Sponsored by Janet D. Howell - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB851 | Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Reinstates the authority of Arlington County, which expired pursuant to a January 1, 2012, sunset date, to impose an additional transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed one-fourth of one percent. The ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | SB1024 | Administrative Process Act; DCJS; exemption. Provides an exemption from the Administrative Process Act for the Department of Criminal Justice Services whenever the Department develops, issues, or revises any training standards approved by the Crimina... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780) |
| VA | SB1222 | 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 penalt... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790) |
| VA | SB1019 | 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] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) |
| VA | SB1020 | 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] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626) |
| VA | SB1017 | Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; penalties. Increases the penalty for possession with intent to distribute more than 25 but fewer than 500 cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemean... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) |
| VA | SB1022 | Forfeiture of cigarettes. Allows forfeiture of cigarettes possessed in violation of laws regarding the sale, purchase, transport, receipt, or possession of unstamped cigarettes and the possession with intent to distribute of certain amounts of tax-pa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) |
| VA | SB893 | Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Adds employees of local governing bodies and employees of local health departments to the lists of individuals who are permitted to possess and administer epinephrine and not be held liabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) |
| VA | SB1018 | 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; under current law, the threshold is 3,000 or more... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624) |
| VA | SB718 | Child support; imputation of income; attendance in educational or vocational program. Provides that a parent's decision to attend and complete an educational or vocational program that is likely to maintain or increase the parent's earning potential ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522) |
| VA | SB1004 | Landlord and tenant law; early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse or sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of (i) family abuse, (ii) sexual abuse, or (iii) criminal sexual assault may terminate a rental agre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531) |
| VA | SB1015 | Prostitution; solicitation of a minor; penalty. Provides that, in addition to the current Class 1 misdemeanor punishment for solicitation of prostitution generally, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is gu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467) |
| VA | SB1026 | 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] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468) |
| VA | SB997 | 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 (CHAP0464) |
| VA | SB1021 | Cigarette and other tobacco products taxes; electronic transactions. Authorizes (i) the Attorney General and the Department of Taxation to accept electronic filing of reports by stamping agents and manufacturers and (ii) the Department of Taxation to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381) |
| VA | SJR271 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ271ER) |
| VA | SB1016 | Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal. Clarifies that a protective order entered due to a violation of an initial protective order shall remain in effect upon petition for or the pendency of an appeal. The bill also includes family abuse... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097) |
| VA | SJR350 | Celebrating the life of Myron Parsek Erkiletian. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ350ER) |
| VA | SJR369 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ369ER) |
| VA | SJR309 | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ309ER) |
| VA | SR32 | Commending Angela Sumner Murphy. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate (SR32ER) |
| VA | SJR387 | Celebrating the life of Agnes Strauss Wolf. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ387ER) |
| VA | SJR388 | Commending William G. Bouie. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ388ER) |
| VA | SJR389 | Commending Ed Robichaud. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ389ER) |
| VA | SJR390 | Commending Doug Bush [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ390ER) |
| VA | SJR391 | Commending Friends of the Reston Regional Library. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ391ER) |
| VA | SJR375 | Celebrating the life of Thomas D. Daley. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ375ER) |
| VA | SJR399 | Commending the State of Israel. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ399ER) |
| VA | SJR407 | Commending the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ407ER) |
| VA | SJR415 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable John W. Russell. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ415ER) |
| VA | SJR413 | Commending the Virginia National Guard. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ413ER) |
| VA | SJR423 | Commending A New Lease on Life project partners. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ423ER) |
| VA | SJR424 | Commending Ken Aughenbaugh. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ424ER) |
| VA | SJR422 | Celebrating the life of Susan Lucinda Morgan Armstrong. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ422ER) |
| VA | SJR452 | Celebrating the life of Joseph A. Gutierrez, Jr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ452ER) |
| VA | SJR455 | South Vietnamese Recognition Day. Designates April 30, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as South Vietnamese Recognition Day in Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ455ER) |
| VA | SJR441 | Commending Sheri Cooper Osborne. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ441ER) |
| VA | SJR440 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gordon Duane Holloway. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ440ER) |
| VA | SJR442 | Celebrating the life of Delbert Ralph Snyder. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ442ER) |
| VA | SJR443 | Commending Travis Brust. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ443ER) |
| VA | SJR444 | Celebrating the life of Andrew John Hungerman III. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ444ER) |
| VA | SJR450 | Commending Billy Apperson. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ450ER) |
| VA | SJR451 | Commending the York-James City-Williamsburg branch of the NAACP. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ451ER) |
| VA | SJR453 | Celebrating the life of Trevor Jordan Times. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ453ER) |
| VA | SJR454 | Celebrating the life of Lewis C. Waltrip, Sr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ454ER) |
| VA | SJR456 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Clifton Alexander Woodrum III. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ456ER) |
| VA | SJR406 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Loren Thoburn. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ406ER) |
| VA | SJR420 | Commending the YMCA of Arlington. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB701 | Nondiscrimination in state employment. Prohibits discrimination in state employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or sta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB981 | School zones; use of certain devices by drivers prohibited. Provides that any person who operates a moving motor vehicle within a reduced-speed school crossing zone or on school property while using any handheld personal communications device is guil... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
