Sponsored by Scott A. Surovell - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB334 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB396 | 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 dissem... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB407 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB428 | 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-enf... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB651 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB660 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB679 | 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 ha... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB697 | 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 ment... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB705 | 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 cond... [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 | HB1155 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1170 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB864 | 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 rem... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HJR91 | Memorializing Congress. Memorializes Congress to support the establishment of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HR119 | Commending William Lee Owen. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-10 Bill text as passed House (HR119ER) |
| VA | HR123 | Celebrating the life of Chris Yung. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-14 Bill text as passed House (HR123ER) |
| VA | HJR589 | Commending Sheriff Elizabeth F. Arthur. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ589ER) |
| VA | HJR604 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph William O'Brien, Jr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ604ER) |
| VA | HJR613 | Commending the Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ613ER) |
| VA | HJR577 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Creed Wampler, Sr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ577ER) |
| VA | HB1362 | State holidays; Election Day. Designates the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, i.e., Election Day, as a legal holiday. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote |
| VA | HB1394 | 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote |
| VA | HB1910 | 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 thr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote |
| VA | HJR698 | Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ698ER) |
| VA | HJR710 | Celebrating the life of Ranjit Kumar Sen. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ710ER) |
| VA | HJR735 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Leland Fisher. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ735ER) |
| VA | HJR734 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Harvey Tate, Jr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ734ER) |
| VA | HB1777 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Tabled in Science and Technology by voice vote |
| VA | HB1391 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HB1664 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| VA | HJR667 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HR129 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HB2297 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Transportation (11-Y 10-N) |
| VA | HB1360 | 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 p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | HB2011 | 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 pl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote |
| VA | HJR668 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Incorporated by Privileges and Elections |
| VA | HJR756 | Celebrating the life of Betty A. Thompson. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ756ER) |
| VA | HJR659 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Tabled in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 8-N) |
| VA | HB1353 | 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 entitli... [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 | HB1361 | 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 entitli... [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 | HB1381 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1908 | 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 u... [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 | HB1915 | 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 divis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2090 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2049 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 VOTE: RECONSIDER (46-Y 51-N) |
| VA | HB1973 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1916 | 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 cr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
