| SB1289 | Intro
Sine Die | Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB824-Edwards) (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB1293 | Intro
Sine Die | Disabled parking placards. Provides that placards will be valid for no more than five years and that renewals must be accompanied by the same certification of the applicant%92s disability as the original.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N) |
| SB993 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor vehicle emissions; testing procedures. Removes the requirement that BAR-90 and ASM 50-15 are the only authorized motor vehicle emissions testing equipment and allows the use of any computer software programs and emissions testing procedures ne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Letter sent to Department of Environmental Quality |
| SB835 | Intro
Sine Die | Disabled parking; contents of permanent windshield placards. Requires that permanent windshield placards used in connection with disabled parking display a symbol indicating the sex of the person to whom the placard was issued.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (3-Y 10-N) |
| SB853 | Intro
Sine Die | Vital records; posting online. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to develop a system for the secure posting and retrieval of vital records online, to be accessible for a fee sufficient to cover the cost of such posting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB858 | Intro
Sine Die | Right turns by vehicles facing left green arrow signals. Allows vehicles facing left green arrow signals to treat such signals as yield right-of-way signs for the purposes of making right turns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (2-Y 11-N) |
| SB905 | Intro
Sine Die | Reckless cycling. Prohibits operating a bicycle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property. No demerit points are to be assigned for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N) |
| SB935 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthy lifestyles education. Requires the Board of Education to develop and approve instructional objectives for healthy lifestyles at the middle and high school levels, which shall be required of all students, and to provide for the systematic infu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB1391 | Intro
Sine Die | Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB824-Edwards) (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB740 | Intro
Sine Die | Motorcycles and mopeds; use of bridges in high winds. Requires VDOT to prohibit use of certain bridges in Hampton Roads by motorcycles and mopeds during periods of high wind.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB1154 | Intro
Sine Die | Special license plate fee; charitable donation. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, with the assistance of the Department of Taxation, to identify those special license plates for which a portion of the fee benefits a charitable organization ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-20
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB1244 | Intro
Sine Die | Common Interest Community Board; common interest community manager; provisional licenses. Extends the expiration deadline for provisional common interest community manager licenses from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2012. The bill includes an emergency ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB983-Whipple) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB969 | Intro
Sine Die | Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB970 | Intro
Sine Die | Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB999-Stosch) (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB914 | Intro
Sine Die | Offenses for which a juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult; penalty. Provides that a juvenile age 14 or older will automatically be subject to a preliminary hearing in juvenile court and transferred to circuit court for trial as an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) |
| SB849 | Intro
Sine Die | Illegal gambling; poker a game of skill. Clarifies that poker games are deemed games of skill and nothing in the definition of illegal gambling shall be construed to make any poker game illegal. The bill defines "poker game" as any of sever...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N) |
| SB929 | Intro
Sine Die | Sale of tobacco products. Provides that wrappings may be sold only in places that are not open to the general public and not generally accessible to minors and that an establishment which prohibits the presence of minors unless accompanied by an adul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB876 | Intro
Sine Die | Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing a lawful occupant to use of physical force, including deadly force, against an intruder in his dwelling who has committed an overt act against him, without civil liabilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N) |
| SB1012 | Intro
Sine Die | Destruction of live marijuana plants. Provides that where a seizure of more than 10 suspected marijuana plants is made in connection with any drug prosecution or investigation, the appropriate law-enforcement agency may destroy the plants by directi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N 1-A) |
| SB753 | Intro
Sine Die | BPOL administrative appeals process. Adds additional time limitations by which the Tax Commissioner must rule on BPOL administrative appeals and requests for advisory written opinions. The bill also would limit the Tax Commissioner to reviewing matte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-19
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 1-N) |
| SB996 | Intro
Sine Die | Cash proffers; acceptance by localities. Allows localities to delay collection or acceptance of a cash proffer until the completion of the final inspection of the subject property and prior to the time of the issuance of any certificate of occupancy....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1312 | Intro
Sine Die | Repair of derelict buildings; authority of locality to appoint receivers. Allows any locality that has adopted an ordinance pursuant to §15.2-907.1 to petition the circuit court for the appointment of a receiver to repair a residential building ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission |
| SB869 | Intro
Sine Die | Urban Development Areas. Makes several changes to the urban development area legislation. Developable acreage is redefined to exclude (i) parks, rights-of-way of arterial and collector streets, railways, and resource protection areas, and wetlands; (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB1052 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; absentee voting procedures. Deletes the requirement that domestic absentee voters must provide detailed information concerning their legal residence in Virginia in their sworn statement on the envelope in which they return their marked abs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-18
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB764 | Intro
Sine Die | Adoption of a child; absence of parental consent. Clarifies the standard a court must apply in when determining whether to allow adoption of a child in the absence of parental consent, stating that the court must determine that failure to grant the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB816 | Intro
Sine Die | Fees for civil cases; judicial salaries. Increases civil filing fees by $50 to finance judicial salaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB933 | Intro
Sine Die | Payday loans; permitted interest. Repeals provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 percen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N) |
| SB855 | Intro
Sine Die | Courthouse assessments. Allows localities to raise the fee assessed for courthouse construction, renovation, or maintenance above the current authorized amount of $2 once every two years beginning July 1, 2012, based upon the percentage increase in t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB857 | Intro
Sine Die | Misdemeanor fines. Provides that the maximum fine for a misdemeanor is raised each July 1, starting July 1, 2012, by an amount approximately equal to the annual rate of inflation for the previous calendar year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB968 | Intro
Sine Die | Endangered and threatened species. Consolidates the endangered plant and insect species program administered by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Natural Area Preserve Program and Cave Protection Program admin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB751 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor vehicle title loans; interest rate. Caps the rate of interest that may be charged on a motor vehicle title loan at 36 percent per year. Currently, interest on such loans may not exceed 22 percent per month on the portion of the outstanding bala...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N) |
| SB752 | Intro
Sine Die | Payday loans; permitted interest. Repeals provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 perce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 10-N) |
| SB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or substance abuse treatment. Allows a person who has received mental health treatment or substance abuse treatment in a residential setting within five years from the applicat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-17
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
| SB760 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspension of operator's license for failure to pay child support. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not renew a driver's license or terminate a license suspension imposed because of nonpayment of child support until it has receive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-13
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB238 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; CMRS resellers. Clarifies that CMRS resellers are required to collect the wireless E-911 surcharge on all sales by retailers of prepaid CMRS service. The measure defines CMRS resellers as providers of mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-03
To House Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB249 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal care; transport; regulations. Requires the adoption of regulations that permit the non-commercial, intrastate transportation of animals by law-enforcement officers, animal control officers, and releasing agencies by vehicles that are not enclo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-03
To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee |
| SB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Fuels taxes; annually adjusted. Adjusts fuels taxes each year on April 1 by the percentage increase in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (sales volume weighted), Total Fleet (the CAFE) for the immediately preceding calendar year over the CAFE for ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-03
To House Finance Committee |
| SJR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); electoral boards and general registrars. Permits the General Assembly to provide by law that two or more counties and cities may share one electoral board and general registrar if a majority of the voters ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR24 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly powers; regulations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact laws to permit localities to exempt from property taxes, any property, including real or personal property, equipment, facilities, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR27 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public uses. Limits the exercise of eminent domain for the purpose of public use and specifies that, with the exception of property taken for public service corporations, pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR52 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; SCC; management of continuing care retirement communities and the need for resident representation in management and governance; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission to study the management of continuing care retirement communiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SJR62 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR68 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; voter registration and election system. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the structure and operation of the registration and election processes. The joint subcommittee is to examine (i) measures that might be necessary or desirable in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SJR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property taxes; relief for certain businesses. Allows the General Assembly to authorize localities to exempt in whole or in part from property taxes (i) the property of a business that is new to the Common...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR88 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; joint subcommittee to study local government reorganization; report. Establishes a nine-member joint subcommittee to recommend methods for modernizing local government structure and organization, including the potential benefits of regional so...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SJR92 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment (first resolution); conference committee report for general appropriation bills. Provides that if no conference committee report for the general appropriation bill is agreed to by April 1 in an odd-numbered year or by May 1 i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR100 | Intro
Sine Die | 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][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SJR137 | Intro
Sine Die | 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][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal street gangs; predicate criminal act. Adds burglary and shooting into an occupied dwelling to the list of predicate criminal acts for which a person committing such act may be convicted under the criminal street gang act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-12-02
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
