Sponsored by Thomas Davis Rust - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | HB2261 | Electric utility ratemaking. Revises certain incentives and other provisions applicable to investor-owned electric utilities under the 2007 re-regulation legislation. The measure (i) eliminates the 50 basis point performance incentive that has been a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002) |
| VA | HB1467 | School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios for which the Board of Educatio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 10-N) |
| VA | HB1868 | First-time home buyer savings account. Establishes beginning in 2013 first-time home buyer savings accounts that accrue tax-free income and that are to be used for saving funds for the purchase of homes by first-time home buyers. Funds in the account... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-12 Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HJR775 | Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ775ER) |
| VA | HJR844 | Commending the State of Israel. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ844ER) |
| 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 | HJR788 | Commending Virginia FREE. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ788ER) |
| VA | HJR798 | Commending John Marshall Bank. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ798ER) |
| VA | HJR796 | Commending the YMCA Fairfax County-Reston. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ796ER) |
| VA | HJR794 | Commending John Horejsi. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ794ER) |
| 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 | HB1525 | In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he (i) entered and began residing in the United States prior to his sixte... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1535 | Joint town and county powers. Clarifies that where a town and county generally enjoy the same power, a county power applies in or as to a town when the county power is granted and exercised for a county-wide purpose, as determined by the county. A to... [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 | HB2314 | Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend PEACE BEGINS AT HOME to support the programs of the Domestic Violence Action Alliance for the prevention of sexual and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1306 | Commission on Federal Oversight; established; report. Creates the Commission on Federal Oversight, consisting of eight legislative members representing the House of Delegates and the Senate, to meet twice a year with the United States Senate members ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1523 | Sales and use tax exemption for hurricane preparedness equipment; eligible equipment. Adds gas-powered chainsaws with a selling price of $350 or less and chainsaw accessories to the list of equipment eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for h... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1496 | Senior citizens; reduced tuition for attendance at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Permits a senior citizen whose taxable income exceeded $15,000 in the year preceding the year in which enrollment is sought to pay reduced... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1357 | Texting while driving. Makes texting while driving a primary offense. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| 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 | HR139 | Commending the Herndon High School co-ed cheer team. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 Bill text as passed House (HR139ER) |
| 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 | HJR735 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Leland Fisher. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ735ER) |
| VA | HB2063 | Establishing and adjusting sources of revenues for appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth as follows: Establishes a 5% tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale pri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Tabled in Finance by voice vote |
| VA | HB2179 | Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide avera... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Tabled in Finance by voice vote |
| VA | HB1842 | Special license plates; firefighters and auxiliaries; Fraternal Order of Police; volunteer rescue squads and auxiliaries. Authorizes the imposition of a $10 annual surcharge for issuance of special license plates for professional and volunteer firefi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote |
| VA | HJR623 | Commending the Virginia Education Association. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ623ER) |
| VA | HJR624 | Commending Arthur Nachman. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ624ER) |
| 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 | HR123 | Celebrating the life of Chris Yung. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-14 Bill text as passed House (HR123ER) |
| VA | HR108 | Celebrating the life of James Berry Ashwell. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR108ER) |
| VA | HR119 | Commending William Lee Owen. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-10 Bill text as passed House (HR119ER) |
| 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 | HB866 | Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections. Allows for staggered terms for the Fairfax County school board beginning with the November 2015 general election upon a majority vote of its members. [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 | HB130 | Individual income tax; military retirement pay subtraction. Establishes an individual income tax subtraction for annual retirement compensation received for service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard. ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB131 | Individual income tax credit; disabled military veterans. Establishes an individual income tax credit beginning with the 2012 taxable year for veterans with a military service-connected disability. The credit would be computed by multiplying the vete... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB505 | Income tax; long-term care insurance credit. Increases the amount of the credit an individual may claim for long-term care insurance premiums from 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount of the premiums paid. The bill would be effective for taxable ye... [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 | HB862 | Individual income tax deduction for tolls. Establishes an individual income tax deduction beginning with the 2013 taxable year for tolls paid for the use of a publicly owned and publicly operated highway located in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB999 | Tax credit for individual who teleworks. Creates a $500 credit for an individual who teleworks a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the year. The credit is available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1000 | Telework expenses tax credit. Raises the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits available in calendar years 2012 and 2013 for telework expenses from $1 million to $1.5 million. The bill also raises the cap on the amount of credits that can be cla... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1049 | Income tax; STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) internship tax credit. Establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers employing persons in STEM internship positions in the Commonwealth. The bill requires t... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1057 | Elections; military and overseas voters. Improves registration and absentee voting procedures for military and overseas voters; includes authorization for pilot programs for secure electronic ballot delivery and other reforms. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1050 | Income tax; tax credit for hiring military persons as STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) interns. Establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for taxpayers employing military persons in STEM internship positions in ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
