Sponsored by Richard P. Bell - Virginia (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1440 | Charter; Town of Monterey. Enacts a charter for the Town of Monterey in Highland County, repealing the former charter of 1952, as amended. The charter describes the powers and boundaries of the town; provides for a mayor and town council and sets a s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730) |
| VA | HB1864 | School-based offenses; delinquency charges. Clarifies that a local law-enforcement agency is not required to file delinquency charges against a student and that a school and a local law-enforcement agency may deal with school-based offenses through g... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Signed by President as reenrolled |
| VA | HB1577 | TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits in any electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually expl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733) |
| VA | HB1609 | Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. Provides that the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education may establish written memoranda of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735) |
| VA | HB1406 | Parent educational information for public school students; eating disorders. Requires each school board to annually provide parent educational information on eating disorders for public school students in grades five through 12. The bill also require... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715) |
| VA | HB1996 | Tax credits for donations to nonprofits providing assistance to low-income families. Makes several changes to the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits programs including (i) allowing tax credits fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716) |
| VA | HB1344 | Special education; children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Permits local school divisions to ensure that individualized education program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and address ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704) |
| 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 | HB2177 | Board of Counseling; qualification of members. Reduces the number of professional counselors on the Board of Counseling from eight to six, increases the number of marriage and family therapists from two to three and requires that such members be clin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590) |
| VA | HB1497 | Participation in public school interscholastic programs by students in military families. Prohibits public elementary or secondary schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553) |
| VA | HB1433 | Action for expenses for infant's injury; statute of limitations. Provides that any action by a parent or guardian of an infant for the expenses of curing or attempting to cure the infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551) |
| VA | HB2028 | Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators. Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) |
| VA | HB1335 | Electoral board; temporary appointment. Allows the senior judge, for good cause, to appoint a temporary member to the electoral board in order to maintain a quorum. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409) |
| VA | HB1422 | Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products. Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412) |
| VA | HB1806 | Substances used to manufacture methamphetamine. Adds ammonium nitrate to the list of substances of which the possession of two or more with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also strikes "metal" fr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426) |
| VA | HB1349 | Dental hygiene and dental hygienist; definitions and licensure. Defines "dental hygiene" as duties related to patient assessment and the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services specified in regulations of the Board and n... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240) |
| VA | HB1866 | Public schools; expulsion of students. Removes certain weapons from the definition of "firearm" the possession of which by a student on school property or at a school-sponsored activity is punishable by mandatory expulsion from school for at least on... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HJR911 | Commending the Augusta Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ911ER) |
| VA | HJR912 | Commending A. C. Powers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ912ER) |
| 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 | HJR879 | Celebrating the life of John Merriman Lohr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ879ER) |
| 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 | HB1646 | Comprehensive services for at-risk youth and families; eligibility for state pool of funds. Provides that foster care services shall include independent living services provided to a former foster child who is over the age of 18 years but who has not... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/13) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HJR755 | Tax restructuring; report. Requests the Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Small Business Commission, and Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission to evaluate and develop a plan for implementing tax restructuri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote |
| VA | HJR822 | Commending South River Elementary School. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ822ER) |
| VA | HJR828 | Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ828ER) |
| VA | HB1683 | Office of Comprehensive Services; reporting expenditures for children receiving services. Adds community-based mental health services to the list of services for which expenditures must be reported by the Office of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001) |
| VA | HJR775 | Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ775ER) |
| VA | HJR774 | Commending the Honorable Humes J. Franklin, Jr. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ774ER) |
| VA | HJR773 | Commending Augusta Health. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ773ER) |
| 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 | HJR793 | Commending the Honorable William D. Heatwole. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ793ER) |
| 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 | 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 | HB1370 | Small business job creation tax credit. Creates an individual and corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for small businesses creating new full-time jobs in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $1,000 for each new job created. A s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1405 | Private road easements; maintenance and repairs. Provides that all the property owners served by a private road or right-of-way that serves as the primary source of ingress and egress for the properties are jointly and equally responsible for the cos... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
