VA Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB794	Intro Sine Die	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. Provides that an electric utility's integrated resource plan should take into consideration environmental impacts, externalities, and price stability. Externalities are defined as including the costs, be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB2302	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Early Childhood Investment Fund. Establishes the Virginia Early Childhood Investment Fund for the purpose of financing cost-effective early childhood development and educational programs throughout the Commonwealth. The Fund will be adminis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Education Committee
HB2353	Intro Sine Die	Renewable energy portfolio standard. Requires each investor-owned electric utility and distribution cooperative to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program commencing with calendar year 2013. Under the program, each utility is req... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
SB1417	Intro Sine Die	Alcoholic beverage control; retail privatization. Provides for the full implementation of retail privatization of distilled spirits by January 1, 2013. Under the provisions of the bill the ABC Board is to develop a plan for the discontinuation of gov... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
HB2355	Intro Sine Die	Transient Occupancy Tax; Brunswick County. Adds Brunswick County to those localities authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax not to exceed five percent, with any excess over two percent to be spent solely on tourism. Under current law, any cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Finance Committee
HB1433	Intro Sine Die	School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios for which the Board of Ed... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Education Committee
HB2356	Intro Sine Die	Stalking; enhanced penalties. Provides that any person who commits a second or subsequent offense of stalking within five years of a conviction of a prior offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the Class 6 felony applies for a third or sub... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2334	Intro Sine Die	Fish and Wildlife Commission established; report. Establishes the eight-member Fish and Wildlife Commission to review matters relating to freshwater and tidal fisheries and wildlife that have been referred to it by the legislative committees having j... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Appropriations Committee
HB1913	Intro Sine Die	Menhaden fishing prohibited. Prohibits the taking or catching of menhaden with purse nets in the Rappahannock River and its tributaries. Currently, such fishing is prohibited in the Rappahannock above and west of the R.O. Norris, Jr., Bridge. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
HB1915	Intro Sine Die	Local grievance procedure. Provides that the circuit court, rather than the chief administrative officer, shall make the determination as to whether relief granted by a panel or hearing officer is consistent with written policy. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1914	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Employment Commission; E-Verify program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to use the E-Verify program for each individual the Virginia Employment Commission refers to an employer to perform work within the Commonwealth. The bill a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2339	Intro Sine Die	Smoking in cars with minor present; civil penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to smoke in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which a child under the age of 13 is present, punishable by a civil penalty of $100. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
HB2341	Intro Sine Die	Plastic bag tax. Imposes a tax of $0.20 on plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property from the place of purchase. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, news... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Finance Committee
HB1921	Intro Sine Die	Sale by trustee; recordation of assignments. Provides that the trustee under any deed of trust or mortgage entered into on or after July 1, 2011, shall not proceed with any sale of the property unless the land records of the locality in which the pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1920	Intro Sine Die	Recording assignment of deed of trust; prerequisite to sale. Provides that the trustee under a deed of trust or mortgage entered into on or after July 1, 2011, shall not proceed with any sale of property at the request of a person asserting that he ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2342	Intro Sine Die	Income tax; hiring employees with disabilities tax credit. Provides a tax credit for employers who hire qualified persons with disabilities for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before December 31, 2015. The amount of the credi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
HB1923	Intro Sine Die	Dissemination of criminal history records. Provides that criminal history record information shall be supplied at no charge to a person who has applied to be a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, Girls Scouts of the United States of America, B... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1441	Intro Sine Die	Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; interest rate. Caps the rate of interest that may be charged on motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans at 36 percent per year. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HB1933	Intro Sine Die	Smoking on public playgrounds; penalty. Provides that smoking shall be prohibited on any public playground. The bill defines "public playground" as any real property owned or operated by the state or a locality or otherwise open to the gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House General Laws Committee
HB2352	Intro Sine Die	Motor fuels tax; rate increase. Increases the motor fuels tax rate by $0.10 per gallon and dedicates the additional revenue for the expansion or improvement of rail transportation, and construction and maintenance of roads and bridges within each cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Finance Committee
HB2369	Intro Sine Die	Cap on the taking of menhaden. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2012, the cap on the harvesting of menhaden will be reduced 20 percent annually until the harvesting of menhaden is prohibited. The bill would become effective on January 1, 2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
HB1443	Intro Sine Die	Decriminalization of simple possession of marijuana. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession. The bill does not legalize marijuana possession but changes the current $500 criminal fine for simple marijuana possession to a $500 civil penalty, elimi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1930	Intro Sine Die	Animal abuser registry established. Defines "animal abuser" as an adult who has been convicted of a felony violation of §3.2-6570 (cruelty to animals) or 3.2-6571 (animal fighting) or of a substantially similar law of another state or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2360	Intro Sine Die	Taxation; employee transportation assistance tax credit. Allows a tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012. Such credit shall be equal to 25 percent of all expend... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Finance Committee
HB1444	Intro Sine Die	Admission to a training center. Eliminates the option for voluntary admission to a training center upon request of a person with mental retardation. This bill provides that a person may be admitted to a training center only upon written certification... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
HB1952	Intro Sine Die	Compensation and expenses of clerks of certain circuit courts; Virginia Beach. Requires the City of Virginia Beach to assume the salaries and expenses of the circuit court clerk's office and allows the City to retain the funds the office collects. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Appropriations Committee
HB2371	Intro Sine Die	Real property tax assessment; notice. Requires that notice be published in a newspaper 30 to 45 days prior to the beginning of a reassessment cycle of real property advising taxpayers that they have (i) the right to have the assessor examine their pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Finance Committee
HJR496	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restriction on contents of a law that appropriates funds. Prohibits any law that appropriates funds from containing (i) any provision that imposes, continues, increases, or revives any tax, fee, or fine, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HB1932	Intro Sine Die	Domestic abuser registry established; penalty. Defines "domestic abuser" as an adult who has been convicted of a violation of §16.1-253.2, 18.2-57.2, or 18.2-60.4 or of a substantially similar law of another state or of the United Stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HJR497	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB808	Intro Sine Die	Elections; voter identification requirements; absentee voting eligibility and procedures. Revises the list of items that a voter may show to prove identification at the polls. The bill adds to the list several items now allowed to prove the identity ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
HB1935	Intro Sine Die	Legal notices. Allows localities to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their web sites, radio or television rather than a newspaper of general circulation. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
HB1955	Intro Sine Die	Images of child pornography to be sent to NCMEC. Requires law enforcement to forward digital images of child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1448	Intro Sine Die	No expungement for juvenile court deferral and dismissal. Provides that a delinquency or traffic proceeding case that is dismissed in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court following the satisfaction of terms and conditions of a deferred jud... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HJR499	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limit on appropriations. Limits total appropriations in a year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage equal to the sum of the percentage increase in the rate of inflation plus the r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HB1938	Intro Sine Die	Budget process of the Commonwealth. Changes the Commonwealth's budget from a biennial budget to a budget covering a single fiscal year beginning with the budget for the period July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. The bill also provides that if a gene... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Appropriations Committee
HB1959	Intro Sine Die	Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle. Adds certain driving on suspended or revoked license offenses to list of instances when a motor vehicle must be impounded. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SJR323	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
HB1450	Intro Sine Die	Sales of pressurized gas dusters. Prohibits any person from selling, offering for sale, or displaying for sale pressurized gas dusters in open displays or unlocked cases that are accessible to the public without the intervention of an employee of suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1970	Intro Sine Die	"Move over" law. Provides that if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe when approaching a stationary emergency vehicle, the driver must slow the vehicle by at least 10 mph below the posted speed limit and operate the vehicle at th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Transportation Committee
SB813	Intro Sine Die	Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly communicates, in a writing, a threat to kill or do bodily harm to a person or class of persons, regardless of whether the person or a member of the class of persons wh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB1978	Intro Sine Die	Courts not of record; substitute judges. Allows an assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, on a volunteer basis, to be appointed a substitute judge to serve no more than two days a month in any locality other than the one in which he presently serv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1453	Intro Sine Die	Hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. Clarifies that the hearings allowed under the Constitution related to complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission are to be evidentiary hearings an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1949	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business. Removes the requirement that an eligible business that is a 501(c)(3) be operating in Virginia and replaces it with a requirement that the 501(c)(3) business (i) has receiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House General Laws Committee
HB2381	Intro Sine Die	Gang prosecution; predicate criminal acts. Expands the definition of "predicate criminal act" for purposes of street gang prosecutions to include burglary (§18.2-89) and shooting into an occupied dwelling (§18.2-279) in the list o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1980	Intro Sine Die	Transfer of juveniles to circuit court for criminal trial. Redefines "violent juvenile felonies" for purposes of the juvenile transfer statute (providing for transfer of juveniles charged with certain felonies from juvenile and domestic relations dis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2383	Intro Sine Die	Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); court review in cases of requester harassment. Allows any public body to petition an appropriate court for a summary determination whether a requester, in making a request for records, is intending to harass or othe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House General Laws Committee
HB1953	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center. Allows the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center to receive and integrate criminal-related intelligence information, not just terrorist-related intelligence, to assist in preventing and deterring criminal activity g... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
SB1240	Intro Sine Die	Courts of record; courts not of record; judicial circuits and districts; number of judges. Establishes new boundaries for the various judicial circuits and districts of the Commonwealth and reallocates the number of judges serving such circuits and d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
HB2386	Intro Sine Die	Concealed weapons permit. Authorizes a person to obtain a permit to carry any lawfully possessed weapon in a concealed manner, and not just a handgun. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-08 To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee