Sponsored by Onzlee Ware - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB2005 | Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund. Renames the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund and codifies language in the latest appropriation act in which $7 million was appropriated to the Fund. The bill p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754) |
| 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 | HB1820 | Unstamped cigarettes; sale, transport, possession, etc.; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to sell, purchase, transport, receive, or possess 500 or more packages of unstamped cigarettes and a Class 5 felony for a second offense; under c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570) |
| VA | HB1767 | Grants for donation of machinery and equipment to certain schools; fund established. Establishes a fund for a grant program for business donations of new machinery and equipment, purchased within the last 12 months by the business, to Virginia's comm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566) |
| VA | HB1744 | Cutting of grass; notice. Adds the City of Hampton and the County of Dinwiddie to existing provisions related to regulation of the cutting of grass and provides that one notice per incident or per growing season shall constitute reasonable notice to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490) |
| VA | HB2122 | Photographs of abused, incapacitated adult. Provides that in any case of suspected abuse of an incapacitated adult, photographs, X-rays, and other medical imaging of such incapacitated adult may be taken without the consent of the person responsible ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442) |
| VA | HB2121 | Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification. Provides that no person who becomes a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2013, may have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, inclu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307) |
| VA | HB1583 | Vacant building registration. Increases from $25 to $100 the maximum annual registration fee that a local ordinance may impose on the owner of a vacant building that meets the definition of "derelict building" under § 15.2-907.1. The bill incre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253) |
| VA | HB1818 | Powers and duties of the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council. Requires the Council to provide information on changes in the law that affect the duties and responsibilities of law-enforcement officers and make such information available to law-... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) |
| 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 | 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 | HJR650 | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ650ER) |
| VA | HJR692 | Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ692ER) |
| VA | HJR758 | Urban Agriculture Month. Designates October, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Urban Agriculture Month in Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ758ER) |
| VA | HR163 | Commending Malcolm Anthony Shaw. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Bill text as passed House (HR163ER) |
| 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 | HJR770 | Celebrating the life of George Reid Swecker. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ770ER) |
| VA | HJR760 | Commending Steven Allan Spielberg. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER) |
| VA | HJR788 | Commending Virginia FREE. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ788ER) |
| VA | HJR784 | Celebrating the life of Sergeant Aaron Xavier Wittman. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ784ER) |
| VA | HJR777 | Commending Keep Virginia Beautiful. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ777ER) |
| VA | HJR776 | Commending Francena McCorory. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ776ER) |
| VA | HB1590 | Virginia Retirement System; certain employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education. Provides employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education the opportunity to purchase service credit in ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1591 | Plastic bags; use by retailers. Bans the use of plastic carryout bags by retailers at the point of sale unless such bags are (i) durable plastic bags with handles, (ii) at least 2.25 mils thick, and (iii) specifically designed and manufactured for mu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1592 | Elections; early voting. Provides that any registered voter qualified to vote in the election may vote in person from 19 to three days before the election at specified times and at the sites provided in the locality. The provisions for absentee votin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1819 | DCJS; criminal justice training schools. Adds to the powers and duties of the Department of Criminal Justice Services regarding the oversight and evaluation of criminal justice training schools approved by the Department. The bill requires the Depart... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2126 | Special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemorating America's buffalo soldiers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1356 | Health insurance for local government employees. Gives local governments the option of having all their employees and retirees, as well as their dependents, eligible to participate in the state employee health insurance plan in lieu of the current s... [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 | HB2112 | Hunting on Sunday. Allows hunting on Sunday on state and federal military bases, installations, and facilities with the approval of the commanding officer of the base, installation, or facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2125 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; requests for records. Provides that FOIA requests may be made by any citizen of the United States and not just citizens of the Commonwealth. The bill also allows a public body to require prepayment before providin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2134 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state agencies to post schedule of costs for producing records. Adds a requirement that each state public body created in the executive branch of state government and subject to FOIA make available to the public u... [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 | 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 | 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 | HJR603 | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence inc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2003 | Income tax; commercial and industrial building rehabilitation tax credit. Creates a tax credit beginning in 2013 for new businesses that move into a locality and rehabilitate or retrofit a commercial or industrial building that is at least 25 years o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2244 | School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that proceeds of the School Resource Officer Grants Fund may be disbursed to award matching grants to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards that have established a collaborati... [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 | 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 | HJR742 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ742ER) |
| VA | HB1848 | 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 | 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 | HJR598 | Public education; problem of hunger in the classroom. Recognizes the need to tackle the problem of hunger in the classroom and requests the Superintendent of Public Instruction to communicate through a memorandum to all local school divisions the goa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| VA | HB1843 | Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "research chemicals" (previously referred to as "bath salts") ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | HJR698 | Commending the Brain Injury Association of Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ698ER) |
