seeking renewal of such license to demonstrate knowledge of Virginia history or state and local government by completing a module or professional development course specifically related to Virginia history or state and local government that has a value of five professional development points. This requirement applies for purposes of the individual's next or initial renewal occurring after July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)","last_action_date":"2013-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1345/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1345","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":463420,"bill_number":"SB1344","title":"Higher Education, State Council for; accrediting agencies.","description":"The State Council of Higher Education; accrediting agencies. Prohibits the State Council of Higher Education from recognizing or relying on the ratings of any national or regional accrediting agency unless such agency is certified by the Council.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1344/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1344","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":463424,"bill_number":"SB1343","title":"Charter; City of Fairfax.","description":"Charter; City of Fairfax. Increases the maximum transient occupancy tax that the city may levy from four percent to six percent. Any amount above four percent shall be placed into an economic development opportunity fund to be used solely for economic development, marketing, or tourism initiatives.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Requires 27 affirmative votes to overide veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1343/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1343","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":463428,"bill_number":"SB1342","title":"Higher education; mental health treatment coordination for certain students.","description":"Higher education; mental health treatment coordination.  Provides that the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education may establish written memoranda of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. The bill requires each memorandum to designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed or when a student is discharged from a facility and consents to such notification. The bill also requires each memorandum to include the institution in the post-discharge planning of a student who has been committed and intends to return to campus, to the extent allowable under state and federal privacy laws.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1342/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1342","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":463432,"bill_number":"SB1341","title":"Renewable energy facilities, certain; exemption from local zoning and land use regulations.","description":"Renewable energy facilities; exemption from land use regulations. Exempts certain electrical generation facilities powered by renewable sources of energy from local zoning and land use requirements. The exemption applies to a facility that is owned by an electric utility, has a capacity of at least four megawatts, is on a parcel of at least 25 acres, and has received all required approvals and permits from the State Corporation Commission and environmental regulators.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1341/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1341","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":463436,"bill_number":"SB1340","title":"Revenues and appropriations of State; changes specifically relating to transportation funding.","description":"Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth, specifically relating to transportation funding, as follows: The bill raises the state sales and use tax rate from four percent to five percent. Of these new revenues, an amount equal to a one-half percent sales and use tax will be deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund, and the percentage of the Transportation Trust Fund sales and use tax revenues dedicated to mass transit will be raised to 25%. Of the other one-half percent of the new one percent sales and use tax, two-thirds will be distributed to localities to use for education, and one-third will be used to fund higher education in the Commonwealth. In fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, $80 million dollars each year that would otherwise be distributed to the Transportation Trust Fund will be designated to the Phase II Dulles Corridor Metrorail Extension Project, subject to certain conditions. The bill raises the cents-per-gallon rate of the tax on motor fuels by five cents on July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, and then begins indexing the cents-per-gallon rate on July 1, 2015. The bill makes additional technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1340/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1340","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":463442,"bill_number":"SB1339","title":"Electric utility ratemaking; revises certain incentives & other provisions applicable.","description":"Electric utility ratemaking. Revises certain incentives and other provisions applicable to investor-owned electric utilities under the 2007 re-regulation legislation. The measure (i) eliminates the 50 basis point performance incentive that has been available to utilities that attain the renewable energy portfolio standard goals; (ii) replaces the provision that has authorized the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to adopt a performance incentive that may increase or decrease a utility's combined rate of return by up to 100 basis points, based on a comparison of the utility's generating plant performance, customer service, and operating efficiency with nationally recognized standards, with a provision that authorizes the SCC to increase or decrease the utility's combined rate of return consistent with its precedent for incumbent electric utilities prior to the 2007 re-regulation legislation; (iii) increases the threshold for determining whether the utility's earned combined rate of return on common equity is excessive or insufficient, for test periods commencing after December 31, 2012, from 50 basis points above or below the return determined by the SCC to 70 basis points above or below such return; (iv) eliminates the provision that requires the SCC, when it determines that rates should be revised or credits applied to customers' bills, to combine a rate adjustment clause previously implemented to recover transmission-related costs with the utility's costs, revenues, and investments until the amounts that are the subject of the rate adjustment clause are fully recovered; (v) eliminates the provision that authorizes the SCC to include in a rate adjustment clause for environmental costs the enhanced rate of return on common equity that is provided for new generation facilities if the environmental costs reduce the need for constructing new generation facilities by enabling the continued operation of existing generation facilities; (vi) requires a utility seeking approval to construct a generating facility to demonstrate that it has considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in its selection process; (vii) eliminates the authorization for a utility to earn an enhanced rate of return on the costs of a new generation facility during the first portion of its service life if the facility does not utilize nuclear power or offshore wind, unless the SCC has approved a rate adjustment clause for the facility by July 1, 2013, or the utility filed a petition therefor on or before January 1, 2013; (viii) reduces the potential enhanced rate of return on the costs of a new generation facility utilizing nuclear power or offshore wind from 200 to 100 basis points; (ix) requires certain costs related to early retirement of generation plants, severe weather events, and natural disasters to be deemed to have been recovered through customer rates during the test period under review unless doing so would place the utility in an under-earning position, in which event the SCC is required to authorize deferred recovery of such costs and allow the utility to amortize and recover the deferred costs over future periods; and (x) directs that the fair combined rate of return on common equity determined by the SCC in a biennial rate review shall apply to the entire two successive 12-month test periods ending December 31 immediately preceding the year of the utility's subsequent biennial review filing for purposes of reviewing the utility's earnings on its rates for generation and distribution services.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1339/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1339","sponsor":"Richard Saslaw"},
{"bill_id":463446,"bill_number":"SB1338","title":"Tolls; General Assembly to approve for use on any component of Interstate Highway System, exception.","description":"Tolls for the use of Interstate Highway System components. Requires prior General Assembly approval to toll any component of the Interstate Highway System in existence prior to July 1, 2013, except for HOT and HOV lanes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Incorporated by Finance ","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1338/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1338","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":463450,"bill_number":"SB1337","title":"Civil cases; conduct of business activity, permissible venue.","description":"Venue in civil cases; conduct of business activity; change of venue. Provides that Category B venue exists where a defendant that is not an individual has its principal office or principal place of business. Currently, Category B venue exists where the president or other chief officer of a defendant that is a corporation resides. The bill also provides that Category B venue exists where a defendant regularly conducts substantial business activity or where such activity was conducted before the defendant's withdrawal from the Commonwealth provided there exists any practical nexus to the forum. There is no current requirement for such a practical nexus.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1337/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1337","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463454,"bill_number":"SB1336","title":"Boundary adjustments; notice to affected landowners.","description":"Boundary adjustments; notice. Provides that all affected landowners shall be given notice of a proposed voluntary boundary adjustment. The bill authorizes landowners to file a petition to intervene in the action under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1336/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1336","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":463458,"bill_number":"SB1335","title":"Concealed handgun permits; confidentiality of permittee information.","description":"Nondisclosure of concealed handgun permit information. Prohibits the clerk of a circuit court who issued a concealed handgun permit from publicly disclosing an applicant's name and any other information contained in a concealed handgun permit application or in any order issuing a concealed handgun permit.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1335/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1335","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":463462,"bill_number":"SB1334","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemption for Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records exemption for the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council.  Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act for records of the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council to the extent such records are (i) prepared for and utilized by the Council in the training of state prosecutors or law-enforcement personnel, where such records are not otherwise available to the public and the release of such records would reveal confidential strategies, methods, or procedures to be employed in law-enforcement activities, or (ii) materials created for the investigation and prosecution of a criminal case.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1334/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1334","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463466,"bill_number":"SB1333","title":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; membership.","description":"Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; membership. Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules to determine if the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or the Chairman Emeritus of the Senate Finance Committee will serve on the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees. Currently, the Chairman must serve.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-16","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)","last_action_date":"2013-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1333/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1333","sponsor":"Thomas Norment"},
{"bill_id":463470,"bill_number":"SB1332","title":"Abortion; optional ultrasound.","description":"Abortion; optional ultrasound. Eliminates the requirement that a pregnant woman undergo a mandatory transabdominal ultrasound prior to the performance of an abortion to determine the gestational age of the fetus and provides that a pregnant woman shall be offered the opportunity to have an ultrasound performed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 3-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1332/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1332","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":463474,"bill_number":"SB1331","title":"Drones; moratorium on use of unmanned aircraft systems by state or local government department, etc.","description":"Drones; moratorium. Places a moratorium on the use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local law enforcement and regulatory entities until July 1, 2015, except in defined emergency situations or in training exercises related to such situations. The moratorium does not apply to certain Virginia National Guard functions or to research and development conducted by institutions of higher education or other research organizations. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and other agencies, to develop protocols for the use of drones by law-enforcement agencies and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1331/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1331","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":463478,"bill_number":"SB1330","title":"Eastern Virginia Medical School; reduces minimum number of required meetings of Board of Visitors.","description":"Eastern Virginia Medical School; board of visitors. Reduces the minimum number of required meetings of the Board of Visitors of the Eastern Virginia Medical School from six per year to four per year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-12","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)","last_action_date":"2013-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1330/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1330","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":463483,"bill_number":"SB1329","title":"Medicaid; expands class of recipients in State.","description":"Expansion of Medicaid. Expands the class of Medicaid recipients in Virginia to include those meeting the criteria in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such expansion would expire if federal financial participation for the expanded population is reduced below 90 percent. The bill also authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek federal authorization to reform the Medicaid service delivery model in Virginia.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1329/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1329","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":463487,"bill_number":"SB1328","title":"Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution.","description":"Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, as follows: The bill raises the state sales and use tax from 4% to 4.5%, and designates the increased revenues for the Transportation Trust Fund, to be allocated in the same manner as other sales and use tax revenues designated for the Transportation Trust Fund. The bill 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 requires 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. Additional revenues generated by this change would be dedicated to transportation. The effective date of these provisions of the bill is January 1, 2014. The bill eliminates the statewide cents-per-gallon taxation of gasoline and blended fuel containing gasoline under the Virginia Fuels Act but leaves the current cents-per-gallon tax in place for other types of motor fuels. The bill establishes a new 5.5% tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-service unleaded regular gasoline. The bill increases the registration fee for electric motor vehicles from $50 to $75, and levies the annual fee on alternative fuel vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1328/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1328","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":463492,"bill_number":"SB1327","title":"Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited practice by retail wine and beer licensees, penalty.","description":"Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited practice by retail wine and beer licensees; penalty. Provides that no retail off-premises wine and beer licensee shall sell any alcoholic beverage by means of a self-scanning cash register or other point-of-sale system. The bill defines \"point-of-sale system\" and provides that any person convicted of a violation is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1327/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1327","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":463496,"bill_number":"SB1326","title":"Public schools; Board of Education to develop and distribute policies on concussion prevention.","description":"Public schools; policies on concussion prevention. Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to local school divisions by July 1, 2014, guidelines for policies limiting the amount of contact experienced by student-athletes playing contact sports and requires each local school division to develop policies and procedures regarding the same, including a limitation on the amount of contact practices allowed per week for student-athletes playing football.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Education and Health","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Education and Health","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1326/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1326","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":463500,"bill_number":"SB1325","title":"Professional counselors, etc.; Board of Counseling to establish specified fees for licensure, etc.","description":"Board of Counseling; fees. Requires the Board of Counseling to establish, among other fees, specified fees for the licensure and certification of professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse treatment practitioners, substance abuse counselors, substance abuse counseling assistants, and rehabilitation providers and provides that after July 1, 2015, any increase or decrease in the fees of the Board of Counseling shall be governed by the provisions of § 54.1-113 and the Administrative Process Act. This bill contains an emergency clause.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2013-03-25","last_action":"Senate sustained Governor's veto","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1325/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1325","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":463504,"bill_number":"SB1324","title":"Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report.","description":"Opportunity Educational Institution and Board established. Creates the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board. The bill requires any school that has been denied accreditation and permits any school that has been accredited with warning for three consecutive years to be transferred to the Institution and remain in the Institution for five years or until the school achieves full accreditation. The bill also sets forth requirements for student attendance, staffing, and funding for the Institution. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Communicated to Governor","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1324/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1324","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":463508,"bill_number":"SB1323","title":"Temporary detention; execution of order, transportation.","description":"Temporary detention; execution of order; transportation. Requires the law-enforcement agency that is specified by a magistrate to execute a temporary detention order and provide transportation to do so by 5:00 p.m. on the day following receipt of the magistrate's order.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1323/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1323","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":463512,"bill_number":"SB1322","title":"Dead bodies; Commonwealth shall pay cost of disposition.","description":"Disposition of dead bodies; how expenses paid. Provides that the Commonwealth, not the county or city in which the decedent resided or in which the death occurred, shall pay the cost of disposition of a dead body if the claimant is financially unable to pay the reasonable costs of disposition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1322/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1322","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":463516,"bill_number":"SB1321","title":"General fund balance; assignment of fund surplus to Transportation Trust Fund at end of fiscal year.","description":"Assignment of general fund balance; Transportation Trust Fund. Provides that after the full deposit is assigned to the Revenue Stabilization Fund from any general fund surplus at the end of the fiscal year, the Comptroller shall assign the remaining general fund balance to the Transportation Trust Fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Left in Finance","last_action_date":"2013-02-06","committee":"Finance and Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1321/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1321","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":463520,"bill_number":"SB1320","title":"Job investment and incentive grant programs; information to verify employment status.","description":"Job investment and incentive grant programs; information to verify employment status. Authorizes state entities awarding grants or other incentives that are based on employment goals to require the recipient to provide copies of the employer quarterly payroll reports provided to the Virginia Employment Commission to verify the employment status of any position included in the employment goal.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1320/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1320","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":463525,"bill_number":"SB1319","title":"9th Street Office Building; authorization to sell, renovate, etc.","description":"Sale of state property. Authorizes the sale of the 9th Street Office Building and/or the property upon which the 8th Street Office Building was formerly located by the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1319/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1319","sponsor":"Frank Ruff"},
{"bill_id":463529,"bill_number":"SB1318","title":"Cannabinoids, research chemicals, synthetic; penalties.","description":"Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as \"research chemicals\" (previously referred to as \"bath salts\") to add newly identified chemical compounds and structural classes. In addition to adding new chemical compounds as synthetic cannabinoids, the bill adds newly identified structural classes of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds that fit within the structural class will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Incorporated by Courts of Justice ","last_action_date":"2013-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1318/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1318","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":463533,"bill_number":"SB1317","title":"Real property; DGS authorized to convey property to Mennel Milling Company in Roanoke County.","description":"Property conveyance; certain real property to the Mennel Milling Company located in Roanoke County, Virginia. Modifies a 2011 enactment whereby the Department of General Services was authorized to convey certain real property to the Mennel Milling Company. The bill changes the terms of the conveyance of certain real property to the Mennel Milling Company located in Roanoke County, Virginia, by providing that the conveyance is to be made at no cost to the Commonwealth relating to the conveyance such as title insurance fees and premiums, environmental investigations, and survey costs, but expressly excluding any potential costs expended by the Commonwealth related to the improvement and use of the property exchanged or for costs expended by the Commonwealth in connection with the use of the parcel conveyed. The bill also removes the emergency clause on the 2011 enactment.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1317/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1317","sponsor":"Ralph Smith"},
{"bill_id":463537,"bill_number":"SB1316","title":"Wetland delineator; requirements for certification.","description":"Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; requirements for certification as a wetland delineator. Removes the requirement that experience in wetland delineation prior to applying for certification as a wetland delineator must have occurred under the supervision of a certified professional wetland delineator.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-18","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)","last_action_date":"2013-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1316/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1316","sponsor":"Harry Blevins"},
{"bill_id":463541,"bill_number":"SB1315","title":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; limitation on amendment to declaration.","description":"Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration; control of association by declarant. Provides that if there is any lot owner other than the declarant, then the declarant may not amend 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. In addition, the bill provides that the association disclosure packet shall contain a statement setting forth information regarding the transfer of control of the board of directors or association to the lot owners, including (i) the number of lots in the recorded subdivision, (ii) the current number of members on the board of directors, (iii) the number of members of the board of directors who are appointed by the declarant, and (iv) the method for determining the point when the transfer of control will take place.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 6-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1315/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1315","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":463546,"bill_number":"SB1314","title":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.","description":"Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in criminal cases, and clarifying issues related to coverage under workers' compensation and risk management laws.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety ","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1314/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1314","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":463550,"bill_number":"HR137","title":"Commending Tara Zimak.","description":"Commending Tara Zimak.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR137ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR137/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR137","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":463554,"bill_number":"HR136","title":"Commending Carley Shannon.","description":"Commending Carley Shannon.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR136ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR136/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR136","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":463558,"bill_number":"HJR764","title":"Commending the Virginia Capitol Foundation.","description":"Commending the Virginia Capitol Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ764ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR764/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ764","sponsor":"Christopher Peace"},
{"bill_id":463562,"bill_number":"HJR763","title":"Commending the Town of Gordonsville.","description":"Commending the Town of Gordonsville.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-24","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ763ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR763/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ763","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":463567,"bill_number":"HR138","title":"Commending Kurtis Steck.","description":"Commending Kurtis Steck.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR138ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR138/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR138","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":463718,"bill_number":"SJR370","title":"Agricultural and forestry products; weight limits on interstate highways.","description":"Weight limits on interstate highways. Memorializes the Virginia Congressional Delegation to support efforts to allow states to authorize higher weight limits for commercial motor vehicles carrying agricultural and forestry products on interstate highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR370/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ370","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":463739,"bill_number":"SJR369","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ369ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR369/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ369","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":463762,"bill_number":"SJR368","title":"United States Constitution; General Assembly recognizes 2nd Amendment protects right to bear arms.","description":"Recognizing that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms. Recognizes that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ368ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR368/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ368","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":463785,"bill_number":"SB1367","title":"Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.","description":"Health insurance for local government employees. Gives local governments the option of having all their employees and retirees, as well as their dependents, eligible to participate in the state employee health insurance plan in lieu of the current state-administered local health insurance plan. The local government shall be responsible for whatever portion of the cost of such insurance that is not paid by the employee, except any portion that the General Assembly elects to pay.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1367/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1367","sponsor":"George Barker"},
{"bill_id":463807,"bill_number":"SB1366","title":"Electric utility regulation; schedule for biennial reviews, authority to petition.","description":"Electric utility regulation; schedule for biennial reviews; authority to petition for rate increase. Requires Appalachian Power, referred to as a Phase I utility, to delay the filing of its next biennial review from March 31, 2013, until March 31, 2014, upon giving the State Corporation Commission 30 days' notice. Such a utility is (i) prohibited from deferring on its books for future recovery certain costs incurred during calendar year 2011 and (ii) required to file subsequent biennial filings by March 31, 2016, and every two years thereafter. The bill also provides that if the combined rate of return on common equity earned by generation and distribution services for the two successive 12-month test periods ending December 31, 2013, is no more than 50 basis points above or below the return determined for this utility, the combined return shall not be considered either excessive or insufficient, respectively. In addition, the measure provides that for any test period commencing after December 31, 2012, for Dominion, referred to as a Phase II Utility, and after December 31, 2013, for Appalachian Power, if the utility has, during the test period or periods under review, earned below the return determined for the utility, whether or not such combined return is within 70 basis points of the return as so determined, the utility may petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of an increase in rates as if it had earned more than 70 basis points below a fair combined rate of return. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is in force from its passage.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-21","last_action":"Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1366/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1366","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":463830,"bill_number":"SB1365","title":"Tax administration; monetary awards for detection of tax underpayments, development of guidelines.","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 or the underpaying business taxpayer's income exceeds $500,000, and the amount in question exceeds $50,000. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Tabled in Finance by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1365/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1365","sponsor":"Frank Wagner"},
{"bill_id":463850,"bill_number":"SB1364","title":"Standards of Learning; Two-year waivers from third grade assessments to certain schools, report.","description":"Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to grant a two-year waiver from the science and the history and social science Standards of Learning assessment requirement for third grade students in certain schools and requires elementary schools that have been granted a two-year waiver to use the additional instruction time for study in reading and mathematics. The bill also directs the Board to study the effect of the two-year waivers on student achievement in reading and mathematics.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-04","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1364/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1364","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":463873,"bill_number":"SB1363","title":"Firearms; residency of armed forces members.","description":"Transfer of firearms; residency of armed forces members. Provides that residency for members of the armed forces for the purpose of firearms purchases in the Commonwealth shall include both the member's permanent duty post and the nearby state in which the member resides and from which he commutes to the permanent duty post.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1363/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1363","sponsor":"Jill Vogel"},
{"bill_id":463896,"bill_number":"SB1362","title":"Metropolitan Washington Airports; conditions upon Governor's authorization of Amendment No. 4.","description":"Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Requires General Assembly approval prior to the Governor's authorization of the approval of amendment No. 4 to the lease with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1362/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1362","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":463918,"bill_number":"SB1361","title":"DRPT; analysis of proposed project provided to General Assembly.","description":"Responsibilities of Department. Requires the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to provide the General Assembly with an economic and financial analysis of all proposed projects before receipt of any funding.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1361/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1361","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":463939,"bill_number":"SB1360","title":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; General Assembly may add certain full-time employees.","description":"Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Provides that the General Assembly may, by appropriate legislative action, add full-time employees of the Department of Military Affairs who provide fire protection services for facilities of the Virginia National Guard to the membership of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-18","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1360/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1360","sponsor":"Dave Marsden"},
{"bill_id":464208,"bill_number":"HJR765","title":"Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Gregory Todd Copes.","description":"Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Gregory Todd Copes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ765ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR765/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ765","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
{"bill_id":464691,"bill_number":"SJR371","title":"Commending William D. Mullins.","description":"Commending William D. Mullins.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ371ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR371/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ371","sponsor":"Phillip Puckett"},
{"bill_id":464816,"bill_number":"HR140","title":"Celebrating the life of Eugenia Weisman Evans.","description":"Celebrating the life of Eugenia Weisman Evans.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR140ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR140/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR140","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":464944,"bill_number":"HR139","title":"Commending the Herndon High School co-ed cheer team.","description":"Commending the Herndon High School co-ed cheer team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR139ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR139/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR139","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":465068,"bill_number":"HJR767","title":"Commending the March of Dimes.","description":"Commending the March of Dimes.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ767ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR767/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ767","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":465197,"bill_number":"HJR766","title":"Commending Adele Lebowitz.","description":"Commending Adele Lebowitz.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ766ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR766/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ766","sponsor":"Barbara Comstock"},
{"bill_id":468209,"bill_number":"HJR768","title":"Coal Miners Day; designating as April 13, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Designating April 13, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Coal Miners Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ768ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR768/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ768","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":468740,"bill_number":"HJR769","title":"Commending William B. Holtzman.","description":"Commending William B. Holtzman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ769ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR769/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ769","sponsor":"Todd Gilbert"},
{"bill_id":470428,"bill_number":"HR141","title":"Celebrating the life of John Stewart Bottum.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Stewart Bottum.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR141ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR141/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR141","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":471193,"bill_number":"HJR770","title":"Celebrating the life of George Reid Swecker.","description":"Celebrating the life of George Reid Swecker.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ770ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR770/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ770","sponsor":"Lionell Spruill"},
{"bill_id":472675,"bill_number":"SR32","title":"Commending Angela Sumner Murphy.","description":"Commending Angela Sumner Murphy.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR32ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR32/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR32","sponsor":"Ryan McDougle"},
{"bill_id":472746,"bill_number":"SJR378","title":"Celebrating the life of George L. Barton IV.","description":"Celebrating the life of George L. Barton IV.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ378ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR378/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ378","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":472817,"bill_number":"SJR377","title":"Commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., on its centennial anniversary.","description":"Commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., on its centennial anniversary.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ377ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR377/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ377","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":472891,"bill_number":"SJR376","title":"Celebrating the life of William Henry Wood.","description":"Celebrating the life of William Henry Wood.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ376ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR376/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ376","sponsor":"Bryce Reeves"},
{"bill_id":472966,"bill_number":"SJR375","title":"Celebrating the life of Thomas D. Daley.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thomas D. Daley.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ375ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR375/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ375","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":473043,"bill_number":"SJR374","title":"Celebrating the life of Wallace Clay Nunley, Sr., M.D.","description":"Celebrating the life of Wallace Clay Nunley, Sr., M.D.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ374ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR374/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ374","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":473119,"bill_number":"SJR373","title":"Celebrating the life of James Neff Houff.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Neff Houff.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ373ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR373/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ373","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":473191,"bill_number":"SJR372","title":"Celebrating the life of Carol Lee Fischer Strickler.","description":"Celebrating the life of Carol Lee Fischer Strickler.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ372ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR372/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ372","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":473266,"bill_number":"SB1368","title":"License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.","description":"Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend PEACE BEGINS AT HOME to support the programs of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1368/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1368","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":473992,"bill_number":"HJR771","title":"Commending Danny Joyce.","description":"Commending Danny Joyce.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ771ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR771/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ771","sponsor":"Keith Hodges"},
{"bill_id":474156,"bill_number":"HJR772","title":"Commending the Rapidan Volunteer Fire Department.","description":"Commending the Rapidan Volunteer Fire Department.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ772ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR772/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ772","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":474161,"bill_number":"SJR382","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly January 8, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ382ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR382/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ382","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
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{"bill_id":474227,"bill_number":"SJR380","title":"Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.","description":"Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ380ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR380/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ380","sponsor":"Emmett Hanger"},
{"bill_id":474258,"bill_number":"SJR379","title":"Commending William L. Dudley, Jr.","description":"Commending William L. Dudley, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ379ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR379/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ379","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":474293,"bill_number":"SB1369","title":"Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission; created, penalties.","description":"Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission; regulation of riverboat gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission as the licensing body for riverboat gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for riverboat gaming and provides penalties for violations of the riverboat gaming law. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-25","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1369/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1369","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
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{"bill_id":474362,"bill_number":"HJR775","title":"Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.","description":"Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ775ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR775/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ775","sponsor":"Daun Hester"},
{"bill_id":474395,"bill_number":"HJR774","title":"Commending the Honorable Humes J. Franklin, Jr.","description":"Commending the Honorable Humes J. Franklin, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ774ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR774/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ774","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":474436,"bill_number":"HJR773","title":"Commending Augusta Health.","description":"Commending Augusta Health.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ773ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR773/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ773","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":475854,"bill_number":"HJR777","title":"Commending Keep Virginia Beautiful.","description":"Commending Keep Virginia Beautiful.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ777ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR777/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ777","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":476197,"bill_number":"HJR778","title":"Commending J. R. Burgess.","description":"Commending J. R. Burgess.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ778ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR778/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ778","sponsor":"Matt Fariss"},
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{"bill_id":476976,"bill_number":"SJR384","title":"Diwali Day; designating as last Saturday in October 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Diwali Day. Designates the last Saturday in October, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Diwali Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ384ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR384/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ384","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":477122,"bill_number":"SR33","title":"Celebrating the life of Rear Admiral DeWitt Leroy Freeman, USN (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Rear Admiral DeWitt Leroy Freeman, USN (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR33ER)","last_action_date":"2013-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR33/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR33","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":477390,"bill_number":"HR142","title":"Commending the Vinton Host Lions Club.","description":"Commending the Vinton Host Lions Club.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR142ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR142/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR142","sponsor":"Chris Head"},
{"bill_id":477555,"bill_number":"HJR781","title":"Celebrating the life of Roger Lee Cook.","description":"Celebrating the life of Roger Lee Cook.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ781ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR781/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ781","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":477724,"bill_number":"HJR780","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert H. Haskell III.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert H. Haskell III.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ780ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR780/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ780","sponsor":"Donald Merricks"},
{"bill_id":477999,"bill_number":"HJR782","title":"Commending Thomas Wayne Fore.","description":"Commending Thomas Wayne Fore.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ782ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR782/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ782","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":478093,"bill_number":"HJR783","title":"Commending Haney Mottley.","description":"Commending Haney Mottley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ783ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR783/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ783","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":478188,"bill_number":"HJR784","title":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant Aaron Xavier Wittman.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant Aaron Xavier Wittman.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ784ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR784/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ784","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":478284,"bill_number":"HR143","title":"Commending John Henry.","description":"Commending John Henry.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR143ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR143/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR143","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":478373,"bill_number":"HR144","title":"Commending Debra Graves.","description":"Commending Debra Graves.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR144ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR144/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR144","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":478462,"bill_number":"HR145","title":"Commending Sam Kitson.","description":"Commending Sam Kitson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR145ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR145/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR145","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":478642,"bill_number":"HJR785","title":"Celebrating the life of John White Campbell, M.D.","description":"Celebrating the life of John White Campbell, M.D.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ785ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR785/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ785","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":478819,"bill_number":"HJR786","title":"Commending Heather Griles.","description":"Commending Heather Griles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-29","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR786/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ786","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":478992,"bill_number":"HJR787","title":"Commending the Hanover County Sheriff's Office.","description":"Commending the Hanover County Sheriff's Office.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ787ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR787/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ787","sponsor":"John Cox"},
{"bill_id":479299,"bill_number":"HJR788","title":"Commending Virginia FREE.","description":"Commending Virginia FREE.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ788ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR788/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ788","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":479341,"bill_number":"HJR789","title":"Celebrating the life of Ruby Ethel Giles Turner.","description":"Celebrating the life of Ruby Ethel Giles Turner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ789ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR789/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ789","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":479383,"bill_number":"HJR790","title":"Commending the Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.","description":"Commending the Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ790ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR790/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ790","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":479421,"bill_number":"HJR791","title":"Commending the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community.","description":"Commending the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ791ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR791/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ791","sponsor":"Betsy Carr"},
{"bill_id":479461,"bill_number":"HJR792","title":"Commending Stratford Landing Elementary School.","description":"Commending Stratford Landing Elementary School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ792ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR792/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ792","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":479503,"bill_number":"HJR793","title":"Commending the Honorable William D. Heatwole.","description":"Commending the Honorable William D. Heatwole.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ793ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR793/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ793","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":479544,"bill_number":"HJR794","title":"Commending John Horejsi.","description":"Commending John Horejsi.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ794ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR794/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ794","sponsor":"Mark Keam"},
{"bill_id":479584,"bill_number":"HJR795","title":"Commending Amanda Andere.","description":"Commending Amanda Andere.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ795ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR795/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ795","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":479625,"bill_number":"HJR796","title":"Commending the YMCA Fairfax County-Reston.","description":"Commending the YMCA Fairfax County-Reston.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ796ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR796/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ796","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":479664,"bill_number":"HJR797","title":"Commending Mayflowers.","description":"Commending Mayflowers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ797ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR797/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ797","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":479698,"bill_number":"HJR798","title":"Commending John Marshall Bank.","description":"Commending John Marshall Bank.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ798ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR798/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ798","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":479888,"bill_number":"HJR799","title":"Commending the Auburn High School girls' 92 volleyball team.","description":"Commending the Auburn High School girls%92 volleyball team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ799ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR799/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ799","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":480045,"bill_number":"HJR800","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Andrew Dow Owens.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Andrew Dow Owens.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ800ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR800/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ800","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":480200,"bill_number":"HR146","title":"Celebrating the life of Martha Allston Wildhack.","description":"Celebrating the life of Martha Allston Wildhack.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR146ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR146/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR146","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":480355,"bill_number":"SJR385","title":"Commending Flora of Virginia.","description":"Commending those involved in the development and publication of Flora of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ385ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR385/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ385","sponsor":"John Watkins"},
{"bill_id":480501,"bill_number":"SJR386","title":"Commending Luck Companies.","description":"Commending Luck Companies.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ386ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR386/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ386","sponsor":"Walter Stosch"},
{"bill_id":481410,"bill_number":"HR149","title":"Commending Casey O'Neil.","description":"Commending Casey O'Neil.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR149ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR149/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR149","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":481461,"bill_number":"HR148","title":"Celebrating the life of Richard Watkins Wiltshire.","description":"Celebrating the life of Richard Watkins Wiltshire.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR148ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR148/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR148","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":481512,"bill_number":"HR147","title":"Celebrating the life of Raymond Wilson Tolleson.","description":"Celebrating the life of Raymond Wilson Tolleson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR147ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR147/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR147","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":481567,"bill_number":"HJR807","title":"Commending the William and Mary ice hockey team.","description":"Commending the William and Mary ice hockey team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ807ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR807/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ807","sponsor":"Michael Watson"},
{"bill_id":481617,"bill_number":"HJR806","title":"Commending PRS.","description":"Commending PRS.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ806ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR806/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ806","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":481669,"bill_number":"HJR805","title":"Commending Jessie Thackrey.","description":"Commending Jessie Thackrey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ805ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR805/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ805","sponsor":"James Scott"},
{"bill_id":481720,"bill_number":"HJR804","title":"Commending Nancy Davenport-Ennis.","description":"Commending Nancy Davenport-Ennis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ804ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR804/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ804","sponsor":"Brenda Pogge"},
{"bill_id":481771,"bill_number":"HJR803","title":"Commending Luck Companies.","description":"Commending Luck Companies.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ803ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR803/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ803","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":481823,"bill_number":"HJR802","title":"Commending the voters of Goochland County.","description":"Commending the voters of Goochland County.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR802/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ802","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":481877,"bill_number":"HJR801","title":"Celebrating the life of Disamodha Chandrakirthi Amarasinghe, M.D.","description":"Celebrating the life of Disamodha Chandrakirthi Amarasinghe, M.D.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ801ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR801/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ801","sponsor":"Algie Howell"},
{"bill_id":481986,"bill_number":"HJR808","title":"Commending the Town of Blackstone.","description":"Commending the Town of Blackstone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ808ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR808/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ808","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":482025,"bill_number":"HJR809","title":"Commending Lee Sherbeyn.","description":"Commending Lee Sherbeyn","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ809ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR809/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ809","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":482068,"bill_number":"HJR810","title":"Celebrating the life of John H. Smedley, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of John H. Smedley, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ810ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR810/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ810","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":482110,"bill_number":"HJR811","title":"Commending Ralph R. White, Jr.","description":"Commending Ralph R. White, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ811ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR811/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ811","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":482150,"bill_number":"HJR812","title":"Celebrating the life of Robert Hobson Patterson, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robert Hobson Patterson, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ812ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR812/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ812","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":482194,"bill_number":"HJR813","title":"Commending the Newport News Fire Department Bomb Squad.","description":"Commending the Newport News Fire Department Bomb Squad.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ813ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR813/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ813","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482237,"bill_number":"HJR814","title":"Commending the Heritage High School Governor's STEM Academy.","description":"Commending the Heritage High School Governor's STEM Academy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ814ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR814/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ814","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482280,"bill_number":"HJR815","title":"Commending Robert Criner.","description":"Commending Robert Criner.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ815ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR815/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ815","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482320,"bill_number":"HJR816","title":"Commending Christian Leonard.","description":"Commending Christian Leonard.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ816ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR816/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ816","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482363,"bill_number":"HJR817","title":"Commending Walter Segaloff.","description":"Commending Walter Segaloff.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ817ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR817/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ817","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482408,"bill_number":"HJR818","title":"Commending Warwick River Christian School.","description":"Commending Warwick River Christian School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ818ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR818/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ818","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482452,"bill_number":"HJR819","title":"Commending Sam C. Canavos.","description":"Commending Sam C. Canavos.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ819ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR819/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ819","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482491,"bill_number":"HJR820","title":"Commemorating the life and legacy of Captain Michael Dermott Mullan.","description":"Commemorating the life and legacy of Captain Michael Dermott Mullan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ820ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR820/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ820","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482538,"bill_number":"HJR821","title":"Commending the Virginia Bankers Association Education Foundation.","description":"Commending the Virginia Bankers Association Education Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ821ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR821/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ821","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":482580,"bill_number":"HR150","title":"Commending John Marshall Library.","description":"Commending John Marshall Library.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR150ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR150/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR150","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":482623,"bill_number":"HR151","title":"Celebrating the life of Jackson Newbill Miller.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jackson Newbill Miller.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-01","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR151ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR151/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR151","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":482664,"bill_number":"HR152","title":"Commending Stephanie Copeland.","description":"Commending Stephanie Copeland.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR152ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR152/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR152","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":482711,"bill_number":"SB1371","title":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repetitive requests, remedies.","description":"Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repetitive requests; remedies. Allows a public body to petition the appropriate court for additional time to respond to a request for records when the request is one of a series of requests by the same requester and a response by the public body within the time required by FOIA will prevent the public body from meeting its operational responsibilities. The bill also authorizes a court, in any action to enforce the provisions of FOIA, to decline to order production of the requested records if the evidence shows that the frequency or volume of the record requests made by the petitioner (i) constitutes an unreasonable burden on the resources of the public body, (ii) will prevent the public body from meeting its operational responsibilities, or (iii) has been made to evade the payment of any charges assessed in accordance with FOIA. The bill contains technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1371/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1371","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":482755,"bill_number":"SB1372","title":"Firearm shows; VSP to be available to perform background checks for non-dealer sales, etc.","description":"Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check. Requires the Department of State Police to be available to perform background checks for non-dealer sales at gun shows if a party involved in a transaction wants one. In order for the bill to become effective, the U.S. Department of Justice must approve the policies and procedures that the Department of State Police will use to implement the provisions of the bill.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-01-31","last_action":"Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (3-Y 11-N 1-A)","last_action_date":"2013-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1372/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1372","sponsor":"John Edwards"},
{"bill_id":482798,"bill_number":"SB1373","title":"Interception of communications; authorization for monitoring of communications by sheriff's office.","description":"Interception of communications; sheriffs.  Provides that the Attorney General may apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring by a sheriff's office of an interception of communications; under existing law the same may be done for a police department of a county or city or for U.S. law-enforcement officers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1373/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1373","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":482837,"bill_number":"SB1374","title":"Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.","description":"Schools that have been denied accreditation and fail to make progress toward accreditation; turnaround specialist. Requires local school boards, when a school has been denied accreditation and has failed to make satisfactory progress toward full accreditation, to implement meaningful interventions designed to improve academic achievements. The interventions shall be provided in an agreement between the Board of Education and the local school board and shall be consistent with the following principals: (i) reviewing the performance of the current principal and either (a) replacing the principal if such a change is necessary to ensure strong and effective leadership or (b) demonstrating to the Board that the current principal has a track record in improving achievement and has the ability to lead the turnaround effort; (ii) providing the principal with operational flexibility in the areas of scheduling, staff, curriculum, and budget; (iii) reviewing the quality of all staff and retaining only those who are determined to be effective and have the ability to be successful in the turnaround effort; (iv) providing ongoing professional development informed by the teacher evaluation and support systems and tied to teacher and student needs; (v) redesigning the school day, week, or year, as deemed necessary, to include additional time for student learning and teacher collaboration; (vi) strengthening the school's instructional program based on students' needs and ensuring that the instructional program is research-based, rigorous, and aligned with state academic content standards; (vii) using data to inform instruction and for continuous improvement, including by providing time for collaboration on the use of data; (viii) establishing a school environment that improves school safety and discipline and addressing other non-academic factors that impact student achievement, such as students' social, emotional, and health needs; and (ix) providing ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement. In addition, the bill requires the Board to appoint an experienced external educational consultant to work with the local school board and principal in implementing the interventions. The Board shall determine whether additional state or local resources are necessary to implement the interventions. In lieu of implementing these interventions, the local school board may convert the school or close it and reopen it as a charter school or under an education management organization.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Left in Appropriations","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Appropriations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1374/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1374","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":483645,"bill_number":"HR154","title":"Commending the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals Network.","description":"Commending the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals Network.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR154ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR154/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR154","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":483699,"bill_number":"HR153","title":"Commending Hollin Hall Senior Center.","description":"Commending Hollin Hall Senior Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR153ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR153/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR153","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":483750,"bill_number":"HJR822","title":"Commending South River Elementary School.","description":"Commending South River Elementary School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ822ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR822/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ822","sponsor":"Steven Landes"},
{"bill_id":483809,"bill_number":"HJR826","title":"Commending the Virginia Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.","description":"Commending the Virginia Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ826ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR826/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ826","sponsor":"Robert Bell"},
{"bill_id":483944,"bill_number":"HJR825","title":"Commending Charles Robert Compton, Jr.","description":"Commending Charles Robert Compton, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ825ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR825/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ825","sponsor":"Lacey Putney"},
{"bill_id":484080,"bill_number":"HJR824","title":"Commending The Montpelier Foundation.","description":"Commending The Montpelier Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ824ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR824/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ824","sponsor":"Edward Scott"},
{"bill_id":484216,"bill_number":"HJR823","title":"Barbershop Harmony Week; designating as first full week in April 2013, and each succeeding year.","description":"Barbershop Harmony Week. Designates the first full week in April, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Barbershop Harmony Week in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ823ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR823/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ823","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":484397,"bill_number":"HR155","title":"Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School golf team.","description":"Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School golf team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR155ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR155/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR155","sponsor":"James Massie"},
{"bill_id":484431,"bill_number":"SJR387","title":"Celebrating the life of Agnes Strauss Wolf.","description":"Celebrating the life of Agnes Strauss Wolf.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ387ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR387/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ387","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":484465,"bill_number":"SJR388","title":"Commending William G. Bouie.","description":"Commending William G. Bouie.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ388ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR388/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ388","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":484498,"bill_number":"SJR389","title":"Commending Ed Robichaud.","description":"Commending Ed Robichaud.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ389ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR389/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ389","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":484532,"bill_number":"SJR390","title":"Commending Doug Bush","description":"Commending Doug Bush","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ390ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR390/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ390","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":484573,"bill_number":"SJR391","title":"Commending Friends of the Reston Regional Library.","description":"Commending Friends of the Reston Regional Library.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ391ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR391/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ391","sponsor":"Janet Howell"},
{"bill_id":484924,"bill_number":"HR156","title":"Commending Saint Matthew's Baptist Church.","description":"Commending Saint Matthew's Baptist Church.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR156ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR156/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR156","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":484981,"bill_number":"HJR827","title":"Commending Stan Smith.","description":"Commending Stan Smith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ827ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR827/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ827","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
{"bill_id":485109,"bill_number":"HJR828","title":"Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ828ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR828/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ828","sponsor":"Mark Dudenhefer"},
{"bill_id":485174,"bill_number":"HJR829","title":"Commending Russell County Public Schools.","description":"Commending Russell County Public Schools.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ829ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR829/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ829","sponsor":"Joseph Johnson"},
{"bill_id":485240,"bill_number":"HJR830","title":"McDonnell, Robert F.; establishing a committee for purpose of commissioning a portrait.","description":"Governor; portrait. Establishes a committee for the purpose of commissioning a portrait of Governor Robert F. McDonnell for display in the Capitol.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ830ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR830/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ830","sponsor":"Kirkland Cox"},
{"bill_id":485309,"bill_number":"HJR831","title":"Joint Rules Committee and the Speaker of House of Delegates; confirming appointments.","description":"Appointments by the Joint Rules Committee and the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Confirms appointments by the Joint Rules Committee to the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System, the Commonwealth Health Research Board, the Virginia Council for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, and the Virginia State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision; and appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority and the Board of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-19","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ831ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR831/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ831","sponsor":"William Howell"},
{"bill_id":485375,"bill_number":"SJR392","title":"Celebrating the life of George Reid Swecker.","description":"Celebrating the life of George Reid Swecker.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ392ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR392/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ392","sponsor":"Creigh Deeds"},
{"bill_id":485441,"bill_number":"SJR393","title":"Celebrating the life of Rebecca Beall Jackson Graves.","description":"Celebrating the life of Rebecca Beall Jackson Graves.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ393ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR393/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ393","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":485502,"bill_number":"SJR394","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry Clay Clark.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry Clay Clark.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ394ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR394/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ394","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":485509,"bill_number":"HJR833","title":"Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Williams McGlothlin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Williams McGlothlin.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ833ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR833/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ833","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":485718,"bill_number":"HJR832","title":"Celebrating the life of Debra Elaine Roberts.","description":"Celebrating the life of Debra Elaine Roberts.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ832ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR832/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ832","sponsor":"James Morefield"},
{"bill_id":486712,"bill_number":"HJR834","title":"Celebrating the life of Richard Louis Storch.","description":"Celebrating the life of Richard Louis Storch.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ834ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR834/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ834","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":486763,"bill_number":"HJR835","title":"Celebrating the life of George L. Barton IV.","description":"Celebrating the life of George L. Barton IV.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ835ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR835/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ835","sponsor":"Joe May"},
{"bill_id":486817,"bill_number":"HJR836","title":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Steven Michael Cassada.","description":"Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Steven Michael Cassada.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ836ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR836/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ836","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":486871,"bill_number":"HR157","title":"Celebrating the life of Tucker Carrington Watkins IV.","description":"Celebrating the life of Tucker Carrington Watkins IV.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR157ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR157/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR157","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":486921,"bill_number":"SB1375","title":"Claims; Edna Twiddy.","description":"Claims; Edna Twiddy. Grants relief in the amount of $50,000 to Edna Twiddy to allow her to purchase an easement to gain access to her land that is lost from road widening.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Passed by indefinitely in Finance (10-Y 0-N)","last_action_date":"2013-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1375/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1375","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":486977,"bill_number":"SJR395","title":"Celebrating the life of Athaline S. Fisher.","description":"Celebrating the life of Athaline S. Fisher.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ395ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR395/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ395","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":487031,"bill_number":"SJR396","title":"Commending Divine Baptist Church.","description":"Commending Divine Baptist Church.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ396ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR396/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ396","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":487084,"bill_number":"SJR397","title":"Celebrating the life of Iva Mary Hopkins.","description":"Celebrating the life of Iva Mary Hopkins.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ397ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR397/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ397","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":487139,"bill_number":"SJR398","title":"Celebrating the life of Cynthia Gillum Coiner.","description":"Celebrating the life of Cynthia Gillum Coiner.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ398ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR398/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ398","sponsor":"Charles Colgan"},
{"bill_id":487192,"bill_number":"SJR399","title":"Commending the State of Israel.","description":"Commending the State of Israel.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ399ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR399/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ399","sponsor":"Adam Ebbin"},
{"bill_id":487246,"bill_number":"SJR400","title":"Celebrating the life of Barbara Curtis.","description":"Celebrating the life of Barbara Curtis.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ400ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR400/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ400","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":487433,"bill_number":"HJR837","title":"Celebrating the life of John Tyrone Hairston.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Tyrone Hairston.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ837ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR837/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ837","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
{"bill_id":487609,"bill_number":"SR34","title":"Commending South Vietnamese Americans.","description":"Commending South Vietnamese Americans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-02-05","last_action":"Left in Rules","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR34/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR34","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":488322,"bill_number":"HJR838","title":"Celebrating the life of Agnes Wolf.","description":"Celebrating the life of Agnes Wolf.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ838ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR838/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ838","sponsor":"Charniele Herring"},
{"bill_id":488331,"bill_number":"SR35","title":"Commending the Charles City County Social Services Brown Bag Program.","description":"Commending the Charles City County Social Services Brown Bag Program.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR35ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR35/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR35","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":488394,"bill_number":"SJR406","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Loren Thoburn.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Loren Thoburn.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ406ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR406/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ406","sponsor":"Richard Black"},
{"bill_id":488464,"bill_number":"SJR405","title":"Commending Kevin Watson.","description":"Commending Kevin Watson.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ405ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR405/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ405","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":488537,"bill_number":"SJR404","title":"Commending Douglas Waller.","description":"Commending Douglas Waller.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ404ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR404/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ404","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":488602,"bill_number":"SJR403","title":"Celebrating the life of Roger Clark Cooke.","description":"Celebrating the life of Roger Clark Cooke.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ403ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR403/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ403","sponsor":"Charles Carrico"},
{"bill_id":488672,"bill_number":"SJR402","title":"Commending Ralph R. White, Jr.","description":"Commending Ralph R. White, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ402ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR402/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ402","sponsor":"Donald McEachin"},
{"bill_id":488742,"bill_number":"SJR401","title":"Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin.","description":"Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ401ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR401/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ401","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":488816,"bill_number":"HR158","title":"Celebrating the life of Doris Yvette Bouldin Bland.","description":"Celebrating the life of Doris Yvette Bouldin Bland.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR158ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR158/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR158","sponsor":"Rosalyn Dance"},
{"bill_id":488885,"bill_number":"HJR839","title":"Commending the Town of Crewe.","description":"Commending the Town of Crewe.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ839ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR839/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ839","sponsor":"Thomas Wright"},
{"bill_id":489945,"bill_number":"HR161","title":"Commending Michael Schiavo.","description":"Commending Michael Schiavo.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-08","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR161ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR161/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR161","sponsor":"Peter Farrell"},
{"bill_id":489987,"bill_number":"HR160","title":"Commending Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winchester, Frederick","description":"Commending Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winchester, Frederick & Clarke Counties.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR160ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR160/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR160","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":490031,"bill_number":"HR159","title":"Celebrating the life of Jack Williams Webb, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Jack Williams Webb, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR159ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR159/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR159","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":490078,"bill_number":"HJR844","title":"Commending the State of Israel.","description":"Commending the State of Israel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-11","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ844ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR844/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ844","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
{"bill_id":490121,"bill_number":"HJR843","title":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant David James Chambers.","description":"Celebrating the life of Sergeant David James Chambers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ843ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR843/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ843","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":490170,"bill_number":"HJR842","title":"Celebrating the life of Rhys Tyler Ritter.","description":"Celebrating the life of Rhys Tyler Ritter.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ842ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR842/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ842","sponsor":"Gordon Helsel"},
{"bill_id":490218,"bill_number":"HJR841","title":"Celebrating the life of James Franklin Hope, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of James Franklin Hope, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ841ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR841/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ841","sponsor":"Chris Jones"},
{"bill_id":490266,"bill_number":"HJR840","title":"Celebrating the life of Virginia R. Armstrong.","description":"Celebrating the life of Virginia R. Armstrong.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ840ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR840/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ840","sponsor":"Daun Hester"},
{"bill_id":490427,"bill_number":"HJR845","title":"Commending H. L. Myers.","description":"Commending H. L. Myers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ845ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR845/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ845","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":490536,"bill_number":"HJR846","title":"Commending Raymond Shelton.","description":"Commending Raymond Shelton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ846ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR846/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ846","sponsor":"James Edmunds"},
{"bill_id":490642,"bill_number":"HJR847","title":"Commending Dr. Marshall W. Smith.","description":"Commending Dr. Marshall W. Smith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ847ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR847/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ847","sponsor":"Riley Ingram"},
{"bill_id":490752,"bill_number":"HJR848","title":"Celebrating the life of Murray J. Janus.","description":"Celebrating the life of Murray J. Janus.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ848ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR848/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ848","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":490855,"bill_number":"HJR849","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles Taft Peters, Jr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles Taft Peters, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ849ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR849/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ849","sponsor":"George Loupassi"},
{"bill_id":491661,"bill_number":"SR39","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend John R. Briggs, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend John R. Briggs, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR39ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR39/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR39","sponsor":"Kenneth Alexander"},
{"bill_id":491669,"bill_number":"SR38","title":"Commending the Newport News Fire Department Bomb Squad.","description":"Commending the Newport News Fire Department Bomb Squad.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR38ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR38/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR38","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":491680,"bill_number":"SR37","title":"Commending Walter Segaloff.","description":"Commending Walter Segaloff.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR37ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR37/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR37","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":491689,"bill_number":"SR36","title":"Commending Nancy Davenport-Ennis.","description":"Commending Nancy Davenport-Ennis.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate (SR36ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SR36/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SR36","sponsor":"John Miller"},
{"bill_id":491699,"bill_number":"SJR409","title":"Governor; confirming appointments.","description":"Appointments by the Governor of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly February 4, 2013.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ409ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR409/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ409","sponsor":"Mark Obenshain"},
{"bill_id":491708,"bill_number":"SJR408","title":"Celebrating the life of Brigadier General George Murrell Snead, Jr., USA (Ret.).","description":"Celebrating the life of Brigadier General George Murrell Snead, Jr., USA (Ret.).","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ408ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR408/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ408","sponsor":"Stephen Newman"},
{"bill_id":491719,"bill_number":"SJR407","title":"Commending the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.","description":"Commending the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ407ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR407/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ407","sponsor":"Barbara Favola"},
{"bill_id":491731,"bill_number":"SB1378","title":"Firearms; person guilty of Class 4 felony if sells to person he knows is prohibited from possessing.","description":"Sale and transport for sale of firearms to certain persons; penalty.  Provides that a person who engages in the \"strawman\" purchase of a firearm, where he purchases a firearm with the intent to resell or transport with the intent to resell outside of the Commonwealth to any person he knows is prohibited from purchasing a firearm, is guilty of a Class 4 felony and shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year. Under current law, the penalty for such an offense is a Class 5 felony. Finally, the bill provides that a person who is ineligible to purchase or possess a firearm and who assists any other person in the strawman purchase of a firearm is guilty of a Class 4 felony with a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years to be served consecutively with any other sentence. Under current law, the penalty for such offense is a Class 5 felony with a mandatory minimum term of five years. The prohibitions against strawman purchases do not apply to the purchase of a firearm by a parent, grandparent, or other guardian of a child for the lawful use, possession, or transport of the firearm by the child where the child's age is the sole reason the child is ineligible to purchase a firearm. The bill also adds persons found legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, persons involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility or sent for involuntary outpatient mental health treatment, and those who were the subject of a temporary detention order and subsequently agreed to voluntary admission to a mental health facility to the list of persons for whom it is illegal to sell, barter, give, or furnish a firearm if the seller knows that the person is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm and increases the penalty from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1378/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1378","sponsor":"Thomas Garrett"},
{"bill_id":491742,"bill_number":"SB1377","title":"Explosive devices or firearms; possession of with intent to commit violent felony; penalties.","description":"Possession of explosive devices or firearms with intent to commit violent felony; penalties. Provides that any person who possesses an explosive device within any public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high school, or within any building on the campus of any institution of higher education, with the intent to commit upon the premises thereof a violent felony is guilty of a Class 2 felony. The bill also provides that any person who possesses a firearm within any public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high school, or within any building on the campus of any institution of higher education, with the intent to commit upon the premises thereof a violent felony is guilty of a Class 2 felony.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1377/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1377","sponsor":"Richard Stuart"},
{"bill_id":491752,"bill_number":"SB1376","title":"Certain persons; immunity for those reporting, etc., individual posing credible danger of injury.","description":"Civil immunity for certain persons; incidents on school property. Provides that any person who, in good faith and without malice, reports, investigates, or causes an investigation to be made into the activities of any person relating to conduct involving bomb threats or other explosives or alcohol or drug use at a school or institution of higher learning or in connection with a school or institution activity shall be immune from all civil liability that might be incurred as a result of making such a report or investigation. Currently, only certain school and institution personnel enjoy such immunity. The bill also provides that any person is likewise immune if he, in good faith and without malice, reports, investigates, or causes an investigation to be made into information that any person poses a credible danger of serious bodily injury or death to any other person on school property.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1376/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1376","sponsor":"Stephen Martin"},
{"bill_id":491762,"bill_number":"HR164","title":"Commending Alvin Queen, Jr.","description":"Commending Alvin Queen, Jr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR164ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR164/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR164","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":491771,"bill_number":"HR163","title":"Commending Malcolm Anthony Shaw.","description":"Commending Malcolm Anthony Shaw.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR163ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR163/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR163","sponsor":"Onzlee Ware"},
{"bill_id":491784,"bill_number":"HR162","title":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Lynne J. Bradley.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Reverend Lynne J. Bradley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR162ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR162/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR162","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
{"bill_id":491794,"bill_number":"HJR863","title":"Commending Wyatt Teller.","description":"Commending Wyatt Teller.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ863ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR863/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ863","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":491805,"bill_number":"HJR862","title":"Celebrating the life of Robyn Dobson Yovanovich.","description":"Celebrating the life of Robyn Dobson Yovanovich.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ862ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR862/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ862","sponsor":"Michael Webert"},
{"bill_id":491815,"bill_number":"HJR861","title":"Celebrating the life of Donald Neff Rose, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Donald Neff Rose, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ861ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR861/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ861","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":491826,"bill_number":"HJR860","title":"Commending the Unison Preservation Society.","description":"Commending the Unison Preservation Society.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ860ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR860/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ860","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":491835,"bill_number":"HJR859","title":"Commending the Briar Woods High School football team.","description":"Commending the Briar Woods High School football team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ859ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR859/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ859","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":491844,"bill_number":"HJR858","title":"Celebrating the life of Joe L. Allbritton.","description":"Celebrating the life of Joe L. Allbritton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ858ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR858/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ858","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
{"bill_id":491855,"bill_number":"HJR857","title":"Commending the Jefferson School City Center.","description":"Commending the Jefferson School City Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ857ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR857/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ857","sponsor":"David Toscano"},
{"bill_id":491865,"bill_number":"HJR856","title":"Celebrating the life of William A. Hazel.","description":"Celebrating the life of William A. Hazel.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ856ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR856/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ856","sponsor":"Thomas Rust"},
{"bill_id":491877,"bill_number":"HJR855","title":"Celebrating the life of Luther Everette Welch.","description":"Celebrating the life of Luther Everette Welch.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ855ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR855/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ855","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":491887,"bill_number":"HJR854","title":"Commending Paula Johnson.","description":"Commending Paula Johnson.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ854ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR854/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ854","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":491897,"bill_number":"HJR853","title":"Commending Salem High School.","description":"Commending Salem High School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ853ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR853/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ853","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":491907,"bill_number":"HJR852","title":"Commending Landstown High School.","description":"Commending Landstown High School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ852ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR852/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ852","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":491916,"bill_number":"HJR851","title":"Commending Green Run High School.","description":"Commending Green Run High School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ851ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR851/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ851","sponsor":"Ron Villanueva"},
{"bill_id":491927,"bill_number":"HJR850","title":"Celebrating the life of Charles D. McGuire.","description":"Celebrating the life of Charles D. McGuire.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ850ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR850/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ850","sponsor":"Kenneth Plum"},
{"bill_id":491997,"bill_number":"HB2343","title":"Public school security equipment; issuance of bonds for purpose of grant payments.","description":"Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013. Requires the Virginia Public School Authority to issue bonds for the funding of matching grants to local public school divisions for the purchase and installation of security equipment in public schools. The security equipment must be designed to improve and help ensure the safety of students attending public schools in Virginia. The Authority cannot issue more than $6 million in bonds in any fiscal year of the Commonwealth, and no more than an aggregate principal amount of $30 million in bonds may be outstanding at any time under the program. A local school division would be eligible to receive up to $100,000 in security equipment grants each fiscal year. Local school divisions would apply to the Department of Education for the grants, which would be awarded on a competitive basis. The local school division would be required to match 25 percent of the grant amount. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would be authorized to reduce the required match for local school divisions with a composite index of local ability-to-pay less than 0.2000. The provisions of the bill are made contingent upon funding in the general appropriation act.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2343/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2343","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":492044,"bill_number":"HB2344","title":"School safety; threat assessment teams, model critical incident response training program, etc.","description":"School safety; threat assessment teams and oversight committees. Requires local school boards to establish policies and procedures for the establishment of threat assessment teams. The bill requires the division superintendent to establish for each school a threat assessment team. The threat assessment teams shall (i) provide guidance to students, faculty, and staff regarding recognition of threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the community; (ii) identify members of the school community to whom threatening behavior should be reported; and (iii) implement the policies adopted by the school board. The bill requires threat assessment teams to report to the division superintendent upon a preliminary determination that an individual poses a threat of violence to self or others.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-23","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)","last_action_date":"2013-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2344/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2344","sponsor":"Mark Cole"},
{"bill_id":492093,"bill_number":"HB2345","title":"School Safety, Va. Center for; development of model critical incident response training program.","description":"Virginia Center for School Safety; duties. Requires the Virginia Center for School Safety, in conjunction with the Department of State Police, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Education, to develop a model critical incident response training program for public school personnel and those providing services to schools. The bill also requires the Virginia Center for School Safety, in consultation with the Department of Education, to provide schools with a model policy for the establishment of threat assessment teams for each school, including procedures for the assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of school staff or students.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-21","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)","last_action_date":"2013-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2345/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2345","sponsor":"Joseph Yost"},
{"bill_id":492139,"bill_number":"HB2346","title":"Lock-down drills; every public school is required to have at least two practices per year, etc.","description":"Yearly school lock-down drills, school safety audits, and school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans. Requires each school, in its annual school safety audit, to complete a school inspection walk-through using a standardized checklist provided by the Virginia Center for School Safety, which shall incorporate crime prevention through environmental design principles. Each completed walk-through checklist shall be made available to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee upon request. The bill requires the local school board to provide copies of each school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan to the chief law-enforcement officer, the fire chief, the chief emergency medical services official, and the emergency management official of the locality upon request. The bill also requires the division superintendant to establish a school safety audit committee that will review the school safety audits, and requires each school division to designate an emergency manager. The bill finally requires each public school to conduct at least two lock-down drills: one in September and one in January of each school year.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-03-20","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609)","last_action_date":"2013-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2346/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2346","sponsor":"Margaret Ransone"},
{"bill_id":492183,"bill_number":"HB2347","title":"Juvenile law-enforcement records; principal may provide information to threat assessment team, etc.","description":"Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal.  Provides that, in addition to disclosures of juvenile law-enforcement records that may already be made by chiefs of police and sheriffs to school principals, those same records (involving violent crimes, arson crimes, and firearm crimes) may also be released by the principal of the school to threat assessment teams established by the local school division. The bill also allows law enforcement to share with private school principals the same law-enforcement records concerning juveniles that it can share with public school principals and allows private school principals to share information with threat assessment teams.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2347/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2347","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":492709,"bill_number":"HR165","title":"Commending the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.","description":"Commending the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-14","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR165ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR165/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR165","sponsor":"Mark Sickles"},
{"bill_id":492724,"bill_number":"HJR867","title":"Commending the Handley Regional Library.","description":"Commending the Handley Regional Library.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ867ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR867/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ867","sponsor":"Beverly Sherwood"},
{"bill_id":492739,"bill_number":"HJR866","title":"Commending the Science Museum of Virginia.","description":"Commending the Science Museum of Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ866ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR866/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ866","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":492755,"bill_number":"HJR865","title":"Celebrating the life of James L. Jenkins.","description":"Celebrating the life of James L. Jenkins.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ865ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR865/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ865","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":492770,"bill_number":"HJR864","title":"Commending Jacob Parker Bailey.","description":"Commending Jacob Parker Bailey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ864ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR864/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ864","sponsor":"Benjamin Cline"},
{"bill_id":492789,"bill_number":"SJR411","title":"Commending Sarah E. Ragsdale.","description":"Commending Sarah E. Ragsdale.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ411ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR411/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ411","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":492860,"bill_number":"SJR410","title":"Celebrating the life of Henry L. Stevenson, Sr.","description":"Celebrating the life of Henry L. Stevenson, Sr.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ410ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR410/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ410","sponsor":"Louise Lucas"},
{"bill_id":492931,"bill_number":"HJR871","title":"Celebrating the life of Rafael Fernando Madan, KHS, D.D.S.","description":"Celebrating the life of Rafael Fernando Madan, KHS, D.D.S.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ871ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR871/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ871","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":493004,"bill_number":"HJR870","title":"Commending Michael J. Fosbre.","description":"Commending Michael J. Fosbre.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ870ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR870/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ870","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":493081,"bill_number":"HJR869","title":"Commending ChildFund International.","description":"Commending ChildFund International.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ869ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR869/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ869","sponsor":"John O'Bannon"},
{"bill_id":493156,"bill_number":"HJR868","title":"Child Identification Program Day; designating as May 25, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.","description":"Child Identification Program Day. Designates May 25, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Child Identification Program Day in Virginia.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Introduced bill reprinted 13105013D","last_action_date":"2013-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR868/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ868","sponsor":"David Yancey"},
{"bill_id":494042,"bill_number":"HR166","title":"Commending Long Branch Nature Center.","description":"Commending Long Branch Nature Center.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR166ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR166/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR166","sponsor":"Patrick Hope"},
{"bill_id":494175,"bill_number":"HJR872","title":"Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church.","description":"Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ872ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR872/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ872","sponsor":"Jennifer McClellan"},
{"bill_id":494319,"bill_number":"SJR415","title":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable John W. Russell.","description":"Celebrating the life of the Honorable John W. Russell.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ415ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR415/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ415","sponsor":"John Petersen"},
{"bill_id":494340,"bill_number":"SJR414","title":"Commending Richard K. Taube.","description":"Commending Richard K. Taube.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ414ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR414/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ414","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":494364,"bill_number":"SJR413","title":"Commending the Virginia National Guard.","description":"Commending the Virginia National Guard.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ413ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR413/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ413","sponsor":"Mark Herring"},
{"bill_id":494393,"bill_number":"SJR412","title":"Commending Harry T. Lester.","description":"Commending Harry T. Lester.","status_desc":"Passed Senate","status_date":"2013-03-05","last_action":"Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ412ER)","last_action_date":"2013-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SJR412/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SJ412","sponsor":"Ralph Northam"},
{"bill_id":494419,"bill_number":"HR167","title":"U.S. Dept. of Justice White Paper; Congress urged to examine basis for Executive Branch's assertion.","description":"Presidential power. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to examine independently the U.S. Justice Department White Paper asserting a constitutional basis for the Executive Branch's assertion of authority to target and kill United States's citizens off the battlefield under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2013-02-12","last_action":"Tabled in Rules by voice vote","last_action_date":"2013-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR167/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR167","sponsor":"Robert Marshall"},
{"bill_id":494448,"bill_number":"HJR883","title":"Commending Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez.","description":"Commending Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-02-12","last_action":"Stricken from House calendar","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR883/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ883","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":494478,"bill_number":"HJR882","title":"Commending Wakefield High School.","description":"Commending Wakefield High School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ882ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR882/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ882","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":494508,"bill_number":"HJR881","title":"Commending Walter Tejada.","description":"Commending Walter Tejada.","status_desc":"Stricken","status_date":"2013-02-12","last_action":"Stricken from House calendar","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR881/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ881","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":494532,"bill_number":"HJR880","title":"Commending Green Valley Pharmacy.","description":"Commending Green Valley Pharmacy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ880ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR880/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ880","sponsor":"Alfonso Lopez"},
{"bill_id":494560,"bill_number":"HJR879","title":"Celebrating the life of John Merriman Lohr.","description":"Celebrating the life of John Merriman Lohr.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ879ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR879/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ879","sponsor":"Richard Bell"},
{"bill_id":494589,"bill_number":"HJR878","title":"Commending Bethlehem Baptist Church.","description":"Commending Bethlehem Baptist Church.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ878ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR878/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ878","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":494617,"bill_number":"HJR877","title":"Commending Gum Springs.","description":"Commending Gum Springs.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ877ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR877/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ877","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":494643,"bill_number":"HJR876","title":"Commending the Alice Ferguson Foundation.","description":"Commending the Alice Ferguson Foundation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ876ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR876/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ876","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":494669,"bill_number":"HJR875","title":"Commending the Honorable Marcus D. Williams.","description":"Commending the Honorable Marcus D. Williams.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ875ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR875/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ875","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":494696,"bill_number":"HJR874","title":"Commending the Honorable Leslie M. Alden.","description":"Commending the Honorable Leslie M. Alden.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ874ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR874/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ874","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":494721,"bill_number":"HJR873","title":"Commending the Honorable Stewart P. Davis.","description":"Commending the Honorable Stewart P. Davis.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ873ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR873/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ873","sponsor":"Scott Surovell"},
{"bill_id":495411,"bill_number":"HR184","title":"Commending Brambleton.","description":"Commending Brambleton.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR184ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR184/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR184","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495419,"bill_number":"HR183","title":"Commending Dominion Valley.","description":"Commending Dominion Valley.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR183ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR183/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR183","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495428,"bill_number":"HR182","title":"Commending Stone Ridge.","description":"Commending Stone Ridge.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR182ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR182/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR182","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495439,"bill_number":"HR181","title":"Commending the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company.","description":"Commending the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR181ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR181/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR181","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495450,"bill_number":"HR180","title":"Commending Virginia Academy.","description":"Commending Virginia Academy.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR180ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR180/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR180","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495461,"bill_number":"HR179","title":"Commending Loudoun-Dulles Lodge 69 of the Fraternal Order of Police.","description":"Commending Loudoun-Dulles Lodge 69 of the Fraternal Order of Police.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR179ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR179/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR179","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495473,"bill_number":"HR178","title":"Commending County Christian School.","description":"Commending County Christian School.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR178ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR178/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR178","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
{"bill_id":495483,"bill_number":"HR177","title":"Commending Pat Boone.","description":"Commending Pat Boone.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR177ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR177/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR177","sponsor":"David Ramadan"},
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{"bill_id":495508,"bill_number":"HR175","title":"Commending the Lake Braddock High School girls' cross country team.","description":"Commending the Lake Braddock High School girls' cross country team.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-15","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR175ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR175/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HR175","sponsor":"Eileen Filler-Corn"},
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{"bill_id":495852,"bill_number":"HJR900","title":"Celebrating the life Timothy Lewis Worrell.","description":"Celebrating the life Timothy Lewis Worrell.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ900ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR900/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ900","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
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{"bill_id":496264,"bill_number":"HJR896","title":"Commending Nick Link.","description":"Commending Nick Link.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ896ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR896/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ896","sponsor":"Gregory Habeeb"},
{"bill_id":496366,"bill_number":"HJR895","title":"Commending Taylor Justice.","description":"Commending Taylor Justice.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-21","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ895ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR895/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ895","sponsor":"Randall Minchew"},
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{"bill_id":498199,"bill_number":"HJR907","title":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Cole Stone Ryan.","description":"Celebrating the life of Thomas Cole Stone Ryan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-02-23","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ907ER)","last_action_date":"2013-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR907/2013","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ907","sponsor":"Larry Rush"},
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{"bill_id":560702,"bill_number":"HR520","title":"Celebrating the life of Florence Wyche Stith.","description":"Celebrating the life of Florence Wyche Stith.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Bill text as passed House (HR520ER)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HR520/2013/X1","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?132+sum+HR520","sponsor":"Roslyn Tyler"},
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{"bill_id":561481,"bill_number":"HJR5013","title":"Commending the Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival.","description":"Commending the Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2013-04-03","last_action":"Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5013ER)","last_action_date":"2013-04-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR5013/2013/X1","state_link":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?132+sum+HJ5013","sponsor":"Charles Poindexter"},
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