Subject Professions and Occupations | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB158 | Devocalization of cats and dogs; penalty. Requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures and provides that any person, including a licensed veterinarian, who performs a surgical devocalization on a cat or dog when such procedure ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB228 | Tax credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses. Establishes a corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract wit... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB267 | Dental laboratories; register with the Board of Dentistry. Requires any individual or business entity engaged in the manufacture or repair of dental prosthetic appliances to register with the Board of Dentistry. The bill also requires the Board to de... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB345 | Licensure of dietitians. Requires the Board of Medicine to promulgate regulations for the licensure of dietitians in the Commonwealth; provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to practice as or hold himself out to be a dietitian or to use in... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB398 | Radiology benefits managers. Requires that any decision by a radiology benefits manager to deny a treating physician's order or recommendation for a diagnostic radiology test be made by a physician. An authorization to perform a diagnostic radiology ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB707 | Funeral protests; penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to disrupt a funeral or memorial service during the 60 minutes immediately preceding through the time immediately following such service with the intent to disrupt the service. A violation of ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1289 | Impaired health care providers. Amends definition of "impairment." [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB90 | Definition of private investigator; out-of-state private security services. Allows a private security services business licensed by another state to contract with a private security services business licensed by the Commonwealth to act as a private ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB434 | Funeral protests; penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to address speech to a person attending a funeral or memorial service that is reasonably likely to provoke an imminent breach of the peace, or to engage in picketing activity within 250 feet o... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB459 | Pawnbrokers and precious metal dealers; records required to be maintained; digital images. Requires pawnbrokers and precious metal dealers to take a digital image of (i) the form of identification used by the person involved in the transaction, which... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB313 | Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by the Board of Medicine. Requires surgical assistants to be licensed and surgical technologists to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The bill also grandfathers in surgi... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB320 | Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances. Requires any prescriber who prescribes to a patient a controlled substance included in Schedule II, III, or IV of the Drug Control Act to request and review information abou... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB342 | Dental laboratories; register with the Board of Dentistry. Requires any individual or business entity engaged in the manufacture or repair of dental prosthetic appliances to register with the Board of Dentistry. The bill also requires the Board to de... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB547 | Assault and battery a felony when certain classes of people are victimized; penalty. Expands the class of people for whom, when they are victims of an assault or assault and battery, the offense is punished as a Class 6 felony. The expanded class wou... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB634 | Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program; impaired health care providers. Provides that the term "impairment" includes psychological and behavioral disabilities, including the mismanagement of countertransference, for the purposes of determining eli... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB650 | Hospitals and physicians; processing health insurance claims. Requires any hospital or licensed physician who treats a patient who presents proof of health insurance providing coverage within the applicable provider network to process such patient's ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB876 | Pharmacies; audit rights. Establishes audit rights for pharmacies, including, among other things, 14 days' advance notice of audit, exemption from scheduling of audits within the first five days of the month, exclusion of clerical or recordkeeping er... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-10 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1969 | Board for Contractors; necessity for license; commissioning of public works of art. Allows a person to bid upon or undertake public works of art commissioned by the Commonwealth; a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including any county, city... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote |
| VA | SB783 | Birth control; definition. Adds a definition of birth control. "Birth control" means contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birth control shall not be considered abortion for the purposes of Title 18.2. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB1080 | Ultrasound imaging. Provides that no law or regulation of the Commonwealth or administrative action of an agent of the Commonwealth shall require that a person receive ultrasound imaging for nonmedical reasons or ultrasound imaging that is not medica... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB911 | Transfer of firearms; criminal history records check; penalties. Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | SB1231 | Correcting errors in deeds; affidavit. Allows an attorney to record a corrective affidavit to correct an obvious description error contained in a recorded deed, deed of trust, or mortgage. Obvious description errors include (i) errors transcribing co... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 30-N) |
| VA | SB1001 | Transfer of firearms; criminal history records check; penalties. Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB1318 | 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] | 2013-01-23 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | SB814 | Nursing education programs; minimum examination passage rates. Requires approved nursing education programs to maintain a minimum passage rate among graduates taking the national licensing examination required for licensure as a professional or pract... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB877 | Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of subst... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB878 | Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks. Requires prescribers to request and review information from the Prescription Monitoring Program prior to dispensing any Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1254 | Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires every pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy to ensure that at least one pharmacist who is physically present at the pharmacy shall have access to the Prescription Monitoring Pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1544 | Lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinary rule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearing account. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 Passed by indefinitely |
| 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 | HB1644 | Birth control; definition. Adds a definition of birth control. "Birth control" means contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birth control shall not be considered abortion for the purposes of Title 18.2. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Tabled in Courts of Justice (10-Y 6-N) |
| VA | HB2325 | Funeral services; next of kin. Adds any person recognized as the legal spouse of the decedent under the laws of another state to the definition of next of kin for the purposes of making decisions regarding funeral arrangements for the decedent. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| VA | HB1354 | Sales and use tax exemption; service charges of photographers and videographers. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for separately stated service charges of photographers and videographers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote |
| VA | SB858 | Surgical technologists and surgical assistants. Requires certification for surgical technologists and licensure for surgical assistants, and provides requirements for such certification and licensure. The bill creates the Advisory Board of Surgical T... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1250 | Designation and reporting of drugs of concern. Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to identify "drugs of concern" and requires prescribers to report prescription drugs of concern to the Prescription Monitoring Program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1359 | Funeral services; next of kin. Adds any person recognized as the legal spouse of the decedent under the laws of another state to the definition of next of kin for the purposes of making decisions regarding funeral arrangements for the decedent. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1307 | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Director; purchase of information technology and telecommunications goods and services. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to purchase the info... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1346 | Charitable gaming; sale of pull tabs and other instant bingo games. Authorizes certain volunteer fire departments or rescue squads or auxiliary units thereof to sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards one hour immediately preceding the conduct o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1372 | Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check. Requires the Department of State Police to be available to perform background checks for non-dealer sales at gun shows if a party involved in a transaction wants one. In order for the bil... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (3-Y 11-N 1-A) |
| VA | HB1304 | Tax credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses. Establishes a corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract wit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1321 | Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Requires local school boards to include in policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine a provision allowing any local health department employee approved by the local gov... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1377 | Care of students who have been diagnosed with diabetes. Requires the parents of any public school student who has been diagnosed with diabetes to designate in a diabetes care plan a delegated care aide to provide diabetes care for the student, includ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1429 | Zoning; attorney fees. Provides that a court may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and court costs to any person, group, or entity that prevails in a zoning action brought against it or that successfully challenges the validity of a zoning or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1463 | Schedule IV controlled substances; tramadol. Adds tramadol, an opiate painkiller, to the list of Schedule IV controlled substances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1516 | Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires every pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy to ensure that at least one pharmacist who is physically present at the pharmacy shall have access to the Prescription Monitoring Pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1657 | Sales and use tax exemption; funeral-related goods. Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the retail sale of tangible personal property related to funerals. [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 | HB1893 | Virginia Adoptable and Transferable Companion Animal Registry. Requires the State Veterinarian to establish and maintain a website where representatives of releasing agencies may post information on companion animals that are available for adoption b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1776 | Ultrasound prior to abortion; physician civil penalty. Provides that no physician shall be subject to a civil penalty for failure to perform or supervise the performance of the ultrasound imaging required prior to an abortion if, in his medical judgm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1918 | Attorney fees; juvenile and domestic relations district courts. Emphasizes that an award of attorney fees and costs made in certain cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court must be reasonable. The bill also provides that such an award ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
