Sponsored by Rick L. Morris - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB2012 | 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.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) |
| VA | HB1907 | 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 penal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752) |
| VA | HJR551 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727) |
| VA | HB1927 | 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 t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698) |
| VA | HB1642 | 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 Cour... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668) |
| VA | HB1327 | 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 loc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549) |
| VA | HB2072 | 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 purpo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581) |
| VA | HB2151 | 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 ye... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588) |
| VA | HB2101 | 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 apprenticeship... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500) |
| VA | HB1385 | 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 vot... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484) |
| VA | HB1931 | 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, st... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495) |
| VA | HB2073 | 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 an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499) |
| VA | HB1559 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415) |
| VA | HB1481 | 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 ar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414) |
| VA | HB2266 | 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 poli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448) |
| VA | HB1311 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408) |
| VA | HB1929 | 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 fin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) |
| VA | HB1637 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338) |
| VA | HB1923 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294) |
| 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 | HB1638 | 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, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198) |
| VA | HB2083 | 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 ma... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) |
| 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 | HB1508 | Congressman William Wampler, Sr., Memorial Highway. Designates I-81 between the Virginia/Tennessee line and Exit 118 the "Congressman William Wampler, Sr., Memorial Highway." [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112) |
| VA | HB2068 | 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 deficienci... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123) |
| 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 | 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 | HJR868 | Child Identification Program Day. Designates May 25, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Child Identification Program Day in Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 Introduced bill reprinted 13105013D |
| VA | HB2229 | 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 pursu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House |
| VA | HJR974 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Clifton Alexander Woodrum III. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ974ER) |
| VA | HJR916 | Commending the Virginia National Guard. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ916ER) |
| VA | HJR847 | Commending Dr. Marshall W. Smith. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ847ER) |
| VA | HJR909 | 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 a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Rejected by Senate (15-Y 24-N) |
| VA | HB1320 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) |
| VA | HJR536 | 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 wo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Rejected by Senate (18-Y 22-N) |
| VA | HB1926 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HJR586 | 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 high... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HB1442 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) |
| VA | HJR732 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HJR775 | Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ775ER) |
| VA | HJR760 | Commending Steven Allan Spielberg. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER) |
| VA | HJR784 | Celebrating the life of Sergeant Aaron Xavier Wittman. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ784ER) |
| VA | HR157 | Celebrating the life of Tucker Carrington Watkins IV. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House (HR157ER) |
| VA | HJR776 | Commending Francena McCorory. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ776ER) |
| VA | HB1932 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | HB1324 | 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. [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 | HB1441 | 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, pr... [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 | HB1966 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
