Virginia Legislature | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiling
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB1688 | Disorderly conduct; students. Provides that a student at any elementary or secondary school shall not be guilty of disorderly conduct in public places if the disorderly conduct occurred on school property or a school bus. | 2018-12-07 Committee Referral Pending |
| HB1687 | Nonpayment of wages; private action. Provides that an employee has a private cause of action against an employer who fails to pay wages to recover the amount of wages due plus interest at eight percent annually from the date the wages were due. If th... | 2018-12-07 |
| HJR597 | Study; economic impacts of litter on fishing, farming, and water quality in urban streams; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the economic impact of litter on fishing, farming, water quality, and other components of Vir... | 2018-12-07 Committee Referral Pending |
| HB1682 | Insurance networks; dental services. Establishes limits on the ability of a health insurer or other person to sell or otherwise grant access, as provided in a dentist's or oral surgeon's provider contract, to a third-party carrier. Access as provided... | 2018-12-06 |
| HB1683 | Electric cooperatives; rates. Authorizes any electric cooperative to (i) increase or decrease its rates without State Corporation Commission approval for any of its services, rather than only for distribution services, at any time if such adjustments... | 2018-12-06 |
| HB1685 | Public schools; enrolled students; disorderly conduct. Provides that no enrolled public school student who disrupts the operation of the school at which he is enrolled or any activity conducted or sponsored by the school at which he is enrolled on sc... | 2018-12-06 |
| HB1684 | Waiver of extradition; bail. Requires a judge to revoke the bail of any person who waives extradition proceedings in writing and remand such person to custody to await transfer to the demanding state. | 2018-12-06 |
| HB1686 | Electric utilities; limitations on fossil fuel facilities. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission (SCC) from issuing on or after July 1, 2019, a certificate of public convenience and necessity or granting any other permit or approval required for... | 2018-12-06 |
| HR211 | Commemorating the life and legacy of Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. | 2018-12-06 Prefiled and laid on Speaker's table; offered 01/09/19 19101142D |
| HB1679 | Taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles. Clarifies the taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles and provides that vehicles that qualify as farm equipment that is exempt from sales and use tax shall... | 2018-12-05 |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Kaye Kory [D] | 18 |  |
| Del. Mark Cole [R] | 15 | |
| Del. Paul Krizek [D] | 11 | |
| Del. Hyland Fowler [R] | 11 | |
| Del. Robert Orrock [R] | 10 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Amanda Chase [R] | 28 | |
| Sen. Adam Ebbin [D] | 26 | |
| Sen. Mark Peake [R] | 18 | |
| Sen. Scott Surovell [D] | 16 | |
| Sen. William Stanley [R] | 15 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Courts of Justice | 18 | |
| Finance | 10 | |
| Transportation | 10 | |
| Privileges and Elections | 8 | |
| General Laws | 7 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Privileges and Elections | 50 | |
| Finance | 49 | |
| Courts of Justice | 42 | |
| Education and Health | 27 | |
| Commerce and Labor | 27 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB1638 | Virginia Lottery; repeal prohibition against sale of Virginia Lottery; repeal prohibition against sale of lottery tickets over the Internet; sports betting; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund; Major Research Project Subfund; Sports Betting O... | Bill Text |
| SB1037 | Expungement of certain offenses. Allows a person to petition for expungement of a deferred disposition dismissal for underage alcohol possession or using a false ID to obtain alcohol when the offense occurred prior to the person's twenty-first birthd... | Bill Text |
| HB1635 | Fossil fuel projects moratorium; clean energy mandates. Fossil fuel projects moratorium; clean energy mandates. Establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2020, on approval by any state agency or political subdivision of any approval required for... | Bill Text |
| SB1040 | Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides f... | Bill Text |
| HJR587 | Commending the American Legion. | Bill Text |
| SB997 | Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession; penalty. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $50 for a first violation, $100 for a second violation, and $250 for a third or subsequent v... | Bill Text |
| SB1030 | Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firef... | Bill Text |
| SB1033 | Body-worn camera; release of recordings; penalty. Provides a procedure for a defendant to request the inspection and the copying or photographing of any body-worn camera recordings that are within the possession, custody, or control of the Commonweal... | Bill Text |
| SB938 | Withholding of income for child support; independent contractors. Requires any person who contracts with an independent contractor, as defined in the bill, to submit information regarding any new independent contractor to the Virginia New Hire Report... | Bill Text |
| HB1634 | Additional sales and use tax for counties and cities; county appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate as determined by the governing body, ... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB938 | Withholding of income for child support; independent contractors. Requires any person who contracts with an independent contractor, as defined in the bill, to submit information regarding any new independent contractor to the Virginia New Hire Report... | Bill Text |
| HB1634 | Additional sales and use tax for counties and cities; county appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate as determined by the governing body, ... | Bill Text |
| SJR34 | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; partisan balance of districts. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, an eight-member commission tasked with establishing the districts for the United States ... | Bill Text |
| SB299 | Department of Taxation; reports on sales and use tax exemptions. Requires the Department of Taxation (the Department) to report annually to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the House and Senate Committees on Finance regarding... | Bill Text |
| SB604 | Absentee voting; certain absentee voters permitted to vote after close of absentee voting location. Provides that an applicant who is in line to cast his ballot when the office of the general registrar or location being used for in-person absentee vo... | Bill Text |
| SB880 | Local ability to pay; certain counties. Requires that the composite index of local ability to pay for any county within which there is a school division composed of a town be calculated as if there were no such school division composed of a town with... | Bill Text |
| SJR255 | Commending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. | Bill Text |
| HB1640 | Health carriers; nurse practitioners. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by licensed nurse practitioners to provide equal coverage for such services when... | Bill Text |
| HB1650 | Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. Prohibits the Virginia Lottery from disclosing information about individual winners whose prize exceeds $10 million, and exempts such information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),... | Bill Text |
| HB1661 | Association health benefit plans established by associations of employers; health benefit plans for members of certain agricultural organizations. Directs the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations that allow for the creation of associatio... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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| 2019 | Regular Session | 369 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
