VA Committee | House Courts of Justice | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1560 | Ultrasound prior to abortion. Removes the requirement that a woman undergo a transabdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1338 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1567 | 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 resu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | HB1786 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1429 | 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 or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1431 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1436 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2336 | 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] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1316 | 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 t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1634 | 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 se... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1411 | 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 Cl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1355 | 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, th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2006 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1835 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2234 | 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 satisfactio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1822 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | HB1364 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1365 | 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 defen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | HB1897 | 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 design... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1492 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1903 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2329 | 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 p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1367 | 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 mi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB487 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| 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 | HB707 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB724 | 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, ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB277 | 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 pers... [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 | HB890 | 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, an... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB891 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB918 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB923 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB434 | 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 o... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1138 | 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 depos... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| 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 | HB1283 | 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, ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1285 | 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 reas... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB71 | 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 turpit... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB450 | 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 b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
