| HB1582 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding; Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank. Creates the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (VTIB) as a special fund to provide loans and grants to public and private entities to fund transportation projects in the Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB2527-Howell, W.J.) by voice vote |
| HB1583 | Intro
Sine Die | Nutritional content; school breakfast and lunch program. Requires the Board of Education to ensure that the nutritional content of all foods sold to students as part of the official school breakfast or school lunch program is posted or otherwise made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote |
| SB1084 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to concealed handgun permittee information. Prohibits the clerk of the court from disclosing identifying information contained on a concealed handgun permit application or on an order issuing a concealed handgun permit, if so requested by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB2200 | Intro
Sine Die | Computers; facilitating certain offenses involving children. Revises for clarity the terms used to describe offenders and victims in the section criminalizing use of a communications system to solicit sexual activity with children. The bill states th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| HB1778 | Intro
Sine Die | Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana. Creates a new category for "synthetic marijuana" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1434-Garrett) by voice vote |
| HB2222 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding and administration. Provides for transportation funding and administration in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, the Richmond Highway Construction District, the Staunton Highway Construction District, and the Salem Highway Const...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Passed by in Appropriations with letter by voice vote |
| HB2223 | 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] | 2011-01-31
House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB1120 | Intro
Sine Die | Court's jurisdiction to enforce judgment lien through sale of real estate. Provides that a court shall not decree real estate to be sold to enforce a judgment lien if (i) such real estate is used as the owner's primary residence, (ii) such owner has...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) |
| SB1142 | Intro
Sine Die | Deferred disposition. Allows a court to defer disposition in and discharge and dismiss any criminal case.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N) |
| SB1089 | Intro
Sine Die | Sealing psychological tests received into evidence. Provides that a court may, upon motion, seal a psychological test or other assessment device received into evidence if the moving party establishes that (i) the value of the psychological test or as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB1989 | Intro
Sine Die | Leaves of absence; General Assembly members. Provides that all officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, who are members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to unpaid leaves of absence from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (27-Y 69-N 2-A) |
| HB2276 | Intro
Sine Die | Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole. Requires the court services unit to consult with the local department of social services 60 days prior to a person's release from the Department of Juvenile Justice's commitment on pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB2036-Peace) by voice vote |
| SB1164 | 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] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1195-Obenshain) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1239 | Intro
Sine Die | Personal Information Privacy Act. Makes several amendments to the Personal Information Privacy Act. The bill would prohibit a person from requiring an individual to provide his social security number to access goods and services if he also is require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-31
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB1201 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; feasibility and cost-effectiveness of withdrawal from Medicaid; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of withdrawing from Medicaid in favor of a state-run program. In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (16-Y 0-N) |
| SB796 | Intro
Sine Die | Rehabilitative programming; earned sentence credits. Allows prisoners to earn 10 additional sentence credits for each 30 days of incarceration for participation in programs aimed at earning a GED, college credit, or a certification through an accred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (2-Y 12-N) |
| SB1421 | Intro
Sine Die | Local correctional facilities; collection of fees and costs. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents to enter into installment payment agreements with prisoners for the payment, after release, of costs and fees owed for the prisoner's keep. The bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB1488 | Intro
Sine Die | Restraint of certain prisoners. Prohibits a state, regional, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using restraints on any prisoner who is pregnant during labor, transport to a medical facility, delivery, or postpartum recovery unless the war...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote |
| HB2354 | Intro
Sine Die | Charter; City of Franklin. Establishes staggered terms for the city's appointed school board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB2130-Barlow) by voice vote |
| SB1316 | Intro
Sine Die | Rate at which sentence credits may be earned. Allows a maximum of seven and one-half sentence credits, as opposed to the current four and one-half, for each 30 days served.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 2-N) |
| HB1562 | Intro
Sine Die | Good conduct credits; home electronic incarceration. Requires misdemeanants assigned to home electronic incarceration, unless serving a mandatory minimum sentence, to earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each day served if they are pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote |
| SB1098 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the board. Provides that the Board shall require all off-premises retail licensees and all government stores to post a sign in a conspicuous location that bears a warning regarding the risks of consuming al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (7-Y 7-N) |
| HB2210 | 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] | 2011-01-28
House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote |
| HB2268 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Peninsula area solid waste management system authority. Sets forth the requirements for appointing a Board of Directors over any authority created to collect and dispose of refuse with member localities consisting of the Cities of Hampton, P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-28
House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote |
| HB2512 | 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] | 2011-01-27
House: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (HB2467-Greason) by voice vote |
| HB1918 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; limitation on prosecutions for violation. Changes the time within which a prosecution for violations of the Uniform Statewide Building Code must be commenced from two years to one year. As a result there is no longer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Incorporated by General Laws (HB2168-Abbitt) by voice vote |
| SB1225 | Intro
Sine Die | DMV offices and agencies; agreements; compensation. Provides that in any county, city, or town that does not have either a branch office or an automated agency, the Commissioner shall, upon request of any commissioner of the revenue, treasurer, or lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Incorporated by Transportation (SB776-Marsh) (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB2388 | Intro
Sine Die | Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; family groups. Requires nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to provide notice of and information about family councils, provide private space in which family counc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions (HB1818-Hope) by voice vote |
| SB834 | Intro
Sine Die | VDOT highway maintenance contracts. Allows VDOT to contract with private entities for the maintenance of state-owned highway rights-of-way in return for the Department's permission for display by the private entity of a single advertising sign, no la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Department of Transportation |
| HB2029 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle emissions inspection program. Provides for an on-road clean screen program, allowing a motor vehicle owner to certify compliance with emissions standards by means of on-road remote sensing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote |
| SB1277 | Intro
Sine Die | Professional engineering of onsite treatment works; Department of Health oversight. Contains several provisions restricting the Department of Health's oversight of the requirements for and the review of onsite treatment works submitted by profession...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2045 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing; definition of blighted property. Expands the definition of blighted property to include any residential structure (i) for which a building permit was not obtained or the building permit has been revoked or has expired in accordance with the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote |
| SB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | Dental school faculty; licensure. Revises several provisions related to temporary licenses for dental school faculty who are not otherwise licensed to practice dentistry in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2070 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations of the Board of Housing and Community Development. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations establishing standards requiring existing buildings or facilities to have at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote |
| SB1320 | Intro
Sine Die | Charter schools; employees. Allows public charter school employees to choose whether to participate in the Virginia Retirement System and specifies that they are not party to any existing collective bargaining agreement. Also allows only 75 percent o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) |
| HB2091 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; air conditioning in certain residential buildings. Designates May 1 as the date when cooling must be supplied in dwelling units, rooming units, or dormitory or guest rooms that are leased and include provision for coo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote |
| HB1731 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in Virginia. Declares that firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured commercially or privately in Virginia, and that remain within the borders of Virgi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| SB878 | Intro
Sine Die | Drug Control Act; pseudoephedrine. Adds pseudoephedrine to Schedule III of the Drug Control Act, which would prohibit it from being sold without a prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2146 | Intro
Sine Die | Closure of state training centers. Provides that the requirements for closure of state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall also apply to closure of state training centers for persons with mental retardation, including requirements for est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| SB1050 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Development Opportunity fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans. Expands the options that a grant or loan may be awarded from the Governor's Development Opportunity Fund by including proposed project that involve (i) a minimum private ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1379-Stanley) (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB939 | Intro
Sine Die | Boards of visitors; adding two members. Adds two members to the boards of visitors of each public college and university, to be chosen by the other members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1095 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances. Requires any prescriber who prescribes a controlled substance included in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act to request and review information...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB1618 | Intro
Sine Die | Mopeds. Allows any city by ordinance to prohibit the operation of mopeds on highways with posted speed limits of 45 miles per hour or more.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote |
| HB2274 | Intro
Sine Die | Claims-made liability insurance policies. Prohibits an insurer from denying coverage under a claims-made liability insurance policy for a claim based on the insured's failure to notify the insurer that a claim might be made under the policy, unless (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-27
House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| SB1174 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Public Procurement Act; provisions for construction contracts involving certain school buildings. Requires public bodies to include in every construction contract involving certain school or school-related facilities provisions that (i) requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1176 | Intro
Sine Die | Claims; Michele G. Stevener. Provides relief for Michele G. Stevener, as part of her individual claim as a patient, to compensate for her emotional distress and suffering resulting from a birth of a child who suffered from neurological injuries relat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (12-Y 0-N) |
| SB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic marijuana. Creates a new category for "synthetic marijuana" as a series of controlled substances listed in Schedule 1 (§54.1-3446...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB745-Herring) (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB2189 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Information Technologies Agency; electronic government services. Provides for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to assist public bodies of the Commonwealth to determine the rules and standards applicable to the acceptance and dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
House: Stricken from docket by Science and Technology by voice vote |
| SB797 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discriminatory practice; sexual orientation. Adds sexual orientation to the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N) |
| SB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant. Provides that a declaration may allow for declarant control of an association and its board of directors until three months after 80 percent of all lots that the declaran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-01-26
Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission |
