| SB1440 | Intro
Sine Die | Research and technology funding; Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund. Creates the Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund. The Fund will be administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority to create, attract, retain, expa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission |
| SB1442 | Intro
Sine Die | Small employer health insurance tax credit. Establishes a tax credit for small employers that pay a portion of their employees' health insurance premiums. The credit would be equal to 30 percent of the federal small employer health insurance tax cred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Letter sent to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission |
| SB1443 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Public Procurement Act; Department of General Services; preference for Virginia products. Establishes a preference in state contracting for goods produced in Virginia and goods or services or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2325 | Intro
Sine Die | Income tax; research and development expenses tax credit. Allows income tax credits for individuals and businesses for qualified research and development expenses for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2017. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1447-Cline) by voice vote |
| HB2344 | Intro
Sine Die | Disposal of cigarette butts. Imposes a civil penalty of $100 for each cigarette butt that is improperly disposed of. The proceeds from the civil penalties will be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (11-Y 7-N) |
| HB2398 | Intro
Sine Die | Treasurer; collection of local taxes. Provides that the treasurer of each county and city shall deposit with the State Treasurer an amount equal to 0.2 percent of all local taxes or other charges collected by the treasurer. Out of these deposits: (i)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 14-N) |
| SB1467 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom of Information Act; criminal investigative records. Amends the definition of "criminal investigative file" so that the exemption applies to records relating to active or ongoing investigations or prosecutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Letter sent to Freedom of Information Advisory Council |
| SB1008 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution plan; member contributions. Creates an optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees. The Commonwealth would contribute to the defined contribution account of each employee as follo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 3-N) |
| HB1531 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor fuels tax; rate increase. Increases the motor fuels tax rate by $0.10 per gallon and dedicates the additional revenue to the operation, maintenance, improvement, and expansion of the Commonwealth's transportation system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote |
| SB1322 | Intro
Sine Die | Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Creates the Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program, consisting of the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) and the GAP Fund program administered by the Innovation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB1485-Newman) (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB1019 | Intro
Sine Die | Fire Prevention. Transfers from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Services Board the authority for approving the fee structure for the fees that the State Fire Marshal may charge to recover the actual cost of adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) |
| SB1342 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; buildings used by fraternal organizations. Provides that buildings used by fraternal organizations shall be classified as residential structures for the purposes of complying with the Building Code, provided such str...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2463 | Intro
Sine Die | Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application; report. Requires the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations (i) requiring professionals and public sector applicators of fertilizers to nonagricultural lands to becom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1831-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote |
| SB1035 | Intro
Sine Die | Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty. Provides that no person shall possess an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle upon a public highway of the Commonwealth in other than the manufacturer's unope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 7-N 1-A) |
| HB2465 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees. Creates a defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees hired on or after January 1, 2012, in place of the current defined bene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2410-Putney) by voice vote |
| HB1751 | Intro
Sine Die | Lawn fertilizers; penalty. Prohibits the application of fertilizers that contain phosphorus for use on lawns, golf courses, parks, and cemeteries. The prohibition does not apply to fertilizer products primarily intended for gardening, trees, shrubs,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1831-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote |
| SB1061 | Intro
Sine Die | State employee health insurance plan; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires that the health insurance plan for state employees provide coverage for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, and the treatment of autism spectrum disorder in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB1756 | Intro
Sine Die | Retail sales tax exemption; gold and silver bullion coins. Establishes a retail sales tax exemption for sales of nongraded United States gold or silver bullion coins.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1906-Miller, J.H.) by voice vote |
| SB1088 | Intro
Sine Die | Land preservation tax credits; refunded by the Tax Commissioner. Allows a donor of land or any interest in land to request a refund of unused land preservation tax credits with the Tax Commissioner for 90 percent of the face value of the credits. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB1075 | Intro
Sine Die | Administrative suspension of license. Changes the period of administrative license suspension upon arrest for a DUI from seven to 60 days and, for a second or subsequent offense, from 60 days until the time of trial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N) |
| SB1090 | Intro
Sine Die | Purchase of Virginia-grown food products by state agencies and institutions and local school divisions. Provides for the Department of General Services to establish procurement procedures to facilitate the purchase of Virginia-grown food products by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1115 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees. Creates an optional defined contribution retirement program for state and local employees beginning January 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (11-Y 3-N) |
| SB1479 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Housing and Community Development; rapid re-housing pilot project. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a three-year rapid re-housing pilot project and to report its findings and recommendations to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1118 | Intro
Sine Die | First offense DUI; ignition interlock and restricted license. Provides that a person who is convicted of DUI is required to have an ignition interlock on the first offense as a condition of a restricted license. Currently, the requirement for an inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) |
| HB2107 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduced electricity rates for low-income residential customers; tax credit. Requires investor-owned electric utilities to offer eligible residential customers a reduced rate for electric service during December through April of each year. The reduced...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
House: Passed by in Finance with letter by voice vote |
| HB2301 | Intro
Sine Die | State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of certain professional services income; advocacy. Requires state and local government employees and officials to disclose any compen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| HB2305 | Intro
Sine Die | References to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Truncates references in the Code to the "Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations" to the "Joint Commission" to reflect the rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote |
| HB2521 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act. Expands who constitutes a consumer under Virginia's "lemon law" to include a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or business trust provided that the entity purchases fewer th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| HB2522 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act; form of notice. Removes from the statutorily authorized form of the notice of a buyer's right to cancel a home solicitation sale a provision that allows notice of cancellation to be sent by telegram. The notice f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter by voice vote |
| SB1394 | Intro
Sine Die | Sales and use tax revenue dedication; transportation in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Dedicates a portion of state sales and use tax revenue for transportation projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads equivalent to a one quarter percent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (13-Y 1-N) |
| HB2529 | Intro
Sine Die | Life insurance; required disclosure. Requires an insurer to provide written notice to the owner of a life insurance policy if (i) an individual insured is age 60 or older or is known to be terminally ill or chronically ill and (ii) the individual req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| HB1884 | Intro
Sine Die | Highway maintenance funds. Provides that when allocating funds for the interstate system of highways, the primary system of state highways, and the secondary system of state highways maintained by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Transportation Bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1491-Albo) by voice vote |
| HB1863 | Intro
Sine Die | Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of "illegal gambling" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote |
| HB2345 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia National Guard; eligibility for service. States that eligibility for service in the Virginia National Guard shall adhere to laws and regulations adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| HB1901 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages containing caffeine. Prohibits the sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages containing caffeine; exception for mixed beverage licensees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote |
| HB1926 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding; the Salem Highway Construction District. Provides funds for transportation in the Salem Highway Construction District by allocating revenue attributable to a portion of economic growth due to or facilitated by the Inland Port ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote |
| HB1927 | Intro
Sine Die | Display of restaurant inspection reports. Requires every restaurant licensed by the State Board of Health to display a copy of the most recent restaurant inspection report, which shall include evidence of the number of critical violations found duri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote |
| HB2016 | Intro
Sine Die | Consolidation of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission. Expands the duties of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to incl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote |
| HB2418 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Railway Express; passenger surcharge. Imposes a $1 per passenger surcharge on VRE passengers boarding in Manassas and Manassas Park. Proceeds of this surcharge are to be paid to the Northern Neck Planning District Commission to be used exclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote |
| SB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Assignment of year-end surplus. Changes the priority for assigning any year-end surplus by requiring that any general fund balance remaining after funds are set aside for required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund would be assigned as follo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB2039 | Intro
Sine Die | Procurement by public bodies; use of certain contracting processes. Limits the use of the construction management at-risk method for building construction to projects with a total value of $25 million or more. The bill also amends the definition of "...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote |
| SB1295 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding. Provides new and increased taxes, tolls, and general fund revenues for transportation funding. The bill would (i) decrease the motor fuels tax from $0.175 per gallon to $0.05 per gallon and establish a five percent tax on mot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB1700 | Intro
Sine Die | Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of "illegal gambling" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote |
| SB1475 | Intro
Sine Die | Town of Leesburg; charges to residents for water and sewer services. Provides that the percentage differential between the rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Town of Leesburg for water and sewer services to customers located outside of its munic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (6-Y 6-N) |
| SB1329 | Intro
Sine Die | Highway "revenue sharing" construction funds. Removes the $1 million cap for individual allocations and changes first priority for allocation to congestion relief. The bill also changes the maximum and minimum appropriations from $50 millio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1446-Wampler) (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB2119 | Intro
Sine Die | Illegal gambling; definitions. Amends the definition of "illegal gambling" to clarify that the purchase of a product or other thing of value (e.g., phone card, Internet time), which purchase credits the purchaser with free points or other measurable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB1584-Oder) by voice vote |
| HB2469 | Intro
Sine Die | Relocation or removal of utility facilities. Provides that when the Commonwealth Transportation Board acquires property by eminent domain, the relocated utility facilities shall not be placed any closer to a private residence than those facilities we...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote |
| HB2474 | Intro
Sine Die | Eligibility for service in the Virginia National Guard. Declares a person ineligible to serve in the Virginia National Guard if he would be ineligible to serve pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §654 and any accompanying Department of Defense Regulations imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| HB2503 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Transportation Regulatory Review Commission. Creates the Governor's Tranportation Regulatory Review Commission as an advisory commission to annually review regulations to identify those regulations that may impede (i) the construction of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HB2506 | Intro
Sine Die | Health benefits plans offered by foreign health insurers. Authorizes foreign health insurers to sell in Virginia any group and individual health benefits plans that the foreign insurers are authorized to offer in their domiciliary state. A foreign he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
