VA Code | §8 | Current
State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1 | 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 Constitution... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB631 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB825 | 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 Co... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB650 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB667 | 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 willf... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1321 | 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 gov... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1352 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| VA | HB1374 | 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 deposit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | HB1377 | 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, includ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | SB699 | 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 ob... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) |
| VA | SB707 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700) |
| VA | HB1415 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | SB785 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N) |
| VA | HB1433 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551) |
| VA | HB1434 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1444 | 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 p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) |
| VA | HB1468 | 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 liabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336) |
| VA | HB1477 | 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 interest... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061) |
| VA | HB1487 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1545 | 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 ob... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) |
| VA | HB1546 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113) |
| VA | HB1551 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1552 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1570 | 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 sch... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | HB1509 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063) |
| VA | HB1618 | 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 t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071) |
| VA | HB1658 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) |
| VA | SB951 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1892 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292) |
| VA | HB1874 | 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 t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1871 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575) |
| VA | HB1795 | 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 m... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283) |
| VA | HB1773 | 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 defen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1754 | 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 nons... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1709 | 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 sch... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274) |
| VA | HB1708 | 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 lear... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076) |
| VA | HB1705 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273) |
| VA | HB1676 | 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 n... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1672 | 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 requ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267) |
| VA | HB1728 | 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 purp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| VA | HB1909 | 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 right... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1914 | 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 othe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1988 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300) |
| VA | HB2004 | 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 Jul... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217) |
| VA | SB893 | 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 liabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) |
| VA | SB895 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) |
| VA | SB983 | 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 be... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379) |
| VA | SB1112 | 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 alco... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636) |
| VA | SB1122 | 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 interest... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) |
| VA | SB1139 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
