VA Committee | House Courts of Justice | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB1252 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | HB1653 | 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 Aga... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB1114 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB757 | 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 elimi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB809 | 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 Mill... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB1273 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB840 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB734 | 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 in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB875 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB740 | Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB864 | 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 wi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1919 | 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 pet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1924 | 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 Fina... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1371 | Exceeding speed limit; reckless driving. Removes driving in excess of 80 mph regardless of the applicable speed limit as an instance of reckless driving. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1375 | 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 acc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1775 | 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 sha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1776 | 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 judgm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1949 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1780 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1675 | 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 of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1781 | 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, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | HB1810 | 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 cover... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1811 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1380 | Crimes; assault and battery of campus police. Includes campus police within the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery section. [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 | 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 | HB2293 | 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 ... [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 | HB1901 | 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 appropr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1904 | 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 cust... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1905 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1912 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1738 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1918 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2053 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1991 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2007 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2056 | 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 a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2050 | 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 se... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1541 | 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 in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1325 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1518 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1405 | 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 cos... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1542 | 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 legit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2267 | 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 freezi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1550 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | HB2247 | 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 app... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
