Subject Commissions, Boards, and Institutions Generally | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SJR303 | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-mem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB1374 | Schools that have been denied accreditation and fail to make progress toward accreditation; turnaround specialist. Requires local school boards, when a school has been denied accreditation and has failed to make satisfactory progress toward full accr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB946 | Sand replenishment for public beaches. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an expedited application review process for dredging of sand and beach replenishment on the public beaches abut... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045) |
| VA | SB1106 | Revocation of fishing licenses. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to revoke a person's fishing privileges within the tidal waters if he violates any tidal fishing law and to withdraw all privileges to fish in tidal waters during the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050) |
| VA | SB1078 | 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] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049) |
| VA | SB985 | Conveyance of land in G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area to Warren County. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to convey to Warren County two parcels of land located in the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area. The two... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) |
| VA | SB1131 | Charter schools; applications. Provides that charter school applications that are initiated by one or more local school boards are not subject to review by the Board of Education. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) |
| VA | SB1248 | 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] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056) |
| VA | SR47 | Nominating a person to be elected as a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate (SR47ER) |
| VA | HB1656 | Workers' Compensation Commission; location of offices. Eliminates a requirement that the offices of the Workers' Compensation Commission be located in a building in the City of Richmond. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014) |
| VA | SB1187 | Board of Juvenile Justice; membership. Increases the membership of the Board of Juvenile Justice to include two experienced educators. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037) |
| VA | HR220 | Nominating a person to be elected as a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Agreed to by House by voice vote |
| VA | HJR971 | Election of a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ971ER) |
| VA | HJR595 | Study; laws and policies governing the investigation of alleged child sexual abuse in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to determine (i) the availability of penalties for sexual conduct between secondary school stu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ595ER) |
| VA | HJR621 | Study; JLARC to study Port of Virginia; report. Directs JLARC to conduct a one-year study of the competitiveness, efficiency, and governance structure of the Port of Virginia. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ621ER) |
| VA | HJR635 | Study; JLARC to study amount of federal revenue Virginia receives at the state and local level annually; importance and impact; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the amount of federal revenue that Virginia rec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ635ER) |
| VA | HJR688 | Study; JLARC to update report on the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to update its 2003 review of workforce training in Virginia. The Commission is requested to examine... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ688ER) |
| VA | HJR687 | Study; health care costs; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the factors affecting health care costs. The Commission shall (i) study and report on promising policies, practices, and initiatives expected to help control healt... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ687ER) |
| VA | HJR689 | Study; severe shortage of medical doctors; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the current and impending severe shortage of medical doctors in Virginia. In conducting its study, the Commission shall (i) determine whether a sh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ689ER) |
| VA | SB822 | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; fees. Changes approval authority over fees that may be charged by the State Fire Marshal to recover enforcement costs from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Service... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB871 | Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; examination; initial asbestos worker license applicants. Requires employers to provide each licensed asbestos worker with a written notice containing the following information: (i) a statement t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB1162 | Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to each student regardless of grade level or ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB1267 | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; licensure of tree care service providers; penalties. Requires the licensure of tree care service providers by the Board for Contractors as of January 1, 2014. The Board sh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB1158 | Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations authorizing local school divisions to determine the date for administering Standards of Learning assessments. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB2302 | Department of Criminal Justice Services; electronic security sales representatives. Provides that an electronic security sales representative shall possess a valid registration issued by the Department before selling or offering for sale any electron... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (13-Y 1-N) |
| VA | SB1364 | Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to grant a two-year waiver from the science and the history and social science Standards of Learning assessment requirement for third gr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1940 | Faculty representatives to the State Board for Community Colleges, local community college boards, and boards of visitors; student representatives to boards of visitors. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges, local community college boards,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| 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 | HB1557 | School boards; employee firearms training. Requires every school board in the Commonwealth to designate at least one qualified person for every school in the district who, upon application with the school board, may carry a concealed handgun on schoo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | SB1326 | Public schools; policies on concussion prevention. Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to local school divisions by July 1, 2014, guidelines for policies limiting the amount of contact experienced by student-athletes playing con... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| 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 | HB1312 | Board of Education; administration. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations providing for an additional testing period, to occur prior to March 1 of each year, for the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to students. Loca... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1317 | Board of Education; administration. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations providing for an additional testing period, to occur prior to March 1 of each year, for the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to students. Loca... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1379 | Department of Criminal Justice Services; Law Enforcement Assistance Program. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a peer-counseling program to provide services, in the event of the death of or tragedy involving a law-enforc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HJR571 | Study; JCHC to study of the feasibility of developing a program of trained primary care personnel to extend the reach of primary care services and reduce health care costs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to st... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1659 | Private security services businesses; exceptions. Provides an exception from licensure requirements for private security services businesses from other states that are duly licensed in those states and that contract for a specific investigation with ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1839 | Home-produced operations. Exempts food products processed or prepared in private homes or farms from Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations that apply to food establishments so long as the products are sold to end consumers and labele... [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 | HB1712 | Local commission on human rights. Provides that any locality that has established a local commission on human rights may include discrimination based on sexual orientation among those areas of discrimination the commission may investigate. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1782 | Policies on concussion in student-athletes. Requires local school divisions to provide to organizations sponsoring athletic activity for student-athletes on school property the Board of Education's guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1908 | 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 will be at-large appointees. The three ex officio members remain u... [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 | HB2070 | Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Removes all current allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to mass transit and implements performance-based funding for mass transit. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1851 | Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; asbestos contractors; notice to asbestos workers. Authorizes the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of an existing license of any asbestos contract... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1976 | Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. Clarifies that the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments is required to evaluate potential appointees to higher education governing boards and to make recommendations to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1947 | Authority to create separate special hunting licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to create separate special licenses for the hunting of deer or turkey. Under current law, the Board is authorized to create a separate special li... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1973 | Real Estate Board; death or disability of a broker. Requires the Real Estate Board to grant approval to certain persons in a specific order of priority as may be designated by a broker in the event of his disability or death to conclude the business ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1979 | Authorization of bonds to acquire the Dulles Greenway. Authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board to issue bonds to (i) acquire the Dulles Greenway and (ii) if determined necessary by the Board, improve or upgrade the Dulles Greenway. If the Bo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1998 | Food stamps program. Updates obsolete references to Food Stamps program and requires the State Board of Social Services to establish broad-based categorical eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2140 | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; fees. Changes approval authority over fees that may be charged by the State Fire Marshal to recover enforcement costs from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Service... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
