Subject Commissions, Boards, and Institutions Generally | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1420 | Board of Education; definition of "intervener." Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations defining "intervener" as an individual with knowledge and skill in the mode of communication of a deaf-blind student and who can communicate to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729) |
| VA | HB1645 | Board for Contractors; tradesmen licenses. Provides that licenses for tradesmen shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance by the Board for Contractors. This measure is an attempt to sync changes to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738) |
| VA | SB1032 | Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration wh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) |
| VA | HB1862 | Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration wh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750) |
| VA | SB1305 | Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794) |
| VA | HB2276 | Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762) |
| VA | SB1277 | Wildlife exhibitor permit. Requires the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish standards for the possession and display of wildlife by elementary and secondary school teachers for educational purposes. The bill exempts such exhibits from the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792) |
| VA | SB1325 | Board of Counseling; fees. Requires the Board of Counseling to establish, among other fees, specified fees for the licensure and certification of professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse treatment practitioners, substa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | HB2312 | Compounding pharmacies. Clarifies the definition of "compounding" and adds a requirement for a current inspection report for registration or renewal of a registration for a nonresident pharmacy. The bill also requires every pharmacist-in-charge or ow... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765) |
| 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 | SB1345 | Teacher licensure; renewal requirements. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require any individual licensed and endorsed to teach (i) middle school civics or economics or (ii) high school government or history who is seeking ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726) |
| VA | HB1629 | Eel pots. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue an annual permit to use eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and the North Landing River and their tributaries. The annual permit fee to catch eels for commercial purposes is $50 and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) |
| VA | HB2103 | Parole Board; parole review and denial. Requires the Parole Board to ensure that each person eligible for parole receives a timely and thorough review of his suitability for release on parole, including a review of any relevant post-sentencing inform... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) |
| VA | HB2138 | Health Insurance Reform Commission created. Establishes the Health Insurance Reform Commission as a legislative commission. The duties of the Commission include monitoring the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; determi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709) |
| VA | HB2344 | School safety; threat assessment teams and oversight committees. Requires local school boards to establish policies and procedures for the establishment of threat assessment teams. The bill requires the division superintendent to establish for each s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710) |
| VA | HB1858 | Career and technical occupational experiences for secondary school students; model waiver form. Requires the Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2014, a model waiver form for use by any entity providing a career and technical occupational exper... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) |
| VA | HB1601 | Commission on Civics Education; sunset extended. Extends the sunset date for the Commission on Civics Education to July 1, 2016. The bill also repeals the provision that made the existence of the Commission contingent on continued funding in a gener... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667) |
| VA | SB922 | Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) |
| VA | HB1769 | Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670) |
| VA | SB1077 | Registered voters; citizenship; SAVE Program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to apply to participate in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686) |
| VA | SB1110 | Oyster inspection tax. Authorizes the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to impose an oyster inspection tax not to exceed $2 per bushel. Currently, under the Potomac River Compact, the Commission can impose an inspection tax that cannot exceed the hi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688) |
| VA | SB1207 | Public schools; individual school performance grading system. Requires the Board of Education, by July 31, 2013, to approve student growth indicators for use in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also defines "stude... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692) |
| VA | HB1999 | Public schools; individual school performance grading system. Requires the Board of Education, by July 31, 2013, to approve student growth indicators for use in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also defines "stude... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672) |
| VA | SB1076 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring parental rights to a parent whose rights to his child have previously been terminated when the child is at least 14 years of age and the child has not achieved his permanency goal. The... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685) |
| VA | HB2345 | Virginia Center for School Safety; duties. Requires the Virginia Center for School Safety, in conjunction with the Department of State Police, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Education, to develop... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676) |
| VA | SB974 | Nursing homes; electronic monitoring by patients. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in the rooms of residents of nursing homes, which shall include existing policies ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) |
| VA | HB2130 | Nursing homes; electronic monitoring by patients. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in the rooms of residents of nursing homes, which shall include existing policies ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) |
| VA | HB2116 | Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585) |
| VA | HB2152 | Transportation commission membership. Gives the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee equal voting weight on the Virginia Railway Express oversight board. The bill also provides that the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589) |
| VA | SB1209 | Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646) |
| VA | HB1809 | Powers of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Limits the ability of the CTB to reallocate funds from certain local highway projects that are inconsistent with the CTB's Statewide Transportation Plan or the Six-Year Improvement Program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569) |
| VA | HB2209 | Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's powers and duties. Transfers authority for administration of the nutrient management certification program and responsibility for adopting regulations on nitrogen application rates from the Department of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) |
| 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 | SB1221 | Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan; elected positions. Eliminates the position of secretary from the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also changes the time frame for the election of Board positions from each calendar year ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) |
| VA | HB2127 | Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan; elected positions. Eliminates the position of secretary from the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also changes the time frame for the election of Board positions from each calendar year ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586) |
| VA | SB1140 | Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Implements performance-based funding for mass transit for revenues generated above $160 million in 2014 and after. Creates the Transit Service Delivery Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Rail and Public Tr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639) |
| VA | SB1055 | Disposal of infectious waste. Repeals certain provisions regarding the permitting of infectious waste incinerators by the State Air Pollution Control Board and the Waste Management Board. The repeal of these sections will eliminate outdated regulatio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) |
| VA | SB1201 | Board of Education; regulations. Removes the requirement that the Board of Education promulgate regulations concerning the process for submitting proposals for the consolidation of school divisions and temporarily employed teachers. The bill also rem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644) |
| VA | SB1196 | Board of Education; report to include information on school choice. Requires the Board of Education to include information regarding school choice in its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643) |
| VA | SB1309 | Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's powers and duties. Transfers authority for administration of the nutrient management certification program and responsibility for adopting regulations on nitrogen application rates from the Department of C... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658) |
| VA | HB2322 | State Board for Community Colleges; mental health policies. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606) |
| VA | HB2144 | Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments in certain scenarios. Allows a public elementary school that had an adjusted pass rate of less than 75 percent on the third grade Standards of Learning reading assessmen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587) |
| VA | HB1717 | Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561) |
| VA | SB1293 | Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) |
| VA | HB1346 | Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550) |
| VA | SB1167 | Student growth indicators. Requires the Board of Education to develop student growth indicators by October 1, 2014, to be used in the accreditation of schools and the evaluation of teachers. The bill also requires the Department of Education to submi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640) |
| VA | HB2190 | Stringency of stormwater management ordinances. Establishes a procedure for state review of the stringency of local stormwater ordinances. The bill requires localities within 30 days of the adoption of a more stringent stormwater ordinance or require... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591) |
| VA | HB1736 | Real Estate Board; protection of escrow funds by real estate licensee; payments made under a rental agreement. Provides that for any landlord-tenant relationship within the purview of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, any prepaid rent... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489) |
| VA | HB2101 | Career and technical education; High School to Work Partnerships. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeship... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500) |
| VA | SB1229 | State Board of Elections; Director of Elections. Changes the name of the State Board of Elections (the agency that administers election law) to the Department of Elections. The three-member board appointed by the Governor that is also known as the St... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542) |
