| HB1857 | Pass | Transfer of firearms; documentation of residence. Clarifies that a member of the military may provide permanent orders assigning him to the Pentagon for purposes of providing documentation of residency when purchasing a firearm from a licensed deale... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235) |
| HB1912 | Pass | Electric utility ratemaking procedures; recognition of Commonwealth Energy Policy. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC), when required to approve the construction of an electric utility facility, to consider the economic and job creation ob... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) |
| HB2364 | Pass | Joint aid agreements by localities. Provides that a locality may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize its chief administrative officer to arrange for provision of aid to other localities or receipt of aid from other localities, including approval b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267) |
| HB2365 | Pass | Virginia Racing Commission; authorization to join Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact. Authorizes the Virginia Racing Commission to enter into the Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact, as proposed by the Association of Racing Commissioners Inter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269) |
| HB2372 | Pass | Flashing amber warning lights on certain vehicles. Allows certain state vehicles performing environmental functions to be equipped with flashing amber warning lights. The lights are not to be lit while the vehicle is in motion. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268) |
| HB1979 | Pass | Alcoholic Beverage Control; tax on wine and other alcoholic beverages; exceptions. Provides an exemption from payment of tax on alcoholic beverages for shipments of alcoholic beverages (i) out of state for resale outside the Commonwealth and (ii) fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238) |
| HB1983 | Pass | Net energy metering program. Increases the maximum capacity of an electrical generation facility of a residential customer that qualifies for participation in a net energy metering program from 10 to 20 kilowatts. The measure also provides that a cus... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239) |
| HB2389 | Pass | Virginia Resources Authority; renewable energy projects. Adds renewable energy projects to those projects which the Virginia Resources Authority may finance. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270) |
| HB1963 | Pass | Resident curator programs. Provides that a locality may develop a resident curator program for the purpose of managing, preserving, maintaining, or operating historic areas owned or leased by the locality. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237) |
| HB2391 | Pass | Disposition of driver's licenses upon revocation or suspension. Provides that the court shall not order the physical surrender of a driver's license for any revocation or suspension of a privilege to drive in Virginia of a person who does not have a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271) |
| SB903 | Pass | Definition of violent felony; penalty. Removes an "and" in the list of violent felonies to make it clear that a person does not need to be convicted of both §18.2-308.1 (possession of weapon on school property) and §18.2-308.2 (po... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282) |
| HB1475 | Pass | Workers' compensation; presumption that injury is work related. Creates a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related. The presumption arises in a claim for compensation under the Workers... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) |
| HB2058 | Pass | Water quality reports. Consolidates several reports on the progress in cleaning up Virginia's impaired waters into semiannual and annual reports submitted by the Secretary of Natural Resources to the legislative committees of oversight. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245) |
| HB2411 | Pass | Extension of land use approvals; performance bonds. Provides that in instances where a locality has enacted a bonding moratorium or deferral option, existing performance bonds or other financial guarantees of completion may be waived or modified by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272) |
| HB2077 | Pass | Violations related to secure mandatory testing; exclusion of students. Adds the act of excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed to the conditions under which the Board of Education may (i) bring a cause of action, (ii) suspend ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) |
| SB915 | Pass | Inspection of motor vehicles. Restates requirements for motor vehicle safety inspections and places exemptions under a single Code section. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283) |
| HB2024 | Pass | Electrical transmission lines; impact minimizations plans. Requires that applications to the State Corporation Commission for approval of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more include a summary of the applicant's efforts to reasona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243) |
| HB2415 | Pass | Hunting licenses for partially disabled veterans. Establishes a special hunting license for resident and nonresident veterans who have a service-connected disability of at least 70 percent as rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The resi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273) |
| SB1058 | Pass | Air emissions; repeal of laws and regulations related to the Clean Air Interstate Rule. Repeals air emissions laws and regulations related to the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule upon the earlier of (i) the date when facilities in the Commonwealth ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291) |
| HB2420 | Pass | Televisions in motor vehicles. Prohibits the use of a television receiver in a motor vehicle when moving images are visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275) |
| SB1268 | Pass | Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements; escrow payments by certain manufacturers. Requires that the bond posted by manufacturers for inclusion in the Directory be equal to the greater of $50,000 or the escrow amount the manufacturer w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) |
| HB1992 | Pass | Banks; capital stock. Exempts restricted stock award plans from the requirement that a bank's capital stock be paid in money. The measure also provides that a stock option shall not be granted at a price which is less than 100 percent of the fair mar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240) |
| SB923 | Pass | Department of Corrections; inmate trust accounts. Requires the Department of Corrections to establish for each inmate a personal trust account consisting of 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source until the account has a balanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284) |
| HB2123 | Pass | Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Con... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) |
| SB1085 | Pass | Local cigarette tax enforcement. Calls for the Tax Commissioner to convene a working group of interested parties to review policies with regard to how the local cigarette tax is enforced and administered. The working group will issue a report with re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) |
| HB2424 | Pass | Scenic river. Designates a 19.2-mile segment of the Appomattox River in Chesterfield County as a scenic river. The bill does not preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, operating, or performing necessar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276) |
| SB927 | Pass | Sex offender registry; affidavits. Clarifies several provisions regarding the use of an affidavit in a criminal proceeding for failure to register as a sex offender. The bill makes it clear that the Melendez-Diaz procedures do not have to be followed... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) |
| HB2006 | Pass | Regulatory flexibility for small businesses; periodic review. Clarifies the process for the notice of completion of the small business impact statement and review of existing regulations to minimize the economic impact of regulations on small busines... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241) |
| SB1111 | Pass | Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit. Extends from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2016, the sunset date for the redemption or refund provision of the tax credit, which would allow a person with an economic interest in coal to redee... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294) |
| HB2020 | Pass | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions. Clarifies that the definition of a "public record" does not include records that are not prepared for or used in the transaction of public business. The bill is in response to a court case ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) |
| HB2435 | Pass | DOC; elimination of agency mandates. Directs the Department of Corrections to eliminate mandates related to contract inmate classification reporting requirements imposed on localities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277) |
| HB2027 | Pass | Underground transmission lines; pilot program. Extends the scheduled expiration of the pilot program established in 2008 for the underground placement of certain electric transmission lines from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014. The due date for the Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244) |
| HB2065 | Pass | DNA samples taken at arrest and upon conviction. Expands the scope of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) collection to provide that every person convicted of a violation of (i) §18.2-67.4 (sexual battery), (ii) §18.2-67.4:2 (sexual abuse of a chil... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247) |
| HB2243 | Pass | Local school board policies; electronic records and signatures. Authorizes local school boards to adopt and implement policies pursuant to which electronic records and electronic signatures may be accepted from any parent, guardian, or other person h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261) |
| HB2271 | Pass | Computer and digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as a private security service business. Exempts from regulation as a private security service business any individual engaged in (i) computer or digital forensic services or in the acquis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) |
| SB965 | Pass | Retail sales and use tax exemption for spaceport activities. Eliminates the sunset date of the sales and use tax exemption for personal property involved in spaceport activities. The sales and use tax exemption is set to expire on July 1, 2011. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286) |
| HB2059 | Pass | Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over the telephone; use of cellular telephones and other wireless telecommunications devices. Clarifies that the current statutory provision prohibiting the use of obscene, vulgar, or indecent langua... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) |
| HB2295 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; definition of cider. Creates two classes of cider by defining it as any beverage, carbonated or otherwise, obtained by the fermentation of the natural sugar content of apples (i) containing not more than 10 percent of alco... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265) |
| HB1516 | Pass | Crimes; assault and battery of ABC agent. Adds special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, which means that the punishment for committing a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) |
| SB995 | Pass | Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license. Creates an additional boat license option for special combined individual sportfishing licenses, which allows licensees to fish in in all the tidal waters of the Commonwealth. The new ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287) |
| HB2419 | Pass | Sales tax revenue distribution; certain public facilities. Expands the definition of the public facilities in which the sales and use taxes collected are distributed to the locality in which the facility is located for repayment of bonds issued to cr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274) |
| HB2438 | Pass | Criminal cases; delayed appeal. Allows a defendant to move for a delayed appeal when an appeal from a criminal case has been denied or the conviction has been affirmed due to failure to file or timely file the indispensible transcript or written stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278) |
| HB2090 | Pass | Execution of emergency custody orders. Increases from four to six hours the time in which an emergency custody order must be executed after its issuance. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249) |
| SB1014 | Pass | Dental hygienists; extension of educational and preventive care protocol. Extends for one year the protocol allowing dental hygienists to provide educational and preventive dental care in the Lenowisco, Cumberland Plateau, and Southside Health Distri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289) |
| HB2096 | Pass | Virginia Retirement System; constitutional officers. Permits any constitutional officer who has 20 or more years of creditable service, and whose office is abolished, to retire with unreduced benefits (i) at the age of 60 if the officer is first elec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250) |
| HB2100 | Pass | Regulation of certain family day homes. Allows certain Northern Virginia localities to require persons who provide child-care services to provide certification from a national criminal background check in addition to other certifications that may be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251) |
| SB1025 | Pass | Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Con... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290) |
| HB2458 | Pass | Demolished or dismantled motor vehicles; licensee requirements. Sets out procedures by which licensees and scrap metal processors may demolish or dismantle certain motor vehicles. The provisions of the bill become effective on October 1, 2011. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279) |
| HB1552 | Pass | Issuance of concealed handgun permits. Amends the language relating to the issuance of de facto concealed handgun permits. Current law states that if a court does not issue a permit or find that the applicant is disqualified, within 45 days of receip... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231) |
| HB2485 | Pass | Reckless driving; locations. Expands the list of places where a person can be found guilty of reckless driving to include governmental property open to the public. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280) |