VA Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB919	Intro Sine Die	Penalty for certain crimes against adults 60 years of age or older. Increases criminal penalties when the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older and the offender knows or reasonably should know the victim of the offense is 60 years of age ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1324-Herring) (14-Y 0-N)
HB2258	Intro Sine Die	Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic sports. Directs any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 to organize and govern interscholastic activities among the public high schools to provide an exception to its rules all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Incorporated by Education (HB2395-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote
HB1711	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]	2011-01-24 House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote
SB1325	Intro Sine Die	Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 5 felony to knowingly, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)
HB1547	Intro Sine Die	Income tax; nonprofit charitable donations for Energy Star qualified products tax credit. Grants an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, to individual taxpayers and business taxpayers that make a cash donation to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
HB1750	Intro Sine Die	Cigarette tax rate. Increases the cigarette tax rate from $0.30 per pack to $0.80 per pack and increases the cigarette excise tax rate on roll-your-own tobacco from 10 percent to 27 percent. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
HB1753	Intro Sine Die	Income tax; livable home tax credit. Adds building contractors to those taxpayers who are allowed an income tax credit when they build new residences or retrofit existing residences to provide universal accessibility, for taxable years beginning on a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1950-Villanueva) by voice vote
SB1376	Intro Sine Die	Hunter safety education. Requires persons 18 years of age or younger to pass a hunter safety education course before they can obtain a hunting license. Currently, the hunter safety education requirement applies to persons under the age of 16. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
SB1377	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]	2011-01-24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
HB1802	Intro Sine Die	Personal property tax; classification. Creates a separate class of property, for personal property tax rate purposes, for motor vehicles with an Environmental Protection Agency combined city and highway fuel-efficiency rating of 40 or more miles per ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
HB1815	Intro Sine Die	Cigarette and other tobacco products tax rates. Increases the cigarette tax rate from $0.30 per pack to $1.45 per pack and increases the cigarette excise tax on roll-your-own tobacco from 10 percent to 50 percent. The bill also increases the tax rate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
HB1634	Intro Sine Die	Transient occupancy tax; Washington County. Adds Washington County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax rate up to three percent in addition to the two percent rate available to all counties (a total maximum tax rate of f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote
SB1140	Intro Sine Die	Bad checks; child support; penalties. Specifies that writing a bad check for child or spousal support is subject to the criminal penalties for bad checks. The bill also adds writing a bad check for child or spousal support on behalf of a business, fi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N)
SB746	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]	2011-01-24 Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
HB1653	Intro Sine Die	Motor fuels tax in certain transportation districts; referendum. Imposes an additional 2.1 percent tax on motor fuels sold by a wholesale distributor to retailers in the counties and cities within each transportation district wherein the citizens af... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
HB2109	Intro Sine Die	Income tax; credit for diesel power to natural gas power truck conversion. Provides an income tax credit to individual truck owners who convert or have converted their diesel-powered trucks to natural gas power for taxable years beginning on and afte... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
SB758	Intro Sine Die	Preliminary protective orders. Makes the prohibition on purchasing and transporting a firearm applicable to persons subject to preliminary protective orders that contain a finding of abuse or neglect. Under current law, persons subject to a prelimin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
SB1169	Intro Sine Die	Nonjudicial records; costs. Provides that the party requesting a subpoena or on whose behalf an attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum was issued for nonjudicial records is liable for the reasonable charges of the Commonwealth or of any political subdi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
HB1888	Intro Sine Die	Liens for water and sewer charges imposed by localities. Alters the method by which localities can collect delinquent water bills from users of residential rental properties. The changes will put such localities on the same footing as water and sewer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-21 House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB1238	Intro Sine Die	Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. .Requires persons otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits to not be denied benefits solely due to a previous conviction of a felony drug offense pursuant to &s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-21 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (7-Y 7-N)
HB2433	Intro Sine Die	Informed consent includes ultrasound to determine gestation age. Requires that, as a component of informed consent to an abortion, to determine gestation age, every pregnant female shall undergo ultrasound imaging and be given an opportunity to view ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-21 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
SB989	Intro Sine Die	Reports made by sheriffs and jail superintendents. Adds local community services boards and behavioral health authorities to the list of persons and entities that receive written reports made by jail superintendents and sheriffs of local jails showin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-21 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
HB1760	Intro Sine Die	Stormwater management fees. Amends the code to clarify that localities shall provide full stormwater management fee waivers to federal, state, or local agencies when the agency owns and provides for maintenance of on-site storm drainage. This legisla... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-21 House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB1737-Bulova) by voice vote
SB803	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; physical fitness requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical fitness per week on average for grades K through five and 225 minutes per week on average for grades six through eight during the regular school year, with a simi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB966-Northam) (13-Y 0-N)
HB1924	Intro Sine Die	Water-damaged vehicles. Requires that insurance companies report to DMV when they pay claims of $3,500 or more for water damage to a vehicle. This bill was incorporated into [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1412-Hugo) by voice vote
SB934	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; physical education requirement. Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through twelve. This bill was incorporated into [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB966-Northam) (13-Y 0-N)
HB1991	Intro Sine Die	Traffic lights. Allows motorcycle and moped drivers and bicycle riders, in certain situations, to proceed through intersections controlled by traffic lights showing steady red signals. This bill was incorporated into [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1981-Greason) by voice vote
SB977	Intro Sine Die	Nursing homes; investigation of complaints; in-person interviews of residents. Requires that, whenever the Department of Health investigates a complaint against a nursing home, the Department shall conduct an in-person interview of (i) the complainan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
HB2135	Intro Sine Die	Expiration and renewal of registration. Provides an option for the permanent registration of motor vehicles. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote
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
HB1663	Intro Sine Die	Conditions for licensure of providers of mental health services. Provides that the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall not grant an initial license to a provider of mental health services other than a licensed hospital ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
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)
HB1765	Intro Sine Die	Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act. Makes several changes to the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act (Act) regarding obligations imposed on the landlord: (i) changes the requirement to provide a copy of the lease agreement from within seven days of the te... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Passed by in General Laws with letter by voice vote
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)
HB2265	Intro Sine Die	Local disability services boards. Clarifies the role of local disability services boards. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
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)
HB1827	Intro Sine Die	Overweight permits for haulers of farm animal feed. Provides for issuance of overweight permits for operation of certain vehicles used for hauling farm animal feed. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 House: Passed by in Transportation with letter (17-Y 5-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)
HB2313	Intro Sine Die	Public charter schools. Amends the definitions of a public charter school and a regional public charter school to allow for such schools to operate as virtual school programs. The bill further provides that, in the case of a public charter school or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-19 House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote
HB1406	Intro Sine Die	Pretrial appeal by attorney for Commonwealth. Expands pretrial appeal by an attorney for the Commonwealth to include an appeal on the constitutionality of a ruling by a juvenile and domestic relations district court in a case in which a juvenile is t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-19 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1680	Intro Sine Die	Public charter school. Modifies the definition of a public charter school to include virtual school programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-19 House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote
HB1897	Intro Sine Die	Requiring payment of support by probationer. Provides that a defendant placed on probation following conviction shall be required, as a condition of probation, to provide for the support of his spouse or others for whose support he may be legally res... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-19 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1446	Intro Sine Die	General District Court jurisdiction. Extends the concurrent jurisdiction of the general district courts and the circuit courts over civil actions from $15,000 to $25,000. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-19 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1590-Iaquinto) by voice vote
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)